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Global Stock Market is a big word today and one that has changed the way we look at and understand things around us. What is actually Global Stock Market? What do we understand by this word? Global Stock Market is simply the predisposition of the economy through business, knowledge through technology, and thought through philosophy to spread globally. Global Stock Market can also mean the process by which this happens. This term is almost synonymous with an intertwining of markets and economies without any consideration for physical borders or legal restraints. The term Global Stock Market has brought some positive impacts and some negative impacts on the world market economy. As with all types of changes, this massive economic revolution has influenced the marginalized people as well along with the business. It is hard to say whether the impact has been positive or negative because there is a lot of gap and difference between the status in the middle and upper and lower-middle and low classes of business. Global Stock Market has widened this gap to the extent that they look un-breachable. Whichever way you look at this transformation it is obvious that the interlinked status of the Global Stock Market is an economical aspect. And it is good that it is; the onset of such market has kick-started a movement of liberalization of independent thought process, which due to the heightened global interconnectivity may prove more successful than it ever was in any of the past socio-economic and cultural revolutions. (Smith, 2004) Historical evidence equates the origin of the first stock markets with the conception of the term “bourse” which means a “bag” in Latin. In the thirteenth century, France bags were hung in front of the houses where the ancient traders met to discuss various affairs of commerce. By 1309, such informal meeting centers were formalized into “Bruges Bourse”, and soon the “bourse” became popular in nearly all the European nations. By 1602, the Dutch launched the first joint-stock companies and in 1688, a stock exchange was opened in London. Stock markets, or “bourse”, as it is termed in continental Europe are actually organized markets for the purchase and sale of securities such as stocks and bonds. According to financial theories, the subscribed capital of any industry, corporation, or a small company of limited liabilities are divided into shares, bought, and sold as transferable certificates. Trading in a stock exchange may be conducted by various methods such as being a continuous auction method, or brokers buying from and selling to a specialized dealer in certain stocks, maybe a process of exchange among specialists in particular, or specified stocks. It is also the practice of some stock exchanges, the New York Stock Exchange, for instance, to sell seats or the right to trade to a few limited clients who are required to meet the most stringent eligibility criterion. It is also mandatory for stock exchanges to meet at regular inte
Canada’s migration issue has become one of the most disputable topics among Canadians and foreigners and remains a widely-discussed subject for the past several decades. Among a vast diversity of researches conducted to investigate the given issue, the work by Harsha Walia is considered one of the most dynamic. Being a thought-provoking article, it covers the most critical aspects of Canada’s migration problem and persuades the readers to take specific actions to stabilize the current situation. The purpose of this critical review is to synthesize and analyze the author’s main ideas and to prove the effectiveness and relevance of the work. The article focuses mainly on the operation principles of two employment programs for migrants: The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) and the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP). Through the context of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the most critical human rights violations of migrant workers are discussed. The influence of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) with the US and Mexico on the expansion of the migration movement is analyzed. Moreover, the article presents the possible ways the human dignity protection. The first labor organization that is discussed in the article is The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program. Founded in 1966, the organization was continually expanding, and in the year 2004, the province of British Columbia finally joined it. The conditions under which the participants of SAWP are forced to work are incredibly terrible. Spending up to 16 hours per day at work during the peak seasons, the migrants do not receive any overtime bonuses. Walia states, “while Canadian law theoretically protects migrant workers, in practice, it is difficult for investigations of labor abuse to occur, given the workers’ temporary status” (74). All the statements about human rights protection in the workplace are just a theoretical part o
