Labor relations and technological change at Canadian Pacific Railway

There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun Long before the white man and long before the wheel When the green dark forest was too silent to be real For they looked into the future and what did they see They saw an iron road running from the sea to the sea Bringing the goods to a young growing land All up through the seaports and into their hands From “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” by Gordon Lightfoot The authors thank CPR managers and union officials representing CPR employees for their cooperation and patience in explaining the intricacies of the railroad industry. Special appreciation is extended to Jason Copping, Labour Relations Manager, for his facilitating our initial access to the company.     

西方美术史中的摄影与绘画

从历史的角度谈绘画与摄影之间相互纠葛与互相依赖关系 ,并预示现代艺术的发展将绘画与摄影两种平面艺术融合的可能     

北仑区政协提案工作的新做法

文章从加大提案工作宣传力度、加大领导力度、加大督办力度三方面总结了近年北仑区政协提案工作的新做法、新举措     

文化渗透法在日语教学中的应用

笔者对文化渗透方法的涵义进行了论述,而且将文化渗透法用于日语教学之中,通过在教学实践中的研究和探索,提出了在日语教学中应采用文化渗透法的具体实施步骤,既课堂教学分步实施及课外活动实施口语交流实践。     

试析教师继续教育质量保障系统

为了提高教师继续教育的质量 ,必须从理论和实践的结合上构建教师继续教育质量保障系统。教师继续教育质量保障系统包括质量管理系统、质量评估系统和质量信息反馈系统等三个子系统。     

宋太祖受禅的佛教谶言与宋初政教关系的重建

从学界不太关注的宋太祖受禅的佛教谶言之视角 ,探讨宋初良性政教关系重建的原因     

The Texaco racial discrimination case and shareholder wealth

We analyze the wealth ejfects of the Texaco racial discrimination lawsuit both on the shareholders of Texaco and its major U.S. competitors. Employing a comprehensive data set which included every case docket entry and every Wall Street Journal article on the case as an experimental stimulus, our findings suggest that the overall cost of the case to Texaco shareholders exceeded $500 million, that Texaco's tribulations had little, if any, impact on the share prices of its major competitors, and that Wall Street Journal coverage of the case was highly correlated with significant changes in Texaco stock prices. This last finding provides significant support for Hite 's suppostion that newspaper editors “key ” on ex post stock price changes in selecting the events to be covered in the next day's edition. The authors are grateful to Kee Chung for helpful comments on earlier drafts and also acknowlege the help-ful assistance of the staff of the law library at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at The University of Memphis.     

A Review of Kyoto Protocol Adoption in Russia: Joint Implementation in Focus

Russia’s role in ‘animation’ of the Kyoto Protocol was crucial. Its initial vacillation on ratification was predominantly due to political bargaining with the EU. Domestic economic rationales [i.e. impacts of emission trading and Joint Implementation (JI) projects] were important to a much lesser extent and environmental motives did not seem to play any role in the decision. Since the Protocol entered into force, there have been significant delays in complete establishment of policy implementation frameworks, which are necessary for Russia to start benefiting from JI and emission trading. Only recently, in 2007, have GHG inventories and a national registry been established and the responsibilities for implementation of the Protocol and JI among the government departments have been distributed only to a certain extent. Some constraints hindering JI projects, such as vague legislation, an unfavourable economic climate, lack of commitment to JI projects, corruption, xenophobia, state and agency ‘capture’ still remain.