Chilean Copper Mine Collapse Chilean Copper Mine Collapse A small copper mine in San Jose‚ located in north Chile‚ collapsed trapping workers underground. The mine collapsed on August 5th‚ trapping 33 workers in the mine. The coverage of this mine collapse came two long weeks after the traumatic event. Initially the incident did not catch any news worthy attention. Mine collapses are pretty common but the accident finally caught the interest of an editor‚ and then it went viral from
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FINAL EXAMINATION MATHS FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE 5 Q=Sullivan handbags marks up their bags at 45% of the selling price. Pat Sullivan saw a bag at a trade show that she would sell to her customers for $85. What is the most she could pay for the bag and still retain the 45% markup of the selling price? P=selling price C=cost of product R=percentage markup P=C(1+r) 85=C(1+45%/100=1.45) C=85/1.45=58.62 Check back 58.62*45%=26.379=26.38 58.62+26.38=85 Answer: Most she could pay for
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Social Movement Essay March 31‚ 2013 Straight Edge: Subculture and Social Movement In the early 1980’s‚ a hardcore punk band called Minor Threat wrote a song called “Straight Edge”. In this song‚ front man Ian MacKaye versed lyrics about not needing drugs or any substance to live a positive lifestyle. The song lyrics marked a new beginning of a subculture consisting of youth in a punk/hardcore scene that decided to be different and go against the grain. Straight edge is a lifestyle and philosophy
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Copper Mine Collapse Ryan Moorer BCOM/275 5/21/2013 Bettie Brown On August 5‚ 2010 the world watched as reports came in from Chile‚ a small copper mine caved-in leaving 33 mine workers trapped underground (Weik‚ 2010). Initial reports did not know if there were any survivors. It was 17 days before any contact was made with the trapped miners (Hughes‚ 2010). The family members and the rest of the world were relieved to know that all of the miners had survived the collapse. The mine officials
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through his practicum a student approached him and his associate teacher Mr Meer about the morning announcements for the gay-straight alliance. During the morning announcements‚ members of the gay-straight alliance would announce names of famous gay people listing their achievements. The student‚ as a christian‚ took issue with the misrepresentation of gay students versus straight
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Straight Outta Compton is a must see movie based on a hip-hop group‚ NWA. The Setting took place in in 1986‚ Compton L.A. (Los Angeles). The group included five great new actors‚ playing the main portraying the members from NWA. The movie reflected on how the group started their rap career‚ influencing the people‚ telling them about what was happing in the hood. This movie also included the rise and fall of NWA and it also reveals scenes that included violence in rough neighborhoods. F. Gary Gray
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has been found to have a negative impact on juveniles and their recidivism rates. Studies show individuals that attend programs such as deterrence‚ scared straight‚ and programs that teach the juvenile discipline actually increase recidivism in youth; having higher rates of reentering the prison system (Wilson‚ 2011‚ p. 106). Scared straight and boot camp programs focus on scaring the children to get them back on track and the programs bring delinquency together who’s inclined toward violence and
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Susan Orlean‚ a contributor to the New Yorker‚ writes about real people. In a Orlean piece one feels her subject’s enthusiasm for their craft bleed into her own enthusiasm for reporting it. Simply put‚ her writing makes the passions of others accessible to all. She makes it look easy. But how does she do it? Orlean writes to “startle” and “seduce” her audience (Boynton 289‚ 276). She writes to convince her readership to care about the passions of her subjects‚ whether they be surfing‚ inventing
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The Life Of Susan Yen Liang I was born on November 25th‚ 1941 in Tian Jin‚ China. I was the last child to be born to the Yen family and the second to be born to Jeanne Prosperi and Joseph Yen. I had one brother‚ Franklin‚ three half-brothers‚ Gregory‚ James‚ and Edgar‚ and two half-sisters‚ Adeline and Lydia. I loved being the youngest in the family‚ adored by everyone. When I was about three months old‚ Father and Mother‚ along with my other siblings‚ moved to Shanghai. Aunt Baba and I stayed
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A leadership role that I am currently taking on in high school is the President of the Gay-Straight Alliance club (GSA). As someone who is a part of the LGBT+ community‚ I wanted to give back any way possible. I love to organize hands-on activities‚ and in this club‚ my officers and I plan weekly meetings based on different LGBT+ topics to help unify people of our community and our straight allies. After visiting other LGBT+ groups in the past‚ I found myself separating from the community. These
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