Biography of Billie Holiday Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan. She grew up in Baltimore which had a lot of Jazz talent in the 1920’s. As a teenager she began her apprenticeship singing alongside Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong in after-hour clubs. Billie moved with her mom to New York and that’s where made singing debut in obscure Harlem nightclubs. She borrowed her name from screen star Billie Dove. Even though she never had any training or couldn’t even read music a participant in what was
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Assignment 1: Writing a descriptive paragraph using the words: touch‚ smell‚ hearing‚ taste and vision. My Holiday On New Year’s Eve of 2012‚ my family and I went to Bokor Mountain Resort. On the way up to the top of the mountain‚ I can sense many things. First of all‚ I can see many huge trees‚ beautiful flowers alongside the road; especially‚ the view of the sea and houses in Kampot Province that I could see from the top. I was very excited to be so closed to the nature. Secondly‚ when I opened
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is just as reasonable to believe that these briefings were about control of information. The kind of news stories that the public had access to was extremely important to each of the Presidential Administrations during the Vietnam era. Vietnam was not just a war on communism in a small Southeast Asian country. In his book The “Uncensored” War‚ Daniel C. Hallin describes Vietnam as a “public
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Umbrian Holiday My family and I spent a week last summer in a converted hay barn located in the heart of the Umbrian countryside. The house (hay barn) was over 100 years old and was perched on the top of the highest hill in the area. It afforded a sweeping view of the surrounding countryside. Being from the American Midwest‚ I had never seen anything like it. After driving for several hours through the picturesque Italian countryside‚ in 90 plus degree heat‚ we arrived at the town where our
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Rani Lakshmibai (Manikarnika) was married to Raja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar‚ the Maharaja of Jhansi in 1842‚ and became the queen of Jhansi. After their marriage‚ She gave birth to a son Damodar Rao in 1851. However‚ the child died when he was about four months old. After the death of their son‚ the Raja and Rani of Jhansi adopted Anand Rao‚ the son of Gangadhar Rao’s cousin. However‚ it is said that the Raja of Jhansi never recovered from his son’s death‚ and he died in 1853. Since Anand Rao was adopted
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mention examples with balanced equation 4. What is redox reaction? Explain rancidity. How it can be checked. 1. Use a full chart paper to draw physical map of India and show different types of soil. 2. Make a project file for finding out about the budget of your municipal corporation in the major items on which money was spent? 3. Make a model on tsunami. 1. Grishma Ritu main apne swasthya ka dhyan rakhne hetu aap kaun se prayas karenge. 2. Bijli ki avyavastha ki aur dhyan aakarshit
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our dog‚ and Gilda‚ the neighborhood cat. As the sun began to set‚ Mike and John started to set off the fireworks. We were all very relaxed in our lawn chairs while the kids ran around with sparklers and poppers. Everyone was having fun‚ or talking about what was going on in their lives. John had brought some police-issued flares to keep cars off the street and light the fireworks. Mike would walk back and forth between the
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used to travel to many places back in Malaysia. To me‚ travelling is the best way to understand human nature besides to discover many things that I am not exposed to before. In fact‚ seeing new places‚ new landscapes‚ meeting new people‚ and learning about different culture are all the great benefits that I get from travelling. For my first winter break in the US‚ the first place I went to is the famous city of Las Vegas. It is a great place for people who are fond of a city life. I did not go there
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Drug abuse among teens is spreading rapidly across Thailand especially in university students. Drug addiction is considered a disease‚ and it is in fact spreading like a virus among our children. In particular‚ I think that we should look at some of the reasons of drug use among university students and suggest some solutions to the problem. Firstly‚ the one reason of drug abuse among university students is peer pressure‚ particularly from the social influences among friends‚ school‚ and the community
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Science Form 2 note CHAPTER 1: THE WORLD THROUGH OUR SENSES 1.1 Sensory Organs and Their Functions Sensory Organs and Their Stimuli 1. Humans being have five main sensory organ‚ which are skin‚ nose‚ tongue‚ ears and eyes. 2. Sense detects stimuli‚ that is changes in surroundings (around us). 3. Five senses: i. sight ii. hearing iii. touch iv. taste v . smell 4. Senses are part of the body called sensory organs. 5. Changes or object
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