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    volcanic hazards include gases‚ lava and pyroclastic flows‚ landslides and earthquakes and explosive eruptions. The eruptions‚ while sometimes are relatively quiet they produce lava flows that creep across the land moving between 2 and 10 miles per hour. These resulting lava flows stream molten rock which destroys everything in its path. It usually moves slowly enough the people can move out of its way. These eruptions can trigger other natural hazards such as earthquakes‚ mudflows and

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    not live in a perfect world. Racism is still at large. On January 12‚ 2010‚ Jordan Miles‚ an 18 year old African American honors student from Pittsburgh PA‚ was walking home at night when he was approached by three undercover police officers. The officers asked him‚ "Where’s your gun‚ money and drugs?" Miles assumed the men were trying to mug him‚ so he ran. The officers allegedly caught him and beat him. Miles had not been doing anything illegal when first approached by the police. He had not

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    composers around. He has worked with Santana‚ Chicago‚ Herbie Hancock‚ Whitney Houston and Bob Dylan. (http://rayherrmann.com) B. John Coltrane Nicknamed “Trane by his friends. He worked with some of the greats in jazz such as Dizzy Gillespie‚ Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. Repertoire: What are the most famous pieces written for your chosen instrument? Submit a list of five famous pieces written for the instrument‚ and two (2) sites that were sources for the information. Here’s a site

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    resources. We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty‚ charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. So I commend that we should all live by the saying‚ “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step”. So now‚ prepare yourself to be challenged‚ excited and inspired. I want to say once more on behalf of the PATTS Tourism Society organizing committee‚ welcome to the home of the most beautiful and handsome students

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    emotions. In fact‚ music often fills the void when words cannot. In addition to musical expression‚ music gives me an outlet to create and compose. I enjoy creating and composing jazz‚ classical‚ and gospel music. For instance‚ when improving to Miles Davis’s composition “Kind of Blue”

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    Elements of Design in the Green Mile John Jelks ENG 225: Introduction to Film Instructor Renee Gurley July 16‚ 2012 Elements of Design in the Green Mile The Green Mile is an exceptional film that was created in the year 1999. This film was nominated for four academy awards: Best Supporting Actor‚ Best Picture‚ Best Sound‚ and Best Adapted Screenplay. This movie teaches us how different the times were back in the 1900s compared to the way it is now. The movie is set in 1935 which was during

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    I live approximately 1050 miles from New Orleans and thus‚ visiting the Crescent City found a quaint little home on my bucket list. It never occurred to me to apply to a college in New Orleans until I started receiving emails from Tulane University. I had never heard of Tulane‚ but

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    Reality quickly sunk in and my teeth clenched as the faux mask I wore tightened. A smile was insincerely painted upon my face. My head throbbed and girls whooshed by as mere blurs prepping for the first performance. My heart accelerated to a thousand miles per hour‚ it was thrilling and adrenaline filled. Soon that faux mask started to peel off and my smile turned to one of actual elatedness. Never in my wildest thoughts had I experienced a football game like that. All my senses were heightened and I

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    Dexter Gordon was a Jazz saxophonist. He was born February 27‚ 1923 in Los Angeles California. Many people know Mr. Gordon because of bebop. This style of play is what brought him fame. Gordon played amongst many jazz greats like Charlie Parker‚ Charles Mingus‚ and Buddy Collette to name a few. Gordon started to play at the age of 13. His first instrument was the clarinet but quickly after he decided to take up the tenor saxophone at the age of 17. Music was always popular around the Gordon household

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    The Green Mile‚ a 1999 cinematic production adapted from Stephen King’s novel by Frank Darabont‚ contains an abundance of literary elements that when examined reveal irony‚ symbolism‚ metaphors‚ and . Set during the Great Depression and narrated as a flashback of an aging nursing home resident‚ Paul Edgecomb recalls his younger days as the head prison guard at Coal Mountain Louisiana State Penitentiary in this film. The title is a direct reference to the name given to prison block E as the floors

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