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Shadow children volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
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In a society that allows families to have only two children, a group of third-borns tries to save themselves and others like them.
Pub. Date
2020.
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"Making Homelessness History In Colorado" provides a framework for efforts to address homelessness in Colorado today and a vision for the future. It introduces a series of guiding principles with key goals, cross-cutting approaches, and a list of proven solutions that communities across Colorado have successfully implemented that can be replicated elsewhere.
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Quick response research report volume 123
Pub. Date
[2000]
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Documents the impacts of Hurricane Mitch on the coastal population, local marine resources, and tourism infrastructure.
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Appears on list
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"Margaret Atwood's best-loved novel has taken the world by storm again. Riding high on bestseller lists for months and the basis for Hulu's Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning smash hit series, The Handmaid's Tale is everywhere--and it's primed for a stunning new graphic novel adaptation. The story is iconic: In the Republic of Gilead, a Handmaid named Offred lives in the home of the Commander, to the purpose that she become pregnant with his child....
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[2008]
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Colorado has wide ranging socioeconomic characteristics that vary from one geographic region to the next. In order to understand the projected transportation system for 2035, it is important to have an understanding of the socioeconomic trends and their potential impacts. An overview of key demographic characteristics in Colorado related to population, employment, and income is presented in this report.
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Quick response research report volume 110
Pub. Date
[1998]
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No evidence of formation of emergent, coordinative interstitial groups in Osceola County, Florida following the February tornado disaster. The opportunity for women to participate in these groups was nonexistent.
33) The circle
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When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the worlds most powerful internet company, she feels shes been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining...
35) Designing a technology-neutral, benefit-pricing policy for the electric power sector in Colorado
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
The benefit-pricing approach is technology neutral--it would link sourcing decisions to true social costs without favoring one technology platform over another. It is different from traditional, least-cost pricing. Under the proposed plan, generators would be financially rewarded for lowering the environmental costs that they pass on to society or for lowering the integration costs that they pass on to the bulk power provider--this would be on top...
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c2021.
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"As America’s favorite frontline Covid-19 health journalist, Dr. Sanjay Gupta has barely left his primetime seat in his makeshift studio basement since the pandemic began (other than to perform brain surgery). He’s had the insider of insider access to the drama’s unfolding, including exclusive conversations with the world’s top public health experts and behind-the-scenes scientists racing to find treatments and cures. And now he’s sharing...
37) Time's eye
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Time odyssey volume 1
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Sir Arthur C. Clarke is a living legend, a writer whose name has been synonymous with science fiction for more than fifty years. An indomitable believer in human and scientific potential, Clarke is a genuine visionary. If Clarke has an heir among today's science fiction writers, it is award-winning author Stephen Baxter. In each of his acclaimed novels, Baxter has demonstrated dazzling gifts of imagination and intellect, along with a rare ability...
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Quick response research report volume 175
Pub. Date
[2005]
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The research interest is to develop an overview of mitigation planning processes in Austria. A specific focus will be to explore regulatory influences on flood mitigation in Austria with an emphasis on the multidisciplinary efforts in Vienna.
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REDI report volume 2018, April
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
School attendance rates of girls are hypothesized to be negatively affected by menstruation in countries such as Nepal where traditional attitudes and taboo may surround transitions into womanhood. Girls' school experiences during adolescence may be impacted by menstruation and by exclusionary social practices surrounding it in certain world cultures. A goal of our ongoing research is to identify factors, both economic and social, that impact school...
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REDI report volume 2019, June
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
We examine positive links between school attendance and student achievement in the context of secondary schools in Nepal via original data collection matched to administrative records. We pay attention to gender since previous work is suggestive of menstruation affecting school attendance in this context. We also examine other non-attendance determinants of achievement, including individual and family-related characteristics, for comparison. This...
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