“Gold Necklace Woman of the Blues.” Ma Rainey was born Gertrude Pridgett in Columbus‚ Georgia to Thomas Pridgett and Ella Allen Pridgett. In the 1900‚ Rainey worked at the Springer Opera House where she performed in a local talent show‚ “A Bunch of Blackberries” as a singer and dancer. Pridgett married a comedy songster‚ William “Pa” Rainey on February 02‚ 1904. The couple together toured cabarets and tent shows before beginning her recording career in 1923. Ma Rainey recorded more than 100 songs
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CONSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR SUB STATIONS Last Updated : 31-1-2008 FOREWORD The Engineers experienced in the field of Transmission have made this effort to compile the experience gained over the past 40 years in the form of a Manual and make it available to the Engineers and Technical Supervisors of the Company. This is a step forward to disseminate knowledge so that uniform practices and procedures are followed in the construction activities in the Company. This Manual covers all the activities
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Refining Solutions PHL/458 February 27‚ 2012 Refining Solutions When in search for a viable solution into refining ideas there are three main steps to follow. According to Vincent R. Ruggiero‚ the three steps to follow are to work out details by determining exactly how solutions will be applied. The next step is to examine each detail for imperfections‚ and the last step is to make any improvements that will eliminate the imperfections. In week two the original issue that was faced was
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MAHRUF AHMED Bangladesh Airline Poll 2011 Findings of Online Perception Survey on the Performance of Bangladeshi Airlines and Determining Best Airline for the Year 2011 mahruf121@hotmail.com Date of Publication: Saturday 28th January 2012 Bangladesh Airline Poll 2011 2 Contents 1. Study Objective & Method .................................................................................................... 4 1.1. Study Objective ..................................................
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structure of al-Qaeda has come from a training manual found in a computer file seized in Manchester‚ England by the FBI. The introduction of this document defines the three main principles of the al-Qaeda military organization: 1. Military Organization commander and advisory council. 2. The soldiers (individual members). 3. A clearly defined strategy. Immediately‚ these three components can be viewed as being bound to one
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How to Operate a Manual Transmission A vast majority of our population find operating a manual transmission‚ or stick shift‚ to be extremely difficult. However‚ in actuality all it takes is some serious practice and devotion to make driving a stick shift like second nature. For successful driving‚ the same steps must be followed each time the car is driven. The stick shift panel is typically located between the two front seats of the vehicle. The stick shift can be moved left to right and
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New Zealand’s 2011 Rugby World Cup: A Tourism Perspective Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. 3 Figure 1: Regional spread of international RWC visitors ........................................................... 4 Figure 2: Seasonally adjusted monthly visitor numbers to New Zealand‚ 1982-2012 .......... 5 Background .........................................................................
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Film Essay À ma soeur! (2001) À ma soeur! – in english For my Sister aka Fat Girl – it’s Catherine Breillat eight film. Her movies always were very controversial and À ma soeur! is not an exeption. The film is devoted an immortal theme‚ sexual awakening‚ and also a theme of first Breillat of the novel L ’Homme facile (1967) and her first film‚ Une Jeune Fille Vraie 1976. Sexual awakening always were a debate‚ but never more than in Catherine movies. For Breilla‚ sexual awakening
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Critique The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has a long history‚ starting back during World War II. This paper will give a brief history of the DSM and provide some context for the DSM such as: What is it? What is it used for? Who uses it and why? DSM and diagnoses strengths and challenges will also be discussed. Some interesting literature about the DSM and it’s challenges will also be discussed. A big thing happened in the 1940’s
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Jitveer Atwal Japan Earthquake and Tsunami 2011 After doing research on significant events that occurred in the past 12 months within the Pacific Rim‚ the topic I finally decided to do my research report on was the recent earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan’s many cities. I chose this
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