The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. The form evolved in the United States in the communities of former African slaves from spirituals, praise songs, field hollers, shouts, and chants. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of the blues' West African pedigree. The blues has been a major influence on later American and Western popular music, finding expression in ragtime, jazz, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, hip-hop, and count ...

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• Blues - Characteristics
• Blues - Origins
• Blues - Lyrics
• Blues - Musical style
• Blues - History
• Blues - Origins
• Blues - Prewar blues
• Blues - Early postwar blues
• Blues - Blues in the '60s and '70s
• Blues - Blues from the 1980s to the present
• Blues - Musical impact
• Blues - Social impact
• Blues - Notes

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Blues, Blues - Characteristics, Blues - Origins, Blues - Lyrics, Blues - Musical style, Blues - History, Blues - Origins, Blues - Prewar blues, Blues - Early postwar blues, Blues - Blues in the '60s and '70s, Blues - Blues from the 1980s to the present, Blues - Musical impact, Blues - Social impact, Blues - Notes

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Lockheed Have Blue - General Characteristics. Crew: one pilot Length: 47 ft 3 in (14.4 m) Wingspan: 22 ft 6 in (6.8 m) Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.33 m) Wing area: 386 ft² (35.9 m²) Empty: 8,950 lb (4,059 kg) Loaded: lb ( kg) Maximum takeoff: 12,500 lb (5,669 kg) Powerplant: 2x General Ele ...

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Lockheed Have Blue, Lockheed Have Blue - Specifications Have Blue, Lockheed Have Blue - General Characteristics, Lockheed Have Blue - Performance, Lockheed Have Blue - Related content

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The People of the Indigo Ray, or the Blue Ones, have been on this planet for a while, but have not manifested in such great numbers for a very long time. There has always been a random sprinkling of Indigos in the population in all generations, but these people were fairly rare before the final third of the Twentieth Century. And Indigos have been with us since the dawn of time, and many have contributed much to our advancement- some were famous, many were not. All were unique and gifted.

The current heavy surge of Indigo arrivals have manifested in five distinct and discernable decants or generations of one decade each. Each generation has distinguishing characteristics, auric veils, and Awakening/Saturn's Return years. I have listed them here for clarity.

(See also: Indigo Children, What is Indigo Children, Parenting Indigo Children, Adult Indigo, Indigo Children Channeling)

Big Joe Williams (October 16, 1903 - December 17, 1982) was an American blues musician and songwriter, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality. He performed frequently, wandering across the United States and playing stores, bars, alleys and work camps, as well as recording for Okeh, Bluebird Records, Delmark Records, Prestige Records and Vocalion. Big Joe's guitar playing is decidedly in the Delta Blues style, and yet is very unique and unlike anybo ...

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The Congo Peafowl Afropavo congensis is the only member of the genus Afropavo. Very little is known about this species, seeing as it was first recorded as a species in 1936. It has both characteristics of the peafowl and the guineafowl, which may indicate that the Congo Peafowl is a link between the two families. The Congo Peafowl lives in the Congo River Basin in central Democratic Republic of the Congo. Males are mostly a deep blue with a metallic green and vio ...

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The working class is a social class often contrasted with middle class and upper class in terms of the nature of work undertaken (manual labor or skilled), the level of remuneration (typically low hourly rates although there are exceptions) and access to resources (limited access to capital, education and land). People in this class often rely on payment for their labour to survive. The defining characteristic is the dependence on wage-labor (or salaried employment). The working class is mainly found in industrialised capitalist economie ...

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• Working class - Definitions
• Working class - Marxist definition
• Working class - Other definitions
• Working class - History
• Working class - Culture and personal characteristics
• Working class - Working class culture in the United States
• Working class - Social and emotional life

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A bruise or contusion or ecchymosis is a kind of injury, usually caused by blunt impact, in which the capillaries are damaged, allowing blood to seep into the surrounding tissue. Normally minor but painful, bruises can be serious, leading to hematoma, or can be associated with serious injuries, including fractures and internal bleeding. Minor bruises are easily recognized by their characteristic blue or p ...

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• Bruise - Light bruises
• Bruise - Severe bruises

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Cherenkov radiation (also spelled Cerenkov or sometimes Čerenkov) is electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle passes through an insulator at a speed greater than that of light in the medium. The characteristic "blue glow" of nuclear reactors is due to Cherenkov radiation. It is named after Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, the 1958 Nobel Prize winner who was the first to rigorously characterize it. Cherenkov radiation - Physical origin. While relativity holds that the speed of li ...

