Shantae Todd Intro to Jazz History Mrs. Lester 10 February 2014 "King of the Clarinet" Artie Shaw was a bandleader, clarinetist, composer, and writer. He was born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky on May 23, 1910, in New York, New York. Sometimes referred to as the King of the Clarinet, Artie Shaw was one of the leading jazz performers and bandleaders of the swing era of the 1930s and 1940s. Born on New York’s Lower East Side, he was the only child of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Austria. The family
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before the agency considers it a big business. (Evans, n.d.) Depending on the type of service business depends on the revenue cap to consider it a small business. Retail service cannot earn no more than $5 to $21 mil in a three year period, construction service can earn $13.5 to $17 mil in a three year period, and agricultural can earn $0.5 to $9 mil in a three year period to be considered a small business. (Evans, n.d.) If they earn anymore they are considered big business. To be considered a small
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draperies. The company was founded by Megan Duckett in 1992. She started from a tiny kitchen and garage operation which is now a multimillion dollar enterprise. Duckett's business grew by word of mouth and she went full time in 1997. After losing a big contract because of lack of credibility, she decided to create a website through which she can gain credibility and publicity. As a result, her business grew rapidly by which she won the Dell/NFIB Small Business Excellence Award and other subsequent
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Define “Creatio Ex Nihilo.” In Latin, “ex nihilo” literally means “out of nothing.” It often appears along with the concept of creation, as in “creatio ex nihilo”, meaning “creation out of nothing.” It contrasts with the phrase “creatio ex materia” (creation out of some pre-existent, eternal matter) and with “creatio ex deo” (creation out of God.) Christians all believe that the world is created ex deo, however, whether the universe was created “ex nihilo” or from already present material is still
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absurd, in fact infinite is just a concept of our imagination. When exactly did the development of the universe occur? Did it simply develop one day, or take millions of years? When we think logically universe obviously had to have been created. The Big Bang represents the universe as a coming into being out of nothing. According to this argument, the universe must have come from nothing, by nothing. This is one of the most widely accepted theories of the origin of the universe. It is taught in schools
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the breakfast table stunned. I just don’t know too many people or companies that would do something like that. Sure, many employers offer profit-sharing and stock-option plans. But outright giving? Nah. Employees rarely share in the bounty when the big payoff comes. In fact, many end up losing their jobs, being demoted, seeking transfers, or taking early retirement. Insecurity—or better yet, the concept of every man for himself—is a verity of work life in America. 5Yet here is one man defying all
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founded on Christian principles. Just generations ago Biblical ideas were being taught in schools. Although we are known as a Christian country, religious ideas in public places are frowned upon or replaced. Now, scientific theories- evolution and the big bang- are being taught as fact to students across the nation. This is a growing problem because evolution is not a fact, only a weak theory based on misinterpreted evidence. There are two types of evolution being taught. One type, also known as natural
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totalitarianism government ran by the Inner Party and Big Brother. Orwell gave a dramatic utopian and dystopian fiction book that is also political and social science fiction because Orwell often wrote about going against totalitarianism. Utopia is defined as ‘an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.’ which is exactly how George Orwell portrayed Oceania to be for a majority of the citizens or Party members. Oceania’s government or Big Brother can do no wrong, especially in the eyes
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George Orwell’s dystopian novel, “1984”, depicts a society of which the fictional symbol, Big Brother, is the totalitarian leader, and the single party controls everything. Big Brother and the party have instilled the idea that, “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past”, meaning that the past can be altered to one's desire, in this case to Big Brother’s. Winston, the protagonist of the novel, works at the Ministry of truth in the records department, where
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they want. Winston is the main character of the book, then there is big brother he is like the government. Big brother is always watching everyone, they have something that's like a television, which is called a telescreen where they can see you, however you can't see them and you also can't turn it off only turn down the volume. The privacy of American citizens is being violated similar to the privacy violations in 1984 now that big brother is always watching everyone with the telescreen, they don’t
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