...Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald was born on April 25, 1918, in Newport News, Virginia, but spent her formative years in Yonkers, New York, and received her musical education in its public schools. When only 16, she received her first big break at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, when she won an amateur night contest and impressed saxophonistbandleader Benny Carter. He recommended her to drummer-bandleader Chick Webb, who hired her in 1935. She soon became a recording star with the band, and her own composition "A-tisket, A-tasket"(1938) was such a smash hit that the song became her trademark for many years thereafter. When Webb died in 1939, Fitzgerald assumed leadership of the band for the next year. By 1940 Fitzgerald was recognized throughout the music world as a vocal marvel - a singer with clarity of tone, flexibility of range, fluency of rhythm, and, above all, a talent for improvisation that was equally effective on ballads and up-tempo tunes. Although for a long time her reputation with musicians and other singers outstripped that with the general public, she corrected the imbalance soon after joining Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic (JATP) in 1946. She made annual tours with the group and was invariably the concert favorite. Three of her unfailing show-stoppers were "Oh, Lady Be Good," "Stomping at the Savoy," and "How High the Moon." Each would begin at a medium tempo and then turn into a rhythmic excursion as Fitzgerald moved up-tempo...
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...Angela Marie Murphy American Literature Ella Fitzgerald “ The First Lady of Song “ LaKeah Wilkins March 11,2013 Ella Fitzgerald was born to William and Temperance Fitzgerald on April 25, 1917 in Newport News, Virginia. Ella’s parent’s divorced when she was only a month old and her mother moved them to Yonkers, New York to live with her mother. Her mother had another daughter in 1923 by her second husband. To help her struggling family, Ella helped out by working as a messenger “ running numbers “, and acted as a lookout for a brothel. Her first love was to become a dancer. In 1932, Ella’s mother Temperance died from a heart attack, and Ella and her sister was sent to live with her aunt. During this time, Ella began getting in trouble with the police and her aunt sent her to a reform school. She later ran away and lived on the streets of New York during the Great Depression. At the age of seventeen Ella’s name was picked in the weekly drawing to perform at the Apollo, where she was given the opportunity to compete in amateur night. On this night, she had planned to dance until she saw her competition. Not knowing what she was going to do after what she had seen, she decided to sing her mother’s favorite song “ Judy “ by Connee Bowell. After winning on this...
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...Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald were friends and influential singers of the Swing Era. Each singer possessed a unique musical style that continues to be emulated by today’s jazz singers. Listen to Billie Holiday’s Back in Your Own Back Yard and Ella Fitzgerald’s Flying Home. [Back In Your Own Back Yard (Gridley, Chapter 5, Page 83: Jazz Classics for Concise Guide to Jazz CD 1 track 11; Flying Home: Chapter 5, Page 86: Jazz Classics for Concise Guide to Jazz CD 1 track 12]. Respond to each prompt. Then, offer commentary regarding the similarities and differences between the examples. | Back In Your Own Back Yard (Billie Holiday) | Flying Home (Ella Fitzgerald) | Similarities and Differences | Tempo (slow, medium, fast, dance-like?) | Medium / Slow Tempo | Medium / Fast Tempo | Back Yard is different as slower tempo, as Flying Home is more faster/up-beat | Swing feel (Do you sense a weak, medium, or strong rhythmic pulse? Which song has a stronger pulse?) | Medium pulse | Strong pulse | Medium pulse Strong pulse Flying Home has a stronger pulse | Syncopation (Is there evidence of syncopation or tugging and pulling against the musical pulse?) | Tugging/Pulling background of Lester Young playing the Sax. | Guitar elements give like a dirtier sound. There is disorienting being heard | The syncopation seems to be more apparent with the tone in Flying Home; pure and supple tone compared to Backyard. | Lyrics (What story, if any, is told by lyrics each artist sings?)...
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...Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald were friends and influential singers of the Swing Era. Each singer possessed a unique musical style that continues to be emulated by today’s jazz singers. Listen to Billie Holiday’s Back in Your Own Back Yard and Ella Fitzgerald’s Flying Home. [Back In Your Own Back Yard (Gridley, Chapter 5, Page 83: Jazz Classics for Concise Guide to Jazz CD 1 track 11; Flying Home: Chapter 5, Page 86: Jazz Classics for Concise Guide to Jazz CD 1 track 12]. Respond to each prompt. Then, offer commentary regarding the similarities and differences between the examples. Back In Your Own Back Yard (Billie Holiday) Flying Home (Ella Fitzgerald) Similarities and Differences Tempo (slow, medium, fast, dance-like?) Medium/slow Medium/Fast (BPM) Back Yard is different as slower tempo, as Flying Home is more faster/up-beat Swing feel (Do you sense a weak, medium, or strong rhythmic pulse? Which song has a stronger pulse?) Medium pulse Strong pulse Flying Home has a stronger pulse Syncopation (Is there evidence of syncopation or tugging and pulling against the musical pulse?) Tugging/Pulling background of Lester Young playing the Sax. Guitar elements give like a dirtier sound. There is disorienting being heard. The syncopation seems to be more apparent with the tone in Flying Home; pure and supple tone compared to Backyard. Lyrics (What story, if any, is told by lyrics each artist sings?) That you left your happiness at home, in the backyard. Hard to say because...
