Brett Driscoll Ms. MacLeod English 521 2 December 2013 Missing Children in Residential Schools The harsh reality of the events occurring to native children gone missing from residential schools has been brought to light. Records concur that over 150‚000 children have been taken from their parents‚ sent to residential schools and many never returned. The leading cause of these tragic deaths was disease‚ mainly tuberculosis and the Spanish flu epidemic. The children faced these diseases every
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Prenatal Sex Selection and Missing Girls in China: Evidence from the Diffusion of Diagnostic Ultrasound∗ Lingsheng Meng† University of Maryland‚ College Park November 2009 Job Market Paper Abstract How much of the increase in the sex ratio (males to females) at birth since the early 1980s in China is due to increased prenatal sex selection? I answer this question by exploiting the differential introduction of diagnostic ultrasound throughout China during the 1980s‚ which significantly reduced the
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The Case of Seven Missing Newts THE POLICE BULLETIN On August 14th‚ seven newts out of fourteen‚ including two rare ones called Paticella and Sooju were stolen from Kushima Village Forest Museum in Kushima city‚ Miyazaki Prefecture. It is at the base of Miki Mountain‚ and wild animals are seen around there. One of the guards was on a patrol from 12:00 p.m. and found three empty head tanks out of six for newts‚ which were placed at the right of the entry. The plastic covers were open. They were
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That Canary Had It Coming by Tom Brooksher Professor Kirchner ENC1102 24269 TR 11:30 23 Feb. 2017 Susan Glaspell’s 1917 short story “A Jury of Her Peers” was based on a one act play she had written called ‘Trifles’‚ which was first performed in 1916. This story’s themes centered around the ideas of gender roles as they stood during the progressive era in the United States. The role a person’s gender played in society during the progressive era was vastly different than the way it
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character of Pecola through her family and her society Introduction The Bluest eyes is the work of Toni Morrison. In this novel we can see that there are many characters that are very interesting to analyze it. Because the characters are very characteristic. We can see at the main character of the bluest eyes‚ Pecola. Pecola has psychological problem that is very interesting to analyze. So in here I want to analyze the character of Pecola that is shaped from her family and her society. In here the
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Downs 14 october 2013 Diane Downs: Her Children Got in the Way of Her Love Background Figure 1: Diane Downs. Photograph. Police Officer. Diane Downs’ 1988 Prison Interview. The Oprah Winfrey Show. 22 Oct. 2010 Diane Downs was born in Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ U.S. to Wes and Willadene Frederickson on August 7‚ 1955. In her early life‚ she was molested by her father when she was a little child. She went to Moon Valley High School in Phoenix and met her future husband‚ Steve Downs. At the age
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Material Culture In “Where Are the Missing Masses? The Sociology of a Few Mundane Artefacts‚” Bruno Latour argues that objects are essential constituents of society that play important roles in relation with humans. By providing several examples‚ such as the groom that closes doors after people open them‚ the author illustrates the ways in which artefacts can replace and determine human actions creating a ‘balance’ in humanity; compensating for the lack of responsibility portrayed by humans through
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Evidence: S Ireland Roman Britain .A. Sources-Boudicca Suetonius: he (Nero) even considered withdrawing from Britain. Suetonius: leaving pockets of potential trouble (client kingdoms) behind Roman lines had become only too clear. Suetonius: for many Britons escape only lay in rebellion. Tacitus: while Suetonius was occupied with this (attack on druids at Mona- modern day Anglesey) he received reports of the sudden revolt of the province. Tacitus: Prasutagus made Caesar his heir together with
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story “A Jury of Her Peers” multiple themes are present such as freedom‚ compassion‚ and sympathy‚ but the main theme the author focuses on is oppression‚ specifically towards women. In order to reveal this theme the author uses the literary device allusion‚ and also cause and effect and ethos. The use of allusion helps reveal the theme with indirect implications. Cause and effect helps the reader see how the way Mrs. Wright was being treated and how that caused her to allegedly kill her husband‚ and
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イスラーム世界研究（2007）2 号 イスラーム世界研究 第１巻 2 号（2007 年）38-53 頁 Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies‚ 1-2 (2007)‚ pp. 38-53 Islamic Microfinance: A Missing Component in Islamic Banking Abdul Rahim ABDUL RAHMAN* 1. Introduction Microfinance means “programme that extend small loans to very poor people for self employment projects that generate income in allowing them to take care of themselves and their families” (Microcredit Summit‚ 1997). The World Bank has recognized microfinance programme as an
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