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AdityaHongunti
02 Nov 2018, 08:50
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HRE passage -
topic - HRE : significance and beneficiaries
tone : Positive .. appreciative
para 1- introduction of HRE
para 2- significance of HRE with examples and beneficiaries
para 3- expectations from HRE and positive views on HRE
Purpose - to discuss the significance of a program in particular scopes with examples
please evaluate.. thankyou...
great initiative btw... if only it were all days and atleast 2 articles per day.. if it isnt handful to you.. appreciate your effort
topic - HRE : significance and beneficiaries
tone : Positive .. appreciative
para 1- introduction of HRE
para 2- significance of HRE with examples and beneficiaries
para 3- expectations from HRE and positive views on HRE
Purpose - to discuss the significance of a program in particular scopes with examples
please evaluate.. thankyou...
great initiative btw... if only it were all days and atleast 2 articles per day.. if it isnt handful to you.. appreciate your effort
gmatexam439
02 Nov 2018, 23:47
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Exercise for 03 November 2018
Note: Try to summarize the below paragraphs below individually and then try to come up with a single line summary/title for the extract. I strongly encourage you to do this exercise mentally - without writing the summaries anywhere. Once done, type your summary/title below and read the article and it's title and match the article's summary with yours. Both the summaries should be close enough. Try to time yourself - take no more than 3 minutes to complete this activity.
Sample:
At the time of the discovery of gold in California the mineral industry of the United States was in its very infancy, as may be judged from the fact that the annual output of coal, which in 1895 reached the enormous total of 196,442,451 tons, in 1848 amounted only to 5, 000,000 tons, and that the total output of pig iron was but a quarter of a million tons, as against nine and a half million tons in 1895. Lead was mined to the modest extent of 10,000 tons, and it was but two years previous to the discovery of gold, or in 1846, that copper mining had its small beginning with a total output of 150 tons.
The effect of the Sutter's Mill discovery was simply magical. Its announcement was received with unbounded enthusiasm, and it drew a vast and motley army of adventurers to the Pacific coast in search of the precious metal. When we consider how crude were the methods of recovery, the yield of gold was truly phenomenal. In the first year about $10,000, 000 worth was taken out ; this rose to $40, 000, 000 in 1849 ; $50, 000,000 in 1850 ; $55, 000,000 in 1851 ; $60,000, 000 in 1852 ; and it reached its highest point in 1853, when a total value of $65, 000, 000 was recovered.
During these first six years, the methods of extracting the gold were very crude, and therefore very wasteful. The mining was carried on in what were known as placer deposits and the favorite apparatus of the " forty-niner " consisted of the pan, the rocker, the Long Tom and the sluice box.
In the course of time, as the rich alluvial deposits became worked out, the miner turned his attention to the gold-bearing rock, and the recovery of the gold became a more difficult and costly matter. There was a call for science, skill, and capital, and the gold mining industry passed into the hands of the engineer and the capitalist. The pan, the rocker, and the sluice gave place to the highly organized stamp mill, with its costly plant consisting of stamp batteries, amalgamating pans and concentrating tables. Chemistry was called in to determine the composition of the various ores, and the expert metallurgist became an indispensable member of the staff of the mine. In due time the rebellious ores came to be treated by roasting, and last, and most brilliant feat of all was the introduction of the various leaching processes, by which in some cases practically the last trace of the gold has been recovered from the tailings.
Mention should also be made of the remarkable development of hydraulic mining, whereby enormous deposits of gravel, which contain only a few cents' worth of gold to the cubic yard, can be worked at a profit. As its name indicates, the mining is done by the action of water, which is discharged under enormous pressure against the wall of gravel and bowlders, tearing it down and thoroughly segregating the material which is then carried through sluices, where the gold is deposited.
Note: Try to summarize the below paragraphs below individually and then try to come up with a single line summary/title for the extract. I strongly encourage you to do this exercise mentally - without writing the summaries anywhere. Once done, type your summary/title below and read the article and it's title and match the article's summary with yours. Both the summaries should be close enough. Try to time yourself - take no more than 3 minutes to complete this activity.
Sample:
At the time of the discovery of gold in California the mineral industry of the United States was in its very infancy, as may be judged from the fact that the annual output of coal, which in 1895 reached the enormous total of 196,442,451 tons, in 1848 amounted only to 5, 000,000 tons, and that the total output of pig iron was but a quarter of a million tons, as against nine and a half million tons in 1895. Lead was mined to the modest extent of 10,000 tons, and it was but two years previous to the discovery of gold, or in 1846, that copper mining had its small beginning with a total output of 150 tons.
The effect of the Sutter's Mill discovery was simply magical. Its announcement was received with unbounded enthusiasm, and it drew a vast and motley army of adventurers to the Pacific coast in search of the precious metal. When we consider how crude were the methods of recovery, the yield of gold was truly phenomenal. In the first year about $10,000, 000 worth was taken out ; this rose to $40, 000, 000 in 1849 ; $50, 000,000 in 1850 ; $55, 000,000 in 1851 ; $60,000, 000 in 1852 ; and it reached its highest point in 1853, when a total value of $65, 000, 000 was recovered.
During these first six years, the methods of extracting the gold were very crude, and therefore very wasteful. The mining was carried on in what were known as placer deposits and the favorite apparatus of the " forty-niner " consisted of the pan, the rocker, the Long Tom and the sluice box.
In the course of time, as the rich alluvial deposits became worked out, the miner turned his attention to the gold-bearing rock, and the recovery of the gold became a more difficult and costly matter. There was a call for science, skill, and capital, and the gold mining industry passed into the hands of the engineer and the capitalist. The pan, the rocker, and the sluice gave place to the highly organized stamp mill, with its costly plant consisting of stamp batteries, amalgamating pans and concentrating tables. Chemistry was called in to determine the composition of the various ores, and the expert metallurgist became an indispensable member of the staff of the mine. In due time the rebellious ores came to be treated by roasting, and last, and most brilliant feat of all was the introduction of the various leaching processes, by which in some cases practically the last trace of the gold has been recovered from the tailings.
Mention should also be made of the remarkable development of hydraulic mining, whereby enormous deposits of gravel, which contain only a few cents' worth of gold to the cubic yard, can be worked at a profit. As its name indicates, the mining is done by the action of water, which is discharged under enormous pressure against the wall of gravel and bowlders, tearing it down and thoroughly segregating the material which is then carried through sluices, where the gold is deposited.
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The extract was taken from page #96 in "Scientific American" journal dated at 25 July 1896
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gmatexam439
03 Nov 2018, 00:28
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AdityaHongunti
Hi,
Summary for para 1 is fine.
Summary for para 2 looks good.
Summary for para 3 could be better. The passage doesn't talk about the "expectations" from HRE. It's merely talking about the "importance". These subtle deviations in the understandings can catch you off-guard while solving a question when you might end up marking a wrong answer.
I would also change 1 important piece in your title: beneficiary. Here, the passage talks specifically about "young leaders", so you musn't say "beneficiaries". Try to be as specific as possible.
For instance, if there were two options in a question and both talked about the importance of HRE but one focused on a general beneficiary and the other on young leaders, then one might have ended up choosing the choice talking about a general beneficiary.
I hope that helps.
Besides, thank you for your interest in this new initiative! All the best.
Best Regards.