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...Ella Fitzgerald By: Anna Eichinger Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on April 25th 1997, in Newport News Virginia. Ella Fitzgerald is what I would call a cinderella success story. She was born into a normal family with a mother and father, but just months after she was born, her parents seperated. Ella moved to Yonkers, New York with her mother and her long time boyfriend, eventually she married and had another child. They lived a happy life, but in the year 1932, Ella's mother died from injuries she received in a car accident. Just a few weeks later, her step-father suffered a sever heart attack and also died. This forced Ella to move in with her aunt. Ella had a very hard time adjusting to her new life. She began skipping school and getting into quite a bit of trouble, eventually dropping out of high school, getting into some trouble with the law. Ella was then forced into to a reform school,but in fall of 1934, Ella ran away from the reform school in hopes of becoming a singer or dancer. She lived on the streets for years, until she entered an amateur singing contest in Harlem at the Apollo Theater. That night, she won $25 for first place and the attention of Chick Webb. Mr. Webb was the key to kickstarting Ella's career, her first recording was "Love and Kisses" which was released in 1938. Just three years later, Ella made her first hit, "A-Tisket-A-Tasket". And a few months later, she came out with "I Found My Yellow Basket", This climbed to number three on the charts...
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...The definition of Renaissance is the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning. The Harlem Renaissance was an African-American cultural movement that focused on literature, music, theater, art, and politics. The Harlem Renaissance is important because it’s something that brought African Americans together as a whole. It allowed them to get the opportunities that people tried to strip them of. This was being human and normal. After the war the African American people began to migrate to Harlem and that’s when it all started. Harlem was the place the largest group of African Americans moved to during the African American Great Migration. Most African Americans came for work and a hope for a new life. Places such as The Apollo Theater and The Cotton Club, and Musicians, Writers and Actors were a part of the Harlem Renaissance. That’s what made the Harlem Renaissance. It was time for a cultural celebration.” African Americans had endured centuries of slavery and the struggle for abolition. The end of bondage had not brought the Promised Land many had envisioned.” “The Harlem Renaissance” ushistory, Independence Hall Association, 22 May 2014, http://www.ushistory.org/us/46e.asp , 2008-2014 A music theater that has history, which means it wasn’t an ordinary place. An extraordinary place called the Apollo Theater. The Apollo Theater is located in Harlem, New York on 125th Avenue between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Frederick Douglas...
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...Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald were friends and influential singers of the Swing Era. Each singer possessed a unique musical style that continues to be emulated by today’s jazz singers. Listen to Billie Holiday’s Back in Your Own Back Yard and Ella Fitzgerald’s Flying Home. [Back In Your Own Back Yard (Gridley, Chapter 5, Page 83: Jazz Classics for Concise Guide to Jazz CD 1 track 11; Flying Home: Chapter 5, Page 86: Jazz Classics for Concise Guide to Jazz CD 1 track 12]. Respond to each prompt. Then, offer commentary regarding the similarities and differences between the examples. | Back In Your Own Back Yard (Billie Holiday) | Flying Home (Ella Fitzgerald) | Similarities and Differences | Tempo (slow, medium, fast, dance-like?) | Medium | Fast | Back Yard has a lower tempo, as Flying Home is more faster/upbeat. | Swing feel (Do you sense a weak, medium, or strong rhythmic pulse? Which song has a stronger pulse?) | Medium | Strong | Flying Home has a stronger pulse. | Syncopation (Is there evidence of syncopation or tugging and pulling against the musical pulse?) | Tugging | Pulling | The syncopation seems to be more apparent with the tone in Flying Home, pure and supple compared with Back Yard. | Lyrics (What story, if any, is told by lyrics each artist sings?) | You left happiness at home, in the backyard. | It seems to have a feel of freedom to be flying home. | Two different stories being told with similar subjects on life, yet there is happiness in both...