Introduction Weather conditions define the level and quality of life considerably in both, positive and negative, ways. That is why when the topic of the effects of extreme weather conditions on athletes training is raised, it is wrong to consider only positive or only negative aspects. It is more important to focus on the changes and needs that have to be admitted by athletes and those, who are involved in a training process. Athletes have to understand that many sporting events are held in unfavorable conditions (Maughan et al., 2010) and be ready for the environmental changes to succeed in training and achieve the required results. Athletes have to pay attention to choosing sports clothing, equipment, and even the time for training in order to develop various strategies as hydration, cooling interventions, or heat acclimatization to protect themselves and understand how to cope with the challenges created by nature. Benefits Heat acclimatization is the strategy that can help the athletes’ body to adapt to the hot environment and understand how to improve performance. The intensity and duration of training should be properly defined. Guy, Deakin, Edwards, Miller, and Pyne (2015) admit that 100 min of training per day in the heat is usually enough for athletes. At the same time, athletes should realize that as soon as weather conditions are getting worse (hotter), they have to reduce an amount of clothes and control the amount of equipment that can be allowed. A choice of an appropriate strategy is a chance for an athlete to avoid negative results of the heat on a human body. It has been proved that short-term heat adaptation protocols can be used by athletes to be satisfied with the activities that should be performed and the results that should be achieved (Guy et al., 2015). Challenges At the same time, the heat in sports may be characterized by a number of negative aspects that every athlete should know. For example, as any person in the world, an athlete may suffer from heat strokes or hypothermia caused by a too high temperature. It happens that some sportive events are canceled because of extreme weather conditions. Besides, the heat is the reason for athletes and their coaches to think about such strategies like hydration or cooling interventions to be protected
There are several things that cabin crew members should know before reading the collective agreement. If the company has a proposition to change service in a way that affects duty times significantly, the two parties will seek to agree on terms and utilize the best means to create a mutually beneficial contract. Furthermore, the company shall not mandate or permit its crew members to operate an aircraft if a person suspects or knows they are experiencing or have high chances of facing fatigue, which may endanger the safety of occupants or the airplane. Finally, all employees covered by the agreement shall not perform the duties of a cabin crew member unless they have ensured that the limitations prescribed herein are not exceeded. Selection of Inflight Service Managers Applications for employees who want to become inflight service managers will be accepted from existing employees. Full-time flight attendants who have completed at least one year of continuous employment while working for Air Nelson, Air New Zealand, or Mt Cook before their application will be eligible for the promotion. However, if there is a shortage of suitable permanent flight attendants to fill the positions, both parties can agree that applicants from other departments can be considered for the promotion. Rostering Committee The first section explores the duties of the rostering committee, which comprises of union and the company representatives. It will ensure that work hours and rostering protocols provided in the agreement are followed and discuss any other issues that may arise from the roster. Furthermore, the rostering committee will review the roster operations to ensure they are optimized effectively for employees and the company. The second part states that the company will strive to roster every union representative a single administration day in each 28-day roster subject to the ability of the company to uphold operational integrity. Flight and Duty Time Limitations Cabin crew members that operate on the company’s services are subjected to the duty and flight times stipulated in this section. Cabin crew members shall not fly or do their duties and the company will not roster an employee to fly or work over the agreed flight and duty hours. The flight hours are 100 in a 28-day fixed schedule period and 1000 in 365 successive days. Between 16 December 2019 and 20 September 2020, there are 54 duty hours in a week. For the period between 21 September 2020 and 19 September 2021, there are 53 duty hours in a week. Nevertheless, from 20 September 2021 onwards, there are 52, 100, and 185 duty hours in 7, 100, and 185 days, respectively. The company shall not roster cabin crew members for more than twenty-nine hours in any seventy-two successive hours. However, while working, the duty limitation can be extended to no more than 33 hours in any seventy-two consecutive hours. When crew members are
