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    The Mississippi civil rights workers murders involved the 1964 lynching of three political activists during the American Civil Rights Movement. The murders of James Chaney‚ a 21-year-old black man from Meridian‚ Mississippi; Andrew Goodman‚ a 20-year-old white Jewish anthropology student from New York; and Michael Schwerner‚ a 24-year-old white Jewish CORE organizer and former social worker also from New York‚ symbolized the risks of participating in the Civil Rights Movement in the South during

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    Epic of Gilgamesh vs. Noahs Flood The epic of Gilgamesh and “Noah and the Flood” both tell stories of a treacherous flood which wiped out all of mankind. These “The Great Hymn to the Aten” is the longest of several New Kingdom praise poems to the sun god Aten. This poem‚ composed as a hymn‚ or sacred song‚ was found on the wall of a tomb built for a royal scribe named Ay and his wife. It was intended to assure their safety in the afterlife. The Egyptians had worshiped the sun—along with a host

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    Case study – Boscastle flash flood * Afternoon – Monday 16th August * 200mm rain fell in 24 hours – most in 5 hours * Average for whole of Boscastle in August – 75mm * Water poured down steep-sided valley slopes and swelled normal * Water poured down steep-sided valley slopes and swelled normally small River Valency flowing towards harbour = burst its banks. * Effects – * Nobody was killed * 58 buildings flooded‚ some had to be demolished * 25 business properties

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    Uttarakhand Floods: A Disaster of Our Own Making? Even after two weeks of rescue operations uncertainty prevails over the number of casualties and people still stuck in what is described as the worst natural disaster that has ever struck the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. The Chief Minister of the mountainous state‚ Vijay Bahuguna‚ says that the exact number of deaths in the calamity will never be known as estimates of the actual casualties vary from hundreds to several thousands

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    21-005 The Story of the Flood in three Gilgamesh‚ The Metamorphosis and Genesis It is apparent in our class readings‚ that when the gods are angry at the humans they created‚ these gods unleash unforgiving rains to flood the earth‚ and kill the human race. Over the years‚ there have been various texts about these floods. While the occurrences of the floods themselves are continuous throughout these texts‚ they have varying reasons for the cause of the floods and different aftermaths or consequences

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    The theme of Prejudice is very powerful in “Coming of Age In Mississippi”‚ the obvious white vs. blacks but also light-skinned blacks vs. dark skinned blacks. The power of prejudice created a barrier for Anne Moody and affected her identity‚ especially when she is about to attend college. She contemplates going to Tougaloo College because of the fear of not fitting in with all of the light-skinned blacks and white teachers. It is almost like she is putting herself at a lower point than everyone else

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    The Molasses Flood of 1919 It was an oddly warm winter day in Boston‚ Massachusetts when a twenty foot high wave of sticky molasses tore through several structures in Boston’s North End. There are several theories on how the molasses tank ruptured in order to cause the flood‚ but historians and engineers have narrowed it down to one most probable cause. In the day‚ molasses was fermented in large amounts to make alcohols used in the booming ammunition manufacturing industry. Arguably one of the

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    people that affects the flood. But in the other hand it serves as a lesson that this story might impact us until this present that the wickedness of the people from that time might teach us warning to the future. Noah establish favor in God’s perceptiveness. With precise specific instructions‚ God approach Noah to construct an ark for him and his family together with other race and pair living creatures on the ground. This ark might serve them immunity to the upcoming great flood that will lasts for

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    After a brief period of meticulous contemplation‚ I believe that this message is intended to read‚ “cross the Mississippi‚” as in the Mississippi River. I believe this is a reference to Henry Clay’s American System‚ which was an economic system calling for the auction of western lands in order to finance education and pay off government debt. Clay’s system was intended to spur

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    quite knew what he meant until a few years ago. Even though you may be terrified of certain things it is important to face them and widen your comfort zone and become fearless. It was a very hot day in July. My friends and I decided to go to the Mississippi River for a few days to hangout‚ get tan and wakeboard. The day we made our journey‚ it was six in the morning on a Saturday. Gross right? I mean who in their right mind would wake up on a Saturday at six in the morning!? Well… us‚ because we aren’t

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