dad what his biggest wish was; he said he wanted to go to Hawaii. After waiting for my dad’s health to improve, the trip was finally planned. In June, we flew to the island of Maui. When we got there, the atmosphere felt different from how it is in Alabama. Hawaii is a beautiful place with many adventures waiting. Out of all the vacations, my family has been on; our trip to Hawaii brought us all closer together. My favorite part of the trip was going zip lining at Skyline Eco Adventures in Ka'anapali
about it! The Federal Government decided not to make Providence Canyon a national park. The Canyons started when some farmers moved near Alabama, but still in the southwest coastal plain. When they started to cut the trees down, they plowed the soil in long rows over and over. This may not have been noticed, but the area would be changed in a drastic way. The trees kept the soil stable and without that the erosion etched ruts in the ground that started to widen and become deeper. The Canyon has some
and limestone and producing iron in north Alabama during the 1800s had a tremendous impact on Alabama’s economy of the time. It provided opportunity for the expansion of the railroad and work. Cities were born around this industrial boom. All of these things encouraged economic growth in Alabama during this time. Alabama: A Documentary History to 1900 states “it is a truism that the Civil War altered the economic life of the south” (Griffith, Alabama: A Documentary History to 1900). Before the
A diverse landscape filled with palm trees, bars, country clubs and beaches. Where people risk it all to make their way and might find themselves as successful entrepreneurs or just another crab in bucket trying to get to the top, pulling down others in the process. The world looks at San Diego as a paradise, where famous people walk the street and freedom of expression is the way of life. People who visit see this place as an oasis, but knowing the real hustle and bustle of this city life, I had
D. Streight's cavalry raid across north Alabama (April 19-May 3, 1863), he was pursued by a Confederate force half the size of his Union company. Led by Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confederates had several advantages. They were riding horses; the Union troops were riding mules (except for a small contingent of cavalry composed of north Alabama Unionists who were showing Streight the way). Horses were faster and quieter. Stories from the north Alabama hills tell that one could hear the braying
Hurricane Katrina By: Kiran. Subramanian Imagine waking up in the morning groggy because you have been hearing thunder all through the night. You decided to go make yourself some breakfast. When you get down, you see your kitchen filled with water up to your waist. This is how people felt in New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina hit. Today I will talk to you about the general hurricane characteristics, Information about Hurricane Katrina, and what you should do if you know a hurricane is
Thinking Like a Mountain 2-27-17 Hannah Garner For this essay I went and sat in the woods behind my house in Fayetteville, Alabama. I live on a six acre property in rural Talladega County. I have no neighbors, so I thought that this would be a great place to sit and “think like a mountain”. There is a large hill in my back yard so i went and sat the top of it like Leopold did on the top of the rimrock in the chapter Thinking Like a Mountain. I sat and read the chapter while I was sitting there,
Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, Bayard Rustin, and the High Priestess of Soul, Nina Simone. But these apostles of the Cause were the disciples of Martin Luther King Jr., the spearhead of the Civil Rights issues. King himself was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, charged with loitering. From his jail and his confinement, King wrote his "Letter From a Birmingham Jail". In such letter, King wrote the basic principle that all laws should be followed, but when a law is applied unjustly towards the people
Farquhar is a wealthy citizen of a highly acclaimed Alabama family (553) of distinctive stature. He exhibits a self-provoked need to be involved as no other ordinary citizen may dare to tread; however, he is not a Confederate soldier. He is a dedicated loving husband, who has visions of his beautiful wife, “the Lady” (553) who is the center of his existence, and she resides with him on a substantial tree-lined gated plantation in northern Alabama. He is a slave owner and because he is a planter,
stated that the invention of coal was one of the first items to ruin the land. Coal is a fossil fuel and fossil fuels take hundreds of years to make. Why coal it helped our lives improve,but they ruin the land. To make more factories they clean more trees which is one of the many way we get oxygen. In paragraph 24 Theodore stated”We want to take
