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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Mrs. Jorgenson US History 8 Sept. 4 2014 Summit (number 1): Ella Baker Opening statement: 1. My name is Ella Baker. I was born on December 13‚ 1903. My grandmother was a black slave. She used to tell me stories of being whipped by her owner. In 1927 I graduated from Shaw University as the valedictorian and then went on to become one of the leading activists of the civil rights movement of America. I was involved with the National Association of Advancement for Colored People‚ the Southern Christian
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thousands of jobs were lost due to severely damaged or destroyed businesses and supporting infrastructure. Major highways in and around New Orleans were damaged or destroyed‚ disrupting commerce. Katrina had a profound impact on the southeast Louisiana/Mississippi oil and gas industry‚ which accounts for nearly 30 percent of total domestic crude and 20 percent of domestic natural gas production. More than 30 oil platforms were damaged or destroyed and nine refineries were damaged and/or shut down for weeks
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Oscar/Zhuo Chen Dr. Carolyn Keiffer BIO-121 MA October 6‚ 2014 Asian Carp Asian carp is a catchall name for four different carp species‚ silver‚ bighead‚ grass‚ and black carp (Asian Carp Organization). As we can know from its name‚ the origin of Asian carp is Asia‚ and mostly China. The reason of why I choose Asian carp as an invasive species is because Asian carp has totally different treatment in China and America. As a Chinese‚ I was informed since I was very young that Asian carp is good
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of 1933 Written by: Brenno Damota Government Period 3 Tennessee Valley Authority Act How it Began... Signed by President Roosevelt on May 18‚1993.‚ it was created as a federal corporation to provide assistance in navigation‚ flood control‚ electricity generation‚ fertilizer manufacturing‚ and economic development in the Tennessee valley region right after the Great Depression. Not only did it tackle important problems like the ones listed above but also it was set to improve
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failed and there were many breaches in the system‚ which lead to the flooding of most of the city. My question is what could have been done to stop this disaster from happening and what now can be done now and in the future in New Orleans and other Mississippi River floodplains to stop serious flooding from occurring. There are many people out there with good ideas and they are never even looked upon. The government needs to stop looking at the financial concerns and it needs to start looking at the
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Duke Ellington Duke Ellington was one of America’s most prolific composers. He led and played piano for one of the century’s most successful jazz orchestra. Although he excelled in big band jazz arrangements‚ He composed in a variety of forms including large scale abstract instrumental works as well as songs‚ night production numbers‚ and dance tunes. Duke Ellington’s music is known for linking images and sound. He often referred to many of his compositions as “portraits or tone parallels”. Duke
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infant or the Christ child because it happens around Christmas. A strong El Nino often is associated with wet winters all over the southeastern U.S. and drought in the Indonesia and Australia. El Nino may have caused the 1993 Mississippi and 1995 California floods. They also believe that it also caused the lack of serious storms like hurricanes in the north Atlantic which spreads over to Florida. The equator has some of the worlds warmest oceans. Most horrible El Nino’s of the century is
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events because events that are happening now happened in the past can happen again in present or future time. 4. Geologic processes affect our daily lives through dependence of Earth’s resources. We adapt through changes on Earth from volcanoes‚ floods‚ and earthquakes. We have to adapt to live on the planet. Chapter 2 Critical and Creative Thinking Questions: 1. The same minerals that are found on Earth and the moon could mean that in the early stages of Earth that the moon broke away as
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Two (2) significant environment and/or geographic factors that contributed to the expansion and/or development of the United States are the Mississippi River Valley and the prolonged drought that created what came to be known as the ‘Dust Bowl”. The value of the Mississippi River was recognized early in America’s history by both James Madison and Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson felt so strongly about acquiring the New Orleans port and Louisiana area that he
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