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They found the themes of the song too dark and sensitive so she had to record it with Commodore Records instead and it became a huge hit for her. It gave her mainstream notoriety and she became a very well-known jazz name. After gaining more and more popularity and esteem she eventually worked on the only movie she ever made with Louis Armstrong…

Japanese Popular Culture Essay In both the novels “Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization” by Tsutsui and “Riding the Black Ship” by Raz, the theme of culture and transnational flows are discussed. In “Riding the Black Ship”, Tokyo Disneyland (TDL) is described as a merge of American and Japanese culture, as the very American concept of Disney is adopted by Japan in a very Japanese fashion. The service, attractions, and appeal found in TDL stay true to the American standards while being…

Video Gamings Video games can teach us many things, since many games today are multi-player online they can help your social skills. They can help you think new ways to solve problems for example say you are stuck in a certain level in the game it will have you thinking different way to beat, and playing video games could even make you a living, some Youtubers don’t have jobs but they make their living by playing video games same with game testers, pro gaming teams or MLG teams, and even the…

The Barbary War began in 1801, and it lasted until 1805. The war was between the newly formed United States of America, and Tripoli. Tripoli was made up of four Barbary states, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya. It began during Thomas Jefferson’s first year as president, American ships were being taken by the pirates and held for ransom, along with their crew. The pirates had been taking merchant ships and their crews, and holding them for ransom for nearly 400 years. Jefferson said that he…

sat down on the couch and opened the envelopes. when he opened them he started getting excited because he knew what it was for when he saw the college pictures for the best two teams in the country, for baseball. THen he saw that the Vanderbilt Commodores and Virginia Cavaliers, had offered Ryan a full on scholarship for baseball at both of the colleges. “Which college do you think you will go to?” his mom asked “I’m not sure yet.” Ryan said Then all of a sudden, Ryan’s Iphone rang. He looked…

Computers have not been along very long at all when compared to the history of man. There has been a huge amount of technological development and expansion over the last 50 years. One major component of this technology is the personal computer. There are a few companies that played a major role in getting the personal computer to where it is today and it is hard to imagine a world in which everyone doesn’t have a smart phone in their pocket and a laptop in their backpack. This high volume of…

redirect or talk to the parents. Can you tell me a little bit about that? Rich: Parent communication, to me, has always been huge and I laugh at them now because I have a stack of 25 years ' worth of newsletters that went home to parents on a Commodore computer. We had to put in a floppy disc and type something and you pull it out and put it in to save another one. It took me an hour and a half every week to do it, but it was important enough to me to communicate to parents. Now it 's an…

American journalist, author, and poet, Stephen Crane utilized the standard fiction writing style of the late 1800s: realism. He grew up in an atmosphere where literacy was not only a common-day skill, but also a career focus for many in his family of eleven. Crane made his fame and fortune as the author of the Civil War novel, The Red Badge of Courage, in 1893. Two years later, he went on to write a book of poetry entitled The Black Riders and Other Lines. His modern, stylish approach to…

Uniforms in the Civil War The Union The Union Army’s Uniform was inspired by France’s military uniforms. The uniform had many variations across different troops and soldiers. During the Civil War, supplies were very limited so it was hard to get materials and fabric. Because of this, people in the army had to put together their own outfit resulting in varying uniforms. The Union Army: Service and Campaign Uniform The Union Army’s service and campaign consisted of a black felt hat that had one…

The phrase “manifest destiny” is the belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory. The word manifest means obvious so the destiny was manifest or obvious. Americans assumed the United States would expand to the Pacific Ocean. Thomas Jefferson was president at the time and he dreamed of expanding the U.S. to the Pacific Ocean. People had many reasons for wanting to move to the west. For example, people had personal economic…