Looking around‚ I could see the uneasy and impatient expressions on people’s faces. Suddenly‚ a loud voice interrupted my presentation: “The scenarios sound like scary but implausible fictions. We should stop here!” This stunning moment occurred during a milestone meeting for one of my early projects at Monitor Group. The project was meant to develop a set of plausible scenarios for evaluating the potential impacts of the melting Arctic ice-cap on Singapore’s status as a transshipment hub. As
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SYSTEM FAILURE CASE STUDIES SEPTEMBER 2009 VOLUME 3 ISSUE 06 A Half-Inch to Failure At 6:05 pm‚ on Wednesday‚ August 1‚ 2007‚ the Interstate-35 West (I-35W) bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed. On the day of the collapse‚ four of the bridge’s eight lanes were closed for planned construction. Four weak connector plates fractured under the combined burden of rush hour traffic‚ concentrated construction equipment‚ and previous heavy renovations. The bridge fell 108
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There are many ways that I have discovered my ancestry. I have relatives that I have had to call from New Jersey. I’ve had to sit with my Grandfather‚ my only living grandparent‚ and talk with him. I have called my Aunts and Uncles from all over the country‚ trying to find everything out about my ancestors. I might as well have a bulletin board covered in pictures‚ names‚ and news articles all connected by a spool of red yarn. Through my search I found out many different things about my family‚ about
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Irene Lee Ms. Bufkin AP Lit and Comp 6 11 April 2011 Timed Essay Corrections—When I Have Fears and Mezzo Cammin As people near the time of their deaths‚ they begin to reflect upon the history and events of their own lives. Both John Keats’ “When I have Fears” and Henry Longfellow’s “Mezzo Cammin” reflect upon the speakers’ fears and thoughts of death. However‚ the conclusions between these two poems end quite differently. Although both reflect upon Death’s grasp‚ Keats’ displays an appreciation
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me upon reading this poem. Actually‚ I should say that I forced him to do this‚ because he needed to analyze a poem for his own English class‚ and the music coming from the television was beyond annoying. Anyway‚ my brother’s reaction to the poem was something along the lines of "So this guy is basically saying that science‚ by measuring and investigating nature‚ somehow detracts from its beauty". Although my initial incentive was to bop him on the head‚ I restrained myself and calmly told him
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The definition of failure is “an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success”. Failure is something people never intend to do but end up doing because they don’t work hard enough for what they desire. When people fail at something they have two options: quit what they’re doing and give up‚ or work even harder so they can reach success. Everyone in life will fail at some point. People cannot let one failure stop them from reaching their goals. When a person fails they should
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Ever since I was small‚ people always ask me "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I used crayons to illustrate my dream career. My drawing was hung in the hallways for my parents to see. I remember the typical careers of my kindergarden class- ballerinas‚ firefighters‚ singers‚ and astronauts. I remembered mine. My picture showed a stick figure with black hair holding a mic. Underneath the beautiful drawing‚ I wrote "When I grow up‚ I want to be a singer." To this day I can still remember
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As a child I have always been clearly informed that I am Hispanic‚ my parents make sure that I’m not ashamed of my background and that I’m informed of where I came from. Because I was so young I didn’t know much about the subject‚ but I now clearly understand how lucky I am to be born in America and to be so lucky to live in the conditions I live in today. Now that I have gotten older and comprehend life easily I finally understand what it meant for my parents to be immigrants. One day I built enough
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A time in your life when something changed (reasons for it‚ your feelings before and after…) A turning point is an event which changed my life and attitude. There were few turning points in my life that are worthy of mention. The first decisive moment in my life was my birth‚ when I have started breathing with my lungs. Psychologists consider the moment of birth the most stressful event in human life as it is a kind of a shock. When I started my school‚ I spent some hours a day without parents
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I was twelve and scared of failure the first time I cut myself. I had just fought with my parents when I saw it -- a razor on my bathroom counter. I had used it earlier in the week to shave my legs. I picked up the razor‚ I washed it‚ meticulously scrubbing at the sharp edges to wipe off any vestiges of bacteria I could see. I brought the blade to my wrist‚ and SLASH! I had done it. I cut myself‚ and seeing the rivulets of red running down my arm‚ a four-year addiction began. I was fifteen
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