The History of The Blues by Adam Keane While blues lyrics often deal with personal adversity‚ the music itself goes far beyond self-pity. The blues is also about overcoming hard luck‚ saying what you feel‚ ridding yourself of frustration‚ letting your hair down‚ and simply having fun. The best blues is visceral‚ cathartic‚ and starkly emotional. From unbridled joy to deep sadness‚ no form of music communicates more genuine emotion. The blues has deep roots in American history‚ particularly
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History of HIV/AIDS HIV or the human immunodeficiency virus is believed to have been around long before it was actually discovered. Research shows that it may have originated in primates and later to humans. No one is for sure how many cases there were in humans before 1970 but by 1980 the virus had spread to five continents. It is also unsure where the virus originated but is widely accepted that it can be traced back to Africa. The first cases of AIDS were identified among gay men in the early
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Introduction This research paper is on the history of the prison in America. How it came to be in its present state? Things I will be writing about in this paper are the early history of the prison history in England. I will be talking about early American prisons‚ the goal of rehabilitation‚ prison labor‚ changes in the prison system‚ rehab programs‚ population‚ housing and prison organization we will hit briefly on all those aspects of the history of prisons. The reasoning behind this
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Kxx Axx June 18‚ 2013 Food and History: Reaction Paper When we study Filipino history and learn about the great heroes who helped lead the country to its freedom‚ we tend to forget that each of these heroes‚ no matter how great‚ were people too. Even though they fought‚ whether outright or silently‚ almost all their lives for the release of the Philippines from the clutches of its “mother” Spain‚ they still had the things that made them normal people‚ like their favorite food.
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never ending urge for sweetness. Production of this craving has lead to an over abundant consumption. Consumption so great that is has defined humans through culture and history. The journey has marked the path of this once less then famous compound into a substance that is in everything our society consumes today. The history of sugar can be traced through the years as a milestone in many nations and as an economical splendor. It is a crop that changed the meaning of the word sweet. Sugar‚ chemically
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A Brief History of Spreadsheets by D. J. Power Editor‚ DSSResources.COM Spreadsheets have been used by accountants for hundreds of years. Computerized or electronic spreadsheets are of much more recent origin. Information Systems oral history and some published newspaper and magazine stories celebrate Dan Bricklin as the "father" of the electronic spreadsheet. In 1978‚ Harvard Business School student‚ Daniel Bricklin‚ came up with the idea for an interactive visible calculator (see email from
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the History of Tamil Nadu consists of the rise of the different kingdoms under the then rulers. History of Tamil Nadu is a witness to the rise and fall of the several dynasties under their able and incompetent rulers. The Chola dynasty rose in power in Tamil Nadu between the 1st and 4th centuries. Karikalan was the first and one of the famous ruler of the Cholas. Later in the 9th century‚ the Cholas regained power under Vijayalaya Chola. Rajaraja Chola was the greatest ruler among the later Chola
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History of the Philippines From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Part of a series on the Culture of Philippines History Languages Traditions Mythology and folklore[show] Cuisine Festivals Religion Literature Music and performing arts[show] Media[show] Sport[show] Monuments[show] Symbols[show] Philippines portal v t e Part of a series on the History of the Philippines Prehistory (pre-900)[show] Classical Period (900–1521)[show] Spanish Period (1521–1898)[show] American Period (1898–1946)[show]
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optical telescopes. As we go through the history of optical telescope we can see that there are a few concepts that are fundamental to all the different types of optical telescopes‚ from the reflecting to the refracting to the hybrid of the two these are as follows. The lens and its properties were known prior to the invention of the optical telescope with simple lenses made from rock crystal being found before recorded history (George & Yannis‚ 1987). The properties of light such
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The History of Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with symptoms of emotional instability‚ detachment from reality‚ and withdrawal into the self. The word "Schizophrenia" is less than 100 years old. However the disease was first identified as a discrete mental illness by Dr. Emile Kraepelin in the 1887 and the illness itself is generally believed to have accompanied mankind throughout its history. There are documents that identify Schizophrenia can be traced to the old
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