Firstly‚ one interesting fact I found was that his birth name was actually James Louis Johnson‚ but that he was often referred to as Jay Jay Johnson. Secondly‚ I learned that Jay Jay is considered one of the first trombone players to embrace bebop music and one of the leading trombonists of the post-swing era‚ thus having a great influence on other jazz musicians. Thirdly‚ I also found it interesting how trombone
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The Not So Great Gatsby The novel The Great Gatsby has always been one of my favorites. Fitzgerald does a magnificent job incorporating the ideals and customs of the 1920s and how they pertained in the lives of the characters in the novel. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald attempts to convey the portrayal of the decline of the American Dream in the decline of morals through the way the characters Daisy‚ Gatsby‚ and Tom go about living their everyday lives. A great way that Fitzgerald evidences
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On September eighteenth in 1873‚ Jay Cooke and Company officially declared bankruptcy‚ and in doing so set off a series of financial crises that plunged the western world into an economic depression that lasted six long years. The collapse of American economic structure had been brewing for a long while‚ as in Europe the crash came early in May of that year. Surging to export into the Eastern economic vacuum‚ American businesses overstretched themselves and wound up in the same state as the Europeans
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REFLECTION/ REACTION PAPER After watching the movie in the cinema‚ I decided to compare Jay Gatsby from Francisco Reteche. When I first saw Gatsby‚ I already noticed one similarity that I can pair with Reteche wherein they were both mysterious in the starting part of the story and we could not predict what were they thinking. There were still some similarities that I noticed between the two of them like their main problem was about a girl wherein they wanted to be with a certain girl who left them
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In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ many of the characters were careless and superficial. They would only care for themselves and not worry about how the things that they do would affect others. Throughout the novel‚ Daisy‚ Tom‚ and Jordan proved this idea. The major theme of The Great Gatsby is that immoral people take no responsibility for there actions‚ and don’t worry about how they affect other people. This is proved by Nick and Jordan’s conversation about cars‚ the motif of cars‚ Myrtle’s
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1. The primary approach of detecting fraud is anonymous tips and complaints. An organization like business entity should guide employees to provide useful information and to provide various ways and methods for individuals to contribute such kind of information. On the other hand‚ when the organization received the information provided‚ it should have an effective and efficient way to collect and process these complaints‚ dissatisfaction and information. 2. One of the important thing in fraud
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Jay-Z for years has been arguably one of the best rappers in the industry. He is one the world’s best selling artist of all time‚ selling more than 100 million records also receiving 21 Grammy Awards. Jay-Z was never handed anything in life‚ he worked for all of his success and risked a lot to be where he is today. Born and raised in the projects and into a poor family sat him up for failure but Jay-Z beat the odds to be where he is today. He now raps about his success and tells a story to the people
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Experiment 18 Chemistry 101 Redox Titration: Determination of the Percentage of Iron in a Sample INTRODUCTION The concentrations of redox-active species can be determined by redox titrations. In a redox titration‚ a measured sample of the unknown is titrated against a standard solution of a substance that will oxidize or reduce the unknown. In the present experiment you will take a sample containing iron‚ add acid to dissolve it [thereby converting all the iron to iron(II)]‚ then
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From my task analysis I have found that I have to design and make either an IPod docking station‚ phone charging stand‚ low voltage light or a radio and the chosen product must be styled in eras from the last 100 years. I also found the different design styles in the last 100 years which is Art Deco‚ Art Nouveau‚ Bauhaus or Arts and Crafts. .From my investigation on the questionnaire result I have found that I will design and make an IPod docking station in the style of art deco made of multi products
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MORALS Morals http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-hume-morality/ Growing up I always was told to tell the truth‚ treat everyone how you would want to be treated and not to lie‚ cheat‚ or steal because these are morals I should live by. The definition of morals is a principle or habit with respect to right or wrong conduct. What is right and wrong‚ and who decides these rights and wrongs? I will go back and explore Kant and Locke to hopefully answer my questions. • The values people
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