In the very beginning‚ when the girls signed up for the factory job–the first of which were offered by United States Radium Corp. (USRC) in Orange‚ NJ‚ followed by others from Radium Dial in Ottawa‚ IL‚ and Waterbury Clock Company in Waterbury‚ CT– they did not know the dangers of radium. Rather‚ when they asked‚ their managers told them that radium was beneficial for humans. The radium industry was a profitable business in the early twentieth
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The sky began to brighten in the north on that early-March day‚ as the roiled‚ greasy-gray clouds of the allnight storm began their retreat to the south and west. We sloshed our way along the bank of the creek‚ "our creek’ to us‚ a pair of ten-year-old males. We had decided on a tour of inspection of our holdings to see what damage the storm had wrought. And the creek was still there‚ still wandering its earnest‚ four-foot-wide way through the meadow‚ which was spongy underfoot with the gray-green
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Residential Schools: A Promise to the Aboriginal People Shakainah D. Aycardo Residential Schools in Canada have left a negative and destructive legacy in the lives of Aboriginal People. Aboriginal people hold the results of their ancestors long standing and their occupancy of the land. Hunting‚ trapping‚ and fishing on Ancestral lands‚ some examples that Aboriginal people rights. Residential Schools were established by the Canadian
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I distinctly remember the day‚ five years ago‚ when I told myself I should start volunteering. I was alone‚ in my room‚ and had been mindlessly staring staring at the computer for hours. Volunteering‚ I told myself out of nowhere‚ could be a way to finally break out of my shell‚ meet new people‚ and do something productive with my life. The very next day‚ I signed up to volunteer at the Festival St. Jean d’Ottawa with my school. During the festival‚ I was astounded by how much my help meant to the
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Sealed Air Corporation Case Study Sealed Air Corporation Case Study Industry Manufacturing Overview Sealed Air is a leading global innovator and manufacturer of a wide range of protective packaging.With widely recognized brands such as Bubble Wrap cushioning‚ Jiffy protective mailers‚ Instapak foamin-place systems and Cryovac packaging technology. Sealed Air continues to identify new trends‚ and deliver innovative solutions to its customers in 51 countries. In the fast paced technology
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raided other Indian Nations allied with the French in present-day Ohio‚ Indiana‚ Michigan‚ and Ontario to gain access to their fur-bearing lands. As a result‚ many of these Indian Nations‚ including the Sauk‚ Fox‚ Potawatomi‚ Mascouten‚ Kickapoo‚ Ottawa‚ Miami and Huron‚ fled for more remote areas of the west. The Sioux Nations blocked travel of these Nations across the Mississippi River so many settled in Wisconsin and Illinois. The existing tribes of Wisconsin‚ particularly the Ho-chunk and Menominee
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Education‚ 2008. J.L. Granatstein and Gregory A. Johnson‚ “The Evacuation of the Japanese Canadians‚ 1942: A Realist Critique of the Received Version‚ in Norman Hilmer et. al.‚ (eds.) On Guard For Thee: War‚ Ethnicity‚ and the Canadian State‚ 1939-1945 (Ottawa: Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World War‚ 1988)‚ 101-129. Morton‚ Desmond. A Military History of Canada. 5th ed. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart‚ 2007. Peter W. Ward‚ “British Columbia and the Japanese Evacuation”. The Canadian Historical
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier By Ritchie Rocha The first French Canadian to become prime minister of Canada was Wilfrid Laurier. Although French was his native tongue‚ he became a master of the English language. This and his picturesque personality made him popular throughout Canada‚ and he led the young country in a 15-year period of great development. Wilfrid Laurier was born in St-Lin‚ Quebec‚ and studied law at McGill University. After three years in the Quebec legislature‚ he was elected to the Canadian
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establish their own business but are unsure of which form of ownership to adopt. Alternatives: • Status Quo • Limited Partnership • General Partnership • Sole-Propreitorship • Franchise Facts Considered: 1) Derek studied at the University of Ottawa and received a degree specializing in management. 2) Derek would like to pursue the opening of his newfound business‚ Derek’s Shawarma. 3) Derek wants to leave his career as a middle manager in a firm to begin to operate Derek’s Shawarma. 4) Derek
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6. What makes the British Commonwealth hang together? Is the British commonwealth of native just another name for the British Empire? According to http://www.historians.org the important matter‚ however‚ is not why we ask what makes the Commonwealth hold together but what the answer is. To reach it we must start off with another question: What is it that holds together? The map opposite page 1 will help us answer. Geographically the British Commonwealth is a rather large affair‚ for it includes
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