Jazz Timeline (1900-1955) Roots of Jazz: It had blend elements of several cultures. First‚ West African emphasis on improvisation‚ percussion and call-and –response techniques. Second‚ American brass band influence on instrumentation. Third‚ European harmonic and structural practice. Blues and Ragtime were immediate source. Ragtime: Ragtime piano music is generally in duple meter and is performed at a moderate march tempo. The pianist’s right hand plays a highly syncopated
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HMV Timeline 1921 The gramophone brand was founded and opened up its first dedicated store on Oxford St. 1930 The company began producing radio and television sets under the HMV and Marconiphone brand names. 1931 It joined with Columbia Graphophone Company to form Electric and Musical Industries (EMI) 1966 HMV expanded its retail operations across London. 1996 The company had experienced sustained growth for three decades and had 300 HMV Music stores internationally. 1998
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TimeLine of Genetics 1750 B.C.E. The Sumerians brew beer. 500 B.C.E. The Chinese use moldy soybean curds as an antibiotic to treat boils. C.E. 100 Powdered chrysanthemum is used in China as an insecticide. 1590 The microscope is invented by Zacharias Janssen. 1663 Cells are first described by Robert Hooke. 1675 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovers bacteria. 1797 Edward Jenner inoculates a child with a viral vaccine to protect him from smallpox. 1830 Proteins are
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Time Line of Education History of American Education Edu 324 Hernandez Karen Lane 4 March 2013 1647 The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony decrees that every town of fifty families should have an elementary school and that every town of 100 families should have a Latin school. The goal is to ensure that Puritan children learn to read the Bible and receive basic information about their Calvinist religion. 1779 Thomas Jefferson proposes a two-track educational system‚ with
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Personal Timeline Throughout my lifetime‚ I have experienced many different milestones that have made me the person I am today. Some of these milestones were difficult and traumatic‚ while others were very special and joyous events. I feel like a person has to face both the good and the bad times in order to grow. I was born on May 14th‚ 1989‚ which happened to be Mother’s Day. I was my parent’s first daughter to an older son. My brother Zachary and I are only eighteen months apart in age‚ which
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Europe and Russian Federation‚ North Africa and Southwest Asia‚ Sub-Saharan Africa‚ Southeastern and Pacific Asia‚ Australia and Oceania. Australia and Oceania represent an economic region made of Australia‚ New Zealand‚ and the archipelagos of Melanesia‚ Polynesia and Micronesia‚ characterized by a relative isolation from the major cores of the world economy. Despite this‚ Australia‚ although populated mainly along the shores is developed country. Mineral and energetic resources are important: coal
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Travis Sheflin Timeline 1) The Corporation is legally defined: 2 Feb 1819 After the case between Dartmouth College V. Woodward‚ the Supreme Court made a decision by legally defining a corporation. This now meant that private corporations were fully compliant with the law. A corporation meant that people could invest in a company without being held liable for the outcome of the company. 2) The Steam Engine is created: 1 Jan 1820 Early on these ’fire engines’‚ as they were called then‚ were
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The PsychSim5 Activities Psychology’s Timeline Purpose: To provide a more comprehensive synopsis of the origins of psychology‚ the early history of psychology as a discipline‚ and the major themes in twentieth century psychology. Summary: This activity will take you on a tour through the history of psychology. You will learn how psychology grew out of philosophy and medical physiology‚ and will become acquainted with some of the pioneers of psychology as a scientific discipline. Descriptive
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What were the Insular Islands? The Insular Islands were a large group of active volcanic islands that are believed to have existed in the Cretaceous period (145-66 million years ago). They were located somewhere in what is now the modern-day Pacific Ocean. It is thought that they formed at least 210 million years before they met their ultimate fate about 115 million years ago‚ which will be discussed later. This massive island chain was located between two prehistoric oceans‚ with the Bridge River
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Tourism Development in Australia Introduction The tourism industry is exceptionally complex and is constantly growing in size and competitiveness. Tourism plays a key role in our export industry accounting for 10% of the total export earnings‚ making it Australia’s largest service export industry. These contributions to Australia’s Gross Domestic Profit (GDP) have grown significantly from $25.2 billion in 2002 to $34 billion in 2011 (Kumar Narayan‚ 2006; Department of Resources Energy and Tourism
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