I will pay for the following article Ray Charles’ Influence on Music in 1960’s. The work is to be 7 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page. Ray Charles was enrolled at the Saint Augustine School for the Blind in Florida, where he learned Braille. He also learned to play the piano and clarinet/saxophone. He had to rely heavily on his excellent memory for music as he did not have the advantage of sight. Ray Charles also had a gift of perfect pitch, which greatly aided his musicianship.

At only 15, he lost his mother and after two years, his father also passed on. His suffering inspired him to greater heights. He graduated from St. Augustine School started traveling by country music road bands. This enriched his quality of music when he later added western music to his repertoire. He also toured with rhythm and blues bands as an instrumentalist. Among the instruments he played are the piano, clarinet, and saxophone. He also an arranger and composer.

His early influences as a singer were: blues singers, Guitar Slim and Percy Mayfield. Lloyd Glenn influenced his piano. Eventually, it was his mixed styles, his voice texture, and his versatile falsetto range and his emotional appeal that combined to bring out unique vocal artistry.&nbsp.

In late 2005, John Burk, Concord Records A & R chief and producer of Ray Charles Grammy Award-winning blockbuster album “Genius Lover Company” came upon some tapes recorded in the 70s, apparently concert tapes. The tapes were made by the legendary impresario producer Norman Granz. Though the tapes recovered were not the greatest quality, the music was recorded to produce a beautiful, authentic and irreplaceable work of music. His music from the 60s combines with the latest technology to bring about yet another astounding performance from Ray Charles. Whatever beauty the technology in the 60s couldn’t capture, the new technology has been able to capture and in the process, still manage to show the uniqueness of Ray Charles’ genius.

Ray Charles once said that in music, there’s only either good or bad music. That also, in music you just can’t escape when something is good (Ray Charles Biography 2004).

Hi, need to submit a 500 words paper on the topic A Midsummer Nights Dream. As Hermia’s sight cannot be magically altered, Egeus chooses to deploy a more overt, infinitely more violent strategy for the control of her emotions and the redirection of her love-choice. Love is controlled and directed through the threat of death. As Egeus’ says:

As she is mine, I may dispose of her.

Which shall be either to this gentleman,

Or to her death, according to our law. (1.1.42-44)

With these words, Egeus denies Hermia’s individuality and independence. Perceiving of her as a lesser extension of his own self and an object, no person, of his command, Egeus insists that Hermia love whom he commands her to love. He uses the ultimate threat, the threat of death, to add substance to his meddling.

To escape Egeus, Hermia and Lysander run to the forest where, instead of finding refuge and safe haven for their love, they are confronted with more meddling and more trickery. Demetrius pursues them, intent on capturing Hermia and marrying her, even if against her own will. Indeed, it is only when he becomes a victim of magical trickery and is made to Helena, that he abandons his pursuit of Hermia. In other words, for Hermia and Lysander to fulfill their love for one another, Demetrius had to become the victim of magic and trickery.

Even though at least in the case of Hermia and Lysander, love ultimately triumphs, the very nature of love is questionable. As portrayed in “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” love is perceptions and illusions. Love does not, and cannot, run a smooth course because it is a matter of perception and, not only do perceptions change but, are subject to external influences. External influences, assuming the form of magical trickery, compelled Tatiana to surrender the child and to fall in love with Bottom as half-ass and then, when perceptions changed, caused her to find him repulsive and hateful. Similarly, external influences intervened with Demetrius’ perceptions, causing him to fall out of love with Hermia and in love with Helena. As presented in this myriad of complicated relationships, love hardly emerges as a genuine expression of authentic emotions but as an outcome of present perceptions, perceptions that are subject to change. Hence, because it is the outcome of transient perceptions and because it is vulnerable to external influences, love cannot run a smooth course.

I need help creating a thesis and an outline on Internationalization of Procter & Gamble (P&G). Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. The popularity and acceptance of P&G were well-certified by ACNielsen, which surveyed and found that 99% of U.S. households use one or the other P&G product. P&G completed the acquisition of The Gillette Company for approximately $53.43 billion on October 1, 2005. Gillette is a leading consumer products company that had $10.48 billion of sales in its most recent pre-acquisition year ended December 31, 2004 (Annual Report 2006).

Globalization has brought about intense competition for global markets amongst the major multinational companies. These companies have been looking outwards to reorient their organizational structures and strategies to capture the global markets by positioning their products strategically. A recent study of the US and European companies revealed that 75 percent were taking up the above strategic reorganization to stay competitive, and this was considered the single most important external issue on their agenda. Past experiences have shown that poor planning further embattled by a rudimentary understanding of the cultural aspects of the global marketplaces had ruined the huge marketing campaigns of even the multinational companies.&nbsp.

