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    Stay Gold

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    Stay Gold By: Julie Pratt In the end of the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton‚ Johnny Cade’s last words to Ponyboy were “Stay gold‚ Ponyboy. Stay gold…” (pg 148). One way to interpret Johnny’s words would be that he meant for Ponyboy to keep his innocence. Another way would be to say that Johnny meant for Ponyboy to stay true to who he was. It is also possible that he meant for Ponyboy to continue to be a generally good person‚ pure of heart and mind. Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy had a triple

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    The Outsiders Gold

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    beautiful‚ can last forever. Frost says‚ "Nature’s first green is gold‚ her hardest hue to hold‚ Her early leafs a flower‚ but only so an hour‚" meaning that "gold" is considered beautiful and perfect but is the hardest to keep. Gold will only last a short time. The above quote from the poem also means that the best things in life‚ represented by gold‚ can’t last forever as represented by the second line of the poem. The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost holds several meanings that relate beauty

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    Gold Mining

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    Gold Mining: Why it should be banned in the Philippines? Gold mining in the Philippines can be traced hundreds of years back before the colonizers came to the country. As early as 1521‚ our ancestors were already panning gold and have decorated themselves with gold accessories. As years passed‚ the growth of the mining industry has increased. In 1995‚ Philippine Mining Act was passed which the government allowed foreign companies to fully operate in the country; it created backlash from Filipinos

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    The Greed for Gold

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    Does the justification matter in the reclaiming of the treasure? Will it affect the overall outcome or restoration of order after the dragon’s death? The works‚ The Hobbit‚ Beowulf‚ and The Volsunga Saga‚ prove that you must be more justified than the dragon when claiming the treasure. The treasure must truly have belonged to you prior to the dragon in order for the treasure to have a positive outcome and improve the current circumstances. That being said‚ in The Hobbit‚ Beowulf and The Volsunga

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    Straw Into Gold

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    Ashlee Freer Ms. Eaves English IV – 4th 1 April 2014 “Straw into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday” During the 20th century‚ Contemporary literature held a substantial importance in writing and English classes alike. In the Contemporary realm of authors‚ Sandra Cisneros produces an essay on what it was like to be a Mexican-American female growing up in society. In her impacting essay‚ “Straw into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday‚” Cisneros introduces a cultural perspective

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    Christina Gold

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    Christina Gold Case Study Why was the restructuring needed at Western Union – or wasn’t it? Western Union at the time when Christina Gold had in intention to restructure‚ was a structure pure American – Centric with the main operations managed from US. This structure will not be efficient and will not respond to the goals of growth of Western Union. The trend for growth showed in 2002‚ when Western Union reported sales of $3‚2billion and eighty percent increase compare with the prior

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    Blue Gold

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    Issue: The short documentary‚ Blue Gold‚ presented an issue of our planet’s water supply. Our planet is made out of about 70% of water. However‚ less than 1% of that water is actually drinkable. The issue is that water is becoming scares and due to lack of rain‚ the precious water begins to dry out. As the water source rapidly declines‚ the corporations saw that as a chance to make profit. Therefore‚ we are forced to buy overpriced water. Summary: Blue Gold did a great job representing the

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    Old is GOld

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    Old is Gold “Don’t try to be original; just try to be good‚” a very simple advice from Paul Rand‚ yet a very honest advice for designer-to-be. Paul Rand was one of the inspirational pioneers of modern graphic design. Even if one has not heard of his name‚ he or she must has seen his design works certainly. A few of his well-known logo designs are ABC‚ UPS and IBM. His book‚ “A Designer’s Art” is as influential as he was. It is not only involved aesthetic requirements for graphic designers‚ but

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    Blue Gold

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    Blue Gold This is a documentary about the ever increasing water crisis in our world today; what is causing it‚ the consequences‚ and how to stop it. Ecologists everywhere began to take notice of the “desertification” of our planet and the dire consequences ahead if it is not stopped. The urgency of this issue is one that cannot be brushed off because it is not us destroying solely the planet we live on‚ but destroying our chances of survival on it. Desertification of the earth is caused

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    Usually most people believe‚ gold ore are golden‚ it is not true‚ the gold ore is black‚ mainly to see the gold content of ore‚ usually gold content per ton of gold ore can reach 2-3 g‚ here today for you to uncover gold ore into gold brick. Gold ore into the crusher two large stones will be turned into gravel-sized‚ and then transmitted to the powder ore bin‚ will be screened out of the stone into the crusher(crusher)‚ broken transported by conveyor belt to transfer positions ‚ and then round the

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