The Atchafalaya River is a 137 mile long distributary of the Mississippi River and Red River in south central Louisiana in the United States. It flows south‚ just west of the Mississippi River and is the fifth largest river in North America‚ by discharge. (From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia) The Atchafalaya River is navigable and provides a significant industrial shipping channel for the state of Louisiana‚ as well as the cultural heart of the Cajun Country. Fun fact it’s been closed
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BESSIE SMITH 1894 – 1937 Bessie Smith‚ known as “Empress of the Blues”‚ was born on April 15 1894 in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee. She was one of seven children to a part-time Baptist preacher and his wife. However‚ by the time Bessie was nine years old both of her parents were dead. Bessie and her brother Andrew were already singing on the streets of Chattanooga for spare change. Bessie’s older brother Clarence had joined a travelling vaudeville1 show as a comedian and dancer and in 1912 he
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The Atchafalaya River is a river that decides the fate of the Mississippi river. If it hadn’t been for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers‚ then the Mississippi would be a completely different river than the one we know today. Businesses would have fallen a long time and put the US in an economic collapse‚ but today people still complain about how it needs to be done. Multiple complaints from farmers to fisherman‚ it all relies on the Corps to regulate the water supply and to prevent a disaster. It
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What the Waters Revealed by Jim Wallis January 6‚ 2012 ENG/215 Dr. Sophie Hsia What the Water’s Revealed by Jim Wallis What the Water’s Revealed‚ an essay by Jim Wallis‚ argues that the silent story of poverty in America was brought to light in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He also covers issues such as the war in Iraq and government spending that came under fire as a result of the storm. These were all issues that were slowly brewing prior to Katrina‚ but came to
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in well-known areas such as the Mississippi Delta‚ Appalachia‚ the Tennessee Valley‚ and the agricultural areas of Florida. From these selected areas‚ the Mississippi Delta has shown to be the region that has suffered from poverty the most. Poverty is a plague that
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AP® English Language and Composition 2005 Free-Response Questions Form B The College Board: Connecting Students to College Success The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900‚ the association is composed of more than 4‚700 schools‚ colleges‚ universities‚ and other educational organizations. Each year‚ the College Board serves over three and a half million students and their parents‚
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The lyrics of this song were originally written by Memphis Minnie in 1927. “When The Levee Breaks” is based on the Great Mississippi Flood‚ in which plantation workers were held at gunpoint‚ while piling sand bags to save neighboring towns from a disaster. After flood‚ a majority of plantations were destroyed‚ although many people had left‚ many African-Americans were held back‚ not allowed to leave and were forced to
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Overall‚ there are many ways that racism and discrimination have influenced the Blues. The goal of this paper is to briefly touch on a few of many ways that racism influenced the blues and blues performers. Individuals who made a living from playing the blues often faced racism and discrimination and this caused many of them to move to ‘less racist’ states. Discrimination is seen very blatantly by examining when the blues was first recorded and by examining which artists were recorded. There are
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an author and historian born on 1947‚ is best known for his 2004 book The Great Influenza: The story of the deadliest pandemic in history. He is also the author of four more books‚ including his award-winning book Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America. His articles have been shown in scientific journals like the Journal of Infectious Disease as well as in papers like The New York Times and The Washington Post. He has also been honored by the National Academies
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References: Abdul-Akeem‚ Sadeeq. 2012. A Look at Nigeria’s Bourgeoning Emergency Management System: Challenges‚ Opportunities‚ and Recommendations for Improvement. Abubakar‚ Auwal AIR WORLDWIDE. 2011. A Comparison of the Great Mississippi River Floods of 1993 and 2011: Implications for Crop Insurance and Reinsurance BID-CEPAL‚ 2000. A matter of development: how to reduce vulnerability in the face of natural disasters Department: Technical Studies and Conference Proceedings. www.iadb.org/
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