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    The Jungle by author Upton Sinclair is a story about Jurgis Rudkus and his family who immigrated to America from Lithuania. Jurgis, his wife Ona and their relatives end up getting conned into buying a house with all of their savings near the stockyards and meat packing district in Chicago. Jurgis winds up working in the slaughterhouse where conditions are harsh and unsafe and the pay is low. All of the relatives including the women and the children have to go out and have to seek work to make…

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    One Perception Check Later A light rain comes to a stop as I walk up the slick driveway of my friend Aaron’s house. I push on the white, waterlogged, wooden fence gate to the backyard and stand just thirty feet from the open garage door. The backyard consists of two halves: the concrete path with a hutch housing rabbits and a grass yard with a brown, stone fire pit. A constant air of music plays from the wind chimes that hang from a vine-covered terrace separating the two areas. We take the…

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    to the private selling of firearms. Private selling of such weapons requires no registration, background checks or licensing. This brings upon the issue of convicted criminals or the mentally ill being able to purchase a firearm with no legal action. Loopholes are not the only issues with current firearm regulations. We are still operating off of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that was established in 1998. There are signs that this system needs renovation, even pro-gun…

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    Qualitative research has gradually become a more prominent and accepted research paradigm as time has progressed. Unlike the quantitative paradigm, such a research ‘seeks a depth of information and attempts to gain understanding and insight related to the meaning that individuals give to their experiences’ (Thomas W. Kaminski, 2004). The tendency of qualitative research to be subjective and contextual as opposed to generalizable makes it subject to question regarding its trustworthiness. The…

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    With minimal identification of paperwork all you need is a valid state ID or birth certificate. Once you’ve filled out an ATF questionnaire, your name gets sent into the FBI instant criminal check system and is usually done over the phone and completed right then and there. On some occasions the background check can run for another day or two and if not completed by then some dealers will still complete the sale and send you on your way. Storing firearms in a home is also a necessity but one not…

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    Essentially the applicant workflow process represents the method for managing a candidate within a requisition. Each step is comprised of four action statuses: initial, intermediate, completion and non-selection. During each step, the candidate’s status changes and eventually moves to completion, withdraw or not selected status. Current Applicant Workflow Process In 2013, GSU introduced an Oracle Taleo Cloud Service to streamline the hiring process. This service starts with an online applicant…

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    Homozygous Recessive

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    (1.) A. B. 2. (3.) The percentage of Allison’s egg cells that she produces during her lifetime that will carry the recessive allele and the X chromosome is seventy five percent. For the fact, twenty five percent of the cell will carry homozygous recessive allele and X chromosome, the other fifty percentage will carry heterozygous recessive allele and X chromosome. (4.) A. Twenty Five Percent B. No. C. (X)R (X)r (X)R (X)R(X)R - Female homozygous dominant (X)R(X)r…

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    The Jungle In Upton Sinclair’s story The Jungle, the progressive era and struggles within are vividly narrated through the characters. To illustrate, Jurgis Rudkus, the main character from which the story takes perspective represents the common working man in general. However, as the story progresses he becomes conscious and acknowledges his duty for social responsibility and fights for equality of the majority. Furthermore, Ona represents the weak side of the woman while Marija the strong, but…

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    In 1906 the upton sinclair's the novel ”The Jungle has to do with the rudkins family and their civilization.” And the struggle they had in their life. They used to live in lithuania because it was terrible for them,so they decided to come to america to have a good like maybe a little of work and half it was because they need the money.But then they got a home for them selve with the whole family.So the whole story pretty much was like an aweful and a good one at the same time. In the book of…

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    filled out a job application and prior to submitting, it asks if you are willing to undergo a background check if accepted for the position? Background checks are a common practice employers take to ensure they are hiring the right candidate. Background checks include credit history, criminal history, driving records, academic history verification, and past employment checks. However, background checks are regulated and covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970. What is the Fair Credit…

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