Rita Moreno Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican singer‚ actress and dancer. She is the only hispanic who have won an Oscar‚ a Grammy‚ a Tony and an Emmy. She was also the second Puerto Rican to win an Academy Award. She was born Rosita Dolores Alverío in Humacao‚ Puerto Rico on December 11‚ 1931. She had one husband‚ Leonard Gordon and they were married until his death in 2010‚ they had one child. Rita Moreno got her start on Broadway at the age of 13. Her most notable performance was her role of Anita
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Rita Dove: Literary Analysis Rita Dove has written many different kinds of poetry. She also wrote books‚ short stories plays and all types of literature. This essay will focus on specifics of her writing by analyzing three pieces of poetry that Rita Dove has written. The works we will be looking at are In the Old Neighborhood‚ My Mother Enters the Work Force‚ and The Bistro Styx. Through these three works you will see examples of Rita Dove’s use of home in her poetry‚ her use of figurative
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After Hurricane Rita struck Lake Charles‚ in southwest Louisiana‚ on September 24‚ 2005‚ many businesses wondered if they would ever return to their former selves. Massive destruction was everywhere. Lake Charles‚ know for its large and beautiful oak and pine trees‚ now had the job of removing those downed trees from homes‚ businesses‚ and lots. You could see for miles through what used to be thick forests. Huge trucks designed for removing massive tree trunks were everywhere. While driving
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"Educating Rita" is the semi-autobiography of playwright Willy Russell. The play was inspired by Russell’s experiences at evening classes. Much of the comedy arises from Rita’s fresh‚ unschooled reaction to the classics of English literature. But she is never patronized by the Russell‚ who recognizes from his own experience that education is a means of escape from one’s own circumstances. "Educating Rita" takes the lives of two people on the opposite ends of the social spectrum and brings them together
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New Orleans Levee Improvement after Hurricane Katrina ------------------------------------------------- Course Project Elizabeth Sarmento Project Risk Management May 28‚ 2013 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 New Orleans: A Perilous Future 3 Fault Tree One 6 Figure 1.1 6 Fault Tree Two 8 Figure 1.2 8 Conclusion 8 A bibliography 9 Introduction New Orleans: A Perilous Future The levees and floodwalls protecting New Orleans from hurricane’s and floods were designed
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EDUCATING RITA Significant experiences in people’s lives provide opportunities for growth and development. Going ‘into the world’ means moving from familiar experiences to new horizons. When going from familiar experiences to new ones‚ obstacles are usually overcome before being totally successful. Individuals might be given advice and/or guided through the transformation to reaching new horizons. Great rewards and opportunities also come about while going through the process of growth and development
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This essay tells about how hurricanes are formed and the damages that they have on life and property. It tells how hurricanes are classified into five different categories depending on the speed of wind and their potential to cause damage. Also tells about the cause and effects of hurricanes. The essay gives examples of two powerful hurricanes that struck the US. Of the hurricanes were the most costliest which was Hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans and Hurricane Andrew that was the most powerful
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The American Red Cross Case Study Introduction The American Red Cross (ARC)‚ founded in 1881‚ is an independent organization‚ supported by public financial donations and volunteerism. Its mission is to “provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent‚ prepare for and respond to emergencies.” Despite having a great visionary and doing great cause‚ ARC was‚ and still is‚ facing lot of unethical issues. High rate executive turnover‚ slow response to disasters‚ mismanagement of donations
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Moonlight Sonata - peaceful calm “The man with the white streak in his black hair was diving too close to her again.” (Cashore 3) Moonlight Sonata fits here because the scene is calm but still slightly suspenseful. It also fits here because the song represents how everything will be okay in the end‚ but might not be right now. The song also fits the prologue because the prologue is calm but still sad at times‚ just as Moonlight is.“The creature tried to quiet her trembling limbs‚ so that if the human
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used to settle and make more land over time. The sediment also used to formed a buffer between the city and the water whenever storms or hurricanes came towards the city. Due to lack of sediment deposit and formation of new land‚ Louisiana has lost almost 2‚000 square miles of land since the 1930’s (217 of those miles were because of hurricanes Katrina and Rita). Despite the negative results to the land from the insertion of levees‚ the american government has continued to handle flooding in New
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