Hurricane Katrina was a category 4 hurricane when it hit New Orleans on the 29th of August 2005. It had formed over the Bahamas and hit southern Florida as a category 1 hurricane. It had strengthened into a category 5 hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico before weakening to a category 4. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the costliest natural disaster‚ as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes‚ in the history
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Moonshine was widely distributed along this highway‚ and smugglers would enhance their cars’ speed to outrun police (Mueller). Rum also became widely popular and was smuggled from the Bahamas by William McCoy and his men who were known as “rum runners” (Mueller). This proved successful as the water route between the Bahamas and America was loosely guarded by the Coast Guard (“National”). However‚ the Coast Guard soon began to harshly enforce prohibition along popular rum running ports‚ making this illegal
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three major oceans are the great waters of the world divided? Which ocean is the largest and which is the smallest? What impact did European voyages of exploration have on the impact of world history? Names Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain; Bahamas‚ Hispaniola; 1492-1502 Prince Henry sailed from Portugal; West African coast‚ Madeira Islands; 1415 Bartholomeu Dias sailed
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of Arts degree which he obtained at The College of the Bahamas‚ he also has obtained a Bachelor of Science degree which he earned at Tuskegee University. Mr. Pintard has addressed conferences all over the globe in places such as New York and Vienna. He also is the writer of the book “Still Standing” which he has read in several countries and has been selected to be studied in the English Literature Syllabus for highschool students in the Bahamas. “All men are created equal‚ it is only men themselves
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The colonial way of thought comes since the beginning of colonization when the Europeans established superiority in the colonies. Throughout the ages the small colonies suffered the consequences of the Europeans and their obsession to being better than everyone else. This lead that in the future of the natives of the colonies or former colonies to create a new wave of thought‚ it is called eurocentrism. Thanks to eurocentrism we have created a culture and society where we aspire to be European and
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ABOUT Headquartered in Orlando‚ Fla.‚ Darden Restaurants is the world’s largest full-service restaurant company. Through subsidiaries‚ Darden owns and operates more than 1‚825 restaurants across North America‚ employing approximately 180‚000 employees and serving 400 million meals annually. HISTORY The company’s roots can be traced back to 1938 when 19-year-old Bill Darden opened a 25-seat luncheonette in Waycross‚ Ga.‚ named The Green Frog. The success of his first restaurant‚ and several more
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considering his vast amount of locations and literature dedicated to his passion: cooking. He rapidly spread his unique flavor by opening a plethora of restaurants across the east coast‚ not to mention the highly esteemed Mesa Grill in Las Vegas and The Bahamas. Flay gained national attention after his appearance on the television show Iron Chef. His restaurants achieved great success largely because of the superb quality of their cuisine. While he is certainly held as an icon in the restaurant industry
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international said that‚ Haiti does not have the capability to meet the large scale disaster. Only 576 shelters were created all over the country‚ in which 90‚000 people can stay in those shelters. The storm warning was raised in Dominance Republic‚ Cuba‚ Bahamas and United States. In US The two states‚ Florida and North Carolina were declared a state of emergency. Both the state governors requested the people living along the coasts to move to the city. The governor of Georgia also requested the people to
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s |COLLEGE OF THE BAHAMAS | |BUSINESS STATISTICS | |FIRST INTERM EXAM | |COURSE: STAT201
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crew who first sighted land‚ Rodrigo. But Columbus got the credit. As Columbus and his crew approached the island‚ they were greeted by the native inhabitants of the island. The natives were the Arawak Indians‚ and the island they were on was the Bahama Islands. The Arawaks gave them food‚ water‚ and incredible gifts. Columbus took some of the natives as prisoners so they could show him where the gold was. They took him to Hispaniola. Hispaniola‚ as Columbus reported‚ was beautiful‚ fertile‚ filled
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