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...find out what is better for the individual not necessarily the family members. While finding out what is best for the individual it is a social workers responsibility to meet with his or her family members and get to know them and there background/history to make sure that the right decision is being made. When one is aware that he or she is living their last days they then want to live comfortably and peacefully. They do not want to spend his or her last days with people whom they do not know. Ella already had her mind set as to how she wanted to spend her last days. Even though Ella’s family members had several problems; Ella still wanted to be in the comfort of her own home with her family members. If Ella is in her home she is already use to her surroundings and the people around her. If she is in a hospital setting she could possibly have to share a room if the hospital is packed. If she goes home she do not have to worry about having to share her room space with anyone. Ella already had cancer and she over came the illness once however it came back. And when it came back it came back even worse than before because the doctor told her that she needed hospice. When hospice is even mentioned the situation is not at all looking good for the patient....
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...In the novel Waterlily the researcher/historian Ella Cara Deloria shows that women in Dakota society occupied subordinate positions to their male counterparts. The gender inequalities come early in the book as Blue Bird and her grandmother are members of low station in their tribe “without any male relatives to give them backing” (pg 11). They do not take part in the activities and gift-giving ceremonies that mark a camp circles culture. They are looked upon as an act of the tribes charity and relegated to the background. In contrast Blue Bird’s future husband Rainbow distraught over the loss of his first wife roams the plains encountering many camp circles where he is treated as an honorable guest and even is able to enter into Kola, a friendship of high honor and responsibility with a member of another camp circle. Blue Bird and her grandmother are only able to gain social standing by entering through marriage into a tiyospaye, literally group of tipis. This was the social structure upon which Dakota camps were built. A tiyospaye was a group of related families (usually through the important sibling bond) who practiced cooperative living. The greater production of the large group allowed individuals to specialize such as Dream Woman’s craft and quillwork, Black Eagle as a warrior, and Rainbow as a hunter, which would reflect well on the tiyospaye and increase its prestige. In a tiyospaye men, specifically brothers were all important as the brother would protect and hunt...
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...would make even the bravest of warriors quiver with fright awakens from its deep and powerful slumber. The creature claws and drags its body out of where it was resting less than a minute before. Slithers of bright light stab into the gloom revealing whatever it touches to whatever or whoever may be observing. The searching light finds the colour blue as well as straight, flat surfaces. Grey metal angrily reflects the sun back from whence it came. The monstrous creature announces its awakening with an almighty roar that shakes the creature from head to toe as it stretches its extremely average arms....
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...INDIVIDUAL REPORT ON SIMULATION EXERCISE (GLO-BUS) COMPANY NAME: X (Company E) INTRODUCTION/ GENERIC STRATEGY We began managing our company, X, intuitively. However, as the operating year progressed our strategic direction began evolving as a mixed yet responsive strategy. We developed two different strategic directions, one for the Entry-level cameras and the second for the Multi-featured cameras, hence a mixed strategy. For the Entry-level camera we applied the Best-cost provider or the Hybrid strategy as we provided a low cost yet unique product as it offered high value and quality. The goal behind this strategy was to increase profitability and outcompete our rivals through increased market share. While for the Multi-featured cameras we implemented a focused differentiation strategy, as we decided to provide a unique product with a high price, to achieve a very high PQ rating. We chose this strategy because we found a gap in the Multi-featured camera market, as there was no other company producing a high quality camera at a premium price. Both of these strategic directions were driven by the responsiveness of the competitive market. For both types of our cameras we tried to find a gap in the market and take advantage of it. Therefore, we chose the hybrid strategy for the Entry-level camera and the focused differentiation strategy for the Multi-featured camera. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW: PESTEL Political Since we operate in four major geographical areas...
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...Name: Ella Ousley Date: May 18, 2014 ECH 335 Title: Let Build a Machine!! Overview/Annotation: Students will learn about the six types of simple machines. They will define , use and build their own simple machine with the required materials. Content Standard(s): SC(2) 4. Describe observable effects of forces, including buoyancy, gravity, and magnetism. SC(3) 4. Define force and motion. SC(3) 5. Identify the relationship of simple machines to compound machines. TC2(K-2) 4. Identify safe use of technology systems and applications. TC2(K-2) 7. Use digital tools to access and retrieve information. Primary Learning Objective(s): Students will identify the six types of simple machines. Students will use the Internet to explore simple machines and the way thery are used and created. Students will construct each type of simple machine using given materials. Students will identify simple machines throughout the school, home and everyday life. Approximate Duration of the Lesson: 50 minutes once a week until machines are completed Materials and Equipment: Wooden rulers, objects to lift, tape, can, 2 boards of different lengths, string, rubber bands, heavy book, 2 matchbox cars, paper square, pencil, dull scissors, sharp scissors, tabletop, sewing spool, handouts (see attached) Technology Resources Needed: Computers with Internet access Background/Preparation: Students will be introduced to the different types of machinery. They will see visuals...
