org (April 1‚ 2011). In order to ensure the true flow of Kiva processes with various field partners (Microfinance Institutions or MFIs)‚ Kiva sets up the Fellows Program which offers individuals a rare opportunity to travel abroad and witness firsthand impact and realities of microfinance‚ by working directly with a host microfinance institution (MFI). The Kiva Fellow is an unpaid‚ volunteer based position designed to increase Kiva’s impact and to offer participants a unique insider experience
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wars to date‚ including the wars on terrorism still happening today. There are many views and opinions on what went wrong with the Vietnam War and after reading Where the Domino Fell: America and Vietnam 1945-2010 and “Article 46 & 47” in America Firsthand I will tell you what my views are. The main issues that I see with the war was the lack of the United States government to know the history of Vietnam and learning from the French’s mistakes in the first Indochina War‚ the combination of South Vietnamese
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Merging Compensation Strategies Article Review/ Critique Assignment #1 MGT 645 Personnel Compensation Practice and Process Merging Compensation Strategies The article suggests that everyday HR issues such as employee compensation may be put on the back burner as countless financial and legal priorities take the center stage. Research suggests that HR needs to get involved in the earlier stages of mergers and acquisitions to ensure its success. There are four stages in the
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being able to understand the prejudice and struggles that blacks face. He wonders what it would be like to face discrimination based on a factor that he can’t control‚ the color of his skin‚ and comes up with an idea to experience discrimination firsthand. He leaves his white family in order to undergo a skin darkening process‚ which will allow him to disguise himself and be able to fit in with the black community. On this journey he encounters others of his new race accepting‚ while the whites tend
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in need. While in the Dominican Republic‚ I was able to accomplish this goal and so much more. My experiences in the Dominican Republic were remarkable‚ and I had the opportunity to meet many amazing people and learn from them. I also got to see firsthand what the conditions these people were living in. These experiences solidified my dream to become a doctor and travel to third-world countries to help more people. To prepare for my service trip to the Dominican Republic‚ I did many crowd funding
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relationships. Jacobs used slogans such as “work out at our hospital so you can stay out of our hospital” (Hughes et.al‚ 2012)‚ which encouraged a healthy lifestyle for the community as well as the employees. Jacobs interviewed employees to find out firsthand what they wanted for the Windber community and the medical center (Hughes et.al‚ 2012). This helped include the employees in the decisions of improvements‚ as well as gain information from those that knew the most about the patients‚ community and
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com/2013/10/gun-control-hurts-people/ I like this article because the author uses information that can be verified with more research. It has firsthand accounts of people who could have been kept safe if they were allowed to have a gun. This is one of the sources that I am going to use to show how gun control could be more harmful. I am going to go more research on one of the firsthand accounts. M‚ M. (2013). 10 arguments for gun control. Retrieved from http://listverse.com/2013/04/21/10-arguments-for-gun-control/
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The Two Princes Of Calabar Book Review In 1767 Little Ephraim Robin John and Ancona Robin Robin John were living as Old Calabar’s ruling class‚ in a trading port in the Bight of Biafra known as Old Town‚ modern day Nigeria. Old Calabar was a primary source of African slaves in the Atlantic and West Indies‚ and the Robin John family contributed significantly to the slave population in the Americas‚ before ironically contributing two of their own family. Old Calabar was divided into sections
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Thomas Bell should be commended in the ability to entice readers in the roller coaster ride of a Hungarian families struggle to find success in The United States. Out of This Furnace is a narrative of a Hungarian family over a three generation span. The book goes into great depth explaining the struggles of the family’s fortune and the evolution of their values. Bell does a terrific job incorporating historical event into the plot of the novel‚ giving readers a visual conception of the time period
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Dostoevsky and the Dimensions of Human Suffering Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment is a dark novel about the suffering of a man named Raskolnikov who kills two innocent women with an axe. Suffering is not only seen through Raskolnikov‚ but can be seen in almost every characters role in the novel. Although every character in the novel experiences some type of suffering‚ Raskolnikov’s suffering is unlike anyone else’s. Raskolnikov’s suffering did not derive from the two murders he committed
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