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    May 26‚ 1926 in Alton‚ Illinois‚ a true legend of Jazz music was born. Miles Dewey Davis III‚ son of Miles Dewey Davis II and Cleota Mae Davis‚ was the middle child in the family. Miles had an older sister‚ Dorothy Mae Davis and a little brother‚ Vernon Davis. Both of his parents worked‚ making enough money live a middle-class lifestyle in a household which was located in a white neighborhood. His dad was a dental surgeon and his mother worked as a music teacher and a violinist‚ which justifies that

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    LESSSON 5 The Swing Era (1932-1942) • Post Depression (1929) • Big Bands become prominent • Instrumentation: 4-5 trumpets‚ 4 trombones‚ 5 saxophones (woodwinds)‚ piano‚ bass‚ drums‚ guitar • Arranger becomes much more important • Written out arrangements with less‚ or little‚ improvisation • Some up-tempo tunes • Many more ballads with jazz interpretation • Music often for dancing Music become a big business • Recordings were now very important • Recording companies now exercised

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    On November 2nd‚ which was a Monday night‚ I went to the Musical Art Center for Pat Harrison’s jazz ensemble’s performance‚ which started at 8pm. Since this is a big bang group‚ there are many different instrumentation. For the horn section‚ there are two alto saxophones‚ two tenor saxophones‚ and one baritone saxophone; trumpets and flugelhorns; trombones and bass trombone. For the rhythm section‚ there are piano‚ guitar‚ double bass‚ drums and vibraphone. Personally‚ among all those different

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    Two Gallants – James Joyce Renowned Irish modernist‚ James Joyce wrote ‘The Dubliners’ at the turn of the 20th century and the novel was published at the height of Irish Nationalism in 1914. The realist fiction draws on three main characters who each‚ individually exemplify the Irish working middle class while under English control. The story reveals Joyce’s detached and unsympathetic attitude towards his homeland and as he said to his Publisher‚ “I seriously believe that you will retard the course

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    A Brief Look Into The Life and Music of JOHN COLTRANE Pg. 1 John Coltrane was born in born in Hamlet‚ North Carolina on September 23‚ 1926. John Coltrane was an only child. His father‚ John was a tailor who played the violin and ukulele‚ and his mother Alice played piano and sang in the church choir. This was a great environment to foster his love of music. Coltrane soon moved with his family to the town of High Point‚ where his grandfather was the pastor of the A.M.E. Zion Church. His

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    ‘Perioperative’ nursing refers to the patient throughout their entire ‘surgical experience’. That is‚ the pre-‚ intra-‚ and postoperative stages of the surgical procedure (Gilmour‚ 2005‚ p. 18; Steelman‚ 2011‚ p. 1). An important aspect of perioperative nursing is the provision of evidence-based care. As such‚ there should be clear and accurate rationales underpinning the nursing interventions which are to be performed in a safe‚ efficient and cost effective way. Furthermore‚ it is vital for the

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    omniscient. This point of view is effective because it captures and keeps the intensity and anticipation‚ as well as the feeling and the mood of mystery in the story. Sam Wood and Bill Gillespie are the only two characters that we know what they are thinking. Those two are most likely to be wrong every time‚ Gillespie said‚ “Don’t need one… I’ve just read the folder on him… suspicion of murder.” (31-33). By not enlightening what is going on in Virgil’s mind and about whom he believes the murderer is

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    CBA Scandal and FOFA Reforms

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    opted for aggressive high-growth [investment] strategies". (Adele Ferguson‚ 2013) Through investigation it was also revealed that another key financial planner‚ Ricky David Gillespie‚ was also undertaking acts of forgery and overcharging of clients. Supporting these allegations was a CBA compliance report on Mr Gillespie dated October 16‚ 2008‚ whereby “issues of suspected irregularities” in a‚ later revised‚ total of fourteen signatures. (Adele Ferguson‚ 2013) It was alleged that CBA staff had

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    What features of LECO account for its long-term success in the US? There are several factors that have contributed to the long-term success of Lincoln Electric in the US. Most notably‚ the productivity of the labor force and the efficiency of operations have generated a competitive advantage over the market. Existing and potential competitors are not able to produce at the same low costs and subsequently are not able to offer competitive prices to the market‚ thus increasing LECO ’s market share

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    This article was downloaded by: [194.12.7.50] On: 16 November 2014‚ At: 09:08 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House‚ 37-41 Mortimer Street‚ London W1T 3JH‚ UK Journal of Trust Research Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjtr20 Going back to the source: Why do people trust each other? Graham Dietz a Durham Business School ‚ Durham

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