...Louis Armstrong: American Myth, American Master Louis Armstrong was the greatest jazz musician of all time. He dazzled audiences with his stunning high notes, gorgeous melodies and soul-stirring rhythms. Ground-breaking recordings such as “West End Blues” changed the face of music. But by all accounts, his live performances were even more amazing. Both as a trumpet player and a singer, Armstrong routinely performed musical feats that no other musician could match. His charismatic stage presence and daring improvisations cemented his status as an American master (Robbins 23). His recordings with the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens are considered the most important in jazz history (The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Remastered). In this research paper, I attempt to trace the history of Louis Armstrong’s musical development, beginning with his early years in New Orleans, on through to his life on the road as a traveling musician, and, finally, to his last years in New York. Childhood in New Orleans Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans in 1901. His family was extremely poor, so poor that young Louis had to work from a very early age in order to help put food on the table. [Add more about Louis Armstrong’s early life in New Orleans.] First Cornet Young Louis was surrounded by music in New Orleans. Dance halls and street parades featured a host of talented musicians, from which he could learn a great deal. However, he might not have become a truly disciplined musician...
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...Life For this research paper, I have decided to write about Joe Williams, a famous American jazz singer in the late 1930s. Joe Williams was born in Cordele, Georgia on December 12, 1918. During the 1920s he lived in Chicago with his grandmother and mother, and was influenced by the many African-American musicians such as Duke Ellington, Ethel Waters and Louis Armstrong. His mother took him to see Louis Armstrong play the trumpet at the Vendome Theater when he was a young boy. His mother Anne, taught him how to play the piano and supported him through his musical interest. When Joe became a teenager he started to perform at social events and formed his own vocal quartet called “The Jubilee Boys.” This really helped him jump start his...
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...Why Marijuana Illegal Ever since the beginning of time there always has been something that has created a large amount of controversy; an issue that leaves households and countries divided. Should marijuana be legalized so it can be used for medicinal purposes? Marijuana has been used by people of royalty, "Emperor Shen-Nung in China prescribes cannabis for beri-beri, constipation, 'female weakness,' gout, malaria, rheumatism and absentmindedness” (Abel, 1982) and politicians, “I smoked but did not inhale.”- Bill Clinton. In fact marijuana has been around for as long as the earth been able to produce plants. Medical Marijuana has been in the middle of world debates since it was discovered. Marijuana was once an important plant and now marijuana is considered to be one of the worst drug or plant to mankind. People have formed a negative perspective about this naturally grown plant, which is often referred as a harmful gateway drug. Although marijuana is a drug now, one-day history will repeat itself and, there will be a time in which society will take a step back and look at what this plant has to offer. Marijuana has many respectable uses. In order for an accurate opinion to be forms, this will present to you the history of marijuana, why marijuana was deemed unsafe or illegal and the medicinal purposes cannabis has to offer. After reading they will be more informed about marijuana, he or she will be able to form a moral decision based on facts and history. When they are...
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...while promoting an understanding of the theatrical process and the integral role of theatre in society. Goals: 1. To gain an appreciation for theatre as a fine art. 2. To become familiar with the components of theatre. 3. To become familiar with the various types of theatre artists who collaborate to create the art form. 4. To develop a critical and informed appreciation for theatre in performance. 5. To understand the importance of working collaboratively. Texts: Wainscott, Ronald and Kathy Fletcher. Theatre Collaborative Acts. 3rd ed. Boston: Pearson, 2009. Evaluation: Participation at my discretion Syllabus approval 5 points Play Attendance and Responses 45 points (15 points each) Play Reaction Papers 40 points (20 points each) Group Presentation 50...
