705 people are still missing after Hurricane Katrina took place? Hurricane Katrina was a fierce hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. Time Hurricane Katrina lasted for days. It originally formed on the south eastern part of the Bahamas on August 23‚2005 according to‚ Kim Ann Zimmermann‚ an author of live Science. Hurricane Katrina then made its way to the southern parts of Florida as a category one hurricane on August 25‚2005. On August 26‚2005 Katrina re-intensified into a hurricane
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Saladoid culture is a pre-columbian indigenous culture of Venezuela and the Caribbean that flourished from 500 BCE to 545 CE.[1] This culture is thought to have originated at the lower Orinoco River near the modern settlements of Saladero and Barrancas in Venezuela. Seafaring people from the lowland region of the Orinoco River of South America migrated into and established settlements in the Lesser Antilles‚ Puerto Rico‚ and Hispaniola.[1] They displaced the pre-ceramic Ortoiroid culture. As a horticultural
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spent for repair and construction‚ it was one of the most powerful storms in U.S history‚ and it had an effect on the economy. Katrina was a powerful natural disaster that devastated the coasts of Louisiana‚ Cuba‚ New Orleans‚ Florida‚ and the Bahamas. The hurricane overwhelmed these locations on August twenty third through thirty first in 2005. The hurricane claimed many lives during and after the storm. Alabama had two fatalities‚ Florida fourteen‚
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American History I 07/08/05 Christopher Columbus’ Voyage to North America Spanish exploration first began with a series of revolutions. First‚ the Commercial Revolution generated economic stability. Second‚ the Intellectual Revolution generated interest in the Earth’s composition and the pursuit of exploration. Europe then called for a political revolution to end the disorganized and disorderly rule of its government. This revolution returned order and stability to the government and renewed interest
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huge crowds of people waving and chanting‚ BARCA!! Barca!! BARCA!!‚ The whole team smiled and waved back. In the locker rooms the team got dressed and played some tennis soccer. The gaffer came in‚ he looked calm as a palm tree in the beautiful Bahamas "Listen up.. the starting lineup for today is‚" Messi crossed his finger to hope that he can be in the starting lineup. " Messi in the front with Charlie and Henry‚" Messi and the rest of the team stepped on the pitch‚ "Its come!" exclaimed Messi
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by authorThe boundaries of the triangle cover the Straits of Florida‚ the Bahamas and the entire Caribbean island area and the Atlantic east to the Azores. The more familiar triangular boundary in most written works has as its points somewhere on the Atlantic coast of Miami; San Juan‚ Puerto Rico; and the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda‚ with most of the accidents concentrated along the southern boundary around the Bahamas and the Florida Straits. The area is one of the most heavily traveled shipping
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Overview of Tourism 4 Phenomena that contributed to Mass Tourism * Increasing leisure time (more paid vacations) * Increasing income * Travel became possible for all * Invention of the Jet engine Travel times NY-Sydney 1929-present * NY and Sydney are essentially at opposite ends of the world. * Since 1969 technology has not shifted much as it still takes basically a day to get from one place to the other. Now With the development of the Boeing 777 long-range jet now
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Darden Case Analysis February 14‚ 2010 Table of Contents ORGANIZATION MISSION …………………………………………………………. 1 CORPORATE OBJECTIVES ………………………………………………………….1 Strategic objectives………………………………………………………………………1 Financial Objectives ……………………………………………………………………..2 CORPORATE-LEVEL. STRATEGIES……………………………………………….3 BUSINESS-LEVEL STRATEGIES ……………………………………………………4 EXTERNAL ANALYSIS ………………………………………………………………4 Opportunities…………………………………………………………………………….4 Threats …………………………………………………………………………………
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American Pageant Chapter 1 Summary The first chapter of the American pageant focuses on the discovery of the Americas and how they came to be. The North American continent broke off from a Supercontinent called Pangaea some 200 million years ago. It was anchored in its current position by the Canadian Shield‚ an ancient rock plate below the continent. Many natural wonders of the Americas were created in this period of time‚ like the Appalachian Mountains‚ and the Grand Canyon. After an ice age
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Prohibition During the 1920’s there was a ban on alcohol. Prohibition was the legal prevention to manufacture‚ sell‚ and transport alcoholic beverages under the eighteenth amendment. But along with banning alcohol‚ came a spike in the number of bootleggers. Bootleggers made and sold alcohol illegally from places known as speakeasies. Speakeasies were illegal liquor stores or night clubs‚ often time hidden in the bottum of drug stores or businesses. First off‚ why was there a ban on alcohol? In 1917
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