Coke CEO stated, “Coke has had to come to terms with a conflicting reality. In many parts of the world, consumers have become pickier, more penny-wise, or a little more nationalistic, and they are spending more of their money on local drinks whose flavors are not part of the Coca-Cola line up (Rance, 2000). In the 21st century, international marketeers should seek a solution to the choice problem between standardization and adaptation (Ghemawat, 2003). A vital challenge for the international marketing strategy of a firm is the need to understand the different milieus the company needs to operate in. That is comprehending different cultural, economic, and political environments is necessary for the success of a company. Culture is one of the most challenging and devious elements of the international marketplace.

Hi, need to submit a 1500 words paper on the topic Reducing Bullying in Schools. This essay aims at examining how and to what extent bullying can be reduced in schools.

The behaviour can include spreading of rumours, verbal abuse, face-to-face attacks, calculated and sustained exclusions, and the utilisation of technology to cause harm to someone (Rigby, 2011).

Bullying has many definitions according to different kinds of literature but all the authors agree on several keys that features in bullying, which is as discussed. Firstly, bullying is usually deliberate and is done with the intention to cause harm. Take the example of two friends teasing one another for fun. This is not bullying but if one intends to make the other upset, then the act is considered as bullying. Secondly, bullying causes a harmful result either physically or emotionally. Thirdly, bullying can involve direct acts such as physically kicking someone or indirect acts like spreading rumours. Fourthly, bullying is repetitive and persistent. It concerns repeated acts for example. recurring aggressive behaviours towards a student are considered as bullying but do not include isolated acts like a single fight. Lastly, there is an imbalance of power in bullying where the perpetrator usually possesses an advantage against the victim either due to age or due to physical strength (Department for Education, 2012).

In order to strategize and come up with effective methods of reducing bullying, relevant information on the types of bullying can assist in figuring out the best methods to address various types of bullying. Bullying can be either violent or non-violent. There are several types of behaviours that are considered bullying. The most obvious type of bullying is physical. It involves direct means or tangible ways of hurting other individuals. This can be seen when a student repeatedly beats another student and causes physical harm. Verbal bullying involves the use of indirect means such as name-calling to cause deliberate humiliation to another student, which results to emotionally suffering for the victim. Other ways of carrying out verbal bullying are spreading rumours and abusing the victim (James, 2010).

Hi, need to submit a 2500 words paper on the topic Business Strategy of Shell Group. When Shell has diversified into other businesses, such as petrochemicals and renewable energy, the former is a natural extension of its involvement in oil, while forays into renewable energy forms are quite negligible to the company’s overall investment and assets pie. And yet, Shell by starting to invest in cleaner, non-hydrocarbon energy will be one with among with first mover advantage, in terms of technology and know-how should the time come when such energy forms become affordable for the market, and thus, profitable, for the company.

Today, Shell, operating in 140 countries, with revenues of US$318.8 billion in 2006 makes it the third biggest multinational corporation in the world and with profits of US$26 billion, the second most profitable – has stuck to its main business of exploration of oil and gas, that serves the downstream sector of the industry, including its own operations in production, processing, transportation and marketing (Royal Dutch Shell, Wikipedia entry, 2007). Shell’s total oil market share as of 2004 stood at 11.6% and which in combination with those of other oil majors such as ExxonMobil, BP (British Petroleum), TFE (TotalFinaElf) and Chevron Texaco control almost 60% of the world’s oil and gas markets (The Energy Insider, July14, 2004).

The group seeks to capitalize on what it calls its current business strategy of “more upstream and profitable downstream” which basically sees that it would continue to look for and pursue sources of gas and oil all over the world while it considers the demand side covered by the growing appetite for oil by the developing countries, especially Asia Pacific (Shell.com 2007).&nbsp.Honed by 100 years of experience in oil and gas exploration, with its technological expertise, Shell’s viability on both ends of the supply chain remains due very much to the continuing demand for energy. This is the reason why Shell, despite the giant mergers that occurred in the oil industry remains very much profitable.

Since oil, a fuel whose sources could be depleted anytime and only found only in certain parts of the world – its supply has been subject to political forces that companies engaged in oil production naturally must build economies of scale to recover high costs of investment. At the end of the supply chain, markets are expanding in developing economies especially China which has only begun its manufacturing stage of development in which oil and gas are necessary fuels. Thus for a corporation with an international scope of operation like Shell, vertical integration remains a viable strategy. In recent decades, however, the Shell Group responded to the changes in the industry by focusing to maintain its foothold on the upstream, while downstream operations were relatively restructured to give way to a focus on core competencies.&nbsp.

The Shell Group’s unshakeable and steady hold on the upstream portion of the petroleum industry despite the changes in the oil industry was due largely to its supplier strength and its ability to negotiate the terms of potential barriers to entry.