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...this new style of music that was developed by instrumentalist and singers, predominantly the black Americans who were performing this new style of music along streets, bawdy houses, dance halls and other southern cities. Jazz music can be defined according to according to oxford student dictionary defined jazz music as a style of music with a strong rhythm, originally of African American. Again, jazz music can be describe as a style of music rooted out of improvisation and features by syncopated rhythm, a constant beat pattern with a distinctive tone color and performance techniques. The term jazz became popular around 1915, though it started as early as 1900 but throughout the early period of jazz existence nothing was written down on paper or notated on jazz music due to the fact that jazz music was mostly dominated by improvisation. Moreover, only little of jazz music was recorded as at the early 1900 the only jazz music that was recorded was the original Dixieland band recorded in 1917. Since the development of jazz music, a variety of jazz music was created such as ragtime, swing, new Orleans, bebop, free jazz and cool jazz, jazz music has produce world great performance such...
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...singabob@gmail.com Fall 2013 The Ethics of Academic Tenure A Brief Assessment by Robert M. Armstrong Chaminade University MBA Program singabob@gmail.com Fall 2013 The Ethics of Academic Tenure A Brief Assessment by Robert M. Armstrong Chaminade University MBA Program C THE ETHICS OF ACADEMIC TENURE by Robert M. Armstrong Most everyone at the University of Illinois agrees engineering professor Louis Wozniak can be a pain at work, even though he is generally well-liked by his students. Since August 2010, he has been on paid suspension from the Springfield campus after publicly embarrassing a student he believed contributed to his denial of a $500 teaching award. Yet, this month, in what is believed to be a first-time action by University of Illinois trustees, Wozniak’s 41-year tenure was revoked and his employment immediately terminated after making a(n untrue) joke online about remembering only the names of students with whom he’s had sex. While clearly showing poor judgment and a lack of sensitivity, Wozniak’s situation calls into question the ethical justification for academic tenure, which is the focus of this paper. I will briefly examine tenure’s unique role in higher education from its start to its present-day limitations and whether its institution is ethical, by both those who covet it and those who provide it. In the end, hopefully the reader will understand the forces at play and whether its continuation is merited at American colleges and...
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...See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/223357366 Cloud-point extraction of lead in saliva via use of non-ionic PONPE 7.5 without added chelating agent ARTICLE in TALANTA · FEBRUARY 2000 Impact Factor: 3.51 · DOI: 10.1016/S0039-9140(99)00252-0 · Source: PubMed CITATIONS DOWNLOADS VIEWS 77 369 333 4 AUTHORS, INCLUDING: Maria Fernanda Silva Liliana P Fernández National University of Cuyo Universidad Nacional de San Luis 17 PUBLICATIONS 363 CITATIONS 43 PUBLICATIONS 540 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Available from: Maria Fernanda Silva Retrieved on: 08 September 2015 Talanta 51 (2000) 123 – 129 www.elsevier.com/locate/talanta Cloud point extraction of lead in saliva via use of nonionic PONPE 7.5 without added chelating agents Marta O. Luconi, M. Fernanda Silva, Roberto A. Olsina, Liliana P. Fernandez * ´ Area of Analytical Chemistry, National Uni6ersity of San Luis, CONICET, San Luis 5700, Argentina Received 4 March 1999; received in revised form 13 August 1999; accepted 16 August 1999 Abstract A new micelle-mediated phase separation of metal ions to preconcentrate trace levels of lead as a prior step to its determination by flame atomic spectroscopy has been developed. The methodology is based on the cloud point extraction of lead with PONPE 7.5 in the absence of chelating agent. The chemical variables affecting the sensitivity ...
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...Trident University Module #1 – Case Assignment MHE 512 – Disaster Relief Objectives: For this case you are discuss the response by government, NGOs and volunteer groups to Hurricane Katrina. The question for you to answer is whether or not the organizational structure for disaster response for the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, and FEMA was adequate to effectively respond to a Cat. 3 - 5 hurricane on August 26th, 2005. As you respond to this question please complete the following: o Review the various reports concerning the Katrina response and relief efforts. Identify an example of a relief effort which was successful and one which was unsuccessful. o Discuss the reasons why the examples you cited above were or were not successful. Comment specifically on whether you believe that the organizational structure at the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, and the Federal government was adequate, including communications and command and control. (Please refer to the Organization Structure for incident management in the National Response Plan.) Focus on how coordinating structures, processes, and protocols were employed to manage the disaster response. Discuss the importance of social networks during the Katrina Disaster. Please review the following (referenced) article and comment on the importance of social networks during a disaster response. ~ 1 of 11 ~ MHE 512- MOD 1 - Case Introduction to Disaster Relief; Organizational Structure of Relief Organizations;...
