...Bob Marley | Musician, Philosopher | “Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!” | 1/23/2013 1/23/2013 Taylor Townsend Mrs. King Education 1300 26 January 2013 Bob Marley Bob Marley is considered one of the most influential people in history today. Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in Ann Parish, Jamaica. On May 11, 1981, Bob Marley died due to cancer which had spread from his toe that had been injured a few years before. In his life, he was a civil rights leader and sang about how he thought the world should be. He believed in equality, love, religion and the pursuit of happiness. Throughout most of Marley’s life, he lived in some of the poorest, most impoverished neighborhoods with his mother and his father, who had later left them and caused them to fend for themselves. Although living there was difficult, Marley found sanction through the music he heard around him. He learned most of his philosophies there that made him the man we know and respect today. While living there, he met a couple of friends; Neville “Bunny” O’Riley Livingston and Peter McIntosh, who would unknowingly help him change the world and their own lives as well. In the beginning of his singing career, Marley sang alone. After the first few songs, he realized going solo wasn’t doing so well, which gave him the idea to...
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...Bob MarleyFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search For the American comedian, see Bob Marley (comedian). Bob Marley. Bob Marley performing in concert, circa 1980. Background information Birth name Nesta Robert Marley Also known as Tuff Gong Born (1945-02-06)6 February 1945 Nine Mile, Saint Ann, Jamaica Died 11 May 1981(1981-05-11) (aged 36) Miami, Florida, U.S. Genres Reggae, ska, rocksteady Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano, saxophone, harmonica, percussion, horn Years active 1962–1981 Labels Studio One, Upsetter, Tuff Gong Associated acts Bob Marley & The Wailers, Wailers Band, The Upsetters, I Threes Website bobmarley.com Nesta Robert Marley, more widely and commonly known as "Bob Marley" OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers (1963–1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience.[1] Marley's music was heavily influenced by the social issues of his homeland, and he is considered to have given voice to the specific political and cultural nexus of Jamaica.[2] His best-known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Could You Be Loved", "Stir It Up", "Get Up Stand Up", "Jamming"...
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...Dhillon Taylor 17 Sept. 2012 Uniting the Nation of Jamaica The album “Survival”, released in 1979 by the great reggae musician Bob Marley, might be one of the most defiant albums ever created, expressing resistance to oppression and the belief in acting against governments, politicians, and other organizations that wield great power. To analyze the message in his album “Survival”, one must understand that Marley was not just an illustrious musician, but also a poet, a revolutionary, and a peace activist who was influential to millions of people during his lifetime and whose music still lives on to influence people today. According to the Bob Marley biography called “Life and Legacy” on the Official Bob Marley website, Marley had grown up in St. Anne, Jamaica and began his music career in Western Kingston, Jamaica in 1950. “Life and Legacy” stated that by the 1970’s, when political related violence was greatly damaging the nation, Marley was a music sensation and a man who was very popular in the entire country of Jamaica. Veerle Poupeye, a scholar from the Edna Manley College in Jamaica, explains in her article, “What Times Are These? Visual Art and Social Crisis in Postcolonial Jamaica”, that the 1970’s in Jamaica were years of violence and political unrest. Poupeye explained that the two major political alliances, the Peoples National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP), were constantly at odds and fighting for the support of the Jamaican people. Representing the...
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...Megan MUS 206 Term Project 12/7/12 Bob Marley By Megan Schaffer Bob Marley is an internationally known for reggae music; he is also a guitarist, songwriter, observant of the Rastafari, a son, a husband, and a father. He was part of a reggae band called Bob Marley & the Wailers (1963-1981). Marley was brought up by a single mother, and living in the ghettos of Jamaica. Now today, even after his death, people still listen to that passion filled music he created, and his legacy will live on forever; his sons Ziggy Marley and Stephen Marley are making sure of that with their music they are making. Biography: He was born Nesta Robert Marley, February 6, 1945, in the village of Nine Mile in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica. A Jamaican passport official would later swap his first and middle names which is how he became Bob Marley. He was mixed race; his father, Norval Sinclair Marley who was White Jamaican and his mother, Cedella Booker, an Afro-Jamaican. Norval provided financial support to Cedella and Bob, but was rarely around as he was often away on trips. In 1955, when Bob was just 10 years old, Norval died of a heart attack at the age 70. Bob Marley faced questions about his own racial identity throughout his whole life. He once reflected: I don’t have to prejudice against meself. My father was a white and my mother was black. Them call me half-caste or whatever. Me don’t deh pon nobody’s side. Me don’t deh pon black man’s side nor the white man’s side...
