Syd Barrett: Everyone is supposed to have fun when they’re young - I don’t know why‚ but I never did. David Gilmour: In my opinion‚ it’s a family situation that’s at the root of it all. Syd’s father’s death affected him very heavily and his mother always pampered him - made him out to be a genius of sorts. MATILDA MOTHER (from ’The Piper at the Gates of Dawn’) There was a king who ruled the land. His majesty was
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The Music of Generation X Since the beginning of time the human beings have adored the soothing sounds of music. Music has affected the way people have behaved and dressed throughout different periods of time. Different groups have been formed based upon their preference in music. Take for an example in the music of my generation‚ Generation X‚ there are several different groups oriented by music. In Generation X punks‚ gangs‚ alternative people‚ ravers‚ hippies‚ and pop rockers have all
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chad Floyd 1 2/7/12 English 102 Professor Kathy Lynch Sonny Blues In “Sonny’s Blues”‚ the theme of poverty is characterized by the poverty of Harlem Youth’s spirit. The story focuses on the relationship between two brothers at various stages of their lives. The events of the story focus on the building of understanding between Sonny and his older brother‚ the narrator. Even though the story
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Television and Children How big a presence is TV in kids ’ lives? Kids with a TV in their bedroom spend an average of almost 1.5 hours more per day watching TV than kids without a TV in the bedroom. Many parents encourage their toddlers to watch television. Most children ’ s programming does not teach what parents say they want their children to learn; many shows are filled with stereotypes‚ violent solutions to problems‚ and mean
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Fire Island National Seashore was established by congress as a unit of the National Park Service on September 11‚ 1964 but its roots date back to 1653. A man by the name of Isaac Stratford constructed a whaling station on the Island‚ giving it the name of Whalehouse Point. During the 18th and 19th centuries whaling was an essential part of their culture because whales provided meat‚ oil‚ and blubber. In 1825 the Federal government constructed the Fire Island Lighthouse at the western tip of the island
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Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) was an American painter and art critic who studied socially relevant art and produced realist artwork during the majority of his career. Wanting to depict the “authentically lived experience” in each of his paintings‚ he painted in a representational style during the height of the Abstract Expressionism’s dominance. He did not find much inspiration to construct pieces stemming from abstract ideology. An example of Porter’s natural yet highly objective style of painting
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Growing up I never thought I’d have the strength‚ determination‚ and commitment to dance en pointe‚ yet here I am today‚ proving myself wrong. It all began when my parents put me in my first ballet class at age four. Even at such a young age‚ I loved every minute of dance class and knew I wanted to continue with it. Subsequently‚ I joined other styles of dance and thrived in those‚ but I always seemed to struggle with ballet. Not having the strongest core‚ most flexible arches‚ or longest balances
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Meaning of we didn’t start the fire Lawrence of Arabia The patrons who attended The Royal Film Performance held in London on 10 December‚ 1962 were in for a long night - 216 minutes. They had paid to view the premier of a film based on the exploits of TE Lawrence who‚ since the publication of his book Seven Pillars of Wisdom‚ was more commonly known as ’Lawrence of Arabia’. The man‚ the book and the film all capture the imagination. British Beatlemania The phenomenon of The Beatles was not
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Literature review of strategy implementation and strategy process frameworks Introduction Great strategies are worth nothing if they cannot be implemented (Okumus and Roper 1999). It can be extended to say that better to implement effectively a second grade strategy than to ruin a first class strategy by ineffective implementation. Less than 50% of formulated strategies get implemented (Mintzberg 1994; Miller 2002; Hambrick and Canella 1989). Every failure of implementation is a failure of formulation
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In 1846‚ Edgar A. Poe wrote an essay: The Philosophy of Composition; his intention was to write an account of the deliberate method used when writing his successful poem The Raven. Poe discussed within the first three paragraphs of the essay what he understood as the ‘radical error’ in the usual method of creating a story‚ explaining: ‘Either history affords a thesis- or one is suggested by the incident of the day- or‚ at best‚ the author sets himself to work in the combination of striking events
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