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    Women's bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey, will defend her belt against Holly Holm in the main event of UFC 195. Rousey made the announcement during her appearance on 'Good Morning America' on Friday. She also noted the date for the fight as January 2nd. In addition, it has been confirmed that the showdown is going to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the MGM Grand Garden Center. The fight is also the only one on the UFC 195 card thus far. The announcement shocked many in the MMA community

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    Crunch “Mom, do we have to board up the windows?” I sat on the couch eating my favorite chips, doritos, with the TV on as I was on my phone texting my friends. “Yes Lily! Do you want our house to flood: And eat ice cream, not chips because the ice cream will melt when we go out of power.” You could hear the stress in her voice. When she is stressed she has an attitude, so you do not want to get in her way. I could hear the frustration in the air as she mumbled. “Do you really think it is

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    Fragments of A Painful Case and Paper Pills

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    Fragments of "A Painful Case" and "Paper Pills" Although James Joyce and Sherwood Anderson situate their subjects in very different milieux (Joyce's in Dublin; Anderson's in Winesburg, Ohio), two of their subjects speak the same language of idiosyncrasy. In Joyce's "A Painful Case," Mr. Duffy keeps on his desk "a little sheaf of papers held together by a brass pin. In these sheets a sentence was inscribed from time to time and, in an ironical moment, the headline of an advertisement for Bile

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    In the book, Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, it presents a perfect example of a Survival of the fittest lifestyle. Only the best, the smarter, and the stronger ones, is able to survive, while the weaker individuals will be killed or dead. Lauren Olamina, the main character and her group travels towards the north by finding freedom. Many people did not have the mindset to be as strong as Lauren to survive, but she was extremely careful. She has always looked out for potential enemies wanting

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    The Practical Jokers

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    Characters Allie Bethany Maria Lauren CJ/Stranger 1 Ben/Stranger 2 Mark/Stranger 3 Cop (Opening scene, Allie, Bethany, Maria, and Lauren are all entering stage through a door, in the back of center stage, to a living room in a cabin like home. All are carrying bags and the last one ion carelessly forgets to lock the door.) Allie: (throws bag onto floor and plops down onto the couch) That two hour drive up here to the mountains was awful! Bethany: (Sits in the recliner putting her bag in her lap)

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    History is known to repeat itself, as evidence by the many groups that have suffered racial and ethnic discrimination. Hitler created prejudice against the Jews during World War II. Southerners discriminated against the Blacks, leading up to the Civil War, and during the Apartheid, the Natives were segregated from the Whites. In Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved the Country, the main character Stephen Kumalo goes through a journey to restore his tribe. During his journey, he discovers and learns of the

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    William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway were both wonderfully gifted and talented writers in their time. In As I Lay Dying and A Farewell to Arms, one can see the similarities and differences between Faulkner and Hemingway through their ability to draw from personal experiences to inspire their work, their narrative styles, and their use of language. William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi and trained as a pilot in the first Royal Canadian Air Force during World War 1. After the war

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    You can tell you are watching a Wes Anderson film instantly the minute everything takes the shape of an animated painting, each shot is so meticulously designed if it were to be paused in the middle it would assume the aesthetics form of an artwork. Like an illustration every, patch of color and screen direction is chosen with the same amount of care put into the script itself. His work as a director is entirely unique, each of his films has a look and feel that is unmistakably his and can be recognized

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    1. In what ways are you “smart” at math? Highlight all of the things you’re good at. (Everyone is good at some of these things and no one is good at all of them!) • making observations • making predictions • finding patterns • drawing diagrams • remembering vocabulary • estimating • organizing information into tables or charts • using symbols • visualizing • making conjectures • tinkering with problems • using math language • thinking abstractly • explaining my thinking out loud • explaining

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    Moonrise Kingdom is a coming of age indie art film by director Wes Anderson. The tale begins with the setting and climax of the film laid out by narrator Bob Balaban. The setting being a fictional, secluded, New England island only accessible by ferry. The climax, an impending storm that will strike in only three days. We are then introduced to the two leading lovebirds. A pair of twelve years olds, Sam and Suzy played by Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward. Despite the rushed nature of their relationship

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