Christine Herrington Dr. Fitzwilliam English 110.003 September 5th‚ 2014 Summary of “How Socialists Built America” In the article‚ “How Socialists Built America‚” author John Nichols starts with saying that America was founded as a capitalist country and that socialism is a dangerous and foreign idea; even though we believe in the concept of free trade. Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh often says that taxing the wealthy in order to provide healthcare for children and the unemployed
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Discussion I - The Mann Gulch Disaster 1. The mental obstacles that constrained the way a problem is defined experienced by the smokejumpers (conceptual blocks) included the following: a. First‚ the jumpers were told that the fire they were going to fight was a 10:00 fire‚ meaning that they were going in prepared to fight a fire that should be contained by the next morning. They seemed to have pre-defined the problem without consideration that they may be dropped of having to fight a different
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The social construction of disasters evolves throughout the years due to political and economic factors as well as education and technological advancement. One thing is that disasters are commonly understood to be limited in both time and effect (Hills‚ p.163). When analyzing and interpreting past‚ present and future political synergies‚ it is necessary to include a human dimension that encapsulates and embraces socio-cultural appreciation and understanding of man and his environment (Trim‚ p. 218)
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the US economy and ultimately the global financial system.[2] Scholars‚ analysts and critics stood unsuspecting as what they all presumed to be just flimsy and ephemeral difficulties in the subprime mortgage market nichodemously manifested into devastating world financial crisis.[3] Whilst there is a considerably unquestionable unanimity as to the globalness of the 2007-2009 financial crises there exists a worrisome divergence of opinion and perception as to what really generated the crisis‚ what
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Natural Capitalism by Amory Lovins (www.natcap.org) Capital - It’s the accumulated wealth in the form of investments‚ factories‚ and equipment. An economy requires four types of capitalism to function: 1. Human capital – labour & intelligence‚ culture and organization 2. Financial capital – cash investments‚ and monetary instruments 3. Manufactured capital – infrastructure‚ machines‚ tools and factories 4. Natural capital – resources‚ living systems & ecosystem services
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Economy of Singapore Singapore is a highly developed trade-oriented market economy.[10][11] Singapore’s economy has been ranked as the most open in the world‚[12] least corrupt‚[13] most pro-business‚[14] with low tax rates (14.2% of Gross Domestic Product‚ GDP)[15] and has thethird highest per-capita GDP in the world; in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). Government-linked companies play a substantial role in Singapore’s economy‚ which are owned through the sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings
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MAN-MADE DISASTERS Presented • Apoorv By • Lavany a Avir al • Nikh • INDEX Introduction Types of Man-Made Disaster Terrorism Nuclear Biological Threats Cyber Attack INTRODUCTION Man-Made hazards OR Anthropogenic hazards can result in the form of a Man-Made disaster. In this case‚ anthropogenic means threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a human-made system. This is as opposed to natural hazards that cause natural disasters. Either
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accidental disclosure of patient information. The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) requires that employees complete yearly education to maintain competency on patient privacy issues. The hospital is prepared for the next natural disaster and information users‚ such as managers‚ directors‚ and executive staff members can obtain the medical information from the offsite facility at that time. The day
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Chenab River The Chenab River‚ is a major river of Jammu and Kashmir‚ India and the Punjab in Pakistan. It forms in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh‚ India‚ and flows through length: 597 miles (960km) | The River Chenab originates in the Kulu and Kangra districts of the Himachal. Pardesh province of India. The two chief streams of the Chenab The Chandra and the BHAGA THE Chenab has twelve major tributaries namely: Chandra‚ Bhaga‚ Bhat Nal1ah‚ Maru‚ Jammu
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Three post-Hurricane Katrina disaster planning lessons learned: have a prepared evacuation plan for the city‚ do not delay aid‚ and a lack of resources imposes greater difficulties of rebuilding. The mandatory evacuation call was late and not fully supported—many people did not have a way to leave the city‚ as many people were dependent on public transportation. Could have neighboring buses come in earlier and brought people to safety? I think the Mayor later got criticized for not using school buses
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