...Environmental Changes Around Us Our parents, grandparents kept telling us that the environment was quite a clean and green place to live in back in the days, they used to tell us many different stories of how they enjoyed taking baths in the Pasig River, standing by at the breathtaking view of the Manila Bay, and stargazing during the cold night. Have you ever wondered what happened? Why is it that we have never experienced that kind of living in this generation? Metropolitan Manila has become too hot, the streets have become flood-prone, climate change has worsened, and many typhoons have intensified further through the years. Change is the only thing permanent in this world, but for this situation, it is turning for the worst. These events are caused by global warming, or the heating up of the Earth’s atmosphere, a phenomenon we cannot just neglect. Oxford Dictionary defines global warming as “A gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.” The discovery and naming of this phenomenon is led by a Swedish scientist names Svante Arrhenius in the year 1896. He claimed that, “Fossil fuel combustion may eventually result in enhanced global warming. He proposed a relation between atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and temperature. He found that the average surface temperature of the earth...
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...Nothing remains the same because nothing is impermeable. Mankind is predisposed to change. People are continuously and constantly modifying their thoughts and behaviors. The experiences encountered by an individual will modify the way he thinks, which effects how he behaves essentially changing who that individual is altogether making it impossible for him to return who he once was. One's knowledge manipulates one's thinking. One learns all that is essential through experiences. The morals, ideals and values that one believes in are direct products of the circumstances he has endured. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. said, "Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." One changes accordingly after learning and understanding a new idea. The newfound notion permanently alters the person's thoughts. People seldom know who they truly are. How someone thinks affects not only how he perceives his surroundings but also how they behave. “I can't go back to yesterday- because I was a different person then", wrote Lewis Carroll. Carroll expressed that returning to the past cannot be done. It is not because science does not allow people to return to a moment in the past but because having lived through new situations, one has become entirely different; someone whose perceptions have changed. Moments vanish once lived. Once an individual has changed he may never return to what once was familiar to him, to what once was a place where he belonged, to what once...
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...Poverty Line In today’s society, most people understand that poverty exists. It is a major issue in the United States. How does one determine how who really lives in poverty? Some people consider poverty living from pay check to pay check while some only consider the most extreme cases poverty, for example the homeless living on the streets. However, there is a way that poverty is measured in the United States. This measurement tool is called the poverty line also known as the poverty threshold. According to, “The U.S. Poverty Line: A Time For Change” written by Donald E. Chamber “poverty threshold is a measure of the amount of money society believes is necessary for a person to live at minimum level of subsistence or at a level consistent...
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...Advanced science and technology have made great changes to people's life,but artists such as musicians painters and writers are still highly valued. What can arts tell us about life that science cannot? Nowadays, the improvement of people’s living standard owes much to advanced technology and science. So, the functions and significance of art are contested by many people. In my point of view, arts can convey some messages that science can never be able to convey. First, it is clear that the arts represent human thoughts, whereas science represents natural order. In other words, the arts lead people to perceive the world while science aims at discovering the nature of things. This means arts is a part of culture and have various forms in different societies, can be give different meanings by different people. By comparison the established theories and principles of science would hardly alter and always be applied to the whole world. So, arts is subjective and can promote people’s creativity and imagination. Moreover, arts can enrich individual’s cultural life. This is because science and technology enhance the social productivity and enrich material wealth, only arts can satisfy their spiritual and emotional needs. For example, the Chinese traditional art forms Beijing Opera and cross-talk have been welcomed by lots of people and brought enjoyment of spirit to them for many years. Last but not least, the arts can sometimes change individual’s attitudes toward life and provide...
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...variables reaction to change given in certain other variables. It may describe the extent of which goods or services change with supply or demand as well as possible consumer income (Investopedia). There are several different categories of elasticity of demand. There are products that are defined as elastic, inelastic and unitary. In order to find the curves of supply and demand of elasticity the following equation is used: Elasticity = (% change in quantity demanded / % change in price) There are also a few rules I should mention that are to be followed when figuring the elasticity of demand; the threshold number is always one, there are no negative numbers (absolute values only) and categories of elasticity only. An elastic product is one that has a price of elasticity demand of more than one (1+). An inelastic product is defined when the elasticity of demand is less than one (-1). An inelastic product is a product where in spite of price changes, consumers continue to purchase. A unitary product occurs when the price elasticity of demand[->0] is one (1). Let us assume a demand is unitary (elastic), and that there is a sudden decrease in price of 5% and we can assume that the percentage of change in quantity will increase by 5%., by reason of getting to the unitary number of one. .In other words, the change in quantity will be substantial. However, if the product demand is inelastic, even considerable changes in price could cause insignificant changes in the demand for...
