...the key issue that prompted the EU to take the Helms-Burton dispute to the WTO The 1963 U.S. embargo was reinforced in October 1992 by the Cuban Democracy Act (the "Torricelli Law") and in 1996 by the Cuban Liberty and Democracy Solidarity Act (known as the Helms-Burton Act) which penalizes foreign companies that do business in Cuba by preventing them from doing business in the U.S. Justification provided for these restrictions was that these companies were trafficking in stolen U.S. properties, and should, thus, be excluded from the United States (Longmire, 2009). According to the Department of State (2000), Helms-Burton Act is the latest incarnation of U.S. efforts to internationalize it embargo of Cuba. Both the 1992 Cuba Democracy Act and Helms-Burton target foreign investment in Cuba, seeking to undermine Cuba’s international access to capital. The European Union (EU), Canada and Mexico have taken steps to challenge the law in the WTO and under NAFTA, seeking the nullification of the law on the grounds that it violates international trade law. The EU resented the Helms Burton Act because it felt that the US was dictating how other nations ought to conduct their trade and challenged it on that basis. The EU eventually dropped its challenge in favor of negotiating a solution. Many nations have enacted antidote legislation that bars their nationals from complying with Helms-Burton, under the threat of fines. They also argue that Helms-Burton violates international trade...
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...Foreknowledge: Four Views By James K. Beilby and Paul R. Eddy Eds. Student Name: Kevin M. Polito Student Number: 1516105 Essential Christian Doctrine 1 Spring 2013 – Lewis Word Count: 3,054 Introduction: A necessary and timely book “Throughout the history of the church, Christians have discussed the nature and content of God’s divine foreknowledge” So, rather innocuously, begins the introduction to the text under review. Recently, these “discussions” have become more frequent and heated due, in part, to a robust Calvinist resurgence seen throughout Christendom, especially within the United States. The places and individuals who are engaged in such debates are as varied as the ivory tower and the theologians who inhabit them all the way to the local, faithful Sunday school teacher presenting material to her students who attend her small, rural church. The debate is robust within evangelicalism because of the implications that one’s adopted view has on important questions such as: 1. The Nature of and mode of God’s foreknowledge 2. The Nature of Divine Sovereignty 3. The Nature of Human Freedom Divine Foreknowledge: Four Views is a necessary and timely book. Although, church history bears witness to a diversity of opinions regarding the nature and content of God’s divine foreknowledge, the need for careful and scholarly examination remains as relevant and important as any point in church history. An encroaching, imperious secularism demands...
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...science and technology is on the verge of dictating everything we do, people look for reasons for the end of mankind. In 1985, Isaac Asimov's written text Robots & Empire asked the question: will robots be the solution to our problems or will they be the root cause for the end of humanity? (Asimov, 1985) In response to Asimov, this argument will undoubtedly attack the statement, by saying that: Despite the large advancements in science and technology due to robotics, many texts theorise that this sector of technology poses a massive threat to the human race. To further defend this point two key texts will be addressed, they include: I, Robot, a fictional movie that exemplifies the fact that Robots can take over humanity and an article from renowned author George Dvorsky who ponders over the possibility of Robots becoming sentient and fighting for their rights, resulting in the end of human beings. Using both the fictional and non-fictional text it will be proven beyond doubt that future robotics pose a massive threat to the human race. Ever since Fritz Lang’s, Metropolis movie, robots have been a reappearing figure in the film industry and are often represented as a threat to the future world. A prime example of this is the text I, Robot. When hitting the screens in 2004, I, Robot, brought about some opposing debates about robotics, ultimately arguing whether future robotics will be beneficial or harmful. The beginning of the film consists of the creator of robots, Dr...
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...Running Head: PUBLIX CMT Contemporary Management Technique for Publix Target Costing Rationale Publix Super Markets, Inc. is a primarily Florida established grocery store chain which employees over 120,000. Currently, Publix serves over one million customers each day and is also one of the largest employee-owned businesses in the world. Moreover, the company is one of Florida’s leading supermarkets and has tailored to most cultural trends in the grocery industry-organic foods; health foods, natural foods, prepared meals, ethnic ingredients, etc. Publix grocery has benefited from great success in the industry and has expanded out of primary market, Florida. However, with the arrival of globalization impacting margins in almost every industry, the food retailing/supermarket industry has now joined the trend. International and domestic food retailers around the globe have started to internationalize at a brisk rate and open operations around the globe (Mujtaba & Franklin, 2007). The right product pricing is one of the most important matters concerning the growth of companies’ financial performance. Prices should be low enough to draw in customers; however, simultaneously high enough to cover all costs and anticipated profits. Research in the supermarket industry indicates that nine percent of customers leave and shop elsewhere because they think prices are too high. The supermarket business is becoming more and more concentrated as large regional chains such as...
