After watching the 1974 version of “The Great Gatsby”-by: Jack Clayton, and the 2012 version by: Baz Luhrmann, Obviously i thought the 2012 version was a lot better. Both have good and bad parts in my opinion, but i overall enjoyed the excitement of the 2012 version, the loud people, the intense parties, and the mic of common day ideas to jazz age ideas, it was great to me. Although most think that the 1974 version is more real to the story. Although most people think that the 1974 version
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in the APS (American Philatelic Society) Sudman’s Hall. If you were not there you missed an amazing evening. The Russ Kassoff Trio performed, accompanied by Catherine on several pieces and the Master himself Gene Bertoncini. The trio performed a new piece that Russ has recently written called “I Can Dream”. The night was a dream for many and a wonderful finale to another great Jazz Festival in downtown
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New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana was founded, during the eighteenth century, as a city of great culture. Since then, it has incorporated the many cultures of its early settlers. Each year, tourists flock to the city with the wish to experience its diversity. Due to receiving so many tourists, advertisers have to use different forms of imagery to capture specific audiences. In the case of New Orleans, visitors are exposed to various forms of promotion
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Joseph Nathan Oliver (1881-1938) was a pioneer of the Jazz Age through his famed Creole Jazz Band. He was born and raised in Louisiana, where he frequented brass and dance bands. Performances under that official name began in Chicago circa 1922, with Oliver on the cornet and a series of protégés by his side. His style of "Hot Jazz" differed from the solos that preceded his work. Rather than having a single artist step forward to improvise a melody, he and his remarkable pupils preferred collective
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Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) in New Orleans. Following the creation of the original network, the arrangement was
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“Welcome to planet Zeras! It is filled with many creatures, animals, plants, and well almost everything! Do you want to live here? I am going to assume you said yes and if you did, too bad. Remember this is a story and not an episode of Doctor Who.” Zeras was a peaceful place and every being had high spirits. War has broken out on the planet and everyone and everything was affected. Factories being built, towns invaded, and innocent lives lost. It was like a race, a race to out class each other.
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Titusville to everyday people who just happen to call this place their eternal resting place. An early community, Lagrange’s founders can be found among the headstones. The church first started all the way back in 1869 and is the oldest church from New Smyrna Beach to Key West. It’s also the oldest church from St. Augustine to Key West ("The Historical Lagrange Church"). The Lagrange church was a protestant church. This community was usually mostly surrounded by water then, and there were little other
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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina engulfed the cities of the Gulf coast with its category five storm and registering winds up to 175mph. The city of New Orleans, LA and surrounding cities was especially vulnerable to tragedy, due to an “…ill-equipped levee system..” (Levin, para. 1). Storm surge flooding was up to 30 feet in combination with wave action and high winds, resulting in considerable damage and destruction to most infrastructures and property. Once the storm passed, FEMA declared
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and scholars at a conference held at the University of Notre Dame in 2004. Uncommon Faithfulness was edited by M. Shawn Copeland who serves as the Adjunct Professor of Theology at the Institute for black Catholic studies at Xavier University in New Orleans Louisiana. Catholics of African descent maintained their faith and inspiration to sustain resistance against oppression of slavery and to create life giving opportunities. This was nearly 450 years of Uncommon Faithfulness. The phrase “Uncommon
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Changes in the U.S. Sobek Khufu HIST105-1202A-05 – U.S. History Abstract With America’s new found independence; territories had to be defined. As the country’s population grew; there also grew a need for the expansion of the land mass and all of the natural resources that come along with it. Territorial expansion became an integral part of the growth of the United States and the foundation of the country we see today. Keywords: Territorial expansion, country, natural resources, history
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