“Searching for Summer‚” by Joan Aiken‚ is an account of two newlywed people in search of something magical. The Sun. Most likely taking place somewhere in the future‚ the story tells of how our protagonists journey south through England in search of sunlight. The story begins on the wedding day of Tom and Lily. In England‚ the sky is always a gloomy‚ dull grey. An eternal cloud hovers over England‚ and possibly the world. Caused by the waste from bombs‚ it has existed since a time before the protagonists
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There are five systematic searching techniques utilized by investigators during a crime scene investigation. The first technique is "a point-to-power movement which follows a chain of objects that are obviously items of evidence" (Lushbaugh & Weston‚ 2016). The second technique is an ever-widening circle‚ in which the searching officer begins their search at the main area or focal point of the scene and then works their way outward in either a clockwise or counter clockwise direction until all areas
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He wrote an article called "Still Separate‚ Still Unequal" about poverty schools compared to wealthy schools. This article also included a story about a student teacher wanted to bring in a pumpkin for her students because it was around Halloween. The only way that the teacher would be able
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In Kozol’s article “Still Separate‚ Still Unequal-America’s educational apartheid‚” kozolool describes the reality of urban public schools and the isolation and segregation the students there face today in the American system. Jonathan Kozol illustrates the grim reality of the inequality that African American and Hispanic children face within todays public education system. In this essay‚ Kozol shows us with shocking statistics and percentages‚ just how segregated Americas urban schools have become
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In Jonathan Kozol‚ “Still Separate‚ Still Unequal”‚ he explains to a managerial audience how our school systems today may be more segregated than at any time since 1954. With this segregation comes two different educational lifestyles. In order for the author to express the unsatisfactory educational conditions in predominantly black schools he uses several different modes. The most common mode that he used were pathos. In the very beginning he used the word “disheartening” on page 203 to describe
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issues today. Many people are unaware of how much racism still exists in schools and anywhere else where social lives are occurring. It’s obvious that racism is not a good thing as many decades ago‚ but it is still occurring in society‚ and especially in schools‚ even though the government abolished it several decades ago. Two articles—“Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” by Beverly Tatum and “From Still Separate‚ Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid” by Jonathan
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Research on: effects of capital structure and cost of capital in China’s multinational business management General Outline 1.The goals of the multinational enterprises’ capital structure 2. The affect on cost of equity capital in the multinational business management. (CAPM MODEL‚ BETA ([pic]). 3. The affect on cost of debt capital in the multinational business management. (It differ from cost of equity capital‚ cost of debt capital will be impacted by the pros and cons of multinational
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Case 7 Kate Myers Purpose: The time value of money is a fundamental concept that must be understood by all business students. This case emphasizes the important variables to consider when saving for a down payment on a house and shows how these variables should dictate the actions of an individual. 1. Let‚ PV = $98‚000‚ n = 8 years‚ i = 4%. Solving for future value via a calculator yields $134‚119.77. 20% of this amount is Kate’s required down payment. ($134‚119.77)(
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E. Capital structure 5.1 Key factors that affect structure choice 5.1.1 Profitability and variation of profitability Profitability is one of the most tested company characteristics in empirical research regarding companie’s choice of capital structure. The trade-off theory predicts that higher profitability is associated with increased debt levels and the reason for this is twofold. First‚ companies achieving high profitability have less risk of financial distress and bankruptcy‚ so the cost
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Optimal conditions for a transfection essay A study on the effects of variations in transfection conditions on Rat-2 cells 19-2-2010 LUMC BW3 Marjolein Surstedt (m.surstedt@u-mail.leidenuniv.nl) 0743259 Ewoud Ewing Abstract The behavior of a proto-oncogene mutated into an oncogene can be studied in vitro by means of transfection. The success of a transfection essay depends on various conditions. In the experiment the influence of various transfection conditions were
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