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...Truly Not a Dummy If William Ellsworth Hoy were playing today, he would not be called "Dummy"--not by players nor by fans nor by the media. He'd be "Bill" or "Billy," perhaps "Will" or "Willie," maybe even "Ellie." He wouldn't be a deaf mute, either. He'd be "aurally and vocally challenged." But back when Hoy was playing, nicknames were descriptive, often to the point of cruelty. To Hoy, his condition wasn't an excuse; it was what it was. Indeed, he referred to himself as "Dummy" and politely corrected those who, for whatever reason, called him "William." Hoy would have been an exceptional man with or without his handicap. After his baseball career was over, he used his celebrity status to foster the needs and concerns of the deaf. He had a zest for life and once walked 72 blocks at the age of 80 to see his son, Judge Carson Hoy preside in court. At that advanced age he also danced the Charleston and pruned trees on his farm. William Ellsworth Hoy was born in Houcktown, Ohio, on May 23, 1862. His parents, Rebecca Hoffman and Jacob Hoy, were of English-German and Scottish stock and had a farm in Houcktown. William had three brothers, Smith, Frank, and John, as well as sister Ora. Contracting meningitis when he was three years old left William deaf and mute. Hoy entered the Ohio School for the Deaf in 1872, graduating in 1879. Highly intelligent and hardworking, he was valedictorian of his high school class. In those days many deaf people were either employed or self-employed...
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...The immediate impact on children at the time of a divorce is generally taken into account; however, the long-term psychological effects are rarely considered. If there are any significant differences it is something that parents who are thinking of divorcing should take into account. Additionally, children of divorce should be aware of any challenges they might encounter as a tool avoid potential risks and be more resilient. I have background knowledge of the immediate impact that divorce has on children at the time the divorce takes place from psychology course I have taken in the past. I also have general idea as the consequences divorce can have on different stages of childhood from the books The Marriage Go Around: The State Of Marriage And The Family in America Today by Andrew J. Cherlin and a few research studies I have read in different course. From the knowledge I have obtained through different sources it can be hypothesized that the negative effects of divorce on children has long-term effects that span well into an individual’s adulthood. I hope in studying this topic further I will be able to learn any trends of the impact of divorce has on children in their adulthood and compare this to an adult from an intact family. According to Helms & Rogers,...
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...1. Analyze and describe the founding leader(s), leadership style, and major business principles of a profit-oriented entrepreneurial approach in which the primary goal is to provide a product or service to consumers and to make a profit. According to Boone (2011), profits represents “rewards for businesspeople who take the risks involved in blending people, technology, and information to create and market want-satisfying goods and services.” Entrepreneurship is the “willingness to take risks to create and operate a business to achieve success in the marketplace and earn those profits” (Ibid., pp. 6). Profits are the central focus of any business; a company could not survive without it; Leon L. Bean was one of those people. Leon L. Bean, named by Fortune Magazine, as “1of 200 best entrepreneurial for 2011” (Gale Encyclopedia, Und.). An avid outdoorsman, Leon Bean started out by creating a comfortable, functional boot for exploring the Maine woods. His idea came as a result of him returning from a hunting trip with cold, damp feet. While Bean had to refund money on “90 of the first 100 pairs of shoes, when the shoes developed cracks” (Ibid., Und.), it did not stop him; it led to the creation of “the Maine Hunting Shoe” which changed outdoor footwear forever and began one of the most successful family-run businesses in the country (Ibid., Und.). Treating customer well became a “hallmark of Bean’s business strategy; guaranteeing his product to give perfect satisfaction in every...
