Essays on Vocal

Local nursing boards are quite crucial when it comes to handling changes across the community. Instead of ignoring the changes that arise when these boards take charge of the nursing provision, it is important to understand their role in legal and ethical issues, an aspect that can be explored through an examination of the New York Nursing Board. It provides different services to its members, an aspect that creates an important understanding of the changes that arise in such cases (NSBCN, 2016). Examples include webinars, videos, brochures, newsletters, online courses, toolkits, and publications. The services offered are based on ...

Performing at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City on August 6, 2016, singer Kesha played to a packed house. Her performance showed she has a lot of stamina, and proved that she is an entertainer worth checking out. Her energetic performance kept her audience enthusiastically involved. Against a translucent mesh curtain, Kesha and her back-up band, consisting of a keyboardist, drummer, and two guitarists, were well-choreographed. She played a diverse set which highlighted her dancing ability, as well as her impressive contralto voice. Wearing little more than a layered, negligee-like get-up and boots, she was an alluring presence against ...

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 2

The development of language for a child can be an amazing journey, full of innovative discoveries and the chance for the first time to fully be able to communicate with the individuals that surround them every day. Language development, itself, is pertinent to a child’s ability to comprehend and express feelings to others. The development of language also supports a child’s ability to successfully construct skills such as: problem-solving, creating and maintaining relationships with others, and interpersonal thinking. The ability to comprehend something is just one of the first steps in this arduous but wonderful journey in ...

Impact of the RWJ IOM report in New York State

The role that nurses play in ensuring that the needs of patients have been satisfactorily addressed cannot be understated. These are the individuals ensure that only the best in terms of care, medically, spiritually; mentally ands physically has been achieved. It is important that workable strategies be put in place to assist in achieving these outcomes on patients. A key element that has to be taken into consideration is by ensuring that customized form of care is created to address the needs of each specific patient. To oversee such an objective, nurses play a significant role in improving the ...

U.S. Senator, Missouri

2011-Present

Personal Background Martial Status: Married to Abigail Blunt Education: B.A. History, Southwest Baptist University (1970) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt M.A. History, Missouri State University (1972) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Previous Experience: Clerk of Greene County, Missouri (1972-1984) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Missouri Secretary of State (1985-1992) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt President, Southwest Baptist University (1993-1996) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt U.S. House of Representatives (1996-2010) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt

Committee Assignments:

Appropriations Committee 2011- present https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Commerce. Science, and Transportation Committee 2011-2016 https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Rules and Administration Committee 2011- present (became chairman 2015) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Joint Committee on the Library 2015- present https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Joint Committee on Printing 2015-present (vice chairman) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Committee on Armed Services 2013-2014 https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt

Sponsored Legislation

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Elvis Presley the king of Rock N Roll was born in 1935 Tupelo, Mississippi. His first interaction with the music happened at the local church where he sang along with his family (Wallace, p.101). Elvis was an only child. He comes from a poor family, that did not stop him from reaching a peak in his career and becoming an internationally acclaimed artist of all times, but before that he had to go a long way from a truck driver to a talented singer. Indeed, he used to think to become a truck driver that was eventually replaced by ...

Blues is a genre of music that is influenced by country music and the American folk culture. Moreover, the music draws from work hollers and songs, folk ballads, European hymns, traditional songs, and a rich mix of African-American spirituals. The first recorded blues was published as sheet music in the 1910s when the music had taken the form of AAB lyrical structure, 12 bars, and an unprecedented scale with the seventh and third notes flatted (Jackson 14). Blues is also an evolution of West African music that was brought to the United States by slaves who used it to ...

The week of my birth (January 20, 1995) the number one song was “On Bended Knee,” performed by the R&B group Boyz II Men. Boyz II Men was formed in the late 1980s at Philadelphia’s High School of the Creative and Performing Arts as the vocal quintet Unique Attraction (Billboard, para. 2). They were discovered in 1989 when they performed an a cappella version of New Edition’s “Can You Stand the Rain” for Michael Bivins of Bell Biv DeVoe backstage at a concert (Billboard, para. 2). The quartet has four members: bass Michael McCary, baritone Nathan Morris, ...

Globally, people make assumptions, judgments, and decisions about one another or things around them based on responses they receive from others. These assumptions are according to nonverbal communications that people use within their own cultures and how they deal with others. Often, these nonverbal reactions affect the way people communicate with and among each other, which makes understanding these nonverbal cues crucial when developing and maintaining relationships with other people. Do people expect other cultures to adapt to their own culture or are they willing to adopt another person’s culture? Are people expected to compromise or are they ...

