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    Gascoyne Gold

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    Gascoyne Gold case study 1. Outline how Porter’s value chain has been used by Gascoyne Gold and the advantages that have resulted from its implementation. Porter`s value chain model looks at the primary and secondary activities with in the internal environment of an organization. From the case study it is shown that Gascoyne Gold has used porter`s value chain to reduce costs and to increase customer satisfaction. Primary activities: * Inbound logistics: It includes all the activities

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    Railroads In The Civil War

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    The Civil War is a war in which railroads were a major factor. During the 1850’s the world had seen growth in the railroad industry so that by 1861‚ 22‚000 miles of track had been laid in the Northern states and around 9‚550 miles in the South. The great rail centers the South were Chattanooga and most important Richmond.Wars have been fought to control supply centers‚ but the Confederate govt. was very slow to recognize the importance of the railroads in the conflict. By sometime in September 1863

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    The Underground Railroad was apart of American history that led us to how present day America is. It was a terrible and shameful time period that included the institution of slavery. The Underground Railroad played a big role in the destruction of slavery all together. The Underground Railroad started towards the end of the 18th century‚ and consisted of lots of complications and risks to get to freedom. Each person who helped with the Underground Railroad had different tasks and responsibilities

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    The Underground Railroad A lot of people in today’s modern world don’t know that the Underground Railroad wasn’t actually a railroad. It was actually a series of houses‚ shops‚ and hotels/motels that would provide blacks a way to escape slavery in the south by going north. These buildings were known as stations and the slaves were known as cargo. Between 1815 and 1860‚ it is estimated that 130‚000 refugees escaped the south via the Underground Railroad. The railroad had as many as 3‚200 active workers

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    Barrick Gold

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    1. One organization that I feel has the best longterm position in terms of their stock market price is Barrick Gold. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=ABX+Balance+Sheet&annual http://www.barrick.com/investors/annual-report/financial-highlights/default.aspx The most important factor in any organization from what I learnt is how much it can pay its shareholders in dividends. Barrick gold has increased per year their annualized dividend US cents per share from 48 cents per share in 2010 to 60 cents

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    The underground railroad helped aid thousands of slaves to freedom but the common image‚ Harriet Tubman‚ checkpoint houses and tunnels from south to north‚ it is incorrect. Eric Foner shatters that image in Gateway to Freedom in which he illustrates the complex narrative of the underground railroad in New York. Foner portrays the railroad not of an organized system going from south to north but rather the combined efforts of groups and individuals that have gone untold with time. Foner writes of

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    Gold Penny

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    Gold Penny Lab Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to convert a regular penny into a “gold” penny. Background: Chemistry is a branch of physical science that studies the composition‚ properties and behavior of matter (www.acs.org). Sodium hydroxide is considered to be a strong base because it breaks up in water. When mixed with certain metals it produces potentially explosive hydrogen gas. Many alchemists believed that doing certain chemical reactions that they would be able

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    Underground Railroad Through the development of the Underground Railroad slave escape in the mid 1800s‚ there was much leading into this great historical occurrence. Two key things that factored into this were the many dangers involved in the travel and journey and also the abolitionists that helped the slaves through their rigorous escape. In analysis of the excursion with the dangers faced and the perseverant abolitionists‚ through the many struggles their rough journey ended in success for

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    There are many benefits of having a railroad run through your city in 1800s. But there are also many drawbacks too. In this document I will explain to you the drawbacks and benefits of having a railroad. There will be many different things you will be learning about to having a railroad in the city. Some benefits of having a railroad run through your city is that you can be able to import goods or you can also export goods.This means that they will be able to trade food / goods with other states

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    Gold Dinar

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Gold dinar was gold coins used as a medium of exchange by Muslims through out the Islamic history. Today‚ the gold dinar‚ sometimes referred as Islamic Dinar is a bullion coin made from 4.25 grams of 22-carrat (k) gold. There were renewed interest in gold as a medium as exchange globally. More economists now prefer gold over money paper‚ to be precise fiat money. In a fiat money system‚ money is not backed by a physical commodity‚ for example gold. The only thing that gives money

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