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    Sonny's Blues

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    demonstrated in the Famous novella by James Baldwin entitled Sonny’s Blues. This intriguing novella is a prime example of a story that deals with African American oppression present in the 1950s. The text embodies the vivid idea that listening will lead to ones freedom. “Freedom lurked around us and I understood‚ at last‚ that he could help us to be free if we would listen” (Baldwin 90). This reoccurring theme present in Sonny’s Blues is proven through the use of family relationships and meaningful symbols

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    Pepsi Blue

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    Pepsi Blue Pepsi Blue Type Flavored Cola Manufacturer PepsiCo‚ Inc. Country of origin United States Introduced mid-2002 Discontinued 2004 (Canadian markets) Related products Crystal Pepsi‚ New Coke Pepsi blue‚ launched in mid-2002 and discontinued in 2004‚ was the result of taste-testing over 100 flavors over a 9-month period. Designed to compete with Coca-Cola’s Vanilla Coke‚ it is considered by some to be the company’s second equivalent of New Coke‚ after the much maligned Crystal

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    Funeral Directors Job opportunities should be good‚ particularly for those who also embalm; however‚ mortuary science graduates may have to relocate to find jobs. Funeral directors are licensed by their State. Advancement opportunities generally are best in larger funeral homes. Funeral directors also are called morticians or undertakers. Funeral directors arrange the details and handle the logistics of funerals. They interview the family to learn what family members desire with regard

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    Mary Crary Reflection Paper 1/15/13 Prof. Martinez INT 130 Linguistic register at funerals: Frozen- When the minister recites a biblical verse such as Psalms Ch. 23 (The Lord is my Shepard‚ I shall not want‚ he make me lie down…). Frozen is a type of linguistic that never changes or rarely changes over time. This does not require turn taking because the minister delivers the verse quite like a prayer. An interpreter would sign this prayer using small‚ slow signs‚ giving the participants time

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    Blue Brain

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    BLUE BRAIN PROJECT WHAT IS BLUE BRAIN? * BLUE BRAIN—The world’s first virtual brain * It’s being developed by IBM * Within 30 years we will be able to scan ourselves into computers The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. The aim of the project‚ founded in May 2005 by the Brain and Mind Institute of the École Polytechnique in Lausanne‚ Switzerland‚ is to study the brain’s architectural and

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    fully prepared to make funeral arrangements‚ unless we’ve had the dubious honor of doing it all before‚ and most of us don’t even know the location of our local funeral home. A funeral is intended to celebrate a person’s life. Planning the right type of funeral‚ one that can give comfort to friends and family while remembering the deceased‚ is a feat in itself. Once you do find its location (just look in the phone book)‚ it’s not really that difficult to plan the funeral - with their advice and

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    The Blue Hotel

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    In ¡°The Blue Hotel‚¡± Stephen Crane uses various provocative techniques to ensure that the setting adds to the richness of the story. ¡°The Blue Hotel¡± is set in a cold Nebraska town at the Palace Hotel in the late 1800¡¯s‚ but there is more to setting than just when and where a story takes place. In a written work‚ it is the author¡¯s job to vividly depict events in order to keep the reader¡¯s attention and to create colorful mental images of places‚ objects‚ or situations. The story is superbly

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    The Blue Laws

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    The Blue Laws The Blue Laws were laws that were designed to enforce religious standards‚ especially those days that were designated as a day of worship or rest. The name was rumored to have come from the supposedly blue paper the laws were printed on‚ but since that was most likely false‚ historians have found that the name came the 17th century use of the word blue‚ which was a reference to the strict moral codes and those who observed them‚ as in blue-stocking. The blue laws were favored by

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    The Blue Bouquet

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    The Blue Bouquet I woke covered with sweat. Hot steam rose from the newly sprayed‚ redbrick pavement.  A gray-winged butterfly‚ dazzled‚ circled the yellow light.  I jumped from my hammock and crossed the room barefoot‚ careful not to step on some scorpion leaving his hideout for a bit of fresh air.  I went to the little window and inhaled the country air.  One could hear the breathing of the night‚ feminine‚ enormous.  I returned to the center of the room‚ emptied water from a jar into a pewter

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    Refugee Blues

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    Refugee Blues W. H. Auden’s poem of despair‚ misery‚ and isolation‚ “Refugee Blues”‚ describes the hardships faced by two German Jewish refugees attempting to escape Hitler’s Germany. Published in autumn‚ 1939‚ Auden is surrounded by the anti-Sematic hatred that is growing in Germany six months prior to the outbreak of World War II. Auden utilizes this environment and the experiences of German Jews to express the abuse of human rights and the sentiments of refugees. For the near two thousand

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