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    Gen-X Case Study

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    2017 was a busy year for Gen-x. This is the year when Gen-x truly came into the light of the public. A month after the consent order both Chemours and DuPont settled around 4,000 lawsuits in Ohio and West Virginia paying $335.4 million dollars. Though they both denied ever doing anything wrong. Half way through ’17 Cape Fear Public Utility Authority accepts and approves a letter from the Department of Environmental Quality agreeing to help evaluate Gen-x. In that same month, Wilmington StarNews

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    The Color in this painting is shown with light values of contrast. The contrast of the darker background to bring enfaces of Elizabeth in the fore front of the painting. She is in a lighter contrast to draw the eye to her. The value of color pops off the white of her clothing and as well as of

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    Fishes. Today I am going to be analyzing all of these five dances. Suite of Mazurkas was the opening performance. It was first performed on August 15, 1958 at the American Dance Festival in Connecticut. The dance from the Saturdays concert was choreographed by Jose Limon. It consisted of seven parts. In the first part, four girls started the dance with light hand movements and some jumping. They were wearing black flowy dresses. Relaxing piano music was going around throughout the all seven parts

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    It was time he made a name for himself and show his true potential to Britain and the world. He had received a tip from Brian Field a lawyer’s clerk who knew many felons. He stated that a HVP train from Glasgow to London would be passing during the August bank holiday when most money would be present. The security on the train was almost none existent which is what perplexed Reynolds. Would he be able to pull it off? The first step was location. The train could be pulled very close to London but that

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    Wooden Truss Bridge

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    china. The first welded bridge was designed by polish engineer Stefan Bryla. The longest suspension bridge in the world (from 2010) is the Akashi Kaikyo bridge in Kobe Japan. Allan truss is based on the Howe truss. The first one was finished on 13 August 1894. Bailey truss was made for the military, with many different styles. Baltimore truss was like the Pratt truss but it has more bracing on the bottom to stop buckling. Bollman truss had many independent tension elements that makes a strong bridge

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    California Poem

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    For instance, “I went into the neon fruit supermarket.” The author used as a symbol neon. Neon symbolizes the color green or nature and it is also not a natural light like the moon light as he described in the first stanza. Similarly, Ginsberg is stating there is no natural setting to the supermarket surroundings as the neon lights do no favor to the lighting of the food in the aisles. Even though he was not actually looking for food it was images of Whitman. Here, it seems the poet has

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    The Large Bathers, 1898-1905 is the largest of Paul Cezanne's pictures and has been cited as an example of his ideal of composition and his restoration of classic monumentality after its lapse during the nineteenth century. Cézanne’s great achievement forced the young Picasso, Matisse, and many other artists to contend with the implications of Cézanne’s art. This essay will discuss how both Matisse’s Bonheur de Vivre (Joy of Life) and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon are considered as inspired

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    He is best known for the invention of the traffic signal light. Although he may not have been the first to invent the traffic light, he was the first person to patent it. Morgan was born in Kentucky, and was the son of former slaves. He only went to elementary school, but he continued to learn a lot on his own, and became very independent. According

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    The Atomic Age

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    The Atomic Age The Atomic Age, composed of complex and controversial issues, has forever changed our world and the way in which we live. * What were the factors leading to the dropping of the atomic bomb? The answer to this question considers events dealing with atomic energy, the Manhatten Project, and controversial issues about when, where, how, and if the bomb should have been used. There are several events prior to the 1940s that led to the making of the bomb, but the majority of events

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    Police Shooting

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    Steve Xiong Dave Althausen POLS 365Z October 12, 2015 Police Shooting In many cases, a man was slaughtered subsequent to displaying some sort of toy firearm, notwithstanding directing it at officers, a beyond any doubt welcome toward gunfire. Many individuals, at any rate, passed on in the wake of being stunned with electric immobilizers, some from pressure or stifling, and some from reasons that stay baffling. However, most were shooting. The slaughtering of an outfitted individual prompts

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