In the British coal mines of the 1800’s‚ jobs for women and children were harsh and unfavorable due to dangerous environments‚ long hours‚ and extremely heavy physical demand on the workers. The mines were fraught with opportunities to be hurt‚ as evidenced by the words of Robert North and the article “Women in the British Mines.” North shared how‚ while dragging buckets of coal using a girdle and chain‚ the straps cut into the children deeply enough that blood would run down‚ and that any who complained
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The Blue Bead N O R A H B U R K E From deep water came the crocodile. Out of black water‚ curved with whirlpools‚ and into the frill of gold shallows by the stepping-stones. He was twice the length of a tall man; and inside him‚ among the stones which he had swallowed to aid digestion‚ rolled a silver bracelet. Timber was being floated down this great Indian river from forests further up‚ and there were sleepers lying stuck around the stones until someone came to dislodge them and send
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In the poem ‘Funeral Blues’ by W. H. Auden‚ a sad and depressing atmosphere is created as the poem tells a story of the man’s grief. The poet’s use of language‚ word choice and sentence structure makes the mood in this poem suitable for the message it is getting across. In this poem the author’s feelings are expressed along with the use of rhythm and rhyme. In this poem‚ the writer uses regular verse and traditional pattern of rhythm and rhyme to give impact to his unexpected imagery of the end
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Date: 02/05/2013 Article: Harvard‚ Blue ocean strategy “Competing in high overcrowded industries is no way to sustain high performance. The real opportunity is to create blue oceans of uncontested market place.” This quote that is on the top of the first page just about sums up the article‚ but I will go further in depth in what the article says. What is the best way to drive profitable growth in an industry? Or company? According to the article it is to enter into the market place that
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Blue Nile Inc.; Case Analyst Blue Nile was founded in 1999 and today‚ it is one of the largest online retailers of diamonds. In addition to selling diamonds‚ it also offers platinum‚ gold‚ peral‚ and sterling silver jewelry. It is headquartered in Seattle‚ Washington and it operates in 25 countries‚ offering products through its United States‚ Canada and the United Kingdom Websites. The Company is public traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange and has received several rewards for its service price
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09/15/2014 The Darr Mine Explosion of December 19‚ 1907 1907 was the worst year in the history of America for coal miner; over 3‚200 men lost their lives. Coal fueled the Industrial Age‚ and Pennsylvania produced the majority of it; producing over 100 million tons. Sadly‚ it also made the lives of coal miners and their families very hard. Miners were usually immigrant men and boys. The month of December saw three major explosions rock Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Monongah Mine explosion‚ in
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Article Rebuttal: The Pebble Mine Daisy Chiskok BCOM/275 February 18‚ 2013 Rhonda Waters Tour opened mind to Pebble Mine I visited the site of the proposed Pebble Mine last week. Like many Alaskans‚ I had misgivings about the wisdom of a large-scale mine being developed in the middle of one of the World’s great fisheries. So it was with a fair amount of skepticism that I approached this tour. The presentation that opened the tour contained a history of the exploration‚ area geology and
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lackadaisicality he feels now nothing matters by using the word scribbling‚ which is given emphasis by the sibilance of sky. The fact that the message has been written on the sky shows the scale of the writers grief now the relationship has ended. To show the God-like significance his partner was in his life‚
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James Baldwin was a great story teller and preacher living in Harlem. He wrote many novels and Sonny’s Blues was one of them. Even thought this story was not his own biography it seems like James Baldwin was familiar with those chronicles‚ but the story was very interesting and moving as a black man living as minority. Sonny’s Blues is the story of a young black man in 1957‚ told by his older brother who is a teacher in a local high school in the heart of Harlem‚ New York. Sonny was a good boy gone
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invested in a gold mine project at Yanacocha in the mountains of Northern Peru a few miles from the ancient Inca city of Cajamarca and the actual village of La Pajuela. The mine is owned at 51% by US-based Newmont Mining corporation and by Buenaventura of Peru for the remaining shares together with the World Bank which has a 5% ownership stake. It is an economical success for this venture has provided 2‚300 direct jobs and more than 10‚000 indirect jobs in the poorest region of Peru. The mine itself has
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