...companies’ commitment to Mississippi prove more vital than following Hurricane Katrina. When the storm hit in August 2005, the Mississippi casinos were forced to shut their doors. Instead of abandoning Mississippi, everyone worked excitedly to restore properties, place employees back to work and bring tourists back to Mississippi’s area. In the eyes of many, the financial impact is obvious by the capital investments and the thousands of jobs created, the quality of life has been improved by the growth and additions of other tourism-related businesses such as restaurants, outdoor recreation, small hotels, museums and festivals. Casino executives have made Mississippi their home and provided extensive community leadership, and millions of dollars have been donated by the industry to local social, educational, cultural, community and economic development organizations. Positive impacts and progress that did not exist for this region just two decades ago, now exists today. (Challenges to Mississippi Gaming Development since Katrina, 2010). Main point 1: I. Gaming Growth in Mississippi Sub-point 1: A. Permitting and Approvals Sub-point 2: B. Financing Main point 2: II. Economic Growth Sub-point 1: A. Catastrophic Natural Disasters Sub-point 2: B. Redevelopment of Mississippi Main point 3: III. Mississippi Gulf Coast Casinos Sub-point 1: A. Tourist Attractions Sub-point 2: B. Positive Impacts and Progress Conclusion Today the Mississippi Gulf Coast is a...
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...Civil Rights Film (Mississippi Burning) Find an old or current film that focuses on the United States’ Vietnam War or the Civil Rights movement (the period from 1958 -1973). Show a clip (without commercials) from the film and discuss the director’s message and the film’s reception. (20%, 7 min max) Directed by Alan Parker written by Chris Gerolmo the 1988 film “Mississippi Burning”, depicts an acute sense of rural Mississippi in 1964. The movie is loosely based on the true story of the disappearances of three civil rights workers Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. These three men were young civil rights workers who were a part of a voter registration drive in Mississippi. The movie strays away from the feel of a documentary but loosely offers the facts in a bloody, gritty police drama. Lead actors in the film are Gene Anderson and Willem Dafore who depicted the fictional FBI agents who led on the case. The directors message in the time it was released (1988) was to evoke clearly how recently in the past the rights of African Americans were routinely and legally denied particularly in the South. Also I to give “Mississippi Burning” was looked at by some as the best American film of 1988 and a likely candidate for the Academy Award as the year’s best picture when it was released. It was nominated for several awards and most notably won the Oscar Best Cinematography. However it also generated responses from critiques stating that it offered a limited or misleading depiction...
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...Housing in West of Mississippi Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Housing in west of Mississippi Relocating to a new town comes with many challenges. Before relocating to a new city, you must consider many economic conditions before making any financial decision. Before choosing a preferred location for my new home, I have to look at my finances. I have to find an affordable house for me, the one having all the benefits I am looking for as well as fit into my budget. The strength of an economy will play a major role in my decision to rent a house. The current housing prices in the cities west of the Mississippi River are because of many different factors. I did my research in for cities west of the Mississippi River: North Dakota, Oklahoma, Lowa, Louisiana, and Virginia. The research was based on the prices for a 3-bedroom, 2-bath condo. The prices of these homes vary from city to city. In North Dakota, The house cost $135,000 payable for 15 years at an interest rate of 4.93%. In Oklahoma, Virginia, and Lowa, housing unit cost $150,000 that is payable for 15 years at an interest rate of 4.93%. Finally, in Louisiana, the same housing unit cost $100,000, that you can pay for 15 years at the same interest rate of 4.93%. After careful analysis, I decided to settle on Virginia due to the following reasons: the cost of living is cheap, there are great chopping areas, it has excellent road network, it has great parks to travel, the weather is excellent, and finally, it has a wide variety...
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...The Mississippi Stream has since quite a while ago had influence in the chronicled, monetary and private improvement of Vicksburg. Established in 1811 and consolidated on January 29, 1825, Vicksburg quickly developed as a middle for trade, agribusiness and stream activity. In 1859, the Mississippi state tradition received an official determination calling for prompt severance from the Union if an abolitionist was chosen president. Taking after Abraham Lincoln's decision, the state withdrew by a vote of 8415 on January 9, 1861. With this vote, Mississippi took after South Carolina into the Confederate Conditions of America. On February 9, 1861, delegates of these states met in Montgomery, Alabama and the temporary Confederate Congress chose...
