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- 1591: Derivates
- ... losses came from stock index futures it seems to have been their misuse and not their nature that caused it. The problem at Barings was the failure to segregate important jobs and supervise their internal control properly, it was unfortunate to have a dishonest employee in charge but that is besides the point. From what we see at the bank we would think that no extra regulation is needed but, would ... The Signs That Spell Danger. FT 16/11/95 ). However this article also points out that the problem lies with overconfidence when using the derivatives, because in the past there have been many benefits, loose control and a lot of ignorance in the field. There is no doubt the financial institutions are very interwoven and can affect each other greatly, derivatives carrying very big figures and not being understood very well ... avoidance of future disasters but more self-regulation could be encouraged and set in play also. The bottom line is that anyone in the derivative business really needs to be more careful and have more control over what they are doing. Again Partnoy in his book FIASCO says, Most of us enter the investment business for the same sanity- destroying reasons a woman becomes a prostitute. So if you do ...
- 1592: Career As A Military Officer
- ... basic and advanced military occupational specialties for enlisted alone. There is almost this many for officers too. Over 75% of military occupations have civilian counterparts. Brief descriptions of the major military occupational groups follows. Infantry, gun crews, and seamanship specialist are the personnel on the front lines. Officers in this field plan battle strategy, oversee security activities, and serve as combat leaders and pilots. Personnel in this category learn how to ... and develop leadership skills. In electronic equipment repair occupations people are required for the maintenance and repair of many sorts of equipment. Officers oversee the maintenance and repair of avionics, communication, radar, and air traffic control equipment. Most skills in this field are directly transferable to civilian jobs. Communications and intelligence personnel are similar to scientist, engineers, and investigators. Officers serve as intelligence gatherers and interpreters, cytologists, information analysts. Translators, and ...
- 1593: Crisis In Kosovo
- ... rising middle classes, which saw "national interest" in different terms. This led to the weakening of the aristocratic families and the middle class taking over their estates and became "peasant proprietors." These landowners had total control over those that rented land from them. Throughout most of the 19th century there was political unrest throughout the lands of Yugoslavia. By the early 20th century the relationship between Serbia and Hungary (especially over ... last Turkish holdings in the area, and although Bulgaria and Greece had been trying to obtain it for many years. Early in the 1900's the areas of Yugoslavia, Austria-Hungary fought diligently to take control of the lands of Macedonia. This growing engagement in Macedonia brought Serbia into deepening conflict with Austria-Hungary, and later led to the Ten year war. Ten years of almost continuous war began with the ... This was followed by numerous demonstrations in Belgrade by commoners. Afterward the Slavic nations were divided into an array of puppet states, with these new creations being placed under German or Italian zones of military control. In 1942 the communists formed the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia, which, as a self-declared "temporary government," linked acknowledgment of the ethnic plurality of the peoples of Yugoslavia with ...
- 1594: Chinese Economic Reform
- ... was not a radical one. China was still a state in which the central government retained the dominant power in economic resource allocation and local officials worked for the interest of the units under their control (Solinger 103). However, as time passed, some basic aspects of the old system were altered either by design or by the process of neglect. In 1985, further reforms were introduced. For example, long-term sales ... D2). The Chinese government had to make conscientious attempts to promote the strength of the country's economy while protecting its citizens. And so, in 1994, the Chinese government instituted tight-money policies, intended to control inflation and slow what was the world's fastest growing major economy (Shenon "China Halts" D1). However, after doing so, China's Securities Regulatory Commission was forced to stop the issuing of new issues on ... of the government to express some kind of responsibility, some moral force, to its citizens. At the very least, the strategy appears to show a practical desire on the part of the government to take control over what could have been a bad economic situation. Given the apparent strength of the Chinese economy as shown by huge public works projects, extensive foreign investments, participation in the world economy, and a ...
