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...want to give them the best information so that people can be moved out of harm's way. The other category is minimizing economic and social disruption during the period of unrest surrounding an eruption. If you've got volcano unrest and you don't know the extent of the eruption, you really tend to overreact when you don't need to. We can also give practical information - telling people about ash flow or when a mudflow is coming down a river valley - that has really high stakes. In 1985, an entire town in Colombia, Armero, was obliterated and [about...
...gone from an unspoken reality to a common experience. Who knew a little banking crisis could make such a stir? Prior to the recent downturn, those in creative businesses—that is, the clothing designers, the restaurateurs and chefs, the advertisers–were certainly conscious of the extent to which the cash flow of the moneyed can affect their lives. Lower Manhattan eateries and boutiques, the large part of which stake their livelihood on the profligate spending of be-bonused Wall Streeters, were sent reeling in the wake of September 11.Consciousness does not, apparently, conflate preparedness. More...
...certain extent, the same is true with huge corporations. Companies such as Microsoft (MSFT) and Wells Fargo (WFC) go from making unimaginable sums to much smaller ones. Or, they simply lose money and the amount available for the taxman goes to zero...
...college community where possible insensitivity is often handled, so to speak, insensitively, one ought to expect any violations—intentional or not—to be descried and those offended to be succored. Yet recent events in Eliot House demonstrate exactly the limits of open-mindedness and the extent of hypocrisy...
...distinguish between moral attitudes and personality traits in terms of the extent each are molded by influences outside the home. What sets them apart? It hinges on the distinction between socialization and personality development. The strongest influence on morality is the local culture or subculture. But this influence may be different in different situations. For example, according to the local culture, it might be okay to cheat on a test in school but not okay to cheat in sports. Socialization adapts children to their culture - they learn to behave in the manner approved by their culture...