“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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Britain dealt with numerous threats to its interests in Egypt and Iraq throughout the interwar period. A growing problem for British rule was the rise of nationalism‚ which impacted foreign policy as Britain sought to preserve its position. British interests in Iraq and Egypt included the security of the Suez Canal‚ oil reserves‚ easy access to India‚ as well as potential military bases. By retaliating violently to rebellion and making concessions to the nationalists‚ Britain was able to protect
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MA in Sociology Paper II Perspectives of Indian Society-I DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE & CONTINUING EDUCATION UTKAL UNIVERSITY‚ Vani Vihar Bhubaneswar‚ India 1 UNIT-I INDOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 1.1. Indology: Meaning and Definition Indology is known as the science of Indian Society. The Indological perspective claims to understand Indian Society through the concepts‚ theories and frameworks that are closely associated with Indian Civilization. It made a claim that Indian Society is unique in structure
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they already established value in the market and subsequently is being able to increase the prestige beauty segment. SK-II however‚ though had many opportunities also have threats and some of them are contradicting to their perceived opportunities like having low average income despite the low labor cost and lessen advertising costs‚ it is a threat for them to consider because despite their efforts to create value out of their product‚ why do their average income is still low? Another is that‚ though
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Opportunity Analysis Report for new Chinese restaurant Prepare for ROBERTA QUERIN Prepared by Benli Lu Date: 16 April Executive summary Building a new venture is not just decided by the entrepreneur’s idea and passions. It needs to be assessed and screened because it can cause business failure if there is no sound analysis. This report aims to clear whether the idea of starting a Chinese restaurant in Coffs Harbour is
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How Israel eliminated the terror attacks from the west bank in the years 2001-2009 Order of presentation: - A movie about the Terror attacks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibOFF4KfdMQ - What led to this terror attacks: Background: The events of 2000-2001: the Second Intifada‚ also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada‚ (September‚ 2000) 1. More commonly cited is September 28‚ 2000‚ when Palestinian rioting erupted following Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount‚ an area known
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William Safire’s “The Threat of National ID” Comprehension 1. According to Safire most people are willing to give up their privacy “in return for greater safety. That’s why we gladly suffer the pat – downs and ‘wanding’ at airports”. Such precautions contribute to our peach of mind. He believes that law enforcement officials are already taking advantage of this situation. He says that Police are “unconcerned with the sanctity of an individual’s home” and developed “heat sensors to let them
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Internet & Email Threats Definition of a Computer Virus A program that infects a computer by attaching itself to another program‚ and propagating itself when that program is executed. A computer can become infected by files downloaded over a network‚ or by the installation of new software or floppy disks that are infected with viruses as well as email attachments. Some viruses are only pranks‚ and perform harmless actions like displaying a screen with a joke message on it. Others can destroy
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The article’s aim was to find a way to help African American students form being affected by the “Stereotype threat”. This is a behavior that targets students’ ability to focus academically based on the negative stenotypes that are implemented on their intelligence. When comparing African American Students tend to obtain lower grades in collage than White students. There is a disagreement of where intelligence comes from. There is a side that claims that intelligence comes form the environment and
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A Threat to a Nation Communism is a dangerous system which will ultimately result in an oppressive regime. To demonstrate this is the country of Russia. During the time frame of 1917-1991‚ the country of Russia had a communist based economic system. Thus‚ meaning that its government possessed “the” full “control of” its “industry and of all the branches of production” done by its many businesses‚ and/or affiliates‚ even if they were not huge‚ and/or name branded (Document 3‚ #1). While
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