Country artist produced the album Reba Duets in the fall of 2007 in collaboration with many other popular artists including Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Justin Timberlake, and pop artist Kelly Clarkson.
The album includes eleven newly released songs, all featuring Reba and a different second artist.
The opener for the album "When You Love Someone like That" is a song done with Leanne Rimes, following the typical country pattern of a broken heart. Reba portrays an older more experienced woman while Rimes plays the role of a girl just recently coming into the world.
Reba performs many love songs with the male artists being perhaps about a divorce as "Every Other Weekend" is with Kenny Chesney, or about a budding relationship such as "Does the Wind Still Blow in Oklahoma" performed with Ronnie Dunn. She ends the album with a final love song "Break Each Other's Hearts Again" with Don Henley.
Some of the songs done with the female artists are about a bad relationship yet several are worthy of mention for the emotions they stir in the first time listener. The song "Sleeping with the Telephone" with Faith Hill, is a song about a military man and a police officer and the emotions of the women while they wait for them to come home.
The song "Everyday People", done with Carole King, is a wonderful portrayal of the good of people in this world. It begins with seniors in college fixing homes in needy areas during spring break. It then proceeds to tell of a woman who can not afford health care when she gets sick because she is a single mother with several kids and how her neighbors came up with money to help. The final verse begins with the lyrics, "Little girl takes her Mama's hand/and walks inside saying 'please don't cry'/ as the people who built this house just for them/ laugh through the tears as the family moves in." This song shows and highlights the good in many people and many types of good deeds that people will perform and can do.
Her eleven song album is very good and will be admired by her previous fans as well as new ones. Each song is unique and shows a different light, both of the accompanying artists and Reba. The album itself is a good showcase of voices in country without it being a miscellaneous, unorganized soundtrack. I would recommend the album to any fan of her previous albums, movies, or TV series Reba.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
self assessment of hourglass story
I have good spelling and punctuation--4. My organization is pretty good--3. My creativity might need a little work--3. I have good quotations and they are in the correct format--4.
Bike Rider Killed in Truck Crash
Bicyclist Sandra Martine was traveling cross country with the intention of raising money for poverty stricken children in third-world countries when a tractor trailer driver lost control and hit the sixteen year old girl, Tuesday evening.
Thirty year old Harold Young, lost control of the vehicle when he saw a toddler running towards the street and swerved in an attempt to avoid the infant who was stopped by a family member before she reached the street.
Sandra Martine was riding cross-country with a charitable organization which opened hostels for riders of the group to stay in each night while they traveled cross-country to raise money for the charity of their choice.
According to fellow riders, Sandra was a ray of sunshine during the long ride.
Sandra began the ride in mid-June with the intent of finishing it by the beginning of August. She was a straight A student who felt passionately about the ability of one person to help change the world.
“When Sandra told me she wanted to go on this ride, I was really worried about her but I knew I had to let her go because this was what she really wanted to do,” Sandra’s mother told reporters in and emotional interview.
Trip members told us that Sandra was a bright member of the group the whole ride. She and fellow rider Mike Smith had left the group and headed off to the grocery store to purchase dinner when the trailer hit her.
“Sandra and I had left the hostel and I stopped for a moment to adjust my packs. She continued riding but paused a few yards down to wait for me. I saw the truck swerve over the line and saw it barreling towards her and yelled for her to look out. But the truck was too loud, I think, and she was hit before she or I could even respond,” Mike Smith said.
The trip leader said that this was a first for the organization. “We normally remain on the bike trails with the exception of trips to the store at night. It’s a terrible tragedy and will now travel in large groups all the time.”
Smith, as well as residents in the area, called authorities immediately but Sandra was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver says he had the sincerest of sympathies for the family of the child and will do all that he can to help. Right now, it does not appear as though any charges will be pressed against him, although a court order may come out for the families of infants on major roads in the town to put up three foot fences in the front of the house to prevent any more accidents like this one.
*This is a fictional story and derived from my imagination.
Thirty year old Harold Young, lost control of the vehicle when he saw a toddler running towards the street and swerved in an attempt to avoid the infant who was stopped by a family member before she reached the street.
Sandra Martine was riding cross-country with a charitable organization which opened hostels for riders of the group to stay in each night while they traveled cross-country to raise money for the charity of their choice.
