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Adventures of a currency trader : a fable about trading, courage, and doing the right thing / Rob Booker.
No full textIncludes index.Book fair 2012.xv, 221 pages :Praise for ADVENTURES of a CURRENCY TRADER "A truly easy, unique, and enjoyable read! Rob has done it onceagain to teach us in the funniest way possible...
how not to make themost common trading mistakes. If you are tired of reading how-tobooks, this is perfect for you. I highly recommend this book to alltraders. Everyone will learn something about themselves by readingthis book."—Kathy Lien, author, Day Trading the Currency Market,and Chief Strategist, www.dailyfx.com"Adventures of a Currency Trader is a must read foranyone who has ever traded or is thinking about trading in theForex markets. Rob Booker has a unique way of taking years ofmarket knowledge and transforming it into an educational andentertaining experience. It has quickly become a cult classic in mytrading library!"—H. Jack Bouroudjian, Principal, Brewer Investment Group"Brilliant! Rob's humor and humanity shine through in thisparable about trading and life. Filled with wisdom and wit, it's anexhilarating rollercoaster ride through the peaks and valleys ofthe learning curve, with many valuable lessons learned along theway."—Ed Ponsi, President, FXEducator.com"Rob's fable of everyman 'Harry Banes' is destined to become atrading classic. This is both the missing piece and the foundationthat comes before the strategies and methodologies. The search forthe Holy Grail begins and ends in the heart and mind. The journeyis authentic and real and if you're willing to take it with Rob,you will be rewarded in the end. Seldom has psychology and wisdombeen so entertaining!"—Raghee Horner, trader and author of Forex Trading forMaximum Profit and Days of Forex Trading"In a series of insightful and entertaining vignettes, RobBooker teaches both the novice and the experienced trader some hardwon truths about the currency market. It's a must read book writtenby a guy who survived the trenches and went on to prosper in thebiggest and most competitive financial market in the world."—Boris Schlossberg, Senior Currency Strategist, Forex CapitalMarkets LLC, and author of Technical Analysis of the CurrencyMarke
Civil service in an emerging democracy: the case of the Maldives
No full textThe establishment of a statutory civil service has been an important element of democratisation in the small-island state of the Maldives, an emerging democracy. “Civil service”, “democratisation”, and “small-island states” are terms discussed widely in the contemporary literature, though not in an integrated manner. By synthesising these terms using relevant literature, in a case study approach with qualitative data, this study primarily aims to analyse the development of a civil service model as part of a process of democratisation in the Maldives. The study also aims to identify how certain features of small-island states could affect both democratisation and the development of a civil service in the Maldives.
The analysis reveals five main findings. Firstly, the development of the civil service model and the negotiation of the civil service Act were part of the democratisation process but were in the hands of political elites and involved no wider public participation. This was consistent with Welzel's model of mass responsive democratisation and Huntington's transplacement model - which proposes that while mass protests and other expressions of opinion are important in triggering democratisation processes, these processes are at some stage moved forward by negotiation or consensus within or between elites.
Secondly, the civil service Act that emerged was a mix of pre-existing codes of practice which had some specifically Maldivian elements but drew on other regional administrative codes, together with borrowings based on research into the current civil service laws of other countries. The result was a law which was founded on some principles commonly described as “Weberian” but adapted to Maldivian circumstances.
Thirdly, the choices that the lawmakers made regarding the civil service model were motivated by a number of different considerations but the dominant agenda was securing a politically neutral civil service largely insulated from the direct patronage of the political executive. This was a result of a wider elite negotiation on the future extent of executive power. Thus, the issue in drafting that turned out to be most important was setting the boundary between the political arm and administrative arm of the executive; many detailed provisions that were not relevant to the dominant agenda were carried over from previous Maldivian codes or drawn from the codes of other jurisdictions, in either case with little debate.
