...back to the 1960’s and ask anyone who is the greatest guitar player of all time they would tell you, Jimi Hendrix. Born in 1942, in Seattle, Washington Jimi Hendrix had difficult childhood growing up he had to live with relatives or acquaintances. His mother was only 17 when he was born...
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...Toni Morrison's Recitatif The girls in “Recitatif” meet in a shelter/orphanage because they were taken from their mothers and placed in the home until their mothers were well enough for them to go back home. They bond with each other out of necessity, out of a desire to survive. The girls’ personalities although different, are very much alike. They both want to have a normal life. They both are struggling to fit in and not feel different. Neither wants to admit they came from bad homes. Twyla, didn’t seem to acknowledge what was really going on. She didn’t want to admit that her mother was also “ill”. She simply liked to dance. Roberta seemed to understand a little more that her mother was “ill” but neither really understood what it meant. The author states that she wrote this story without telling the reader which girl is black and which one is white. From the beginning I thought Twyla was the white girl and Roberta was the black girl. Twyla talks about their introduction when they arrived at the orphanage. She said her mother had told her about people of the other race, “And Mary, that’s my mother, she was right. Every now and then she would stop dancing long enough to tell me something important and one of the things she said was that they never washed their hair and they smelled funny.” I grew up around children of all races and several of my black friends told me they didn’t wash their hair more than once a week because it messed up...
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...Get quotes daily Join Goodreads Quotes About Life Quotes tagged as "life" (showing 1-30 of 3,000) “Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss tags: attributed-no-source, cry, crying, experience, happiness, joy, life, optimism, sadness, smile, smiling 132914 likes like “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” ― Marilyn Monroe tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst 115438 likes like “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing 89292 likes like “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ― Mae West tags: humor, life 76368 likes like “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ― Robert Frost tags: life 70442 likes like “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.” ― Narcotics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-albert-einstein 50112 likes like “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ― Oscar Wilde tags: life ...
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...Hard Rock Café Case Study GSCM-206 Managing Supply Operations 1. Identify the strategy changes that have taken place at Hard Rock Café since its founding in 1971. Hard Rock Café is a globally recognized brand. Since its founding in 1971, Hard Rock Café has made continuous improvements and upgrades to bring the brand to where it is today, changing with the times and markets. Hard Rock started as a London Café serving classic “American” food and eventually became a “theme” restaurant chain selling memorabilia and souvenirs in tourist destinations. From there the company transformed by adding stores, upgrading menus, moving to places that were not, at the time, tourist destinations, and most effective of all, they began playing live music and hosting rock concerts, adding to the overall customer experience. Hard Rock changed dining by making it an “experience”, an event that includes a unique experience not duplicated anywhere else. To create this unique experience, Hard Rock has invested millions of dollars into creating an acoustic and visual scenario for their customers. They also introduced into their “experience” concept their own brand merchandise, souvenirs and products, which is unique to each location which in turn provides a greater income to the company. Hard Rock is known for its museum-worthy, and quite extensive amount of Rock N’ Roll memorabilia and merchandise. Today, its memorabilia collection is estimated to be worth approximately...
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...Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy was a biographical account chronicling the life and times of James Marshall Hendrix. Hendrix is widely regarded as the greatest guitarist in history, and his influence on modern acts cannot be understated; Hendrix has gone on to influence musicians such as Prince and Lenny kravitz. On stage Jimi Hendrix was easily discernable from other acts, he was known for eccentric and unorthodox presence. A left-handed guitarist who played a right handed guitar upside down, and who developed a tendency for setting fire to his instrument. Hendrix revolutionized the use of the guitar, experimenting with feedback and distortions; acquiring mastery over these effects unlike any of his predecessors. James Marshal Hendrix, originally Johnny Allen Hendrix, was born on November 27th, 1942 in Seattle. Early in life, Jimi Hendrix experienced adversity. Jimi, the eldest of five, was old enough to recall the frequent disputes between his parents. His parents divorced when Jimi was only nine years old. The impact of the divorce was reflected upon his behavior to a certain degree, it has been said that Jimi was...
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...Overview: For the final project we are to pick a product or service with a new product. The service I decided to go with involves a dog service but is a new service offered from the company Wag! The company is a dog walking service that allows the user to request a person to walk their dog on demand. With the user picking the time of day and the length of walk for their dog it allows the user to get their furry friends out of the house while they might be at work or away all day. It was founded on that purpose alone; founder Joshua Viner wanted to get a dog but knew the burden it takes when one is working full time (Wag!.com). Right now they only offer dog walking, so the new service I want to roll out is where you can have your dog taken to a nearby dog park to run around with other dogs instead of just a walk. Allowing your dog to run around with other dogs and socialize with other dogs can be very important in your dogs’ life (Orletsky). My reasoning is for a few reasons. The first reason is because sometimes a walk alone is not enough for energetic dogs that are cooped up for hours. Dogs that have a lot of energy need the extra space and freedom to exercise and exert their energy. This can let owners enjoy a calmer dog when they come home from a long day of work. Another reason for the service is to take the burden off of dog owners by having the option to get their pets out and about so they can take care of other activities or errands when they get home. If the owner...
