The story of Count Basie is very much the story of the great jazz band that he led for close to 50 years (1935-1984)‚ an orchestra with a distinctive sound‚ anchored by a subtle but propulsive beat‚ buoyed by crisp ensemble work and graced with legendary soloists still to date a catalogue of featured players which read like a Who’s Who of jazz. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of Count Basie band’s achievement was his steadfast perseverance in staying strong with a 50-year music run with several
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music to earn his widespread fame. Elvis combined different types of music to form a style called rockabilly‚ which became one of the key sounds in rock ’n’ roll…To form this musical style‚ he fused the country-western music of the South with the rhythm and blues of African Americans and the pop music that dominated the radio and recording industries…The combination of musical genres and sounds into a new style of music was Elvis’s true gift and his contribution to popular culture. That this integration
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Concert Review Paper On November 1‚ 2013‚ I had the pleasure of attending an indie pop concert by the band Two Door Cinema Club. The concert occurred on a late Friday evening at the Fox Theater in Pomona. When I arrived at the theater‚ I did not expect there to be as many people as there were. I imagined that because the band was associated as indie‚ the venue would not have been entirely sold out. The line to get in was very long as it wrapped around the block and it took close to an hour to
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If you walked into a middle school classroom you would probably notice several students having a hard time staying awake and alert. The teenager of today is a sleepless‚ exhausted student who is bogged down with homework‚ after-school recreations‚ and other day-to-day activities. This causes teens to get a lack of sleep and creates problems such as not doing well in academics‚ being unable to make confident decisions‚ and having health problems such as sleep disorders. The average teenager is a
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attempt to “top up” their sleep by sleeping more longer on the weekend. However‚ healthy sleep is best done at the same time‚ and in the same quantity every day . Therefore‚ such irregularities in sleep pattern produce an unhealthy circadian rhythm disorder (delayed sleep phase disorder) that occurs in approximately 12% of university students‚ which is double the frequency in the general population (6%–7%). Individuals with delayed sleep phase disorder have difficulty falling asleep during the
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Each person is an individual. Everyone has his own talent‚ own life‚ own dream‚ own home and family‚ own opinion. All of us know the phrase "Many men - many minds‚" but have you ever fallen to thinking what it really means? Why are we sometimes so selfish and why do we like to defend our own point of view? Let’s think of it… Life is very simple and very complex at the same time. Each of us is in the stream of events and people who create these events. Work‚ career‚ success‚ effects us by the novelty
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has to understand the powerful effects of sleep physically‚ mentally‚ and individual’s quality of life. Primarily‚ sleep is fashioned in the human body to repair and recover from the daily grinds of life. NHLBI (2017) included the 24-hour circadian rhythm in the body that responds to internal and external cues to induce sleep. Internally‚ NHLBI (2017) explained that the accumulation of adenosine and melatonin causes the body to fall asleep while the external cues come from body’s reaction to the decreasing
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The invention of the lightbulb was arguably one of the most important in recent human history. It also was however‚ perhaps one of the most detrimental things to modern society. As we all depend on light to function now at all hours of the day. For all of the problems that the lightbulb solved‚ it gave rise to just as many. Although some may argue that humanity is better off with this invention‚ there are a select few who refute this claim and stick to saying that humanity’s invention of the lightbulb
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will analyze the relationship between the exemplar(s) and the concept Sleep – important factor in quality of life. Sleep Definition Somnology – the study of sleep. Physiology of Sleep Biorhythms – neuro transmitters and Neurons Circadian Rhythms Stages of Sleep NREM-Non-REM sleep REM-Rapid eye Movement Sleep Cycles Functions of Sleep Normal Sleep Patterns and Requirements Newborns Infants Toddlers Preschoolers School Aged children Adolescents Young adults Middle
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an hour more sleep on the average to feel rested.” (Lakc‚ 2010) Moreover‚ the author also realized the linkage between staying up late and the insufficient sleep‚ “Delayed sleep pattern presumably arises from a delay in their endogenous biological rhythms that creates difficulty in falling asleep early enough to get sufficient sleep before necessary weekday morning awakening.” (Lakc‚ 2010) Both delayed sleep and insufficient sleep can cause serious healthy issues‚ and also affect one’s working productivity
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