Trouble the Water is not solely about Hurricane Katrina and its calamitous aftermath‚ but it is an honest‚ raw footage that displayed how America treats its poor and displaced citizens‚ particularly in time of dire need. Given U. S impressive response to humanitarian crises‚ and use of the top of the line gadgets to combat enemies in war-torn zones‚ the disappointing non-governmental response in New Orleans begs to question the capability of the U.S to response to disaster within its own country
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The 10‚000 Hour Rule: Just How True is it? On page 40 of Outliers‚ a novel written by pop-psych author Malcolm Gladwell‚ neurologist Daniel Levitin explains‚ “The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world class-expert--- in anything.” Gladwell takes this quote and heavily relies on it with his thesis for the next chapter‚ which basically says that anyone can become a master in anything with
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Arthur Andersen’s Troubles 1. Arthur Anderson (AA) should have been able to help prevent to some extent the Enron disaster‚ however‚ they either missed or ignored Enron’s manipulations allowing the fraud to continue as long as it did. AA contributed to the disaster by approving the structure of many Special Purpose Entities (SPE)‚ which Enron used for off-balance sheet financing. The SPEs did not meet the requirements of an independent company and should have been consolidated with Enron’s
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin is a captivating short story. It is defiantly one of the most interesting ones I have read. I actually‚ for once‚ enjoyed reading a story from an English textbook. One thing I found very curious was Mrs. Mallard heart trouble. I believe that her heart is symbol for a few things. Chopin talks about her heart issues at the beginning and the end of the story. The heart trouble affects Louise both physically and symbolically. The first thing we learn about Mrs
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In chapter 7 of outliers Gladwell talks about plane crashes in the 1990’s in Korea. He says that there are far to many crashes that statistically should happen. Also since Korea was having way to many crashes other countries started to say that they were not going to let Korea fly over them or use their airports if they did not turn themselves around. With this threat Korea began to investigate the reasons for the plane crashes. They first tried to us common sense by saying it was the condition of
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Arthur Andersen’s Troubles 1. Arthur Andersen approves the structure of Special Purpose Entities. This SPE that was being used by Enron for off-balance sheet financing that misleading the public that Enron is doing well. These fraud generated by creating false profits‚ hide losses‚ keep financing off Enron’s consolidated financial statements. Instead of giving a proper advise and addressed these issuers to Enron‚ Arthur Anderson allowed Enron to continue to manipulate their numbers and mislead the
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CASE APPLICATION: FOUNDATIONS OF CONTROL Deepwater in Deep Trouble When all is said and done‚ which may not be for many years‚ it’s likely to be one of the worst environmental disasters‚ if not the worst‚ in U.S. history.61 When British Petroleum’s (BP) Deepwater Horizon off-shore rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded in a ball of flames on April 20‚ 2010‚ killing 11 employees‚ it set in motion frantic efforts to stop the flow of oil and to initiate the long and arduous cleanup process. Although
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In Marian Ronan’s work‚ “Sister Trouble‚” she discusses the vatican investigations of American Catholic sisters‚ and argues that the constant tension and conflict between catholic sisters and bishops and popes stems from the issue of gender. Ronan quotes Kathleen Sprows‚ who argues that throughout church history the issues between celibate women and men in the church have come about when these women step out of their traditional gender roles‚ as traditionalists believe strictly in the essentialist
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Success in my own words. Success is an enigmatic entity. Most of us pursue it as a fixed entity that will magically leave us content. But according to me‚ that is as far from the truth as can be. Because contentment is the enemy of success. The moment I were to feel that I am content‚ is the moment my success stops. The passion to challenge myself is the fuel that I need to burn in order to keep achieving success. It is very common in India that right from a very young age‚ our success is
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Success takes many different definitions. People have different interpretations of what success really means. For me is as simple as: living well and laughing often. The idea of living well is a very broad statement. Living well‚ in my opinion is getting success in personal‚ social and professional life. If I can achieve all of these three levels of success‚ I believe that I have lived well. Social success has a lot to do with the natural tendencies that I as human posses. For instance‚ I have
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