The Bradley Martin Ball

1. The New York Times article is all about The Bradley Martin Ball. The editor of this paper may have made the assumptions that its readers were interested in the costumes and decorations. The newspaper's perspective on this issue focuses on the preparations for the ball and how big the event is going to be. 
2. This article focuses on the ball, and how amazing it was. There's a lot of positive details that help show that the ball was great. We can learn from the article how extravagant the ball was and how beautiful it was. 
3. This article is about Reverend Dr. Rainsford, and why he criticized the ball. He didn't like the ball because it was not a good idea to have it during that time, because they were showing off all the money they had which lead to the "discontent" of others. The newspaper most likely published an article featuring his views, because he's a minister, and people respect him and his opinions a lot. 
4. I could not read this article  (it wouldn't let me zoom in to read) 
5. This article is a primary source, because it's kind of like Bradley's brother, Frederick Martin Townsend's diary. He wrote about how the ball appealed to his imagination, and he did not think that the ball should be condemned. However his opinion may be biased due to the fact that it was his brother's ball.  

Thinking About Success

Definitions from Dictionary Reference /Google

• Luck- the force that seems to operate for good or ill in  a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities.
• Opportunity- an appropriate or favorable time or occasion 
• Skill- the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well 
• Hard work- a great deal of effort or endurance

Ranking

1. Hard work 
• You need hard work to get somewhere. You can not just wake up one day with an amazing skill at something like playing the guitar. It takes many hours of painfully figuring out the chords and rhythms. So hard work comes before everything else. 
2. Skill
• After working hard at something you develop a skill, and you can't get opportunities without having skills, which comes next in the list. 
3. Opportunity 
• Once you have developed a skill, you can receive opportunities. I'll use the guitar as an example again. after developing the skill to play the guitar, you can get offers to play in bands, or do solo gigs. If you have no skill or experience, no one will want to offer you the opportunity to play for/with them.
4. Luck 
•  Luck is a very unbound "force". It doesn't really have a definite outcome. The outcome could be negative or positive. Therefore, luck doesn't really have anything to do with success, which is why it is at the bottom of this list. Luck just sort of happens, there's no way of making it happen. Whereas with hard work, skills and opportunities, you can make those things happen with just the right amount of effort. 

Taylor Swift as a young teen working towards becoming successful

 Taylor Swift in 2015, winning many different awards 

including 19 Billboard awards and 7 Grammy's 

Industrial Supremacy

         Today in class, we read a few articles about major fashion retailers in the world such as Zara's, Uniqlo, and H&M. I learned that these retailers send their stores new clothing very frequently. The reason behind this is because they have many production offices around the world that quicken the shipment process. For example, H&M has 20-30 production offices that work with other production companies and they sample clothes, check their quality, and choose suppliers. This process allows them to be "responsive with trends". Also Zara uses underground trains to ship clothes from factories to the main "cube" in Spain, which also quickens the process of shipping items to their retail stores. 

Questions:

1.  How many people does it take for the whole shipment process, and how much money?
2. How much are they paid?

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