If you have ever been into a US history class, or just even went to the United states, I am pretty sure that you might be familiar to this US bill. However, you might not know who is the person that is on the 100 US dollars bill. Just like we call 100 NTD bill, Sun Yat-sen, and we call 1000 NTD bill, the little kids. I, myself called 1 US dollar bill, George Washington, and my favorite, Benjamin Franklin, which is 100 US dollars bill.
100 NTD bill.
1000 NTD bill.
Now, for the real topic today, I am going to briefly introduce the "100 US dollars bill guy", or Benjamin Franklin to you. Benjamin Franklin is also named Ben Franklin. He is one of the many great Presidents of the United States. After reading his autobiography, I think he is a very impressive model of us that we should learn from. I especially like his 13 perspectives of virtues, which are temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerely, justice, moderation, cleaniness, chastity, and humility. Among these 13 perspectives, I am going to share with you a few that especially stand out to me, and amazed me. First, silence is very important. I think his definition is very true. He said that in a conversation, if some words are not necessary in a debt, or it does not prove either party wrong, then do not say it. I like it because it applies to anyone of our lives. We got into a debate with someone, either good or bad, if some words are unnecessary, then why say it? Those words may just cause more misunderstandings and arguments. Second, order is another perspective that stands out to me the most. His definition of order is very useful. We would always want to follow this guideline throughout our lives. Make sure we are using our time wisely, managing them very well, and just keep everything organized. This method would definitely keep our life easier and smoother as we going through all the complication. Overall of this document about Ben Franklin's life and discipline, I think I should get to know more about his disciplines, and what methods does he use throughout his life to be successful. I would really enjoy to know more about him, and how he deals with all the complications in his complex life as the President of the United States.
June 28, 1846: Parisian Inventor Patents Saxophone
By Hugh Hart June 28, 2010 | 12:00 am | Categories: 19th century, Culture, Inventions
1846: Emerging from his Paris workshop, musician-inventor Adolphe Sax files 14 patents for an instrument destined to revolutionize American music nearly a century later. His new invention: the saxophone.
Initially crafted from wood, Sax’s instruments flared at the tip to form a music-amplifying bell. Designed in seven sizes from sopranino to contrabass, the saxophone combined the easy fingering of large woodwinds with the single-reed mouthpiece of a clarinet.
Although the saxophone quickly became popular with French army bands, the Belgian-born Sax spent decades in court trying to fend off knockoffs and made only meager profits before his patents expired in 1866. Myriad modifications followed, improving ease of play.
U.S. production began in 1888 when Charles Gerard Conn of Elkhart, Indiana, started manufacturing the instruments for military bands. By the early 1900s, the saxophone had become a comedy fixture on the vaudeville circuit, where musicians used the instrument to mimic chicken sounds.
Produced eventually in baritone, tenor, alto and soprano models, the saxophone became a creative tool of the first magnitude only in the early 1920s, when New Orleans clarinet player Sidney Bechet grew weary of being drowned out by his bandmate’s much-louder cornet. When the jazz musician switched to soprano saxophone and began projecting a stronger “voice” within the ensemble, other players took note.
Coleman Hawkins, inspired by Louis Armstrong’s syncopated trumpet solos, became the first jazz virtuoso to exploit the deep, throaty tones of the tenor sax. Ben Webster and Lester Young soon followed, showcasing soulful tenor solos as key members of the Duke Ellington and Count Basie big bands during the 1930s.
In the mid-1940s, alto sax player Charlie Parker pioneered bebop music by producing rapid-fire flights of improvisational fancy. Light-years removed from the genteel European ditties imagined in the 1840s by Monsieur Sax, Parker’s fervid performances set a high-water mark in the annals of American music.
Source: Various
Photo: The world’s first saxophone band in 1870. Photographer unknown.
1000 NTD bill.
Now, for the real topic today, I am going to briefly introduce the "100 US dollars bill guy", or Benjamin Franklin to you. Benjamin Franklin is also named Ben Franklin. He is one of the many great Presidents of the United States. After reading his autobiography, I think he is a very impressive model of us that we should learn from. I especially like his 13 perspectives of virtues, which are temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerely, justice, moderation, cleaniness, chastity, and humility. Among these 13 perspectives, I am going to share with you a few that especially stand out to me, and amazed me. First, silence is very important. I think his definition is very true. He said that in a conversation, if some words are not necessary in a debt, or it does not prove either party wrong, then do not say it. I like it because it applies to anyone of our lives. We got into a debate with someone, either good or bad, if some words are unnecessary, then why say it? Those words may just cause more misunderstandings and arguments. Second, order is another perspective that stands out to me the most. His definition of order is very useful. We would always want to follow this guideline throughout our lives. Make sure we are using our time wisely, managing them very well, and just keep everything organized. This method would definitely keep our life easier and smoother as we going through all the complication. Overall of this document about Ben Franklin's life and discipline, I think I should get to know more about his disciplines, and what methods does he use throughout his life to be successful. I would really enjoy to know more about him, and how he deals with all the complications in his complex life as the President of the United States.
June 28, 1846: Parisian Inventor Patents Saxophone
By Hugh Hart June 28, 2010 | 12:00 am | Categories: 19th century, Culture, Inventions
1846: Emerging from his Paris workshop, musician-inventor Adolphe Sax files 14 patents for an instrument destined to revolutionize American music nearly a century later. His new invention: the saxophone.
Initially crafted from wood, Sax’s instruments flared at the tip to form a music-amplifying bell. Designed in seven sizes from sopranino to contrabass, the saxophone combined the easy fingering of large woodwinds with the single-reed mouthpiece of a clarinet.
Although the saxophone quickly became popular with French army bands, the Belgian-born Sax spent decades in court trying to fend off knockoffs and made only meager profits before his patents expired in 1866. Myriad modifications followed, improving ease of play.
U.S. production began in 1888 when Charles Gerard Conn of Elkhart, Indiana, started manufacturing the instruments for military bands. By the early 1900s, the saxophone had become a comedy fixture on the vaudeville circuit, where musicians used the instrument to mimic chicken sounds.
Produced eventually in baritone, tenor, alto and soprano models, the saxophone became a creative tool of the first magnitude only in the early 1920s, when New Orleans clarinet player Sidney Bechet grew weary of being drowned out by his bandmate’s much-louder cornet. When the jazz musician switched to soprano saxophone and began projecting a stronger “voice” within the ensemble, other players took note.
Coleman Hawkins, inspired by Louis Armstrong’s syncopated trumpet solos, became the first jazz virtuoso to exploit the deep, throaty tones of the tenor sax. Ben Webster and Lester Young soon followed, showcasing soulful tenor solos as key members of the Duke Ellington and Count Basie big bands during the 1930s.
In the mid-1940s, alto sax player Charlie Parker pioneered bebop music by producing rapid-fire flights of improvisational fancy. Light-years removed from the genteel European ditties imagined in the 1840s by Monsieur Sax, Parker’s fervid performances set a high-water mark in the annals of American music.
Source: Various
Photo: The world’s first saxophone band in 1870. Photographer unknown.
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