Music is a spectacular commodity that is often overlooked within our everyday life. We listen to music when we’re sad‚ angry‚ happy and everything in-between. Jazz is one of the few genre’s desirable to everyone despite the mood or environment and has remained so for decades while other genre’s fade over time. But what exactly is Jazz? Most genres of music have distinct sounds‚ rhythms‚ and overall feel to them. It’d almost be impossible to mistake rock for gospel or hip-hop for classical. Each
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Haiti very obviously needs help right now. The storm had devastated the country‚ leaving entire parts of it destroyed. Hurricane Matthew only added to the pain and loss the country was already recovering from due to the previous earthquake in 2010‚ and the country needs help now more than ever. I would work to earn money. I’d sell things‚ perhaps have a bake sale‚ to earn enough money to donate to the foundation Hope For Haiti‚ which is a charity that focuses entirely on helping Haiti through things
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I. INTRODUCTION Located just southwest of St. Louis‚ and 2 miles east of Eureka in an old flood plain used for farming‚ lies a ghost town called Times Beach‚ Missouri. Originally being marketed as a summer hideaway‚ one could purchase a 20 x 100 ft. lot for $67.50 in 1925 and even receive a six-month newspaper subscription. After the Great Depression and gas rationing during World War II‚ the town became a small community of low-middle-class economic citizens. In 1983‚ due to a dioxin contamination
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Hurricane Greta‚ it occurred in 1978 on September 19th in southern Belize. From here on‚ there were 4 deaths and 5‚000 people affected. Meanwhile‚ there were also about 1‚200 homes damaged‚ about half of which towns were along the coastline. My step dad has experienced Hurricane Greta in his past and described it having a lot of rain along with high‚ strong winds. Another way he described this horrifying hurricane was‚ how most people who lived in his village and whose houses couldn’t withstand
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Cape Hatteras (Outer Banks) Cape Hatteras‚ or the Outer Banks of North Carolina‚ is a popular spot that is slowly disappearing. According to Nps.gov‚ The banks are being washed away by erosion‚ which is causing housing developments to diminish. Erosion is a process where natural forces like water‚ wind‚ ice‚ and gravity wear away rocks and soil. As of now it looks like the Outer Banks will be gone soon enough. What does this erosion area look like? The Outer Banks is definitely a favorite. According
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Hurricane Mitch was born 21 October 1998 in the warm waters near the equator. The sun heats the surface of the sea evaporating 1 trillion tons of water each day. Once in the air the water droplets cool transforming into clouds. Carried by the rising warm air‚ the clouds billow upwards. If the heat from the sea below is strong enough they turn into massive tropical storms. The storm spun towards Central America picking up vast amounts of water and increasing wind speed. On Thursday‚ October 29 1998
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According to scientists‚ hurricanes that are in a higher category of 3 can cause serious damage to the city. If we don’t evacuate more people will get injured or die because of the hurricane. As long as we outrun the hurricane and evacuate we will save more lives than if we stayed in our homes. You’ll see why‚ hurricanes are large‚ spiraling tropical storms that can pick up speeds over 160 miles per hour(MPH)and unleashes more than 2.4 trillion gallons a day. However‚ on September 8‚1900 when a
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One subset of world music that is probably familiar is Latin music‚ as there is a growing population of Spanish and Portuguese speaking people in the U.S from Mexico‚ South America and Brazil. But Latin music is much more than Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony! More Americans are discovering the amazing fluidity of Ottmar Liebert’s (who is actually native to Germany) flamenco guitar and the rustic‚ hand-clapping rhythms of the Gipsy Kings. Liebert has collaborated with such greats as Carlos Santana
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This F5 tornado destroyed everything in its path in the city of Joplin‚ the Joplin tornado.This was one of the worst tornadoes ever recorded in human history. In 2011‚ it was a normal day and what the people didn’t realize was that a huge‚ reckless tornado was going to hit. The effects on the people that survived the tornado was scarring. Their homes were completely destroyed and family members died. People that weren’t home had to go inside places like fast food places and those didn’t go so well
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Quapa was a young boy who lived in an Indian tribe named Tsitsistas meaning the people they were a big tribe that settled in Arizona. They lived next to a really big body of water they named it the Karok. When they needed water they would get a bucket and fill it up with water so they could use it to drink or they would fish for food to eat. But one day everyone in the tribe went down to Karok to have a big feast . But Karok got really mad and it started to rain and the water started to rise really
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