How Leadership Failures Lead to the Loss of El Faro The SS El Faro was a roll on/roll off cargo ship owned by TOTE Maritime which sank on October 1st‚ 2015 on its way to San Juan‚ Puerto Rico. The El Faro sank for a number of reason in Hurricane Joaquin‚ many of which are related to poor leadership. The sinking of El Faro is considered one of the worst catastrophes in United States maritime history‚ with one of the largest losses of life recorded in recent history. The event can be looked at using
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historical novel by Nick Joaquin‚ aNational Artist for Literature and leading English-language writer from the Philippines.[1] It is considered a classic in Philippine literature.[2] It was the recipient of the first Harry Stonehill award.[1] It tells the story of a Filipino elite woman who is hallucinating‚ and is preoccupied with the notion the she has two navels or belly buttons in order to be treated as an extraordinary person.[3] [edit]Thematic description This novel by Joaquin is a literary assessment
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actions. Acknowledging the culpability of his actions is not something that Joaquin morales is accustomed to‚ as is shown throughout the novel in the way he speaks about the psychiatric hospital he operated during the Spanish civil war. Joaquin sees his actions as something to be proud of‚ and doesn’t share his granddaughters view on the morality of his actions. Trauma and survivor guilt however‚ are things that Joaquin carries throughout his entire life. From a young age‚ he has carried the pain
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When seeing “Sebastian’s Voodoo” by Joaquin Baldwin for the first time I felt very sad. I notice many voodoo dolls were being tortured and killed. In addition‚ the main doll sacrifices its own life in order to save his friends. The way Joaquin Baldwin represent sadness in the film is by focusing on the animation style‚ along with the different moods and the use of sounds. Joaquin Baldwin used many realistic and detailed effects to show the overall setting of the horrible conditions that the voodoo
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Cambiar para major- Change for the better On December 26 1822‚ the Minister of Washington had announced to the public that“ They will be our sworn enemies‚ and foreseeing this we ought to treat them as such from the present day” (Rippy 2). As he had been referring to America’s relationship with Mexico‚ it is not surprising that the conflict between the Mexican- American borders has been constant since the early 1700. Due to the hatred between these countries‚ it has caused it people to become prejudice
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Administrative Law and Regulatory Agencies Legal Environment of Business (DEA) Drug Enforcement Agency The administrative agency we decided on was the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). It was created by President Richard Nixon in 1973 through an Executive Order to establish unified command to combat. It was formed to regulate and put a stop to drug trafficking. It has nearly 5‚000 Special Agents and a budget of $2.02 billion per year. Also‚ a few more reasons on why it is formed: Manage
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Hurricanes are tropical cyclones that form when the ocean’s waters warm up‚ due to global warming. They cause huge amounts of destruction on land‚ and threaten lives that they come in contact with. Hurricanes also have an impact on coastal cities‚ such as New Orleans‚ the home of many residents. Hurricanes that form inflicts damage that costs up to billions of dollars‚ and affect coastal cities in a way that can not be undone. So what causes a hurricane to form? Global warming contributes to the
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MGA AMA‚ MGA ANAK By Nick Joaquin Director: Joel Lamangan Playwright: Pete Lacaba and Virgilio Almario Lighting Designer: Monino Duque Production Designer: Tuxqs Rutaquio Sound Designer: TJ Ramos Artistic Director: Nanding Josef Mga Ama‚ Mga Anak (Fathers and Sons) is a play in three-acts written by Nick Joaquin in 1976. The original text in English was published in Manila by National Book Store Inc‚ in 1979. This is based on his short story "Three Generations.” This Filipino translation
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aspects of a household. A woman’s happiness in a marriage is not significant unless she is fortunate enough to marry someone she loves. In this Spanish culture‚ unlike Western culture‚ marriage is not based on love. In the Colombian town where Victoria Guzman lived‚ women were considered lower than men. Men could do anything they wanted and have anything they wanted‚ including the women. For Ibrahim Nasar that meant
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I am a San Joaquin Valley Farmer‚ making my major water source the Tuolumne River. As a farmer‚ many of you may not realize that my crops feed people all over the state of California. On our behalf‚ if the Raker Act is signed into a law‚ a big portion of the water will be diverted to the city of San Francisco‚ creating multiple reasons affecting us‚ the farmers‚ but also the people of California as well. The farmers of San Joaquin Valley need approximately 257‚000 acres of farmland‚ which means we
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