United States has for decades been deeply involved in the Middle East, and particularly in the ongoing conflict between Israel and its various neighbors. This is why there is been a good deal of speculation of late as to how US policy toward Israel during a future Hillary Clinton presidency might differ from (or be similar to) that of the current Obama administration. Since leaving the State Department, Clinton has provided some indication about what her policies would be in the Middle East in general and Israel in particular. Nevertheless, a certain degree of uncertainty still exists. While there ...

Introduction

Frank Sinatra was among the most popular music icons of the 20th century that influenced how today’s music is interpreted and appreciated by many people. His enduring and timeless songs remain to be enjoyed by music enthusiast from all over the world. When his friend, Bing Crosby was asked about what keeps Sinatra’s music enduring, he replied, “Frank is the only one of us who seems to get through to all age groups” (qtd in Mastrogiannis). While he never had formal music lessons, he became interested in singing at a tender age, particularly in jazz music. He ...

The main goal of speech modification is the control of non-linguistic information of various speech signals, as, for instance, voice quality and/or voice individuality. The term speech modification is usually used to refer to the different modifications, which may be applied to the sound produced by people. (McAulay and Quatieri, 1986) Speech modification is used in a big range of areas, such as speech synthesis, film and music industry, voice editing, dubbing, toys, chat rooms, games, communications (interpreting telephony, helium speech), voice pathology (voice restoration), high-end hearing aids, other applications (for example, confuse speaker identification systems). The process of ...

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Question #1 The three segments of spectrograms reflect three different sounds, the first one is consonant, the second is a vowel, and the last one is consonant as well. The first consonant is voiceless and the last one is voiced. The main evidence supporting this statement is that in the first case, F1 is below 2000 Hz, which characterizes the voiceless consonants that are formed without the utilization of the voice. Their pronunciation does not characterize with the vibration in the throat. The third consonant is voiced, which can be shown by its characteristics of the F1, which is ...

The nineteenth century was the century of big changes in literature and music. As to music, it attended by gradual emergence of musical classics, whose works are still remembered. There were such musicians as Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Lanner, Straus and so on. There appeared a lot of new genres, which became very popular later, and one of the most famous in the late nineteenth century was orchestral music. In this genre was felt the presence of masterpiece of old music, especially Ludwig van Beethoven. It was hard for later composers made something new and different than Beethoven did, whose ...

Hypothesis and Methodology

The proposed research paper will focus on the social psychology, specifically on the topic of how deep voices can influence an individual’s perception of another person (i.e. the speaker). This can be assessed in both public and private and formal and informal settings. The rationale behind the decision of choosing this topic is the fact that society puts a lot of weight into figures of authority. It is commonly perceived that the deeper a person’s voice is, the more authoritarian that person is. In some cases, the depth of voice is associated with personality types (i.e. how ...

For the past 13 weeks, I have been working on my vocal instruments through this course. I have been introduced to efficient singing mechanisms that have been very helpful in the building of my vocal instruments. The focus has been strengthening and development of my voice so that I can methodically approach various challenges that are involved in the exercises and the songs. Through the course, I have been able to work on the discovery of my optimal voice despite the fact that I had very little singing experience at the start of the course. I have also worked ...

Disruptive behaviors are conditions that can have a great influence in the teaching environment. Disruptive behaviors unswervingly hinder the ability of the teacher or the capability of a learner to benefit from their classroom experiences. Students attend schools with hopes of being productive citizens of society. I like to think of students as future leaders of tomorrow! For the most part, students attend school because it is the law. A learning environment should have actively engaged students, who are eager to participate and show knowledge is being acquired on a daily basis. However, some students are bored and disengaged ...

I can feel the stage being set, as if something in the air awakens me to it. Among the ear-piercing drumming and shredding, the singer’s vocal cords fleeing from his throat screaming “NIGHTMARE,” the raven-black crowd starts backing away from one another as they create a semi-perfect circle. Everyone is stalking their prey across the circle as they wait for the chorus to start. Suddenly, I feel a sweaty grip pulling my left hand into the crowd away from the circle to the front rows. Startled, I tilt my head to see who is pulling me – it is ...

Rock and roll began to emerge shortly after the Second World War somewhere in the mashup of cultures and peoples that comprise the American South. It is a hybrid form whose mixed heritage is marked by poor blacks singing Delta blues, hillbilly descendants of Scots-Irish immigrants, working-class factory heroes, Christian country folk, and urban teens crooning a cappella on street corners. Its journey of 70 or so years has taken it from the margins of society to the center of today’s multi-billion dollar global music industry. Its course can be charted by examining a select handful of the ...

Rap has entered the history of American art over a century ago. The people who have laid the foundations for rap as we know it today were the two big ethnical groups of the American society: African Americans and people from the Caribbean Islands. Folk artists of the mentioned origins were telling rhymed stories with the accompaniment of rhythmic music (drums and sparse instrumentation). This music already existed years before hip-hop was developed and became popular. Rapping is actually reading or chanting of rhythmic lyrics that were designed to set a beat. Many specialists are of the opinion that ...

