Miles Davis

recycling stated, “We kind of got everyone thinking that recycling was free, [but] it’s never really been free, and in fact, it’s getting more expensive” (Davis). It is typically more expensive for municipalities to recycle household waste than to send it to a landfill (Tierney). Recycling centers have to pay to have trash taken to the landfill every day (Davis). Since Politicians are putting out bigger and bigger bins consumers are filling them, with more trash. So much trash in fact, that a…

In Georgia; right outside of Atlanta in DeKalb County, there is a mountain that stands out from the rest. This mountain is completely made of granite. It is 5,000 feet long, seven miles around the base and a mile to the summit up the sloping side. Records say it is the largest mountain made of stone. This mountain is ironically named Stone Mountain and there is a Confederate memorial that is on the side of it. Confederate monuments evoke southern pride and preserve Confederate memory throughout…

Approximately ten miles from downtown Atlanta, one thousand six hundred eighty-three feet above sea level stands Stone Mountain. Stone Mountain is, simply, an enormous rock that is made of granite. The mountain can be seen from Kennesaw Mountain (West), Amicalola Falls State Park (North), and Mount Yonah (Northeast). On the northwest side of the mountain, there are currently faces of three men carved into the granite: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis. “Stone Mountain…

that T.J. makes fun of you. To begin with, the first reason why you should not be friends with T.J. is because he is a bad influence. For Instance, in the text it states, “T.J. went down to the Wallace Store … stood almost half a mile beyond Jefferson Davis” (Taylor 82-83). In other words, since T.J. went down to the store he knew you were restricted to cross to the Wallace Store. He wanted you to follow him so you could get in trouble with your family. You should not be friends with T.J.…

If you ask any historian the most hated person in the civil war was, they would probably say General William T. Sherman. His March to the Sea destroy hundreds of miles of land and destroyed the Confederates will to fight. He was one of the most brutal Generals there were, but he was also one of the most successful. He went from colonel to major general in just a few years. While he was still just colonel, he first saw action at The First Battle of Bull Run, where he performed rather well, and…

Review: For the jazz lover, Apple Music is in the lead Jazz expert Richard Scheinin took the first two music services streaming for a spin This combination of product images provided by Apple Inc. shows, from the "For You" section, "Radio" section and the "Connect" sections of the Apple Music app displayed on a 6. iPhone Apple Inc. Via AP) If you are a jazz fan or a novice, Apple Music and Spotify play for your loyalty. Each offers a vast collection of music - based on recordings of a century,…

the best of it. James Lucas of Natchez, Mississippi, was a former slave of President Jefferson Davis. Throughout his recollection of the time he was enslaved, he seemed to have had a genuinely good time. Unfortunately, not every slave was as lucky as him to have had a good owner; Mr. Lucas was fortunate enough to have an owner that treated him the best he could. As stated by Lucas himself, Jefferson Davis, his owner, had a lot of land and claims that “At Chris’mus de Marster give de slaves a…

in the leaking of social security numbers, finger prints, and financial history (Hirschfield Davis, 2015). Our government is supposed to keep its citizens’ information and military secrets secure, but apparently this is not the first time. Michael Daniel, the White House cybersecurity coordinator stated, “This incident that we are talking about today is unfortunately not without precedent” (Hirschfield Davis, 2015). If it is possible to hack our government’s computer system, how difficult would…

only option people had for in-town transportation. This also applied in war, where horses and carriages were used to transport supplies rather than transport soldiers. Once soldiers were on land, if they needed to travel hundreds of miles they had to go on foot. (Davis) Due to the enhancements in transportation, humanity has been able to do many things, such as…

Miles Duplantier Ms. Masters Period 1 9 April 2018 Parenting The Wrong Way Parenting is a job that someone with children must do everyday. In this job there are things parents do that could either have a positive impact on the kid or a negative impact on the kid. Its almost as if parenting has a scale where for every action it shows whether the parent is good or bad and who wouldn't want to be good at a good weight. Although most try to parent with good…