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    Horatio Alger’s Tony, the Tramp or seen them depicted in animated cartoon shorts like Merry Melodies “Hobo Gadget Band”. They go by a variety of names: hobo, tramp, vagabond, bum, traveler. When asked to describe a hobo perhaps you recall the Norman Rockwell painting “Hobo and Dog”- complete with patchwork clothes, stick and bindle. Maybe you imagine a depression era young man sitting in a box car or a villainous old transient out to cause harm. As John Prine’s “The Hobo

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    In the words of President Lyndon B. Johnson, “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” The connotation of this statement implies the strong sentiment of the 60s that defines the transition from a traditionalist society to one of free expression. Conformity shaped the American society of the 50s and continued to influence the early years of the 1960s. The 50s created a sense of false stability and unity in the United States post WWII. Economically, the country was prosperous

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    mass censorship and pacification of the masses. It was not a malevolent subversion conveyed by a tyrannical government imposing its will. The people eventually reduced themselves to this point, they wanted a utopian lifestyle harkening back to a Norman Rockwell painting; a preconceived way things should be, a proverbial happiness on tap. Enabled by the thorough bombardment of technology, “Within the domain of culture, such control was realized via

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    As medicinal services costs keep on developing and shopper desires rise, wellbeing frameworks should change the way they convey care. Virtual wellbeing — the utilization of new and rising advanced and correspondences advances to give consideration and training to patients remotely — can possibly change the social insurance industry. Despite the fact that the idea of virtual medication has existed for quite a long time, the U.S. social insurance industry has neglected to make a vast scale move to

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    Discussions regarding technology’s risks, benefits and responsibilities neither begin nor end at the inception of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. These analyses are held, uneasily, on the fringes of journalism. Huxley’s infamous dystopian science fiction work, as well as his experiences with hallucinogens and mysticism, pinned him onto the intellectual map. Nowadays, in a society that is ruled and run by technology, we can truly recognize certain parallels made between now and his very intuitive

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    My School Area Youth Tour

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    I have always tried to live my life in a positive manner. To accomplish this, I try to take every OPPORTUNITY that comes my way. When asked if I would like to represent my school AREA Youth Tour, I was hesitant because I did not understand what it was. At the last minute, I decided to accept the offer and to this day I am glad that I did. Going on this trip made me eligible to interview for a trip to Washington D.C., somewhere I would, otherwise, not be able to go for years. I almost missed out on

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    Oj Simpson Research Paper

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    Luke Endres Business Law Fries and Lies, With a Side of OJ In this paper I will be talking about the events and proposed evidence that caused O.J. simpson to be convicted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Due to the nature of the case and the outcome, it is considered the most controversial and talked about trial of the last 20 years. It all started on June 12th, 1994 (3 days after I was born, coincidence?) when a single male entered into Nicole Brown Simpson’s (O.J.’s

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    Who Was Rosie the Riveter

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    male will do.” And jumping ahead: “There’s something true about, Red, white, and blue about, Rosie the Riveter.” The first visual image of Rosie was seen on the front of the May 29, 1943 edition of the Saturday Evening Post. Painted by Norman Rockwell, she was depicted as a larger woman and the

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    The Tattoo Industry The tattoo industry is an often type cast field, in many instances it is thought of as a delinquent activity carried out in remote and filthy cesspools of social deviancy by large hairy burly men who cant get a "real" job due to past felonious activity. I hope to shoot this popular misconception full of holes. One will find through experience only that this is truly not the case, these are legitimate places of business, ran n accordance to all health

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    In the opening scene of Wes Anderson’s film Moonrise Kingdom, one can hear the voice of a child coming from a record player. The child states, “In order to show you how a big symphony orchestra is put together, Benjamin Britten has written a big piece of music which is made up of smaller pieces that show you all the separate parts of the orchestra. These smaller pieces are called variations, which means different ways of playing the same tune” (Moonrise Kingdom). These opening lines from Benjamin

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