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    already apart of consumer culture. Producers entwine consumers in their webs of persuasion; they are already cult-like members. Kalle Lasn is a founder and journalist who wrote “The Cult you’re in” a chapter from Culture Jam: How to Reverse America’s Suicidal Consumer Binge- and Why We Must. In Lasn’s essay‚ he explains that people have lost their identity due to consumer culture and he urges readers to resist the influence before they lose themselves. Benoit Denizet-Lewis is a writer that studies

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    Lewis Structures

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    A Brief Tutorial on Drawing Lewis Dot Structures (YouTube references at the end) Procedure for Neutral Molecules (CO2) 1. Decide how many valence (outer shell) electrons are posessed by each atom in the molecule. 2. If there is more than one atom type in the molecule‚ put the most metallic or least electronegative atom in the center. Recall that electronegativity decreases as atom moves further away from fluorine on the periodic chart. Arrangement of atoms in CO2: 3. Arrange

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    Poverty

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    SERIES Theories of Poverty and Anti-Poverty Programs in Community Development Ted K. Bradshaw RPRC Working Paper No. 06-05 February‚ 2006 Rural Poverty Research Center http://www.rprconline.org/ RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center 214 Middlebush Hall University of Missouri Columbia MO 65211-6200 PH 573 882-0316 RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Oregon State University 213 Ballard Hall Corvallis OR 97331-3601 PH 541 737-1442 Theories of Poverty and Anti-Poverty Programs in Community

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    Ray Lewis

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    Ray Lewis Ray Lewis was born May 15‚ 1975 and is a linebacker who has played for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL since 1996. Lewis has been selected to eleven Pro Bowls and been named an Associated Press All-Pro nine times. He won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2000 and 2003; he was the sixth player to win the award multiple times. He was also the second linebacker to win the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award and the first linebacker to win the award on the winning Super Bowl team

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    Edmonia Lewis

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    Edmonia Lewis and Henry Ossawa Tanner When considering art there are many elements involved in a work of art. The most important elements in art are the most obvious one ’s to see. Mary Edmonia Lewis and Henry Ossawa Tanner are two artists who have created art that speak to people in depth of their creativity and inspiration from others. Although these two artists study two different genres of art‚ both of these artists have great talent that has been recognized throughout the world. Mary Edmonia

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    Lewis and Clark

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    History 10 May 2013 Lewis & Clark “In the spring of 1804‚ Lewis and Clark left St. Louis and headed up the Missouri River. They had 3 boats and they took 40 men with them‚ most of these men were Americans some French Canadians.” (Davidson). “These men needed to search the west for many reasons. One main reason was to set the stage for settlement of the West‚ also this land had not been explored yet. This exploration opened land and discovered new cultures. One of their goals was to

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    Oscar Wao Analysis

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    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz unmasks the effects of politics‚ diaspora‚ and gender in the development of the hyphenated Dominican-American culture. Trujillo’s regime reveals the impact of militarism and dictatorship on a culture and people. Díaz represents how the violent and corrupt nature of the Trujillato shapes gender stereotypes and sexuality and the portrayal of Oscar illustrates the discriminations against hetero-normative masculinities. Díaz also represents the role

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    Edmonia Lewis

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    feminist art history that explores powerful relationship between gender and art and the history of dynamic tension. Edmonia Lewis is not only an example of a prolific female artist‚ but is a sculpture of African American and Native American decent. In Lewis’s sculptures we see stylistically neoclassic imagery with an important twist‚ she puts her own identity at the periphery. Lewis work encompasses themes of religion‚ freedom and slavery and while she sometimes depicts African‚ African American and Native

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    C.S Lewis

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    Afton Rios Msc #225 Apologetics Paper #1 Clive Staples Lewis‚ or C.S Lewis‚ was a well known novelist and Christian Apologist. However‚ he it was only in his later life that he argued for the existence of God. He andured many hardships in his childhood. With his mother’s passing‚ influence of the boarding school he attended‚ along with other life situations caused Lewis to reject Christianity and become an avowed atheist. But today he is best known as an apologist‚ probably the most successful

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    Lewis Hines

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    Depicting the Working Children of America Lewis Hines was born on September 26‚ 1874 in the town of Oshkosh‚ Wisconsin. Early on in his life his father passed away due to an accident. After that he lived with his mother and began to work in a factory and to save money so he could go through the rest of school. When it came to education‚ where he took courses in drawing and sculpture.. He studied sociology at Columbia University‚ New York University‚ and The University of Chicago. After graduation

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