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    attract customers to a place of business. Customers at a place of business equates to more money. Without Palmer there would have been no Marshall Field & Company. When it comes to Chicago 's retail scene, there are not that many businesses that have made a greater impact on the city than Marshall Field 's. Before there was a Marshall Field 's store, there was a dry goods store owned by Palmer. “Palmer imported high-quality merchandise from Europe and the Orient, taught clerks to remember customers ' names

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    day to day life but everyone has at least one. I consider it my home it’s where my heart is it is where I can fully relax and become the true Melissa. It brings me peace and tranquility like nothing else in my life can. My secret place and home is Palmer, Alaska. Nothing brings me more joy in my life when I look out the airplane window as the plane flies over the Yukon Mountain ranges. At this part knowing that I am getting closer by the second. When I finally look out the window, and see Anchorage

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    Allusions to Vampires in “Mang Minno” In “Mang Minno”, a short story within ‘Where The Elephants Dance’ by Tess U Holthe , a young boy named Roman encounters a man named Mang Minno, who is believed by the island people to be Jonah from the Bible. When Roman meets him, he wishes to learn how to catch fish, so that he can show them to his father. He thinks that all he is getting himself involved in is a method with which to gain large amounts of fish, very quickly. However, he soon finds that

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    Cursive Letters

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    Catholic schools tend to emphasize teaching cursive to their students for its historical roots and its fluidity. As a result, in third grade, my teachers spent weeks teaching my peers and I to write in cursive. Today I write in script properly, if not often, unlike many of my classmates from public schools. Although I rarely think of this superfluous skill as an asset, it comes in handy when I need to write under a time restraint. My cursive letters are quick and slanted; ink flowing in fast

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    Why we don’t need cursive writing Only seven states in the US teach cursive California, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, and North Carolina. In my opinion cursive writing should not still be taught. First of all there’s no time with the busy teachers to teach cursive, only seven states still teach it, and you really only need it for your signature. To start off, having no prier knowledge could you grandparents read it what about you kids and in school there’s no time for teachers to teach

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    Marc Umeno, Stan Majewski and Harry Bishop were the original founders of NEOMed. The founders designed a new product for the medical market. Although, they determined multiple uses for the technology were possible, such as, screening drug candidates, drug delivery applications, detecting cancer, and possibly applied to Homeland Defense for detection of nuclear weapons. The primary focus was decided to be used to identify and catch coronary artery disease (CAD) before it happens. Marc Umeno developed

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    Recursive Censorship

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    Is cursive handwriting a thing of the past? For hundreds of years, this style of penmanship has been the main form of written communication, but for a large number of people today, it is a riddle that can not be solved. “The sinuous letters of the cursive alphabet, swirled on countless love letters, credit card slips and banners above elementary chalk boards are going the way of the quill and inkwell. With computer keyboards and smartphones increasingly occupying young fingers, the gradual death

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    Handwriting: Is It Really That Important? Over the past few decades, handwriting may seem almost obsolete or those that are under the age of 30. Due to the change of technology over the past 15 years, handwriting seems to suffer. Before the age of technology that bloom through the ages of until today, there were different writing styles that word pairs to use to be successful in the business world end in school. This is before the age of the modern computer and electronic typewriter. This article

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    Should cursive writing be taught to students in public schools? Personally, I believe cursive writing is a bit outdated in a sense. But I do not see it as a roadblock to any stepping stones if students were taught cursive writing. There are several facts and statements that add to the support of my opinion. Cursive writing is seen as outdated in sorts due to the quickly developing technological world. In 2012, a survey was conveyed amongst handwriting teachers and come to find out only 37%

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    In the article, “Why We Shouldn’t Write Off Cursive” by Bobby George and June George, talks about cursive. The authors argue how cursive should be taught in school and should be considered more valuable. Right now, 45 states has omitted cursive from the required school curricula. I remember when I studied in a private school at India, we had to learn cursive. It was not an optional, it was a must and we were pretty much was graded on how neat/good you write it. Personally, I think cursive is very

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