...Vincent “Bo” Jackson, just a boy from Bessemer, Alabama becomes one of the most dominate players in both the NFL and MLB. Not only was he the first to show it was possible to play both sports, he excelled in both of them. Bo Jackson showed through his short lived sports career he was capable of deeds of great strength and courage. On and off the football and baseball field he was a great warrior persevering through injuries, opponents, and people who doubted him. Lastly, Jackson was extremely humble and did what he did not for the rewards but because he loved the games. Bo Jackson gave American Sports something they have never seen before and became an Epic Hero while doing it. Every since he was a kid Bo should greats feats of strength that...
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...Bo Jackson has always been a larger than life ideal, possessing many characteristics of an epic hero. He played not one, but two professional sports. He was a superstar in both Professional Football and Professional Baseball. Even at a young age he was doing many things out of the ordinary. For example, he jumped over a volkswagon bug and landed the jump. This is just one of the many things that made him better than a normal person. Although he was born in a small poor town in Alabama, Bo is an epic hero because he is capable of great strength and courage, he possess humility, and he has traveled over a vast setting. Bo Jackson was born with incredible strength and courage. From a young age till his retirement he showcased his strength and...
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...is a representation of the African American community. Gradually, Clare has become the double image of Irene, due to the similarities of their ethnicity and the contrasting lives they lead. At the end of the story, Clare’s death is a result of the extreme burden on Irene’s shoulder due to the presence of Clare in her life. The death of Clare is very much Irene’s responsibility based upon her suspicious acts at the end of the story. The ending of Passing, and of the life of Clare Kendry, begins on the sixth floor of an apartment complex at a party in the home of Felise and Dave Freeland. During the party, Irene says that, “It seems dreadfully warm in here. Mind if I open this window?” (Larsen 110) However, when Irene opens the window, “It had stopped snowing some two or three hours back” (Larsen 110). This means that the weather is still rather cold and despite the freezing temperature, Irene still sits beside the window. Another reason why Irene would want to open the window is because she wants to smoke her cigar. She politely uses the warm temperature in the room as her excuse to open the window. Although this action may seem reasonable today, during the 1930s, there was no social etiquette that required opening a window to smoke. The fact that Irene stays by the window after her smoke makes us question exactly what keeps her warm; perhaps it is her anger and rage towards Clare. Later when Irene finishes her cigar, she throws it out and “watch[es] the tiny spark drop slowly...
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...The Harlem Renaissance was an enlightening period of time for African-Americans. A time where African-Americans embodied and celebrated their race, heritage, and culture despite the discrimination and negativity they faced. However in these times, there were a great deal of African-Americans who desired to “pass” as white to gain the privileges they could not access. In the novel Passing by Nella Larsen, its main protagonist, Irene Redfield, demonstrated a clear disapproval of “passing” in the beginning of the book. As she learns about her friend’s life while passing, her negative opinions on the subject are only affirmed, as her friend and rival’s husband is an extremely racist man that is oblivious to the fact that his wife is a passing woman....
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...obsession of Clare. In this particular case, Irene’s motive is jealousy towards Clare’s “white” privilege. All of these accounts prove that Clare’s prosperous life as a passing Negro woman gained much attention but more so envy in Irene’s eyes. Envy was not the only way Irene envisioned Clare. It is apparent in many occasions Clare had a controlling influence on Irene both mentally and sexually. In result of Irene being attracted to her, Clare is able to have a dominant power of Irene throughout the book. The passage states, “Irene Redfield had a sudden inexplicable onrush of affectionate feeling.” (194) This feeling towards Clare was not the first mentioning of Irene displaying interest in Clare. Larsen presents the idea that Clare charms Irene at the very first encounter. Larsen states, “An attractive-looking woman, was Irene’s opinion…” (148) Due to these tendencies Irene has of Clare, it makes Irene very vulnerable and weak when it comes to anything concerning Clare. It is recognizable mostly in the “Re-Encounter” that Irene wants to destroy her attraction to Clare. Irene comforted Claire despite her bittersweet relationship with Clare. “Why, Clare! I didn’t know. Forgive me. I feel like seven beasts. It was stupid of me not to realize.” (196) It is interesting that despite the hatred and jealousy Irene had towards Clare at times, she was still easily manipulative into being Clare’s puppet. Knowing the nature of Clare and her seductive characteristics, she is able to persuade...
