ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM Kenneth “Ken” Lay‚ the founder of Enron Corporation grew up from a poor family. His father was a Baptist ministry. Ken Lay works many jobs at the same time. He was aiming to make wealth for himself and for his family. From his childhood‚ he learned the value of hard work to earn a living and to achieve his ultimate goal (to be rich). He actually did work so hard‚ been working with different companies and upgraded his skills and education in obtaining Ph.D. degree
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education. Most importantly‚ no other player has ever been carried off the field since 1975. Rudy’s personal pursuit of happiness resulted in making him a legacy‚ maybe even a legend. I believe this movie was produced to inspire someone to follow their own dreams and aspirations‚ using Rudy as an example. A major aspect emphasized by the film is no matter what the odds are‚ you can overcome them. You can make it no matter what; a person can find a way. Also‚ success will not come easily; Struggle must
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Japanese coastal towns to be injured‚ beaten‚ and eventually killed for meat that is labeled as “whale meat”. And the whale hunting is a whole different story… Now‚ I know that sometimes groups and organizations‚ in an effort to support their own cause or agenda will seek out the information that best supports their viewpoint. However‚ even if the footage I saw in this film represents nothing more than a small fraction of the “animal” industry then it is still something that warrants careful
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liberty and freedom and has survived in our government today because of this. America just got out of a society changing war that they weren’t even expected to win. Now that they finally won the war‚ they had to deal with the struggles of their own government. They for sure knew that they didn’t want the same kind of government as Britain. I think that this was one of the only things that everyone actually agreed on. The Constitution was a major priority for the nation because there needed to
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awards and accolades from award-giving bodies that acquaint the achievements in spreading the betterment of the environment and society. To further elaborate and understand this‚ there will be four examples of companies in the latter part of this paper that do CSR and how CSR really help them to be more established and well-known in the Philippines. In relation with the previous‚ in the Philippines‚ it is a mere fact that there are many companies that really do CSR‚ but what we are going to focus
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us. It tells us to look around and break the spell that keeps us believing in the media-fabricated illusions of popular culture. Of course‚ the movie is also a form of media. As it conveys these ideas to us in dramatic form‚ we are absorbed by its own take on the meaning of things. Like Truman‚ we are manipulated and entertained by its lifelike simulations and story line. We identify with Truman and psychologically become a part of his world. So the movie uses the manipulations of media in order
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President Benigno Aquino the Third (aka‚ Noynoy) of the Republic of The Philippines made his State Of the Nation Address today. I will legitimately link to the whole thing at the end of this post‚ but for the moment‚ here are my impressions of his words and how things look like from my perspective on the country. Do I agree with what he’s been saying? Yes. And no. There are no overt lies and spinning in the President’s SONA‚ for even a malfunctioning democracy as ours does not need propaganda
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The Lorax A. Summary Theodore "Ted" Wiggins‚ an idealistic 12-year-old boy‚ lives in "Thneedville"‚ a walled city that‚ aside from the citizens‚ is completely artificial: everything is made of plastic‚ metal‚ or synthetics. Ted sets out to find a real tree for his friend Audrey. His energetic grandmother suggests he speak with the Once-ler about this‚ and he discovers that their city has been closed off from the outside world‚ which is a contaminated and empty wasteland. The Once-ler agrees
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It is clear that you need to experience both sides of the spectrum‚ which authenticates Geertz’s idea of finding somewhat of a “happy medium”. He states that anthropologists can achieve this by clinging to a natives point of view rather than our own through a “sort of transcultural identification” (Geertz 28). Geertz further justifies his idea by saying‚ “Rather
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to have a language was Sumer‚ the origin and then soon after it moved to Egypt a civilization that is fairly close and that does not have any geographical barriers to keep out influences from other civilizations. China is believed to have made their own original writing because of the large time difference and there are no other civilizations that used writing in-between Sumer and China (231). It only appears that way though the reason for the time difference between the start of languages can be explained
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