Shipyard

Douglass never wavered in his intentions to learn to read and write. Douglass' efforts to befriend those who could help him learn was remarkable. The clever methods which he used: the young boys, copying letters from the books, and surveying the shipyard, undoubtedly exposed Douglass' level of intelligence. His ability to analyze a situation and ascertaining the appropriate means by which he could accomplish said tasks, even more so, detailed the mental prowess Douglass unequivocally…

Through my interactions with my extended family over the course of this project, it has become evident that there are specific traditions and values that each side of my family holds dear. Both sides of my family certainly share some common values and traditions among them; however, over several generations each side has its own distinct folklore and values that have been passed down through time. Despite my premonition that interviewing my family would be a rather simple and straightforward…

Jacksonville Shipyards (1991) is another court case that presents the issue of sexual harassment and retaliation. Females were the minority workers at the shipyard and the men treated them rudely and presented the women with sexual pictures and made sexual states to the female workers. These actions made the female workers feel uncomfortable…

The maritime industry since the beginning of recorded time has been the focal point for transportation of goods around the world. It is the most economical and environmentally friendly way to transport large goods throughout the world. Today, around 90% of world trade is carried by the maritime industry. Around 50,000 merchant ships, registered in over 150 nations and manned by over a million seafarers of nearly every nationality, transport every kind of cargo internationally. The continuous…

There have been many events that contributed to the historical development of California since it became the 31st state in 1850. San Francisco is known for the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, and many other landmarks. Many of these historical landmarks still contribute to California’s economic development today. There were several economic contributions as well including the Gold Rush and World War II. The history of San Francisco has played a major role in relation to the overall…

life and possible destroyer of his individual efforts. The characterization and even voice of Jones is a representative semi-biographical tool for Himes. In Several Lives of Chester Himes, Edward Margolies and Michel Fabre document Himes worked in a shipyard at Los Angeles, served an eight year jail sentence, was forced out before he could graduate college and undertook the same behaviors as Jones’s; for example, treating women harshly, engaging in multiple occasions of illicit sex, and drinking…

because they both are in different time periods, with kids who are in life-threatening situations for their family. Iron Thunder is about a little boy named Tom who is living during the civil war and has to support his family by going to work in that shipyard to build ships, when Tom gets there he finds out that he will be working on an iron ship that everyone thinks will sink. Eventually, the boy goes out to fight that southern Ironclad and becomes a hero. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is…

1750, he was placed in charge of Spanish naval construction, creating his own naval construction system (approved in 1752) and improving the shipyards (such as the ones in Cartagena, Cádiz, Ferrol, Havana) and armaments. He implemented modern industrial division of labor among the different disciplines involved in naval construction such as dry-docks, shipyards, furnaces, rigging, and canvas…

begins by playing the unmistakable opening beat to Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight”. The camera pans to a metropolis skyline fully lit up in the darkest of the night, but to be seemingly abandoned. You are shown empty interstates, parking garages, shipyards, and gravel roads, that continue endlessly. The instrumental begins to diminish; the screen fades to black as you hear a gravely male voice comment that “We don’t have to fear monsters anymore, unlike our ancestors”. The dark screen is…

I’m address you today about the continued use of asbestos in common products used and handled by labor workers, and the continued health risks this poses to these workers. Florida has a long history with the use of asbestos from shipyards, oil refineries, and five asbestos processing plants which increased Florida’s asbestos-related death rate to rank second in the nation for those who lost their lives to mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis. Asbestos is banned in more than 55 countries…