According to fellow riders, Sandra was a ray of sunshine during the long ride.
Sandra began the ride in mid-June with the intent of finishing it by the beginning of August. She was a straight A student who felt passionately about the ability of one person to help change the world.
“When Sandra told me she wanted to go on this ride, I was really worried about her but I knew I had to let her go because this was what she really wanted to do,” Sandra’s mother told reporters in and emotional interview.
Trip members told us that Sandra was a bright member of the group the whole ride. She and fellow rider Mike Smith had left the group and headed off to the grocery store to purchase dinner when the trailer hit her.
“Sandra and I had left the hostel and I stopped for a moment to adjust my packs. She continued riding but paused a few yards down to wait for me. I saw the truck swerve over the line and saw it barreling towards her and yelled for her to look out. But the truck was too loud, I think, and she was hit before she or I could even respond,” Mike Smith said.
The trip leader said that this was a first for the organization. “We normally remain on the bike trails with the exception of trips to the store at night. It’s a terrible tragedy and will now travel in large groups all the time.”
Smith, as well as residents in the area, called authorities immediately but Sandra was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver says he had the sincerest of sympathies for the family of the child and will do all that he can to help. Right now, it does not appear as though any charges will be pressed against him, although a court order may come out for the families of infants on major roads in the town to put up three foot fences in the front of the house to prevent any more accidents like this one.
*This is a fictional story and derived from my imagination.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Self-assesment of interview
Two Strengths: My puncutation and spelling were good.
Two Areas of improvement: My sentences could use more variety and my angle should be better defined in my questions.
Two Areas of improvement: My sentences could use more variety and my angle should be better defined in my questions.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Personal interview
East Bridgewater High School Freshman Meghan Lee shared her experience and hopes for this summer with me about the Project Contemporary Competitiveness (PCC) at Bridgewater State College.
Q: What classes did you take last year? What did you like about them?
A: The year before I took Marine Biology and scrapbooking. I took only two but signed up for four because your choices are listed in order of preference and then chosen. I liked Marine Biology the best (last year). Scrapbooking was cool because i got to bring something home with all my memories in it.
Q: What would you say was most memorable about PCC?
A: Everything was really fun. My top two memories would be number one when we dissected the shark in Marine Biology. Everyone left class except me and Elena. The second memory would be when the freaky magician came and did a lot of cool tricks, including sticking a nail in his eye and eating fire.
Q: What do you plan and want to do this summer?
A: I hope to get into PCC again this summer. I had a really great time last year. The applications should be coming back next week. Other than that, I want to play tennis.
Q: What classes did you sign up for at PCC?
A: I signed up for the Green team, Digital Photography, PCC Website, and Microbiology. I signed up for the Green Team and Microbiology because they are science-related. I want to do something with science as a career. I signed up for the other two because I like working with computers and they sounded like fun.
To view Meghan's blog go to http://futrbio.blogspot.com/
Q: What classes did you take last year? What did you like about them?
A: The year before I took Marine Biology and scrapbooking. I took only two but signed up for four because your choices are listed in order of preference and then chosen. I liked Marine Biology the best (last year). Scrapbooking was cool because i got to bring something home with all my memories in it.
Q: What would you say was most memorable about PCC?
A: Everything was really fun. My top two memories would be number one when we dissected the shark in Marine Biology. Everyone left class except me and Elena. The second memory would be when the freaky magician came and did a lot of cool tricks, including sticking a nail in his eye and eating fire.
Q: What do you plan and want to do this summer?
A: I hope to get into PCC again this summer. I had a really great time last year. The applications should be coming back next week. Other than that, I want to play tennis.
Q: What classes did you sign up for at PCC?
A: I signed up for the Green team, Digital Photography, PCC Website, and Microbiology. I signed up for the Green Team and Microbiology because they are science-related. I want to do something with science as a career. I signed up for the other two because I like working with computers and they sounded like fun.
To view Meghan's blog go to http://futrbio.blogspot.com/
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Rudy--Inverted Pyramid Article
In the final game of the season, a walk-on player, Rudy, Number 45, made a tackle in the final seconds of the Georgia Tech at Notre Dame game.
The game was the first he was allowed to dress for after a rally by his teammates.
The offense made a long pass so that Rudy could get on the field with the defense after a cheer went up by the fans and his teammates on the sidelines.
