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The following some words are from some conversations and some talks from someone sometime somewhere.

“It’s … amazing experience ……gave me ….saying, ‘Email if you need anything,’ or ‘Can I help on any projects?’ … that’s … helpful.

… initiatives reflect …needs … at different points in … careers, from …to … leadership skills.

“… excellence and ingenuity are…bright but …curious; who …, while ….; who …., but at the same time ….”

“…speak … 000…languages and were born in … countries. …more than 100 different …schools and more than …different undergraduate universities worldwide. ……contribute to a vigorous …, in turn, ensures that ….

The following key words are from conversations and talks from someone sometime somewhere.

respect, trust, culture
collaboration happens naturally at …. because …. people respect and trust . . .  It is … cultural … .

focus, passion, better deal,

…always focused on … possible on behalf of ….

There is a pervasive spirit of confidence that defines us. And that really means passion. Passion for the better….And all in a practical, results-oriented way.

“A true MERITOCRACY … is one of the nation’s leading…., with a team of 650 … serving clients through offices in .

… has gained national prominence in matters ranging from … to …    ‘s record of innovation, success and outstanding client service spans every … and every … of activity, reflecting the … of a creative, forward-looking culture.

… excellence in … work, reputation … delivery, and … challenge ourselves to go above and beyond as a matter of course.

…  are book smart and street smart — classic over achievers who fight form the best possible outcome.

… embrace and commit to a collective pursuit of the possible — we are flexible , nimble, creative, and opportunities we treat as our own.

… is a true meritocracy where we demand that each of us prove ourselves every day — no resting on laurels, no coasting on past success.

Amid this high energy achievement is a deep generosity of spirit and a desire to help and give back– to each other, to our communities, to those less fortunate.”

FLEXIBLE, ENTREPRENEURIAL, OPTIMISM

… people are multitaskers. We’re enegetic, flexible and willing to embrace change. We call this entrepreneurial optimism — as “I know I can” view of our work.

…. people are CREATIVE an AGRICULTURE. That is the case whether we’re dealing with the BIG PICTURE or the fine print. We’re at ease explaining issues in plain language, framing the alternatives and guiding others to a wise business decision.

… this requires equal measures of CONFIDENCE and CHARISMA.

people in this firm have a natural affinity for risk. It is a combination of CURIOSITY and COURAGE that often leads to achievement and success in different ways.

… people understand that the greatest risks are often those not taken.

Doing the right thing is not just a matter of conscience for … people. It is a growth framework — personal and professional. it is about sensitivity to different perspectives and problems.

Collaboration happens organically at … because … people RESPECT and TRUST each other. it’s a cultural thing. And that’s because people like each other at this firm — they always have.

We know what it takes to make a great lawyer and a great colleague.  . . we are interested in … character of the people joining us. Because our character is what makes us distinct. If qualities like the ones in this book are appealing, we have a GENUINE interest in talking to you.

The following key words are from conversations and talks from someone sometime somewhere.

.. years… before ‘globalization’ became a buzzword …  …

Our … is among the strongest … Yet from the very inception of …, we anticipated the … spreading out roots internationally … Our … is on the cusp of its … anniversary, and a continent away, our …celebrated …of business.

… we are …excellence, … same is true… … successfully combined …with a nuanced understanding of local culture.

collegiality across …… is the bedrock of …

… …established in … with the simultaneous opening of o……

… offers broad exposure to …… and ……flexibility.

…couple …unique freedom with a network of …

“We have no … because we want to …, rather than …. If you …from …, you can, and …do. But if …, there is no need …. We …, but …as wide as ….

… answer is as simple s it is unusual —…collegiality is …cornerstone of …culture …

……best work …results from talented …working …, sharing… knowledge, time …experience ….

Generations of … have proved that …foster excellence.

… work  involving multi-jurisdictional issues…

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“Depth of experience … to handle … the broad range of issues.. face with efficiency and skill.

…brings together … all practice areas… to provide a full complement of …

exchange ideas, network with peers, … seek the latest trends through…

In addition to …,

we strive to …

our experience grants … a deep understanding of the …

… maintain one of the largest and most sophisticated …

team-oriented culture … encourage creativity … has a strong commitment to …

There are times when people celebrate their achievements. Before or during the party, either the host or the audience always curious about the secret of success, so the normal question comes to how hard you have to work to achieve such a great success.

Someone would say it takes a lot of the hard work and the time. However, the great success is just as easy as the answer to this question out of the mouth. Isn’t that hard to do, or just out of the interest or passion to do it? What about CEO of GE Jack Welch? What would he say about it?
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From, bcn dot boulder dot co dot us slash  health slash healthwatch slash canada dot html

In contrast, the single payer system that Canada has used for the last 25 years has drastically simplified their administration costs. For instance, it takes more people to administer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts that it does to administer the entire health care system of Canada. Before Canada implemented their national health program, their health costs were the same portion of their economy as in the U.S. After they implemented their program, their costs stabilized at 9% while U.S. costs have increased to 14%. They spend one tenth of what U.S. health care providers spend on overhead.

