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...20 March Jimmy Cliff Jimmy Cliff is one of the greatest living artists and is an internationally acclaimed icon from Jamaica. Apart from being a Reggae superstar, he is also an international movie star and a well known figure in the world for his legacies to the field of entertainment. He made Reggae which was earlier an unknown form of music but now it has become quite famous in the world. Reggae started during the early 1970’s, and it is an important type of rock music from Jamaica. It is a combination of Mento, Ska and Rock Steady. “Reggae changed the traditional rock patterns by allowing guitar to play the off-beat chords, while the bass guitar played melodic patterns” (Reggae par.1)....
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...Howard Carter Howard Carter is one of the most famous archaeologists in the history of the world, but no one ever would have predicted this - not even Carter himself - by judging from his humble beginnings. He was born on 9 May 1874 in Kensington (Reeves and Taylor 1993, 10). He was the son of Samuel John Carter and Martha Joyce Carter, nee Sands (Crystalinks 2005). His father was a well-known artist whose subjects were mostly animals (Reeves and Taylor 1993, 11). In Carter's own autobiographical sketches, he notes, "I can hardly find any trace of my father in myself, except an inborn faculty for drawing, which unfortunately, in my case, was never fully cultivated" (11). Perhaps Howard Carter's artistic abilities were never fully... ...
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There is an old political saying that says Americans vote with their pocketbooks. This was certainly true in the 1980 reelection bid of Jimmy Carter. Rampant inflation had severely reduced wage earners purchasing power throughout the Carter years. Carter opposed Gerald Ford in the presidential race of 1976 during one of our history's greatest economic slumps. During the campaign Carter had criticized Ford for his inability to deal with inflation and unemployment. When Carter was inaugurated in 1977, the country was beginning to show some signs of improvement. However, after four years...
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...that took place under the leadership of Reagan and Carter.
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It is more reasonable to discuss Jimmy Carter first since he came before Reagan and it was during his presidency that the world faced the after effects of the oil shock (Walsh, 1997). Of course the present state of the world shows that we are going through another energy crisis and while our solution to the problem might be technological, the solutions thought of by Carter were practical. He wanted to handle the situation by asking the American people to make sacrifices and by asking them to make adjustments to their lifestyles (Shoup, 1979).
In 1977,...
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...MATTHEW CARTER Matthew Carter is the most prominent typography designer of our time who has carved a special niche for himself in the graphic designworld.
Matthew Carter (Museumdesign.org)
Carter’s Introduction to Type Making
Carter was born in 1937 in London. He developed an interest in type by watching his father Harry go about his work as a typographer, designer of books and type historian. After finishing school in 1955, Carter was selected for admission in Oxford University provided he completed a 12 month internship studying...
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...Introduction Jimmy Carter served as 39th President of US during 1977-1981 and became the first US President to receive the Noble Peace Prize after leaving the office. A peanut farmer and a Naval Officer, Carter also served as Senator as well as Governor of Georgia during 1970s. His rise to the power is considered as one of the most critical because he rose from the gross roots and served at many different positions before marching his way towards the Presidency.
He was largely instrumental behind the standardization of the education across US and created a new department with the name of Department of Education. Besides, he also created a...
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...Ford case study The ford motor company which is simply known as ford was established in 1903 in America by Henry ford. Since then the company has grown both domestically and international with its plants found all over the world. Its headquarters are found in Dearborn, Michigan which is a suburb in Detroit. The company is a leading manufacturer of automobiles in the world that include commercial vehicles and luxury cars under its ford and Lincoln brand respectively. The company expanded globally and acquired other automobile company over the years by partial or full ownership. Some of the subsidiaries include Mazda, jaguar, land rover, Aston martin,...
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...Gerald Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism” Gerald Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism” In Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism” article, the author is quick to indicate that knowledge is much more than academic learning in the classroom setting and that learning is a process that is continuous in the ‘outside’ world. Children just like Graff was may be good enough in other activities, such as sports (Graff, 2001). Graff always found himself arguing about sports as opposed to his colleagues who were discussing Chemistry at that time (Graff, 2001). This results to Graff’s argument that sports presented more intellect than school work.
Graff & Cathy (2006) say that templates such as sentence frames have been...
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...Regina Carter’s Jazz Concert The attended jazz concert was the one of Regina Carter and her band. Regina Carter is a famous American jazz violinist, whose discography is comprised of more than twenty albums. These days, she is on the tour presenting her new album titled Southern Comfort. During the concert, all the eleven pieces included into the album were performed, such as Miner’s Child, Trampin’, Shoo-Rye, I’m Goin’ Home, Honky Tonkin’, Cornbread Crumbled in Gravy, See See Rider, I Moaned and I Moaned and others. The ensemble Regina Carter performs with consisted of four musicians: Marwin Sewell (guitar), Will Holshouser (accordion), Jesse Murphy (bass), and Alvester...
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... Jimmy Webb Jimmy Webb exploits the art of song writing in a way to express feelings in the rhythm, lyrics and melody. The instruments rhythm in his songs match what kind of message and plot he wants to portray to the listeners. The song lyrics are easy and simple to understand by most of the listeners. The melodies of Jimmy’s songs provide the mood that is compatible with the lyrics of the story. Like any successful song, Jimmy songs had a basic idea and message he wanted to relay.
In his song highwayman, Jimmy had the idea of soul reincarnation that he got after having a night dream of police chase while carrying a gun. He creates the melody, using piano that fit reincarnation of the souls with the song seeming to be timeless... ...
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