name Billie Holiday from screen star Billie Dove. It wasn’t long before she was discovered by producer John Hammond while working in
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Holiday wowed the owners and found herself singing at the popular Pod & Jerry’s log cabin. Her performances were so beloved to where only about the age of 19‚ she got her name out and was discovered by the producer & talent scout John Hammond. Hammond quickly arranged three recording sessions for Billie and found an engagement for her in New York clubs. “I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it‚ that’s all I know.”
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Effective teacher retention and recruitment is an important factor in determining a schools learning environment. “Substantial research evidence suggests that well-prepared capable teachers have the largest impact on student learning‚” (Darling-Hammond‚ 2003‚ p.7). High teacher turnover‚ inconsistent teacher retention‚ and the quality of available personnel to recruit negatively affect the stability of the educational process. Experienced teachers provide students with a wealth of knowledge‚ better
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Traditions of Conflict Resolution in South Africa R.B.G. Choudree1 ABSTRACT In the domain of law‚ and elsewhere‚ alternative dispute resolution can be used in more than one way. It may signify a recognition that there are other methods than litigation‚ and that these may sometimes be more appropriate. But it may also serve as a label for methods which are frowned upon as popular but amateurish. This article is written from the perspective that the deep roots and valid reasons for traditional
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spending on identification and management of such conditions is more than likely to rise with the growth of obesity levels. Several studies conducted support the widespread concurrence that the medical costs linked with obesity are considerable (Hammond and Levine‚ 2010). In summary‚ improving health is not the only characteristic of health care that health economics takes into account. If it is accepted that health is a fundamental commodity‚ we can analyze the demand for improvements in health
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in order to help them during a war if one ever ensued. They thought of a plan that could help them do just that: The Cotton Diplomacy. This idea was first brought up by a senator from South Carolina‚ by the name of James Henry Hammond. In an 1858 speech to the Senate‚ Hammond claimed that "Cotton was King" and the European nations with whom the South sold cotton to would back them up if there ever was a war (Dictionary of American History‚ 12/2/07).
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Jonathan | Managing Business Risk“3rd edition” | | | STUDY GUIDE: 1. Has the Patterson operation been successful? To the degree that it can be judged a success‚ what factors have contributed to it? 2. Identify the leadership styles of Fred Hammond and May Allison. Apply several of the leadership models to the case‚ such as Fiedler’s contingency model and the Hersey-Blanchard situational model/ 3. Comment on the informal organization at Patterson. In what ways did the employees create their
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Alexander governs his administration using techniques of Macedonian and Persian’s. The Persian satrap in Asia enabled Alexander to govern a large amount of territory. In India‚ he replaced hostile rulers with rulers loyal to him and increased their territory. He used the Macedonia practice of founding cities to encourage loyalty with the natives. While he allowed the Persians and Indians to move up in his administration‚ he primarily used Macedonians. Alexander took the throne of Macedonia after
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condemned for exploiting low-income community as cheap labour and for extracting natural resources without fairly compensating locals. However‚ it is actually doing more harm to them if the companies ignoring low-income consumers than by engaging them (Hammond and Prahalad‚ 2002). Low-income people are asking why they should not share the benefits of globalization? The fundamental barriers to serving them exist within companies and governments in rich nations‚ where leaders have uncritically accepted the
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instead have focused on how to better use these factions in order to strengthen the democratic views. Earlier this year‚ Ammon Bundy led an armed yet peaceful Faction against the US Bureau of Land Mangement for imprisoning ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond in a case of double Jeopardy. One of the constitutional rights
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