I saw the Indiana University Theatre production of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson on April 23rd at 7:30 PM at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre. The show was written by Alex Timbers, with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman. For the purposes of this response paper, I choose to write about Robert Toms’ portrayal of Andrew Jackson, given his status as the main character and the many interesting acting choices he demonstrated throughout the production. Andrew Jackson, as portrayed in the musical, is a rock version of the famous American president and historical figure, whose given circumstances involve his childhood ...

The Renaissance was a period in Europe that happened between the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries. Most history scholars consider it as the main point of connection between the middle age and the modern history. Renaissance started in Italy, and arrived in the other European countries in the succeeding years. The period of the Renaissance was the first step towards religious revolution, commonly referred to as Protestant Reformation (Tankard, n.p). It is probably the political circumstances of the sixteenth century that led to its success in some places and failure in others. The Renaissance period was a mark of major ...

Letter of Transmittal

My good friend needs my help. I have known him now for about six months and I see him at least twice per week. He is an international first year student on a scholarship, studying entrepreneurship at KPU. He has a problem that I could not help him with previously, because I did not know how best to assist him. I have now decided to help him with his problem by making it my research topic — I will do my very best to ensure that we find appropriate solutions for his problem. My friend basically doesn’t know how ...

Rock and roll is one of the most important genres in the history of modern music. The signature guitar styles, drum rhythms, and powerful electric sound allowed this genre to singlehandedly change the way that music was created, presented, and performed. Rock and roll techniques and styles are present in almost every single genre on the radio today, and the traditional rhythms helped to form the basis for other styles of music. Bo Diddley was a rock and blues legend who was so intriguing that he spent over 60 years on the road playing his songs. Born in Mississippi, ...

Producer, rapper, musician, designer – all these are different shades of one person, whose name is Kanye West. We believe that the contribution of Mr. West to the African American Renaissance culture cannot be overestimated as he completely changed the approach to making the hip-hop music and made the audience of people, who listen to hip-hop, far wider thanks to the diversity of the sounding in his songs. Also, he looked at the new role of African Americans in society and their image, showing that African American rappers are not gangsters from the hood with the Uzi in their bosom ...

Introduction

The choir members of “The Diocesan Choir, Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong” and their conductor, Dr. Allison So, always strive to improve the performances of their choir and make the rehearsals enjoyable and worthwhile. Therefore, they engage in numerous rehearsals to polish and polish their techniques and musicals. For this assignment, I observed the choir rehearsing a piece titled “Holy Is The Lord.” Effective planning is crucial for both group and individual rehearsals. The conductor, as well as other choir members, can employ various strategies to make the choir rehearsals meaningful and enjoyable for all the involved individuals. Essentially, ...

Part 1

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) affects the immune system thereby weakening the body’s defense system by destroying white blood cells referred to as CD4+ cells(CDC, 2016). These cells are responsible for protecting the body against diseases. In the event that a significant number of these cells are destroyed, the susceptibility of the body to attacks by illnesses increases resulting to a more weakened immune system. However, by an individual having HIV, it does not automatically translate to them having AIDS (CDC, 2016). It takes quite a long time for the condition to progress from a virus to AIDS ...

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Introduction to gender identity disorder

Mental health is the absence of the mental disorder or the level of the psychological wellbeing. Therefore, it is the ability of a person to create an equilibrium between life activities and to enjoy life. It includes the mental, emotional and social being and therefore, it affects how we feel, think and act as we cope with life. Mental fitness determines how we make choices, handle stress, and relate to others and handling stress. Mental disorders affect our thinking, behavior, and mood. Mental disorders are caused by a family history of mental illness, genes and the life ...

Introduction

The study of culture is one area of scholarly work that has captured the attention of several studies around the globe. Culture is an integral part of the social life of different groups of the human beings the world over. The elements that make one culture to be distinct from another include the belief systems and traditions which define and support those cultures. Therefore, culture is the make-up of a set of norms, beliefs and values that members of a given community hold (Awang, Maros and Ibrahim 201). Different people and communities subscribe to different belief systems and the ...

Music

Often Jewish music’s contemporary reception history leads us to consider Salamone Rossi as the beginner of Jewish music. Salamone himself, as a musician and composer, who as a professional wanted earning his living outside and inside the Jewish community, also desired his audience to comprehend in his compositions of Hebrew style the Jewish music’s beginnings. On one hand, Rossi had a hope that beginnings’ general questions would be reflected in his compositions, what his theological-aesthetic apologists and Rossi himself considered as a fundamental musica antica, Temple’s ancient music, before the diaspora music in Jerusalem. Accumulating at ...