Chilean Copper Mine Collapse The Chilean mine collapse in which over 30 workers were trapped in Northern Chile is an example where knowing your audience is important when you have to pass the information of the collapse. The incident in question (Weik, 2010), “San José mine, a small copper operation in northern Chile owned by Minera San Esteban Primera, suffered a cave-in on August 5, leaving 33 workers trapped underground. Rescuers are drilling holes in an attempt to locate the workers, but there
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A WALK TO REMEMBER by Nicholas Sparks (Part 1) The homecoming dance was coming up, and because of the whole Angela situation, I still don’t have a date. I called a couple of girls I knew but they already had dates, so I called a few more. They had dates, too. By the final week the pickings were getting pretty slim. The pool was down to the kinds of girls who had thick glasses and talked with lisps. My mom knew what I was going through, and she finally came into my room. Cynthia: So Landon, do
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I literally could not put the book down! The story made me thankful for the relationship I have with my family and friends. During some parts of the story I felt sorry for the Pigman because I felt like he was being taken advantage of by John and Lorraine but other times I was happy for him because he was having the time of his life with them. The only flaw about the story is the fact that it was difficult to understand
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Poison by David Neale Characters Archie - Rich1 upper class demeanor, in his late thirties/early forties. Dennis - A cleaner in his late thirties/early forties. Scene I - The sifting room of a small London flat. (There are two chairs by a coffee table, and a few books scattered around. The other items in the room - clock, vacuum cleaner, television etc - are old, tatty and cheap. Dennis
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Eleven million illegal immigrants pay a total of $11.6 billion per year, which equates to $1,056 per person ("Sorry, but Illegal Aliens Cost the U.S. Plenty"). According to a 2005 report done, 50% of illegal immigrants pay Social Security (Barbour 40). Harvard’s George Borjas and Julian Simon, economists, believe that illegal immigrants increase the national income
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I was disconcerted thinking that the printed circuit we ordered might not work, but after some tinkering and getting help, the device functioned flawlessly. I told mom that I was sorry. I'm so easily depressed and I get somewhat egregious to her. I make up my mind every time I apologize to her, but if a certain loss or stressful situation happens, I lose control and do the same mistake.
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26, 1991 (letter ONE) Dear Charlie, I wish I could send you this letter, but I understand why you wish that I don’t know you. I want you to know that I will try to figure out who you are, I’ve always liked to know who I am writing to and I’m sorry for that. I promise that if I find you, I will not approach you, I will simply leave the replies to your letters for you, I may see you but you won’t see me. Promise me not to be mad, please? I will always reply to your letters, I believe that’s
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tried other things like being in the army. He ended up being a successful poet including three of his most famous poems that I'm going to discuss in this paper are: The Raven, Alone, and Annabelle Lee. The Raven is about a man who is mourning the loss of a woman named Lenore. One evening he hears knocking on his door, but no one is there. Then he hears knocking on his window and when he opens it, there is a black
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Business Communication Skills Q No – Case I 1. Comment on the appropriateness of the sender’s tone to a customer. Ans.: In this letter, the sender has used a harsh tone in its reply to the customer. Some of the languages are seems to be informal and old format. The sentences are needlessly expanded; which are not short and snappy. Theme of the letter is not concise or to the point. This is because, various expressions are found in this letter. Customer will really hesitate to think
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The article, 4 Dead After Being Infected by a Device in Surgery at a Pennsylvania Hospital, states that a hospital in Pennsylvania reported that at least eight people who got an infections and from those eight, four have died. According to the lectures from class, we learned that nosocomial infections are infections that are transmitted from hospitals to patients through septic technique. The development of this infection was from a medical device that was used during an open-heart surgery. We also
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