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    Walmart Glitch Summary

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    There was a reported incident in 2013 where there was a glitch in the system that allowed all EBT card holders to have unlimited spending limits in their cards. There was complete chaos in local Walmart's as people cleared the shelves and scrambled for any little thing they saw like savages that had not eaten in days. Some people walked out with 8-10 carts full of groceries. Although it was only a glitch for a few hours the damage was done. As soon as the system was back up the people still in…

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    Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving and is the biggest shopping day of the year. There are many explanations as to how Black Friday got its name. At one time people believed it was derived from slavery with the Friday after Thanksgiving being the day the slaves were sold. But the origins of the biggest shopping day of the year goes to the city of Philadelphia. The term “Black Friday” was originally created by employees of businesses calling off sick for a long holiday weekend.…

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    Black Friday is well known for being “The Day After Thanksgiving” or perhaps “The Busiest Shopping Day of the Year”. What most people don’t know is that where this famous day originated from along with its history. So, where did Black Friday come from? Black Friday originally came from Philadelphia, and is now celebrated worldwide around the globe. Black Friday is an unofficial holiday that is celebrated in some states and known for its major sales in stores. Black Friday originated from…

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    Many people across the country take part in Black Friday, which is considered the first day of shopping for the Christmas season. It has become very common to see fights between eager shoppers fighting over discounted items, but Malia Pattison, a 13 year old, was lucky to not witness and experience this while shopping this weekend. Malia traveled from her hometown in Wisconsin to Minnesota for both Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Her father, Gregg, sister, Shayla, and friend Tristan…

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    is the center of the family who serves as the provider and decision maker in the household, while the mother and girls of the family are the homemaker(s). In this story, however, there is just the daughter while that of the father is mentioned in two very particular scenarios: when deciding to marry the daughter off and after the girl’s heroic and death defying…

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    both Kubrick and Burgess have made their effort in trying to address the problem of whether or not prefer the inequality between men and women. Throughout the story, there are numerous scenes in which female characters are degraded; whether it is a girl being raped or getting killed. Even the surroundings in the stories, like the sculptures, are extremely sexist in a way that disturbs the audiences to some extent. I will argue that Burgees and Kubrick’s main focus is to demonstrate the mass how…

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    Connie, the main character of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? ”, is a personification of both the stereotypical and actual depiction of rebellion. Many individuals feel that rebellion is an involuntary phase of the teenage years. She has a tendency to disobey the spoken and unspoken, yet implied, wishes of her parents. She reduces the likelihood of being caught in her mutinous acts by assuming a double life. Her clothes, attitudes, and actions all differ depending on where she is and…

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    The girl in Pilon is a child whom is still oblivious to the male species. She has yet to realize that her body is “causing men to look at her.” The girls in The Sleepover are teenagers who are obsessed with males and intrigued by the idea of being with them. While in Hills Like White Elephants the female is an adult woman and has…

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    The Challenge of Dealing With My Mother 's Behavior Since I was a child, I have received considerable affection from my parents. I am not an ungrateful daughter, but actually it makes me feel nervous. Sometimes, it was embarrassing me because my mother, Izabel, did not know the correct time to treat me like her baby, and I dislike when she talks about our intimacy out loud, talking with a different tone of voice, and with a peculiar semblance of proud mother in her face. Another thing that…

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    year old girl named Mattie Ross, brings it upon herself to avenge her father’s death after the outlaw known as Tom Chaney murders him and flees the territory. The young farm girl quickly seeks out to hire the U.S. Marshal, Rooster Cogburn, who is just as familiar with whisky as he is with guns, to track down Chaney. Shortly after this quarreling duo set out on their man hunt, they are accompanied by a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf. However, the Ranger happens to be chasing Tom Chaney for his own…

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