... injuries, homicide, and suicide. The attitudes embodied in the lyrics may also act as a catalyst for change from childhood to adulthood. The results of a survey of 2760 14- to 16-year-olds in ten different southeastern cities showed that they listened to music an average of 40 hours per week. This survey also found that the adolescents who developed an early interest in ... similar manner. For instance, if viewers hear a song after having seen the video version, they immediately "flash back" to the visual imagery in the video. (Nuzum 10) Music videos may have a significant behavioral imp...

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... New Orleans musicians, their conversations about the music didn't correspond to the books that I read about the city - their motivations for playing, their complicated path to learning the music and the repetoire of the city, their relationship to the city and how they used music to express their individual and collective power Popular music studies to disregard issues of ethnicity and class within ... African-American communities, as well as to reify recorded music at the expense of live performance, are factors ... that have led popular music discourse to banish to the cultural fringe...

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... Takaki's "The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority" is a fantastic piece of writing. He is an Asian American himself so he has much insight on this topic of superiority. He wishes to illustrate that the perceptions of Asian Americans as a "model minority" (103) are not entirely accurate. A "model minority" is a stereotype that is defined as an oversimplified conception, opinion, or image. Although ... welfare. In his article, Takaki argues a strong case through his method of statistics. Takaki states a theory that Asian Americans have been characterized in the media as "successful in gaini...

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... where under the dynamic leadership of Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, formerly of the Lincoln Square Synagogue, a vibrant community not far from Jerusalem has been built. Prior to my visit to Efrat, I once again visited Hebron and the Cave of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs. Visiting the tomb of Leah was especially important because my mother and my granddaughter were both named ... Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem, where nightly shooting from the Arab village next door had been occurring on a regular basis. The residents there are strong in their resolve to not let random violence affect their desir...

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... the world, but American television shows and films are also watched abroad, giving the world a glimpse at American life even if they have never been to the country. And, because New York is such an important city, with about 8.4 million residents, making up about 2.6% of the Unites States population ... are born and bred Americans, with average American accents, the two of us developed very obvious British accents. However, within a month of returning to the United States, New Jersey specifically, we both sounded as though we had never stepped foot on United Kingdom soil. From this exper...

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... the Wiscasset from Glasgow, the Carnegies wasted little time settling in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, where relatives already existed and were there to provide help. Allegheny City provided Carnegie's first job, as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory, working for $1.20 a week. His father also ... in money, they abounded in ideals and training for their children. At age 15, Carnegie became a telegraph messenger boy in Pittsburgh. He learned to send and decipher telegraphic messages and became a telegraph operator at the age of 17. Carnegie's next job was as a railro...

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... artistic, education-based upbringing. His father Bill Lee was a jazz musician, and his mother Mary Lee, a schoolteacher. There he attended John Dewey High School. He his nickname of "Spike" from his mother. He attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and developed his film making skills at Clark Atlanta University. After graduating from Morehouse, Lee attended the Tisch School of Arts graduate film ... film also integrates a diverse assortment of experimental filming techniques such as black-and-white and color film stocks, the usage of fast and slow motion, a montage of still pho...

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In the early 1900s, particularly in the 1920s, African-American literature, art, music, dance, and social commentary began to flourish in Harlem, a section of New York City. During the mass migration of African Americans from the rural agricultural South to the urban industrial North (1914-18), many who came to New York settled in Harlem, as did a good number of black New Yorkers ... culture in general. Thematic content included Africa as a source of inspiration, African-American history, folk idioms, including music and religion of the South, and social injustice. Their collective efforts no...

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... one into raptures. The editing of the shots, which despite their variety are, apart from the beginning and end shots, of a uniform length, is synchronised to the beats of the music. The music reaches a climax with the spectacular finale of the firework display. The clip gives the impression, through lingering shots of an expensive store (Gucci), a kissing couple half silhouetted against the backdrop ... book, clearly set in New York. He starts "chapter one" several times, each time from a different angle, which allows the audience to gain an insight into many varying sides of the city, ...

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In the early 1900s, particularly in the 1920s, African-American literature, art, music, dance, and social commentary began to flourish in Harlem, a section of New York City. This African-American cultural movement became known as "The New Negro ... only performed plays written by whites because plays written by African-Americans were not yet allowed. It was a unique experience for African-Americans to see African-American actors playing roles that were serious instead of comedic. Other theater groups of the time included the Harlem Experimental Players, the ... Utopia Players, and the Harlem C...

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... for many young aspiring artists. It was a center for cultural and performance art expression for over 30 years. Early punk rock performances were outrageous. Music had never been performed this way before. In the early 1970's Lou Reed had tied off his arm with a microphone cord and injected himself ... Mabuhay Gardens. Like once a week the punks took it over, this was '76, it was really a thing of these proto-punks. There was this girl named Mary Monday, who might have been a transvestite or something. I have these vague memories of these shows I saw there. It was like transvestite cabar...

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... the Arts is the federal agency responsible for providing funding for various artists and arts groups such as museums, theater, and dance groups. Section 5D of the Act says that the Chairperson of the National Endowment of the Arts shall ensure that when reviewing funding ... piece done by Chris Ofili, "which illustrated a picture of the Virgin Mary, which is covered with elephant dung and pornographic cutouts" (Boyd). New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, responding to massive complaints from New York citizens, threatened to cut off all New York City funding for the Museum, unless the sh...

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... Lynskey), and her job at a pizza parlor in South Amboy, New Jersey, Violet (Piper Perabo) moves to New York City in hopes of launching a career as a songwriter. Realizing hostility and fierce competition surrounding the music industry, Violet's optimism is somewhat suspended. Forced to solve immediate financial problems, Violet follows the trail of a group of wild coyote women (Tyra Banks, Izabella Miko ... Coyote Ugly temporarily misleads the viewer by hiding the main story line underneath the coyotes' musical numbers. However, the film's underlying plot is no disappointment. Coyote Ug...

