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    Goals and objective

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    A Short Statement about the Importance of Goals‚ Objectives‚ and Strategies By Bob Freitag Direction is provided only when there are clear and concise goals and objectives. You may know the “what”—such as rivers flood. You may understand the “so what”—the impacts caused by the flooding. But can you devise a “now what”—a course of action‚ a— To avoid the adverse impact you need a direction. You need goals and objectives. The clearer and more measurable your goals the easier your actions are

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    for his many contributions to American literary works. He has helped humanity discover how important literature and art is in America. He had accomplished more artistically over a decade than most writers in a lifetime (Padgett). Between the years 1927-1934‚ he had books published every year (Reuben). Many of his greatest novels were As I Lay Dying; Light in America‚ and above all‚ Absalom‚ Absalom. William Faulkner was known as one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers in history. He had

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    The storm caused breaches in levees in approximately twenty places on the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet‚ which flooded nearly all of Saint Bernard Parish and the East Bank of Plaquemines Parish. There were three major breaches in the city that included breaches at the 17th Street Canal levee‚ The London Avenue Canal‚ and the wide

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    I. Personal Life A. Birth: September 4‚ 1908. B. Education: Richard only received a ninth grade education. C. Marriage: First wife‚ Dhimah Meadman‚ August of 1939. Second wife‚ Ellen Poplar‚ March 12‚ 1941. II. Professional Life A. In 1927‚ Wright made it to Chicago. He showed his poetry to Abraham Aaron and Bill Jordan. They got his writing career started. B. In 1938‚ Wright began working on his first novel and on March 1‚ 1940‚ Native Son was published. Five years later in 1945‚

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    platforms[->2] and caused the closure of nine refine- ries. The forestry industry in Mississippi was also affected‚ as million acres of forest lands were destroyed. The total loss to the forestry industry from Katrina is calculated to rise to about $5 billion. Also‚ several thousands of local residents were left unemployed. It is estimated $150 billion total of economic impact in Louisiana and Mississippi‚ which far exceeded the governments assistance. Katrina redistributed over one million

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    ranging from $500 million to 1 billion Closing or covering certain canals is an option that would help prevent storm surges from reaching so far inland. Currently canals and channels can give storm surge direct access to inland neighborhoods. The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet [MRGO] is one of the canals that has caused major problems in the past. Where MRGO meets the Intracoastal Waterway there is a major area of funneling. The two fronts met at a narrowing point that forms the Industrial Canal and

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    Leotyn Biography

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    600+ Word Biography: Leontyne Price Leontyne Price is an American operatic soprano was born on February 10‚ 1927‚ in Laurel‚ Mississippi. Her full name is Mary Violet Leotyne Price. Leotyne was born in the segregated Deep South‚ also commonly referred to as the Lower South or the "Cotton States". She rose to international fame during a period of racial change in the 1950s and 60s‚ and was the first African-American to become a leading prima donna at the Metropolitan Opera. Leontyne’s

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    The Trail of Tears

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    could achieve proper culture‚ civilization‚ and progress‚ as long as Indians remained within its boundaries.” It authorized the United States government to negotiate with the five civilized tribes for their move to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands in the southeast. The Act then forced five Indian tribes‚ the Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ (Muskogee)-Creek and Seminole tribes‚ to move to the Indian Territories‚ in Oklahoma. 1 The Cherokee’s removal is

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      the tribes. The tribes were given a choice of joining the Confederacy or the Union. This  decision would change all the lives of the tribal people. What would happen if they  chose the side that lost? How would that impact them? These questions flood the brains  of the tribes. When it was time for the Choctaw to make a decision they chose the  Confederacy.  The Choctaw people were valiant and hardworking soldiers. There were as many  as or more then 1‚000 choctaw soldiers and an additional 200 militia

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    Nick Crain Comp 1 Redemption in “O brother Where art thou” “O Brother‚ Where Art Thou” is a film that is based in Mississippi in the 1930s. It’s the story of three friends‚ Everett‚ Pete and Delmar‚ who are escaped convicts and their journey through the south dodging the law. This story is loosely based off of Homer’s “Odyssey.” The men run into many obstacles while in the pursuit of a treasure like in the “Odyssey.” Everett‚

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