WorldCom and The Mississippi Scheme are both large financial scandals that have occurred. WorldCom was a telecommunication company that overstated their cash flow by reporting $7.6 billion in operating expenses as capital expenses. WorldCom is the largest accounting scandal in US history as of March 2002. The Mississippi Scheme was a business scheme that destroyed the economy of France during the 1700’s. The scheme involved the loss of paper money’s purchasing power as a result of asset inflation
Magnolia State into what it is today. Before the Mississippi was discovered by Europeans, Native Americans inhabited the land. There were three ethnic groups of Native Americans living in the land which would one day become Mississippi: The Natchez, the Choctaws, and the Chickasaws. The Natchez Indians were known for worshipping the Sun (Fant 9). The Choctaw Indians lived in South Mississippi while the Chickasaw Indians lived in the northern part of Mississippi (Fant 7). Choctaw Indians and Chickasaw Indians
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission No Southern state was more resistant to segregation than Mississippi. Initiating a ‘southern respectable’ resistance, Mississippi set out to create a permanent authority for the maintenance of racial segregation, fully staffed and state funded. On May 20, 1956, Mississippi state legislators passed House Bill 880 establishing the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (MSSC) as part of the executive branch, under the protection of the U.S. Constitutional
Flood Protection in Louisiana New Orleans is a city located in the ground between Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. The city was original settled on the high ground, however, since 1900s, the city start sinking. Today, more than 50 percent of the city area is below sea level. The reason of the sinking is still in debating, man-made floodwalls and levees are believed the main causes. Land loss is also a serious problem. The coach area already lost about 2,000 squares since 1930’s and today
when the baby died she took it as a second chance to be the greatest person she could ever be here is her story. biography Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko Mississippi her parents abandon her at 2 years old and her mother would move to Milwaukee and oprah was left to stay in mississippi with her grandmother. her grandmother was very good at teaching oprah how to read considering
Throughout the many novels and short stories written by William Faulkner he detailed the post-Civil War American south. The Nobel Prize winning writer grew up in Oxford, Mississippi during a period of reconstruction in the “old south.” Many of his works took place in a made up town that was modeled after Oxford. Faulkner used real life experiences to write memorable stories with a hidden truth. His works reflected a painful period in American history and a transitional phase in the “old south.”
environment, making his outlook true to life, and well illustrated in this story. Essay: The south was the picture of excess in pre-war times, and although after the war this changed, old ideas and prejudices died slowly. When the construction company came to the town with "niggers and mules and machinery," those old views were evident. (83) The treatment of the blacks in the south remained a vestige of that decadence for years to come, as evidenced by the need for the civil rights movement. This
81$ billion dollars in damages occurred. A few days later the 80% of the city was submerged under water because the storm swell broke the city’s levees at numerous points, the circumstances were a massive flood contributed by the Gulf Coast, the Mississippi River, and other surrounding bodies of water. Winds of Hurricane Katrina reached an astounding category 3 as it passed through downtown New Orleans; however, it felt
One of the most illustrious authors of the early twentieth century, William Faulkner used the land of Mississippi as the groundwork for a majority of his novels. In his novel, Go Down, Moses, Faulkner glorifies the sacredness of the American land as an attempt to depict the dream that humanity will overcome their corruptions in Europe. This “sacredness” is dependent upon the character of Isaac (Ike) McCaslin and the journey that he follows throughout his life. Faulkner starts by detailing Isaac’s
property. Local and Federal governments face criticism up to date because the private sector seemed more prepared to counter effects of hurricane than the government. Despite the disappointment and let downs from the government side, people along Mississippi, Louisiana and generally the entire affected Gulf coast received incredible help from the private sector. Among those private corporations, which were in the forefront into countering the effects of hurricane Katrina, is the Wal-Mart Chain of Stores
Memory is a common motif for southern literature. Eudora Welty’s novel The Optimist’s Daughter is no exception to this generalization as it strongly entails both aspects of memory – remembrance and forgetfulness. The stark dichotomy of memory can be looked at as both a blessing and a burden. Characters throughout this novel and so many other pieces of southern literature struggle with the past which they wish to keep, but cannot fully, and a past from which they want to escape, but cannot fully
from society for the remainder of her life. She was alone for the very first time and her reaction to this situation was solitude. This story takes place throughout the Reconstruction Era from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s in Jefferson, Mississippi. Emily was raised in the period before the Civil War. Her father who was the only person in her life with the exception of a former lover who soon left her as well raised her. The plot of this story is mainly about Miss Emily’s attitude about change
favorite themes, for example, the relationships between the community and the individual and between the present and the past. But Faulkner's setting is quite specific. Faulkner modeled his fictional Yoknapatawpha County on Lafayette County, Mississippi, and the city of Jefferson on his hometown, Oxford, and perhaps on neighboring Ripley as well. He describes his region's smells, sights, and sounds in loving detail: its chirping insects, its summer heat, its unique light. Some of Jefferson is
Americans were afraid and frightened in staying in the Mississippi Delta, so many began to relocate and the population continued to decrease dramatically. Not only was the moving due to lack of security, many residents wanted a better job and better living conditions. Poverty was depriving citizens from their basic necessities of life like food, shelter and revenue. On the average, seven African Americans were lynched or beaten each year in the Mississippi Delta since the ending of slavery. Sunflower County
“It’s amazing how our life can change from one day to another and Mother of Nature is one of them. Hurricane Katrina a category 4 hurricane struck the Gulf Coast of the United States on August 29, 2005, causing death and destruction in New Orleans. Katrina will be remembered by all victims in New Orleans and around the world.” Hurricane Katrina was declared the costliest and most destructive natural disaster in history, because of the strong winds and storm causing destruction of many towns and communities
disasters but have simply chosen not to. Many factors have left the city vulnerable to a natural disaster a major one being the levees built up around the city. Not only man made levees built near the ocean but the natural levees built up by the Mississippi River would have essentially made New Orleans a bowl leaving much of the city living under sea level. Warnings from the media and scientists who studied the area went unheard as the idea of a storm and the city being vulnerable was known long before
New Orleans is best known for a lot of things, great food, great atmosphere and who can forget the parties. However, people in the Big Easy were staying out late and rocking for a whole different reason in 1919 as the Axeman of New Orleans had a special request that rocked the Big Easy. Let's start from the beginning, the Axeman was a serial killer who struck New Orleans from March 1918–October 1919. This killer was sickeningly good as he left little to zero evidence at the scenes, he entered the
I believe the principle of federalism did and did not work in the case of Hurricane Katrina for the following reason. The government planned for everything in advance before the hurricane hit the New Orleans coast. The Mayor of New orleans Ray Nagin gave a speech advising everybody in the city to evacuate immediately. The Mayor also established task forces and set up emergency shelters locally across the state of Louisiana. People evacuating the city caused huge traffic pile ups because the plan
The southern states has always been under hurricane watch especially when close to the tropic lands near them. Hurricane “katrina formed from the interaction of tropical wave and remnants of a previous tropical depression” (katrina meteorology and forecasting) here is another reason to why may occur and how the formation of hurricanes happens. In this we discover the things and impact a hurricane will leave such as levee branches and death and public alert process. The tropical depression was
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