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... form of transportation linked rural and urban areas allowing rural residents to move, or shop in the big cities, and allowing city dwellers to go to the country. Family life transformed as well, as teenagers were given new social opportunities. During the 1920s, musical culture changed when jazz won a wide following. Jazz music was a blend of West African and Latin rhythms, African ... American spirituals and blues, and European harmonies. Joseph "King" Oliver helped to spread jazz northward with his creation of the Creole Jazz Band. As this happened, white musicians began incorporating ...

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... Despite the struggles that her and her family have gone through which are clearly evident in this still life, Florence Owens Thompson does not seem to appear frightened or apprehensive but instead determined and tenacious. The photograph itself – seen in plate 1 - is also an ideal example of ... their multi-faceted fatigue seemingly without question or agitation and focuses on whatever is in the distance. Similarly, while the Christ Child leans on the Virgin Mary's lap – as seen in plate 2 - she looks off into the distance as if his presence has no effect on her. Also, ... known fo...

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... solution. For traditional bricks-and-mortar shops, and Internet presence becomes an invaluable communication tool as well as a global marketing medium.It takes two to tango if you want to stay high on consumers' dance cards-two channels that is, both physical storefronts and virtual accessibility. After much hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing, the results clearly show B2C e- ... benefits of joining the dot.com community far outweigh any potentially competitive cannibalization. Krause's Furniture Inc., headquartered in Orange County, Calif., recently expanded from a single-channel retail org...

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... change in popular attitudes members of the more refined and genteel society began to call for a return to a more "Victorian" culture but the mass public was forever changed. The amusement parks of Coney Island provided a litany of different types of recreation, ranging from sideshows, to rides, to games, dance halls to even exaggerated simulated events in everyday city life. This wide array of forms ... of entertainment gave visitors allot to do and plenty of incentive to return and spread the word. Despite the positive changes that arised from the establishment of amusement parks ... ...

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... . Critics and poets called it "thought-rhythm" and it was popular in Old Testament poetry. In "Proud Music of the Storm" Whitman composes something that appears to be a lyric in an opera (Composers! Mighty maestros! And you, sweet singers of old lands-Sopani! Tenori! Bassi! To you a new bard, caroling free in the west, Obeisant, sends his love."). The storm in the poem ... is again nature's influence regarding the ebb and flow of the ocean that Whitman endeared. Music and Whitman's poetry go hand-in-hand, as more of his poetry has been set to music more than any other poet; used in works...

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... at the cathedral down the street, there was not much room for other cultural differences. The Bustos family rarely could make their own type of food let alone listen to their preference of music. Assimilation for the first generation was challenging, but as the interview continued, Ms. Bustos reflected on some stories about the transition for her own parents. She acknowledged how ... her father was often bullied for looking different, or always eating arroz con leche, but never suffered much discrimination from teachers or employers. Because growing up her parents wanted to " ... C...

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... States of America (1789-1797). He was born in Westmoreland County, Va., on February 22, 1732, George Washington was the oldest son of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington, who were Prosperous Virginia gentry of English descent. George spent his early years on the family estate along the Potomac River. His early education included the study of ... young Washington. He first gained public notice when, as adjutant of one of Virginia's four military districts, he was dispatched (October 1753) by Governor Robert Dinwiddie on a fruitless mission to warn the French co...

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... other. For the political person, personal gain, with the absence of controls and enforced standards, will precede public interest. On the other hand, administrative persons or professionals belonging to different fields define ethics rather differently from the former. Stemming from these differences, definitions of what constitutes ethical behavior actually varies depending on profession, setting, and culture. The same ... and by community watchdogs and whistleblowers. On the other hand, Carl Friedrich countered Finer by arguing that the effective conduct of government administration r...

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... features of the city such as the "painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys," the "gunman kill and go free to kill again," and the "faces of woman and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger." However, Sandburg uses the prejudices held for the ... people who reside Chicago to ironically exert his pride for the city's unique inhabitants. Sandburg writes that the city is "Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning ... these prejudices and how they never affected what he became as a "colored" man. Hughes uses the words "colored" and "white" throughout his...

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... girl, even though the duty is rightfully hers as the first born. However, this negative reinforcement does not stop her, as she consistently seeks to prove to her tribe and to her grandfather, the current chief, that she does possess the qualities of a leader. Similarly, in the book The Catcher in the Rye by ... the Museum of Natural History, and remarks about the longevity of its exhibits: "Certain things they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. I know that's impossible, but it's too bad anyway"( ......

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... ceremony.   Ben and Jerry's efforts ranged from environmental issues such as global warming, saving the rainforest and promoting solar energy to social issues such as Farm Aid, campaigning to raise awareness in Congress on children's basic needs and highlighting music, arts, crafts and social action. In 1988, Ben & Jerry's rescued Rhode Island's legendary Newport Folk Festival from oblivion ... by becoming its sponsor. In November 1998, Ben & Jerry's introduced the ice cream industry's first pint container made from unbleached paperboard. The new "Eco-pint " carton, made from unbleached...

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... they are crucial actors and points of contact for the new networks of the 21st century. These global cities share several key cultural, social, economic, and political features that serve to differentiate them from other large cities. Throughout history, cities served as the centers of civilizations, moving humans away from a primitive existence (Gunn 3/12/07). In certain cities, wider ... a modern Babylon, a sort of Borgesian aleph with representation of all the languages, religions, and cultures of the planet, and from which there circulate to the globe all fashions and vices, values an...

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