In the blossoming era of the blues only three short years after it went mainstream the “Empress of the Blues” began her career. She was a strong black woman with a rags-to riches story who was able to rise from performing on the streets to be the most successful blues singer in her era. Her music and life is filled with sex and violence and while many blues singers have come and gone‚ very few ever made such an impact with such a short career as she did. In 1923 her first recordings‚ “Down Hearted
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The Ghosts that Gretchen Upshaw Saw Gretchen Upshaw is a paranormal investigator who organizes ghost tours for people. Gretchen is among the few who has had extensive experience dealing with ghosts since her childhood. When anyone hears that she is a paranormal investigator‚ one question is usually asked – ‘When did you start believing in paranormal phenomena?’ Gretchen’s answer is short and to the point: ‘I don’t remember a time when I didn’t’. Indeed‚ Gretchen has vivid memories of how strongly
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Not a Hero… a Code Hero During the box office hit movie‚ Spider-Man II‚ the character of Aunt May said‚ “I believe there’s a hero in all of us.” Unfortunately‚ the famous author Ernest Hemingway did not see it that way at all. This man‚ who had written A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises‚ believed that there were certain characteristics that made up the hero‚ or the code hero as he called it. Hemingway’s code hero was a character who demonstrated three characteristics that included grace
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Reader Response- “Streetcar Named Desire” Stella Kowalski is one of the main characters in the Tennessee William’s‚ “ A Streetcar Named Desire”. She is presented as a woman who has an older sister Blanch and a husband named Stanley. She is often overlooked in the play because of her husband Stanley and her sister Blanche are much more dynamic. However‚ Stella plays an important role that without her‚ Stanley and Blanche who are considered‚ as two major characters of the play throughout the story
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Throughout Saints at the River there are many uses of symbolism in the novel. One of the main uses of symbolism is the Ghost that is brought up several times throughout the novel. Ghost in Saints at the River don’t actually mean real ghost that we think of but they are memories from the past that come back to haunt Maggie. Rash uses the ghost very effectively throughout the novel to make them symbolizes haunting memories from the past. The reason why Rash uses ghost as s symbol for the past is because
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To help with the work load‚ Mother Superior of the Sisters of Charity hired a paid staff to aid the nuns in their duties which included things like: cleaning and bandaging infected wounds; mending clothing and creating bedding; carrying people who could not walk; not just providing food‚ but literally feeding people. In addition‚ they obtained donations of food by several people in the community and soldiers specifically‚ who delivered half of their personal rations1‚ the Grey Nuns also provided
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Microbes have existed billions of years on Earth than humanity. Since ancient times‚ they have been known to cause infectious diseases to any form of creature that has life such as humans and animals. In the present-day‚ microbiologists and archeologists are discovering evidence of infectious diseases in ancient human skeletons. As the scientists and researchers were tracking those diseases in ancient human skeletons they had started to discover that microbes contribute too many chronic diseases
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staining methods on microbes‚ explain the mechanisms of staining‚ namely‚ simple staining‚ and learn how to use the microscope. The experiment setting was kept as sterile as possible when conducting the experiment. The microbes under the microscope were drawn out and labelled. In conclusion‚ different staining techniques are used to determine the presence of certain exterior structures of the bacteria like the cell envelope or just to identify the basic shape and size of the microbe. In this experiment
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Diversity and Ubiquity of Microbes Pre-Laboratory Questions 1. What environmental settings would you expect to provide rich sources of microbes‚ in terms of overall numbers and different microbial types? Since the most of the microbes are ubiquitous‚ they are readily found in public bathrooms‚ phones‚ countertops‚ door handles‚ kitchen sinks‚ and human body parts such as the face and hands (Sherwood‚ 2017). In addition‚ public places exemplified by hospitals‚ grocery stores‚ and schools present an
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needs‚ wants and demands. This was no different for Edwin Hunter‚ founder of Hunter Industries‚ when he decided to start his own company. In 1981‚ Edwin Hunter‚ "retired" from Toro Inc. and started his own business in San Marcos‚ CA. With more than 30 years of experience in the irrigation industry and a great number of patents to his name‚ Mr. Edwin Hunter had a huge advantage over other start up companies. The company we selected is Hunter Industries. They are located in San Marcos‚ CA and have
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