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...Immigration into Canada has produced a very diverse society which translates to a diverse workforce. Canadian realities and management perspectives play a major role in work and learning in Canada. Canada is an expensive country to live in, and it is important for Canadians to graduate from high school and attend college or university thereafter. Learning for Canadians does not stop at college or university graduation. Canadians continue to learn in the work environment. When someone starts a new job, there is a lot of learning that takes place in order for an employee to perform the duties associated with their job. Depending on the role, the learning can take years. New computer software programs are constantly being introduced or changed so employees are challenged to keep up with new programs which ultimately change the way employees perform their roles. In for profit organizations the focus is on profit so if fewer employees can do more with training, then employers are willing to invest in education because education is less expensive than hiring more employees. Incentives may be provided to employees to encourage increased productivity. Many people I’ve spoken with have mentioned how busy they are at work and it is not uncommon for them to be working longer hours to keep up. Some people in the workforce today may not have attended college or university and are encouraged to obtain university education. Some universities, like Athabasca University, enable employees...
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...Assignment 2: Case 5-1 “America's Cuban Conundrum” International Marketing 505 1.) Analyze the key issue that prompted the EU to take the Helms-Burton dispute to the WTO. The EU took the Helms-Burton dispute to the WTO because they felt that it violated international rules dealing with trade. The EU had a dispute with the U.S. regarding testing agriculture, trade and investments and biotechnology issues which were brought to the attention of the WTO found the following: The EU, concerned about the effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), proposed a Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) in 1994, and the U.S.-somewhat reluctantly-went along. There was to be no TAFTA to complement NAFTA, however: only a renewed political gesture in the form of the 1995 New Transatlantic Agenda (NTA) ("EU/US Summit,”). Its main lasting effect was the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD), the first transatlantic lobby, which brought about agreements on testing and certification as a step toward defining a new trade agenda. It also envisioned the creation of a New Transatlantic Marketplace (NTM) within which trade barriers between the U.S. and EU would be largely dismantled.(Padgett,2009) Continuously diluted, in 1998 the NTM became today's Transatlantic Economic Partnership (TEP), a limited agreement slighting key issues, particularly agriculture, audiovisual services, and culture. This failure to develop substantive transatlantic regulations means reliance...
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...LITERATURE REVIEW Literature Review – Trauma Felt by a Counselor Marie C Klemens Walsh University Abstract The purpose of this research is to identify that a counselor can be a victim of trauma, as well as their client. By taking care of oneself in a physical, mental and spiritual manner, they are preparing for a potentially well maintained professional life as a counselor. Knowledge and acceptance of these traumatic occurrences, is the first part of healing. The literature that I had obtained provided the reader, with great knowledge pertaining to the subject matter of vicarious traumatization and counter transference. By identifying both of these subjects as different forms of trauma, I also learned that they have similar qualities. With the knowledge that I am basing this research on and further exploration of this subject matter, counselors can be more prepared for their future. Literature Review - Trauma Felt by a Counselor The counseling profession is based on the realism as a powerful, but yet private relationship between a counselor and a client, but with ethics being a factor, all efforts are centered on being impartial and having good intentions (Jaffe & Diamond, 2011). Because of the tight relationship between a counselor and his or her client, it is humanly impossible that a client and a counselor will not endure feelings and reactions towards each other (Jaffe & Diamond, 2011). Trauma is the occurrence in which an individual is confronted...
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...Leadership Should be at the Helm of All Organizations and Thought Leadership Should Play Second Fiddle 10 Conclusion 11 References 13 Introduction Great leadership is instrumental to the success of any organization. Authors David Goleman in his article “The Emotional Intelligence of Leaders” and Mitch McCrimmon in his article “Thought Leadership: A Radical Departure from Traditional, Positional Leadership” both write their opinions about what type of leadership is best. Goleman asserted in his article that emotional intelligence should be cultivated in all leaders because those who are emotionally intelligent make the best leaders. McCrimmon asserted in his article that thought leadership should be cultivated in all organizations because thought leadership is the best type of leadership. Both authors offer compelling arguments. However Goleman’s article, “The Emotional Intelligence of Leaders” makes the most compelling argument. The following sections explore the arguments of Goleman and McCrimmon and end with a discussion of why the cultivation of emotional intelligent leaders should take precedence over the cultivation of thought leadership. A Summary of David Goleman’s Article The Emotional Intelligence of Leaders In “The Emotional Intelligence of Leaders” the author, David Goleman (1998) stressed that in order to have good leadership skills a person has to be sensitive to the emotions of those they take charge of. In this...
