Billie Holiday is one of the greatest jazz singers of her time. Although her legacy shines bright‚ her life was often plagued by the adversity of drugs‚ men‚ and alcohol. Critics do not give enough credit to the struggle of Billie Holiday‚ whose highs and lows were commonly expressed through her strong vocals and combination of blues‚ jazz‚ and swing. She‚ unlike any other artist‚ came from nothing in Baltimore and found different avenues to rise through jazz history. Similar to her immediate family
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SIX STEPS TO IMPLEMENTING SPEND ANALYSIS: PROCRASTINATION IS NOT ACTUALLY THE FIRST STEP! AUGUST 3‚ 2011 Everyone in procurement knows that spend analysis is important. The problem is they also know that it’s hard. It means getting a lot of data that may come from multiple sources‚ determining a hierarchical classification system‚ and classifying each piece of data (usually each financial transaction). You’re also going to need software tools to compile the data in meaningful ways so that you
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September 27‚ 2010 My favorite season by far is summer. The coming of summer brings countless days at the town swimming whole‚ end of school‚ and trips to the beach. Summer time is a time when our family spends a lot of time together. It was the season when we set out to accomplish meeting every cheerleader at the beach. Most important of all this meant a time for us to enjoy ourselves. Summer days at the town swimming whole brings back so many things to my mind. It was where I had first learned
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I have been to several places around the world‚ Mumbai and Goa in India‚ Paris in France‚ Hamburg in Germany‚ Rome and Venice in Italy‚ Vatican City‚ Singapore‚ Hong Kong‚ Melbourne and Sydney in Australia but my personal favourite is the Brisbane-Gold Coast trip which also happens to be in Australia. I liked it very much since Gold Coast had 2 huge theme parks and an amazing water park. It was the 16th of December we were on our way to Dubai International Airport to board our 8 o’clock morning
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HOLIDAY Road tripping with family is supposed to be fun and exciting. It gives me an opportunity to jump in the car and explore somewhere or something that I have never experienced. My 2010 trip to Lampung was both nerve wrecking and exciting at the same time because I got to be in certain situations that I have never been in before. I remember the first time I went to Lampung‚ my family and I were in rush hour traffic. My heart was thumping in my chest so fast because I have never seen traffic
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challenging profession. But‚ I didn’t want to follow a career path that had already been chosen for me‚ as it is usually the case in countries like India. I wanted to discover it myself and this true incident is an account of how I chose to be a doctor. I was fifteen when the incident happened and I remember everything about that day. I was flying to New Delhi from my hometown Hyderabad‚ a city in the southern part of India to visit my grandparents for the summer. As I settled down and looked at
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For summer reading prior to my start of tenth grade I had to read two books out of a section of memoirs. The two books I chose were Night by Elie Wiesel and A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. These two books were very inspirational to me and made an impact on my life. After being a sophomore for four weeks the curriculum has already begun to make me more aware of myself and the world around me. When I first learned about the holocaust in the fifth of sixth grade‚ I became very interested in that point
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Freida Lee The summer I was sixteen The poem “The summer I was sixteen” by Geraldline Connelly conveys us that being a teenager is a very innocent and carefree time. But later on one realizes that its inevitable to grow up and that therefore you should treasure your memories. Connelly’s techniques include using carefree diction; interesting syntax and contrasting the improbable world and the life she had when she was sixteen In the first stanza Connelly establishes teenage care freedom by using
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Campbell’s Soup at Hand Soup at Hand is new within the last 10 years and at the time of it being people found it very unique and a quick easy way to the go. It copied this packaging idea so it is one of a kind. This package has many features that regular soup cans wouldn’t that make it easier to drink out of. Some including the shape‚ making the bottom of the cup skinnier then the top it creates an easy spot to hold‚ as well as having a lid with a hole in it just like a coffee cup would have.
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The short story How I Met My Husband‚ by Alice Munro‚ is an excellent example of realistic writing. She uses ordinary and worldly events‚ actual locations‚ and a very ironic tone in the story. Alice Munro also uses everyday people for her protagonists‚ who encounter normal events and emotions. In the story How I Met My Husband‚ Edie shows the growth from someone who is very naïve to someone who is more realistic. In the beginning of this story‚ Edie is a very naïve fifteen-year-old girl. She does
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