Melvin Roy A. Javier April 22‚ 2014 Entrepreneurship – Reflection Paper "There’s an excitement and belief in what they’re doing that gets them through the hard times." This quote of Jay Friedlander‚ a professor of sustainable business who works with entrepreneurs at the College of the Atlantic and at Babson College‚ is a total reflection of the West Coast Customs‚
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Unaccountable is a powerful‚ nonpartisan prescription for informing America on our broken health care system. Dr. Marty Makary‚ a leading surgeon at John Hopkins Hospital‚ is sharing his firsthand experience about the dangers in the health care business‚ which lacks transparency and accountability. Patients need to know more of what’s going on in the health care facilities‚ so they can make better decisions. The points I will expand in the following body sections are the accountabilities in hospitals
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between the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has been ongoing since 2002. Since 2002 there have been objections by accounting professionals opposing the convergence. At this point‚ the naysayers seem to be victorious. The total adoption of IFRS by the United States has been shelved for the time being‚ but here is still a responsibility for US CPAs to keep abreast with IFRS updates. This is “based on a proposed timetable the U.S. Securities
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Calvin Coolidge once stated‚ “If you don’t say anything‚ you won’t be called on to repeat it.” Coolidge seemed to live by the principle‚ of avoiding incrimination by remaining silent‚ earning him the legendary nickname: “Silent Cal.” Ironically‚ in his first speech to the Massachusetts State Senate‚ Coolidge preached the importance to “do the day’s work” without becoming “a demagogue”. The overarching value of this speech‚ to standing up for what’s right‚ is one that has become increasingly evident
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autobiography‚ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave. Through writing and word of mouth‚ Douglass achieved international fame. Despite all of this‚ the validity of the slave narrative genre has come into question. Skeptics and naysayers claim that this genre of writing is fantasized‚ and use Olaudah Equiano’s narrative as a prime example. Although The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano has questionable history validity; Douglass’ writings have been affirmed by
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critics who oppose the U.S. Constitution. Again‚ the opposition was worried that too much power has been placed in the hands of central government. He goes on to express the necessity of the Union and what the Union stands for. He challenges the naysayers to be realistic how much strength is required in a government to sustain the Union. The way I think of it is if everyone was on a different page and didn’t centralize things how would we get things establish as a
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positive outlook on workplace culture‚ negative experiences can shape the way a person thinks about the components of culture. Because of these previous experiences‚ leaders have to be adept at creating a readily identifiable culture to soothe the naysayers. Need a quick refresher course on CultureIQ’s 10 Components of Culture? Check out these common mis-associations about culture and how you can explain it to your team. Myth: Jargon Reality: Innovation-- Daring to see a vision that deviates from
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The Inevitable Demise of No Child Left Behind As a result of No Child Left Behind‚ the only requirement for teaching now‚ is the ability to “teach to the test.” There are many passionate teachers who have been educated‚ ready‚ and able to educate our children‚ but their hands are tied. In 2002‚ former President‚ George W. Bush‚ signed into law‚ The No Child Left Behind Act. The law was developed to get the children in our country on the same level as children in other countries‚ such as China
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For the past 8 years‚ I’ve lived in a centrally Caucasian dominant area‚ Cherry Hill‚ New Jersey. Starting in about 10th grade‚ I started to become interested in how many of my peers and friends in this area perceive black people and black culture as monolithic: they stereotypically imagine that all blacks are lazy‚ speak Ebonics‚ and "have an attitude". Throughout the course of my high school education‚ I was treated as "one of the exceptions"‚ meaning that to my white peers‚ and even black peers
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Heros Everyone has someone or in some cases something that they would consider to be heroic in their eyes; someone or something worth looking up to and there is a reason why that someone or something is admired is such a way. Although finding people to admire and idolize these day could be viewed as scarce and hard to do‚ everyone should have at least one person they can look up to because heroes nurture us when we’re young‚ they validate our our preferred worldview‚ and they give hope when none
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