...1970s From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "Seventies" redirects here. For decades comprising years 70–79 of other centuries, see List of decades. From left, clockwise: U.S. President Richard Nixon doing the V for Victory sign after his resignation from office after the Watergate scandal in 1974; Refugees aboard a US naval boat after the Fall of Saigon, leading to the end of the Vietnam War in 1975; The 1973 oil crisis put the nation of America in gridlock and caused economic damage throughout the developed world; Both the leaders of Israel and Egypt shake hands after the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978; The 1970 Bhola cyclone kills an estimated 500,000 people in the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (which would become independent as Bangladesh in 1971) in November 1970; The Iranian Revolution of 1979 ousted Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi who was later replaced by an Islamic theocracy led by Ayatollah Khomeini; The popularity of the disco music genre peaked during the middle to late 1970s. Millennium: | 2nd millennium | Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century | Decades: | 1940s 1950s 1960s – 1970s – 1980s 1990s 2000s | Years: | 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 | Categories: | Births – Deaths – ArchitectureEstablishments – Disestablishments | The 1970s, pronounced "the Nineteen Seventies", refers to a decade within the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1970, and...
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...The 1970’s were a time period full of freedom, equal opportunity, change, and war. In the 70’s, family roles were adjusting and divorce rates were rising (Walker). With the divorce rates rising, the traditional family values were seen as less important, values such as spending time as a family or everyone eating dinner all together. However, most shows during this era still portrayed the idea of a traditional family, which is having the mother stay home to cook, clean, and take care of the children, while the father is off at work supporting the family (Frum). T.V’s popularity in the 70’s was expanding, symbolizing a movement towards equality between races and genders (Frum). With the turn of the century, shows such as “Maude,” “The Jefferson’s,” “All In The Family,” and more began airing on national television (Frum). The social movements of the time period such as equal rights for women and the civil rights movement were becoming apparent in shows like these (Dow). Other than popular shows in the 1970’s, commercial television also had a profound and wide-ranging impact on American society and culture, therefore sparking a new consumer culture. Advertisements have been mentioned as major factors contributing to increased American materialism. With more and more people watching TV, this form of entertainment seemed at an all time high. But, since some shows like “All In The Family” started airing episodes that broke down the traditional family, people at home were starting to...
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...point in time, that should not factor the life of one human being. There are many issues that I am able to see both sides of when it comes to abortion, but with this topic I cannot see any reason behind this argument. The reason I feel this way is because no matter the economic level of a family, they can still be happier then the richest family in the world. According to Census 2010: Household Size Trends, the average household size in 1970 was 3.25. In 2011 it was 2.61(Cohn, 2011). What I am trying to show it that abortions were not as common in 1970 as they are today, and the household rate is still much lower. This is also taking into consideration that in today’s society, it is much more socially accepted for a married couple to decide to not have any children. I guess what I am trying to say is even if we added in what the household size would have been for a woman if they chose not to have an abortion; the household size still would have decreased. If families were able to live just fine with the quality of life they had in the 1970s, I don’t see a reason why we wouldn’t today. Another way to look at this information is seeing it from an employer’s perspective. If women decided not to have an abortion, we would have more people employed...
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...Ibm Decades of Transformation 1) What factors led to IBM’s success during the 1960’s and 1970s and its problems during the late 1980 and early1990s? IBM’s success in the 1960’s and 1970’s was driven by the vision of CEO Thomas Watson Jr. as evidenced by IBM’s $5 billion development investment into the System/360, “the biggest privately financed commercial project ever”. The System/360, “transformed the industry”, along with IT innovations such as development of the FORTRAN, the hard disk, the floppy disk, IBM supermarket checkout station, and an early version of the automatic teller machine”. Mr. Watson’s vision and or innovation required acquiring talent by making IBM, “the best place to work”. The late 80’s and 90’s became riddled with problems as a result of a lost vision and increasing costs. IBM’s lost vision included not predicting the problems of converting from a lease-oriented business into a sales oriented business, need for network consultants, and the evolution of the PC. Finally, costs went up faster than revenues causing lower profits. 2) What did Gerstner do when he assumed the role of CEO in April 1993? Evaluate Gerstner’s approach in crisis management. How well did he perform as a turnaround manager? What challenges did he face as he attempted to position the company for growth? In 1993, Gerstner put the customer first, consolidated costs and looked to the future. His approach to the crisis in 1993 was to get involved with IBM’s customers...
