Dexter Gordon was a Jazz saxophonist. He was born February 27‚ 1923 in Los Angeles California. Many people know Mr. Gordon because of bebop. This style of play is what brought him fame. Gordon played amongst many jazz greats like Charlie Parker‚ Charles Mingus‚ and Buddy Collette to name a few. Gordon started to play at the age of 13. His first instrument was the clarinet but quickly after he decided to take up the tenor saxophone at the age of 17. Music was always popular around the Gordon household
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I think my worst fault is that I am a pessimistic person. I always expect things to turn out badly and I would always see the bad side of things. My mom would always use the inaccurate half glass of water example and I would always answer that the glass is half empty. I feel like if I think about the good things‚ it will always turns out to be bad. I don’t want to get my hopes up for nothing and I don’t want to be disappointed. I feel pessimistic and I am always prepared for the worst. I know is
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People say that life is an adventure‚ filled with strangers and new experiences. But life is an adventure unlike any other because you get to guide it in the direction you wish to go. Along the way‚ problems are faced‚ solutions are put into action‚ and memories are made. Each of these events cause lessons to be learned‚ perspectives to be changed‚ and personalities to be altered. These sorts of life events—major or minor—cause the human identity to change. But the question is not whether or not
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Conor Hardy Hist 11 Gordon Wood Paper Through Gordon Wood’s work‚ entitled The Radicalism of the American Revolution‚ I am convinced that the American Revolution was the most radical event that occurred in American history. In the face of the ways and basis of other revolutions that occurred in history‚ the American Revolution was unlike any other major rebellion of the past for it completely shaped our nation’s foundations for the future. The revolution sought drastically different ideologies
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The role of a financial manager is a complex one‚ requiring both an understanding of how the business functions as a whole and specialized financial knowledge. The head of the financial operations is called the chief financial officer (CFO). The structure of the company varies‚ but a financial manager is responsible for the same general things across the board. The manager is responsible for managing the budget. This involves allocating money to different projects and segments so that the business
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Australian contemporary artist Gordon Bennett’s acrylic painting Camouflage #7‚ references the war in Iraq and issues of secrecy‚ depicting the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Evident in Bennet’s incorporation of appropriation art in his creative method‚ ‘remix culture’ enables artists to open up and re-define the way language and images construct identity and history. An interdisciplinary art practice consisting of painting‚ print‚ photography‚ installation and performance reflects how Bennett
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War can represent something different to everyone. It can be liberation. It can be devastation. It can be both. In John Green’s novel‚ The Fault in Our Stars‚ the war on cancer is explored. The reader is able to see how the different characters react and interact given the tragic circumstances. It is evident that the war experience varies from person to person‚ and this impacts his or her personal outcome. Attitudes towards war on illnesses vary. For example‚ Hazel‚ a teenager suffering from
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and exports continue to rise as companies expand across the global marketplace. Understanding the basic overview of the global economy underlines highly relevant managerial and business level applications that provide useful insights to modern-day managers. In general terms‚ globalization is the international integration of intercultural ideas‚ perspectives‚ products/services‚ culture‚ and technology. This has resulted in large scale interdependence between countries‚ as specialization (arguably
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Outsourcing : Employer - employee Relationship a Myth? An insight into the legal scenario surrounding the concept of outsourcing Alisha Gupta HRM 2012- 2014 Round The World Outsourcing Outsourcing is the contracting out of an organization’s business activities (functions and processes) to an outside service provider where the provider is responsible to carry out the activity that was currently‚ or could be‚ undertaken by the organization. Earlier outsourcing was usually carried out for
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competitive world‚ nowadays‚ managers play a crucial role in remaining operations of companies. With increasingly rapid changes in the technology‚ culture and economy‚ a manager is put on a lot of pressure to ensure that the company is run in an effective way. A successful manager operates as catalysts‚ enablers‚ developers and coaches to help others make decisions instead of making them all themselves (Mitch McCrimmon‚ 2010). As Dario Priolo (2011) said‚ an "effective" manager takes responsibility for
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