The National Commission on the BP Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling released a report in January 2011 to the President of the United States indicating that the April 20th‚ 2011 Deep Water Horizon’s explosion and the resulting oil spill at the Macondo well was a foreseeable and preventable disaster. The Commission’s report indicated that a number of easily identifiable mistakes by British Petroleum‚ Transocean‚ and Halliburton ultimately led to the devastating oil spill which lasted
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! Impressions of indentured servants Although it may appear that being an Indentured Servant is better than being somebody’s slave‚ that is not the case at all. Yes‚ slaves are permanent and can not work off their debt but when you are an indentured servant you are treated horribly. If you are an indentured servant you might as well call yourself a slave. Chances are that you are not going to survive anyway therefor you will have been a slave for the majority of your life without working your
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“It is not enough to see architecture; you must experience it. You must observe how it was designed for a special purpose and how it was attuned to the entire concept and rhythm of a specific era. You must dwell in the rooms‚ feel how they close about you‚ observe how you are naturally led from one to the other” Nika Neelova forms sculptural interventions that reflect on arrangements found within the everyday. Heavily influenced by overlooked or overused objects and spaces‚ Neelova responds to
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First Impression Counts First impressions can make or break you in less than a second. People fail to realize that you only get one first impression‚ which can sometimes affect you for the rest of your life. The adage “The first impression is always the best‚” tells you first impressions are always important and can a lot about a person. First impressions are very important and consist of three things: personal appearance‚ behavior‚ and body language. When going on a job interview you want to
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Full name: LÊ THÀNH ĐẠT Class: 557AT01 Room: 16/TTNN Topic: write a paragraph about your first impressions of another new place you have been‚ focus on things that surprised you. TASK My Impressions of Sapa My recent trip to Sapa in 2012 brought unforgettable impressions in my mind. Sapa made me surprised by the climate‚ the scenery‚ the people and the activities. Sapa was a small‚ quiet and poetic town in Northwest of Viet Nam. The climate was cool and fresh all year‚ there were four seasons
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February 8‚ 2013 Impression Management The notion that we see ourselves as an object‚ as others see us‚ forms the basis for one of Goffman’s central concepts; impression management. Impression management refers to the verbal and nonverbal practices we employ in an attempt to present an acceptable image of our self to others. Some of the principal ways in which impressions are created and maintained are by the person’s demeanor‚ the deference‚ the front‚ the backstage‚ the character‚ and the
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The Only Tree Left I was walking past the great forests of Tree Land and thinking to myself ‘Where are all the trees?’ So I walked up to the only tree left and asked “Where is your family?” The tree didn’t reply but stood there still slowly starting to shed its leaves. I went closer and whispered to it “Don’t you worry‚ I’ll help you find the kidnapper.” I moved forward and saw someone loading log-wood into his truck. I quickly went up to him and “You are under arrest!” The strange man started laughing
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rare tangible assets or proprietary intangible ones. Now‚ in the article “Deep Smarts” by Leonard and Swap (2004)‚ we will have the chance to explore one special kind of these competitive advantage sources‚ which is hard to sustain‚ deep smarts. “Deep smarts” could be defined as the ability to make brilliant decisions surprisingly quickly based on experts’ extensive experiences and gut intuition. Both technical and managerial deep smarts will be lost easily if the experts leave the company. This sort
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Strong impressions of the spirit Good morning everyone‚ I can’t remember that last time I was asked to speak not that I am complaining. Most of you know my family and I. For those of you that don’t I will give you a brief background. My name is Cassandra im 24 and the second to the oldest out of my siblings. I am currently in my second to last semester of my nursing program and on May 28‚ 2014 I will graduate with my bachelors in this field. So I can honestly say that I am blessed to have made it
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Abstract This report is based on impression formation. A study was conducted to see if the order of information presented about a hypothetical person to a participant has an effect on their impression final first impression of that person. Participants from London Metropolitan University (80 participants) were put into two groups‚ in which they were asked to rate their impression of a hypothetical person with a list of given adjectives (positive and negative)‚ first they are given words that describe
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