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...Marilyn Johnson George Buck ENC. 1101 MWF 11am April 18, 2012 The Life and Legend of Bob Marley Culture is defined by those who affect it. Bob Marley was one of those figures. He was a dynamic singer-song writer, musician, and activist who dramatically influenced popular culture, Reggae, Rastafarianism, and social awareness. His life is a cultural blend of integration through musical expression and involvement within the human rights movement striving for peace and equality. Robert Nesta Marley, known to the world as “Bob Marley” was born in Jamaica on February 6th, 1945. At the time of his birth he resembled his fifty year old father Captain Norval Sinclair Marley. “Nesta” as his mother liked to call him, was born into an inter-racial family; his mother was African American and his father was Caucasian. His mother, Cedella Booker, also known as “Ciddy”, was an eighteen year old young woman at the time and came from moderate means that was a sharp contrast to her husband, a colonial functionary. His father was mostly absent during Bob’s upbringing as a result of his family’s disapproval of the interracial marriage. Captain Norval family ensured that he was demoted to the lowest possible ranking in the British navy, barely earning enough money to feed himself let alone a young wife and child. Ciddy sent many letters to Captain Norval but received no reply. She raised Bob in the countryside of Jamaica on her own by opening a produce shop selling the food grown on her father’s...
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...“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. – Bob Marley”. Famous reggae musician and songwriter Bob Marley didn’t just speak to you mind with his tranquil jams, he spoke to the soul. Even though going through early life in poverty and receiving little education, Bob managed to find tranquility in music. Emerging from a third-world country isn’t the easiest thing to do, but somehow Bob was able to find his way out. “Born in Ann Parish, Jamaica; money was always a problem with the Marley family. With Bob’s dad fleeing back to America after he was born his mother was left with no support.” Bio.com. A&E Networks Television. Web. 19 May 2015. . “During...
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...Maha Almasoudi ESLI-086- Intermediate Reading Melissa Battista April 17. 2016 Marley: A Dog Like No Other The book is about Marley adventures in life from being a puppy to old age. The whole story starts when John Grogan and Jenny get Marley at a large wooden property in Florida. They got Marley for clearance, only $350 when the rest of the group was $375-400. They had to wait three weeks to get Marley, because he had to be eight weeks old. He lived in Florida, he like the sand and sun. One of Marley adventures was being a student in at obedience school, where he couldn't get enough of the smells and other dogs. The instructor kicked Marley out because he is too young and excitable. was eating everything as well and when Marley was about...
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...You should know what the story, A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, is. I’m going to talk about how each sees about Scrooge. The Nephew and Niece don’t like very much at the start as Scrooge tends to never go to their parties every year and dislikes Christmas which the nephew likes it, and we don’t know much about the niece except that she was married to the nephew. Scrooge thinks highly of himself but in the story he seemed to be a grumpy old man, as we know he hated Christmas and his past self and he also never got married. The Cratchits as we know are a poor family, Bob Cratchit is one of Scrooge’s workers and gets payed 15 shillings a week which wasn’t enough. Scrooge thinks about himself very well. He thinks that everything he did in the past was dumb and he should’ve never made it like that. He hates Christmas and calls it a humbag and never goes to his nephews parties. Scrooge at first doesn’t really care about Cratchit as Scrooge never seemed to realize that he was poor. Scrooge hates his nephew and his niece as like they get in his way....
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...“ Scrooge and Marley A Christmas Carol.” Change is a new feeling or behavior that a character or person doesn’t normally have, any person or character has the ability to change. In the text “ Scrooge and Marley a Christmas Carol,” the character Scrooge proved to people and ghosts that anyone one can change. Scrooge’s character transform in the text by becoming thankful, understanding, and cautious. To start off, the ghost known as “ The Ghost of Christmas Past” begins to show Scrooge more of his past that Scrooge has never thought back about. In the text the Ghost of Christmas past started off by showing Scrooge his past about his sister. Scrooge’s sisters name was Fan, now Fan was described a pure spirit due to all her kindness spreaded toward...