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...consisted of high top tennis shoes, band shirts, and skinny black jeans, lose curly hair, the longer the better. Everyone is either wearing the same attire; some have leather jackets, boots, or flannels shirts wrap around the waist. I personally felt self-conscious of how I looked and if I was going to be accepted by the crowd. All you have to do is know the history and lineage of the bands, incased someone asked you questions, then you’re able to prove that you know the information and you’re not trying to just fit in. I was very sleepy and excited as entering the venue; it’s dark and has four red booths as you enter to the right. On the left you have the stage and a lot of memorabilia from older bands such as The Doors, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Jimi...
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...Jimi Hendrix's rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" was much more than just his interpretation of the song; it represented his interpretation of an era and the radical changes taking place in America. His version of "The Star Spangled Banner" was masterful and perfectly summed up the time and his feelings about it through the use of the electric guitar. Many considered his version to be unorthodox and radical, and his version of the song was radical for many reasons; it was a blending of war, conflict, patriotism, and feelings of fear and optimism translated beautifully into a perfect musical interpretation of the times and changes during that era. Although many Americans approved of Hendrix’s version of the song, many did not. Many Americans felt it was appalling and that he had disgracefully butchered the song. Other things that defined this song as a radical one, whether they liked or disliked it, included the fact that this was a new way of thinking about and perceiving something old and contemporary (the song being played on an electric guitar accompanied with overwhelming distortion). Another thing which was equally as radical as the never-before-heard style of play was the fact that this distorted song was being played by a black man. These factors combined to make one of the most memorable and symbolic moments in rock history from, arguably, the greatest guitar player of all time. One thing that Jimi did that really shock most of the audience was that before...
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...Extra Credit Essay : Countercultural Bohemians of the Sixties A social phenomenon took place in the summer of 1967 on the junction of Haight and Ashbury in San Francisco. Rebellion against the establishment of the government were seen as negative and needed a change. Caught up in the rising frustration circling around America’s increased involvement in Vietnam, racism was still alive in many urban areas, and the pressure to conform; a growing number of the younger generation rejected the American way of life. These were known as hippies. The resulting movement, termed the counterculture, embraced an alternative lifestyle characterized by long hair, brightly colored clothes, communal living, free sex, and rampant drug use. Distrustful of the American government and what they perceived as an increasingly materialistic society, hippies and other members of the counterculture attracted a great amount of media attention during the 1960s. Throughout the decade many counterculture events increased the movement’s notoriety, but one in particular, the Summer of Love. This gathering of young people is often considered to have been a social experiment because of all the alternative lifestyles, which became more common and accepted such as gender equality, communal living and free love. This was the time to gain awareness of all the hatred toward people who were different and weren’t socially accepted. It was to eliminate barriers toward the socialization between everyone. The hippies...
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...Anthony Xiong Professor Applegate AEP2 25 December 2013 Jimi Hendrix: The God of Guitar “Everybody come alive, everybody live alive, everybody love alive, everybody hear my message.” Although died at 27, the golden age for an excellent genius, Jimi Hendrix will always stay alive in the music world. The Experience's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame biography states: “Jimi Hendrix was arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music. Hendrix expanded the range and vocabulary of the electric guitar into areas no musician had ever ventured before. His boundless drive, technical ability and creative application of such effects as wah-wah and distortion forever transformed the sound of rock and roll.” Despite a relatively brief mainstream career spanning four years, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century, not only for his unique music style, but also for his spectacular instrumental performance. Rock’n’Roll or Blues? Does not matter! Jimi Hendrix was born in the era of intense change on rock and roll music. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. As guitar redefined the beat and style of this emerging genre, there Xiong 1 came a new form of rock and roll band, usually played with one...
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... How many of you love a good laugh? Well for many of you SpongeBobSquare pants can provide you with a good laugh. I’ve been watching SpongeBob since I was eight sadly I have never met the voice of SpongeBob. Even if you have a bad day SpongeBob can turn that frown upside down. First, I’ll discuss who is the voice of SpongeBob, who is SpongeBob, and who made SpongeBob. I am going to start by discussing the voice of SpongeBob. Most have heard the voice of SpongeBob in other T.V. shows but could never find out who he is, it is Tom Kenny! Before becoming the voice of SpongeBob Tom was in stand-up comedy in Boston and San Francisco. Tom Kenny was also in the show “The Dennis Miller Show.” Tom does the voice of the Ice King from Adventure Time; also the voice of Mayor in the Powerpuff Girls and the voice of Scoutmaster Lumpus from Camp Lazlo. SpongeBob Squarepants is a family character, most people say that SpongeBob is not a family character. What’s wrong with a square yellow sponge, who is trying to make kids laugh but also adults laugh too, there is nothing wrong with a little bit of laugh in your life. SpongeBob is a cartoon character but the word ‘‘cartoon’’ is not just for little kids it could be for adults that has a heart of a child. SpongeBob is a funny, friendly, hard-working, and forgiving. Most people think of SpongeBob and say ‘‘that show is for babies,’’ or ‘‘what are you going to learn from that dumb show,’’ well you are going to learn about...
