And who haven't heard of iPod iPhone, touchscreen iPod Touch and Apple's iTunes? Since the start of the millennium, the young generation of users have made it their in-thing. The iPod is Apple's. The company designed, marketed and launched it sometime end of year 2001.
History of the iPod
Here's a brief biography of the iPod and its product-lines. Designed by Apple, Inc., iPod is a portable media player (PMP) for storing and playing audio files encoded by MP3 or AAC compression algorithms. It can hold anywhere from a few hundred to ten thousand of songs, perhaps more. Selling by millions, it has surpassed mere popularity worldwide.
The early super market beginnings has gone a long way since the early 20th century. My timeline knowledge of it is brief but I hope is informative.
1912 - Self-service Stores
It begins in 1912, and in the US. Although assistants served their customers in all the shops, in this particular year it was told that two self-service stores were opened in California, US. This was followed by a chain of self-service grocery store.
1916 - American Piggly Wiggly Stores
In 1916, the first stores to have a check-out counters was the Piggly Wiggly Stores located in Memphis, Tennessee This was owned by Clarence Saunders. Apparently, this shop was fairly small by today's standard.
1930 - Supermarket Food Store
From the perspective of size, the first store regarded as the real supermarket was in 1930, one located in Long Island, US, owned by Michael Cullen. It was called King Kullen Food Store.
Resource:
Kenneth Ireland's Who Invented, Discovered, Made the First..?, Ravette Books, 1988, UK
The Oceanides (Finnish title: Aallottaret, translated to English as Nymphs of the Waves or Spirits of the Waves; original working title Rondeauder Wellen; in English, Rondo of the Waves), Op. 73, is written in 1913-14 by Finnish composer Jean J.C. Sibelius. This work, which refers to the nymphs in Greek mythology who inhabited the Mediterranean Sea, premiered on 4 June 1914 at the Norfolk Music Festival in Connecticut with the composer himself conducting. The performance was praised on its premiere as
"the finest evocation of the sea ... ever ... produced in music", the
tone poem, in D major consisting of two subjects, is said to represent the playful activity of the nymphs and the majesty of
the ocean, respectively.
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): Oceanides, Opus 73 (1913), London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (1889-1983), Recorded in 1956.
Sibelius gradually develops his material over three informal stages: first, a placid ocean; second, a gathering
storm; and third, a thunderous wave-crash climax. As the tempest subsides, a final chord sounds, symbolizing the mighty power and
limitless expanse of the sea.
The Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103, popularly known as "The Egyptian", was Camille Saint-Saens' last piano concerto. He wrote it in 1896, 20 years after his Fourth Piano Concerto. This concerto is nicknamed "The Egyptian" for two reasons. Firstly, Saint-Saëns composed it in the temple town of Luxor while on one of his winter vacations to Egypt. Secondly, the music is among his most exotic, displaying influences from Spanish, Javanese, and Middle-eastern music. The composer said that the piece represented a sea voyage. He was the soloist himself at its first performance in June 3, 1896, in Paris. It was a popular and critically successful.
Below's video is Camille Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103, 'The Egyptian'
with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performing, conducted by Andris Nelsons, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist. This performance was recorded 16th of November 2011, Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
