Personal Narrative: How Hurricane Katrina Changed My Life

On August 29,2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. My home in Ocean Springs, MS. was flooded. This life changing event taught me humility, endurance, strength and the power of God’s love first hand. My brother’s drove down from North Carolina, two days after the storm, with food, water and gas. They helped us clean out the house and then took our boys back to North Carolina; I would follow 2 weeks later. The house bare, we focused on getting supplies and the necessities to start the

I was born July 18, 1999 to my parents Joel and Kathy at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. I was a month early, but I was such a large baby that the doctor said “if he came on time he would have driven us home”. My mom was thrilled to have her first and only child; she named me Dylan, after the son of Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee. My name was strongly debated by my Irish Catholic Great Grandmother, who insisted I be named after a saint. After a failed attempt by Father Tommy

Precious, adapted from Sapphire’s novel Push, offers audiences a glimpse into the life of an impoverished and mistreated Black teenage girl and invites viewers to empathize with her pain and gain insight into the challenges she faces in her difficult circumstances. Renowned African American author Sapphire began working on her novel Push in 1993, drawing inspiration from her experiences as a remedial reading teacher in Harlem. The character of Precious and tumultuous journey were reflections of the

100 100 Avoiding Integrity Land Mines Ben W. Heineman, Jr. How do you keep thousands of employees, operating in hundreds of countries, as honest as they are competitive? General Electric’s longtime general counsel describes the systems the company has put in place to do just that. 78 90 4 Harvard Business

22/10/2007 11:54 Page 599 Guide to using the case studies The main text of this book includes 87 short illustrations and 15 case examples which have been chosen to enlarge specific issues in the text and/or provide practical examples of how business and public sector organisations are managing strategic issues. The case studies which follow allow the reader to extend this linking of theory and practice further by analysing the strategic issues of specific organisations in much greater depth

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Scott, Financial Accounting Theory, 6th Edition Instructor’s Manual Chapter 2 Suggested Solutions to Questions and Problems 1. P.V. Ltd. Income Statement for Year 2 Accretion of discount (10% × 286.36) $28.64 P.V. Ltd. Balance Sheet As at Time 2 Financial Asset Cash Shareholders’ Equity $315.00 Opening balance Net income $286.36 28.64 Capital Asset Present value 0.00 $315.00 $315.00 Note that cash includes interest at 10% on opening cash balance of $150