- 1595: Child Abuse
- ... are unable to solve their emotional problems might transfer their anger and frustrations on a child by abusing the child physically, sexually, or emotionally. Some abusers might crave power, and need to feel like they control and dominate someone. If this is impossible to achieve in any other fashion, they might turn to children, who unfortunately are very easy to dominate due to their trust in adults. For example, a mother ... their childhood as good or even normal. Adults who had a poor role model on loving and parental behavior might find parenting a difficult responsibility and might retort to physical punishment as a mean to control a child. A father might find hitting his child against the wall as a good form of teaching because his father taught him in the same manner. One wonders who would do such a thing ... child s impaired capacity to enjoy life being the most striking. They found that these children were pseudo mature and lacked the ability to play. In this study, symptoms such as enuresis (the inability to control bladder functions) and encapresis (fecal soiling) were classified under psychiatric symptoms. Another trait that these children shared was their unusual ability to adapt to a variety of people and settings. It was concluded that ...
- 1596: A Breif History Of Comics
- ... the military in 1943. Just before he had shipped abroad, his mother had die after a long fight with cancer. Shulz was sent to Europe, became an infantryman, staff sergeant, and leader of a machine gun squad, but he saw little combat (Mcham). Other than some sketches of camp life, he did little drawing, but by V-J day, he was home again ready to pick up back where he left ... On June 19, 1978 his comic was syndicated to 41 newspapers across the nation. Ironically, Davis doesn't own a cat, because his wife is allergic to them. In 1981, Davis founded Paws Inc. to control all of his "Garfield" business. And since then, the comic has appeared in over 2,500 newspaper around the world. Bill Amend (Fox Trot) Bill Amend was born in 1962 in Northampton Mass. He began ...
- 1597: A Healthy Personality
- ... a very good idea of what stress is. Psychological hardiness, to me, is the act of actively knowing you have stress and using three simple guidelines to deal with that stress. Those three are commitment, control, and challenge. These three things are very important in stress management. Especially in comparison to other ways of stress management like substance use, withdrawal, or defense mechanisms. While these things temporarily relieve the effects of ... on something it doesn't quite seem the same as a stressful situation. The situation may be very stressful, it's all about the attitude one takes on before going into a certain situation. Finally control can aid in stress relief. When people feel that they are in control they have an easier time dealing with whatever situation they are in. If you feel that you are in charge of your life and the decisions you make and the attitudes you take on ...
- 1598: Game Over!
- ... to resign by the owners who thought he was out of his place. Now, there is not a commissioner to resolve any problems that baseball has. At this moment, small market teams are coming into control. Last January, the small market owners introduced a revenue - sharing proposal by threatening the big market teams to share radio income with the small market teams. The plan would only be set forth if players ... This allowed owners to think their side through the season and time after the strike date to crack under the pressure of resuming play and preserve the post season. The players realize that they have control if they play or not when they have control if they play or not. When they stopped playing, they had already earned most of their 1994 salary, which averages over 1.2 million dollars per person. Next month each player will receive 165, ...
- 1599: Book Review On Theodore Draper’s A Struggle For Power: The A
- ... Draper sustains his belief that 1764 was the year marking the starting point of the pre-Revolutionary era throughout the novel. His justification for this belief is due to the British barrage to legislation to control economic and legal aspects of life in the colonies during that year. Therefore, he believes that the entire American Revolution was caused by the colonists’ desire for independence and liberty. Draper maintains that the Revolution was really a power struggle generated by the British system of chartering colonies, which placed monetary control of public funds with the colonial assemblies. Thus, he focuses on actions of both sides from then until the beginning of the War. He argues that the British dependence of American trade and the Colonies’ phenomenal population growth only intensified Americans’ desire to control their own destiny. Draper, widely recognized as one of the most important historians, makes a clear and bold argument about one of the most critical events in our nation’s past. Draper shows that ...
- 1600: John F. Kennedy In Vietnam
- ... to assure the survival and success of liberty." From the 1880s until World War II, France governed Vietnam as part of French Indochina, which also included Cambodia and Laos. The country was under the formal control of an emperor, Bao Dai. From 1946 until 1954, the Vietnamese struggled for their independence from France during the first Indochina War. At the end of this war, the country was temporarily divided into North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam came under the control of the Vietnamese Communists who had opposed France and aimed for a unified Vietnam under Communist rule. Vietnamese who had collaborated with the French controlled the South. For this reason the United States became involved ... They began to question the accuracy of ARVN reports. They began to focus on US participation and direction instead of support and training. All this made the US look imperialist as if we were in control, which was not so yet. The civil rights movement created the climate for protest. As of January 1962, the total military personal in South Vietnam reached a total of 2,646. During this strenuous ...
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