Moon Landing Hoax Ever since man set foot on the moon back in 1969 the Apollo 11 moon landing was and still is regarded as one of the most important moments in human history. Not just for America‚ but for the world since it made us realize that‚ with the right technology‚ we were capable of reaching other areas far off in the universe. And that if we continue to make technological advancements the possibilities of future space travel could potentially be endless. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that
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have a variety of different meanings and associations for different people. A colour that is favoured by one person‚ may be despised by another. The colour preferred by individuals is blue (Wiegersma & Van Loon‚ 1989). Although‚ it is preferred‚ it does not mean it is universally favoured. Understanding of blue comes from analysing different interpretations and associations people have with it. These different interpretations arise from varying cultures (Aslam‚ 2006)‚ subcultures and individual
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composed his first published song entitled “When You Want ’Em You Can’t Get ’Em”. From 1920 to 1924‚ he composed for an annual production put on by George White. Legend has it that he actually composed what most say is his greatest work‚ Rhapsody in Blue‚ in a rush because he had forgotten about the performance. About ten years later‚ he wrote one of the most famous American operas called Porgy and Bess. Many people say it is “considered to not only be Gershwin’s most complex and best-known works
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Blues vs. Rock and Roll “You can’t play the blues‚ until you’ve paid your dues” (Spencer 41)‚ said by the originator of the blues W.C. Handy. The blues is a music style that influenced America in many ways eventually coming to create rock and roll. The true originators of the blues go back to African slaves brought to America to work on plantations. As these slaves gained freedom and acceptance in the big cities blues developed its own unique style. This unique style gained popularity amongst the
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16 October 2013 The Blues Chicago has been branded as the “Blues Capital of the World”‚ with nearly all of the genre’s most prominent and clever musicians as either natives of Chicago or securing their careers once moving to the city. However‚ Chicago is not the origin of the Blues. Though the exact derivation of the Blues was on no account confirmed‚ customarily‚ it is acknowledged that it was sustained in the North Mississippi River Delta in the late nineteenth century following the Civil War
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Blue Crabs Blue Crabs separate themselves from all other marine species in a variety of ways. Unlike other types of marine species; blue crabs spawn at different times. Blue crabs reproduce by the sexual reproduction when the male crab transfers sperm into the receptacles of the female blue crab. He female does not fertilize her eggs at this time however. The sperm stays in the receptacles and is saved for a later date in which the female will fertilize her eggs. The sperm that is in the female
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Rhapsody In Blue George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue is one of those timeless classics that is instantly recognizable to many people’s ears today‚ even ninety years after it was first introduced to the world. It is a piece that has found its way into contemporary movies and advertisements‚ making it likely as recognizable as Chopin’s Funeral March or Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. But unlike these two pieces of iconic classical music‚ Rhapsody in Blue “resists classification.”1 In it are elements
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The Blue Zones The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner talks about the author’s research in different places who have people who live into very long years of their life in a few areas of the world who claim to have the highest number of the oldest people. Blue Zone is a concept used to identify a demographic and/or geographic area of the world where people live measurably longer lives‚ as Dan Buettner describes in his book. The concept had
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to tell‚ and they are all repetitive. Memoir is a historical account written from personal knowledge or special sources. Each chapter in the book Mo’meta blues starts with a question that QuestLove asks himself‚ so he creates his book to be both memoir‚ and anti memoir in addition those questions makes his book to be unique. Mo’meta blues book is a memoir because most of the questions that the chapter starts with‚ are in the past tense. That indicates they are all coming from the history. Furthermore
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"The Weary Blues" and "Lenox Avenue: Midnight" by Langston Hughes are two poems written as scenes of urban life. Although these poems were written more than seventy years ago‚ it is surprising to see some general similarities they share with modern day city life. Dilluted down with word play and irrelevant lines such as "And the gods are laughing at us."‚ the underlying theme is evidently urban life. "The Weary Blues" and "Lenox Avenue: Midnight" approach the general topic of urban life from two
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