Health insurance problems:

Funding issue

Whether the universal healthcare law is justified in the social context.

Is it fair, which is the basis of the health care?

If it is, whether it is just?

My argument is that the law is fair at certain point as means, but unjust as the ends.

It is fair since it provides universal health insurance.

It is not just since it provided no solution to the funding.

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Sen’s model or design of the universal healthcare model is that:

Just law= efficiency + single-payer system

Efficiency=cost/benefit + equity of system

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The content of the law is try to provide the legal frame work to every one to obey,  but it does not provide the means to allow it to carry out in the long-run.  Just like in the Hedge-fund, some greedy fund managers rip off the legal system and chasing super-quick money only in the short term. It does not only bad for the economy but also sad for the countries. Everything in the legal field is designed for the purpose of the economy but there is also something else need to consider as well. The law, which is biding everyone living within its jurisdiction, has to be in the content of fair, which leads to justice in the long run.

Sen argues that comparative approach to justice would concentrate on ranking alternative societal arrangements rather than focusing exclusively on the identification of a fully just society.

To be sure, Rawls need not agree that the world is really unjust if he remains fully attached to the belief that the concept of justice dos not apply at the global level.

Amartya Sen’s model

Pg 3

“Growth of GNP or of individual incomes can, of course, be very important as means to expanding the freedoms enjoyed by the members of the society. But freedoms depend also on other determinants, such as social and economic arrangements (for example, facilities for education and health care) as well as political and civil rights (for example, the liberty to participate in public discussion and scrutiny).

Pg 4

“Freedom is central to the process of development for two distinct reasons.

1. The evaluative reason: assessment of progress has to be done primarily in terms of whether the freedoms that people have are enhanced;
2. the effectiveness reason: achievement of development is thoroughly dependent on the free agency of people.

Pg 10

“Five distinct types of freedom, seen in an “instrumental” perspective, are particularly investigated in the empirical studies that follow. These include (1) political freedoms, (2) economic facilities, (3) social opportunities, (4) transparency guarantees and (5) protective security.

Pg 10

A CONCLUDING REMARK

“Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means.”

Pg 11

“political freedoms help to promote economic security. Social opportunities facilitate economic participation. Economic facilities can help to generate personal abundance as well as public resources for social facilities.

Pg 14

“The ends and means of development require examination and scrutiny for a fuller understanding of the development process; it is simply not adequate to take as our basic objective just the maximization of income or wealth, ….

Pg 15

“It is sometimes claimed that the denial of these rights helps to stimulate economic growth and is “good” for rapid economic development. … Indeed, the empirical evidence very strongly suggests that economic growth is more a matter of a friendlier economic climate than of a harsher political system.”

Pg 19

“this is not to deny that deprivation of individual capabilities can have close links with the lowness of income, which connects in both directions: (1) low income can be a major reason for illiteracy and ill health as well as hunger and undernourishment, and (2) conversely, better education and health help in the earning of higher incomes.

Pg 25

“The relation of the market mechanism to freedom and thus to economic development raises questions of at least two quite distinct types, which nee to be clearly distinguished. First, a denial of opportunities of transaction, through arbitrary controls, can be a source of unfreedom in itself.

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second… markets typically work to expand income and wealth and economic opportunities that people have.

Pg 27

“The shift in the focus of attention of pro-market economics from freedom to utility has been achieved at some cost: the neglect of the central value of freedom itself.

Pg 31

“Individual freedom is quintessentially a social product, and there is a two-way relation between (1) social arrangements to expand individual freedoms and (2) the use of individual freedoms not only to improve the respective lives but also to make the social arrangements more appropriate and effective.

Pg 31-32

“The real conflict is between

1) the basic value that the people must be allowed to decide freely what traditions they wish or not wish to follow; and

2) the insistence that established traditions be followed (no matter what), or, alternatively, people must obey the decisions by religious or secular authorities who enforce traditions – real or imagined.

Pg 33

“The motivation underlying the approach of “development as freedom” is not so much to order all states – or all alternative scenarios – into one “complete ordering,” but to draw attention to important aspects of the process of development, each of which deserves attention.”

Pg 38

“Political freedoms, broadly conceived (including what are called civil rights), refer to the opportunities that people have to determine who should govern and on what principles, and also include the possibility to scrutinize and criticize authorities, to have freedom of political expression and an uncensored press, to enjoy the freedom to choose between different political parties, and so on.

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Economic facilities refer to the opportunities that individuals respectively enjoy to utilize economic resources for the purpose of consumption, or production, or exchange.

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Social opportunities refer to the arrangements that society makes for education, health care and so on, which influence the individual’s substantive freedom to live better.

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Transparency guarantees deal with the need for openness that people can expect: the freedom to deal with one another under guarantees of disclosure and lucidity.

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Protective security is needed to provide a social safety net for preventing the affected population from being reduced to abject misery, and in some cases even starvation and death.”