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• Cherenkov radiation - Physical origin
• Cherenkov radiation - Characteristics
• Cherenkov radiation - Uses
• Cherenkov radiation - Notes

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Antimony is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Sb (L. Stibium) and atomic number 51. A metalloid, antimony has four allotropic forms. The stable form of antimony is a blue-white metal. Yellow and black antimony are unstable non-metals. Antimony is used in flame-proofing, paints, ceramics, enamels, a wide variety of alloys, electronics, and rubber. Antimony - Notable characteristics. Antimony in its elemental form is a silvery white, brittle, fusible, crystalline solid ...

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• Antimony - Notable characteristics
• Antimony - Applications
• Antimony - History
• Antimony - Sources
• Antimony - Precautions
• Antimony - Compounds

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When completed, the Astute class will comprise the largest nuclear-powered attack submarines of the Royal Navy. As the Swiftsure-class submarines aged, the Royal Navy began to design their replacements. The original design called for large submarines designed for blue-water operations. Feasibility studies began in 1986 and were completed by 1989. A design contract was placed with Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd. (VSEL) in 1987, but with the end of the Cold War the project was cancelled in 1992. Emphasis s ...

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• Astute class submarine - Ships
• Astute class submarine - General Characteristics

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The Moon as seen from Earth Ammonia Carbon dioxide The Moon is the planet Earth's only natural satellite. It has no formal name other than "The Moon", although in English it is occasionally called Luna (Latin for moon), or Selene, to distinguish it from the generic "moon" (natural satellites of other planets are also called moons). Its symbol is a crescent (Unicode: ☾). The terms lunar, selene/seleno-, and cynthion (from the Lunar deities Selene and Cynthia) refer to the Moon (apo ...

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• Moon - The two sides
• Moon - Orbit
• Moon - Earth & Moon
• Moon - Origin and history
• Moon - Physical characteristics
• Moon - Composition
• Moon - Selenography
• Moon - Presence of water
• Moon - Magnetic field
• Moon - Atmosphere
• Moon - Eclipses
• Moon - Occultation of stars
• Moon - Observation of the Moon
• Moon - Exploration of the Moon
• Moon - Human understanding of the Moon
• Moon - Myth and folk culture
• Moon - The Moon as muse
• Moon - Astrology
• Moon - Scientific understanding
• Moon - Meteor impact on the Moon
• Moon - Legal status
• Moon - Satellites
• Moon - Surface installations
• Moon - Lunar location listings

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Click image for description Neptune is the eighth or, occasionally, the ninth planet from the Sun due to Pluto's eccentric orbit (if Pluto counts as a planet), and the outermost gas giant in our solar system. Although the smallest of the gas giants, Neptune is more massive than Uranus: Its stronger gravitational field has compressed it to a higher density. Faint dark rings have been detected around the blue planet, but are less substantial than those of Saturn. When these ...

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• Neptune - Discovery
• Neptune - Naming
• Neptune - Physical characteristics
• Neptune - Planetary rings
• Neptune - Natural satellites and Trojan asteroids
• Neptune - Appearance and visibility from Earth
• Neptune - Occultation of stars by Neptune between 1800 and 2100
• Neptune - Neptune in fiction and film
• Neptune - Notes

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Carbon monoxide, chemical formula CO, is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, flammable and highly toxic gas. It is a major product of the incomplete combustion of carbon and carbon-containing compounds. It is less dense than air under ordinary conditions. It is very slightly soluble in water and burns in air with a characteristic blue flame, producing carbon dioxide; it is a component of producer gas and water gas, which are widely used artificial fuels. It is a reducing agent, removing oxygen from many compounds and is used in the re ...

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• Carbon monoxide - Toxicity
• Carbon monoxide - History
• Carbon monoxide - Chemistry
• Carbon monoxide - Carbon monoxide in the atmosphere

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Yellow is a color with a wavelength 565-590 nanometers. It is one of the subtractive primary colors, and its complementary color is blue. However, because of the characteristics of paint pigments used in the past, painters traditionally regard its complement as purple. Yellow is a bright cheerful color, often associated with happiness and peace. Yellow - Associations and expressions. In the English language, yellow has traditionally been associated with jaundice and cowardice. In American slang, a co ...

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• Yellow - Associations and expressions
• Yellow - Music
• Yellow - Plants and animals
• Yellow - Government and politics
• Yellow - Ethnicity
• Yellow - Geography
• Yellow - Transportation
• Yellow - Sports
• Yellow - Other
• Yellow - Yellow pigments

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Cantopop is a colloquial abbreviation for "Cantonese pop music", a form of popular music that is a subgenre of C-pop. It is also known as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong pop". Cantopop draws influence not only from other forms of Chinese music, but from a variety of international styles, including jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, electronic music, Western pop music and others. By definition, Cantopop songs are almost invariably performed in Cantonese. Although Cantopop boasts a multinational fanbase, Hong Kong is the most si ...

