Victoria Square (Tarndanyangga)‚ located in the heart of Adelaide‚ is a vibrant and energetic focal point for the public. It contains a beautiful water feature‚ garden beds‚ public toilets‚ drinking fountains‚ bike racks and a huge lawn events space - which is utilized frequently. In 1854‚ the city council began to build on and enhance the land. Since then‚ millions of dollars have been spent on many developments and rejuvenations of the square. On the 10th of November‚ 9NW took a short walk to Victoria
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Introduction The following report shows that the proposal of the modernisation project should obtain funding from the corporate headquarters of Victoria Chemicals. The project has an initial outlay of GBP12 million to renovate and rationalise the polypropylene production line at Merseyside plant. This is done in order to make up for deferred maintenance and exploit opportunities to achieve increased efficiency. This report will look at the following four main areas of concern in order
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identity‚ nationally and internationally. A nation or land is where people have established their life‚ their culture and their heart; sadly it has happened where people have been forced out of their homeland. Great opening sentences. Mary Louise Pratt‚ Kenji Yoshino and Edward Said all present very good methods of maintaining one’s national identity in their essays. In Mary Louise Pratt’s essay Arts of the Contact Zone she gives examples of people who are in a contact zone. Contact zones are where
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Baker is saying that those who attempted to write of their experiences as a slave faced the daunting task of not offending the white culture or risk not being heard. This was the basic conclusion that I came to when I first read this text‚ but it was not until later that I came to understand this societal pressure to write in a certain way is still just another form of oppression. To define this type of oppression‚ I reference this section from Mary Louise Pratt’s "Art’s of the Contact Zone": "
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Victoria Woodhull While America’s women were just beginning to stir‚ Victoria Woodhull was already wide awake. At 34‚ she would be the first woman to ever run for president of the United States of America. She proudly stated‚ “While others prayed for the good time coming‚ I worked for it.” Born to a con-man and religious fanatic in 1838‚ Woodhull faced poverty‚ abuse‚ and exploitation. At a young age‚ Woodhull demonstrated demonstrated the exceptional ability to see the past and predict the future
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poem‚ "The Shark"‚ by E.J. Pratt seems to be about the simple subject of a shark. However‚ considering Pratt ’s childhood and times he lived in‚ the poem represents far deeper meanings. Edwin John Pratt‚ born on the fourth of February 1882 in Newfoundland ‚ Canada‚ and wrote this peom 5 years after the end of WWI. E.J. Pratt received his education from St. John ’s Methodist College‚ Victoria College‚ University of Toronto‚ Victoria University‚ University of Toronto. E.J. Pratt worked many jobs‚ some
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Victoria Chemicals PLC: The Merseyside Project Prepared by Gabriela Tiffany Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to provide an understanding and analysis regarding the project proposed. The report starts with a brief overview of the company and the project proposal. This report then continues with assessing the concerns of Transport Division‚ ICG Sales and Marketing Department‚ and Treasury Staff. Furthermore‚ this proposal will also evaluate the recommendation from the Assistant Plant
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Victoria Pasquantonio in “Gender Gap in Math Starts in Kindergarten‚ Study Says” uses different sources to address the gender gap in the STEM fields. Said sources altogether conclude that women do not pursue STEM because their teachers underrated their abilities at STEM throughout school‚ and that the teachers underrated women because they lived in a culture that says that STEM is not meant for women. Although Pasquantonio’s article effectively reveals a bias against women in STEM‚ I feel that her
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Question 1 Issues Arising From Case The issues are the future viability of the plant for producing EPC and the long-term effects of not upgrading this production line. The additional upgrade will result in additional production‚ but as mentioned by the sales director if there is no demand for the increase in supply and Rotterdam plants excess will be added to the Mersey side quantities the plant upgrade could ultimately result in a dropping of prices to shift supply. The transport division is also
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Addicted to Incarceration is a research book that was written by Travis C. Pratt‚ a professor at Washington State University. The main purpose of writing this book was to point out that the USA imprisons more of our population than any other nation. Pratt says‚ "On the one hand‚ we have constructed the biggest prison system on the planet… On the other hand‚ the United States has also been‚ and continues to be‚ the most violent industrialized nation in the world…. It is apparent‚ therefore‚ that our
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