I was at home watching the tall trees dance in the heavy winds when I heard the chatter on the television. As the weatherman was describing where the storm was and telling the viewers to get to safety, he stopped and yelled for everyone in the station to go to the “basement now!” I was terrified that the storm rip my house apart, leaving us stranded with nothing. Although we received heavy rains and winds, fallen trees, and branches everywhere, no tornado came our way. We soon
paper ... ... trees, shallow rooted trees pushed over, signboards damaged some windows broken.F1Wind: 73-112mphModerate Damage: Surface of roofs peeled off, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned out buildings demolished moving autos pushed off the roads, trees snapped or broken beginning of hurricane speed winds.F2Wind: 113-157mphConsiderable Damage: Roofs torn off frame houses, mobile homes demolished, frame houses with weak foundations lifted and moved , large trees snapped or uprooted
Hurricane Camille was one of the worst hurricanes to ever affect Mississippi and the United States. This hurricane began to cause damage as soon as it made landfall on the Gulf Coast, and continued to wreak havoc on the United States until it headed back to sea. Camille continues to live in the minds of those who were in the hurricane or affected by the hurricane. Hurricane Camille will always be remembered as one of the worst hurricanes to ever make landfall in the United states not only because
I Have a Dream and Glory and Hope were two speeches given, respectively, by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela at times of great need; at times when ignorance and racially-based hubris intertwined themselves in the sparse gaps of human understanding. At first glance, the facets of humanity and blanket tranquillity seem to be in natural accord. Philosophers have struggled with the reason behind the absolute absence of peace as everybody, by definitions both classical and modern, longs
Sports Media In the sports world they have the highest TV ratings of any other event that year. You know what you get with such high TV ratings? You get some fat television contracts to show the games. For example the NCAA just signed a deal for just the showing of the NCAA tournament worth 10.8 billion dollars. I’m sure the NFL is getting billions a year too. During these events companies pay big money to run commercials. An average NCAA game averages around 85,000 dollars a commercial and the
the communities radiating outward from it. “Yet, as the fetters apparently grew tighter about the members of the Cahokian polity, recent researchers have also documented the signs of disintegration,” explained Thomas Emerson of the University of Alabama. The hegemony of Cahokia brought them wealth, but it also dissatisfied the people. This controlling, elite government was not what the people wanted. Therefore the furthermost communities from the center, the rural population, developed their own
is first choice of dining for every drunk, slob, dirt-bag, clinically obese, ignorant, chain-smoking redneck, and all-in-all general assholes in the Southern U.S. It’s the Mecca of What-the-fuck! So, of course, like all good white trash from Alabama does, we had breakfast, lunch, and dinner at a Waffle Castle the first day of our trip. Then after our over-night in Kentucky, we had it again for breakfast and then again for lunch. We would’ve even had it again for dinner that evening but we ended
needs, including my own. The members of the chapter at our university are genuinely good men and have the best intentions with everyone they approach. Tyler Sayers is a member of Pi Kappa Phi at South Alabama. He holds a position as the Secretary of all fraternities and sororities at South Alabama, which makes a huge difference in the Greek system. He is planning to run for President this upcoming term that will be a great addition to the fraternity. It is an amazing feeling that a member of the
The Return of the Ruined Banker The setting for this ghost story was at Sturdivant Hall, in Selma, Alabama in the 1860’s. Sturdivant Hall had been constructed in 1852. This stately mansion had six tall white pillars in the front. There were many parlors downstairs and an abundance of spacious bedrooms upstairs. There were large fig trees, shrubs, and scuppernong vines on either side of the home. A group of visitors had gathered to take a to tour of this beautiful mansion; then, the guide revealed
one of my preferred snacks. I have always favored pecans over any other type of nut. Even as a young child I remember snacking on delicious pecans. Living in the south has allowed me to appreciate the natural growing pecan trees. My grandparents have two amazing pecan trees in their front yard. One of my favorite brands of pecans is Planters. Planters is a company owned by a much larger company by the name of Kraft Heinz. In finding that some companies do not create their products with environmental