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    which the upbeat of a note would be played as closely to the next down beat as possible. On the other hand, Moore says it better when he explains that, “‘swing’ style — a combination of elongated and shortened beats produced by the fixed attacks and accents of the musicians” (Moore). Swing is a style of how to play music and a subgenre of jazz. All jazz is swung but not jazz music is swing music. Although, swing, the subgenre, was mostly smooth, chromatic and varied in pace, bebop had a…

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    acutely correct because language is more than reading, writing, and speaking. Language also come with the opportunity to know someone culture by putting yourself in their shoes. Language gives me a double life. I walk the street with a New Yorker accent. At home, I am back to being a Haitian girl that chat with family members in Haitian Creole or French. Sometimes, language can be confusing. Last week, my friend asks me a question I found myself responding to her in Haitian creole even though…

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    do. A few years ago I went to Mexico, where it was hard to communicate with my family, I would have to use hand gestures or use google translate. After being there for a few weeks I learned a few words, but would still get made fun of for having an accent while saying words that I had to learn…

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    John Bubbles • Bubbles major contribution to tap dancing was his addition of heels on the offbeat as well as rhythmic changes and accents. Bubbles would accent certain rhythms and would make rhythm phrases that were longer than the standard 8 bars. For all of these reasons, he is considered the Father of rhythm tap. Bubbles tapped throughout the 1920’s all the way into the late…

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    POP! I remember as a child always being fascinated with chewing gum. I was interested in the different flavors available to pick from. To this day, chewing gum plays a significant role in my life; one reason being that chewing gum helps with remaining focused while completing schoolwork. I am always looking for a great new favor to try out. This explains why the New 5 Gum advertisement caught my eye, in addition to the elements used in the ad. The advertisement is aiming to successfully sell the…

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    Monotony In The Workplace

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    iii) Task Monotony: This is another factor that causes stress in employees. Employees are required to follow a predesigned script and are required to intersperse it with 'power words' like please, 'Thank you', welcome and the like. This leads to monotony and boredom due to no flexibility and routine and repetitive nature of work tasks. Yales et al. 1994 and Houlihan (2002) among many others report that monotony was related to higher turnover rates and intentions to quit. Houlihan (2002) in her…

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    Stereotypes In The Office

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    has already sort of been mention is when Michael goes up to Kelly and goes through the stereotypical Indian, such as the thick Indian accent and how they all work at convenience stores. Now the stereotype goes through how that the race presented only has that job and all have a thick accented voice. When Kelly neither works at a convenience store nor has a thick accent. Now what Michael could of done better in presenting this one stereotype is simply say what the stereotype is that is normally…

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    Jim Webb Jim Webb is a candidate who's views were not all throughly explained, and when he did bolster himself, it was with causes unrelated to the position he was running for. Jim Webb, while being an unpopular candidate, did have some moments to shine through at the debate. Some of his plans were lacking substance, but some of the, had their merit. When asked if he would be a good commander and chief, he responded that he would be the best on the stage. He backed up his claim with the…

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    Spanish language. Spanish plays a huge role in my life I speak spanish more than English due to my spanish speaking family. At first writing it was difficult because there are many rules that you have to apply to each word. After learning about the accents I was able to understand my target language better. I was also troubled in speaking it because I did not speak it the way that I was supposed to, I spoke the slang version of it, but thanks to my teachers I learned how to speak it properly.…

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