Billie Holiday was known‚ as one of America’s most memorable and influential all-time great jazz vocalist. The inspiration for many aspiring singers today. Holiday had a successful career for many years before she lost her battle with addiction. Holiday was one of the best singers in the early 19th century and was discovered in 1932. She had a deep childhood that impacted her life to become a singer but also had influenced her to do drugs. Holiday smoked marijuana since she was young and then started
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Therefore‚ during the great depression‚ people made several types of music and especially blues and jazz were one of medicines to heal the hopeless people in that period. There are several famous musicians in that period. But‚ I want to talk about Billie Holiday. She was uneducated woman and lived in unstable life cycle because of side affecting the great depression. So‚ she worked in the bar as singer. However‚ her talent of sing was very outstanding. As result‚ she recorded with best jazz band and
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decision?” Considering I have always been afraid of fish‚ it wasn’t my best choice. Every year‚ my family and I take a camping trip to somewhere different. Someplace new and exciting. Since I was living in Hessville at the time‚ Lake Holiday was a new place to us… Usually‚ we travel far distances to go camping but this was just a mere 45 minutes. A lot of my extended family lives in Roselawn or DeMotte so the place wasn’t unfamiliar to my family. It was a Wednesday when we started to pack up our things
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Eleanora Fagan‚ a popular American jazz singer and songwriter‚ is one of the most influential and powerful vocal jazz singers. Also known as Billie Holiday‚ Eleanora Fagan is best known for capturing the attention of her audience with her amazing vocal and delivery skills. Her extraordinary manipulation of phrasing‚ tempo‚ and improvisation skills‚ make her an influential pioneer in American jazz music. Although she received some formal education from known artists such as Bessie Smith‚ and influence
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The Only Two Holidays for Muslims “You had two days for celebrating joy before Islam‚ and glorious Allah has replaced them for you by which is better‚ Eid Al-Adha and Eid Al-Fitr‚” prophet Mohammed said‚ after he asked the people of Madeenah why were they celebrating two special days before Islam. From his words‚ we know that they are the only holidays for Muslims‚ and how much important are they. Eid means a festival and a holiday in Arabic language. Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha are two religious
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malnutrition during the war meant that she was unable to become a really great ballerina‚ and so decided to seek work as an actress. Audrey went on to perform in many plays before landing the role as an English Princess in Gregory Peck’s‚ “Roman Holiday”. This film allowed Hepburn to make her way to Hollywood. From 1967‚ after 15 years in film‚ she acted only occasionally. She spent more time with her family and also working with UNICEF. She was appointed as a special ambassador to UNICEF and became
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Topic: A Favourite Sport/Hobby and the Reason You Enjoy It Type of Brainstorming: Listing * Dancing * Calorie Blaster * Balancing * Make new friends * Cultural diverse * Keep fit * Make yourself happy * Maintain healthy * Reduce stress * Avoid from bad habits * Express yourself * Maintain active of brain cell Outline Topic: A Favourite Sport/Hobby and the Reason You Enjoy It I. Introduction Thesis Statement: Dancing is my favourite
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Tenorio‚ Jeremiah Rigg F. MC1127 Feature Writing 1 For this Christmas holiday season‚ our family is doing something radically different. Our church pastor challenged the congregation in doing something nice for someone else for the Christmas season. You know‚ as it says in the Bible‚ "goodwill to men". We are carrying on that message to bring hope to people who are truly in need and it’s made quite
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Case Study: Just in Time for the Holidays Problem: North Pole Workshops’ production capacity cannot meet the surging demand for Timmy CDs on Christmas Eve. The management team gets stuck in mapping a solution to fulfill such demand because team members have their own solutions and they oppose the others’ solution. Reasons: - Weak demand forecast ability (the actual demand is 20% over the company’s assumption) - Weak production planning ability - No links between demand and production planning
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Public holidays and celebrations in Great Britain Great Britain is a country of customs and traditions. A lot of them have very long histories. Some of them are funny‚ some are strange. But they all are interesting and they are an essential part of the British way of life. There are fewer public holidays in Great Britain than in other European countries. They are the days when most of offices and shops are closed and people don’t need to go to work. In Scotland‚ England‚ Wales and Northern
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