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    shade of grizzly. The choice has been praised as apt and “badass” by Vulture Magazine. The song is called “Nevermind‚” and it first appeared on Cohen’s most recent studio album‚ Popular Problems‚ which he recorded in 2014. Last year‚ the show used “Far From Any Road” by the Handsome Family as its theme song‚ but with the change of cast and change of storyline with season two‚ it seems fitting that the show’s

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    Throughout this class‚ we have been introduced to several ways of viewing work. From the Dolores Dante’s “Waitress from Working‚” to the movie 9 to 5‚ and Chapter 6 of Matthew B. Crawford “Shop Class as a Soul Craft.” In Dolores Dante reading “Waitress from Working” Dolores Dante talks about how she’s a waitress and she works as waitress too support her family. And despite needing the extra money‚ she still loves her job and is proud of her work. The movie 9 to 5 describes 3 women’s attempt to change

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    Do you know how many children run away from home every year? According to societyandculture.com "Every year‚ more than one million children in the U.S. run away from home. Kids as young as 10 are among the one in seven who leave their homes‚ although most runaways are between 15 and 17". From these statistics‚ I am beginning to wonder why this happens every year and it seems it isn’t stopping anytime soon. In a complicated society‚ not all families are the same. Children are affected by their family

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    Dorothy’s A Long Way from Home! The movie the “Wizard of Oz” was made in the year of 1939. Ever since it premiered‚ many people instantly fell in love with it and continue to watch it to this day. The “Wizard of Oz” is considered a classic and a must see among all types of audiences. The plot of the film is a girl named Dorothy who lives in Kansas with her family and a dog that she recently found named Toto. A tornado hits Kansas and causes Dorothy to become unconscious. When

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    The Second Shift “I am a working mother. I am nuts‚” proclaims an unkempt cartoon woman on a mug. Surrounded by mounds of papers‚ a crying baby‚ and a broom‚ she is exhausted but resolute. What is held up as absurd in this cartoon is not the economic necessity of her working or her husband’s failure to help. It is her own choice to work that makes her an object of cheerful self-mocking. In THE SECOND SHIFT: WORKING PARENTS AND THE REVOLUTION AT HOME‚ Arlie Hochschild holds up to the light this

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    April 17‚ 1917 Dear Mother‚ It’s been a long time since I had the opportunity to sit down and write you a letter. I miss you and father a lot. I am overjoyed to be writing this letter to you. The mood here is one of jubilation. Our assault on Vimy Ridge began at 5:30 am on Easter Monday‚ eight days ago. We lost a lot of good boys but I am so very pleased to inform you that the Canucks got the job done! What the French couldn’t do for two years and the Brits too we‚ Byng’s Boys did in three days

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    HOWZAT! [Setting takes place in Jane’s living room.] JANE: Hey darling? Are you going to watch Australia vs England on Friday? MATT: The Ashes? ‘Course luv! Wouldn’t miss it for the world! JANE: Great! I’ve got us all a ticket. MATT: All? JANE: Why‚ yes! Daddy will be joining us. He is just as big a fan as you are. MATT: [cringingly] Your dad? JANE: [ignores and continues on] Darling‚ haven’t I ever told you Daddy used to play for England? He was the best of his time. MATT: [mutters under his breath]

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    At home but not at home Nicole Constable The main aim of the article is showing that in case of migrants (specifically Filipinas in Honk Kong) the concept of home is not as simple and unambiguous as it may seem. Constable presents different conceptualizations of the notions “space”‚ “place” and “home”. He follows the conception of Ackbar Abbas‚ who writes‚ "We think of a place in terms of definable physical characteristics and situatedness‚ at most as a symbolic structure. A space by contrast

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    baby boy. This baby boy was going to be called JamesC. We would have to travel a long way in order to get to the West. As we were getting ready to leave‚ we received some news. We recently found out that the original colonists had brought quilting from the old world. The settlers who began moving West‚ in the nineteenth century brought quilting along with them as well. We had been ready to leave and say goodbye once and for all. Off we went down the

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    The author sparked curiosity from when she discussed about the two different lifestyles that she and her parents lived. In the beginning‚ she claims how she is wealthy and lives in an apartment. However‚ she spots her mother‚ homeless‚ looking through garbage. In result‚ she is

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