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...DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT * The change that has most impacted orgs in the past decade has been the growing realisation that people are an organisation’s primary source of CA (Ruona and Gibson, 2004) * Demographic changes in labour force + globalisation, has inspired HR to become increasingly more effective at developing programs that leverage the differences and diversity in the workforce * Differences in approaches: wider debate of convergent/divergent approaches to HRM WHAT IS DM? * Broadest sense: diversity in org terms means differences between working individuals such as gender, ethnicity, colour sexuality, religion, disability, age, social status, personality, amongst other categories (Ellis & Dick, 2002) * However, important to look at diversity at a national level, as the predominant diversity issues in each country are different (Shen et al., 2009). E.g while racial equality appears to be the predominant issue in the USA, multiculturalism has always been the most important dimension of diversity in Western countries, including the EU nations, Aus and NZ. * Similarly, while religion and ethnicity separate people in India, household status (hukou) differentiates off-farm migrants from urbanities in China. * In response to the growing diversity in the WF around the world, many companies have instituted specific policies/programs to enhance recruitment, inclusion, promotion and retention of disadvantaged groups * DM has historically...
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...conservative financial policies, which maintained a strong working capital position as a buffer against economic uncertainty. In December,1978, Hampton requested a $1 million loan from the St. Louis National Bank. The loan’s terms were a monthly interest payment at a rate of 1.5%, with the principal to be paid back at the end of September, 1979. Now (September of 1979), Benjamin G. Cowins, president of Hampton, has asked to renew the initial loan until end of 1979, and, has requested an additional loan of $350,000 with promise of repayment at the end of December, 1979 with an interest rate of 1.5% per month. This additional loan is required for an update of their machinery which hasn’t been done since the economy went into a recession in the early 1970s. For the last several months, Hampton’s shipment schedule has been upset because they have had to wait for parts from their suppliers. On August 31, the accumulation of seven machines cost about $1,320,000, in addition to the installation cost for these parts. They received the parts last week, and will be able to complete a number of machines within next few weeks. The reduction in work in progress of about $1,320,000 is due to not receiving the electronic control mechanisms on time. However, the remainder of their work in progress inventories will probably remain steady for the foreseeable future because of their capacity rate of production. In July and August, Hampton bought raw materials beyond their immediate needs to be assured of...
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...5.1 BENETTON’S HYSTORY The firm Benetton was founded in 1965 in Ponzano Veneto, a small town near Treviso, by four brothers’ initiative. In the beginning, Benetton was only a small company that was producing sweaters for local independent retailers. The keys to the success consisted in some innovations related to the product and its distribution and to an efficient production organization based on the work of a large network of small local subcontractors specialized in knitting, cutting and sewing garments. In the 1970s it expanded in the Italian market of sweaters and soon of casual apparel in general. In fact, shortly after the production of knitwear, followed the production of shirts and jeans. In the beginning Benetton sold them under different brands (Tomato, Jeans West, etc.) because the quality of these new products was not yet comparable to the one obtained for the sweaters and there was a fear that it might damage the reputation that the firm had achieved as a knitwear producer. The first Benetton’s shop opened in Belluno in 1966 and in just few years Benetton’s stores covered all Italian’s provinces. In the beginning of the 70s, there were about 500 stores under different Benetton’s brands (as well as Benetton, also Tomato, My Market and Merceria). It is estimated that in the second part of the seventies around 60-70% of the overall Benetton production was made by a hundred of subcontractors located mainly in Treviso and in the surrounding provinces...
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...The first federal Food Stamp program was designed to assist low-income families to purchase food as well as to deplete food surpluses that existed at the time. It ran from 1939 through 1943. Over the course of nearly 4 years, the first FSP reached approximately 20 million people at one time or another in nearly half of the counties in the U.S. peak participation was 4 million at a total cost of $262 million. The first recipient was Mabel McFliggin of Rochester, New York: the first retailer to redeem the stamps was Joseph Mutolo; and the first retailer caught violating the program was Nich Salzano in October 1939. The program ended since the conditions that brought the program into being unmarketable food surpluses and widespread unemployment no longer existed. Pilot Food Stamp Program – May 29, 1961-1964 A new pilot Food Stamp program started in 1961 and was formally adopted as a permanent Federal assistance program in 1964. Historically, people receiving assistance from this program received paper stamps, similar to coupons, with which to purchase food so the program became known as the “Food Stamp Program.” The 18 years between the end of the first FSP and the inception of the next were filled with studies, reports, and legislative proposals. The Eisenhower Administration never used the authority. However, in fulfillment of a campaign promise made in West Virginia, President Kennedy’s first Executive Order called for expanded food distribution and, on Feb. 2, 1961, he announced...
