INTRODUCTION Background Pioneer Petroleum was founded in 1924‚ through a merger within industrial‚ pipeline transportation‚ and refining fields. PP has evolved over the last 60 years into a company that now also works with agricultural chemicals‚ plastics‚ and real estate development concentrating in gas‚ oil‚ petrochemicals‚ and coal. In 1990‚ PP improved their coker and sulfur recovery facility to make their refining process more efficient and in turn has become one of the lowest cost refiners
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Religion‚ Social Policy‚ and Social Work Practice Faith-based Services in Public Welfare It is generally accepted that the church has been a locus of social service and social change throughout America’s history‚ and “that the concept of human services emerged‚ at least partially‚ from a religious base” (Ellor‚ Netting‚ & Thibault‚ 1999‚ p. 13). Furthermore‚ it is recognized that the social work profession in the United States was influenced by a long history of religious traditions (Ellor
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“A Rose for Emily” By William Faulkner Questions for Preparing: 1. How does Faulkner handle the time in his narration of the story? Please fill the following diagram with the given events according to the sequence of the text order. the disappearance of Homer Barron‚ the funeral‚ the problem of the smell‚ the death of the father‚ the purchase of the poison‚ the visitation of the two cousins‚ the reason for the two cousins’ visit‚ the purchase of man’s things‚ the visitation of the deputation
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Topic: School Based Social Work Story: During my freshman year at College‚ I was mad aware of a job opening at a local public school on Staten Island. Some of the college’s students spent their first semester volunteering there for their freshman learning community. By the second semester‚ all the volunteers left because the atmosphere of the school was challenging. With all of the free help gone‚ the school put out a flyer for paid after school help positions. I jumped at the opportunity for
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PIONEER DIARIES The Oregon Trail was much more than a pathway to the state of Oregon; it was the only practical corridor to the entire western United States. The places we now know as Washington‚ Oregon‚ California‚ Nevada‚ Idaho and Utah would probably not be a part of the United States today were it not for the Oregon Trail. That’s because the Trail was the only feasible way for settlers to get across the mountains. The journey west on the Oregon Trail was exceptionally difficult by today’s standards
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In "A Rose for Emily‚" by William Faulkner‚ the use of thoroughly distributed symbolism reveals the plot of the whole action. The story speaks of the state of sociological transformation in the South. Faulkner reveals the inharmony between the former and contemporary south‚ and depicts the inherited reluctance to change through his main character‚ Emily and her physical appearance‚ as a representative of the obsolete older society; on the contrary‚ the changing order has been being depicted by
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Being a southerner can be complex...for the past never dies. William Faulkner’s miserable short story “A Rose for Emily” displays the un-organization in which the plot follows‚ perhaps like the characters way of proceeding on with life. The author confuses his readers‚ in order to prove how the south is stuck in the past. He does this by manipulating the plot‚ which gives a perplex understanding on how the south cannot get over the outcome of the war that had already ended. Throughout his
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Running head: SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION The Social Work Profession and Social Welfare Policy Munierah Abdelhamid California State University‚ Fresno Abstract Learning about the social work profession in the U.S. today is important for Americans because this information will be useful when seeking personal help from the government. The Elizabethan Poor Law was an important part in Europe’s history when looking at the origins of social work. How this law helped the many deserving poor people
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Letting go in life is one of the hardest tasks to overcome. In A Rose for Emily‚ William Faulkner takes readers back in a journey through time through the eyes of the citizens of a small and decaying Mississippi town‚ post- Civil War. Miss Emily is a woman of the town who seems to be stuck in her own concept of time‚ and refuses to let go of her past. A Rose for Emily is a tale of a woman who refuses to accept change‚ and the refusal of acceptance is shown through the death of Homer Barron‚ the death
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Pioneer project The woman and girls made all the clothing. Pioneer clothing was very uncomfortable. The girls had to wear many layers like petty coats‚ dresses and aprons. They also wore bonnets and high laced boots. The boys often wore trousers with suspenders and plaid shirts. They might have worn straw hats and high laced boots. People would wear fancier clothes to special occasions and parties. Most children only had two outfits. One outfit was for wearing during the week and the other was for
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