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    In its original form, “Norma, Queen of the Hotdogs” tells the story of a young and successful woman entrepreneur who upon being kissed by her accountant, decides to give up her business ambitions in favor of marriage and children. However when the warm, friendly colours used in the comic are replaced with cold blues, greys, and reds, a very different narrative unfolds. The blues and reds communicate the sub current tale of violence, and ultimately assault, which is being carried through this…

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    Thanksgiving dinner in my family is a big deal all our family and friends gather around to celebrate. There is always plenty of food, drinks, music and laughter. My family is loud, crazy and not afraid to voice their opinions so there is always drama at every dinner or family event. I chose to write on this because I never payed attention to detail or interactions at these dinners like why the women cook? Or why it is important that we are all together. I also chose to write on this because I…

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    punishment. Resistance wasn’t an uncommon thing during slavery but with all the harsh treatment, that isn’t surprising. Although they lived a rough life as a slave they tried to find happiness in anything they can, even a corn husk doll. Patsey, the owner of this corn husk doll, was the most unfortunate character in the movie. She is constantly raped by Mr. Epps and abused by his jealous wife. She was the hardest working slave on the plantation and yet was still treated horribly. Because of this…

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    INTEGRATED CROP MANAGEMENT OF MAIZE I. Integrated Crop Management - ICM 1. What is ICM? ICM is a manufacturing process to effectively provide sufficient food and other products, reducing the consumption of material resources, protecting the quality of soil, water, air, and biodiversity. 2. The basics of ICM - Plant care and nutrition management: + Using the high-yielding and disease-free seeds of good crop varieties + Ensuring planting density to promote the yield potential of varieties +…

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    The internet, health care, cars, and airplanes. These things are a part of our life, but more often than not we dread or don’t appreciate these miracles of modern life. In the novel Station 11 everything was taken away from the human race, electricity, law, resources, fame, and for many, their lives. The main premise of Station 11 is the almost immediate regression from a society that has taken ages to maintain and develop, back into a lawless world where only memories of life before the…

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    Albom began sharing Morrie’s death and the process of dying by sharing one of the very first metaphor’s when he describes the pink hibiscus plant and how it stays beautiful as its leaves wither away. “The last class of my old professor’s life took place once a week, in his home, by a window in his study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink flowers.” (Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie, 1997 pg. 56). As Albom visits Morrie on his weekly visits, you notice with the tone and several…

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    Epilogue To Cato's Death

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    the back of the stone, one leg stretched out in front of him, the other tucked close to his body. He hadn’t moved in hours, blue eyes simply staring off into nothingness, his mind somewhere far, far away. Our leader, reduced to this… this haggard husk, all because of the man buried beneath my feet. How easy to push all the blame off on a dead man, but if Riah taught me anything, it was to respect the dead—even though the notion was idiotic and senseless. So, no. Cato wasn’t entirely to blame…

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    The copy of zombies mode is described as a co-op or single player sandbox survival and killing game and is about exploration, scavenging items, crafting weapons, building fortified structures, and fighting waves of encroaching monsters.[4] Tim Sweeney, Epic's founder, described the game as "Minecraft meets Left 4 Dead".[5] The game cycles between managing one's resources at a safe home base, and then going out on missions to complete quests as to collect resources and obtain rewards to advance…

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    the watch of faraway old government that you once left to seek new land and new opportunity? Telling you what to pay and how much. We all need a sense of control, but when you give up your small amount of control to other you become a puppet or husk of your former self. The patriot fought to gain their freedom from the government that had fail them over in England and set sail to find new jobs, goals , and promised of better life in the new world. The loyalist that stood with Britain were…

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    purposes, because of its curved tip, it was easy to cut the grain or the cob. The flail was another agricultural tool popular in the eighteenth century. This tool was used for threshing after harvesting the farmers had to separate the grains from the husks. The flail was made of two sticks (one longer than the other) attached with a chain so that they can move. After harvesting, farmers placed the grains in the ground and then began to hit them with the flails to separate the grains from the…

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