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...Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson is hands down more qualified for the title as the greatest athlete. Jackson, the eighth of ten children, was born and raised in Bessemer, Alabama, and was named after Vince Edwards his mother's favorite actor. At a young age his family always noticed Bo was bigger and faster than the average kid, his mother uses the term “special” a lot when speaking about Bo. However, his mother is not the only person who saw Bo as special. While being a multiple sport athlete in high school earning the best accolades you can receive as a high school player, like all-state and he was also an all-American in football, track, and baseball. Immediately After High School, Jackson was selected by the New York Yankees in the second round of the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft, but he instead chose to attend Auburn for a full ride football scholarship. He was recruited by head coach Pat Dye to attend Auburn University. At Auburn, he proved to be a tremendous athlete in both baseball and football. Being one of the few to be able to come out of high school to enter college and start at two different sports. This is something extremely hard to do but Bo made it look easy by breaking numerous records for football and baseball for the University. While in college Vincent Jackson won the Heisman trophy, which is a trophy awarded to the best college football player. I know that may sound great but football was considered just a hobby to Bo and baseball was...
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...Bo Jackson was an epic professional baseball and professional football player who was widely known for his epic, previously never seen feats. When he was young, he could do things most grown men couldn’t. He could do a backflip in thigh high water and land on his feet. His skill made other professional athletes look like minor league players. Even though he came from a poor Alabama family he became a great hero who was strong, courageous and humble. Bo Jackson was extremely strong without working out or training. He was stronger and faster than his opponents. When he was a young child he would participate in crabapple fights with kids in the neighborhood. He would throw the crabapples through screen doors because the other kids would...
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...rockier style than Dion's earlier hits with the Belmonts. The Del-Satins were an established doo-wop group led by Stan Ziska (later known as Stan Sommers), who at the time were also contracted to Laurie Records, and who later formed the core of Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge. Musicians on the original recording included Bobby Gregg, Bucky Pizarelli and Johnny Falbo on guitars, Jerome Richardson on alto sax, Buddy Lucas on tenor sax, and Panama Francis and Sticks Evans on drums.[citation needed] Dion said of "The Wanderer":[2] At its roots, it's more than meets the eye. "The Wanderer" is black music filtered through an Italian neighborhood that comes out with an attitude. It's my perception of a lot of songs like "I'm A Man" by Bo Diddley or "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters. But you know, "The Wanderer" is really a sad song. A lot of guys don't understand that. Bruce Springsteen was the only guy who accurately expressed what that song was about. It's "I roam from town to town and go through life without a care, I'm as happy as a clown with my two fists of iron, but I'm going nowhere." In the fifties, you didn't get that dark. It sounds like a lot of fun but it's about going nowhere. However, on Maresca's original demo of the...
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...Bo Jackson was a real life eric hero. He was one of most strongest and fastest athletes to ever live. What was special about him was that it was all natural. You would expect him to get all his muscle from lifting weights or using steroids. In reality, all that power and speed came naturally to him. Even though Bo Jackson has all the characteristics of an epic hero, the obvious ones were him being capable of deeds of great strength and courage, him traveling over a vast setting, and Bo being a great warrior. Bo Jackson is the definition of great strength and courage. At batting practice for the Royals, Bo hit a ball so far it hit the crown on the Royals scoreboard. No one has ever done that before or after him. One time he was standing in...
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...Bo Jackson, a man who truly is the definition of a rags to riches story, a man who is a legend both in athletics and personality. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest to play both baseball and football, yet is not too recognized in either sport. He is a hero who has a fantastic story, one with lows and highs. His feats could be compared with that of even Beowulf. As a child, Bo grew up in a rough place, Bessemer, Alabama. His town was riddled with poverty, and his family was poor as well. He would play with the neighbor kids, and throw crabapples at each other, which taught him how to throw quickly in a way. When he got to high school, even then he astounded starting legends around the nation, such as when he jumped out of waist high water and did a backflip....
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...Vincent “Bo” Jackson was born on November 30, 1962, in Bessemer, Alabama. He was a constant trouble maker growing up. His cousins and siblings compared his toughness to a wild boar hog, and gave him the nickname “Bo.” It was very obvious early on that Bo was an extraordinary athlete. For example, he could dunk a stick into a basketball hoop in the 8th grade. After Bo and others killed $3,000 worth of hogs, the minister encouraged Bo’s mother to send him to reform school. Bo realized he needed to change his behavior. He turned his anger into energy for sports. Bo Jackson is an epic hero because he is capable of great strength and courage, a great warrior, and humble. Bo Jackson exhibited great strength and courage without having to put in much effort. His natural talent was unremarkable. At a young age, Bo saw practice as a waste of time because he was so far ahead of everybody. Bo showed an incredible amount of courage by choosing Auburn over Alabama. He didn’t care about the Alabama’s winning past. Instead, Bo cared about what impact he could make to help his team. His coaches at Auburn would introduce skills taught in the NFL and Bo would master them in a couple of days. Bo’s first...
