considered one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in rock music history.[1] After initial success in Europe, he achieved fame in the USA following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival. Hendrix helped develop the technique of guitar feedback with overdriven amplifiers.[2] He was influenced by blues artists such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Albert King, and Elmore James,[3][4][5][6] rhythm and blues and soul guitarists
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“The Handcuff King”. He freed himself from jails, handcuffs, chains, ropes, and straitjacket In 1894, He launched his career as a professional magician and renamed himself Harry Houdini. In 1899, Martin Beck, a manager, checked out Houdini in Woodstock, Its. People were amazed and some thought this was insane. In 1912, Houdini introduced his most famous act , The Chinese Water Torture Cell , after putting his Handcuff Act behind him due to Imitators.His escapes included Mirror Challenge, Milk
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Early Life- Education – Family Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born on November 30, 1874 to Jeannie Jerome, and Lord Randolph Churchill in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. His mother was a New York socialite and his father was a British Statesman that belonged to the aristocratic family the Dukes of Marlborough. He had only one sibling, a brother John Strange Spence- Churchill. Churchill lived in Dublin, Ireland, from the age of 2 to 6. His father worked for his grandfather, the 7th Duke of Marlborough
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like the traveling industry and the medical industry are very dependent on the Baby Boomers. Back in the day there were about 79 million babies born during the Baby Boom. People that were born in 1946-1964 had grown up with the Vietnam War, Woodstock, and with John F. Kennedy being the president. Back in 2006, the oldest Baby Boomer out of everyone was turning 60 years old, which was already including the first two presidents we had and they were George W. Bush and William j. Clinton, they were
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child, and little wing. Jimi Hendrix played music in a time where drugs came on the scene in the U.S in full force and his music was performed during the counterculture movement, rebel and hippie time. Hendrix became famous after his performances at Woodstock and Monterey. Jimi Hendrix is famous because he basically reinvented guitar playing and had a style playing style that was way ahead of his time and still is not matched today and that was 40 years ago. He had a guitar style that included great sound
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end up splitting up because of the tensions brought from the society during the time. Jimi performed at many festivals and some major festivals where memories that thousands of people will never forget are made were the Woodstock Festival, and Monterey Pop Festival. The Woodstock Festival was where Jimi had performed the “The Star-Spangled Banner”, which shocked the crowd because they didn’t expect to see his talents of being able to sing that well displayed. The Monterey Pop Festival was a significant
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Thrive in new situations and challenges Exceptional time management, problemprevention, and problem solving skills Keen attention to detail Work well independently and as part of a team EXPERIENCE Administrative Assistant, Credible Businezz Woodstock, GA — 2012 – 2014 Worked as an administrative assistant at this consulting company. Oversaw basic daytoday administrative functions, including: Handling telephone calls and relaying messages, managing office’s filing and record management needs
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positions, and I was eventually promoted to Teller Supervisor. In 1991, my husband and I divorced and I moved back to Vermont. I got a position working in the banking industry. I was hired as a Teller Supervisor and was promoted to Branch Manager in Woodstock, Vermont. I remained there until the branch closed in July 1992. After two months of unemployment, I became employed at another bank as Branch supervisor in February 1993. In October 1993, I started having physical problems, unable to count money
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Why I chose KSU I chose to come to KSU for many different reasons. Some of them being money, commute, friends, and of course the food. It didn’t take me long to choose KSU because all the things I was looking for in a college were right here, it worked perfect because I am only ten miles from home, so my life didn’t change that much. So far KSU has been a great experience and I am looking forward to becoming fully submersed in campus life. The main reason I chose to attend college at KSU was the
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obtaining payments • Documented success during 3 years of progressive experience and responsibility • Substantial knowledge of responding to a high volume of phone calls WORK EXPERIENCE Collections Manager April 2005 - present PDQ Services | Woodstock, Georgia Delegate Assignments Review Collections Reports Manages Collections Staff Handles all litigation files Oversees all areas of collection, credit and financial reporting for an organization. Has the expertise in reviewing credit
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