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...read the book “ A Christmas Carol:Scrooge and Marley” Then here are many things you can realate to? As you know In the beggining Scrooge is mean man, whom wasn’t pleasant to his Neice. As the Story goes on Scrooge becomes more moldable and changable. Many spirits came and visited scrooge around the Christmas time. Scrooge needed to change for the better. But the question is, Did he really change? In the story the think of Scrooge as a stuck up rich buisness man, who would do anything to get richer. He was mean and never donated, even to his relatives who were poor and needed the money. In the beggining, Scrooge’s neice ( a poor lady, whom was cheerful and bright ) welcomed him as he was getting ready. She told Scrooge Merry Christmas, as he began to nag and was beggining to explain why should she even be happy even though she is as poor as a flea. He was ignorant to learn how Christmas wasn’t about gifts, money, or getting, Christmas is about being together. He took it for granted and got visited by a spirit gone by the name Future....
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...Scrooge and Marley, a short novel, is the adapted version of a Christmas Carol by Israel Horovitz. The author expresses that greed and indifference come at a cost, so the readers can interpret the consequences of being greedy. Over the course of the story, the author shows dramatic changes in Scrooge’s personality. Before the first spirit arrives, an example of scrooge's personality towards the poor and everyone else is, “If I could work my will every idiot who goes about ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding…” (603). In this piece of text Scrooge shows that he does not care about anyone but himself. In the middle of the story, Scrooge starts to change his act about how he feels about how he treated his wife. For...
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...What can we learn from Bob Marley? І асquіrеd а рoѕtеr not too long аgo, іtѕ рortrаіt of Вob Маrlеу. Тhе іmаgе іѕ of frееdom. Тhіѕ ѕеnѕе of frееdom саn bе, аnd іѕ, асhіеvеd through hіѕ muѕіс, рowеrеd bу hіѕ muѕіс, аnd іnѕріrеd bу hіѕ muѕіс аѕ іt rеlаtеѕ to thе ѕoсіаl іnјuѕtісеѕ іn еаrlу whіtе іmреrіаlіѕm. Аn іlluѕіon of thе сrеаtіon of а humаn lіfе іѕ bеіng mеѕhеd togеthеr іn thіѕ dіѕtіnсt ріесе of work. Іt іѕ а рortrаіt of аn аrtіѕt fіghtіng ѕolеlу for frееdom uѕіng thе рowеr of muѕіс аѕ hіѕ wеарon. Тhе tіnу рісturеѕ thаt mаkе uр thіѕ рortrаіt аrе іn both сolor аnd blасk аnd whіtе аnd togеthеr ѕhow іnѕріrіng dеtаіlѕ from thе lіfе of Вob Маrlеу. Маѕѕеѕ of сolorful rесordѕ, whісh rерrеѕеnt thе lуrісѕ іntеndеd to motіvаtе lіѕtеnеrѕ еvеrуwhеrе, mаkе uр thе dаrknеѕѕ of Маrlеу’ѕ drеаdloсkѕ. Ніѕ drеаdloсkѕ аrе а mаrk of frееdom аnd rерrеѕеnt thе Lіon of Јudаh. Тhеу аrе сonѕіdеrеd thе ѕуmbol of Rаѕtаfаrіаn mаnhood. Маrlеу’ѕ fасе аnd еуеѕ аrе ѕomеwhаt lіghtеr іn сolor, аnd аrе mаdе uр of rаndom ѕаmрlіngѕ from ехреrіеnсеѕ іn hіѕ own lіfе. Тhе moѕt рromіnеnt іmаgе thаt аrіѕеѕ whеn gаzіng аt thе рortrаіt іѕ hіѕ hаnd rаіѕеd gеntlу to hіѕ lірѕ іn hіѕ routіnе to ѕmokе \"gаnја\" іn а rеlіgіouѕ рrасtісе. Тhіѕ hеrb іѕ аn Іndіаn ѕtrаіn of hеmр thаt саuѕеѕ hаlluсіnаtіonѕ аnd ѕріrіtuаl vіѕіonѕ. Тhе Rаѕtаfаrіаnѕ bеlіеvе thаt іn thіѕ асtіon thеу bесomе onе wіth Јаh, thе сrеаtor. Тhе lуrісѕ of Вob Маrlеу’ѕ ѕongѕ аrе а раrt of thе еntіrе Rаѕtаfаrіаn сulturе thаt сеntеrѕ on whаt іѕ godlіkе аnd holу...
