Kentucky cave shrimp

I will be taking my family (mother, father, and brother) to Kentucky to visit Mammoth Cave National Park. We went one year when I was 4, but I don’t remember anything. This will be a nice chance for our family to catch up and spend some time together before I go off to college. We will drive there using I-30 and I-40, stopping overnight in Memphis, Tennessee. It is a 755-mile journey and since we will be driving a Prius, we can count on 50 mpg on the highways. The national average gas price today is $2.18/gallon, so it will cost us $32.91 for gas to get there. Of course, there is also some mileage just for finding the hotel or the restaurant you want to go to, so we can round it up to $35.00. When I travel, I like to find local specialties in mom-and-pop restaurants, because we have plenty of chain restaurants in Richardson. We may have to travel a little off…

In this restaurant you can find many different types of dishes, from appetizers to desserts. They offer a fabulous lunch menu, which has everything from soup, salad and lunch sandwiches, as well as also offering the hot pasta meals for lunch. One of my favorites is the Italian grill cheese and ham sandwich for $12.95. It includes four cheeses, prosciutto, arugula, oven dried tomatoes, on a Sicilian roll, it will melt your mouth. They also offer an affordable $9.95 special, which includes soup,…

Brine Shrimp (Artemia Salina) are crustaceans found all over the world. They are found in inland bodies of water such as Great Salt Lake, coast of San Francisco, Caspian Sea and other bodies of salt water (GSLEP). Brine Shrimp can start out as living or be born as a cyst. They will born as cyst to survive “through unfavorable conditions and then hatch when conditions are right.” Brine shrimp are able to live in some of the worst living conditions possible such as hot temperatures and high…

Good morning, noble gentlemen of the legislature of Kentucky, allow me to introduce myself. I am the Obdurate Planter, but you can call me Adam Harrison. I am from the Jackson Purchase region and I grew up in tidewater Virginia on my father’s 5,000 acre plantation. Throughout my childhood, I was surrounded by slaves and my father’s wealth and success depended on slavery. After college, I met and became engaged to a nice young woman from good family. She had never seen a slave before, so when I…

In the story of The Great Gatsby, the narrator who explains everything is named Nick and he tells us about all the characters in The Great Gatsby . To know more about Nick the narrator, he is a non judgemental person , rich, joined the WW1. Then there is Gatsby, who is the main character. Tom is married to Daisy who is cousins with Nick, and Jordan Baker is Daisy’s friend and is interested in Nick. Myrtle is Tom’s mistress who he tries to keep secret, but everyone knows he is having an affair.…

people spoke a distinct dialect that became known as AE. Unique features characterize the speech in Appalachia; the use of these features is fading as the area becomes less isolated. Migration and advances in technology have played a key role in shifting the dialect toward Standard English. The Appalachian English dialect, which has several unique features, developed in the Appalachian Mountain area due to migration and isolation in the 1700s and began to fade due to migration, technology…

Kentucky residents of Jefferson, Oldham, Bullitt, Trimble, Meade, Shelby, and Spencer counties qualify for in-state resident tuition. Other counties are considered out-of-state tuition. As of Summer 2016, IUS switched to a flat fee tuition rate. This enables students to register from 12 to 18 credit hours per semester. Tuition for enrollment in fewer than 12 credit hours is charged at the current per-credit-hour rate of $215.92 per credit hour. At IUS, most degree programs encourage…

After briefly setting the stage in the Civil War and the immediate years following, Eller focuses on modernization efforts preceding the 1930s depression and revitalization efforts that began during World War II. Eller makes the argument that industrialization and an expanding market economy altered Appalachian land use and social relations as early as the Civil War. During the years leading up to the Great Depression residents attempted to return to an earlier way of life that involved farming…

This book is centered around Dawn Jewel, a 15-year-old girl growing up in Eastern Kentucky. It illustrates the many challenges a young lady growing up in the region would but seems to extremely over exaggerate the issues to the most extreme. The novel is set in a poor community that details bad living conditions and a failing schools system. The novel details Dawn being pressured into doing drugs before school, skipping school, fighting, and stealing cars. These details are exactly what I think…

On October 6th, the Appalachia class had the pleasure of watching the informative documentary Overburden, directed by Chad A. Stevens. A film that highlights the greed of a company and industry and the struggle and division of a community, Overburden tells the emotional story of how mountaintop removal of the Appalachian area, (particularly in Raleigh County, WV) does more than simply damage the physical environment. The majors themes presented in the film challenge one to think about the coal…