The Tipping Point is the “biography of an idea‚” that a good way to think of “any number of [any] mysterious changes that mark everyday life is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do.” (7) There are three basic characteristics of change — “one‚ contagiousness; two‚ the fact that little causes can have big effects; and three‚ that change happens not gradually but at one dramatic moment…” (9) “The name given to that one dramatic moment
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“The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.” By Malcolm Gladwell. Malcolm Gladwell‚ the author of The Tipping Point‚ explores the phenomenon known as the tipping point. According to Gladwell the tipping point is the moment at which "an idea‚ trend‚ or social behavior crosses a threshold‚ tips‚ and spreads like wildfire". In other words‚ the point when an idea‚ trend‚ or behavior becomes an sensation to the world. Gladwell researches the behaviors of fashion
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Source: Bloomberg Business Week Title: India’s Rupee Slides to a Record Low Author: Roben Farzad According to the author the Indian rupee hit a record low 62.005 per dollar before closing at 61.655 in Mumbai. He also mentions that Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) equity index drops by 4%‚ largest drop in nearly 2 years and the yield on India’s 10 years government bond is at its highest since 2011. He mentions capital flight (Assets rapidly flowing out of a country or region)‚ slow economic growth
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Undercover Economist‚ The Tipping Point‚ and Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy After reading the books; “The Undercover Economist”‚ “The Tipping Point”‚ and “Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy” I am left thinking that the Global economy is actually more complicated and intricate than I ever thought and there is an interesting aspect of the world economy that is social. From the popularity of Hush Puppies in New York detailed in “Tipping Point” to the social networks of African
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"Lady Macbeth fears her husband’s human nature‚ as well as her own female nature‚ and therefore she fears the light of reason and the common daylight world" -Fergusson‚ Francis. "Macbeth as the Imitation of an Action." Shakespeare: The Tragedies. A Collectiion of Critical Essays. Alfred Harbage‚ ed. Englewwod Cliffs‚ NJ: Prentice-Hall‚ Inc.‚ 1964. [Macbeth] announces the King’s approach; and she‚ insensible it should seem to all the perils which he has encountered in battle‚ and to all the happiness
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Best Ever Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups bananas‚ mashed‚ ripe (I used 3 bananas) 2 teaspoons lemon juice 3 cups flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup butter‚ softened 2 1/8 cups sugar 3 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 1/2 cups buttermilk (I didn’t have buttermilk‚ I put 1 1/2 tsp. of vinegar into milk to make buttermilk) First preheat oven to 275°‚ grease & flour a 9 x 13 pan‚ in a small bowl‚ Mix mashed banana with
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One of my favorite books is Point Guard‚ by Mike Lupica. This book is about a girl named Cassie who has been the best at sports her whole life. She played softball and girl’s basketball‚ but her team always won. Eventually she got tired of everything being easy‚ so she decided that she was going to play on the boy’s basketball team this year. Her friend Gus Morales doesn’t know what to think of this. He doesn’t know if or why he is against a girl playing with boys. Throughout the season Gus has to
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busy site‚ the small shop was improved into a bigger one‚ for them to accommodate its fast and growing number of customers and clients. Afterwards‚ the company concentrated on servicing of automotive radiators. From the very first auto radiator‚ it moved on to making not only Marine radiators‚ but a fast growing demand for Industrial radiators made the company a name in the automotive service industry. Just recently‚ the company re-entered to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from Single
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I wouldn’t go too far for power. It’s something i don’t care about. People already have control over but i get my freedom. I could care less about power but if i am given the power then i will use it. Power is useless if not used correctly. I would never go out of my reach for power. The only time i will go out of my reach for power is to help the helpless. In Macbeth‚ He went all out for power and risked everything. He was jealous of King Duncan. So he killed him and his wife. Then he took over
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(instead of schlepping around a ―heap‖ of materials) and is classified as a consumer (electronic) product After-sale service includes the download of Amazon‘s Kindle-formatted content. Plus‚ Amazon offers free Kindle reading apps for those who want to buy and read Kindle books on their iPhone‚ iPod‚ Blackberry‚ Mac‚ PC‚ or iPad. Every Kindle comes with 1-year mfgr. warranty. Introduced in November 2007‚ Kindle is an e-reader developed by Amazon.com to allow easy access to a vast
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