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    tells a brief explanation of the real "Book of Mormon" -the sacred text of the Latter Day Saint church founded in 1820s by Joseph Smith, but instead providing satirical view and perception of contemporary musical theater writers (in this case, Trey Parker and Matt Stone of the television series South Park and Robert Lopez) towards the Mormons and a rather stereotypical portrayal of Uganda as a barren land of extreme poverty and savages.

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    Ouija Informative Speech

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    Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the history of Ouija and talking boards, their impact in recent history and today, and a nonparanormal theory on how they work. Introduction I. Attention-getter: How many of you have seen a scary movie featuring a Ouija board? A. You might have watched Ouija a few years ago. B. Perhaps you have recently seen Ouija: Origin of Evil. II. Audience Need: Moves such as these are causing Ouija and talking boards to become increasingly popular. . According

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    South Park Satire

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    South Park is a T.V. show that manages to stay relevant with all pop culture and isn't afraid to take shots at celebrities and historical events, for example George W Bush, the Holocaust and Tom Brady. South Park when first aired on Comedy Central in 1997 spread information to people about current events that most people ignore, like climate change, the presidential election, and drug abuse. The importance of bringing light to world events is that most people just ignore what happening in the world

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    Summary Marcus Schulzke’s article “South Park and the Transformation of Meaning” looks at a particular episode, “The F Word” and explores its impact as well as its comment on society. Schulzke begins by commenting on South Park’s history of satire and by pointing out that the show’s creators generally avoid adamantly propagating the ideas on one side of an issue. He also makes a point that the writers “consistently favor gay rights and oppose censorship”, so when the two issues come up in one episode

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    while the only people that stayed through the whole film were Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny. After the movie, the boys were using all the crude language that they had learned from the movie Terrance and Phillip. The creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, use crude language throughout their episodes to represent the social issues in America. The creators use the crude language to cause attention, to practice their freedom of speech in America, and to rebel against censorship in television

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    Essay on Nike Case Study

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    Nike would have known the right factories to outsource to instead of using factories that fail to meet their standards. 3. Fig. 1 shows what Nike network structure looks like, Mark Parker (CEO) reports to the Board of Directors and in return almost every manager/worker reports directly to him when the need arises. Nike is a divisional company but retains some functional departments as well. The brands Nike sells comprise many of the

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    percent of the United States population is considered to be obese. With such a large number like this its no wonder that South Park has made at least one episode shining their satirical light on this issue. The episode Raising the Bar, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, does exactly that. Like that South Park episode Radley Balko focuses on the issue of obesity in the article What You Eat Is Your Business, where he takes a point opposite of his title. South Park supports and proves Balko argument

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    and my current competitors would likely collect commission checks on business I was supposed to earn. However, I made my schooling a priority, and I accepted Autumn with open arms. In “Let Your Life Speak: Listening For The Voice Of Vocation”, Parker J. Palmer (2000) stated “Autumn

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    During the 19th century, the idea of spiritualism became a popular belief in America. The Kennard Novelty Company invested in the making of the Ouija board. The myth of the word “Ouija” coming from French and German languages is a false accusation. Charles Kennard and Helen Peters used the mysterious board to question the name, and the board responded with “O-U-I-J-A.” This was because of the locket Helen Peters wore of a woman’s rights activist who shared an almost identical name (McRobbie, 1).

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    In 1923, the Palo Verde Irrigation District was formed. Including over 130,000 acres within Imperial and Riverside Counties, the valley, as it’s frequently called, is an agricultural hub where an abundance of produce grows, livestock feed is grown and where PVID is given primary water rights in the state. Thus, eight years later, in 1931, seven California water entities entered into a "Seven Party Water Agreement"assigning priorities to the 4.4 MAF of Colorado River water to which California is

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