Abstract The paper discusses Benny Goodman's musical style of classical clarinet, swing and big band and the creation of the Benny Goodman Trio, another development in the evolution of Goodman's style. The paper then relates how he brought swing music into national recognition and continued with a period of bop music. The paper asserts that the evolution and development of a variety of styles is what makes Goodman such an accomplished musician.
From the Paper "Benny Goodman is one of the biggest names in not only jazz, but also American popular music as well. Born in 1909, he is most known for his work as a composer and jazz clarinetist; however, he was also an excellent saxophone master and classical musician as well. Throughout the years, Goodman's musical evolution included stylistic elements of classical, New Orleans jazz, big band, more intimate combos, and bop music. He is said by many to be the master of big-band swing music, but also explored smaller combos in which he gave great showcases to upcoming artists. The disciplined and multi-faceted nature of his stylistic techniques proves his mastery as an artist and earns him his enormous reputation."
Abstract This paper studies the essay written by Norman Cousins in 1962 about who was responsible for the death of then famous boxer, Benny Paret. It looks at the dangers of boxing as a blood sport and questions whether wider social circles were to blame for his death.
From the Paper "In his 1962 essay "Who Killed Benny Paret?", Norman Cousins makes a strong argument against the propriety - and the morality - of professional boxing. He backs up his statement with quotes from an interview he did nearly three decades before he wrote this essay as well as facts from the then-recent death of boxer Benny Paret. Although the essay is a compelling argument about the physical dangers of boxing to participants and the moral dangers of boxing to those who watch the sport, the essay would be even more effective if it were not quite so repetitive and if the events that he is writing about were better known to today's readers."
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the book, "Before and After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the War on Terrorism", by Phyllis Bennis. Specifically it presents a book report, including a summary. "Before and After" is a book about the terrorist attacks, but it is also a book about a nation's arrogance and how the United States has turned into a world power with 'attitude'. The author shows how that is affecting our global presence and our global situation.
From the Paper ""Before and After" is a compelling book about the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Reading it is difficult, because it does not always convey the same sense of "patriotism" that pervaded America after the terrorist attacks, but it portrays another side of the attacks ? what led up to them ? and their aftermath. The author's main thesis for writing the book was to give a deeper understanding of the events surrounding the September 11 terrorist attacks. What actions by the US led up to the attacks, and what will the US's insistence on the pursuit terrorists on a global scale mean to us, and to the world? Bennis hopes to create more understanding of the US policies that mean so much to the entire world, and give an inkling of why so many people around the world see us as a threat and a menace."
Abstract This paper examines the book, "Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1999?, by noted historian Benny Morris, a comprehensive, well-composed and precise history of the conflict, from Zionism's birth in the wake of the Russian pogroms to the vague scenario for 1999 peace. It looks at how the book is a complete and objective history of the extensive dispute between Arabs and Jews for ownership of a land called home by both.
From the Paper "Benny Morris has also given sketch portraits and enlightening story about the compelling leaders who have been the leading role of this controversial history, which also comprises of Anwar Sadat, Hajj Amin al-Husseini, Theodor Herzl, David Ben-Gurion, and Menachem Begin (PolitInfo). Furthermore, as Benny Morris has discussed few elements of the Palestinian anguish like for instance mass uprooting and banishment of the Palestinian people as well as to limited extent other types of collective punishments. He has portrayed the Palestinians as rigid, prone to brutality, insensitive for the Jewish pain and misery & human agony while on the other hand the Israelis had been portrayed as cultured, cooperative, concerned and understanding to the Palestinian reasons (PolitInfo)."
Abstract This paper examines how the United States seems to maintain two almost mutually exclusive views of Israel. It looks at how one popular view regards Israel as a liberal and compassionate, if beleaguered, nation and how Israel is also viewed as a nation with a mighty military and a passion for maintaining a Jewish homeland, a desire, moreover, that Americans support, at least in Congress, most of the time. It looks at how, according to "new historian" Benny Morris, along with Ilan Pappe and Avi Shlaim, principally, the second American viewpoint is correct, but does not nearly take into account exactly how militant and how dedicated to a Jewish homeland Israel was, especially in the period of 1947 and 1948, when Israel was being created. It explores how they claim that the actions of the Israelis regarding the indigenous and Muslim Palestinians was little short of a pogrom against the Palestinians, which set the stage for the continuing bloodbath in the region.