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...Bo Jackson is a machine like athlete who was able to create his own epic story through the NFL and MLB. As a little boy he began to make a name for himself as a boy that wasn’t like the rest. In high school, Bo was able to set records in track and Field and even become a two-time state champion in the decathlon. Bo was so good at sports that he reached a point that practice was pointless. Bo was a legend that came from a poor family but even that was able to help shape his epic story of national heroism, of a great warrior of great strength and courage. Bo was a great warrior fighting against the best players and even himself as well. Many great players in the football world tried to take him and even a former seattle player who many said...
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...Larsen and toubro By * Thejaswi (25) * Kasi viswanadh (26) * Phani babu (27) * Raghavendra (28) * Vasudev (29) Introduction History Mission and vision Personalities Products and services Organisational structure Achievements Rewards and recognition Turn over competitors Introduction: Larsen and Toubro Limited, is also known as L&T, is an Indian multinational conglomerate company. It is headquartered at Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was founded by Danish Engineers taking refuge in India. The company has business interests in engineering construction, manufacturing goods, information technology and financial services. It has an office in the Middle East and other parts of Asia. Sustainability is embedded into our long-term strategy for growth. The company is manufacturing footprint extends across eight countries in addition to India. L&T has several international offices and a supply chain that extends around the globe. History: This company was founded in the year 1938 in Bombay (Mumbai) by Danish Engineers, Henning Holck Larsen and Soren Kristian Toubro. The company began as a representative of Danish manufacturers of dairy equipment. The start of second war in 1939 and the resulting restriction on imports, the partners started a small workshop to undertake jobs and provide service facilities. Germany’s invasion of Denmark in 1940 stopped supplies of Danish products. The war-time need to repair and refit ships offered L&T an opportunity...
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...LARSEN & TOUBRO History of development Larsen & Toubro is a multinational conglomerate with headquarter in Mumbai, India. The legacy started in 1938, a year before the start of World War II, two Danish engineers Søren Kristian Toubro and Henning Holck-Larsen arrived in India to set up a small office to represent a dairy equipment manufacturer from their home country. In 1939 due to start of the World War II, imports were restricted, which forced to engineers to shut their business, by that time the war-time need was to repair and refit ships, this opportunity offered to L&T a chance and led to the set up two repairing and fabrication shops . In 1940 L&T got an task to build a soda ash plant for the Tatas German group. L&T proved their capability at execution and the reputation is still with the company since. By 1945, Larsen and Toubro partnered with a British machines manufacturers equipment used to make hydrogenated oils, biscuits, soaps and glass . This assignment helped them to build a brand-new portfolio of foreign collaborations, L&T also collaborated with an US partner, Caterpillar Tractor company and with it, it ended into the earth moving equipment business. In 1948 a year after the Indian Independence, L&T bought 55 acres of undeveloped mash in Powai, Mumbai¹. In the next years this lands became the company’s manufacturing landmark. In 1950 L&T went public with a paid-up capital of 2 million rupees and the sales turnover in the same year was 11 million rupees. By...
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...Chapter 4 RnR erupted in 1950s ~ kind of… Major RnR songs: “Rock around the clock” by Bill Haley and his comets 1955 “Crazy man crazy” by Bill Haley 1953 “Sixty minute man” by Dominoes 1951 Definition is vague, as it has to deal with RnB, sexual context and the actual genre of RnR. Sexual context of the term dates back into the mediaeval times. E.g. Shakespeare RnR was very multicultural. A simple algebraic formula for RNR is RnB + CnW = RnR, but it is overlooking some other significant elements that contributed to the creation of the RnR. RnR meant ethnicity and working-class African American contribution was also significant White and Black performers were equally performing Black church from jazz/gospel Ray Charles (I got a woman), Clyde McPhatter (Treasure of love), Sam Cooke (You send me). The Orioles, the Crows, the Chords, the Penguins created the sub genre of RnR “doo wop”. Barely any females in RnR. Only occasional females in charts like Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker Women did not sing, they were sung about, often in sexual connotation songs. RCA, CBS, Decca, and Capitol released more than 80% of all weekly top 10 hits. What allowed independent labels to compete with others: * poorly capitalized independent radio stations * Development of lightweight 45 rmp record no the 78 rmp. In early 1950s patterns of ownership started to change from individual stations to “chains” Todd Storz and Gordon McLendon both owned radio chains, who solved...
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