Notre Dame won the game 24 to 3.
The game was the first he was allowed to dress for after a rally by his teammates.
The offense made a long pass so that Rudy could get on the field with the defense after a cheer went up by the fans and his teammates on the sidelines.
Notre Dame won the game 24 to 3.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
A Sign of Spring
This weekend the New England area experienced their first glimmer of spring in a long time. The temperatures hit sixty degrees and the Cape Cod Canal bike way saw bikers and pedestrians fill its paths.
I went to the Canal to go for a walk with my family before having lunch. About a mile into my three-and-a-half mile walk, I took my coat of and tied it around my waist, continuing my walk with only a t-shirt on. my uncle was able to look across he canal and see where we were standing on the trail from his work site. Several family members were able to spot him standing on a porch on the other side of the canal.
We did see several bikers although the trail was filled mainly with pedestrians. Therefore the end of the walk nearest the railroad bridge was the most crowded, although I did not travel all the way to the end. We stopped at the rest stop in the middle and were picked up by my father and brother, who had returned to fetch the car halfway through the walk. The buildings remained closed as well as the restrooms inside, so portapotties were the only relief system for walkers that day. The trail way was not prepared for a large turnout of walkers this early in March, yet the fact that so many people came was a sign of the spring that is sure to be soon in coming.
I went to the Canal to go for a walk with my family before having lunch. About a mile into my three-and-a-half mile walk, I took my coat of and tied it around my waist, continuing my walk with only a t-shirt on. my uncle was able to look across he canal and see where we were standing on the trail from his work site. Several family members were able to spot him standing on a porch on the other side of the canal.
We did see several bikers although the trail was filled mainly with pedestrians. Therefore the end of the walk nearest the railroad bridge was the most crowded, although I did not travel all the way to the end. We stopped at the rest stop in the middle and were picked up by my father and brother, who had returned to fetch the car halfway through the walk. The buildings remained closed as well as the restrooms inside, so portapotties were the only relief system for walkers that day. The trail way was not prepared for a large turnout of walkers this early in March, yet the fact that so many people came was a sign of the spring that is sure to be soon in coming.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Mission Possible: A response to the article from East Bridgewater Star
Central School music teacher, Mrs. Layton, and her two high school boys spent their February vacation in Honduras, a third world country. They took streamers, clothing, hygiene products, school supplies, and small musical instruments to pass out to the children in Honduras.
When you read a story about a church group reaching out in a community way beyond their walls it is very touching, especially to read that teens are excited and enthusiastic about going. Anybody able to read this article is probably pretty lucky because they have a computer and internet access. But so many people in this wide world to not enjoy the things we take for granted everyday. The most important one is probably a free public education. We are all forced by the government to go to school and our families have to send us. We also have child labor laws that place restritions on where we can work, what we can do for work and how long we can work for. To be given an education and protection is a great gift from the government and the people of the United States are extremely lucky for it. My church worked wth orphans of Kenya and discussed how although they are given free education, they must get new ones before going back to school.
The gift the Laytons and the rest of their church are giving to the people of Honduras is one that is largely appreciated. One of the comments in the article made by Mrs. Layton was that when she gave a child a piece of candy, he sucked on it for a moment before passing it on to the next child.
for article go to http://www.wickedlocal.com/bridgewatereast/news/x1237123591/Mission-Possible
When you read a story about a church group reaching out in a community way beyond their walls it is very touching, especially to read that teens are excited and enthusiastic about going. Anybody able to read this article is probably pretty lucky because they have a computer and internet access. But so many people in this wide world to not enjoy the things we take for granted everyday. The most important one is probably a free public education. We are all forced by the government to go to school and our families have to send us. We also have child labor laws that place restritions on where we can work, what we can do for work and how long we can work for. To be given an education and protection is a great gift from the government and the people of the United States are extremely lucky for it. My church worked wth orphans of Kenya and discussed how although they are given free education, they must get new ones before going back to school.
The gift the Laytons and the rest of their church are giving to the people of Honduras is one that is largely appreciated. One of the comments in the article made by Mrs. Layton was that when she gave a child a piece of candy, he sucked on it for a moment before passing it on to the next child.
for article go to http://www.wickedlocal.com/bridgewatereast/news/x1237123591/Mission-Possible
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