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October, 2018 Archive

Oct 29

10/29/18

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Our discussion during class today made me realize that when my teachers say don’t use Wikipedia cause it is all wrong, they are actually wrong. Yes, random people are able to edit information on Wikipedia but on most pages, there are people that know the actual facts and will go and change the false information. […]

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Oct 22

10/22/18

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Over the past few centuries, many letters, photos and artifacts from the Civil War have been recovered. After close analysis of some of the items recover, people have become skeptical of what really happened and why. For example, a photo that is stated to be black Confederate soildiers has been in fact proven to be […]

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Oct 15

10/15/18

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During the early 20th century, many were migrating to big cities such as Washington DC. During that time, new forms of music were also being created and traveled throughout the area. African American cultures created “Go Go” music while white americans created Dinah, which can be compared to minstrel music. Another thing that was changing […]

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Oct 03

I don’t think it’s wrong that it was easy to imitate a country song on GarageBand. Being a fan of country music, I know that ‘t a lot of the music is very repetitive and honestly sounds the same to those who don’t listen to it constantly.

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Oct 01

Minstrel

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Watching and listening to the Carolina Chocolate Drops was quite interesting. The music sounded like the were only using instruments but they actually were just using a violin and their hands. Its cool how adding in claps or smacking your legs/chest can change the whole sound of the song.

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Oct 01

The WWW has changed drastically in the past decade. We went from only being able to use the internet on bulky computers that were slow and only able to get certain websites to being able to have access to the internet on computers, tablets, smartphones and smart watches. The WWW has given us easier access […]

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