The historian Mary Daly says the figures on women’s labour- market participation ….suggest a long term pattern of declining employment‚ which persisted in the Irish Republic until 1981. In that year women accounted for a smaller proportion of the labour force than in the late nineteenth century (1997‚ 5). Why do you believe this occurred? In your answer please define the concept of work and outline at least four historical factors which contributed to the declining employment of women.
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MERTON TRUCK COMPANY Sol 1 : Given : Selling Price od Model 101 truck : 39000 Selling Price of Model 102 truck : 38000 We know‚ Contribution C = SP – VC VC for Model 101 : Direct Material + Direct Labor + Variable Overhead : 24000 + 4000 + 8000 = $36000 VC for Model 102: Direct Material + Direct Labor + Variable Overhead : 20000+ 4500+8500 = $33000 Let no of Model 101 produced be X Let no of Model 102 produced be Y Z= (39000-36000)X + (38000=33000)Y Z=3000X + 5000Y
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In this critical review I will compare the two texts by Peter Earle and Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk. The articles are about woman’s work in the 17th and early 18th century respectively about women’s work in the Dutch textile industry and female labour marked in London. The article by Earle (in 1989) is released before Meerkerk’s article (2006) and there are in Meerkerk analysis some pointing to Earle’s article. I will start with a short presentation of each of the two articles‚ how and from
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the current scenario‚ the major bottlenecks in the system are the drying units for wet berries and the berry separation lines. While the drying units’ capacity can be increased by purchasing additional units‚ the throughput of the system will still be limited by the limitation of the separation lines. If the average rate of inflow of berries is 1500bbl/hr‚ then with the effective separation capacity of 1200bbl/hr‚ the plant will incur a backlog of 300bbl/hr. If the shift start
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Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century By: Neil Postman Neil Postman identifies himself as a "neo-Luddite". What bothers Postman most is the fact that the great innovators of this time have no frame of reference other than their own experience‚ and that experience is only that of the 20th century. Advocates of trends such as information superhighways and economic globalization appear to know nothing of history‚ philosophy and culture; they live digitally in the hollow present.
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Ancient India Technology In ancient Indian mathematics was known by the general name of Ganita‚ which included arithmetic‚ geometry‚ algebra‚ astronomy and astrology. It was Aryabhatta‚ who gave a new direction to trigonometry. The decimal system too was an innovation of India. By the third century B.C. mathematics‚ astronomy and medicine began to develop separately. In the field of mathematics ancient Indians made three distinct contributions‚ the notation system‚ the decimal system and the use
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There were many factors that caused the decline in Venice’s economy and industry. During the sixteenth century Italy was one of the most powerful and technologically advanced countries in the world‚ but during the seventeenth century other countries were becoming equally or more advanced than Italy. England‚ France‚ and Holland had started producing materials for a cheaper amount of money because of the new technology they were using to manufacture their goods. Since England‚ France‚ and Holland
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Lamu and Zanzibar‚ two ancient towns on the coast of East Africa Historical Perspectives of East Africa Assignment Lecturer: Mr Bagaja Student Number: TTM-08-13 Student Name : Mutunga Katia Date Submitted: 23/ 10/ 2010 Lamu “The oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa “ World Heritage Site List Background The island of Lamu is situated on the north coast of Kenya. Lamu town is the largest town on Lamu Island‚ which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya
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MODERN GREEK LITERATURE Modern Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek language from the 11th century‚ with texts written in a language that is more familiar to the ears of Greeks today than is the language of the early Byzantine literature‚ the compilers of the New Testament‚ or‚ of course‚ the classical authors of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. 1 The emergence of modern Greek literature (11th - 15th century) 1.1 Acritic songs 1.2 Romances 1.3 Tales set in the classical world
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PETR 4308 Advanced Reservoir Engineering HW# 7- Solution Problem Statement The following Draw down test has been performed in a cylindrical reservoir assumed to have a drainage area equal to 5‚760‚000 sqft and the following data: Table 1: Reservoir Data Q h rw 90 stb/d 23 ft 0.401 ft φ μ ct B 0.14 1.5 cp 1.6 E-6 1/psi 1.15 Rb/stb 1. 2. 3. 4. Estimate Permeability Estimate the Skin factor S Estimate pressure drop due to skin Estimate flow efficiency Solution Part 1
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