crisis: the shortage of skilled workers. You may have heard the topic raised on some morning show or another‚ but likely thought little of it. However‚ the figures are quite shocking. According to one author’s research‚ “52 percent of skilled trades are expected to retire within the next 15 years‚ with 41 per cent of respondents indicating they will face a skills shortage in their industry within five years.” (Arnold‚ par. 12). The shortage of skilled workers in the coming decade
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Rhyming of a Rime (Three messages provided out of the reading‚ Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ by Samuel Coleridge.) Imagine doing a deed so terrible that the rest of your life was determined by that one singular moment. Most people would imagine the initial moment to be like killing someone‚ destroying lives‚ or something of that scenarios. People wouldn’t imagine the defining moment in their life to be killing a bird. “...in a piece that cries out for simplicity and gets digital distraction instead
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members of the family Mustelidae which also includes weasels‚ martens‚ polecats‚ badgers‚ skunks‚ grisons and minks. Otters are placed in the sub-family Lutrinae (Khan W. A. et al.‚2010). Genus Lutrogale ;Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) (Ogamba E.N. & Abowei J.F.N.‚2012) ( Figure 1) .The smooth otter is the largest otter in Southeast Asia that comment otter. It was named for its shorter‚ smoother coat than that of other otters with appears velvety and shiny. This otter is monogamous and usually
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Throughout our class and readings this semester we have gone through many different pieces of literature discussing the many different themes‚ patterns‚ along with many other important elements that make up great pieces of literature. This semester we have been covering a lot of material on the uncanny more known as a feeling of strange or mysteriousness along with stories congaing lots of darks and gory images including lots of deaths and unexpected deaths. A pattern I have seen occur quite a lot
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Birds are often important signs in literature. Western tradition has associated doves with the Holy Spirit‚ a part of the Trinity in Christian tradition. In the Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ Coleridge uses the symbol of the albatross to convey the mariner’s journey toward salvation. This theme is imparted early on in the poem. The sailors welcome the albatross as a sign of good omen(Coleridge 64). Practically‚ its presence suggests there may be food nearby. Described as a Christian bird‚ it alludes
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Smooth Jazz is a genre of music. As you can tell by its name‚ the music is quite smooth‚ cool. You can also tell that it doesn’t really use swingy rhythms. Some people call it Cool Jazz and it can also be called Contemporary Jazz‚ they’re all the same thing. Smooth Jazz started in 1985. It lost its popularity in 2008. People changed their tastes in music. They got more interested into more new and modern music. Smooth Jazz is like a combination of jazz and smooth R&B. In Smooth Jazz‚ the piano
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The Mariner’s Messages (Three Messages from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) The Mariner‚ in the poem‚ “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by William Coleridge‚ he talks about the dream of his friend that goes from what his friend specifically said and went from there. Today’s generation tends to elaborate or exaggerate things that people say. From their friends to some random person in the world‚ people today tend to go on and on and sometimes that means that they fray from the truth. Some of the
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Nature is portrayed in one million different ways it can be personified to portray human senses and appearances such as in this poem when Samuel Coleridge puts it in the Old Mariner’s point of view‚ this done so we as humans can see and relate to the character and also to what the feelings of the man are making you find your emotions. The image of death is represented to portray the fact that the mariner killed the graceful albatross as well as telling his curse
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Bankowski 1 David Bankowski Mrs. Downes Humanities 4A 7 January 2002 The Sea of Grass In this novel by Conrad Richter‚ the end of the New Mexico frontier as seen through the eyes of Hal‚ the nephew of one of the last great cattle ranchers. As civilization encroaches even onto that remote region‚ Colonel Jim Brewton symbolizes the last struggle and eventual submission of the land to the inevitable development of the forces of society. Jim was lord of his cattle
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The first piece we read by Samuel Taylor Coleridge was his poem called The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. In this piece‚ Coleridge tells a trying story of a Mariner who’s rash behavior resulted in the death of his ship mates. When his situation seemed irreversible‚ he happens upon a coast where he is rescued by three men. However‚ the journey that occurred cursed the Mariner to tell his story in order to eleven his heart of the burdensome guilt. Coleridge relays this story to the reader through lyrical
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