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    Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love is the tale of an oddly sensational traveling freak show called the Binewski Carnival Fabulon. The show‚ run by Aloysius (Al) and Crystal (Lil) Binewski‚ ultimately is hit with hard times due to some of the performers shortcomings so Al “decided to breed his own version of freaks” (Dunn 7) in order to insure they would not have any more issues with such behaviors. Or as Al so loving recalled: “before I even dreamed you‚ my dreamlets!” (Dunn 6). Not only was the creation

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    Stand the Pressure

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    In chapter 1 of Bridging the Gap‚ the article "Can You Stand the Pressure?" written by Calvin Mackie‚ describes pressure. The main focus of the article is about pressure‚ how it is generated‚ and the positive or negative outcome it can have on a person. The article also provides material on how to handle and deal with it. Mackie provides motivation to people who may be dealing with stress from entering college or finishing college‚ work related or any pressure one may encounter during life. I

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    Stand By Me

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    Stand By Me Stand by Me was based off the novella‚ "The Body‚" by Stephen King. Screenplay was by‚ Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans. And directed by Rob Reiner. It was made in 1986 by Columbia Pictures. It’s a coming of age movie‚ about an adult male who is reminiscing about a time in his childhood around the age of 11‚ 12 years old‚ in the year 1959 where him and his three friends go off and try and find a dead body of a missing boy‚ to try and make a name of themselves and become the town’s

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    Never Eat Alone

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    NeCaroline Madden Prep for Profession Jonathan Flom 18 March 2013 Never Eat Alone Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi is extremely applicable to the performing arts business. The book emphasizes on the importance of knowing your own brand‚ connecting with others‚ and relating to others on a human level. To be in the acting business‚ you need to know the package you are going to present yourself with‚ you need to be able to work well with others‚ and in the audition room make a human connection

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    “owner”‚ who was the husband and the father. This caused many women to feel left out‚ unimportant and discriminated. Not a single man would want to trade places with a woman. However‚ women began fighting for their rights and won. “Not for Ourselves Alone” is a good documentary film about fight for women rights and the biography of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ two women that were born into the world ruled by men. These two women were very different. Susan grew up wealthy‚ educated and

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    Take a Stand

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    Name: Course: Date: Instructor: Topic 7 Assignment: Journal Compilation from Weeks 1-6 Reflections on Planning for a Successful Graduation & Life Road Map Directions: You will be starting this assignment in week 1 (Topic 1) and will continue to build and complete this assignment each week until you submit the final product in week 7 (Topic 7). There are 2 parts to this assignment; Part One will be responding to a variety of different writing prompts relating to the topics and objectives

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    Alone Time For Solitude

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    In America alone‚ $412 billion dollars a year is spent on advertising‚ an industry that is constantly telling us where to go‚ what to watch‚ and what to purchase. In modern day media‚ advertising is just one method of distraction. In today’s world‚ we are busier than ever before. Little free time and time to make decisions on our own makes us vulnerable to what we see‚ and our own opinions are compacted. The more we are influenced by products in the media‚ the less time we think about what

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    Travel Alone? Group?

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    Alone? Group? Travelling can be done in many ways. Either alone‚ with family‚ or with a group like an organized tour. Travelling alone means that you go by yourself to another place or country either to visit or to have fun. Travelling in a group means you go with a whole lot of people whether it’s a group of friends‚ group of people with the same interest‚ family‚ etc. But in this particular essay I would be focusing more on organized tours for the group section. First of all I would like to

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    Alone on Top a Hilltop

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    Allen Title: Alone on a Hilltop Summary of essay (be sure to use your own words‚ without quotations): “Alone on a Hilltop” was written by John (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes. It is an exciting story about a young Sioux boy becoming a man and what that journey looked like for him. Four important points of the essay (be sure to use your own words‚ without quotations): 1) Indian children never being alone. 2) The peace pipe playing an important part in the young Sioux night alone. 3) The young

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    In "On the Beach at Night Alone‚" Walt Whitman develops the idea that everyone has a connection with everything else‚ including nature. Whitman uses a variety of writing techniques to get his point across. First‚ the repetition and parallel structure that his poems contain reinforce the connection between everything in nature. The usage of "All" 11 times emphasizes the inclusion of everything in the universe. The sentence structure remains the same throughout the poem‚ without any drastic change;

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