The Battle of New Orleans took place and ended in around 1815. Two weeks in fact ‚ after the war of 1812. The Battle of New Orleans lasted from January 8th to January 18th. It was taken place in Chalmette Plantation ( five miles east - southeast of new orleans). It was also the last major battle of The War of 1812. The battle arose on January 8th and it arose because of problems between Britain and New Orleans. The root of the problem was the British already didn’t enjoy presence of America because
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The primary instrumentalists were Dennis Dotson with the Trumpet and Johnny Gozales with the Sax. This piece reminded me of “Hot Jazz” that was played in Jazz Houses by imitators of New Orleans. There’s Only So Much Oil in the Ground is a tune that was arranged by Tomaro. The primary instrumentalists were Johnny Gozales with the Sax and Michael Williams with the Top Organ sounds. This piece seemed to be fortissimo or very loud. It seemed
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Communication and Crisis Michelle Cato HCS/320 July 16‚ 2013 Diedra Sawyer Communication and Crisis Many of us know about the devastating hurricane Katrina that took place in New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ in 2005‚ but how many of us actually thought about the communication issues. From the writing of James L Garnett and Alexander Kouzmin‚” Hurricane Katrina was as much a communication disaster as it was a natural and bureaucratic disaster. Communication gaps‚ missed signals‚ information technology
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It never fails around this time of morning. This happens every single time we come to New Orleans. Either a float tried to squeeze into traffic‚ or someone wasn’t paying attention. Either way I felt like I would miss out on the main thing on my mind and that was barbequed ribs. My alarm went off‚ and I slowly woke up with crust filled eyes. Turning on the light while my vision tried to adjust through half dead eyes‚ I looked for the clothes I laid out the night before. It’s normally five in the
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of citizens playing an active role in the process of collecting‚ reporting‚ an analyzing and disseminating news and information’. With the added factor of technological advances and increased global communication‚ many are using the medium of the World Wide Web to get their message heard. Citizen journalists and amateur producers can serves as an unbiased and more democratic source of news in contrast to the main stream media. There is much evidence that the main stream media is beginning to
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federal disaster policy had been based formally on the idea that local governments knew local conditions best. However‚ one of the most unusual characteristics of Hurricane Katrina was how it blasted away the entire local government infrastructure in New Orleans. It challenged assumptions as to how the federal structure needed to operate‚ not just during a crisis‚ but also in preparing for crisis situations. It also removed the basis on which the National Response Plan was
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important role in the development of jazz music‚ he left his mark on the world that got him a lot of recognition. Along with a plethora of grants that were donated to him and the different organizations that were centered on him. He was also honored in New York City by having a “Charles Mingus Day” dedicated to him and many other dedications and assortments of honoring’s (CHARLES MINGUS BIO). Charles Mingus was a phenomenal musician that has not only inspired those of his time‚ but a number of musicians
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Plessy v. Ferguson In 1896 the Louisiana Supreme Court was challenged with a case that had the potential to tear apart racial segregation in our country. The central question that revolved around this court case was whether or not segregation amongst whites and blacks was still equal. The decision made by the court prolonged unnecessary social/racial inequality‚ oppression‚ hate‚ and violence in our country. The court’s ruling had immutable repercussions that greatly scarred our nation’s history
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Jazz came from nineteenth century in New Orleans‚ In fact‚ this music genre came for African American underclass. Since the early times of seventeenth century‚ many native born Africans had been brought to America. They were unwilling to immigrate‚ and they hoped they can take away the elements of the their culture. Thus‚ they remained music and folktales. Most of these people were illiterate‚ they did not have entertaining activities‚ so they could only sing their songs. When the time passes by
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people in the Gulf Coast States that a major storm was on its way. New Orleans was the main impact of Hurricane Katrina. On August 28th‚ 2005 the mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation. Major Nagin also declared that the Superdome‚ a stadium located on relatively high ground near downtown‚ would serve as “shelter of last resort” for people who could not leave the city. For example‚ a lot of the New Orleans community did not even have access to a vehicle.
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