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...Amherst, NY 14051 Buffalo, New York 14260 Ph: (716) 688-6360 Ph: (716) 645-3258 Fax: (716)645-6117 E-Mail: rramesh@acsu.buffalo.edu Web: http://mgt.buffalo.edu/faculty/academic/systems/faculty/rramesh Education Ph.D. Industrial Engineering (Operations Research) (1985) State University of New York at Buffalo (GPA: 4.0. Awarded Ph.D with Distinction) Advisors: Mark H. Karwan and Stanley Zionts M.Tech. Industrial Engineering (1977) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras B.Tech. Chemical Engineering (1975) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Research Streams • • • • Economics of IT – MSP and Cloud Computing Markets Conceptual Modeling and Ontologies Database Systems and Distributed Computing Supply Chains & Decision Analysis Employment Professor Department of Management Science & Systems School of Management State University of New York at Buffalo (September 1998 - ) Associate Professor Department of Management Science & Systems State University of New York at Buffalo (September, 1990 – September 1998) Assistant Professor Department of Management Science & Systems State University of New York at Buffalo (September, 1984 - September, 1990) 1 Research and Teaching Assistant Doctoral Program in Operations Research Department of Industrial Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo (January, 1981 - September, 1984) Entrepreneur SYMBIOSIS Consulting Madras, India (September, 1977 - January, 1981) Appointments Chairman Department of Management Science &...
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...Journal of American Studies, 45 (2011), 1, 113–129 f Cambridge University Press 2010 doi:10.1017/S0021875810001271 First published online 19 July 2010 Jazz as a Black American Art Form : Definitions of the Jazz Preservation Act JEFF FARLEY Jazz music and culture have experienced a surge in popularity after the passage of the Jazz Preservation Act (JPA) in 1987. This resolution defined jazz as a black American art form, thus using race, national identity, and cultural value as key aspects in making jazz one of the nation’s most subsidized arts. Led by new cultural institutions and educational programs, millions of Americans have engaged with the history and canon of jazz that represent the values endorsed by the JPA. Record companies, book publishers, archivists, academia, and private foundations have also contributed to the effort to preserve jazz music and history. Such preservation has not always been a simple process, especially in identifying jazz with black culture and with America as a whole. This has required a careful balancing of social and musical aspects of jazz. For instance, many consider two of the most important aspects of jazz to be the blues aesthetic, which inevitably expresses racist oppression in America, and the democratic ethic, wherein each musician’s individual expression equally contributes to the whole. Balanced explanations of race and nationality are useful not only for musicologists, but also for musicians and teachers wishing to use jazz as an example...
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...Development System Policy on Employees of Tintswalo Hospital By Raymond Nordic Sibuyi Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Business Administration in the Department of Business Studies Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) Professor: K.S Milondzo 2014 Declaration I, Raymond Nordic Sibuyi, do hereby declare that this dissertation is the result of my investigation and research and that this has no not been submitted in part or full for any degree or for any other degree to any other university. __________ __________ R.N Sibuyi Date Acknowledgements My sincere appreciation and thanks are expressed to the following persons who Contributed immensely in the completion of this study: * First and foremost, the God of St Engenas Zion Christian Church, I would not have completed this task if you were not by my side. * My parents, Solomon and Sophie Sibuyi for...
