concern.Through a series of flashbacks‚ we learn about Zeitoun’s past. He was born in Jableh‚ Syria and worked as a sailor for many years before settling down in New Orleans. When he was ready to marry‚ his was introduced to Kathy‚ a native of Baton Rouge and converted Muslim‚ through mutual friends in the Islamic community. In addition to a son from a previous marriage‚ Kathy and Zeitoun are raising three girls. Zeitoun is revered in his adopted city as a fair and hardworking businessman. Despite facing
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Jeansonne ends his book with Huey P. Long’s the assassination and legacy. As Huey Long left the Governors office and proceeded to the house‚ he was approached by Carl Austin Weiss‚ a Baton Rouge physician. Long was shot once in the abdomen and died of internal bleeding at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge‚ within two
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My feelings were overwhelming while I was watching Rouge-1‚ and climaxed in the last minute. I have been a space oddesy fan since I was a toddler and man first walked on the moon. I first watched Star Wars when I was about 1 0-years old. Only a few years earlier‚ I watched 2001‚ a space Odyssey. I thought Star Wars was‚ much better‚ not because of the action‚ but because of the force. All my life I wanted to be ’at one with the force’ and have the power to heal‚ block bullets‚ and cheat death. In
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Alton Sterling to the ground when he was selling CDs outside a Baton Rouge convenience store in Louisiana on Tuesday after receiving a tip from an anonymous caller on 911 about Sterling pointing his gun at someone. As Sterling lay immobile‚ the police shot him several times. In the video released on Youtube‚ one of the police officers is seen yelling‚ "He’s got a gun!" After a few seconds‚ Sterling is shot by the cops. Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman Cpl. L’Jean McKneely told NBC News that
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Productivity: Slumped after the economic boom 25 years after WWI Inflation: Fed by rising oil prices and Great Society/Vietnam funding w/o tax increases Vietnamization: Withdrawing 540k troops from South Vietnam‚ while training Vietnamese to fight Nixon Doctrine: A doctrine that stated that the United States would stay true to all of their existing defense commitments but Asian and other countries would not be able to rely on large bodies of American troops for support in the future.
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The book From The Land of Shadows by Khatharya Um made me think if people really believed to the communist party and their propaganda or if they were just scared to stand up against them. The book talks about revolutions and how some movements were trying to fight against the regime‚ but they were usually not successful and lots of people were killed during revolutions. Did it result in resignation and accepting the life based on the communism ideals or people were really persuaded by the politic
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Valentine held tried to hold the wheel steadily‚ despite his shaking hands. They dripped with sweat beneath his sticky leather gloves. He used to never mind the warmth and humidity of the steam as it wafted past his nose‚ but today it choked him‚ as if he was trying to breath fresh air but only the dreaded heat of many engines filled his lungs. The sky seemed filled with such a wet haze‚ perhaps created by the many airships that filled the sky. Valentine has never seen so many ships in one place
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Music Appreciation August 28‚ 2013 My Favorite Artist KEVIN GATES Kevin Gates is a rapper from Baton Rouge‚ Louisiana. He was born February 5‚ 1986 in Baton Rouge and grew up watching his grandparents and mother play music. He began rapping in the seventh grade and that is when everyone started noticing his talent. Kevin Gates was not only known growing up for his ability to rhyme‚ but also for his academic intelligence. He is one of the few rappers with a college education
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tent door and grabbed Singh.” The lions didn’t do this because they were rouges‚ they did it because they were hungry. The article explains how a drought was going on at the time and there was little food. Also one of the lions had jaw problems which made hunting large prey a problem because it hurt them. The article says‚ “Perhaps they hunted the railroad workers for a simple reason: They were hungry.” The lions were not rouge or crazy‚ they were just simply hungry.
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Second‚ children are able to bring gratefulness and honor to their family because for young girl‚ if they marry to a good family‚ it considers as the way returning gratitude to their parents. Moreover‚ married with someone that parents arrange is a Khmer traditional culture and show their respect to parents. Last but not least‚ it is important for parents because parents can end up a very big duty in their life. For example‚ parents have to responsible a lot of duties such as earning money‚ educate
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