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    saw a commercial for the television show Duck Dynasty‚ I had to watch just because it looked so hilarious. Now I watch the show every time its on‚ even the ones that I have seen over and over and still laugh just like its the first time seeing it. Duck Dynasty is for anyone that likes duck hunting‚comedy‚drama‚and life lessons. Duck Dynasty focuses on a reality television hit on A&E Wednesday nights at 10:00 pm. Duck Dynasty’s third season ’s final episode brought in a 9.6 million in viewers

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    Stone Greasers Narrative

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    my friends from our gang‚ we’re called the Stone Greasers. I had to run a mile in order to get onto my bus for school. Once I got on the bus I saw my best friend‚ Timmy‚ as white as a ghost. I approached to him slowly and calmly‚ “Did it happen again Timmy?” “Yeah‚ it seems like every day my folks try to hurt me or something.” Most days I usually let Timmy stay with me so he doesn’t have to go through his parents fighting all the time. What seemed like forever finally came‚ we arrived at

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    Like Father, Like Daughter

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    Like Father‚ Like Daughter Let’s face it; there comes a time in life when teenagers cannot stand their parents. Arguments ensue‚ many things that should never be said are spoken aloud‚ and the teenagers think that they have nothing in common with their parents. However‚ when Sarah Vowell shares her experience in the essay “Shooting Dad‚” she gives the audience a complete‚ retrospective look at her teenage feuds‚ which contrasts her relationship with her father today. Vowell uses her past experiences

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    Stone Age Economics

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    First published in 1974‚ Marshall Sahlins’ Stone Age Economics challenges that Western societies are more conducive to leisure and prosperity than traditional stone-age cultures. Using evidence from primitive cultures in Africa‚ Australia‚ and Asia‚ Sahlins argues that these hunter-gatherers live a more fulfilling life because they are not concerned with material possessions. While Western societies view scarcity as the basis of unhappiness‚ scarcity in stone-age societies is precisely what drives

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    Like Father, Like Son

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    Like Father‚ Like Son Man’s goal in life is not to do something incredible during his lifetime‚ but instead to leave something incredible behind for future generations to act and build on. In Cormac Mccarthy’s The Road‚ a man and his son struggle for survival in a post-apocalyptic era. The majority of this struggle revolves around the lack of food in the world and the boy’s constant fear of life itself. In order to combat these struggles‚ the man is forced to have all faith and must keep trekking

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    oppression and racism. Throughout Brenda DoHarris’s novel‚ Calabash Parkway‚ feminism is displayed on numerous occasions by the Guyanese women being portrayed in the story. There are examples of feminism in Thelma Thompson’s novel‚ Bay Leaves and Cinnamon Sticks‚ by Miss Millie‚ a Jamaican woman who finds work in the United States. The meaning of feminism amongst women of color can be analyzed in several ways. Typically‚

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    The investigatory project intends to determine if rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.) seeds can be utilized to a new product. Similarly‚ the project was designed to utilized the rambutan seeds (wherein we consider seeds as waste after nibbling it) available in the community as source of commercial alternative coffee. The data to be gathered will be taken from experiments‚ such as the acceptability test of the product (rambuffee) to the consumers. Based on the findings of the study‚ the researchers

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    limit the use of gun ownership is because people have the mindset that you need a gun to protect yourself or others. That should not be the case‚ we should be teaching men‚ women‚ and children to not harm others. For example‚ in the article‚ “Fist‚ Stick‚ Knife‚ Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America‚” by Geoffrey Canada he states: “I needed the gun because we had moved from Union Avenue to 183rd Street in the Bronx‚ but I still traveled back to Union Avenue during holidays when I was home

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    Not all presidents were considered peace-loving‚ and sometimes their approaches like the “Big Stick Diplomacy” produced effective results. However‚ Preston Smith Brooks‚ although never a president‚ found his own way to implement his version of the big stick diplomacy. Arguments should be won with words and not violence‚ but some see that beating a message into somebody as the most effective method. Although the unbelievable situation appears mildly amusing to us now‚ the attack on Charles Sumner

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    Stepping Stone to Success

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    Stepping-Stone to Success The lack of success is failure. Failure teaches us a lot. It reveals our weakness that must be overcome. It also guides and inspires us to put in more effort. It reveals the weakness of our planning‚ and it gives us strength to act more decisively. It gives us a teaching for the future. Failure‚ therefore prepares a person to go for the next attempt with better chance of success. Like in J.K Rowling’s speech‚ she describes how she failed on an “epic scale” after graduation

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