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...are the terms and conditions of an agreement between us (Barclays Bank PLC, Barclaycard Centre, Northampton NN4 7SG) and you MISS Rachel Vassell, of 2 Gate House, SOUTHGATE GROVE, LONDON, n15bu. You have come to us for your card through N/A 1 AMOUNT OF CREDIT 1.1 Your credit limit is based on our assessment of your circumstances, your account history, information we receive from credit reference agencies and any other factors we consider to be relevant. We will tell you your credit limit when you first receive your Barclaycard. We will then review your credit limit regularly and if we need to change it, we will write to tell you. Changes to your credit limit are not subject to Condition 11. 1.2 If we decide to increase your credit limit, we will give you at least 30 days' notice before the change takes effect, unless you requested the increase. You may tell us at any time not to increase your credit limit. 1.3 If we decide to reduce your credit limit based on an individual assessment of affordability or risk, it may be appropriate to give no advance notice. In other cases, for example where we have carried out a general review of credit limits, it might be appropriate to give you at least seven days advance notice. We will not reduce your new credit limit below an amount equal to your balance plus any transactions that have been authorised but not yet charged to your account at the time that we decide to make the change. 2 MONTHLY REPAYMENTS 2.1 You must make the minimum...
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...Climate change is a modern fact of science that can not be denied. It is slowly shifting and changing the environment around us and we are not merely innocent bystanders to the whole affair. California’s as well the world’s dependence upon fossil fuels, largely oil and natural gas has only contributed to the increase in carbon in the atmosphere hastening climate change and its effects. It is with this knowledge that therefore California must look towards means of alleviating its contributions to climate change as well as fighting it. The state of California along with the entire United States of America, must shift from the dependence on fossil fuel and non-renewable energy to renewable energy sources by the year 2050 to deal with the...
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...Gene One | Options for implementing a Leadership Change | Strategy Change | | [Type the author name] | 5/17/2010 | | Purpose Gene One is a company that invented gene technology to eradicate disease in potatoes and tomatoes. This gene technology eliminates the need for pesticides when growing tomatoes and potatoes. This invention helped Gene One grow from a $2 million to $400 million dollar company in less than eight years. Mr. Ruiz, the CEO of Gene one wanted to increase the company’s revenue by going public by means of Initial Public Offering (IPO) within 3 years. However, Don Ruiz passed away. As a sibling to Mr. Ruiz and a member of the board, my family and I planned a change strategy in order for Mr. Ruiz’s vision to become reality. We will also identify the leadership structure and styles that we will use to carry out Mr. Ruiz’s vision. Vision Our late CEO, Mr. Ruiz was a true visionary and an angel. He was able to implement a new dream in our mind that did not exist. He showed us a picture of the future even though he couldn’t carry it for himself. Our vision is to move this company toward an initial Public offering which will allow us to grow up to 40% in 3 years. This vision should drive each one of us and our goals. In order for this change to happen, we must abide to the rules and regulations of IPO required by the Sarbanes-Oxley act. Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that an IPO Board to have at least one member with financial experience...
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...of tradition can change tradition wholey. We must move along with the world and change with it. Norman Jewison suggests that The Fiddler on The Roof encourages us to accept change to pursue happiness by showing us to persevere the struggle, to be enthusiastic to change, and what it brings, but to also to evolve yourself with what it brings. Tevye's daughters help show happiness and change by evolution; help loosen the threads of tradition by each daughters action of marrying who they love. Tzeitel and Motel mark the beginning of growth. Tzeitel pleads to Tevye to let her wed Motel, rather than follow tradition, and to be forced to married with Lazar Wolf the butcher. Perchik and Hodel mark the middle part of evolution by making their own decision to marry each other, they ask for Tevye’s blessing, and not his approval to be with each other. Lastly Fyedka and Chavas resolve is to rush away together knowing that they don't have Tevye’s permission. Tevye represents tradition and the struggle to persevere through change to a certain extent. His feeling of tradition is communicated repeatedly by his words. We notice the threads of belief in his tradition slowly, but surely start to unravel. In spite of Tevye’s frantic efforts to clash with change, he is time after time giving in to it. Although Tevye exhibits the plus side in achieving change when he finally recognizes that his daughters’ happiness is more crucial than pursuing tradition. Tevye also shows us negative side effects...
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...Abstract My research topic is on U.S Air Ways organizational changes, leadership development, and change management. Who needs to be included in planning, implementing, and sustaining the change? Why? What obstacles/resistance will inhibit the change and what will drive the change? What additional activities will be required to deal with the resistance? By changing these issues with my team I would improve the customer services, company moral and gained profit. Our team consists of Tigest Alemu, Amanda Chinaglia, Antony Harding, Laurie Kiernan and Enrique Somoza. The professor randomly picked the team members so no one knew each other prior to the class. At first I did not know what team I was suppose to be in. The team had already met the first week and introduced themselves and assigned the questions to each other. We all had time to meet in class and everyone agreed on picking US Airways and everyone agreed on doing research and answering the questions for our next group meeting. The team discussed the recent changes, of US Airways and Laurie said she was going to ask her brother about US Airways because he works for them. In between team meetings, all communication was done via e-mail and phone conversations. By the third week, all the team members had come to the unanimous pick of the questions they wanted to answer. Enrique volunteered to do the power point and everyone was to work on his or her part of the presentation and e-mail to Enrique. The presentation...