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...Sources Of Dietary Fats -Animal sources: meat, cheese, and dairy -Plant sources: vegetable oils, nuts, and avocados -“Hidden”: French fries, pizza, baked goods, pasta, salad dressings -Benefits: provide texture, flavor and aroma to foods Lipid types- glycerol, fatty acids: chains of carbon atoms, acids at the end -Phosphate, chains of carbon atoms Carbon bonding- carbon can form four bonds Saturated Fats: carbons are saturated by hydrogens Unsaturated Fats: carbons are not saturated -The fat on the outside of a steak is solid at room temp. bec. It is high in saturated fatty acids, which pack tightly together -Vegetable oils are liquid at room temp. bec. They are high in unsat. Fatty acids. The bent chains of these fatty acids prevent tight packing allowing oil to flow Monounsaturated Fats: one double bond Polyunsaturated Fats: more than one double bond Omega-3 : first double bond at 3rd bond from omega end Omega-6: first double bond at the 6th bond from omega end Essential fatty acids cannot be made in the body, so they are essential in the diet Non-essential fatty acids can be made by the body so the are not essential in the diet (omega 6 fatty acids) Cis fat: hydrogen’s on same side (like sisters) -In cis fatty acids, the hydrogen’s are on the same side of the double bond and cause a bend in the carbon chain Trans fat: hydrogen’s are across -In trans fat acids the hydrogen’s are on opposite sides of...
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...Bob Marley’s Early Years: From Nine Miles To London Nesta Robert Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in Nine Miles, a district in St. Ann’s Parish on the north end of Jamaica. He spent his early childhood with his mother, Cedella Marley, sharing a tiny shack made of corrugated metal and wood in the mountainous countryside. “He was my first-born and very precious to the family and friends,” Cedella reported in Jim Henke’s essential sourcebook, Marley Legend: An Illustrated Life of Bob Marley. “He was always a jolly, happy little man. He loved to make friends, loved to play. I never had no trouble with him going to school and things like that. He was very obedient.” Bob spent little time around his father, Captain Norval Marley, a white Jamaican who supervised land for the British government and essentially abandoned the family soon after his son was born. Bob once said of his mixed heritage: “I don’t have prejudice against meself. My father was a white and my mother was black. Them call me half-caste or whatever. Me don’t dip on nobody’s side. Me don’t dip on the black man’s side nor the white man’s side. Me dip on God’s side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.” In grade school, Bob loved to sing. “I don’t really know how I got started,” Marley remembered in 1975, “but I know me mother was a singer. Me mother is spiritual, like a gospel singer. She writes songs. I hear her singing first and then I just love music, love it, grow with it.” A cousin...
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...The movie “Marley and Me” is an interesting movie about life and how we can have such a wonderful bond with a dog and how they become part of our families. It defines the relationship we can create with a pet and how no one is perfect but we would love them no matter what they do. Dogs need equal attention like if they were a child. We tend to forget that we need to teach them the behaviors we want them to have. Dogs can be our companions and they will love us unconditionally no matter how successful we are. When I watched “Marley and me” I learned how we all think alike in some situations but we make the best of them. For many of us our goal in life is to get married, create our own family like having children, having a career we enjoy and make money to support our family. Now that is the fairy tale version so that does not always happen, life is a list and as we go on we move to the step we want to accomplish but life is not what we expect it so we go with it and many times its better than what we wanted. The outcome to our lives are not always planned but they are not necessarily bad many of us want the life that is easy and sometimes we wish we never got married because we think if we were not we would have the life we wanted to live but then we realize that we are living the best life we could live. This movie showed me how society works and it is almost the same everywhere but no matter where we are we can be happy. I think this was a fabulous movie to...
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