Roots music is defined as American traditional music made up of early blues‚ country‚ folk‚ and rock influences. Revival of roots became an homage to the artists who defined this early art form and popularized it for contemporary music today. In the sixties‚ the rise of rock n roll‚ folk revival‚ and counter culture was sweeping the nation. Music was experimental‚ and popularity of genres were rapidly changing as one young man was making his start in the music scene. That young man was Bruce Springsteen
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As the years passed‚ Ms. Pease Windy Boy divorced‚ and remarried taking the name Pretty on Top. Janine Pease worked to expand Big Horn College applying for grants‚ and seeking funding from every source in order to expand the college and provide more services to the students. Her father Benjamin‚ often spoke of how Chief Plenty Coups would tell the Crow people that with education you will be the white man equal. Over the next decade the college expanded to more than 300 full time students and a staff
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“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But‚ the Marines don’t have that problem.”- Ronald Reagan -People join the Marine Corps for many different reasons. Some people join for the prestige‚ some for the travel‚ some for the education. Some join to see combat or to just wear the uniform. Joseph Beaudoin joined because he wanted to change the world. He joined to be a part of something greater. He joined to make an impact. He wants to make this world
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Henry Ford Henry Ford was one of America’s greatest businesspersons‚ the founder of Ford Motor Company and the man largely responsible for mass production in the American economy. This achievement led Ford to becoming a rich and famous man. Ever since Ford was a child‚ he had a dream to become an engineer and to manufacture cars. He began to pursue his dream when he introduced the Assembly line‚ by breaking down production into simple tasks. He lowered the skill level needed to work in a factory
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Wassily Kandinsky became a painter rather late in life. It is only after finishing his studies at the University of Moscow‚ in his early thirties and completely mature that he decides to fully commit to art. This important decision would change his life. However‚ neither himself nor his social and artistic circle‚ could then assume he would encounter a decisive step fifteen years later. The transition to the non-figurative art where he would create his famous Improvisations and Compositions that
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LINCOLN‚IL-Edgar allen poe is still famous to this day. He is known as the american treasure; he is a guenes who draws us to his work on horror stories and poems. One reason poe is still famous today is because his writing is very creative and scary. He pulls every bad memory and turns it into a story. He pulls everyone in with the misery of his stories. Poe uses depression in his stories. One story poe wrote was “the Tell-Tale Heart.” In it he used lots of random capitalization such as‚ “Evil
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There is an old Latin saying that reads‚ "Dimidum facti qui coepit habet sapere aude" (He who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise.). For proof of this‚ you need look no further than to our thirty-ninth president James Earl Carter Jr.‚ more fondly known as Jimmy Carter. During his presidency‚ Pres. Carter showed himself prudent and often made the wise decision over the popular vote. Jimmy Carter aspired to make government competent and compassionate and his achievements were notable
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The contemporary literary period is from 1945 to present. There are many amazing athors in this period. Stephen King is an outstanding horror writer he started writing professionally in 1974 and has released new books as late as 2008. Stephen King an American author has truly made a significant impact on today’s readers. King can turn marital stress‚ peer pressure‚ or adultery into a terrifying epic that would make your skin crawl. Stephen king was born September 21‚ 1947. Stephen’s birth was
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Johannes Kepler was born December 27‚ 1571. He was a German mathematician‚ astronomer‚ astrologer‚ and a key figure in the seventeenth century. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion. He believed that God had created the world according to an intelligible plan that through the natural light of reason. Kepler’s first major astronomical work‚ Mysterium Cosmographicum‚ was the first published defense of the Copernican system. On July nineteenth 1595 he had an epiphany. He realized
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“The way records were sold was completely ridiculous. The covers were brown‚ tan or green paper; they were not in the least bit attractive‚ and lacked any form of sales appeal” – these are the words of Alex Steinweiss‚ the creator of album artwork‚ way back in 1939. Before Steinweiss’ revolutionary creation‚ there was quite simply no such thing as an album cover; vinyl recordings were available to buy in the back of appliance stores‚ where one would enquire for the particular title of a recording
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