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...status for A.Y. 2015-16 3. Mr. JOLLY, an Indian citizen who is appointed as senior taxation officer by the Govt. of Nigeria, leaves India, for the first time, on Sept. 26, 2013 for joining his duties in Nigeria. During the previous year 2014-15 he comes to India for 176 days. Determine his residential status for A.Y. 2014-15 and 2015-16. 4. Mr. Jack, a foreign citizen (not being a person of India origin), comes to India, for the first time in last 30 years on April 15, 2005. During the F.Y. 2010-11, 2011- 12, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 he is in India for 130 days, 80 days, 13 days, 210 days, and 75 days. Determine his residential status for A.Y. 2015-16. 5. Mr. P was born in Lahore in 1946. He has been staying in England since 1970. He came to visit India on 03.10.2014 and returns on 30.3.2015. Determine his residential status for A.Y.2014-15. SCOPE OF TOTAL INCOME 1. The following are the particulars of income of Mr. X for the previous year 2014-15 | |Rs. | |Rent from a Property in Delhi received in USA...
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...Income Portfolio beta & volatility The purpose of this project is to look at theoretical historical betas for securities included in the income portfolio in order to assess what the volatility of this portfolio might have been had it existed at an earlier point. In effect, this information provides historical performance data in reference to the risk and volatility associated with the income portfolio against market performance, for which the S&P 500 is used. The spreadsheet lists all of the companies on the Income Portfolio watch list that began paying out dividends at the end of the second quarter, July 31, 1980. (This makes up 48 companies.) The first three sections show up, down, and raw betas for each company. The first section shows betas for the 10 years: July 31, 1980 – Dec 31, 1990; the second section shows betas for the 20 years: July 31, 1980 – Dec 31, 2000; and the third section shows betas for the 30 years: July 31, 1980 – Dec 31, 2010. At the bottom of the sections there is a “portfolio average beta” for each of the 10, 20, and 30 years, respectively. The 10, 20, and 30 year portfolio betas are as follows: 10 years: 0.785 20 years: 0.703 30 years: 0.686 *These portfolio betas are compared to the beta for the market (the S&P 500) which is always 1. The fact that the portfolio betas are significantly lower than 1 indicates that the portfolio would have carried significantly less risk than the S&P 500 for each time period shown. The...
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...------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL MONATERY FUND ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- IMF FUNCTIONS it works to foster global growth and economic stability by providing policy, advice and financing to members, by working with developing nations to help them achieve macroeconomic stability and reduce poverty The rationale for this is that private international capital markets function imperfectly and many countries have limited access to financial markets. Such market imperfections, together with balance-of-payments financing, provide the justification for official financing, without which many countries could only correct large external payment imbalances through measures with adverse economic consequences.The IMF provides alternate sources of financing. Upon the founding of the IMF, its three primary functions were: to oversee the fixed exchange rate arrangements between countries,thus helping national governments manage their exchange rates and allowing these governments to prioritise economic growth, and to provide short-term capital to aid balance of payments. This assistance was meant to prevent the spread of international economic crises. The IMF was also intended to help mend the pieces of the international economy after the Great Depressionand World War II. As well, to provide capital investments for economic growth and projects such as infrastructure. The IMF's role was...
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...This was also the beginning of the vertical integration of the Gokongwei businesses, as the farms would be able to purchase feeds from UCP in the future. Later that decade, Robichem Laboratories would be put up, to cater to the veterinary needs of the farms businesses. Robina Farms expanded as it entered the hogs business in the latter part of the 70s. 1966 saw the establishment of Universal Robina Corporation, which pioneered the salty snacks industry through Chiz Curls, Chippy, and Potato Chips, under the “Jack ‘n Jill” brand. Other snack products would follow over the years, as the company successfully introduced market leaders like Pretzels, Piattos, and Maxx. The coming decades saw more acquisitions and expansion. In the early 1970s, the family entered the commodities business through the formation of Continental Milling Corporation, for flour milling and production. The late 1980s brought the acquisition of three sugar mills and refineries, under URC Sugar. These two businesses provided stable cash flows, and allowed for further vertical integration in the supply chain, to help URC weather any volatility in the cyclical commodities markets. In line with this strategy, the late 1990s saw the entry of URC into the plastics business, through URC Packaging. While the businesses became more diversified, the companies were slowly integrated in order to streamline and minimize costs. In 2005, the present structure of the group was completed. All the different companies...
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...Many people do not know that these characters were based on two real life oil princes, Herbert and Bunker Hunt. The Duke brothers fictional corner of the orange juice futures market was meant to mimic the Hunt’s perceived corner of the silver market in the late seventies to early eighties. During this time period, the Hunts accumulated mass quantities of physical and futures positions in silver. The unrealized profits generated slowly grew to a peak of around $3.5 billion dollars over about seven years. It took mere months for that gain to turn into a bankrupting multi-billion dollar loss. We aim to show that poor risk management led to these losses. Sadly, the Hunts received multiple signals to exit their position with handsome profits. Instead, they madly added to their silver stocks without regard to potential future shocks to the market. This was despite the fact that the regulators intervened and started creating a bearish reality for silver. . This paper also intends to question whether this was a true manipulation or just another sad tale of a beautiful investment idea crushed by over exuberance and leverage. Ultimately, the Hunt’s brother’s greed clouded their better judgment just like when poor Mortimer clamored for the exchange to be opened as his brother laid in agony on the floor. First, we will look at the motivations behind the Hunts bullish position in silver. Figure 1 shows that global inflation was a major concern during their early life. The Hunts...
