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    Sonny's Blues

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    Baldwin’s Blues In Sonny’s Blues the and the autobiographical notes of James Baldwin found in the book show the racism of the time and how subtle it is and how it becomes a part of a person once it is introduced to them. In the auto biographical notes Baldwin says‚ “I was forced to admit something I had always hidden from myself‚ which the American Negro has had to hide from himself as the price of his public progress; that I hated and feared white people. This did not mean that I loved black people;

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    Blues and Ragtime

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    it more freedom‚ especially in the bass line. This resulted in what is known as ``stomp’’ piano. Charles "Cow-Cow" Davenport‚ who pioneered the Boogie-Woogie style‚ was trained in ragtime but recorded many blues pieces. James P. Johnson was instrumental in moving ragtime toward jazz and blues‚ creating Stride Piano. Other developments led to the ``trumpet-piano’’ style of Earl Hines and Teddy Weatherford and to the swing style of Duke Ellington. Some Historians consider ragtime to be the very first

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    Blues Music

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    A Study of History‚ Forms‚ and Influence of Blues Music John Elmer C. Bayangos Communication 2 Professor Cynthia S. Sanguyu March 29‚ 2012 Abstract This study describes how important the blues is as a type or genre of music It aims to discuss the origin of blues music and how it evolved through time. It also intends to identify‚ enumerate‚ and evaluate the differences of each forms of blues music. It will show why and how the blues affects the formation of different genres of music

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    DANIER LEATHER INC: DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS AND LITIGATION ACCOUNTING 1 1998 was a hot year. According to Environment Canada‚ it was so hot that such a year can be expected only once about every 2‚500 years. Between December 1997 and November 1998‚ average temperatures were about 2.5 degrees higher than normal‚ and record high temperatures were set in almost every month of the year. In fact‚ July was the warmest month in Canada – ever! It was a also a record-setting year for Danier Leather Inc. In

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    Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 British-American war film coordinated and delivered by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay by Kubrick‚ Michael Herr‚ and Gustav Hasford depended on Hasford’s novel The Short-Timers (1979). The film stars Matthew Modine‚ Adam Baldwin‚ Vincent D’Onofrio‚ R. Lee Ermey‚ Dorian Harewood‚ Arliss Howard‚ Kevyn Major Howard‚ and Ed O’Ross. Its storyline takes after a detachment of U.S. Marines through theirtraining and the encounters of two of the detachment’s Marines in the Tet Offensive

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    China Blue

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    Sonny Phan 5/7/12 Politics of China Second Paper In the film “China Blue”‚ a seventeen year old girl‚ Jasmine Li‚ works in a Chinese jeans factory. From this documentary we learn about the pay Jasmine was receiving for her hard work‚ half a Yuan an hour which is equal to about six US cents. We also learn about the condition of the factory and dorms‚ the rules that the workers have to abide to‚ and how important these factories are. From just these sweat shops we learn about the economic‚ social

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    Masculinity in Movies: Full Metal Jacket Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 film which portrays the early careers of U.S. Marine Corps recruits preparing for the Vietnam War. Throughout the movie‚ one recognizes concepts covered in the TV and film analysis film class; specifically the issue of masculinity. The first part of this movie is an accurate representation of recruit training‚ enforcing the well known mantra “tear down then build up.” Present in this leadership style widely

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    Baby Blues

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    Baby Blues is quite common and is experienced after giving birth to a child. It can be felt by mothers‚ soon to be mothers and even fathers. Although a new child is a happy and exciting time it is also a time with a large amount of change and this can be very stressful. It is very common for his to be experienced within the first ten days after giving birth. While it is not always very sever it can turn into postnatal depression which can be very serious. What causes it? Baby Blues are

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    Refugee Blues

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    Auden’s ‘Refugee Blues’ laments the plight of the Jews who were forced to flee Europe when the Holocaust started and they were rounded up and killed or imprisoned under the cruel regime of Hitler. The poem starts with a narrator‚ who is later revealed to be a German Jew‚ describing a large city which is home to ten million people some of whom are well off and live in luxurious large houses while others make do in slums and shabby houses. Yet‚ the narrator tells the person with him‚ presumably a

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    effects. The paintings are a colorful representation what seem to be high ranking soldiers in uniform. The first painting named Bashi-Bazouk of a soldier in a turning manner is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art is by the artist‚ Jean-Leon Gerome of France. Gerome created an oil base painting on a 31 3/4 x 26-inch canvas in 1868 and completed it in 1869. The artist Gerome makes the viewer observe the composition at eye level in a triangular manner emphasizing the soldier from the

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