Scott Joplin’s‚ "The Entertainer"‚ is a quintessential example of ragtime piano‚ a genre of jazz that swept the country around the turn of the century. Perhaps the greatest composer of rag‚ Joplin incorporates the fundamental characteristics of ragtime his piece‚ specifically the technique of syncopation‚ a repeating left hand pattern and a catchy melody. While listening to the recording‚ the melody of "The Entertainer" caught my ear immediately‚ seemingly very familiar. Some of you may recognize
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and define moral relativism. Inner judgements are critiques about a persons particular behaviour and what they should or should not have done. Judgements include labels to outline a persons behaviour or lifestyle. An example from Harman’s moral relative defence of moral relativism is that aliens are landing on earth‚ these aliens have no moral or emotional attachment to the human race and therefore see no issue in killing a person. If they do
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that?”. By using either relative or radioactive dating methods‚ most geologists have the ability to tell how old a single fossil is. As always though‚ we are left with the question of which is better? Delve deeper to understand the comparisons and contrasts of Relative and Radiometric dating‚ as well as further information on both topics individually. Relative Dating Relative dating is not the term used to describe what rednecks do on the weekend. (Get it Mr. Valls?) Relative dating is the ability
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ASSES THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF AUSTRIA‚PRUSSIA AND RUSSIA IN THE DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Austria ‚Prussia and Russia played a significant role in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte due to policies that they adopted in their respective nations.The following essay shall look on their relative importance made by these countries in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte who had dominated Europe for some time. In Prussia‚ patriotism and nationalism can be considered as an important factor.There was also
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Are Moral Values Absolute or Relative: A look at Moral Isolationism and Ethical Relativism Are moral values absolute or are all values relative to the time and place in which they occurred because of differentiating cultural norms? This question will be examined thoroughly in the following pages as I try to more fully understand the ideas and principals backing Moral Isolationism and Ethical Relativism. Mary Midgley will be quoted a lot when I am talking about Moral Isolationism and the idea
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Relative Reactivity of Alkyl Halides Introduction Nucleophilic substitution of alkyl halides can proceed by two different mechanisms – the SN2 and the SN1. The purpose of the experiment was to identify the effects that the alkyl group and the halide-leaving group have on the rates of SN1 reactions‚ and the effect that the solvent has on the rates of SN1 and SN2 reactions. The SN1 mechanism is a two-step nucleophilic substitution‚ or unimolecular displacement. In the first step of the mechanism
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Amrue Yusuf ECO-101-003 Mr. Mcwoodson April 16‚ 2013 Vision Music System There are millions of people around the world who go to concerts‚ clubs‚ and musical events every day. What if there was a way you can do all that and more without leaving your house and still be able to be in the concert and have the same feeling? Vision Music System or (V.M.S) is your solution to a great experience in your own home. It is a device that is similar to the size of a D.V.R‚ which allows a person no matter
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Decomposing Portfolio Value-at-Risk: A General Analysis Winfried G. Hallerbach *) Associate Professor‚ Department of Finance Erasmus University Rotterdam POB 1738‚ NL-3000 DR Rotterdam The Netherlands phone: +31.10.408 1290 facsimile: +31.10.408 9165 e-mail: hallerbach@few.eur.nl http://www.few.eur.nl/few/people/hallerbach/ final version: October 15‚ 2002 forthcoming in The Journal of Risk 5/2‚ Febr. 2003 *) I’d like to thank Michiel de Pooter and Haikun Ning for excellent programming
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~ Justice is ‘not’ Relative ~ “I want to tell you a story. I ’m going to ask you all to close your eyes while I tell you the story. I want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to yourselves…. Can you see her? Her raped‚ beaten‚ broken body soaked in their urine‚ soaked in their semen‚ soaked in her blood‚ left to die. Can you see her? I want you to picture that little girl." “Now - imagine she ’s white!” (Schumacher‚ 1996) In the 1996 release of his film A Time to Kill‚ film director Joel
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be a close relative of modern elephants? List it/them below. If you know the scientific name (genus and species) then you can put that. If you aren’t quite sure‚ just give the common name. 4. Now think about EXTANT taxa. Identify 2 animals that you might expect to be the closest LIVING relative to the elephants. List it/them below. If you know the scientific name (genus and species) then you can put that. If you aren’t quite sure‚ just give the common name. Possible Relative A Possible
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