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    AMC”s “The Walking Dead” is a post-apocalyptic television show based on an ongoing comic book series. Set in Atlanta‚ Georgia the plot follows a small group of people‚ led by police officer Rick Grimes‚ struggling to survive after a pandemic of an unknown disease causes people to turn into zombies. After infection‚ a person initially dies‚ but is then somehow revived back to “life.” These zombies‚ or “walkers” as they are deemed on the show‚ seemingly have no self-awareness‚ but are able to walk

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    A recent study indicates when men crave food‚ they tend to crave fat and salt. When women crave food‚ they tend to desire chocolate. American and Russian space flights have always included chocolate. American chocolate manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of milk -- only surpassed by the cheese and ice cream industries. Americans consumed over 3.1 billion pounds of chocolate in 2001‚ which is almost half of the total world’s production. Aztec emperor Montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of

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    It was a dark and stormy night… I’m sorry; I just had to say that. It was actually just like every other day‚ you know‚ until the zombie thing happened. Just like any other Friday‚ Ted and I were getting done with our third shift jobs. It was a boring assembly line job‚ doing the same thing over and over. The kind of job that can turn your brain to mush. Come to think of it‚ working there put us in a kind of zombie-like state. Our usual weekend ritual involved going to the bar immediately

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    entertaining." Our series was about a group of teenagers who were trapped in their school because of a zombie apocalypse. We called our series‚ Another Teen Zombie Show. "The United States used to have a two-party political system"‚ Mr. Williams said. Mr. Williams is one of the characters in our series‚ who’s based on Mr. Sparks. "But between 2035 and 2050"‚ Mr. Williams said‚ "things changed. We now have a four-party political system. These four parties were created by all of the major companies in the

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    According to Canadian Ethnobotanist Wade Davis the main drug was derived from the poisonous tetrodotoxins of puffer fish. He mentioned one concoction which contained that toxin along with bufo toads‚ a crushed human infant skull‚ sea worm‚ blue lizards‚ mimosa and itchy peas. The ingredients were powdered and perhaps ingested‚ or blown into the face of an intended victim. As it entered the blood stream it caused “death” in about a half hour. The death is permanent if the toxin dose is slightly too

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    The response by the military in the film to the zombie outbreak appears to be far more rapid that would be expected based on Brooks’ descriptions of zombie outbreaks. Barry’s sister Brook is show as being captured by a pair of military men searching for survivors in what seems to be the morning after the outbreak. What could at first possibly be seen as a rescue quickly takes a nefarious turn as the men rough handle and test Brook’s blood for an unknown purpose. Once her blood checks out‚ the men

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    Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) Director Tommy Wirkola also directed “Dead Snow” which should serve as the leader in the category of Nazi Zombie movie. “Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead” picks up the story immediately after the events in the first film. Fans of the earlier film will surly enjoy the sequel. The mood in the two films however I found quite different. “Dead Snow” is very traditional with straight up Zombie disaster elements‚ moody and terrifying with a few humorous elements. “Dead

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    In today’s horror media‚ there is arguably nothing more popular than the zombie movie. There have been many‚ many horror movies that have come out in recent times the main predecessor being Night of the Living Dead. There have been popular zombie shows‚ such as The Walking Dead‚ even popular zombie video games like The Last of Us. But why are zombies so popular in today’s media? One could argue that it is because zombie movies and other zombie media address the modern person’s fears. Specifically

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    Do monsters always come backs? Monsters seem to keep coming back for the same reason but in different forms. In Dawn of the Dead that form seems to be zombies. The term zombie is not used by the characters in the movie‚ but it is a term that has been picked for generations. Zombies or monsters same thing‚ they both have one goal is to attack‚ hurt‚ and kill. The monsters and zombies know who the enemies are and they won’t stop until they kill any and everything in sight. Zombies are only dangerous

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    follow it safe. Additional comments: First of all‚I would just like to say that this is the greatest opportunity to win a Scholarship I have ever encountered. Thank you very much for the opportunity. If nothing else‚ I had a blast writing this. Now‚ about me. I want to become a cardiologist and to help people. Going to school for this career is not cheap. And any funds are greatly appreciated. I truly hope that you will strongly consider me for this scholarship. Thank you for your

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