Thomas Nickerson Glen Pearson Music 015B 29 September 2012 57th Street Gallery – Jam Session What is Jazz Music? “An academic definition of jazz would be: A genre of American music that originated in New Orleans circa 1900 characterized by strong‚ prominent meter‚ improvisation‚ distinctive tone colors & performance techniques‚ and dotted or syncopated rhythmic patterns.” To me jazz is so much more. I personally feel jazz is an expression of the an artist’s deep emotional connection to the
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The Charlottetown Conference By the early 1860s‚ the British colonies of North America were considering the benefits of a union. The American Civil War had created a new military power and a renewed threat to the small‚ divided colonies to the north. And British public opinion had been in favour of reducing‚ if not eliminating government spending in North America‚ especially for defence. In September 1864‚ British North American politicians met in Charlottetown‚ Prince Edward Island
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Clinical Session 1 Critique of Clinical Session The clinician begins the clinical session by welcoming Terri and thanking him for coming to the session. Throughout the clinical session the clinician positioned herself so that she was facing the client but still kept her body at a slight angle so that she was not directly across from him. I noticed that their bodies were in close proximity and that their knees were almost touching. The helper made sure to keep eye contact throughout the session and kept
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Unit Title and Number: Conference and Banqueting Management Unit 13 Module Tutor: Pratika Teyssedou Date Set: 17/01/2014 TABLE OF CONTENT INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………………….. 1 TASK A 1.1 What is the size and scope in Conference and Banqueting in UK …..……….1 1.2 How will Pestle affect Banqueting and Conference ….……………………….3 CONCLUSION ……………………………………………………
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“Remarks to the Convocation of the Church of God In Christ‚” by Bill Clinton‚ is a speech regarding our progression‚ and failure‚ as a country. In the place where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his last sermon‚ Bill Clinton imagines what it would be like if we were issued a report card on these last 25 years. He argues that King would approve of our advances in racial equality. For example: blacks can now take office‚ access more housing opportunities‚ advance within the military‚ and belong to a more
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Hillary Rodham Clinton once said that “There cannot be true democracy unless women’s voices are heard.” In 1995‚ Aung San Suu Kyi delivered the speech “Keynote Address at the Beijing World Conference on Women” through a video‚ attempting to gain the rights women. Similarly‚ Margaret Atwood presented the speech “Spotty-handed Villainesses” to numerous conventions in 1994‚ with the idea of increasing the dimensions of feminism. These powerful speeches use a large variety of language forms and techniques
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Gender Bias in Education by Amanda Chapman of D ’Youville College "Sitting in the same classroom‚ reading the same textbook‚ listening to the same teacher‚ boys and girls receive very different educations." (Sadker‚ 1994) In fact‚ upon entering school‚ girls perform equal to or better than boys on nearly every measure of achievement‚ but by the time they graduate high school or college‚ they have fallen behind. (Sadker‚ 1994) However‚ discrepancies between the performance of girls and the performance
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Field Activity #4: Diversity Affirmative/Culturally-Inclusive Lesson Plan Title: Connecting the Significant Social Attitudes and Historical Events of Elie Wiesel’s Night to the Present Time Grade Level(s): 8-12 Subject Area(s): Social Studies and Language Arts Materials Needed: Class copies of novel Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ ABC news video from the internet‚ projector‚ The United States Holocaust Museum article‚ chalkboard‚ chalk‚ construction paper‚ markers‚ paper‚ pencil. Objectives: 1. Students
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Quick Summary - In 1969 Hillary Rodham (Clinton) wrote her thesis on poverty and community development‚ entitled "There is only the fight: An analysis of the Alinsky model." There had been no issue with the thesis in 1969; it was just the rambling of a radical college student‚ however in 1993 the Clinton’s likely feared it would be viewed as the fundamental ideology of the First Lady of the United States‚ and when the diggers of dirt (journalists) started snooping around shortly after the inauguration
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The Wannsee Conference On January 20‚ 1942‚ at a villa in a suburb of Berlin called Wannsee‚ 15 men‚ all high-ranking Nazi Party officials and members of the German government‚ met to discuss what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." The head of this conference was a man named SS General Reinhard Heydrich‚ the chief of the Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt-RSHA) and one of SS chief Heinrich Himmler ’s top deputies. (ushmm.org) Heydrich had two main goals in
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