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    Industry Analysis Oil & Gas Industry Overview What is the oil industry? The oil industry, made up of both oil and gas is also known as the energy industry. On a personal level, “oil and gas provides the world 's 7 billion people with 60 percent of their daily energy needs. The other 40 percent comes from coal, nuclear and hydroelectric power, solar and tidal power, and biomass products such as firewood (Petroleum Online, 2014).” “As fuels, they keep us warm in cold weather and cool in hot weather;

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    Socioeconomic status (SES) is the social status as measured by income, education and occupation (Placeholder5). SES influences educational outcomes, for example low-income families are unlikely to have the financial resources to purchase learning materials (Aikens & Barbarin, 2008) such as books or computers to create a supportive learning environment (Orr, 2003). The lack of resources ch widens the educational gap between rich and poor children (Hart, 2013; Lubienski, 2002). Research indicates that

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    Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR, is a refuge geared toward preserving national wildlife in northeastern Alaska. ANWR is about 19 million acres, in space, and contains a potential drilling spot for oil and petroleum. The potential drilling spot is a small area known as the 10-02 Area. It is only 1.5 million acres, or 8%, of ANWR, would even be considered for development (What is ANWR). The controversy surrounding ANWR is whether to drill or not to drill into the 10-02 area. Some people want

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    During my interview with Speech Pathologist, Deborah Kirsch, I learned countless details about the Speech Pathology career field. When we first began talking, I learned that Mrs. Kirsch works out of a company called “Professional Therapy Services”, where she is contracted out to work for “Eunice Smith Nursing Home” which is located in Alton, Illinois. She has been working at this facility for about a year. She is a newly found graduate from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and she graduated

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    education and the economy STEM occupations are predominantly populated by White males. Whites and Asians are overrepresented in STEM fields, making up 71% and 14.5 % of the STEM workforce respectively while Hispanics are at 7% and Blacks at 6% (Landivar, 2013). This lack of representation puts underrepresented minorities at an economic disadvantage as STEM fields are expected to increase by 17% by 2020 as compared to non-STEM jobs that are expected to increase by 9.8% (Langdon, McKittrick, Beede

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    Educational Event “In Flanders Fields,” by John McCrae, “In Time of War,” by W.H. Auden, and “Facing It,” by Yusef Komunyakaa all share a theme of war. The symbols and settings used in these poems illustrate the theme of war and its hardships clearly. Last, the authors all have biographical backgrounds surrounding past wars. The symbols used in all three of these poems closely relate to the idea of war. In “In Flanders Fields,” McCrae uses the symbols of crosses in the field to mark the fact that death

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    Kwame Cherukuri Cherukuri 1 Honors English 10 Period Seven 13 April 2015 Mechanical Engineering and Its Purpose in Society Mechanical engineering may seem like an abstract and unimportant concept to the average person, yet mechanical engineering has been around since the beginnings of humanity. Mechanical engineering is everywhere and we see the results of it in our lives every day. Most objects that we encounter, such as a pencil or

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    There is a lot of attention placed on STEM education from businesses and the federal government. First, this paper will explain what STEM is, how it came to be, and the reasons behind the urgency to implement this program in schools as early as kindergarten across the United States. Then this paper will address any potential issues for this plan, and how STEM can be a benefit the future of education. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. When talking about STEM education,

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    It reduces by nearly 17 degrees in the people above 65 (Burg 1968). Vision field loss 1. According to the data available, it is noted that the chances of developing visual field loss in the age of 16 yrs to 60 years is nearly 3 to 3.5 % which increases to nearly 13% for the people above 65 years of age.(Johnson and Keltner, 1983). 2. For individuals above the age of 65, the risk of development of visual field defects increase by nearly five times than the individuals below this age. (Johnson

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    murdered between the years of 1975 and 1979 under the control of the Khmer Rouge. The government depopulated cities and forcibly relocated citizens to collective farms known as Killing Fields because of the unspeakable amount of deaths of all ages that occurred there. Approximately 14,000 lives were taken in these fields due to the stringent rules placed upon the citizens. The Khmer Rouge advocated for social equality and transformed Cambodia into a pre-industrialized nation centered around agriculture

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