Claire Raines Period 4 3-12-12 Benny Goodman‚ The Swing King Considered one of the greatest jazz players ever‚ Benjamin David Goodman‚ or Benny Goodman‚ was called the King of Swing. The ninth child of eleven was ten or so when he picked up the clarinet. After a year he was performing impressions of Ted Lewis for a little pocket money. When he was fourteen he was playing for a band that featured the famous Bix Beiderbecke. By sixteen he was known as far as the west coast and was invited
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Paret Rhetorical Analysis In his article‚ “The Death of Benny Paret”‚ Norman Mailer sorrowfully retells his first-hand account of the tragic death of the boxer‚ Benny Paret and the horror that he witnessed that day. Using figurative language such as similes‚ and diction to enhance the readers’ emotions‚ the author conveys to the reader a sense of shock‚ loss‚ and regret. Mailer retells his heartrending witness of the death of Paret in order to order to convey to his readers of the inhumanity and
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Benny Carter (1907-2003) “I don’t know that I’ve made any real contribution‚ I’ve done what I’ve set out to do‚ that was have fun with the music‚ enjoy it‚ perform it‚ listen to it‚ and I have‚ to my satisfaction‚ achieved much that I had not even thought of.” Benny Carter July 12‚
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warming and more of our planets environmental problems. So‚ why are there none of these cars on the road today? Who made sure that none of these Ev-1’s were ever mass produced? Who killed the electric car? In 2000‚ tragedy struck as all EV-1’s were recalled. In 2003‚ California’s zero emissions vehicle mandate was killed and General Motors officially closed down the entire EV-1 project despite the long waiting lists and positive feedback
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Benny Goodman Benjamin David Goodman was born on May 30th‚ 1909‚ in Chicago‚ Illinois. He was the ninth of twelve children born from the poor Jewish couple David Goodman and Dora Grisinsky. Benny formally studied music at the famed Hull House‚ and by the age of 10 was a skilled clarinetist. At the age of 13‚ Benny’s father enrolled him and two of his older brothers in music lessons at the Kehelah Jacob Synagogue. His early influences were New Orleans jazz clarinetists working in Chicago‚ notably
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" ’Who Killed the Electric Car’ is a documentary which unfolds a complex set of events around the development and demise of the modern electric car. The story stems from California from the early 1990s to 2006. Chris Paine‚ the film maker has woven together interviews and archival footage of over 65 people involved with the events. The narrative begins to unfold with a brief history of the first electric cars created in the early twentieth century. These electric vehicles were killed off nearly
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Who Killed the Electric Car? Video Discussion Questions Summary: It begins with a solemn funeral�for a car. By the end of Chris Paine’s lively and informative documentary‚ the idea doesn’t seem quite so strange. As narrator Martin Sheen notes‚ "They were quiet and fast‚ produced no exhaust and ran without gasoline." Paine proceeds to show how this unique vehicle came into being and why General Motors ended up reclaiming its once-prized creation less than a decade later. He begins 100 years ago
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Vargas Llosa‚ Mario. (1986). Who Killed Palomino Molero?. New York: Noonday Press. This is a narrative about the chaotic investigation of Palomino Molero. The story takes place in a small town in Peru during the 1950’s. There are two distinct worlds in this novel. The first being the Air Force base a few miles from town where the officers live in clean houses. They come equipped with gardens‚ swimming pools‚ and sufficient amounts of food. Then there is the poverty-stricken‚ hot and humid town
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Who Killed the Electric Car? is presented as a whodone- it mystery. Staying true to this genre‚ the film opens with necessary background information‚ describes the crime committed‚ answering all of the what‚ where‚ and when questions‚ and then in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gathers the suspects for close scrutiny‚ coming to a conclusion on the guilt or innocence of each. Opening with a bit of automotive history that establishes the electric car as a competitive alternative to the
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Consumption & the Environment (FSEM) Professor Jhaveri November 14‚ 2006 Who Killed the Electric Car? The audience is the jury. Paine is the lawyer. The case: who killed the electric car? Suspects: the government‚ consumers‚ battery technology‚ oil companies‚ California Air and Resource Board (CARB) and the hydrogen fuel cell. Directed by Chris Paine‚ Who Killed the Electric Car? is a documentary about the demise of the electric car seen through the eyes of an
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