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...loyalty generates numerous benefits like erecting barriers to competitors, generating greater sales and revenues, reducing customer acquisition costs, and inhibiting customers' susceptibility to marketing efforts of competitors (Knox and Walker, 2001; Rundle-Thiele and Mackay, 2001). The primary objective of this research is to select three brand loyalty influences (from the twelve) in the article by Moola and Bisschoff (2014) then motivate why the three can be grouped together logically. The secondary objectives are to: * Expand on Moolla's questions by doing a literature study on three brand loyalty influences selected. * Select a company / product of choice to apply questionnaire to * Analyse the data at least on inferential statistical level * Indicate expected outcomes the results will provide * Interpret the results and write a short report on what the data tells you * Apply result to management and managerial decision-making to show the advantage of the analysis. Figure 1.1: The conceptual model Adapted from Moolla (2010:197) 1.2 Hypotheses The following hypotheses were tested in order to assist in meeting the research objectives: H1: There is a relationship between customer satisfaction and customer trust when purchasing a home appliance brand. H2: There is a relationship between customer satisfaction and customer commitment when purchasing a home appliance brand. H3: There is a relationship between customer trust and customer...
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...The Technological Revolution on America Life Abstract: Future technologies will revolutionize life in the United States of America, and will affect the entire world population over time. Boldness, inevitability, and adaptability all led, or will lead, to the development of this issue. First, the paper will discuss how boldness, and only boldness, leads to accomplishments and boon. To succumb passively will not help achieve goals. Second, the paper will discuss the inevitability that technologies will advance due to human desire and how the want for profit is slaked. Lastly, the paper will cover how the world adapts to changing lifestyles and learn to utilize daunting revelations. It is unavoidable that society will advance, as it has done in the past, and humans will adapt to the changing life as known for decades. The book, Stranger in a Strange Land, written by Robert A. Heinland, as well as many other resourceful documents and sources, will assist in proving these points. Every person always seems to want the latest technology. This truth has existed for centuries and will never change in the future. With the invention of shovels, people wanted them because it was easier than digging with their hands. When cell phones were invented, people sought this new form of communication-on-the-go. When, in the book Stranger in a Strange Land, Valentine Michael Smith finds ways to levitate objects and make things disappear while standing twenty feet away, it is not a surprise...
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...Running Head: THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON READING COMPREHENSION The Effects of Classical and Contemporary Music on Reading Comprehension of College Students Louis Sandro Y. Aboga Bakhita Mae Alexie N. Llames Aquinas University of Legazpi The Effects of Classical and Contemporary Music on Reading Comprehension of College Students Music is more pervasive now than at any other point in history, functioning not only as a pleasurable art form, but also serving many important psychological functions (MacDonald, Hargreaves and Miell, 2002) and influencing cognitive functioning (Rauscher, Shaw, and Ky 1993) Music and Reading Comprehension Etaugh and Ptasnik (1982) found that individuals who rarely studied with background music showed better comprehension when they learned in silence, while those who frequently studied with music performed better in the presence of music. Hall (1952), exploring the possible uses of music in schools, found that performance on reading comprehension tests was significantly improved when background music was playing; 58% of the 245 8th and 9th graders taking part in the study, showed an increase in scores a reading test. Physiological Aspect on Music and Memory Numerous previous studies have tested to determine if the above conditions do in fact play an integral role in being a catalyst or antagonist to understanding complex literature. First the topic will be addressed from a biological perspective: processing in...
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...commanding presence and oratory deeply moved his contemporaries. His writings continue to influence readers today. Although Washington claimed his autobiography was “a simple, straightforward story, with no attempt at embellishment,” readers for nearly a century have found it richly rewarding. Today, Up From Slavery appeals to a wide audience from early adolescence through adulthood. More important, however, is the inspiration his story of hard work and positive goals gives to all readers. His life is an example providing hope to all. The complexity and contradictions of his life make his autobiography intellectually intriguing for advanced readers. To some he was known as the Sage of Tuskegee or the Black Moses. One of his prominent biographers, Louis R. Harlan, called him the “Wizard of the Tuskegee Machine.” Others acknowledged him to be a complicated person and public figure. Students of American social and political history have come to see that Washington lived a double life. Publicly he appeased the white establishment by remaining cautious in his charges and demands. Privately he worked tirelessly to undo the effects of institutional and cultural racism. Although he seemed to have made a grand compromise, first with the white south and then with white America, he worked in deepest secret to undermine the compromise and advance the social and economic position of blacks. No doubt exists as to his greatness....
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