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    Quilting enthusiasts in Overland Park, KS know there’s only one spot for all of their quilting supplies and accessories: Quilted Memories. Just as impressive as the store is the company’s website, where you’ll find everything you need to design an unforgettable quilt. At the top of your shopping list are materials. At the Quilted Memories online store, you’ll find batting in different materials, including 100 percent cotton, cotton and wool blends, wool, silk, and polyester. One of the most enjoyable parts of the quilting process is choosing the fabric, and the selection at Quilted Memories doesn’t disappoint. You’ll find everything from solid colors and Christmas patterns to cozy flannel and vibrant prints. Naturally, you’ll need a stock…

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    Sanitation wasn't the best but medical examiners used gloves and would dress in hazmat suits; to prevent infection or contamination of the deceased ("Coroners"). In the late 1900’s, coroners and medical investigators had a great deal of manufacturing safe medical tools and with the medical revolution now they had plenty of tools to figure out who had killed someone ("Coroners"). Even though some people got accused of killing a certain person, but didn’t actually do it. It has had its ups and…

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    Running With Scissors

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    “The line between normal and crazy seemed impossibly thin. A person would have to be an expert tightrope walker in order not to fall.” (247) The memoir Running with Scissors chronicles the childhood trials and tribulations of the author, Augusten Burroughs. After being abandoned by his poet-wannabe mother and left with her unorthodox therapist, named Dr. Finch, and his off-color family, Burroughs finds himself amid uncontrollable squalor that gives way to an eccentric childhood with no rules.…

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    Scissor Cutting Exercise

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    Scissor cutting involves open and close hand action using a pointer, index and thumb of one hand, whilst using the other to holding cutting material (Kearns, 2011). Scissor cutting help develops fine motor and hand and eye coordination and development of strength and joint stability in wrist, elbow and shoulder (Kearns, 2011). To manage to do up buttons the action requires the development of the pincher grasp, the control of thumb and pointer coming together (Kearns, 2010). Being able to let…

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    had taken responsibility after that and during her apprenticeship acted as her teacher in the martial arts and guide to natural and supernatural creatures. She slowly stood up, wiped away her tears and gazed upon her father’s corpse, glancing back at his prized silver swords, named Scissors as she recalled, still in the her father’s grasp. Immediately her mind remembered his lycanthropy lessons at…

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    “Edward Scissor Hands”, the whole film is about a robot on the modern dark fairy tale. The highlight of this film’s art is in the makeup and costume modeling, the colorful color of the house and the image of the exaggerated design are quite surreal. This film also won the Oscar for the best makeup and best costume. Edward pale complexion and the claws of the silver hand scissors, Show a certain texture and luster, and the castle where he lives is black and white tones. Indoor furniture,…

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    Scissor Shivers The doorbell “rings” as we walk in the beauty parlor. “ I am starting middle school in two weeks.” “ What if my hair looks bad for the starting of my middle school years.” “ I really want to make a good impression.”If everyone sees me walking around with a bald .spot I’ll be a joke.” I don't want to look like a clown.” “Alyssa” calls my hairdresser.” Come sit in this chair sweetie.” She cleans her tools and rags. “Okay” I murmur. I sit in the big black chair as she prepares her…

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    Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs is a memoir of Augusten’s childhood and adolescent life where he experiences the frenzy of his parent’s deteriorating marital relationship and his livelihood under his mother’s psychologist’s household. The book begins with the introduction of young Augusten, a seven year old boy who enjoys dressing up in his mother’s clothes and polishing jewelry. His childhood resembles that of an average boy. His father, a mathematics professor, would take him out…

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    Running With Scissors In this world, there are people who have almost everything and then there are people whose life falls apart more and more each day. Augusten Burroughs wrote the book named, Running With Scissors, and in this book he explains how his life took a U-turn at the age of 12. He lived a very clean life, with two parents. Until, his parents split up and his mother sent him to live with her psychiatrist, Dr. Finch. Dr. Finch had many other children who lived in a very horrible…

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    3.0 External Environmental Factors Affecting Rock Paper Scissor Salon 3.1 Competition Rock Paper Scissors salon is a new and upcoming business. As such, it may be affected by existing similar businesses that have existed a longer time and, hence, have loyal customers or higher market share (Pulaj & Kume, 2013, p. 65). The competition may affect Rock Paper Scissor in terms of investment where established salons can invest in purchasing high-tech and modern equipment, and are able to adjust based…

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