For the exclusive use of Y. Chen INS370 JPMorgan & the London Whale Photo: ALAMY 03/2014-6003 This case was written by Andrew Chen‚ INSEAD MBA July 2013‚ under the supervision of Claudia Zeisberger‚ Affiliate Professor of Decision Sciences & Entrepreneurship and Academic Director of the Global Private Equity Initiative (GPEI) at INSEAD. It is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. Funding
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“Moby Dick or‚ The Whale” by Herman Melville follows the story of Ishmael‚ a sailor who finds himself seeking more in life so he decides to join the crew of a whaling ship that travels many oceans around the 1830’s or 1840’s. Ishmael travels from Manhattan Island to New Bedford. There he stays at the spouter Inn but there is a shortage of beds so he must share with a mysterious tattooed harpooner named Queequeg. It turns out Queequeg isn’t a bad guy‚ so they grow close and soon became great friends
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American Experience Freedom Rider “Hallelujah I’m a traveling” This line out of a song sang by travelers indicates how much joy traveling is‚ how much joy a ride through the country side‚ from one place to another‚ can be it gives the people freedom‚ to go places‚ to experience new things and not be bound to just one place anymore. It should have been an equally enjoyable experience to everybody‚ but when traveling with public transportation first became popular‚ it did not live up to those
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Maurya‚ an old peasant woman‚ is worried about her son Michael. Her husband‚ her father-in-law‚ and four of her sons have been drowned in earlier sea accidents‚ leaving her with two sons‚ Michael and Bartley‚ and two daughters‚ Cathleen and Nora. Now Michael is missing at sea. As Maurya sleeps‚ Cathleen works at her spinning and makes a cake for Bartley‚ the younger of her two remaining brothers‚ to take on a trip. Bartley is planning to go to the horse fair on the mainland. Nora comes into the house
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about 90‚000 of those riders were involved in an accident of some sort. Accidents and death rates of motorcycle riders are increasing every year due to reckless driving by both cars and motorcycles. Famous actor Hugh Laurie once stated‚ “But unlike many folks at the wheel‚ I am occupied with getting where I’m going and keeping myself safe. Most people are applying makeup‚ texting‚ and checking out the beauty in the next car”. Being more vulnerable during accidents‚ riders should be influenced to
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There was public backlash as some boycotted riding bus lines to show their support. Even though the incident with Rosa Parks took place way before The Freedom Riders were established she is thought by many to be the person that inspired The Freedom Riders. What or who exactly where The Freedom Riders? Raymond Arsenault in his book “Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice” sums them up perfectly in one paragraph. “They were black and white‚ young and old‚ men and women. In the spring
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Comparison of Budrus and Freedom Riders Both “Budrus” and “Freedom Riders” are documentaries that showed use of nonviolence actions. The term “freedom riders” referred to a group of civil rights activists‚ consisting of both blacks and whites‚ who tried to put an end to segregation by taking a bus down to the Southern states. The Freedom Riders planned to visit the following states: Virginia‚ North and South Carolina‚ Georgia‚ Alabama‚ Mississippi‚ and Louisiana. They hoped to change people’s views
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With a total of 23 beautiful orca whales‚ it is no surprise SeaWorld attracted 4.4 million tourists in 2014. These millions flock to watch the black and white beauties swim‚ splash‚ and wave in front of huge audiences and charismatic trainers‚ but these millions might not be so excited once they watch‚ Blackfish. In the documentary‚ Blackfish‚ filmmakers attempt to discredit the SeaWorld corporation‚ for compromising the welfare of captive orcas for a higher financial gain. Blackfish caused quite
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ruin the natural landscape and are loud and obnoxious. The other side sees ATV’s as a form of recreation and even as practical vehicles that help get things done. Riders throughout most of the country have little or no freedom. They are not able to choose where they ride‚ instead the local law enforcement decides for them. The ATV riders believe that a few basic rules are necessary when it comes to riding‚ but they also want more freedom so they do not feel as though the local police are babysitting
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Riders to the Sea is a famous one-act tragic play by John Millington Synge containing both modern and classical elements in it. The play is modern in that it deals with the sorrows and predicaments of a common human being and it is classical in that it maintains the classical principles of drama as laid down in Aristotle’s Poetic. Simply we can say that Riders to the Sea is a modern tragedy in classical settings and with classical overtones. Unlike Greek tragedies‚ Riders to the Sea deals with
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