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...Global warming has affected many aspects of our society including one of the most important aspects which is climate change. Our Earth is warming. Earth's average temperature has risen by 1.4°F over the past century, and is projected to rise another 2 to 11.5°F over the next hundred years. Small changes in the average temperature of the planet can translate to large and potentially dangerous shifts in climate and weather.All these facts are proven in epa.gov. Do to these entire climate changes many places have experienced floods, droughts, and even heat waves. All these changes in our climate is warming our environment so bad that even glaciers/icebergs are staring to melt at a faster rate over the years.Our atmosphere is becoming so much more polluted with burning fossil fuel and CO2 that it's harming us to as humans.In nrdc.org/global warming it is said that even fires occur due to climate change. It is also proven by scientists that even if we try to stop global warming it's impossible to do it due to the amount of co2 in the atmosphere which is enough to last us for 100 years. Global warming is going to continue causing volcanic eruptions, and fires. Global warming changes the climate which makes the planet hotter such as oceans which kills off species in the water.Climate Change due to global warming had been here around from decades to millions of years. Climate is huge because it's affects any living thing on this planet. We can't stop natural disasters from occurin which...
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...Change is good Although, change can be very beneficial in long run but people don’t want change. They think that change means break from their working habits and burden of extra work. Rather, looking on the negative side, we should think that change is actually an opportunity. We should be exited and should be optimistic about the change. We should think that change is good and is a part of our leadership strategy. Change can be a route of success. During change we should concentrate on internal public relation, and continue to the communicate the positive opportunities associated with the project. Change comes through consistent communication Regular communication with the team will help us to build trust between each other. It will also help the people to think that they are the part of the solution. In this way, people get much more involved, proactive and desirous of seeing a different result in the bottom line. Until and unless the employees do not trust us, they won’t follow us. So, if they believe that we think communication is a waste of time, they won’t follow us. They will only follow us if they believe in manager and can see that manager believe in employees. You must adapt to change The more individual and organization are able to adapt to change, the more likely their change of success. In an organization, there are positive as well as negative attitude person. It’s very important for us to identify team members who see change as a positive force and remove...
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...Leading Change in Theory Reflective essay Reflective writing is a strategy where we as students recollect what we have learnt and the process we have undertaken in learning and use this to reflect on how we have educated ourselves. We describe our experiences in the process of learning along with bringing out the emotions we felt at the particular time, also we may consolidate prior knowledge along with the present in order to fully understand and grasp the experience. Reflective writing allows us to understand the entire process of learning. My group formerly consisted of six members and finally ended up with only three, this was due to one member dropping out of this module and another two being unable to work with the final group as they felt our language and intellect wasn’t up to the mark. This made me feel extremely let down and somewhat anxious as to how we would function as a group of only three individuals; however our progress greatly improved since we were a smaller and more cohesive group. Our group had a more democratic form of leadership and we shared a sense of collective identity which greatly benefited us in completing our task. Our group values focused greatly on openness, respect, contribution and happiness. Each member contributed almost equally to the overall process and the all three of us were willing to listen and understand each other’s opinions. We divided the work amongst ourselves and decided we would complete it and share it with each other through...
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...Devine Hamdani 10/1/11 Project 1 US GAAP Convergence with IFRS As the business world has become more global, regulators, investors, large companies and auditing firms began to realize the importance of the establishment of a single set of high quality accounting standards. With a common accounting language around the world, investors will be able to have greater comparability and greater confidence in the transparency of financial reporting worldwide. IFRS, acronym for International Financial Reporting Standards are financial reporting standards that have been adopted by International Accounting Standard Board (IASB). Increasing number of publicly held companies in many countries are now requiring or allowing the use of IFRS for the preparation of financial statement. In the United States, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have also proposed a “Roadmap” in incorporating the convergence of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) to IFRS with the help of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and IASB. The IASB and FASB, committed to improving IFRS and US GAAP and achieving their convergence, are also committed in providing public transparency and accountability by reporting their process in achieving their goals. In 2006, the IASB and FASB began to set out their plans of completing major projects in their issued Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). These priority major projects comprises of their joint projects on financial instruments...
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...LIFO would have a significant effect on US companies specifically because tax law requires any company that uses LIFO for tax purposes to also use it for book accounting according to Internal Revenue Code (IRC) §472(c). Since IFRS disallows LIFO Accounting, US companies will either be in non-compliance with US tax code or accounting standards according to IFRS. By disallowing LIFO Accounting, US companies will not only have larger tax liabilities because of accelerated income recognition but they must also account for a change in inventory methods (Bloom & Cenker, 2009). GAAP provides guidance under Statement 154- Accounting Changes and Errors Corrections which states when a change in inventory method occurs; the company must retrospectively apply the change to prior financial statements presented in effected annual reports. Only if change is unfeasible can the company apply the new principle prospectively. When an inventory method change is made, the company can deduct the change for tax purposes. According to IRC §481(a), the company can deduct the entire change in the year of the change if the change is favorable to the entity. However if they change is unfavorable, the company can apply the change of a period of four years starting with the year the change was made. Is the likelihood of LIFO’s last days imminent? At this point, it is still hard to tell. There have been several suggestions provided as a form of compromise for US companies to conform to IFRS and still...
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