Susanna Hall

OneRepublic, an American pop rock band, has successfully had several hit songs in the past 10 years. They started out in 2002 with members Ryan Tedder, Zach Filkins, Drew Brown, Brent Kutzle, and Eddie Fisher. Ryan Tedder is the lead singer, Zach Filkins is the guitarist, Drew Brown is also a guitarist, Brent Kutzle is the bassist and cellist, and Eddie Fisher is the drummer. In 2003, they signed with Velvet Hammer, an imprint of Columbia Records. They made their first album with Greg Wells.…

For this empirical assignment, I have assigned to collect data regarding the number of lawyers, council, senior council members, partners, and associates working for the Dentons Canada LLP law firm located in Calgary, Alberta. The empirical findings describe the average percentage of male/female working as partners and associates. And, the leverage number of proportion between partners and associates. The Dentons law firm is located in various parts of countries like Canada, Asia, United States,…

Megan Smith W. Seals English 12 7 April 2017 Beatlemania Let’s talk about some music that has transcended “Across the Universe.” On February 7th, 1964 The Beatles touched ground in America, ready to take the country by storm. No one could have foreseen the incredible impact that the four quirky boys from Liverpool would make in America, and around the world. “Like certain other key individuals in the history of American pop, such as Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley, they caused…

Nike History “We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.” -Phil Knight ("Phil Knight Quotes") Nike, a popular athletic shoe company, began small and slowly grew. The progression of shoes has definitely changed over the years and is still proceeding to do so. Nike is a well established shoe company; and the origin and advancement of their shoes brought…

The Company that I chose is Nike. It was founded on January 25, 1964.Created by Phil Knight. The brand is Air Jordan introduced in 1984 by Michael Jordan the basketball player. Jordan is one of the most marketed sports figures in history. MJ came out whit his first pair if Air Jordan’s in 1985. I decide to talk about the Product Nike because I’m formula with the Brand. The company is using an adaptive approach they treat each county as a separate market. It target’s the…

Pre-service For the religious service I am going to go to a Kingdom Hall in Murphy, North Carolina. Tyler Graves, a friend of mine, is a Jehovah’s Witness so I plan on going with him. I am planning on going over Thanksgiving break. I chose to go there because I wanted to have a friend to go with, so I wasn’t completely alone and clueless. Initially I had planned on going to a Mormon church with another friend but he will be in Utah at that time. Growing up, I never went to church that often…

“Welcome to New York,” was all it took for me to wake me from my four hour and a half nap. I readjusted in my seat to look out the large window that my head had just been resting only to observe grimy white subway tiles and cracked gray concrete. Quickly, I realized that we were driving through the Lincoln Tunnel that connects New Jersey to New York City. The small, hazy, yellow lights that filled the tunnel bounced off the red velour bus seats, creating strange patterns; I held my breathe,…

open the passenger door for Mia I say “Your parents are so cool” and she say “I know” right away. On the way to Portland we had brief conversation and I played snippets of bands that I like. We got a little lost downtown and made it to the concert hall with only a few minutes to spare. Our seats were on the balcony. I am not really paying attention, I love seeing how into the concert she is. The music is amazing and I thought I was going to get bored, but you really get into the music. A couple…

In the late 1940’s, a new genre of music was starting to take shape. Music artists were starting to combine different elements of country, western, and rhythm and blues (R&B) to create what would eventually evolve into rock and roll. Of these earliest artists, Bill Haley and His Comets would rise to popularity and become known as (if not, one of) the Father(s) of rock and roll. Haley was not the creator of rock and roll, but he was the one that changed rock and roll from a “ ‘virtually an…

Eddie Rickenbacker, a World War I hero and Medal of Honor recipient, once said “Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.” In The Alchemist, Santiago first meets the crystal merchant and is in desperate need of money, having been robbed by a thief in Tangier, a city through which he was passing on his way to Egypt. The crystal merchant hires Santiago as a clerk and warns him that even if he worked for a year, he would not have enough money to…