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The following paragraphs, taken from the middle of a formal persuasive essay, present and develop the claim that today’s musical artists don’t have ambition or creativity.
Read the selection and write a discussion board post of at least 200 words that identifies and evaluates the patterns of development this author used to make his or her point. Make sure to answer the following questions:

What types of development are used, and where? (More than one pattern is used in this selection).

Which are the most effective?

Which are least effective, and why?

Though the history of American music is full of innovation, current artists don’t seem to have the same ambition or creativity. American pop artists haven’t offered listeners any truly new music styles in decades. Right now singers such as Jay-Z and Lil Wayne are carrying on the traditions of rap, not only with their music but with “looks” that feature the ballcaps and bling made “kool” a generation ago. Promotional photos of Sugarland and Tim McGraw show them sporting the pointy-toed boots, Wranglers and oversized belt buckles of past country stars; similarly, listeners have no trouble identifying the look or the music of a “cross-over artist” such as Taylor Swift. As Glen Gamboa writes in an article for Newsday, Swift’s music is on the country and pop charts, and she collaborates with artists from many genres (34). What that versatility shows, however, is only Swift’s ability to move from one conventional musical style to another. When she goes country, both are sweet as a Georgia peach. When she sings pop songs, listeners are immediately reminded of sugary pseudo-punk singers from two decades ago. Her “Fearless” album isn’t on top because of its originality, as Jim Malecwrites in his review, but because it’s unoriginal and the top single is “cliché” (Malec). A historical comparison of Billboard magazine’s charts also notes this lack of innovation, since the magazine has been shuffling today’s talent into the same old top categories of R&B, rap, rock, and country for 30 years. Reports on what was charting in 1979 show the same top categories. Sure, today’s charts have added categories such as top digital albums, and best-selling ringtones (“Billboard charts”). These categories, however, distinguish new kinds of music delivery, rather than new musical styles.

Perhaps the most telling example of what’s lacking in today’s music is the rise of Michael Jackson’s “This is It,” which became the number one R&B album in the country posthumously (“Billboard charts”). A musician who rose to fame in the late 1970s, Jackson hadn’t released new music in almost 10 years, Rolling Stone records, until the posthumous release of “This is It” in October of 2009 (“Discography”). In fact, news reports after the release revealed that the album’s title track was actually written back in 1983, in collaboration with a previous generation’s popstar, Paul Anka (“Paul Anka Strikes Deal”). Yet, when Jackson died in June 2009, the reaction to his music proved that the industry hadn’t moved past him. He even had the same market demographic, as 10-year-old Joshua Thompson demonstrated in his reaction to all the media coverage of Jackson’s death. A typical tween, Thompson listened to many types of current music and watches current videos. From the first news report of Jackson’s death, however, he took every opportunity to watch the TV specials that featured Jackson’s early music and videos. He begged to stay up later than usual on several occasions, because he didn’t want to miss a re-showing of the “Thriller” video. Evidently, he wasn’t the only one who reacted that way. According to an article in Entertainment Weekly, Billboard recently changed its rules to count sales of albums more than 18 months old, because some of Jackson’s earlier albums were outselling current work (Vosick-Levinson). That Jackson’s songs would be relevant to a 10-year-old, and current music-buyers, highlights the fact that today’s musicians haven’t found new styles and subject matter to replace what their elders were singing about 20-30 years ago.

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A progress note and a Privileged note

Introduction

A progress note is a medical record that the health professionals maintain to show the
logical impression of the medical decisions as well as the patient's progress toward the desired
treatment goals (Zyloney & Robert 51). It is usually updated on a daily basis, especially for
inpatients. A progress note contains four elements: objective (patients’ feelings and expression),
subjective (findings from physical, laboratory, or clinical test), assessment (healthcare
evaluation), and plan (treatment course adopted). On the other hand, a privilege note is a matter
of legal evidence as it is used to record the information that law identifies as confidential
between the client and the psychotherapist. As a patient's property, it is only the patient who can
waive or assert a privilege note. This paper illustrates a patient's progress note and privilege note.

Part 1: Progress Note

Treatment modality used and the efficacy of the approach

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The patient's best treatment modality is a combination of therapies: interpersonal therapy,
cognitive behavioral therapy, and supportive therapy. Interpersonal therapy will help to
determine if the patient's problem is due to social issues, and he may involve interviewing his
employer. Cognitive behavioral therapy, on the other hand, is an intervention process that would
help the client on how to deal with his negative emotions or thoughts. It also aims to explain to
the patient how such ill thoughts might endanger his well being. Supportive therapy will enable
the patient to appreciate that people care about his well being. As such, the treatment will help
the patient regain self-identity and self-esteem.

Progress

Mr. Morgan has been having the problem for three consecutive months. Throughout this
period, his treatment plan has been pharma...


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