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    Multicultural Film Analysis: Mississippi Masala 1. Give a brief summary of the movie (in your words not critic’s review!) The movie Mississippi Masala is about an Indian man Jay and his family which consisted of his wife and his daughter Mina. Jay and his family was suddenly forced to pick up and move out of Uganda. Jay was highly upset with this sudden decision because Uganda was all he knew. The Indian family then moved to Mississippi. Jay wrote to the Government almost every day hoping that

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    Prom Night in Mississippi In a small Mississippi town‚ racial discrimination was taking place in the year of 2008. The black and white high schoolers had separate proms‚ although they all went to the same school. So‚ why would they have segregated proms‚ if they did not have segregated schools? This might be partially due to the fact that segregation was illegal at that time‚ however‚ the members in power of that society seemed to unethically slither by the law. As many white parents of that society

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    Damage Assessment The worst ever floods in Pakistan’s history have destroyed homes‚ ravaged land and put the livelihoods of millions on a standstill. A complete assessment of losses is yet to be made as floodwaters continue to deluge parts of the Sindh province. As this report is being filed‚ the flooding is battering the Dadu and Jamshoro districts of Sindh due to the overflowing of Manchar Lake. Overall‚ 19 out of Sindh’s 23 districts have been affected and approximately 7 million people displaced

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    Mississippi’s Microbe In developing a microbe to represent Mississippi best‚ one must ponder the item most important to many Mississippians—food. For some the food of choice may be a juicy steak; but for others‚ the favorite part of any dinner is dessert. Those in search of the best desserts of every state choose to come to Mississippi for the “Mississippi Mud Pie‚” also known as the “Muddy Mississippi Cake” (Penn; “Mississippi”). The “Mississippi Mud Pie” is a tasty treat composed of three tiers: a cookie

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    The Murders of the Mississippi Summer Project Member and the Birth the 1965 Voting Rights Act SOCI140 Essay February 6‚ 2011 The nefarious act in1964 marked the historic event that changed America history. The Mississippi Summer Project traveled to Mississippi to encourage African America citizens to practice their First Amendment rights. Mississippi was a state known for apartheid‚ bias‚ and contemptuousness enforcement. The civil rights supports traveled though Mississippi retrieving votes

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    Jerry Bradshaw Assignment #1 ENG 112 1-23-08 Two Views of the Mississippi One may argue that certain learned abilities become instinctual over time and through repeated practice. I do not believe there could be any solid proof for this theory. Instinct can be defined as something that we do without even thinking about it‚ yet when we are in a panicked state‚ we usually tend to forget some of those learned habits and react in a way that truly is pure instinct‚ having nothing to do with anything

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    my oral topic is based on comparing Atticus’ and Agent Ward’s authority in their respective plots. Atticus Finch and Agent Ward are both very similar characters that play the same roles in their respective plots in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘Mississippi Burning’. Both characters share the same authority in terms of the way they try to establish justice‚ they also resemble in their characteristics and beliefs. The occupations of Atticus Finch and Agent Ward both aim to establish justice and maintain

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    University of Mississippi. Many civil rights activists shied away from any social progress activities in Mississippi‚ due to the engraved white supremacy ideology in the Mississippian society. When Meredith challenged the state of Mississippi as a whole‚ the civilians

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    (Petrucci‚ 2012). Floods are one of the most common natural disasters over the world and they have occasional devastating influences in developed as well as developing countries (Ahern‚ 2005). Recently the floods increasingly happen over the world in general and specially in Australia. For example‚ a sequence of floods in Queensland in early December 2010 did happen and led to a damage of approximately $1 billion (Australian Government‚ 2014). This essay will discuss the impacts of flood in specific aspects

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    A devastating flood hit Key West Florida on October 24‚ 2005 that was caused by hurricane Wilma. The flood caused about twenty-nine billion dollars in damage‚ killed twenty-five people‚ and flooded all of Key West. Although the flood caused a lot of damage to the houses‚ buildings and landscape of Florida it could have been worse. Since Florida has such high risk for flooding they have prevention methods in place. One of the bigger and more effective methods are seawalls which are built in the

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