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    On his right arm sat a magic eight ball that he’d gotten back in the 80’s during his coke years. On his left, an iconic female skeleton with her flowing, long brown hair. Atop her head she wore a crown of thorns entwined with roses. The image appeared common among deadhead circles. Sadly though, both tattoos having withered over time, were now nothing more than a couple of large green blotches, barely recognizable. Lovienthal splashed a couple of handfuls of water onto his face, hoping to

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    “ Shut the hell up! Don’t you dare talk to your mother like that,” shrieked my father. This was how the few family dinners we tried to have eventually turned out. My dad and I arguing while my mom and sisters sat watching us. It can get just as loud as Thanksgiving dinner is when my Uncle Wayne’s here. It’s no wonder why we stopped inviting him to dinner after that last time he stopped by. I wasn’t afraid to yell right back at him anymore. I had attempted to stop caring what he said or did many years

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    READING MUMBO JUMBO Mumbo Jumbo is a novel about writing itself – not only in the figurative sense of the postmodern, elf-reflexive text but also in a literal sense… [It] is both a book about texts and a book of texts, a composite narrative of subtexts, pretexts, posttexts, and narratives within narratives. It is both a definition of afro American culture and its deflation. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Author of The Signifying Monkey Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed's third novel and by many

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    impact on any decisions made. SISO, SIMO, MISO, MIMO terminology The different forms of antenna technology refer to single or multiple inputs and outputs. These are related to the radio link. In this way the input is the transmitter as it transmits into the link or signal path, and the output is the receiver. It is at the output of the wireless link. therefore the different forms of single / multiple antenna

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    In 2010, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson auditioned as solo candidates for the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor.[4] They failed to progress to the "Boys" category at "judges' houses" but were put together to form a five-piece boy band at Wembley Arena, in London, England, in July 2010, during the "bootcamp" stage of the competition,[5] thus qualifying for the "Groups" category. Nicole Scherzinger, a guest judge,[4][6][7]

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    a musical career. In early 2011, Sheeran released an independent extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project, which caught the attention of both Elton John and Jamie Foxx. He then signed to Asylum Records. His debut album, +, containing the singles "The A Team" and "Lego House", was certified 6× Platinum in the UK. In 2012, Sheeran won two Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically

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    Prologue Once upon a time, like how most fairy tales start out, there were two grand kingdoms that was unknown to each other because they were far, far apart. They both decided to throw a party for their newborn child. One was a handsome little boy and one a beautiful small girl. The kingdoms handed out many invitations to family and friends to attend that the kingdoms found out about each other. The kings and queens were angry because the parties were on the same day. The two kingdoms fought

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    We all have one life to live. In this life we teach things to others, but we also learn things from others. We communicate in one way or another to get across with our purpose whatever it might be. We all have our own communication style, way to listen, communication apprehension, and our way to resolve conflict. Therefore, I will elaborate in those concepts with my own personal experience and understanding about them. There are four different styles of communication private, dominant, sociable

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    CHAPTER SIX The Enchanted Amulet Clouds of chocolate-colored dust closed around us the next day like a throttling throw. “Off on another adventure, eh lad?” Cotton coughed, as he vaulted over a huge, tumbleweed. “And I don’t see a witch anywhere! This is exciting. Just you and me on a quest to discover the golden key.” “Yeah, I just hope we can find it. And the sooner the better. Hey this dust is killing me,” I choked. “I even have grit between my teeth.” “What’d you say? You’ve a pit beneath

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    “No, sir” The man said, “It is not for free.” Endless mass of junk was stretched to either side of the stinking ally. I picked up the rusty old trophy which bore my name. The cold iron surface was visible from the craters in the gold paint. I scratched the surface and a large chunk of the fake golden paint fell to the land. The person manning the junk glowered at me. I shrugged and put the trophy back. “Do you know that this piece of junk has my name carved on it?” I asked, amused. The man was confounded

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