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ezilla, Michael. "Blues and Gospel Recording Artists from 1920s Left Imprint on Today's Music | Penn State University." PSU. Penn State University, 12 Nov. 2013. Web. 13 Mar. 2016. This article describes how blues and gospel artists from the 1920s influenced today's music greatly. It touches on the fact that blues is one of jazzs greatest influence. It summarizes what blues is, and the aspects of blues that have found their way into the seams of jazz. The article…

Emergency management, as mentioned in our reading, is most effective when recognized and implemented by everyone. In this instance, everyone means the federal, state, and local levels of EMA and well as community groups and individuals. At the state level, the governor and state EMA director should be in close and constant communication about the needs, risks, and preparedness level of the state as whole. Ideally, these offices would also liaison with the Colonel of the Tennessee Highway Patrol…

Music has always been world music, it’s not just old concert pieces from dead men of the past. Here we like to think of world music as music from outside the United States, but in other countries we become the other people, we become the world music to them or at least part of it. My dad when I was growing up listened to a lot of jazz. He grew up in south Louisiana, moved to north Louisiana and then finally moved to Texas, so he grew up in a culture of jazz. We always had some kind of it playing…

Sandy was the complete opposite. When the people who were affected returned to their homes, they saw the unimaginable and the unspeakable. Their once beloved homes were torn to bits by storm surged waters and huge amounts of water flooding the streets, the homes, and the schools. The people of my town, Union…

neighborhoods in New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, many neighborhoods were destroyed or badly damaged. This not only affected the ability for people to live there, but also the ability for many stores to stay in business. According to popular economic theory, firms will only enter a market if they believe they can make an economic profit. After Katrina, with many consumers either relocating or not having enough money to regularly shop at supermarkets and grocery stores, new food stores…

A tropical wave developed into Tropical Storm Matthew near Barbados on September 28. Continuing westward under the influence of a mid-level ridge, the storm steadily intensified to attain hurricane intensity by 18:00 UTC on September 29. The effects of southwesterly wind shear unexpectedly abated late that day, and Matthew began a period of rapid intensification; during a 24-hour period beginning at 00:00 UTC on September 30, the cyclone's maximum winds more than doubled, from 80 mph (130 km/h)…

On September 20, 2017, a category five hurricane, Maria, made direct landfall on Puerto Rico, and the way the country prepared for the storm was a complete failure. Puerto Rico is a poor country. For the United States to think that Puerto Rico can hold to the same standards as states like Texas and Florida is foolish; plans should have been put in place accordingly to the island. Because the country is impoverished, Puerto Rico’s infrastructure was neglected to begin with, and the devastation…

New Orleans has been voted the number one location for creative professionals to thrive. As an aspiring writer, I was immediately drawn to this. The city is a hub for diversity–a potpourri of different societies, including influences from French, Spanish, African, Vietnamese, and Indian culture. A blend of Renaissance-era architecture and Romanesque semi-circular arches, Tulane's campus buildings themselves serve as a representation of the surrounding area's diverse history. The campus'…

great music but he also starred in movies. He stayed in the movie business but not for long at all, later in his career he made his own book. Cab Calloway has also starred with many big stars even outside the 1920s. He made an appearance on Sesame Street and also with Janet Jackson's music video "Alright". Because of Calloway's great success, President Bill Clinton awarded with The National Medal of Arts. Cab Calloway was and still is remembered today because of the great footprint he left…

century", use subheadings and rhetorical questions to describe the causes and effects of 3 deadly natural disasters. The authors use subheadings to categorize the article and to make readers want to read it. The subheading," Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans", indicates the location of where the hurricane took place. The authors state on paragraph 6 that, “Hurricane Katrina was one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S history." They also state, "Most of…