The story opens with the account of a woodcutter who has found a man’s body in the woods. The woodcutter reports that man died of a single sword stroke to the chest‚ and that the trampled leaves around the body showed there had been a violent struggle‚ but otherwise lacked any significant evidence as to what actually happened. There were no weapons nearby‚ and no horses—only a single piece of rope‚ a comb and a lot of blood. The next account is delivered by a traveling Buddhist priest. He says
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Yoko Kawashima Watkins wrote her personal truth of the struggles she had experience in her autobiographical novel‚ So Far from the Bamboo Grove. Her novel gives the reader a first person account of the brutalities of war through the eyes of an innocent 12 year old Yoko Watkins. The clear and simple style of the novel draws the reader’s sympathy in favor of Yoko Watkins and her family as they escape the harsh Korean War. Yoko Watkins intention is writing the book was to share here survival story and
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Krissy Ugolini 50 Kirkland St Agawam‚ MA October 10‚ 2012 Dear Elms College‚ It took me eighteen years to realize what an extraordinary influence my mother has been on my life. She’s the kind of person who always has time for her seven children in her busy day‚ and the kind of leader that pushed me to do well in high school. Growing up with such a strong role model‚ I developed many of her enthusiasms. I also came to understand how important it is to succeed in school. My mother’s
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years. Using the information provided from their forecasted financials‚ by 2015 Pacific Grove will reach a 55% ratio of interest/bearing debt to total assets and their equity multiplier will be 2.77. (See Exhibit 1) Depending on how stringent the bank is this may not be quick enough of a timeline or progressive enough of a plan. If they want these figures lowered to the required levels by 2012 then Pacific Grove must do something more aggressive reduce interest bearing debt levels. The company should
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"My restless roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long." One day I will travel the world‚ leaving a trail of memories behind me. I will capture the true beauty of the earth we live on. Everyday we wait is another day we won’t get back. Think of all those hours you have wasted the days where you’ve just sat on a couch all day. Sometimes you’ve just gotta get up and try things. The world is waiting for you patienly.One day you will have to stop hating who you are. Beauty is not
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The Fear of a Nation and the Bravery Within: Devil in the Grove It was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt who famously said‚ “We have nothing to fear but fear itself”. There was a deep-seated irrational fear in Lake County‚ Florida in 1949 four black boys accused of raping a 17-year-old girl. White supremacists obsessed over controlling the black race‚ and protecting the “flower of southern womanhood”. While blacks feared for their lives. And with the influential but extremely courageous help
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SUNNY LEONE HISTORY Sunny Leone was born in Sarnia‚ Ontario‚ to parents who emigrated from India. When she was 15‚ her family received their green card and migrated to the United States. After graduating from high school in 1999 she enrolled in college She first worked in a German bakery‚ then a jiffy lube Through an agent she got work for penthouse‚ and in March 2001 she was voted penthouse pet of the month. The same year‚ she got a 3 year contract offer from Vivid‚ and slowly transitioned into
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Sunny Leone didn’t grow up dreaming of being a porn star. It was the allure of financial independence and the surging popularity of South Asian culture in North America that drew the Punjabi princess to adult entertainment. And despite her conservative heritage‚ Leone‚ a former Penthouse Pet of the Year‚ has her family’s support - and no qualms about her career. "My parents encouraged me to be an extremely independent woman‚" says Leone‚ 26. "Throughout my childhood they always told me to never
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Sunny D was extremely successful in the 1990’s. The brand has been labeled the iconic juice brand of its decade (Rowlands 2014). When Sunny D was introduced in the UK in 1998‚ it became the biggest selling soft drink in the nation‚ trailing behind Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Sunny D took a triumphant position in the soft drink industry. Their slogan in the nineties: “the great stuff kids go for” (The Guardian 2001) was emphasized in promotional campaigns that showcased TV commercials full of energetic
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Immediately following the opening‚ the audience is introduced to Sunny’s nosy‚ elderly neighbor‚ Mrs. Pfeiffer‚ who yells at Sunny from stories bellow in the apartment’s courtyard to check clean out her window. Mrs. Pfeiffer consistently openly monitors Sunny‚ judging her windows‚ looking in her trash‚ and submitting a heated complaint to the building manager that she is a nuisance to the neighbors for her “loud music‚” “entertaining men‚” and for the “pigeon nest” under the window that Mrs. Pfeiffer
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