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...The land of Louisiana has been created over thousands of years. Through the Mississippi River, sediment has made its way down to the gulf to build up and create the land we stand upon today. However, when more people settled, they had to find a way to stop the spring floods of the river. For over 280 years, the New Orleanians struggled with this issue. When the river was swollen, the fear of the town being submerged was ubiquitous. The Mississippi river changes course because of a distributary that has a shorter route to the gulf. Sometimes, the meanders in the river become very looped turns due to the land getting eroded between the turn. Soon enough, the turn is cut off and becomes what is called an oxbow lake. In 10,000 years, the Mississippi...
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...Two especially prevalent elements within The Adventures of the Huckleberry Finn are only a few examples of the many reasons scholars consider it to be the quintessential American novel: The Mississippi River, symbolic of escape and freedom, and the strong independence from the frontier days. The Mighty Mississippi is a symbol that is entirely American, running straight through the heart of the country, beginning in lake Itasca in Northern Minnesota, running across a variety of terrains on its way down to New Orleans, where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Similarly, the River is the heart of this novel, taking Huck and Jim on a journey that sets them free. In the final few chapters of this novel, the social roles and troubles thrown over...
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...Mark Twain describes his experience on the Mississippi River as a book that he could not put down, as something that could not be restored and as beauty and romance was gone from the river. Throughout the excerpt Twain viewpoint of the Mississippi River changed. As Mark traveled the Mississippi River he described it has a book that had him so interested that he could not but it down. Twain could not find a higher enjoyment in some other things, a book that you would not want to skip. He also stated that there was no book written by man so wonderful. Mark Twain said he has never read something so absorbing, so unflagging, and so sparklingly. While traveling river Mark described it as something that could not be restored. Twain mention that “all...
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...Zakaya Crawley Performance Task: Literary Analysis 2nd Block "Mississippi Solo" is a sensational memoir that showcases the use of similes and personification through the course of the author's overall experience with the Mississippi River. Eddy Harris's memoir started with an abundance of personification in line 14 Harris personified the river as "talking to him". This example from the text strongly resembles the author's connectedness with the river, and this evidence leaves the impression of the author and the river having a significant relationship. Line 14 contributes to the important idea that Eddy Harris feels some type of connection to the river in his presence, and this puts a tranquil mood on the start of the memoir. Another line that uses personification and shifts the memoir's mood to danger are lines 56 and 57. In...
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...expressed throughout the passage, Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood and How It Changed America by John M. Barry. In the passage, Barry explains how the Mississippi river flows. Barry uses imagery, epiphora, and figurative language to demonstrate his fascination for rivers. In the beginning of the passage, Barry frequently uses words that show his great understanding of rivers. For example, he states, "...dynamic combination of turbulent effects, and river hydraulics quickly go beyond the merely complex." (Barry 1). Through the use of the words "dynamic", "turbulent", and "hydraulics", Barry creates an image of what the rivers appear to him. In addition, he uses other creative words such as "flowing" and...
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...1. What is the movie about? Mississippi Burning is movie that’s based on true incidents. It is about the segregation and racism in the Southern States and a great example of KKKs racist actions. In 1964 two FBI agents have been sent down to the southern states to investigate the disappearing of three civil rights activists, which were last seen in a small town in Mississippi. As the two agents have different backgrounds they tend to handle things dissimilar. The younger agents name is Alan Ward, and he does everything by the book. He’s much tensed about his job, and takes everything serious. He’s also officially the leader of the operation. The older agent is Rupert Anderson, and he’s much more relaxed in general. As he’s raised in a small village in Mississippi he understands the culture in a way Alan wouldn’t. A lot of black peoples churches gets burned down, and several murders are committed, all signed by the KKKs burning cross. It gets a larger twist of drama when the older agent, Rupert, gets a sensual relationship with the sheriff’s deputy’s wife. When they find the car which the missing activists were driving, and get brutally assaulted, Alan calls in for backup, lots of it. It starts looking really bad for the agents, but when things start getting personal for Rupert then the tides turn. One by one they either trick or use severe methods against the worst KKK members. Once one has spoken, then the remaining bastards eventually get caught. The movie ends with a slideshow...
