government treats the citizens of the states equally when it comes to natural disaster aid‚ but not all necessarily receive identical treatments. This past week‚ hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans hard. Thousands of people have died‚ lost their homes and all their belongings due to this tragic disaster. New Orleans is in a time of need. The Federal government is providing billions in aid to help the citizens of the affected areas to recover and to rebuild. One estimate goes up to $50 billion dollars
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allow it to be flexible and therefore‚ viable to audiences of all ages. How is it unique to the American experience? The sound began to travel across the United States in the 1920’s‚ becoming popular in large cities such as New York and Chicago. New players used the piano to combine a Ragtime feel with already established sounds. James Reece Europe began to experiment with full orchestras‚ a real testimony to the classic jazz improvisation to come. List some of the elements which
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Hurricane Katrina On August 29‚ 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and Morgan City‚ Louisiana‚ Biloxi‚ Mississippi‚ and Mobile‚ Alabama. At landfall it was a category 3‚ and it increased to a category 5. This was one of the strongest and most destructive storms to ever hit the US. It left thousands dead‚ homes and buildings destroyed‚ and the cities underwater leaving a negative impact on America socially‚ economically and politically. Socially‚ America was impacted because of how much damage
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November 17‚ 2015 was one of the most memorable days in my life. After eleven long years I was finally going to see my family in New Orleans. My cousin‚ Mykeasha‚ and I had to fly all the way from California to Louisiana. Since we had to board the plane in LA(Los Angeles) my mother-in-law decided that she would take us. When we arrived to the airport to leave California‚ I started to feel a little home sick. ’’Maybe it’s my nerves‚"I thought.’’ I know once I board that plane and we take off there
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Causes? * Hurricane Katrina affected more than just one area. It was formed over the Bahamas on August 23rd 2005 and crossed southern Florida as a category 1 hurricane. The hurricane strengthened to category 5‚ over Louisiana‚ especially New Orleans where it had the biggest impacts and was the most area affected. * Hurricane Katrina was formed on August 23rd 2005 and it dissipated August 30th 2005. * On the coast of the Bahamas 85 degrees Fahrenheit‚ warm moist air was rising from
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President Bush had this information at his fingertips. The article Big Blow in the Big Easy was written before Hurricane Katrina had evolved‚ and it discusses several smaller hurricanes in New Orleans ’ history‚ and how the city has narrowly escaped several major disasters. After the tropical storm Cindy blew past New Orleans without even becoming a category one hurricane‚ the author asks if it is "time to breathe easy" in the Gulf Coast region. By the same weeks ’ end‚ however‚ Hurricane Dennis was "barreling
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flooding to many parts of the southeastern United States‚ mostly in New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina hit many places in the United States‚ but it impacted in more places than others. One of the first places hit by Hurricane Katrina Southern Florida. Katrina hit Florida as a category 1 Hurricane. So far‚ only 12 deaths have been reported there. Florida’s estimated damage is between $1 billion and $2 billion. Mississippi and New Orleans were hit the hardest. Apart from those two‚ other states that
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resourcefulness of citizen cooperating informally or through voluntary associations.” Landy finds the direst examples of civic failure in the city of New Orleans‚ and an especially edifying example of its success in Mississippi. Landy does not sugarcoat the former: The impression given by the media was that those who did not get out of New Orleans could not‚ either because they had no car or were disabled. This impression stuck even though the visuals accompanying those media reports showed
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1901 in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. His father was a factory worker and he abandoned Louis after his birth. His mother left him with his grandmother and was always in prostitution. He married died on July 6th‚ 1971 in Corona‚ Queens‚ New York. He went to school at the Fisk School for Boys and the Colored Waif’s Home for Boys. His nicknames all his friends and fans gave him was “Pops”‚ “Satchmo”‚ and “Ambassador Satch. In 1981‚ he replaced Oliver in Kid Ory’s band‚ which was the most popular in New Orleans
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“Resolving Ethical Business Challenges” SUMMARY: Peter had been a human resource (HR) manager for 18 years and vice president for 2 more years for Zyedego Corporation‚ a small company in New Orleans. In the last decade‚ there have been many changes to what potential/actual employees can be asked and what constitutes fair and equitable treatment. Frankly‚ the situation Peter was in was partly his own fault. The first issue began when Gwyn‚ one of Peter’s HR managers‚ was planning on rehiring
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