Suzanna Arundhati Roy[1] (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author and political activist who is best known for the 1998 Man Booker Prize for Fiction winning novel The God of Small Things (1997) and for her involvement in environmental and human rights causes. Roy ’s novel became the biggest-selling book by a nonexpatriate Indian author. Contents [hide] 1 Early life and background 2 Career 2.1 Literary career 2.2 Early career: screenplays 2.3 The God of Small Things 2.4 Later career
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1. The nth term of an arithmetic sequence is given by un = 5 + 2n. (a) Write down the common difference. (1) (b) (i) (ii) Given that the nth term of this sequence is 115‚ find the value of n. For this value of n‚ find the sum of the sequence. (5) (Total 6 marks) 2. A sum of $ 5000 is invested at a compound interest rate of 6.3 % per annum. (a) Write down an expression for the value of the investment after n full years. (1) (b) What will be the value of the investment at
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Lourda Finn 26/05/2014 The Judgement Title: Director of Public Prosecutions –v- Tully. Neutral Citation: [2009] IECC 1. Date of Delivery: 07/13/2009. Court: Circuit Court. Composition of Court: Judgement by: White Michael J. Status of Judgement: Approved. 1. Introduction to Court Report. The background evidence in this case was first heard in the Navan District Court on 14/5/2007. Mr Kevin Tully was convicted under the Road Traffic Act 1961. He was fined £500 and the automatic
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Often Hindustan Unilever must invest in production capacity before a product is brought to market. At the time of investment‚ product demand is uncertain‚ and the capacity decision might be made using a forecast of the product sales‚ where the forecast may take the form of a probability distribution. This uncertainty in the product demand complicates the capacity investment decision and any reduction in the uncertainty would be desirable. In some circumstances‚ the company may have the ability
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Chapter 9 Which of the following statements is correct? | | Unfavorable cost variances always indicate bad performance. | | Favorable cost variances always indicate good performance. | | Both of the above statements are correct. | | Neither of the above statements are correct. | Managers should not assume that unfavorable cost variances always indicate bad performance and that favorable cost variances always indicate good performance. Unfavorable cost variances may result from
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Impact of Bribery:- The bribery itself reduces the freedom of choice by altering the conditions under which a decision is made. Its appeal of additional gains for some government officials would lure them to select the less attractive alternative which provides less total satisfaction. By doing so‚ it adversely would disrupt the official’s decision and undermined fair competition among the industry. If the De La Rua administration’s doubt that the cost of each electronic ID reported by Siemens
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In their meta-analysis review of research conducted between 1993 and 2000 on the effectiveness of DES‚ Murphy et al (2001) found evidence of a positive association between use of DES products and student achievement in reading and mathematics‚ an association consistent with earlier reviews of the research literature on the effectiveness of computer-based instruction (e.g.‚ Kulik & Kulik‚ 1991; Kulik‚ 1994; Fletcher-Flinn & Gravatt‚ 1995; Ryan‚ 1991). Students in the early grades‚ from pre-K to grade
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What was the impact of smallpox on economics‚ medicine and people in England? Planning: Paragraph 1- Thesis and Introduction What is smallpox? What its biggest impacts? The fall of smallpox. Paragraph 2-4- Points‚ Evidence‚ Explanation Economics Medicine Human Paragraph 5- Conclusion (sum up what I have already said) How big the smallpox was? Smallpox is a serious and contagious disease due to a virus that got thousand millions people killed. It is believed that
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Module Seven Part two 7.2 Music and Its Effect on Body‚ Brain/Mind‚ and Spirit © 2011‚ Music For Health Services A brief look at history • Some archaeologists believe that music and dancing preceded language. • Since the days of the Greeks and Romans‚ music has had a profound effect on the body and the mind. • Healing and sound were considered sacred science. • Healing and music diverged in the 18th century‚ music was for entertainment‚ healing was practiced through science and
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Impacts of Media Technology on Teenagers Today we are living in a revolutionary world and within seconds‚ several bombardments of new inventions are happening around the globe‚ media technology being one of them. Media technology has changed our lives giving us the freedom to perform activities from the comfort of our homes. For example‚ it has made communication easier and quicker‚ a document now takes a few seconds to reach anywhere in the world compared to regular mail which takes several days
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