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    as arriving from 1851–1860‚ and again in the 1860s when the Central Pacific Railroad recruited large labor gangs‚ many on five year contracts‚ to build its portion of the Transcontinental Railroad. The Chinese laborers worked out well and thousands more were recruited until the railroad’s completion in 1869. Chinese labor provided the massive labor needed to build the majority of the Central Pacific’s difficult railroad tracks through the Sierra Nevada mountains and across Nevada. The Chinese population

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    Marketing Discipline Guidelines for RO / SKO Dealerships of Public Sector Marketing Companies Effective 8th January 2013 MARKETING DISCIPLINE GUIDELINES – 2012 RETAIL OUTLET DEALESHIP / SUPERIOR KEROSENE OIL DEALERSHIP INTRODUCTION – The evolution of oil industry in India can be traced to the early 20 th century when the industry began its operations through Superior Kerosene Oil (SKO) dealerships. In due course of time the petroleum business prospered and expanded and by independence the industry

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    means of easy transportation was essential. In 1862 the Pacific Railway Act was passed‚ offering incentives to two competing companies. The two competing companies were known as the Central Pacific and Union Pacific. The incentives to finish the railroad include large parcels of land and subsidies along the tracks they paved. They were also given financial aid by the government and with this they became very wealthy. This massive construction called for many workers. Most of the workers were immigrants

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    Cornelius Vanderbilt was an entrepreneur in the railroad and shipping business. Vanderbilt was a self-made multi-millionaire who became one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century. Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on May 27‚ 1794‚ in the Port Richmond area of Staten Island‚ New York. During his childhood he worked with his father‚ who was also in the transportation business. Vanderbilt’s father shipped cargo from Staten Island‚ New York‚ where they lived‚ and Manhattan. In 1817‚ Vanderbilt

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    pipelines. By the end of the decade‚ he has controlled 90 per cent of the industry. His company‚ Standard Oil‚ was a pioneer in many respects‚ most notably in logistics and organizational design‚ in modern terminology. Predecessors of Standard Oil used railroad tank cars to transport oil over large distances‚ which was time consuming and costly; Rockefeller’s company connected Pennsylvanian oilfields with refineries in New Jersey‚ Cleveland‚ Philadelphia and Baltimore by pipelines. In term of organizational

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    included various piece of government legislation – such as the Gadsden Purchase and the Annexation of Texas – the role of farming‚ the invention of the telegraph‚ and former methods of transportation like the steamboats. Originally known as the Pacific Railroad‚ this vast railway line could be considered to be very valuable in expanding the West as it allowed people of all economic status’ to travel there – formerly‚ stagecoach transportation across the continent had cost within the region of $1000 (nowadays

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    To survive is to continue to live‚ especially in spite of danger or hardships. Many people learned how to survive when they searched for a better life. Thousands of settlers travelled west in search of land‚ which‚ at the time of their travels‚ was the most valuable resource. Many pioneers risked everything they had to search for a more prosperous life. The pioneers that traveled along the Oregon Trail faced the most difficulty trying to survive and thrive in the West due to unpredictable weather

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    some Catholic priests and brave men started to secretly teach and profess the Faith. One of those brave men Edmund Campion became the first martyr of the Queen Elizabeth I era. Catholicism was abolished. In his book Edmund Campion Hero of God’s Underground‚ Harold C. Gardiner S.J.‚ tells how Edmund Campion became honored among martyrs of England through his faith‚ humility and moral courage. Edmund Campion was a man of faith and he died for that faith. Edmund Campion’s conversion began when he

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    In Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky‚ the Underground Man’s views on revenge are paralleled to that of the Man of Action. The varying states of consciousness between the Underground Man and the Man of Action contribute to the action or lack of action displayed by the two men. Both the Underground Man and the Man of Action claim to believe in determinism‚ so that causes a problem for the Underground Man when evaluating the Man of Action’s position on revenge. In the end‚ the Man of

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    Underground cities! Just a futuristic idea or a need of the present. Titus Fernandes (13th October 2013) Abstract What is city of the future? Will there be any city in the future? For whom will the city of future be? A set of arguments very difficult to respond to‚ but one thing is clear that we are now‚ beginning to shape our present environment in context with a preconceived notion about the future. In this movement of change‚ where does the vision of underground cities stand? The article throws

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