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...EXCHANGE RATES & SURCHARGES YR. 2013 IN PHP FUEL SURCHARGE TNT IATA EXCHANGE RATE JANUARY 20% Dec 30, 2012 - Jan 05, 2013 Jan 06-12 Jan 13-19 Jan 20-26 Jan 27 - Feb 02 FEBRUARY 19.50% Feb 03-09 (Feb 3 - Mar 2) Feb 10-16 Feb 17-23 Feb 24 Mar 02 MARCH 20% Mar 03-09 Mar 10-16 Mar 17-23 Mar 24-30 APRIL 20.50% Mar 31 - Apr 06 April 07-13 April 14-20 April 21-27 April 28 - May 04 MAY 19.50% May 05-11 May 12-18 May 19-25 May 26 - June 01 JUNE 19.50% June 02-08 June 09-15 June 16-22 June 23-29 JULY 19% June 30 - July 06 July 07-13 July 14-20 July 21-27 July 28 - Aug 03 AUGUST 19% Aug 04-10 Aug 11-17 Aug 18-24 Aug 25 -31 SEPTEMBER 19.50% Sept 01-07 Sept 09-14 Sept 16-21 Sept 22-28 20% Sept 29 - Oct 05 OCTOBER Oct 06-12 Oct 13-19 Oct 20-26 Oct 27 - Nov 02 NOVEMBER 20% Nov 03-09 Nov 10-16 Nov 17-23 Nov 24-30 DECEMBER Dec 01-07 Dec 08-14 Dec 15-21 Dec 22-28 Dec 29, 2013 - Jan 04, 2014 VLI EXCHANGE RATE Dec 30, 2012 - Jan 05, 2013 Jan 06-12 Jan 13-19 Jan 20-26 Jan 27 - Feb 02 Feb 03-09 Feb 10-16 Feb 17-23 Feb 24 Mar 02 Mar 03-09 Mar 10-16 Mar 17-23 Mar 24-30 Mar 31 - Apr 06 April 07-13 April 14-20 April 21-27 April 28 - May 04 May 05-11 May 12-18 May 19-25 May 26 - June 01 June 02-08 June 09-15 June 16-22 June 23-29 June 30 - July 06 July 07-13 July 14-20 July 21-27 July 28 - Aug 03 Aug 04-10 Aug 11-17 Aug 18-24 Aug 25 -31 Sept 01-07 Sept 09-14 Sept 16-21 Sept 22-28 Sept 29 - Oct 05 Oct 06-12 Oct 13-19 Oct 20-26 Oct 27 - Nov 02 Nov 03-09 Nov 10-16 Nov 17-23 Nov 24-30 Dec 01-07 Dec 08-14 Dec...
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...TA 600-BNCOC/05-002 THE ARMY TRAINING SYSTEM (TATS) COURSEWARE BNCOC SOLUTION TO PRACTICAL EXERCISES BASIC NONCOMMSSIONED COURSE PHASE I PREPARED BY UNITED STATES ARMY SERGEANTS MAJOR ACADEMY FORT BLISS, TEXAS 79918-8002 FOR THE ARMYY SCHOOL SYSTEM (TASS) INSTITUTIONS FIELDING DATE: OCT 04 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK BNCOC SOLUTION TO PRACTICAL EXERCISES PFN T321 T342 L327 L326 L330 L335 L328 L333 L336 L324 L338 L340 T323 W326 W332 T341 W323 W325 W321 W322 Table of Contents The Risk Management Process Cultural Awareness Considerations Enforce the Equal Opportunity Program Communicate Effectively in a Given Situation The Army Writing Style Develop Subordinate Leaders in a Unit Counsel Subordinates The Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Reporting System Motivate Subordinates to Accomplish Unit Mission Ethical Behavior Apply the Ethical Decision-Making Method at Small Unit Level Develop a Cohesive Team Training Management at the Squad Level Intelligence and Electronic Warfare (IEW) Operations Establishment of a Check Point Casualty Evacuation Troop Leading Procedures Squad Tactical Operations Graphics and Overlays Plans, Orders, and Annexes THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK U.S. ARMY SERGEANTS MAJOR ACADEMY (BNCOC) OCT 04 BNCOC SOLUTION TO PRACTICAL EXERCISES BNCOC BNCOC Stand Alone Common Core THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK T321 PRACTICAL EXERCISE SHEET T321 Title Lesson Number/Title Introduction OCT 04 THE...
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