Mann Gulch 9/11 stuff The morning of September 11‚ 2001 was as normal as any. Then‚ a booming noise in the sky shot through the city of New York. Less than two hours later‚ and America had a crisis on its hands. As it is well known‚ over three hundred firefighters and paramedics died in the time it takes to watch a film. The shock to New York was as sudden and sweeping as the Mann Gulch fire in Montana in 1949. Despite seeming vastly different because of the scope of the fire and the fire
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Other Wes Moore tells a story of two young men growing up in similar situations. No father‚ kipping class‚ drug influence some situations the Wes Moore’s have to deal with‚ however one ends up a road scholar and influential author the other ends up in prison serving life. This book is a prime example of how certain choices can determine the rest of one’s life. Personal responsibility‚ self sufficiency and citizen leader ship are boldly highlighted and brought to life in this work. Wes Moore shows how
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shine‚ or in the evening‚ when the sculptures absorb the red evening sun. All these different interpretations and perspectives would not be possible to see if the sculptures were in a museum‚ where no natural light would compliment the sculptures. Moore always manages to draw a connection between the sculptures and the landscape. For example‚ in the following picture‚ there is a hole in the sculpture‚ and when you look through there is an abundance of green‚ if there was a white wall behind it‚ the
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Horace Mann A. Horace Mann: (May 4‚ 1796 – August 2‚ 1859) B. Type of reformer: American education reformer. C. 5 facts about his life: 1. Born in Franklin‚ Massachusetts. 2. Studied at Litchfield Law School during 1821–1823. 3. Served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1827 to 1833. 4. Established the state lunatic asylum at Worcester‚ Massachusetts. 5. As a member of the Senate he aimed his focus at infrastructure‚ funding the construction of railroads and
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example from the case study “Ellen Moore: Living and Working in Korea” (1997) and secondly‚ applying the theories of Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner (2012) on cultural diversity within a global business context to the situation in question. This paper is limited to their thoughts on “How we accord status” as their framework provides a holistic view on the different aspects of status‚ which help to understand the “clash of cultures” e.g. those in the Ellen Moore case: On the one hand co-manager of
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The first source I will be analysing is a photo of a young Aboriginal boy named Thomas Moore‚ before and after his attending a residential school. This source is from 1874‚ as stated by the caption. In the before photo we see Moore wearing traditional Aboriginal clothing. He appears to be standing outside and has long‚ braided hair. In the second photo we see him again‚ but this time he is wearing European style clothing‚ a dress shirt and slacks. He is standing inside a building and now has very
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by Sally Mann‚ the cloudy gaze of a girl is captured in a moment of time. The black and white photo gives off an eerie familiarity that reminds the viewer of a distant memory. The picture offers a clear vision of a girl but also an abstract idea of children in general. This is an interesting piece of art mainly because its purpose was to convey a message‚ it was not just art for the sake of art‚ it was meant to invoke profound insight through imagery. Through the camera of Sally Mann‚ she provides
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In the publication‚ “The Other Wes Moore‚” the author describes how many different situations affect two boys‚ the author‚ Wes Moore‚ and the felon by the same name. They both had been in a similar situation: They were both in a poor neighborhood‚ surrounded by drugs‚ crime‚ guns‚ and a lack of education. Even though they both had a similar life‚ the felon had gone down a path he shouldn’t have gone on‚ while the other became a successful author! This seems a bit odd‚ right? They both had very similar
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THE LEADERSHIP MOMENT : Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for us All MICHAEL USEEM Chapter 2 : Wagner Dodge Retreats in Mann Gulch "What the hell is the boss doing‚ lighting another fire in front of us?" W AGNER DODGE WAS facing the moment‚ the decision of a lifetime. A fast-moving forestand-grass fire was about to overrun him and the fifteen firefighters under his command. Less than two hours earlier they had sky-jumped into a fiery gulch in Montana. Now an
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Introduction: In 1940 the U.S. Forest Service created and trained firefighters known as smokejumpers‚ these highly trained men were to jump out of planes and parachute into small fires and attack them before they have the chance to become large. The training the smoke jumpers underwent was extremely rigorous and challenging‚ even undergoing 3 weeks of training before each season. The USFS used a rotation basis to keep the men fresh so after a man fought a fire he was put at the bottom of the list
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