In August of 1983 Hurricane Alicia slammed into Texas coastline causing mass destruction. The hurricane formed near Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico before hitting Texas. Hurricane Alicia was responsible for the death of 21 people‚ along with nearly two billion dollars in damages. Alicia was the first ever billion dollar hurricane to destroy Texas. Hurricane Alicia tore through Galveston and Houston with wind speeds of 115 miles per hour destroying parts of the cities and created at least 23 reported
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Nine-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys returns with her long-awaited third studio album‚ As I Am‚ set for a worldwide release on November 13 on J Records. Within 10 hours of being serviced to radio‚ Alicia first single‚ “No One‚” became one of the fastest moving and highest charting single on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. This also marks the highest first single debut for a female artist in 2007 on the R&B Monitor’s Urban Mainstream chart! “No One” was written and produced by Keys
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Mariah Vasquez 11/16/13 ALICIA AUGELLO COOK Alicia Augello Cook was born on January 25th 1981 in New York. Alicia started playing the piano at age seven and began to take piano lessons. She grew up in a single family household with her mother due to her father’s absence at the age of five. Alicia first noticed her passion in music at a very young age and always dreamt of making it big and performing but never thought that it would actually happen. She had a lot of faith
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Film Critique of “The Hurricane” David Hickox ENG 225 Jared Kline August 20‚ 2012 Film Critique of “The Hurricane” The movie‚ “The Hurricane” premiered in 1999 starring Denzel Washington and was directed by Jason Jewison. This film is based on a true story of Ruben “Hurricane” Carter. This film is based on a biography titled “Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter” that was written by James S. Hirsch (Jones‚ 2000). The story starts in the mid 60’s when racial prejudice was still
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her new album HERE‚ Alicia Keys poses in black and white in her bare and natural state of beauty‚ which I argue reflects the mood of the overall album (Figure 1). While there were many politically inspired albums released over the course of this year‚ such as Beyoncé’s “Lemonade‚” I believe that Alicia Keys’ sixth album stands out among the rest (Mackay). Unlike her previous albums‚ Keys’ has a more rough‚ hip-hop like sound‚ accompanied by her meaningful lyrics (Keith). “Alicia Keys is a creature
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The Hurricane (Viewing Task) How well does the composer manipulate the audience to believe that Rubin Carter was wrongly accused based on racial discrimination (1000-1500 words) There are many ways the composer of the 1999 movie ‘ The Hurricane’ manipulates the audience to believe that Rubin Carter was wrongly accused based on racial discrimination. The key ways in which the composer does this is through the structure of the movie and the use of techniques such as non-linear structure and foreshadowing
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Two years ago‚ Alicia Keys put out the single “We Are Here” around the same time Jennifer Lopez put out the single “Booty”. To date‚ Keys’ song has 8‚373‚557 views‚ while Lopez’s song has 197‚279‚154 views. When I first saw the video to “We Are Here” I was in love. In the song‚ Alicia sings about gun violence‚ education‚ foreign policy‚ family life‚ and peace in this one heart wrenching‚ lighter swaying‚ political anthem. Lopez‚ on the other hand‚ sings about having a large behind and perpetuates
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October 29‚ 2012 Hurricane Sandy a category 2 made landfall in New Jersey. Sandy had + 96 mph winds and a 6ft-8ft storm surge. Force winds extend 175 miles out from Sandy’s eye‚ making it much larger than most storms. Before the storm hit many of residence were without power due to sever winds and rain. Many people did not know how to prepare for such a storm in the North East states. Hurricane Sandy weakened to a post-tropical cyclone in the evening before it hit the southern coast of New Jersey
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Hurricanes Hurricanes can cause damage that can last a life time. For example‚ Hurricane Katrina has affected hundreds of families till death with the loss of their loved ones. On the other hand when someone hears the word hurricane in Florida he or she immediately turns on the television or radio to see where the hurricane is going to go. This means to Floridians‚ here comes two weeks without power‚ gas‚ and most importantly air conditioning. In 2004 Florida was a magnet for hurricanes; this has
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There are few physical forces on this earth as powerful of that of a hurricane. It is therefore fitting that a movie‚ which carries its name‚ is as impacting and devastatingly effective as the meteorological event Beginning on the night of June 17th 1966‚ several shots ring out from the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson‚ New Jersey‚ claiming the lives of two men and a woman. In the aftermath of the shooting‚ the police arrest two Negroes in a white car‚ based on eyewitness accounts of two men
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