On a crisp fall morning‚ parents lined the school’s circular driveway in Audis‚ BMWs and Land Rovers‚ among other luxury SUVs‚ to drop their high-schoolers off at Detroit Country Day School. Dressed in uniforms—boys in button-down shirts‚ blazers with the school crest‚ khaki or navy dress pants‚ and ties; girls in largely the same garb‚ though without the ties and the option of wearing a skirt—the students entered a lobby adorned with green tiles from the nearby Pewabic Pottery‚ a legendary Detroit
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of British Asian crime Researchers Ben bowling and Coretta Philips (2002) note that by the late 1990s ethnographic studies had begun to studies had begun to examine crime among British Asian. They reviewed a number of studies‚ including those by Desai (1999) and Mawby and Batta (1980) .bowling and Phillips note earlier ethnographic studies had generally portrayed Asian communities as “inward looking”‚ “tightly knit”‚ self regulating‚ passive and ordered by tradition with strong family ties. These
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Swatantra Vidyalaya Harish Patel felt an avalanche of emotions rise inside him when h e walked around the five acre campus of Swatantra Vidyalaya1 on a Sunday morning in the winter of 2006 along with his friend Devang Desai. Both‚ Harish and Devang‚ had studied together in this school up to seventh standard some thirty odd years back. This was the first time they met each other and this was the first time they were coming to the school after the long gap. The school was established by Harish Patel’s
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help to regulate the indoor environment without excess energy. The only leisure space in a typical office tower may be the cafeteria in the basement or the office pantry; this skyscraper has shaded outdoor terraces that go all the way up to its rooftop pool and gym. Shaded outdoor terraces Outdoor employee swimming pool When the IBM headquarter Menara Mesiniaga‚ situated in Subang Jaya near Kuala Lumpur‚ was erected in the summer of 1992iv‚ its architect Ken Yeang had the terms energy-saving
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“Are they temporary or permanent?” Then let’s discuss‚” Two ways in which the development/urbanization of coastal areas contribute to shoreline erosion‚ and what they contribute to our beaches?”‚ also‚ “What increases with the creation of roads and rooftops?” Shoreline erosion is a big expensive problem that is having a negative impact on our environment. Tarbuck (2014) states that erosion along the coastline causes significant property damage. Large sums of money spent annually not only to repair damage
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Meridien shines as a full service hotel that gives guests an innovative range of restaurants and spaces to socialize and enjoy the décor. Every detail is thought out‚ and between the éclairs found in the lobby‚ the drinks served at the City Light Rooftop Bar‚ and the Peruvian chicken enchiladas; there is something for everyone onsite. Renting a cabana for the day or hitting the town’s museums is the way to take on Charlotte‚ relaxing in style and soaking up the local culture. The fact that the hotel
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FICTION?." College Student Journal44.2 (2010): 419-423. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 6 Oct. 010. Crombie‚ Aaron P.‚ et al. "The freshman weight gain phenomenon revisited." Nutrition Reviews 67.2 (2009): 83-94. Academic Search Complete Desai‚ Melissa N.‚ et al. "Risk Factors Associated With Overweight and Obesity in College Students."Journal of American College Health 57.1 (2008): 109-114. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 13 Oct. 2010. Gropper‚ Sareen S.‚ et al. "The Freshman
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Rainwater Harvesting: Grab hold of Water Where it Falls! Mrs. S.D. Khandagale ‚ Mrs. V.A. Joshi # # * Lecurer‚ Instrumentation Department V.P.M’s Polytechni‚ Thane‚ MS‚ India smita_khandagale@hotmail.com * H.O.D‚ Instrumentation Department V.P.M’s Polytechnic‚ Thane‚ MS‚ India Abstract Till about thirty years back‚ the areas around our homes and offices used to be unpaved and the rain falling on these areas would percolate into the soil and remain there for being drawn through
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into American society is depicted through his decision to leave America at the end of the novel‚ muttering that “[I] cannot fit in this country. There is nothing that will ever be accepting of [my] culture and religion”. Through the use of epiphany‚ Desai forces the reader to examine how the loss of individual willingness can lead to an undesirable migrant experience and a failed assimilation‚ and hence‚ society loses a valuable‚ hardworking member. Thus‚ Bulawayo and
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describing Uma’s life in India‚ the second describing her brother Arun’s days in America. The story opens with the parents sitting together on the swing and discussing whether fritters will be enough for tea. Fritters? Here’s where my difficulty with Desai begins. More than this unease with Indian words for Indian things‚ Desai’s tone in this novel is not merely unhappy but bitter. We sense the bitterness in Uma’s condition as she goes about her destiny of serving her querulous‚ self-obsessed parents;
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