In 1974‚ due to a series of bad loans‚ charges of criminal embezzlement‚ and other unfortunate circumstances‚ the Union Planters Bank foreclosed on the Stax Record Company and all its property. Included in this seizure was the building where Stax founders‚ Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton‚ set up shop an African American neighborhood at the former Capitol Theater in 1960. By 1980‚ the neighborhood became one of the poorest and most crime-ridden zip codes in the United States and the property held
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excellent novel sending readers of the book through a thrilling adventure of murder and mystery. Agatha Christie puts clues and interesting twists in the novel to give the reader a desire to continue reading and finish the story. And Then There Were None can be classified as a good mystery novel because of its suspenseful plot‚ its suspicious characters and its believable solutions to questions formed. A good mystery novel must have a suspenseful plot to keep the reader hooked and focused; And Then There
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itself one who brings out one of the novel ’s main themes. Kurtz is one such example in Joseph Conrad ’s Heart of Darkness. The mystery in this novel is mainly about a character named Kurtz whom Marlow desires to meet and speak with. Kurtz‚ like many others‚ changes due to overexposure in the African jungle. But even after Marlow meets with Kurtz‚ Kurtz is still a mystery to Marlow and to Conrad ’s readers. To Marlow‚ Kurtz became widely known as the man with many faces like adding an entire new
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as the Our Father---were substituted for the psalms‚ the repetition of the words intended to produce a quietude of mind that permitted the faithful to meditate upon the mysteries of the Gospel‚ focusing on the events of Christ’s life alongside the one who knew Him best: His mother‚ the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Luminous Mysteries were introduced to the rosary by St. John Paul the Great. These incidents in the life of Jesus bear enormous significance in that they were each enacted for our salvation
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As a significant part of The Twelve Olympians‚ Demeter plays a paramount role in the progression of Greek Mythology. Being the goddess of Harvest‚ Demeter controls that without which man‚ would cease to live. Her siblings may sometimes overshadow her importance but her contributions to the worlds are as essential if not more than that of her brothers and sisters. It is her extremely different personality that allows her to do so. In her myths Demeter’s personality shapes the outcome of the myth
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Childish Gambino‚ whose real name is Donald Glover‚ is a rapper and comedian. In 2014‚ STN MTN and Kauai was released which was a combined release of his seventh mixtape and second extended play. Kauai include a very popular song that goes by the name “Sober”. The music video has won awards for best video and as of November 29th‚ he has gathered over 30 million views. Glover was very creative when producing the song and video. I feel that he intended to create a second meaning to the song through
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15 years‚ 14 weeks‚ 5 days and 44 minutes later‚ heretofore known as Now‚ Young Sigrid became ‘The Pie-Maker’‚ opening her own bakery‚ complete with a pie-crust roof and aptly named ‘The Pie Hole’. It was her sanctuary‚ a place where her gift of mysterious origin and dangerous consequence could do some good. No fruit ever went to waste in the Pie-Maker’s hand‚ but would retain its ripe flavour forever more‚ so long as she did not touch it again. When asked what it was that gave the fruit pies their
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2/17/14 Nova: The Great Cathedral Mystery The program Nova The Great Cathedral Mystery on PBS was very interesting to watch. I never thought about how the cathedral or the Duomo built by Filippo Brunelleschi was a mystery until I watched this documentary. I now understand how he defined gravity and made a remarkable building in his time period. Brunelleschi was a goldsmith who made jewelry and he was not prepared to build this cathedral and he made one of the biggest Duomo in the world and a huge
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Mystery of ‘K’ in CMYK The K in CMYK stands for “Key”‚ but the answer is much more interesting than that. The “key plate” is said to add the “detail” to a printed image. This is true in that the black plate in a four color process print pushes the contrast and creates “detail”. Many people suggest that the theory of using K instead of B because it may be easily confused with “Blue” is a myth. While it is highly speculative what the reasoning is‚ there are context clues as to why it may actually
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The mystery of the mega flood was solved using the scientific method. Geologist Jeff Harlem hypothesized The scablands. Throughout the video you see that ripples are left by the sea in which he noticed that a large vast of water may have been the cause. But just by observing the scab lands they knew they must have formed over a long period of time. The video informs that on January 12‚ 1957 Brett’s proposed a body of water over thousands of years that traveled in ferocious speed causing a flood‚
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