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• Cantopop - Early development
• Cantopop - Cantopop lyrics
• Cantopop - Characteristics of Cantopop
• Cantopop - The Golden age of Cantopop
• Cantopop - Cantopop market
• Cantopop - Cantopop stars
• Cantopop - Male artistes
• Cantopop - Female artistes
• Cantopop - Groups
• Cantopop - Recent developments in Cantopop
• Cantopop - Notes

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Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music with its own roots in the English, Irish and Scottish traditional music of immigrants from the British Isles (particularly the Scots-Irish immigrants of Appalachia), as well as the music of rural African-Americans, jazz, and blues. Like jazz, bluegrass is played with each melody instrument switching off, playing the melody in turn while the others revert to backing; this is in contrast to old-time music, in which all instruments play the melody together or one instrument car ...

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• Bluegrass music - Characteristics
• Bluegrass music - Instrumentation
• Bluegrass music - Vocals
• Bluegrass music - History
• Bluegrass music - Creation
• Bluegrass music - First generation
• Bluegrass music - Second generation
• Bluegrass music - Third generation
• Bluegrass music - Fourth generation
• Bluegrass music - Recent developments
• Bluegrass music - Subgenres
• Bluegrass music - Traditional bluegrass
• Bluegrass music - Progressive bluegrass
• Bluegrass music - Social and musical impact
• Bluegrass music - Bluegrass in movies
• Bluegrass music - Associations
• Bluegrass music - Publications
• Bluegrass music - Museums

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The dog is a canine mammal of the Order Carnivora. It has been argued the dog has been domesticated for 12,000 years, but perhaps for as long as 150,000 years based on recent genetic evidence. In this time, the dog has developed into hundreds of breeds with a great degree of variation. For example, heights range from just a few inches (such as the Chihuahua) to nearly three feet (such as the Irish Wolfhound), and colors range from white to black, with reds, grays (usually called blue), and browns occurring in a tremendous varia ...

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• Dog - Terminology
• Dog - Physical characteristics
• Dog - Intelligence
• Dog - Diet
• Dog - Treats
• Dog - Dangerous substances
• Dog - Reproduction
• Dog - Fertility
• Dog - Menarche
• Dog - Pregnancy and litters
• Dog - Spaying and neutering
• Dog - Attributes
• Dog - Sight
• Dog - Hearing
• Dog - Scenting
• Dog - Direction and spatial sense
• Dog - Weather detection
• Dog - Diseases and ailments
• Dog - Diseases
• Dog - Parasites
• Dog - Common Physical Disorders
• Dog - Behavior
• Dog - Interactions between Dogs and Humans
• Dog - Dogs as working partners
• Dog - Dogs as hunting and sporting partners
• Dog - Dogs as pets
• Dog - Dogs as food
• Dog - Attacks on humans and livestock
• Dog - Abandoned dogs
• Dog - Ancestry and history of domestication
• Dog - Wolf ancestors
• Dog - Speed of domestication
• Dog - Dog breeds
• Dog - Neoteny in the rapid evolution of diverse dog breeds
• Dog - References and further reading
• Dog - References

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Northrop Tacit Blue - General characteristics. Crew: one pilot Length: 55 ft 10 in (17 m) Wingspan: 48 ft 2 in (14.7 m) Height: 10 ft 7 in (3.2 m) Wing area: ft² ( m²) Empty: lb ( kg) Loaded: 30,000 lb (13,606 kg) Maximum takeoff: lb ( kg) Powerplant: 2 X Garrett ATF3-6 hi ...

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Northrop Tacit Blue, Northrop Tacit Blue - Development, Northrop Tacit Blue - Operational history, Northrop Tacit Blue - Aircraft serial number, Northrop Tacit Blue - Specifications Tacit Blue, Northrop Tacit Blue - General characteristics, Northrop Tacit Blue - Performance, Northrop Tacit Blue - Related content

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As the working class is divided among nations, and internally divided along very broad lines of rural, blue collar and white collar occupations, there is no one unitary culture. Working class cultures tend to be identified on national and occupational bases, for instance, Australian rural working class culture or New Zealand white collar working class culture. There are however many stereotypes of the working class. Working class - Working class culture in the United States. In the United States, the working ...

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Working class, Working class - Definitions, Working class - Marxist definition, Working class - Other definitions, Working class - History, Working class - Culture and personal characteristics, Working class - Working class culture in the United States, Working class - Social and emotional life

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