Can you imagine if only one in a thousand human babies survived? The population would be very small and we would probably be an endangered species. Luckily‚ this isn’t the case for us‚ but for endangered sea turtles it is a reality. Some of the older turtles‚ which are 140 to 160 year old‚ can lay hundreds of eggs every time they go ashore. However‚ only one or two of these eggs survive. Some turtles have been known to live more than 250 years‚ but because of poachers few actually survive that long
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BANKIM: THE ORIGINARY* FIGURE OF INDIAN NOVEL IN ENGLISH Y.V.R. Prasanna Kumar Research Scholar (M.Phil.)‚ (Part-time)‚ Department of English‚ S.V. University‚ Tirupathi. A. P.INDIA 517502 INTRODUCTION A great deal of Indian writing in English is in the form of novel. In the course of an eventful history‚ Indian novel in English demonstrated the capacity and resilience for innovations and attained the status of Universal Form. The post-independence India has witnessed a Sea change of Indian
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How to Create a Figure Drawing One of the most intriguing things to create is the human form. It is so complex and astounding that it never ceases to amaze when rendered. In creating a the rendering of a person you must first chose the right medium and support for your drawing‚ usually a paper of adequate thickness and tooth grade. (Smith pgs. 42-51) If the drawing is to be a long kept picture the quality of the paper must be considered. An acid free base with a PH of between
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youths had no choice‚ but to relocate to the countryside for their “re-education.” He classified books as propaganda and the owners as traitors who should suffer severe consequences. In Dai Sijie’s Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress‚ the narrator and Luo risk getting caught with novels in their possession so that they can continue to escape the harsh reality of their life through them. Dai Sijie chooses to specify the Hunchback of Notre Dame‚ the Count of Monte Cristo‚ and Ursule Mirouët to emphasize
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A Father Figure Time spent with my grandfather in simpler times. Before computers‚ video games‚ cell phones and the mall. His home always felt safe and warm. I have fond memories of sitting on the porch talking with my grandfather as we watched the cars passing by. From my earliest childhood memories he was there‚ always eager to listen and giving me advice‚ the father I never had. My grandfather was a wonderful husband and father of five. He dedicated his life to raising his family.
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style that Bama‚ a Tamil‚ Dalit writer adapts to tell the stories‚ secondly the legends and songs that she has woven into her text and thirdly using the food trope to narrate an alternate "her story". Though this article focuses on Sangati‚ her second novel‚ I will also refer to Karrukku‚ Bama’s seminal first work. Born as Fatima in 1958 in Puthupatti village in Viruthungar district in Southern Tamilnadu‚ Bama wrote Karukku in 1992 which brought with it the force of whirlwind to whip the literary
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about the journey of Afro-American women who working on National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)‚ and NASA‚ at Langley Research Center in Hampton‚ Virginia to win the space race around 1950s. They were considered as ‘human computer’. In the novel‚ Margot Lee prefer to talk about the discrimination that followed their journey. The most dominant characters are Dorothy Vaughan‚ Katherine Johnson‚ and Mary Jackson. Dorothy Vaughan was an African American mathematician who became acting supervisor
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Henri Matisse‚ and Cindy Sherman all convey different ideas and expression in their pieces. Each artist has used various materials and techniques to portray their figures in ways to represent their own emotions‚ ideas and values. The artworks David‚ Blue Nude (Icarus) and the Untitled Film Still‚ reveal the common use of the human figure to portray different artworks that carry strong and imperative messages to the viewers. Cindy Sherman is well-known for her artwork in observing human activity
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Warehousing and Data Mining March 2013 SPSS Modeler (formerly Clementine) is the SPSS enterprise-strength data mining workbench. It helps organizations to improve customer and citizen relationships through an in-depth understanding of data. Organizations use the insight gained from SPSS Modeler to retain profitable customers‚ identify cross-selling opportunities‚ attract new customers‚ detect fraud‚ reduce risk‚ and improve government service delivery. The current version is “SPSS Modeler 15”. 1 The
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Benefits of Official Crime Figures Official crime figures (OCF) are essentially figures which have been extracted from a set of data and allow people make informed decisions. Analysis allows for the identification of changes over time and plan and prepare for possible events in the future. They provide insight into crime and stimulates thinking and debate as to the manifestation of such crime. There are a number of different ‘stakeholders’ who use OCF. AGS use these figures as a valuable management
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