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    living longer. (b) Two reasons for the increase in the number of lone-parent families. Firstly‚ the increasing number of single women choosing to bear or adopt and raise children alone. Technological developments allowing insemination without inter-course contribute to women’s choices in this regard. Women choosing to conceive children in this manner include lesbians‚ who may raise their children as a single parent and heterosexual women who are in their thirties‚ single‚ and want children before they

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    factories and the river. The dreary colors and the smoke symbolize the pollution in the air and the hostile environment. With this the artist is showing that she was unhappy with the contemporary city lifestyle. Georgia O’Keefe was born in Sun Prairie‚ Wisconsin on November 15‚ 1887. After her husband‚ Stieglitz’s death she moved to New Mexico and was motivated by the landscape. She received an education from the Art Institute of Chicago. O’Keefe sustained painting‚ until her death on March 6th

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    Social Work Pioneers Introduction of Pioneer Whitney Young Jr.‚ a social work pioneer was born July31‚ 1921. He was an african american who lived in the south. He was actually born in his own house‚ on the campus of the Lincoln Institute of Kentucky. His father and mother taught school there. Both his mother‚ Laura Ray‚ and his father Whitney Young‚ Sr. were considered to be among the “black educated elite.” Whitney’s mother‚ Laura‚ was the first black postmaster in Kentucky. Whitney attended

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    In Act One of ‘An Inspector Calls’ how does J.B Priestley use dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to the members of the audience‚ society and the other characters on the stage? An Inspector Calls is a play written by John Boynton Priestley in 1945‚ and based before World War I‚ in 1912. The story tells of a prosperous family‚ who fancy themselves aristocratic‚ and above the rest of society. They live in an entrepreneurial atmosphere‚ mostly however‚ filled with lies‚ prejudice‚ and

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    Introduction Pioneer Distilleries Limited‚ a subsidiary of United Spirits Limited is engaged in manufacturing of Alcohol. The factory is situated at Dharmabad of Nanded District of Maharashtra. On its growth side‚ the Company installed a new 30KLPD Ethanol Plant in the year 2004-05. Further‚ the Company has expanded its Alcohol Plant capacity from 50KLPD to 100KLPD in the year 2006-07. In the year 2010-11 the Company has set up a 60KLPD Grain Based Alcohol Facility and commissioned 4.725 MW Biogas

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    pirates roamed the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers‚ hunting for pioneers traveling down the river with their cargo. A common location for them to reside was a large tavern referred to as Cave-In-Rock‚ and since this was so easily disguised the pirates used their cunning and intelligence to scam the pioneers into their trap. River pirates were an essential element to America’s history‚ and they provided for many of the hardships the pioneers had to face when living in early America. River piracy began

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    literature‚ but the times that they are not‚ authors use humor to reach their audience. Comedy is usually reserved for things that are funny yet Sherman Alexie successfully uses it in his day-to-day writing and has become an influential writer. In “Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”‚ Alexie focuses on very serious themes‚ such as racism and domestic violence‚ and he is able to explore these themes by using humor. Alexie believes that he can speak to any audience of any political or religious

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    Theater 102 Fall 2014 Lone Survivor The movie I chose to view for the first time is the American war film Lone Survivor‚ written and directed by Peter Berg starring Mark Wahlberg‚ Taylor Kitsch‚ Emile Hirsch‚ Ben Foster‚ and Erica Bana. It is based on the nonfiction book “Lone Survivor” by Marcus Lutrell and Patrick Robinson about a war in Afghanistan where the United States Navy Seals counter-insurgent mission Operation Red wings failed and four-men Seal reconnaissance and surveillance team were

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    Although the movie Smoke Signals and the book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven share stories and scenes they differ in many way. When the movie first started a fire was occurring and a baby was being thrown out a window. The baby was Thomas. Victor’s dad had seen him and decided to catch him. In the book‚ however‚ it didn’t speak of much of Thomas at a young age. The only thing that was expressed was Victor was mean to him and that he always told stories. During our time of reading the

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    W. Edwards Deming- A Total Quality Pioneer Bernadette Candelario Mgt/449 February 19‚ 2010 Prof. Lindsay W. Edwards Deming- A Total Quality Pioneer Deming was a quality pioneer in the United States. He created a business philosophy and used 14 points to summarize it. He was the father of quality evolution. This paper will show the following: • Quality and its elements • How

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