SAS Institute’s “Best Employer Award” is based largely on its financial success and the overwhelming job satisfaction its employees report. From free health care to copious amounts of M&Ms‚ SAS spares no cost to keep their “chief assets” happy‚ for‚ as their CEO / majority owner says "Contented cows give more milk". Still‚ today’s talented workers are not apt to spend the majority of their careers at one company because of luxurious perks. The truth is that what seems like random and excessive
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And The (Nobel) Award Goes To… Ernest Rutherford was born at Spring Grove near Nelson‚ New Zealand to a farmer named James Rutherford and his wife Martha Thompson. James had immigrated to New Zealand from Perth‚ Scotland to raise a home and a family. Ernest studied at Havelock School then Nelson College where he was studying when he won a scholarship to study at Canterbury College‚ the University of New Zealand. After gaining his Bachelor of Arts‚ Master of Arts‚ and Bachelor of Science Ernest
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October 22‚ 2007 Video Games and Obesity In just two decades‚ the prevalence of obesity doubled for U.S. children ages 6 to 11‚ and tripled for American teenagers (Childhood Obesity). Obesity is an excessive accumulation of fat causing a person to become overweight. It is a serious and growing health problem‚ especially for kids. One major factor to the problem of children becoming obese is‚ video games. Video games have advanced dramatically over the years. From hitting a ball back
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differences between the music represented on the Your Eyes CD and the Big Band music. The most noticeable is the is the way the vocals are represented. On the Your Eyes the vocal are song‚ while on the other hand the Big Band vocalization is done instrumentally. For example‚ Duke Ellington employed the technique of wordless vocals. This technique‚ sometimes referred to as instrumentalized voice‚ became synonymous with Ellington. The instrumental vocals of the Big Band music are spontaneous and improvisation
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the Grammy’s in Spanish in the late 1990s? What was the reaction? Ricky Martin sang at the 40th Grammy Awards… People were shocked but then were awestruck at his music and were hype. 2. When did Latin music burst back on the scene? What song brought it back to the mainstream? What effect did it have? Latin came back in 1984. “Conga” by Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine. Latin music is the Latin rhythm mixed with English words. 3. How did the sounds of salsa change? The sound of Salsa
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For this assignment‚ I am choosing to compare two different genres of music; Jam band music‚ and Rap. In my opinion‚ these two genre are on totally different ends of the musical spectrum. Bands like the Grateful Dead and Phish draw their inspirations from other genres like rock‚ folk‚ funk‚ jazz‚ and bluegrass and from the idea of improvising musically with each other on stage. On the other hand‚ most rap styles of music draws its message from popular culture‚ often drugs‚ and gang related activities
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The next two questions refer to the diagrams below representing an organelle from a cell. Question3: The organelle in the diagram is: a) The nucleus of a cell b) A Mitochondria c) Part of the cell membrane d) A golgi body Question 4: The function of this organelle is to: a) Control the metabolism of the cell b) Modify proteins by adding a glycoprotein c) Synthesis proteins d) Package molecules into vesicles before secreting them from
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Individual Assignment no. 2 Schubert’s Symphony no.8 in B minor‚ also called the Unfinished Symphony‚ deviates from the typical first movement of a Classical symphony in various aspects. Similar to other Classical symphonies‚ the first movement of unfinished symphony adapted sonata form as the skeleton. Despite the use of symphonic sonata form‚ Schubert begins the piece by an 8-bar quiet solo Preface theme which is played by the cellos and double basses in unison. The low registers and softly
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Ancient Greek Cultural Values (Fiero 76-136) rational explanations experiential extensions Pericles’ Funeral Speech (88-89) the Iliad (81-84) Aristotle’s Poetics (99) the Antigone (92-98) Plato’s Crito (102-104) Sappho’s poems (128) Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (104-107) Pindar’s Odes (128) Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics (109-110) Vitruvius on Symmetry (114-116) * * * * *
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English Comp 1 4/21/12 Popular Culture in Rap Music The history of rap music started in Africa with rhythmic beats using drums. From Africa to the Caribbean islands it came to America and started its influential change on American Music. The first rap song to take flight and make its mark on the up and coming rap culture was the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979. In 1986 rap music finally reached the top of the music charts and was show on MTV for the first time featuring Run-DMC. Continuing to change
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