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The beginning of his career started as few others do. He didn't actually want to perform and play his songs for people, but rather have other people sing his songs. "Yet after writing his first few songs, including "The Song that Jane Likes" and "Recently", he began to consider starting his own band" (wikipedia.com). There was only one answer to this Matthews explains. "I didn't really have a vision, or a plan," says Matthews, acknowledging that some of his musical sensibility came from…

Two major problems that have become a menace in African leadership today is poverty and youth unemployment which is due partially to the region’s rapid people growth. It has been said that between now and 2050 Sub-Saharan African countries will be overwhelmed with a swift and rapid population increase as well as a huge population of youths in the world. It is therefore very much essential that administrations in Sub-Saharan African countries factor the mass increase coming from the next…

In high school I was in a class where we did a lesson on philosophy. My teacher ignited a spark in our minds by explaining to us a short story about what we perceive to be factual. The story she explained was about two different people seeing a ball. The ball was orange on one half and green on the other half, so if you asked one guy, he would say the ball was orange and the other guy would say the ball was green, and they would argue with each other because they both thought they were telling…

Before I begin my story, let me tell you a little bit about me. I’m 23 years old, I have two siblings and come from a very large family. This will hopefully be my last year of school before I start applying to a credential program. There are so many things I could talk about but I am going to focus on some of the important milestones and hardships that I have come across over the years. This is a story about certain parts of my life and how I found my way to Cal State Channel Islands. I grew up…

If someone tells a joke and nobody 's around to hear it, does it make it funny? Maybe. That is, if the joke is funny in the first place. But is there a line drawn between jokes and the hurtful reality? Are some things we simply shouldn’t poke fun at? Martin Seligman, a psychologist, once conducted an experiment for further research on classical conditioning. Using dogs and electrical shocks, he developed a new theory: learned helplessness. “Failure to take steps to avoid or escape from an…

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According to the Freedom Charter of 1955, “all people [of South Africa] shall have the right to live where they choose, be decently housed, and to bring their families up in comfort and security.” Similarly, the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act of 1998 (PIELA) aims to eradicate persistent post-Apartheid residential segregation by preventing the unlawful persecution of mostly black, impoverished renters and tenants who occupy land claimed by mostly white,…

day, the ideas that came from the Pax Romana are still used.In modern day architecture is mostly influenced by the Romans. For example, the British Museum Reading Room is built almost like the Pantheon. Most arenas like the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa share huge similarities to the Coliseum. There are languages such as Spanish, Romanian, Italian and Portuguese that are based off…

Although the concept of Playpumps was idyllic in theory, its application was sabotaged by the strategy adopted by Playpumps International. Along with the technology, the focus was flawed: despite being a humanitarian project, there was greater emphasis on pleasing donors and meeting ambitious targets for glory, than supplying water to impoverished communities. It is important to understand that Playpumps are only one solution amongst a myriad of other water supply systems, and careful…

not garner vast fortunes for its explorers, gold will always create mystery and allure while the pragmatists—or realists—mining for gold maintain a respect for the land not simply a source for wealth. For instance, Witwatersrand Basin located in Johannesburg, South Africa is often referred to as the richest gold field ever mined. In 1970, it produced 79% of the worlds gold output, but as a mineral that takes hundreds of years to produce it was mined out by 2009, thus only producing less that…