Compare And Contrast Between Gernes The Vernacular Tradition in African American literature includes spirituals ‚ gospels ‚ work songs ‚ the Blues ‚ jazz ‚ and basically just songs or stories in general that ties back to African American culture . All vernacular genres have different stories to tell as well ‚ however ‚ they all precipitate a vision or message that is being sung or told . The two genres that I would like to bring up are jazz and hip hop . Many people think that jazz and hip hop
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The tides were at peek and there was also a full moon during the storm. At 120 mph the storm hit NYC . New London was under 8ft of water. At 5:00pm the hurricane started to slow down. At midnight it started to move towards canada and died. There were 682 people killed. There was 20‚000 houses destroyed and 75‚000 damaged . Only 5% of the population had
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bottoms of the windows to keep dust out. Your parents would also give you a wet towel to put over your face so you wouldn’t inhale the dust. Then you would sit in the middle of the room huddled with your family all together. Oklahoma‚Texas‚Kansas‚ New Mexico‚ and Colorado were the worst Natural disaster spots in American History for dry tidal waves. Tidal waves were so bad there due to the location and timing. With the location being where it is they were normal for those states to deal with. Tidal
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The stench carries for miles causing coughing and headaches; no one wants to be anywhere near the affected neighborhood because of the smell and bacteria. There’s the danger of contamination‚ loss of property values and health risks. The cause is raw sewage. Even though it’s an expensive fix‚ this problem could have been prevented if county engineers had done a better job of planning. Flood-related pollution is a huge issue because it presents such health risks to residents. Being a peninsula
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On Saturday‚ August 26th‚ the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival (the New York City’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival is celebrating its 25th year)‚ happened at Harlem’s Marcus Grave Park with an attractive lineup. The rising singer Charenee Wade opened this day with songs of her latest record Offering: The Music Of Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson. The greatest moments of the concert arrived with “Home is Where the Hatred Is”‚ where groovy funk and swinging jazz in its purest tradition
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category 3 when it struck mainland Florida later that same day (Manzo‚ 2017). Prior to making landfall‚ the path that Irma would take was unclear. This uncertainty lead Governor Rick Scott to issue an evacuation order for 6.5 million residents (The New York Times‚ 2017). In the days preceding hurricane Irma‚ roads were congested with evacuees from both coasts‚ schools were closed‚ and resorts and parks did not open. In the aftermath of hurricane Irma‚ approximately 6.5 million Floridians were without
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He wanted to generate something new‚ yet original; a type of Jazz that was just as unique as Miles himself‚ hence the origin of Cool Jazz. Miles put together a band of himself in 1949‚ called the Miles Davis Nonet and Gil Evans was the arranger for them. This band featured a strange addition
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This program is open to both those interested in building a new home or purchasing an existing home” Retrieved from http://www.waco-texas.com/housing-new-structure.asp. Again‚ this is a great program Waco has set up for people that may have never had a chance to own a home. As you can tell this is not specifically for seniors. The elderly in Waco have worked in the community and spend their money in the community. They don’t want a new home‚ most have raised their children‚ grand children and some
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Even though Hurricane Sandy was challenging to forecast‚ lack of proper and useful information confused the public along with a false sense of confidence‚ eventually leaving 70% of the population behind after evacuation orders. The National Hurricane Center could not label the storm a hurricane and because of NOAA rules‚ they could not even set out warnings for it. Between the absence of hurricane warnings‚ late evacuation orders‚ and citizen’s previous experience one year earlier with Hurricane
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have visited New York before‚ the environment is still alien and unfamiliar to me‚ and very very far from home. When I visited NY‚ I remember being struck by the opportunities in the city. The best jazz band in the world plays regularly at Lincoln Center‚ the world’s most cunning businessmen and women traverse the New York streets on a daily basis. Compared to where I live in the Rio Grande Valley‚ a few miles from Mexico‚ NYC is the land of opportunity. As a future law student‚ New York can offer
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