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...THE POWER OF SIX BOOK TWO OF THE LORIEN LEGACIES PITTACUS LORE Contents Cover Title Page Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Chapter Twenty-Five Chapter Twenty-Six Chapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-One Chapter Thirty-Two Chapter Thirty-Three About the Author Also by Pittacus Lore Credits Copyright About the Publisher THE EVENTS IN THIS BOOK ARE REAL. NAMES AND PLACES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO PROTECT THE LORIEN SIX, WHO REMAIN IN HIDING. OTHER CIVILIZATIONS DO EXIST. SOME OF THEM SEEK TO DESTROY YOU. Chapter One MY NAME IS MARINA, AS OF THE SEA, BUT I WASN’T called that until much later. In the beginning I was known merely as Seven, one of the nine surviving Garde from the planet Lorien, the fate of which was, and still is, left in our hands. Those of us who aren’t lost. Those of us still alive. I was six when we landed. When the ship jolted to a halt on Earth, even at my young age I sensed how much was at stake for us—nine Cêpan, nine Garde— and that our only chance waited for us here. We had entered the planet’s atmosphere in the midst of a storm of our own creation, and as our feet...
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...Spanish Is A Romantic Language. Almost Everything Sounds More Romantic In Spanish Than In English, Don't You Think? On This Page You Can Learn The Vocabulary Of Love And Romance. Try Them Out On Someone Special. How To Say "Sweetheart" In Spanish In English We Call Our Loved Ones "Dear", "Honey" Or "Sweetheart". Here Are Spanish Words You Can Use To Express The Same Idea. Cariño - Dear Mi Amor - My Love Mi Vida - My Life Corazón - Heart Mi Reina/Rey - My Queen/King Tesoro - Treasure Querida/Querido - Dear Nena/Nene - Baby Muñeca - Doll Guapa/Guapo - Gorgeous Bonita - Pretty Novia/Novio - Girlfriend/Boyfriend Esposa/Marido - Wife/Husband Expressions Of Love Now That You Know How To Address Your Loved Ones, You Will Need A Few Handy Phrases To Make Them Feel Special. Spanish Has Two Verbs That Express Love: Amar And Querer. Generally Speaking, Amar Is Stronger And You Will Probably Only Use It With Your Spouse Or With Whomever You Are Romantically Involved. Querer Is More Affectionate And Less Passionate. You Can Use It With Your Friends And Family. There's A Famous Song By El Príncipe De La Cancion, José José, Called "Amar Y Querer" Which Explains The Difference Between The Two In A Highly Romanticized Way. Here Are The Lyrics. By The Way, Listening To Latin Songs And Studying The Lyrics Is A Great Way To Improve Your Spanish. I Love You - Te Quiero, Te Amo You're Beautiful - Eres Muy Bonita You're Handsome - Eres Guapo I'm Crazy About...
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...MAPAS DE GESTION PRAGMATICA Y VISIONARIA EN ORGANIZACIONES (M2H) Profesor Supervisor Propuesto: Mario Tarride F. Profesor Externo Invitado: Ph D Kenneth Massey CONTENIDOS DE LA PROPUESTA MAPAS DE GESTION VISIONARIA Y PRAGAMATICA EN ORGANIZACIONES 1. Resumen de la propuesta: Todas las organizaciones intentan planear para el corto y largo plazo y ser consecuentes en las acciones que toman para asegurar los intereses de la organización para hoy y para mañana. A fines de los años 90, Bud Vieira, en el marco de su participación en la empresa consultora Internacional BDA (Business Design Associates) publicó un Documento de Trabajo denominado “Cultivating the Visionary Enterprise”, que fue utilizado por esta empresa en Telefónica CTC Chile con el nombre en español de “Mapa de Dos Horizontes” y que esta incorporado como Anexo a esta presentación. Vieira señala en él que hay diferencias cualitativas entre pensar y actuar frente a las demandas pragmáticas del presente y anticipar el horizonte visionario de mañana. Es decir “el mañana” a largo plazo es cualitativamente diferente que “el mañana” a corto plazo. El mapa muestra el carácter revolucionario de mover a la organización de un espacio a otro y porque al no entender el carácter revolucionario de pasar de un horizonte a otro puede atraparla en un presente continuo con un futuro ilusorio. Prepararse para el largo plazo es un acto cualitativamente diferente que prepararse uno para...
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