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...is a short story written by Molly Giles in 2012. The story takes place in Siloam Springs, Arkansas in August. Arkansas is a state in the US and is placed in the bible belt. The bible belt refers to an area in the southeastern United States where Christianity is deeply embedded in everyday life and also in this story. The protagonist is far away from home (California, on the West Coast). It is a hot afternoon and our protagonists is on her way to the airport to pick up her friend, when all of a sudden she bumps in to another man’s car. Because she is already shaky do to a breakup, it shocks and affects her, more than it normally would have. This story starts in medias res and has a first-person narrator; this means that the story is narrated by one character speaking for and about themselves: “He pressed my hand so firmly to his chest I could feel his heart thump against my palm” this quote shows the protagonist’s view of the situation. The story is written in the past tense, and is a flash back: “On my way to the airport I hit a Christian. This was in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, on a hot afternoon last August.” In the story there are a lot of advanced words such as: errant and blasphemer. “……I tried to tug my skirt down” this quote indicates the narrator is a girl, wearing a skirt is very unlikely for men. The narrator is broken hearted and she is sick of missing her ex-boyfriend: “…….because Levon Helm was making me miss Jed and I was sick to death of missing Jed...
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...Leadership Bono has established himself as a leader in both the context of his band, U2, as well as in the worldwide arena of humanitarian efforts. Utilizing an academic definition of leadership as “a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal,”[i] Bono clearly exhibits strong leadership in each of these aspects. The process of mutual influence between the leader and followers is evident in Bono’s interaction with his fellow band members, fans, and even his family. While the common goals may differ among these groups, Bono’s ability to inspire and effect direction in the people around him is consistently manifested in his life and decisions. As the lead singer of U2, his function can easily be inferred as an assigned position. Since a title does not always guarantee influence. He is considered the most influential person in the band and clearly gained the respect of the other members. They have been consistent in their support of his...
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...think strategically and organize a plan in order to be successful and build a lasting relationship with both the company that they work for and the team that they are leading. To achieve this, managers needs to implement the four functions of management; planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. The four functions of management are used in all industries and all management should effectively understand and utilize this skill to be the most productive and successful. Planning is the first step in the four functions; managers should create a detailed action plan aimed at some organizational goals (Education Portal, 2013). A plan should have a detailed set of goals to be achieved and the actions needed to reach those goals. The plan can be revised as goals are met or objectives change. The plan should include the objectives needed to reach the goal, obstacles that may arise, actions to reach the goal and to deal with obstacles, alternative courses of action, derivative plans, motivational tools, and how to implement a course of action. Strategic plan, tactical plan or an operational plan are usually implemented by the different levels of management in order to reach the different goals of an organization. A strategic plan would include the entire organization and a formulation of different objectives, this plan is usually a long term plan that is set for three or more years and is the main plan that the company is trying to reach. Tactical plans generally are used to reach...
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...Special episodeOn April 5, 2007, Fuji Television aired a three hour special of the series set five years after Aya's death and focuses on Haruto Asō, who has now become a doctor at the same hospital Aya was treated in and Ako Ikeuchi, Aya's younger sister who is a nurse in training. Haruto is caring for a 14-year-old female patient, Mizuki, who was bullied in school because of her disease, the same one that Aya had. Because of the bullying at school, Mizuki-chan decides not to receive therapy of any sort that would make her better, because she has lost her will to live. Haruto remembers how Aya fought her illness and lived her life with her disease; therefore, he offers support to his patient. Aya reappears in the episode using a number of flashbacks from the series and in new scenes.[1] [edit]Main cast Erika Sawajiri - Aya Ikeuchi Ryō Nishikido - Haruto Asō (Aya's later love interest) [edit]Other cast Naohito Fujiki - Hiroshi Mizuno (Doctor) Hiroko Yakushimaru - Ikeuchi Shioka Takanori Jinnai - Ikeuchi Mizuo Riko Narumi - Ikeuchi Ako Yuma Sanada - Ikeuchi Hiroki Ai Miyoshi - Ikeuchi Rika Saori Koide - Mari Sugiura (One of Aya's best friends) Kenichi Matsuyama - Yuji Kawamoto (Aya's first love interest) Yuya Endo - Takeda Makoto (Yuji's friend in the Basketball club) Kana Matsumoto - Saki Matsumura Momosuke Mizutani - Kohei Onda Ryo Hashidume - Keita Nakahara Hiroshi Katsuno - Yoshifumi Asō (Haruto's father) Asae Onishi (大西麻恵...
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