Harry A. Evans EMDG 502 Hurricane Andrew Brett Hicks On August 24‚ 1992 Hurricane Andrew slammed into the South Florida‚ devastating Homestead‚ Florida City and parts of Miami‚ then continued northwest across the Gulf of Mexico to strike Louisiana coastline. In all‚ the storm caused 15 deaths directly‚ 25 deaths indirectly and $30 billion in property damage‚ making it the costliest disaster in U.S. History. More than 250‚000 people were left homeless; 82‚000 businesses were destroyed or damaged;
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There are mixed opinions on Andrew Carnegie. What would make him a hero? Andrew Carnegie was a man who became a millionaire. He started working at 12 due to his poor family and slowly rose to riches. He grew up in Pittsburgh near family; he then later was the supervisor of Pennsylvania’s Western Division. In 1861 he was asked to help with troop transportation in D.C. He then moved to New York City‚ NY‚ and that was where he primarily live till he died. He was born in 1835‚ sailed to America in
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Bo Jackson speech on “get outside of the box‚ Makes things happen‚ be your own person.” The context Bo uses is he talks about his struggle growing up and how he got out of his comfort zone and overcame this problem. Bo also uses the method Extemporaneous to give his speech‚ he has a brief outline and he has taken time to go over his speech. While analyzing this speech my purpose is to watch Bo and his physical and vocalization in his speech. While giving Bo’s speech in the beginning he had very
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Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American who lived during the 19th century. Carnegie was an industrialist who played a pivotal role in the expansion of the American steel industry. Although he sometimes used methods that hurt the people to make profit ‚ Carnegie contributed to America’s growth as a nation economically because he connected different parts of America by building bridges and railroads and he helped cities to grow by building modern structures such as skyscrapers. Carnegie was born in
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VERSION TOUGH GUISE Violence‚ Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (ABRIDGED version) Executive Producer & Director: Sut Jhally Producers: Susan Ericsson & Sanjay Talreja Written by: Jackson Katz & Jeremy Earp Editors: Sut Jhally‚ Susan Ericsson‚ Sanjay Talreja & Jeremy Smith Featuring an interview with Jackson Katz Anti-Violence Educator Media Education Foundation © MEF 1999 2 INTRODUCTION [Montage of images and clips from mainstream entertainment and news media] -- We’re going to murder
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CHARLES by Shirley Jackson The day my son Laurie started kindergarten‚ he gave up his little-boy clothes. He started wearing blue jeans with a belt. I watched him go off that first morning with the older girl next door. He looked as though he were going off to a fight. He came home the same way at lunchtime. “Isn’t anybody here?” he yelled. At the table‚ he knocked over his little sister’s milk. “How was school today?” I asked. “Did you learn anything?’’ “I didn’t learn nothing‚” he
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Andrew Carnegie is a legend in industry. He was He was born in Scotland in 1835. He came to America and started his working career in a cotton mill as a bobbin boy. He was a hard worker‚ and quickly was promoted through the ranks of Western Union and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. In 1865‚ he quit and started his own business‚ the famous and notorious Carnegie Steel Company. His company was responsible for starting the steel industry in Pittsburgh‚ and he and his company left their imprint on
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Rags to Riches may seem like a myth because only a very few people can say that they rose from the bottom to the top. During the Industrial Revolution‚ America became an urban and industrial world. The world was ran majority by machinery‚ factories‚ and mass production and less agriculture. Unfortunately‚ industrialization often caused the poor working class to have a rough employment and living conditions‚ but the higher‚ richer class benefitted with improved living conditions. Irregularity was
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Jackson on the Twenty Dollar Bill Taylor Alton‚ 7th 11/13/11 I do not believe that President Jackson should be on the twenty dollar bill. He was not a man of good; all he cared about was pleasing
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MANILA‚(STAR) By Wilson Lee Flores - One of the most inspiring new “rags-to-riches” billionaires of Southeast Asia is Andrew Tan of Alliance Global Group‚ Inc.‚ the new multi-billion peso holding company for his three major businesses – condominium-developer Megaworld‚ the world’s biggest brandy producer Emperador Distillers‚ Inc. and a HUGE percentage on shareholdings in the nationwide Philippine franchise of McDonald’s fastfood chain. The latest 2007 issue of Forbes magazine lists Tan as
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