worked as a cab driver and her mother Janis was a pharmacist. Her upbringing was surrounded by jazz, some of her uncles were professional jazz musicians and because of this musical background she grew up listening to a diverse range of music from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Salt-N-Pepa, Lauryn Hill, Mos Def and Nas. Amy Winehouse vocals are in a jazz-blues, soul and funk; her beats reflect hip-hop and R&B. She was the first British female artist to ever win five Grammys
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Lora Brill has ideas to restructure United Cereal, because the company suffers from organizational troubles in a context of cost reductions pressure. There are also issues on the cereal market and the challenge of launching or not a new type of product, healthy oriented, on this market. The issue is to know whether the new product, called Healthy Berry Crunch, should be launched in France, in Europe as the first Eurobrand product, and what kind of organization should be implemented to make this work
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The Frankish king Charlemagne possessed many great qualities for a Christian king to have. His son Louis had a great role model while growing up. These good qualities include being learned, being temperate, being involved with his children, being involved in the Church, and not being power-hungry. Having a father who demonstrates these qualities is important, and it gave Louis many lessons on how to be a good Christian king. The first lesson regards being learned. A good king should make a strong
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Authors Einhard and Notker the Stammerer express many criteria for qualities of what makes a good king in their combined work, “Two Lives of Charlemagne.” Einhard chooses to focus more on the aggressive, war-like side of King Charlemagne while Notker tends to focus on Charlemagne’s religious approach to ruling a kingdom. However, both writers consistently agree throughout their respective pieces that King Charles took pity on and gave to the poor, fostered good relationships with many people around
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January 28, 814. He was the son of Pippin III (Pippin the Short) and grandson of Charles Martel, who was first of what became known as the Carolingians. Charlemagne died January 28, 814 in Aachen, Austrasia (now part of Germany). He was king of the Franks 768-814, king of the Lombards 774-814, and first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 800-814. He was the heir to his father and grandfather’s political, religious, and social revolution. Charlemagne recruited leading intellectuals from England
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His fulfillment on the battleground obtained his popularity as a fighter monarch in the Frankish customs, one who will assemble the Franks a mighty force in the whole world when accommodated in the Roman Kingdom. Charlemagne’s military triumph ensued in a prolongation border that required to be protected. From an amalgamation of military exertion and discretion he initiated a reasonable
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It Started with a Vision The creative mind of George Lucas has developed many different movies with different subject matter. Many of these movies, namely Star Wars, have pushed the envelope in the realm of special effects and sound. His demand for better special effects and sound increased the overall technology in the film industry, and continues to do so today with his company Industrial Light and Magic. In all of Lucas' films, his main concern is getting his view across to the audience
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Bellflower Analysis After watching the film Bellflower I was able to see the difficulties and successes in filming and independent movie. There are many obvious difficulties that seem to come with any independent film. One of the most obvious is the tightness of the budget. It was hard to identify where a studio shot film could have spent more, because the director Evan Glodell’s skills as an engineer. Evan was able to create a more expensive looking film with his homemade pyrotechnics, which
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George Walton Lucas, Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American film producer, screenwriter, director, and entrepreneur. He founded Lucasfilm Limited and led the company as chairman and chief executive before selling it to The Walt Disney Company on October 30, 2012. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist adventurer character Indiana Jones. Lucas is one of the American film industry's most financially successful filmmakers . Contents Early
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1. King of the Hill is a cartoon comedy show which is more like an adult cartoon without the perverted disgusting humor like other fox cartoons. I like it, it is interesting and it has an amazing theme song especially the full version of it. It is about a Guy name Hank R. Hill who has a wife named Peggy Hill, a son named Bobby Hill, a dad named Cotton Hill, a mom named Tilly Hill, a step mom who went to kindergarten together with Hank Hill named Dee-dee Hill and a niece named Luanne Platter. He drinks
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