All the complexity and significance of the modernistic idea of style seems to be summed up in T.S. Eliot’s famous poem. This poem deals directly with the decline of civilization and the resulting impossibility of recovering meaning in life. In this poem, Eliot alludes to and quotes from various classic works and myths such as Greek mythology, Dante’s Divine Comedy , Shakespeare and so on. These allusions to various classical works are referred in a seemingly fragmentary form that lends significance to the meaning of the poem as it is in this fragmentary approach that Eliot is able to make a comment on the nature of modern society in general. Rather than focusing on the words of the poem itself, Leavis sees the significance of “The Wasteland” as residing principally in the disorganization of the poem (1932: 90). By definition, a wasteland denotes an area that has been devastated spiritually, emotionally, physically and culturally. In short, Eliot attempted to reveal the complication involved in the lapse of attention given to mentality and culture in the modern capitalist society. Moreover, Leavis phrases the modern predicament as a breach of continuity and an uprooting of life as is expected in a wasteland. He insists that a major cause of this uprooting lies in the incessant rapid change that characterizes the Machine Age (Leavis, 1932). An important point brought out regarding Eliot’s poem is its strange disconnection with nature, a statement that could be made of modern society as it made its transition from a mostly agrarian society to an urban society, from the old ways of life to the new. This can be seen in Eliot’s poem through the disjointed, confused accumulation of traditional stories and myths. Additionally, it can be said that Eliot, in this poem, intends not only to depict the chaotic situation of the modern civilization but also to urge us to reaffirm the significance of cultural tradition in the modern society. His idea of succession of tradition does not mean to recognize classic and old works as heritages, which are cut off from the present, nor to protect them from extinction. It is defined in his essay ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’ as follows: No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and artist. You cannot value him alone; you must set him, for contrast and comparison, among the dead. I mean this as a principle of aesthetic, not merely historical, criticism. The necessity
According to historical records the diamond was one triangular in shape and crudely cut when it was bought by the merchant traveler, Jean Baptiste Tavernier. It changed hands several times in the ensuing years before it came into the Hands of Harry Winston, Inc who showed it at many exhibits and events around the world before donating it to the Smithsonian institution (Encylopedia Smithsonian 2008). The hope diamond is 45.52 carats in weight and one of the most prominent examples of naturally doped semiconductors. It is due to the presence of traces of the element boron that the diamond has its blue color. The diamond has been categorized as VS1 which means that under a microscope it is seen to be faintly cloudy (Wisegeek 2009). This blue color occurs due to the interaction of boron’s valence electrons with incoming light. Unlike metals which have characteristically unbound electrons, semiconductors have electrons which are continuously bound to atoms unless they are excited. When light strikes a semiconductor, the electromagnetic radiation from the visible light spectrum allows the electrons to drop from the conduction band thus releasing energy. The release of this energy causes a band gap which allows us to perceive a particular spectrum of light. However, to perceive this band a certain amount of energy is required to excite the electrons (Webexhibits 2009). Boron is a Dopant which is an impurity in the carbon of this diamond. Dopants may contain more or less valence electrons than the semiconductor which allows the semiconductor to excite an electron to the band gap and cross the band gap respectively. Thus, in both cases less energy is required than a normal semiconductor for the electrons to get excited and emit their own particular band of light (Webexhibits 2009). Thus, the hope diamond can be perceived to be blue since it only requires the thermal energy of a room to excite its electrons and normal white light. According to researchers all blue diamonds have phosphoresce bands which are centered at the 500 and 660 nm wavelengths. The color of this phosphorescence in the hope diamond is red (Physorg 2005; 2008). An examination which has been conducted by a very sensitive colorimeter has shown that there is a slight violet component to the deep blue color of the diamond which cannot be seen by the naked eye. This violet component provides evidence of the original state of the diamond when it was found by Jean Baptiste Tavernier (Encylopedia Smithsonian 2008). List of References Encylopedia Smithsonian. (2008). The Hope Diamond . Web. Physorg. (2008). Hope Diamond’s phosphorescence key to fingerprinting . Web. Physorg. (2005). Researchers to Study Properties of the Hope Diamond . Web. Webexhibits. (2009). What causes the color in blue diamonds and in LED lamps? (doped semiconductors) . Web. Wisegeek. (2009). What is the Hope Diamond? Web.