Outline
The Popular View of the Birth of Israel
Working Backward from 1948
The Big Problem
Carving Out a Solution
Revising the Revisionists
From the Paper "Writing in the respected Jewish magazine, Tikkun, Benny Morris takes readers down a far different road concerning Israeli independence and the creation of a Jewish state than most modern American observers might expect. Morris traces the passion that created Israel to the first Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, in 1897. There, it's organizer, Theodor Herzl, wrote in his diary that he expected a Jewish state to be created within ?perhaps five and certainly within fifty years,? putting his prophecy wrong by a single year. What Herzl didn?t foresee accurately, according to Morris, was the tenor of the new Jewish state, among other things. Herzl believed the new Jewish state would be ?liberal, democratic, secular, and tolerant.? Morris wrote that Herzl's concept was formed by the nature of a relatively secular Judaism in Eastern Europe, as well as by his recognition of the abundant harm an overbearing state could do to any given population, under the proper circumstances."
Abstract On January 26, 1837 Michigan became the twenty-sixth state of the United States of America. Many individuals have left significant impressions on Michigan's history throughout the years. In particular, this paper examines five individuals that have had the greatest impact on the development of the state over the long run and whom have proved to be the most influential: B. Woodward, Lewis Cass, Hazen Pingree, Henry Ford, and Benny Gordy Jr.
From the Paper "Henry Ford was born in Michigan and grew up on a small farm in what is now Dearborn. Ford was born on July 30, 1863, living a typical childhood of someone from the nineteenth century. Ford was not too fond of school and showed at an early age an interest in mechanical things. He left school to find work in Detroit. He got a job working with machinery, focusing on engines, and married Clara Bryant in 1888. It wasn't until he left the Detroit Edison Illuminating Company that he focused his career on the auto industry. During his time at Edison Company he came up with a 'quadricycle', a four wheeled bicycled powered by an engine. He sold his 'quadricycle' to gain capitol for the Ford Motor Company. "
Abstract This paper discusses how "A Question of Miracles" examines contemporary faith healing and the role religious belief may have on the treatment of disease. It looks at how filmmaker Anthony Thomas traveled around the world, interviewing faith healers and people who believe their health had been miraculously restored because of their faith in God. Most of the film focuses on two men who claim to be successful faith healers, Benny Hinn and Reinhard Bonnke.
From the Paper "A Question of Miracles reveals why faith healing, despite the fraudulent aspects of it, can work to a certain extent in some people, at least temporarily, for scientists and theologians agree that short-term recoveries during or after a faith healing session can occur because of psychosomatic conditions. In cases of arthritis, for example, which is manifested by inflammation of the joints, a faith healer's inciting of powerful emotions in a person hoping to be cured can trigger the release of natural opiates in their brain, which can bring a temporary release from arthritic pain and convince them they have been healed. "
Abstract The paper traces the history of jazz, beginning in the 1920's. It then focuses on the contributions of some of the most notable musicians and composers of the era.
From the Paper "Jazz music is many things to many people. It is the rhythmic beat of a swing band recreated by "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy," or the "Brian Setzer Orchestra." It is Louis Armstrong playing a sweet, soulful trumpet, or Duke Ellington playing the piano in a smoky club in Harlem. "That word jazz is ambitious. Not content with a peer's place in the dictionaries, it has shouldered its way into encyclopedias. Here is the definition given of it in Chambers' 'Encyclopedia': 'Jazz, dance music, generally syncopated, played by a band eccentrically composed. The jazz drummer, a sort of one-man band, provides the characteristic feature of jazz, which is noise. . . . The origin of the word is uncertain. The term has been applied also to noisy proceedings, to loud writing, to eccentric and discordant coloring'" (Osgood 10). Jazz came into the language and the hearts of the American people in the 1920s, and it has never left."
From the Paper "Radio in its so-called Golden Age in the 1930s and 1940s
developed a means of expression that made use of sound as a tool of communication and that found a way to utilize sound in the service of dramatic presentation. For most of its history, radio drama and comedy were live, and their sound effects, music, and dialogue were delivered to a live audience both at home and in the studio in many cases. Comedies had an interactive and participative audience, and the laugh track carried over into filmed television was an attempt to maintain that element. Both comedy and drama were experimental in terms of their use of sound, though this has not always been recognized. A serious drama such as a play by Norman Corwin or a CBS Radio Workshop would be recognized for their interesting use of sound, but comedies like The Jack Benny Show used sound to convey ideas and attitudes with ..."
Abstract This paper looks at the new BBC America channel and how the British comedies are making a strong impression on a nation which long thought that all England watched was Benny Hill and Masterpiece Theater. It looks at the current trend towards cobranding and at establishing multiple networks in order to further build the programming library.