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...Jett Stewart, (Nate) Song Comparison Music Appreciation- 105 The song that I chose to do a comparison of is called Fire. It was originally written, performed, and recorded by Jimi Hendrix in 1967 and is on the first album by his group The Jimi Hendrix Experience. The song is two minutes and 47 seconds of pure Psychedelic rock or acid rock, as some called it. The song originally is in duple meter. It starts off with a lot of drumming on a drum set then afterwards there are the sweet melodic psychedelic sounds of Jimi’s electric guitar and voice. After that, there is a catchy bass guitar groove that comes in during the first chorus and enters in and out while back-up singers sing, “Let me stand next to your fire ”as Jimi sings the whole song and is on lead electric guitar. There are crescendos that lead up to Jimi’s awesome guitar solos throughout the whole song. The mood of the song is happy. The bass line is legato and the lead guitar part is staccato. The song for the most part is homophonic and has parts that sound polyphonic because he is singing while playing lead guitar. The band that made a cover of Fire is an awesome band called Red Hot Chili Peppers. They are an alternative and influential funk rock group that was made Los Angeles, California in 1983. They covered the song on their fourth album called Mother’s Milk, which was released on August 16th in 1989. Their version of Fire sounds the same except they took it from moderato to allegro and had more accelerandos...
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...Paper 2 A very influencing part of the average American lifestyle is the music they are readily listening to on a daily bases. The metaphors in the music can easily become a reference for how they create their ideals. New York Times posted that the average teenager listens to over 2.5 hours of music daily. Riddled with ideas disguised as metaphors it can be understood how some negative concepts and ideals can become a part of anyone listening daily thinking habits. Music’s influence continues to grow readily with the ability to listen to the songs through Mp3 players and personal music systems such as radios and stereos, but the spread of music isn’t the problem it is the words being said. A piece from a New York times Article “Under the Influence of Music” states, “Studies have long shown that media messages have a pronounced impact on childhood risk behaviors. Exposure to images of smoking in movies influences a child’s risk for picking up the habit. Alcohol use in movies and promotions is also linked to actual alcohol use.” “The study authors noted that music represents a pervasive source of exposure to positive images of substance use. The average adolescent is exposed to approximately 84 references to explicit substance use per day and 591 references per week, or 30,732 references per year. The average adolescent listening only to pop would be exposed to 5 references per day, whereas the average adolescent who listens just to rap would be exposed to 251 references...
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...4.0 STORYBOARD Frame #1 of 14 Name: Title Page Date: 9/10/12 | Project Name: Learn Animals and Vehicles | Text Outline: Title of the Courseware. | | | This slide is the front page of the courseware. All the alphabets button are clickable. | Additional notes:This page may have some background music and sound when we click the buttons. | Frame #2 of 14 Name: Menu page Date: 9/10/12 | Project Name: Learn Animals and Vehicles | Text outline:Lesson 1 for animals.Lesson 2 for vehicles. | | | This slide will appear when we click the sun from the title page.The cloud will give instruction to begin the learning.Clicking on the lesson 1 box will begin the learning.There is speaker button to mute or turn on the sound and a question mark button to show the details instruction on how to use the courseware. | Additional note:This slide may have some audio and sound effect when we click on the buttons | Frame #3 of 14 Name: lesson 1: animals Date: 9/10/12 | Project Name: Learn Animals and Vehicles | Text outline: | | | This slide will appear when we click on the lesson 1 box on the menu page.The cloud with the name of animal will appear, and the user must choose the correct picture.There is speaker button to mute or turn on the sound, a question mark button to show the details instruction on how to use the courseware and a next button to proceed to the next animal. | Additional notes:This slide may have some sound when we click on the animals picture.The next...
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...Mya Nunley Mrs. Bowman Informative Speech September 23, 2015 Woodstock Informative Speech I. Intro The sixties were all about trying to find the truth about everything and trying to live that truth in life. That decade was also about looking for key happiness and trying to make perfection and justice for every person in the world. As quoted by Mike Lang, “At Woodstock, we would focus our energy on peace, setting aside the onstage discussion of political issues to just groove on what might be possible. It was a chance to see if we could create the kind of world for which we’d been striving throughout the sixties: That would be our political statement — proving that peace and understanding were possible and creating a testament to the value of the counterculture. It would be three days of peace and music.” II. Body A. What Was Woodstock? (background) * How did it develop into a massive event in history? * The organizers: John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield, and Mike Lang. * John Roberts was an heir to a pharmaceutical fortune and he and Rosenman were looking for a way to use his money that would bring in more money. * Kornfield and Lang’s original idea was to build a recording studio and a retreat for Rock musicians in Woodstock, New York. * The location turned out to be very wrong, and the town of Wallkill didn’t want drugged out hippies to be in their town. * The city passed a law July 2, 1969, that banned the concert...
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