Fourthly, the transition to democracy is not complete in the Maldives. The process is still relatively unstable and fragile. In particular, although the civil service is now more firmly founded in law and there is less scope for arbitrary political intervention, there is a continuing contest between the political arm and the administrative arm of the executive over the boundaries between them. This ongoing contest continues to be critical for the prospects of stable democratisation.
Lastly, islandness and smallness did not have a major direct bearing on the process of democratisation in the Maldives, although islandness was to some extent a factor in the design of the constitutional architecture. Furthermore, smallness and social cohesiveness is presently not enough to counter the growing polarisation of society which may constitute a threat to the stability of this fragile emerging democracy. The Maldives being a small-island state did not have a significant impact on the choice of the civil service model. Nonetheless, the social closeness of the small Maldivian society may inhibit the separation of public and private life that is important for institutionalising a professional civil service.
These findings and others in this research add to the body of exemplary knowledge regarding the relationship between the main theoretical concepts of civil service, democratisation, and small-island states, and demonstrate that the framework developed from this scholarship is useful for other case studies embodying similar concepts
Rob and Bert in Tokyo
No full textThis essay is steeped in contradiction: it is as much an attempt at mourning, coping, and letting go as it is an exercise in remembrance, rediscovery, and reconnection. One of the many areas of international legal scholarship where Rob Cryer left his mark is his oeuvre on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE). To pay tribute to, and get re-acquainted with, Rob-the-person, I re-read his 2010 article on the ‘dignified dissenter’ in Tokyo, Dutch Judge Bert Röling. In that article, Rob uses the memoranda and the opinion of Bert-the-judge to assess his conceptual and legal contributions to the IMTFE judgment. They also serve him as a vehicle to get a better grasp of the author behind the text and the values and dilemmas that shaped Röling’s positions on the IMTFE bench. What more can we learn and understand about Rob Cryer while ‘reading Rob reading Bert’? What aspects of Röling’s legacy did he choose to foreground, and what qualities did he appreciate most? How did Rob treat his character when shedding light on the more contentious elements of Röling’s work? Even if this essay fails in its therapeutic purpose, it might still add a few mosaic pieces to the collective construction of Rob’s portrait in this volume
Sub-Series 4: Publications : Affirmation and Affirmation News - Documents Found with Newsletters, 1994-1997
No full textA paper discussing the author, Rob Casteel, and his struggle with AIDS
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Sub-Series 4: Publications : Affirmation and Affirmation News - Documents Found with Newsletters, 1994-1997
No full textA paper discussing the author, Rob Casteel, and his struggle with AIDS
An Interview with Rob Stephenson
No full textInterview Rob Stephenson is an author, composer, visual artist living in Queens, NY. He has been creating texts, music, video, films, drawings, paintings, and installations for over thirty years. He has a BA in Experimental and Interdisciplinary Art from San Francisco State University and an MFA in Electronic Media from Mills College. He is the author of Passes Through (FC2/University of Alabama Press) and frequently publishes in journals and anthologies. He received an outstanding achievemen..
THE LOGISTICS OF LEARNING: STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING A PART-TIME GRADUATE PROGRAM IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
No full textestablished in 1998 at Victoria University of Wellington, is part-time and attracts a broad cross-section of mid-career public managers. Participants in the programme have the same needs as other adult learners, to be able to draw on and reflect upo
Twelfth Night
No full textProduction of "Twelfth Night". Original music by Author 1. Nominated for 5 Matilda awards. Pensalfini, Rob (director
The Logistics of Learning: Strategies for Teaching a Part-Time Graduate Program in Public Management
No full textThe only Masters degree programme in public management in New Zealand, established in 1998 at Victoria University of Wellington, is part-time and attracts a broad cross-section of mid-career public managers. Participants in the programme have the same needs as other adult learners, to be able to draw on and reflect upon their own workplace experience in their learning. The demands of the workplace also compete heavily for the time they plan for study. The main challenges for the programme are to meet the needs of the students as adult learners and practitioners, to develop a common approach to learning about public management for participants from very diverse working backgrounds and to provide continuity of learning when classroom sessions are in short blocks separated by several weeks of home study
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