Alive In 1972 a plane full of rugby players on their way to a big match Crashed on route from Uruguay to Chile after being blown off course when they experienced bad turbulence. There were 37 on board 45 including the crew 29 survived the crash into the Andes mountains. There were a good few injured and needing help. One of the players got a metal pole stuck in his stomach and another player who was training to be a doctor pulled it out. And tried to help others who were also injured‚ he told people
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TRY A LOT OF STUFF AND KEEP WHAT WORKS Hello This is me Khizer Farooq and I will be presenting the Chapter 7 i.e. Try a lot of stuff and keep what works from the book Built to Last. Written by James Collins & Jerry Porras. I will be talking about some of the visionary companies who made their best moves not by detailed strategic planning but by opportunistic experimentation and accident. Visionary companies tried a lot of stuff and kept what worked and got rid of what did not work. Examples
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Providian Trust: Tradition and Technology Business Context Providian Trust Company provided financial and fiduciary services with 216 branches. Headquartered in New York‚ with $49.4 Bn. trust assets and staff of 840 Full-time Employees. Residential mortgages‚ commercial mortgages‚ consumer and corporate loans were the principles sources of revenue for Providian Trust. Providian Trust business was mainly into: Pension and Institutional Trust Services (PITS) – Tenth largest Provider.
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Elia McCampbell Block: 4 AP composition Mr. Barbadoro Stoned by Death Imagine you get pulled out of your home‚ or wherever you were at the moment‚ by people twice your size. Your’e powerless against them and you know that there’s no way out of this. They strap you to a pole‚ taking away your ability to move your arms and legs. Your’e thinking to yourself‚ this is it. Your’e praying to yourself‚ please stop this. Nothing though. You hear the crowd going wild screaming in joy and excitement!
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“Music is the purest form of art.... therefore true poets‚ they who are seers‚ seek to express the universe in terms of music... the singer has everything within him. The notes come out from his very life. They are not materials gathered from outside.” Rabindranath Tagore. India is country of diversified art forms where Indian classical music is the quintessential form of spiritualism. Apparently Indian classical music is the integral element which crowns India’s rich heritage. India’s music is
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I strongly agree with the statement that progress is always good unless it HARMS our life. Nowadays humanS HAVE progressED in MANY different fieldS like computerS‚ automobiles‚ THE Internet etc. One of the best inventions OF THE 20th century is THE computer which helps to unite THE world. I would like to FOCUS ON technologies like THE computer AND THE Internet. IT helps bring people TOGETHER‚ not only from A particular nation but also from other partS of world. My examples listed below will strengthen
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The best way to keep fix and healthy What are the best ways to keep fit and stay healthy? There are many ways that you can stay fit and healthy but will you do it. Many of us know exactly what to do but we won’t do it either. So I think that eating healthy are still the best ways to maintain your shape and keep healthy. We all know these two simple rules already. You can learn to stay away from eating and drinking and those two will eliminate some of your health problems too. Firstly
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The way of life is very different then the early way of life. Everyday people come up with more inventions leading to more advanced technology and more discoveries of the world we know today as earth. From things to discovering new animals or even elements the universe is changing and we are not sure for the better or for the worse. Although we are getting all of these new technologies and gadgets do we know the effect it has on the environment? In some cases we do and some we do not. For example
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Providian Trust: Tradition and Technology (A) Principles of Information Systems GIST 500 Dr Goel CASE SUMMARY Providian Trust was a major trust company that provided financial and fiduciary services. Its principal source of revenue came from which include residential and commercial mortgages‚ and consumer and corporate loans. Michael LeBlanc‚ the Senior Vice President of Trust‚ Investment and Treasury‚ led the project aimed at reengineering Providian Trust’s business processes by implementing
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IELTS essay‚ topic: Children should be engaged in paid work‚ agree or disagree? In many countries children are engaged in different kinds of paid work. Some people regard this as completely wrong‚ while others consider it a valuable work experience‚ important for learning and taking responsibility. What is your opinion? The issue of whether or not children should be engaged in some paid work has sparked a heated debate. While some argue that having some employment experience is conducive to
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