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...Writing 102 Section 97 11 April 2013 Casinos: The Golden Nugget of the Gulf Coast It was all started in June of 1990 when the state of Mississippi legislature legalized dockside gambling along the Mississippi Gulf Coast with the Mississippi Gaming Control Act. Then, in late August of 1992, the Isle of Capri casino’s first riverboats docked at the east end of Biloxi Beach in Biloxi, Mississippi to take in passengers to gamble on shore and since then Gulf Coast has never looked back. However, not everyone in 1990 was in favor of the newly enacted Gaming Control Act especially along the Gulf Coast. Many of the coastal resident families and others living near these towns have been living there for generations and were not ready to see their “sleepy town” transformed into “the nation’s hottest new gambling hub” (Myerson). Many of these residents and public officials believed legalizing gaming would promote “crime, higher rates of divorce, and poverty from personal bankruptcy” from residents spending their life savings (Myerson). Now more than twenty years later the exact opposite of oppositionist’s future predictions have occurred and casinos have been the greatest thing to happen to the Mississippi Gulf Coast since the seafood industry began. The coastal casinos do countless great things such as lower property taxes, fund public school projects, give back millions of dollars to charity, greatly enhanced the tourism market, drives the economical activity, and much more...
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...What led up to the assassination of a man and his impact after. Medgar Evers a man born on July 2, 1925 and died on June 12, 1963, was a civil rights activist in Mississippi. His full name was Medgar Wiley Evers and lived in Mississippi who grew up in a farming family in Decatur Mississippi. In 1943 Medgar Evers was drafted into the American Army to fight in World War II in France and Germany. In 1946 Medgar Evers received honorable discharge. Later on in his life he would become a Civil Rights Activist who would fight to end injustice. Medgar Evers took a stand for an end to racial injustice by becoming one of the first blacks to apply for admission to the University of Mississippi Law School, helped integrate “Ole Miss.”, and was NAACP’s first field...
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...Over seven years ago, one of the deadliest hurricanes struck the United States on the early morning of August 29, 2005. Hurricane Katrina was an extraordinary powerful hurricane that took the lives of several people, and it is considered the third deadliest hurricane to ever strike the country on top of being the costliest. Devastation spread throughout the central Gulf Coast as people from the affected areas evacuated their cities in hopes that they would have a home and a place to work when they returned. Katrina made landfall at three different locations, but its impact was seen all throughout the world as people came together to restore the destruction created by the storm. For the past 30 years, inland flooding has been the primary cause of hurricane-related fatalities with fatalities due to strong winds not far behind. Most hurricanes can produce a rainfall of least 6-12 inches, or 15-30 centimeters. Inland residents have to be cautious of slow-moving storms (NG). From its center, Katrina spread over 100 miles, or 160 kilometers, and is the largest hurricane of its strength to have ever struck the United States. It is recorded as the third strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States and named sixth as the strongest hurricane ever recorded. Out of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Katrina was the 11th named storm as well as the 5th hurricane and second Category 5 hurricane (DISCOVERY). The Saffir-Simpson scale measures hurricane intensity by placing them...
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...My Ultimate Decision Over the past half term, 8N have been investigating a very interesting farming enquiry: How is the farming industry different between MEDCS and LEDCS? In the booklet, we were given various research tasks and completed many activities in order to comprehend the significant differences of the farming industry. Aspects included; the different types of farming, UK farming patterns, how farming has changed in the UK, how farming is different in LEDCS and conflicts of interest. Ultimately, each of us are going to decide which location is best to set up a cotton industry. The first location is in the state of Mississippi in the USA whilst the second location is based in India. The American state of Mississippi cotton is considered a major industry, ranking third behind poultry and forestry, with its revenue averaging approximately $598M each year. It is told that farmers produce nearly 1.1 million acres of cotton annually however this number can easily change depending on weather and production price. Statically, 1937 was the most profitable year so far. In the nation of the United States, Mississipi (along with New Mexico) was stated to be the most illiterate state in the country, the reading age is incredibly low, having poor education and being a state filled with poverty. Thus many citizens who did not complete a beneficial education go on to work/have a career in the farming industry, including cotton farming. Our second location is no newbie to the cotton/...
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...claim. “The Big Uneasy” emphasize on the ineffective design and maintenance of the flood-protection system as well as the engineering structure of Mississippi River’s waterway in the city. Severe environmental damages due to poor infrastructural planning also ruin the natural flood barrier of the region. Furthermore, these problems are supported...
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