Lourdes Denise M. Hermoso 2011-50624 ENG1 W2-6R Reaction Paper: Wasteland August 23‚ 2011 The film Wasteland follows famous artist Vik Muniz as he visits Jardim Gramacho‚ a garbage dumpsite in his native country Brazil. There he starts a fundraising project of photographing some of the chosen “pickers” and creating enlargements of the photos made of recyclable materials‚ he then sells the creations and gives the proceeds to the group. Watching as the project materializes
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At one time Enron was one of the world’s largest producers of natural gas‚ oil‚ and electricity. It also appeared to be one of the most profitable companies‚ taking shareholders from $19.10 in 1999 to $90.80 by the end of 2000. Enron’s top management answered to a Board of Directors whose responsibility was to question and challenge new partnerships‚ ventures‚ and decisions within the company. On several occasions‚ Andrew Fastow‚ the company’s Chief Financial Officer approached the board of
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day on earth. Being that it is natural for us to live and perish‚ while nature will remain the same. Hypothetically speaking‚ the ocean display and portray the most powerful forces on earth. This proposal is represented in the poem “The Tide Rises‚ Tide Falls” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In the poem the ocean is a symbol for life. In reality‚ the ocean contains up and down movements that cannot be stopped. This relates to humans living life and dying‚ as the pattern continuously repeats itself
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Akhenaten‚ while only ruling Egypt for 14 years‚ brought uncertainty and instability that lasted past his time. Known as the “Heretic Pharaoh”‚ Akhenaten introduced a new religious system centered on the sun god Aten. At first‚ Aten was presented as a variant to the god of mystery and secrets‚ Amun-Re‚ (who interestingly enough was a merger between the gods Amun and Ra)‚ but this would change later in Akhenaten’s rule. Originally‚ Akhenaten was fairly tolerant of people worshipping the other gods
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1. Adsteam Adonist@gmx.de‚ quigonjinn@hotmail.de was a very model of conglomerate(jujie). In the eyes of the outside‚ it was a successful company. But it’s not true. It’s far from other companies in its complex structure. Adsteam group comprised numerous less-than-majority-owned companies. It acquired major share-holdings in numerous companies throughout the 1980’s. The acquisition strategy resulted in an extremely complicated cross-shareholding-based structure. It was noting that the maximum amount
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1. The Enron debacle created what one public official reported was a “crisis of confidence” on the part of the public in the accounting profession. List the parties who you believe are most responsible for that crisis. Briefly justify each of your choices. a. Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling‚ and Andrew Fastow. A common theme of the allegations leveled at the three executives was that they had created a corporate culture that fostered‚ if not encouraged‚ “rule breaking”. b. Andersen
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1. The Enron debacle created what one public official reported was a “crisis of confidence” on the part of the public in the accounting profession. List the parties who you believe are most responsible for that crisis. Briefly justify each of your choices. a) With Enron‚ the responsibility and blame started with Enron’s executives‚ Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling‚ and Andrew Fastow. Their goal was to make Enron into the world’s greatest company. To make this goal a reality‚ they created a company
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Reaction Paper 1 Reaction Paper 1 The movie is about the responsive brain and the behaving brain. The brain is one of the most dynamic systems on the planet‚ for as much work the brain does and its complexity. It’s amazing how a simple thing like touch can be communicated through emotions. The movie talks about how the touch of a mother affects how a both a healthy baby develops and premature babies. The touch of the mother helps the baby develop with regards to their weight‚ how active they
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Reaction paper My expectations for this class are not the highest‚ although I do expect people to take it seriously‚ so we can get to learn something‚ because it is in fact my favorite class. I’m convinced that this class will be much more difficult than what I’m used to‚ so I have to hold on‚ really be active and follow in class‚ so I don’t fall behind‚ which I think will be easy. I look forward to learn a lot of new things about the English language and of cause expand my vocabulary more. The
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corporation‚ large enough to hurt the economy? The Enron scandal is an example of a historical exposure of unethical behaviors within a company and it is also one of the largest corporate scandals in America. Enron started as a gas pipeline company. It soon expanded into the world’s largest and dominant corporation focusing on trading gas‚ electricity and water – the most essential needs of a citizen living in North America. In December of 2001 Enron filed for bankruptcy. The moral concern from
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