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    The Rest Was History Reno How could I have known when I dressed her in those cute butterfly tights and put her hair into two pigtails that I would never see her again? We walked to the park stopped for some ice cream at the stand right in front of the Empire State Building the one with the cute drawings on the sides that look like something Elizabeth would have drawn. She kept pulling at my hand‚ wanting to walk ahead‚ but I would not let her. I remember how the wind felt as if it was going to blow

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    Single Parent Families Chelsea P. Blackstone- Strother Lewis Clark State College The transition from a “nuclear” family normative‚ to single parent was one of the most dramatic social changes of the 20th century (Furstenburg‚ 2009). Research has shown that the growing rate of single- parent homes in our nation correlates to the increase in child poverty. The effects on a child who grows up in an economically disadvantaged home are not the only challenges they face‚ increase

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    Guidelines Single Source Procurement Using Public Funds Already Approved By Parliament Preamble The Act requires institutions to secure approval from the Board before they adopt single source procurement. The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning issued guidelines on 17th September‚ 2004 to explain the process for application of Single Sourcing. However‚ most applications for single source procurement submitted to the Board fail to satisfy the basic requirements for approval. This sometimes

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    The ABC’s of Nondestructive Weld Examination An understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of each form of nondestructive examination can help you choose the best method for your application BY CHARLES HAYES * Acknowledgement: The Paper was first published  in the Welding Journal May 1997 published by the The American Welding Society‚  550 NW LeJeune Road‚ Miami‚ FL 33126. | CHARLES HAYES  is International Sales/Support Manager‚ The Lincoln Electric Co.‚ Cleveland‚ Ohio. He holds NDT Level

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    Challenges of being a single parent No milk in the refrigerator! No peanut butter sandwich tonight! Can’t go to the movies this weekend! My thirteen year old son has a problem with everything including chores and I can’t get my 15 year old daughter to come out of her bedroom! As a single parent I can say that there are quite a number of challenges of being a single parent. One challenge that most single parents face is that of being able to support the family financially especially if that person

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    to those articles‚ the media will affect the parents and the teachers around the state because of highly known and educative people in society. For example‚ Leonard Sax who is a best seller author of Why Gender Matters and Michael Sax argues about single sex with a huge audience in order to prove their facts about the separation and the importance of it. In contrast‚ both sex educations could also result in improvement around the state and in schools because boys and girls will learn to communicate

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    Single parent homes: How are they affecting our youth? The cause of behavioral and/or emotional problems among our youth could come from being raised in a single parent home. Many children resort to negative acts of behavior because of limited parental supervision within the single parent household. Children are two to three times more likely to have emotional and behavioral problems in single parent homes (Maginnis‚ 1997). Research and etiology on the problem behaviors in childhood and adolescence

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    he The Invention Of Mobile Phone A mobile phone (also known as cellular phone‚ cell phone or handphone)‚ which is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link around the world. Cell phones connect cellular network from the mobile phone operator. It then allows access to the world-wide network. Compared with a cordless phone‚ it is only used within a short range of a private base station. The first mobile phone was showed by John F. Mitchell and Dr Martin Cooper of Motorola

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    Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell was born on April 25‚ 1599‚ in Huntingdon‚ England. Cromwell studied law but did not graduate from Cambridge University. His parents were wealthy and influential in Huntingdon but in the seventeenth century the family´s fortunes declined. In 1620s he was getting involved in local politics‚ and after he began serving in London as one of Huntingdon’s Members of Parliament. He died on September 3‚ 1659‚ in London. He was elected to Short and Long Parliaments of

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    Necessity is the mother of invention The meaning of the proverb is self-evident. We invent what we need; unless we feel the pressure of needs‚ we are not likely to invent anything. The fable of the thirsty crow which collected pebbles and threw them into the jar to raise the level of water to the bird’s reach of lips is well-known. Mere necessity would not help us much if we are not moved by thought. Animals have their needs but because they lack the power of thinking and ingenuity‚ they cannot

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