Ask Not What Your Playground Can Do For You Timmy‚ Jimmy‚ Tom‚ Andy‚ weird kid picking his nose on the teeter-totter: Today we didn’t see my birthday party‚ but me being a little kid and turning into a big kid-- I was like you guys‚ and now I’m not. I can tell you the same thing that our mommys and daddys told us almost a bajillion years ago. The playground is not the same anymore. The big kids can share their toys‚ or push us off the swing set. But the same problem our mommys and daddys had
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One of the most powerful speeches that President Abraham Lincoln made towards the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 was empowering to many people. The aspect of the speech that Abraham made declared about the memorial battle that many soldiers had occurred to them. He gave hope for our nation to be mindful of the obstacles that our soldiers faced while fighting for our countries freedom. The soldiers who fought in the battle were fighting for our nations rights‚ and equalities‚ that us as “Americans”
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In 1860 and 1861 eleven of the southern states declared their secession from the Union creating the Confederate States. This act caused widespread conflict and the Civil War followed quickly after. The Southern states were led to secede from the Union by many different factors‚ including the question of slavery‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the “right of self government.” In 1850‚ John C. Calhoun asked the question‚ “What is it that has endangered the Union?” in his speech "The Clay Compromise
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“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure‚ permanently‚ half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided.” This was the beginning of a great man’s rise to power. It was his first promise of a better United States. Lincoln chose to start a war on slavery‚ but he also intended to finish it which brings us to this speech. He was explaining why the war needed
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On January 25th‚ 2017 we had a guest come to our class to talk about her job. Our guest speaker was Diana Shiley. She is a school social worker and she’s been working as one for 28 years! She loves what she does and enjoys it very much. For her job she works with schools‚ students‚ and families to eliminate barriers to successful learning by serving as a link between the home‚ school and community. Diana has her masters degree in social work‚ and six years total in hee bachelor’s degree. She also
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FINANCIAL SYSTEM A financial system plays a vital role in the economic growth of a country. It intermediates between the flow of funds belonging to those who save a part of their income and those who invest in productive assets. It mobilises and usefully allocates scarce resources of a country. Meaning A Financial system is a complex‚ well-integrated set of subsystems of financial institutions‚ markets‚ instruments and services which facilitates the transfer and allocation of
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What is financial reporting? The traditional function of financial reporting was to provide business owners with information about the companies that they owned and operated. Once the delegation of managerial responsibilities to hired personnel became a common practice‚ financial reporting began to focus on stewardship—that is‚ on the managers’ accountability to the owners. Its purpose then was to document how effectively the owners’ assets were managed‚ in terms of both capital preservation and
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Financial Appraisal 1.0 Analysis This report provides an analysis of the performance of ITE Group over three consecutive years (2007-2009)‚ using various financial ratios; for the benefit of potential shareholders‚ lenders or suppliers. The report also indicates how non-financial performance indicators can help an organisation measure performance. This report will also look into the net present value method of appraisal‚ and explain its advantages and disadvantages. 2.0 Main Content The
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FIN 819: Financial Management Administrative Issues Course Overview FIN 819: Lecture 1 Today’s plan l Administrative issues l Course overview l Team formation • prerequisite • add‚ drop and withdraw • projects • case writing and discussion • final exam • final grade FIN 819: Lecture 1 The instructor l l l l l My name is George Li Office: DTC 582 and BUS 315 Email: li123456@sfsu.edu Office hours: Monday: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30
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CONCEPT OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION Financial inclusion denotes the provision of affordable financial services‚ (viz.‚ access to payments and remittance facilities‚ savings‚ loans and insurance services) by the formal financial system to those who tend to be excluded. The various formal financial services include credit‚ savings‚ insurance‚ pension and payments and remittance facilities. The most commonly understood objective of financial inclusion is to extend the scope of activities of the organized
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