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crossfire. Some people get the heavy rain, thunder, and lighting part of it while others, like the citizens of Joplin, Missouri, get the dark clouds and tornado part of storms. The Joplin EF5 tornado hit the unexpectant citizens on May 22, 2011. Kathy Splean of Lincoln County, Missouri was far away from the storm, but had deep connections with it. Kathy’s son, Bob, was living in Joplin at the time with his wife, Shar. The

several churches and organizations have risen to the challenge of meeting needs of those around. The Food Basket Brigade was started in 1988. Since its beginning, the effort has collected and distributed more than 4 million pounds of food. (The Joplin Globe). During the month before they deliver the food, several school organizations go out around town and pick up all the food from people who have it set out, usually by their mailboxes, and then they deliver it to The Newton County Armory. Back several

Heartland: A Portrait of Survival The film’s director, Erica Tremblay, lived in Joplin before her career as a documentary filmmaker. However, in both local news interviews and the description of the film on Amazon.com, Tremblay describes the film as the “inspirational story of a close-knit Ozark Mountain community that was struck by a historic deadly EF5 tornado May 22, 2011.” Several citizens who viewed the film and praised the work, later expressed dislike for the description. Anyone who has

Transportation Issues in the Joplin Missouri Area and Their Effects Upon the Rural Population it Serves David Adams Western New Mexico University   Identified in this paper is the social issue of public transportation within the Joplin, Missouri area. The effects of this issue span gender, Joplin, Missouri is at the intersection of two of the busiest intersections in all of Missouri, I44 and Highway 71. Although this center for commerce is busy and growing, in many ways it still acts like the

The Music during the Hippie Movement Background The hippie movements of the sixties were driven by a plethora of factors. There were many new technologies that were being introduced in this period, a war against Communism around the globe, internal struggles against several types of injustices, a growing drug culture, and several other important developments. To say the least, it was a volatile period in American history and many sub-cultures were actively seeking to carve out new paths that

the stage with millions of eyes on her. She starts to sing and everyone in the whole world wants to know what her music has to say. Janis Joplin had the power to change society with just the sound of her voice. Over all, the pop culture world would be entirely different if it were not for her singing and her strive for equality. The performances of Janis Joplin impacted the lives of the outcasts in society. Her raspy, soulful voice hit the charts along with the other members of her bands, reaching

supplies through six centers and through deliveries and made 5,850 health service contacts and nearly 6,800 mental health contacts” (American Red Cross, 2012). Agreed by all agencies, was the enormous task of taking care of the children in Joplin. This task took many different approaches including parenting training and classes, suicide, and suicide prevention, and education regarding drug and alcohol use and abuse. The Administration on Children Youth and Families had concerns over the long-term

Hoyos was born in Coahuila,Mexico but was raised most of her life in Texas, She was authored in several poetry collections. Langston Hughes or James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. These three individuals have many things in common like their passion for American Poetry and love for writing, But on the contrary they have many differences as well. These authors have some similarities, For instance their

Movement. The Beat Generation, particularly those related to the San Francisco Awakening steadily submitted to the 60's era counterculture, followed by a switch in terms from "beatnik" to "freak" and "hippie." Soon this activity spred out to the entire globe, affecting all popular music categories and nearly all artist during that time. Even though there were lots of distinctive groups and fundamentals resisting the US armed forces engagement in Vietnam because it started to intensify, most of the protesters

for causes of the Civil War and the social and political atmosphere of the country spanning the time period. Many of those who call for the book to remain in public education comes from the First Amendment, which guarantees the freedom of speech. Joplin Globe supports this claim in declaring that “It is