Abstract This paper explains that, with the closing of the Storyville seaports in New Orleans and increased discrimination in the south, numerous musicians began to venture to Chicago and New York with hopes of finding prosperity in their field of business--jazz. The author points out that, in Chicago, the four main styles of jazz were Boogie Woogie, Chicago Jazz, Society Jazz and Urban Blues and the major innovators were Bix Beiderbecke and Benny Goodman. The paper relates that, in New York's Harlem area, which did more for the Jazz age then any other town in the world, jazz flourished in the different styles of bands from big band to spasm bands and in innovators such as Paul Whiteman, James Reese Europe and Fletcher Henderson, which resulted in the Harlem Renaissance that opened the eyes and the mouths of African-American public.
From the Paper "Bandleader Paul Whiteman was another major New York Jazz figure of the era. He was especially famous for introducing jazz into the mainstream audience of the decade. Not only was he a great performer of the day, be he also gave back to the jazz community as an avid listener and audience member himself. For instance, Duke Willington stated, "no one could fault Whiteman for his generosity of spirit." In 1924, after finishing his evening at New York's Palais Royal, he would stop by around the corner at the Kentucky Club to soak up the sounds of Duke Ellington and his Club Serenaders."
Abstract This paper illustrates the characteristics of management and leadership through the organizational structure of a particular company, referred to as Company X. The personnel are analyzed according to the traits defined by Warren G. Bennis in his book "On Becoming a Leader". The gradual intermingling of leadership and management are also illustrated through examples of each position.The paper concludes with the author's personal view on management and leadership.
From the Paper "Company X provides users with a solution to all securities processing needs. Phasexyz, which is the division I work in, is a subsidiary of Company X. Company X acquired Phasexyz about thirteen years ago. The structure of the company has remained the same throughout the changes until recently when the level of president was introduced to the organization. The company was in dire need of change when the president was announced. Reporting to the president are the senior vice presidents and under the senior vice presidents are the vice presidents. Managers report to the director and the director reports to the vice president. There is one president, four senior vice presidents, five vice presidents, twelve directors, and twenty-five managers. Most of the personnel have been with the company for over ten years. The president has been with the company only a short period of time, so he is bringing a fresh perspective to the organization."
Abstract The paper is written around the quote that a company "can not progress without a common vision", by Warren Bennis. The writer shows how Charlotte Beers brought Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide advertising agency to success with her vision. The paper further discusses the role that personality and ego play in successful leadership, and concludes with a summary of Beer's success.
From the Paper "The strong management style of Charlotte Beers suggests that she knew the importance of vision in leadership when she took control of the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide. At the time, the market situation of the once-great Ogilvy was as cold as the polar caps faced by the great Artic explorer Earnest Shackleton, as detailed in the book Shackleton's Way. (Morrell, et.al, 2002) Today, the Ogilvy website proudly proclaims itself as the generator of one of the most successful campaigns in recent memory, the Dove beauty product line that caught consumer's eyes with an edgy use of ordinary women."
Abstract In this article, the writer relates that, according to Warren Bennis and Joan Goldsmith in their general text on organizational leadership entitled, 'Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader', the key to good leadership is setting a goal. The writer notes that this first, foundational step is the most important part of the leadership process. A leader must have a vision for his or her organization that is clearly defined, measurable, and realistic. The writer points out that the authors believe that there has been a high a turnover of leaders in major organizations because of an inability to set goals that revitalize the attitudes of the lower ranks of workers. Instead there is too much of a stress upon management, or the day-to-day minutiae of the organization. The writer concludes that if people do not feel inspired to give a hundred percent to the more mundane aspects of working life, managerial tinkering will ultimately prove ineffective.
Outline:
Developing a Vision
Articulating a Vision
Implementing a vision
Stewarding a vision
Involving the community with the vision
From the Paper "The vision should also be attractive and attainable in the eyes of all of the involved parties in the organization. It is not enough that the leader comprehends the organization's vision. The persons involved in realizing that vision should understand that vision as well. For example, teachers must also understand why the goals are so important to the overall mission of the school, so they feel motivated to incorporate this vision of inclusiveness into their own approach to learning. This is another reason why setting clearly defined goals that are measurable is so important, because adjectives not substantiated by facts, statistics, or concrete terms may have different meanings and values to different people and players within the organization. Different organizational players should feel personally motivated to act in service of the vision rather than feel forced to do so by an outside authority."
