Professor Hsu Artistic/Cultural Plunge Essay 11 April 2013 The Gypsy Swing Cats and the Beginning of Jazz On Wednesday April 10th I decided to go to the Kaffee Meister Coffeehouse‚ located at 9225 Carlton Hills Blvd Santee Ca. 92071‚ for the specific reason of enjoying some Jazz music played by the San Diego based Gypsy Swing Cats. I was quite impressed with how they performed by mixing an energetic and innovated blend of Swing‚ Jazz‚ and Blues. From what I observed‚ their music merges Gypsy melodies
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In 1968 Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull put into print a book called The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong which describes a simple observation that states anything that works is often used in progressively more challenging applications until it fails. This means that a machine will only function optimally at the tasks it was specifically designed for and once it is used beyond its intended task its usefulness will degrade or the machine will utterly fail. This also applies to
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Peter skrzynecki uses the idea of alienation and belonging in his poems discuss use in his two poems Peter skrzynecki uses the idea of belonging in he’s poems by using many language structures and poetics devices for example in he’s two poems feliks skrzynecki and St Patricks college The poem Feliks skrzynecki is a tribute about peters father .Peter uses many different poetics devices to show the idea of belonging and alienation‚ the use of possessive pronoun in the first stanza which starts
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basically walking around our streets with no one to notice they are criminals. If they did it once‚ they can do it again and get away with it. A crime is a crime no matter what the age of the criminal‚ they need to be punished. Based on the article‚ ”Kids Are Kids…” the author‚ Marjie Lundstrom states that children as young as twelve and thirteen are being charged as adults in America’s courts. For example‚ “On March 9‚ Lionel Tate-who was twelve when he savagely beat to death a six-year-old girl-will likely
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1930s and 1940s is known as the Swing Era. Big bands like Benny Goodman‚ Count Basie‚ Artie Shaw‚ and others became household names and music icons ("Jazz History- Swing"). Swing music was a trendy style of jazz‚ while swing dancing was very popular and performed in many dance halls. As they became more widespread‚ both became a vital part of America. The 1930s brought a style of music that was possibly the most fashionable and accessible in jazz history. Swing music was an extension of the New
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Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell‚ an acclaimed American illustrator‚ cartoonist‚ and author‚ was born during the Civil War near Rice’s Corners in McDonough County‚ Illinois‚ on March 5th‚ 1862. Throughout his lifetime‚ Newell worked as a freelance artist and produced countless distinguished art works. He not only built a reputation with his humor and whimsical illustrations in the 1880s and 1890s‚ got his work featured in acclaimed publications such as Harper’s Weekly‚ Harper’s Bazaar‚ Scribner’s Magazine
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Autism Spectrum Disorder Felix Maymi Nova Southeastern University Life-Span Human Development PSYC 2350 Roberta Arrigo Autism Spectrum Disorder Key Findings: Population Attributable Fractions for Three Perinatal Risk Factors for Autism Spectrum Disorders‚ 2002 and 2008 Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network Autism is a developmental disability that affects a person’s verbal and non-verbal communication‚ understanding of language‚ and socialization with peers. The
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all the excitement and adventures couldn’t mean as much as her mother. The film‚ Hook‚ is relatively a recent version of J.M Barrie’s Peter Pan‚ which was first introduced in 1902 novel‚ The Little white bird. There have been many other versions created‚ including Peter and Wendy‚ which was published in1911 and Walt Disney’s 1953 animation‚ Peter Pan. There are few unchanging elements‚ which are responsible for the story’s worldwide reputation and its survival. However‚ most people
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as moderate to slim alcoholism. Since he uses alcohol to unwind instead of distressing in another way. C) I advise he goes to AA meetings‚ or he can see a psychologist to find better ways to distress instead of using alcohol. 2) Kurt’s mood swings were unpredictable and excessive in nature. One time he was hyperactive and extremely elated with accelerated speech and a flight of ideas which‚ at times‚ seemed incoherent. During this period he worked feverishly day and night on an important novel
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The golf swing can be an awkward motion for most people‚ but it can only be mastered in time and with a lot of practice. Everyone’s swing has been transformed from his own experience and with help from instructors or a fellow competitor. Therefore without question the golf swing is one of the most important aspects about the game of golf as it can be divided into many categories but‚ there are three main categories that are equally important: the setup‚ the backswing‚ and the downswing. Being as
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