Jazz: The History The music called Jazz was born sometime around 1895 in New Orleans. It combined elements of Ragtime‚ marching band music and Blues. What made Jazz such a different perspective of traditional music was its act of improvising. There was a widespread use of improvisation often by more than one player at a time. Songwriters would write the music down on a piece of paper‚ and then the Jazz musicians would try their best to play the music. Usually in a Jazz piece‚ musicians would
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American History: Our Hope for the Future As I think of the people that do not stand‚ but rather kneel for our national anthem‚ I realize how disrespectful they are being towards our country‚ our flag‚ and our veterans. I am highly offended by this because they are showing disrespect to the people that risk their lives so that we can live ours freely‚ and one of those people risking their lives is my cousin‚ Evan. I also realize that other people‚ not just the ones that kneel for our national
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one leading theorist for each. Neuroscience: Views the behavior from the perspective of the scientific functioning. How individual nerve cells are put together. how the functioning of the body affects all the self conscience and conscious for example hopes‚ happiness‚ anger‚ and fears. This perspective includes the study of hereditary and evolution which considers how parents‚ uncles‚ and grandparents‚ etc. Could influence an individuals behavior which examines how the brain and the nervous system
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first conceived (roughly 1500 years ago). From the Polynesian "watermen" and Hawaiian Kings‚ to the European takeover in Hawaii and surfing’s American debut in the early twentieth century and all the way through present day‚ surfing has had a rich history. Over the decades‚ surfing has fit in to a number of roles in society‚ but whether we surfers are seen as beach-bums or heroes (as of late)‚ we still surf only because we love it‚ because the ocean’s calls us‚ because nothing else on this planet can
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Correction History Offenders‚ who committed a crime‚ were punished for the offense. Physical force was used instead of jail. Jails housed offenders who were awaiting trial and individual who could not pay their debts. In this paper‚ Learning Team A will discuss the various forms of punishment exercised in the 1700s‚ the crimes that led to the forms of punishment‚ and the criteria between various societies for criminal sentencing during the 1700s. Learning Team A will also describe prisons for
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6.01 Assignment 1. Question: What did they gain in World War II? A. Veterans: Veterans were given a bill called the GI Bill of Rights‚ which guaranteed returning veterans a year’s worth of unemployment compensation and medical coverage. This GI Bill also offered low-interest loans for buying a home or starting a business. Most importantly‚ the GI Bill paid for veterans’ job training and education. B. Women: After their husbands returned home from the war‚ many women had children. After having children
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McDonald’s is a restaurant that everybody knows. McDonald was created by sibling Dick and Mac McDonald. The Brothers started out with opening a hotdog stand in 1937 called Airdrome. So the brother decided to expand the business and come up with a different type of restaurant. McDonald opens in 1940 in San Bernardino‚ California. The menu consisted of 25 items and most of was barbecue products. McDonald became a popular place for teen to hang out at. So McDonald stays open for several years but they
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Sometime around 1050‚ Englishmen dug up a skull of a dane and started to kick it around in frustration toward the daneIt became known as "Kicking the dane’s head" .The skull began to hurt the boy’s feet‚ so a boy came up with the idea of using an inflated cow bladder to help their feet(Tuttle‚ 13). In 1189‚ King Henry banned the game‚ because people were too involved in the game to practice archery and fighting for war(Tuttle‚ 13). During the 1500’s the game shifted to Ireland where people invented
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Piano‚ stringed keyboard musical instrument‚ derived from the harpsichord and the clavichord. Also called the pianoforte‚ it differs from its predecessors principally in the introduction of a hammer-and-lever action that allows the player to modify the intensity of sound by the stronger or weaker touch of the fingers. For this reason the earliest known model (1709) was called a gravicembalo col pian e forte (Italian for “harpsichord with soft and loud”). It was built by Bartolomeo Cristofori‚ a harpsichord
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Question 1 Prior to the arrival of Europeans‚ the Iroquois developed a confederation to: control violence that may have occurred over territory conflicts. Question 2 The religious dissatisfaction‚ that ultimately played a factor in the colonization of the New World by "Separatists‚" began in 1517 when which of the following men publically protested the Catholic Church? Martin Luther Question 3 Refer to the map entitled "Indian Groups in the Areas of First Contact (Map
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