Abstract Heuristics are strategies that people use in making decisions thus coming up with appropriate solutions to existing problems. The assurance that these strategies eventually lead to the right solutions is elusive. This paper concentrates on decision making heuristics such as representativeness, availability and anchoring. These heuristics are used together with effective communication strategies in an effort to convince an individual to make appropriate choices especially during the hiring process. In addition to heuristic decision making, the paper explores ethical and legal implications an individual experiences when making decisions based on wrong heuristics. Introduction The company I work for has concluded the process of interviewing candidates in a bid to fill a vacant position. One of the candidates, a Hispanic woman has caught my attention as the best candidate for the job. She has a master’s degree in marketing and has experience of over 20 years working with our rival. The problem is that my co- worker does not think the candidate is fit for the position. This is in spite of the fact that he doesn’t have a reason to reject the candidate. My job is to persuade him to change is mind. Heuristics in Decision making Representative and availability heuristics are normally used when making decisions when hiring a candidate for a vacant position (Page, 2008). In this case my co- worker is affected by representative heuristic thus coming up with the conclusion that the Hispanic woman is not fit for the job. This is because he did not have a solid reason to block her hiring. All he says is that she is not the right person for the job. I conclude that he is simply being judgmental and discriminatory. People affected by the representativeness believe that things appear and occur randomly. My co- worker concluded that the candidate is not fit for the job probably because she is a woman. There is a possibility that my co- worker feels intimidated because she is experienced and well educated. It is also possible that such a decision was a result of previous associations of the potential recruit with a rival company. Another possible reason for my co workers action may be in line with the fact that the potential recruit is Hispanic thus existence of racial issues. Ethical and Legal Implications A number of legal and ethical implications exist in reference to this matter. First my co- worker is being unethical as seen in his qualifications that makes one believe that he should perform exceptionally well in making such decisions. He fails to achieve such a feat. It is unethical to be discriminatory to candidates based on personal biases. It is clear that my co-worker is biased because the Hispanic candidate is highly qualified as evident in her experience and education. If my co workers reasons for not hiring the Hispanic candidate are insufficient and unfounded, it can lead to serious legal implications (Duquenoy & George, 2008). Decision making concepts for persuading others & eliminating bias in decision making In an effort to persuade my co- worker, I
Introduction Today, many countries that are inclined to the “adolescent economy” are on the verge of collapse, and there are no resources available to reclaim them unless they resort to environmentally friendly practices. Just like the advanced economies, the Amazon region has to focus on enhancing its technology. The approach will result in faster production of goods, as well as enhanced service delivery. The development of the textile industry in Lancashire, England marked the start of industrialization. It is worth noting that mechanized production and sufficient energy were the cornerstones for the full industrialization of the country ( Industrialization and Economic Development , 2000). Equally, ready fresh products, technology, and sufficient energy supplies were the key drivers of industrialization in the countryside parts of North America. For example, technological development in the business field can ease transactions ( 7 Factors of Industrialization , n.d.). For instance, the development of the World Wide Web can be instrumental in developing the Amazon region, as it will help it connect easily with other traders, technocrats, and productive employees. With the development of e-learning, the region can borrow ideas from other organizations in Europe or Australia, and use them in developing its infrastructure, as well as running different organizations. From this analysis, the Amazon region has to ensure that it has adeq
Abstract Swift’s A Modest Proposal is a genius work in the art of literary satire. I picked certain issues and commented on them regarding how Swift made Irish beggars and their children a necessary evil that was deteriorating Ireland from the inside. Largely, this behemoth of a problem was causing an economic slump of mass proportion. I point out his brilliant use of population figures, social issues (domestic violence, poverty, hunger, etc.), and religious groups (other than his own). He addresses these issues by offering a ludicrous solution—cannibalism of the young infants when they reach their first birthday. Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal: Reflective Essay Addressing Swift’s Satire Approach Concerning the Economic Problem of Dublin’s Starving Children Swift presents a brilliant tongue-in-cheek argument concerning a way to solve the plight of starving Irish children. He introduces his ludicrous proposal at the beginning of his essay, and then supports his subject by reinforcing his foundation with strong, supporting arguments. Each building block of his argument elicits sound thought for handling Ireland’s glaring social issues; namely, begging and starving children. Swift proposes to eat one-year-olds because of their economic burden. While purporting his idea, he uses economic strategies, population figures, cooking methods and avoiding commodity outsourcing to support his irony. Swift looks at a beggar’s child as the projected worth of a future commodity. He justifies his moral depravity and degrading of human life in lieu of population control, annihilation of abortion, domestic violence and food shortage. He refers to wives as “breeders” of these future delectable human dishes, and believes a one-year-old could give back to the commonwealth by offering its “carcass” as food for a starving country. He reasons that a beggar’s child should be able to live for the first year so that it could be fattened up on mother’s milk, which the “dam” naturally produces and therefore would cost the commonwealth nothing. Swift surmises that his idea is humane because the future holds nothing for these children who mature and adopt livelihoods like “stealing,” going off to fight for the “Pretender in Spain,” or “selling themselves to the Barbados.” Instead of suggesting the obvious—limiting the number of children each female “breeder” should have—he encourages the “breeders” to get pregnant, enjoy motherhood and nursing of their suckling infants for one year, and then sell them to the marketplace as a prime cut of young, tender meat. This is a chilling mental image of the plight of a poor Irish infant. He continues to build upon this horrific image of an Irish infant dressed and prepared as the main serving for a lavish feast. He enjoys toying with the image of “a young healthy child well nursed” that could be “a most delicious, nourishin