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    Though Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future is extremely successful in being a fun, blockbuster film, it does a very job in how it crafts the relationships between specific characters. Though Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is facing a struggle to get back home, there’s another struggle occurring in the movie between his father, George (Crispin Glover), and town bully, Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson). By tracing their acting and relative staging of these two in certain shots, a narrative between them…

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    There has never been anyone like Art Tatum, who is one of the greatest jazz musicians in history. Tatum was born on October 13, 1909, in Toledo, Ohio, and he was the child of amateur musicians. His father was a mechanic, and his mother was a housemaid who worked in white homes. Although he was not born into a wealthy family, his unique talents helped propel him into the spotlight. If anything, Tatum proved that it was not impossible to become a world-class extraordinaire despite growing up with…

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    “Bond-villain you,” Veronica sighed, looking anywhere but near him. “Spray paint on my car, nasty notes in my locker, calling me things to my face and not my face, oh, the flat tires, the dedicated social outcasting, when does that Logan come back? I’m not- I’m not that stupid, that we’re just gonna start saying hi to each other in the hall, having casual sleep-overs, and then that you is gonna-” Veronica exhaled an exhausted, shaky breath, and ran her hair behind her ears. “Gonna what?”…

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    Charlie Parker’s Ill-Fated West Coast Trip Charlie “Bird” Parker is one of the most iconic figures not only in the modern jazz history, but also in the jazz history overall. Charlie Parker had an extraordinary melodic gift and regularly created solos that consisted of ling-lined melodies, each of which was elegant improvised composition unto itself. This gained a wide following among jazz musicians and greatly influenced the Jazz community in the iconic shift is music. Parker’s self-destructive…

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    each song, while featuring each musician in a solo throughout the song. This style of jazz was not suited for dancing like swing had been before it so that affected its popularity. A few of the most influential jazz musicians in bebop were Charlie Parker who played the alto saxophone, Dizzy Gillespie who played the trumpet, Bud…

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    Charlie Parker Jr. better known as the Bird was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is accredited for being an influential part in the development of bebop. This style of jazz had a much faster tempo, specialized technique, and advancement in the harmony that is used. His playing style made way for faster chords, variants to altered chords, and substitution that are made to it. Although he had a difficult upbringing and maybe obstacles were placed in front of him, he still succeeded…

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    If a group from my congregation asked me to teach a four week course, I would choose Genesis on the grounds that it holds more stories that have relevance to the context of my congregation. The approximate demographics of my congregation are as follows: over ninety percent are Caucasian; over fifty percent are 45 years of age or older; women are the dominate group within most of the small group activities; and the mining, healthcare, and retail industries are the largest employers respectively.…

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    In the book of Genesis and Exodus God makes covenants with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses in return for obedience of his commands. God promised blessings that consisted of acquiring Promised Land, building a great nation and having children to fulfill his perfect plan. The Abrahamic and Mosaic Covenants are affirmed and re-affirmed on a continued basis but the promises take years to be executed. While Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses obey God’s commands, they are almost never enriched with…

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    nation “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make you name great and you will be a blessing” (NIV Genesis 12:2). Through his bloodline the nation of Israel was born, and eventually our savior and redeemer Jesus Christ. Isaac (son of Abraham and Sarah) and his wife Rebekah, Rebekah who is the daughter of Isaac’s cousin Betheul, followed…

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    THE BOOK OF GENESIS IN THE Book of Genesis is a Historical Fiction, poetry, wisdom, prophetic. The writer of this book of Genesis was Moses. The Date Genesis album was once created used to be possibly close to 1440 and 1400 B.C among the day Israelites have been lead abroad of Egypt by Moses and his demise. A beginning is the main book of the Pentateuch; the old confirmation was composed in Hebrew Genesis does not have any exemption. in the Hebrew, the name regarding Genesis is Bereshit which…

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