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A Study Of The Socioeconomic Determinants Of The Performance Of The New Lands Cooperatives, Ashraf S.E. Saleh

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

No abstract provided.

Athenaeum Program 2012-2013, Winona State University - Darrell W. Krueger Library

The Athenaeum

The Athenaeum held in 2012-2013 included the topics of frac sand resources in southeastern Minnesota, an investigation of religiosity's effect on corrupt business behavior, an introduction to tai chi and chi gong as well as the benefits and opportunities of on-campus living for students.

Is China A Responsible Developing Country? Climate Change Diplomacy And National Image Building, Sanna Kopra

Global Asia Journal

A state’s image is an important resource for wielding national power in global politics. Its prestige and reputation often influence the interactions with other states. As an emerging superpower, China is under pressure to shoulder more responsibility for tackling global climate change. The West has criticized China as a “climate criminal” that threatens global climate stability. In response, the Chinese government implemented a series of comprehensive programs to improve its image abroad. This paper examines China’s national image building in the realm of international climate politics. It draws on the official rhetoric and policy statements to discuss the innovative strategies …

The Ngo-Isation Dilemma: International Cooperation, Grassroots Relations, And Government Action From An Accountability Perspective: A Case Study Of Colombian Migration Ngos And The National System Of Migration, Lina Buchely

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

This paper summarizes the results of a case study examining policy advocacy activities developed by the Fundaci6n Esperanza (Hope Foundation) and the Plataforma Social HERMES (HERMES Social Platform) in support of Colombian Draft Law 070 of 2009 (creation of a National System for Migration and other regulations). It maps the actors and interests involved in efforts taking place between February and May 2010 to promote public policy in the field. The conclusion drawn from this research is that there are at least three ways of highlighting the relationships between civil society actors, government servants, grassroots and international cooperation agencies in …

Sotl At Isu, Vol. 6, September 2012, Illinois State University, Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Newsletter

Newsletter for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Ottoman Fabrics During The 18th And 19th Centuries, Selin Ipek

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Beginning of the 16th century sultans costumes' fabrics were created at the special workshops within the body of the palace by court masters (ehl-i hiref). The designs for the fabrics used for court apparel were created by court designers known as hassa nakkaşları, and the fabrics for court apparel were woven by the court weavers known as hassa dokumacıları. A plan showing a weavers' workshop which is kept today in the Topkapı Palace Archive is to be attributed to the court weavers. Because the palace workshops were unable to meet the demand, orders were also given to workshops in Istanbul …

Elected Judges And Statutory Interpretation, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl, Ethan J. Leib

University of Chicago Law Review

This Article considers whether differences in methods of judicial selection should influence how judges approach statutory interpretation. Courts and scholars have not given this question much sustained attention, but most would probably embrace the "unified model," according to which appointed judges (such as federal judges) and elected judges (such as many state judges) are supposed to approach statutory text in identical ways. There is much to be said for the unified model—and we offer the first systematic defense of it. But the Article also attempts to make the best case for the more controversial but also plausible contrary view: that …

The Ecology Of Vocation, Terri L. Elton

Faculty Publications

Those who care about the future of the church have a vested interest in both the quantity and the quality of candidates preparing for ministry in this generation and into the next. And it is easy to see those pastors as the product of a series of independent and individualized decisions. A college student, for example, meets with her pastor to discuss her future. Or an engineer sits at the kitchen table with his wife asking if they have the money for him to quit his job and head off to seminary. The future of ministry does indeed depend on …

Friends, Family, Or Fools: Entrepreneur Experience And Its Implications For Equity Distribution And Resource Mobilization, Reddi Kotha, Gerard George

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Who helps entrepreneurs raise the resources they need and how much equity does an entrepreneur distribute in return? We use a sample of 611 entrepreneurs in the U.S. to examine why some entrepreneurs are more likely than others to distribute ownership selectively to helpers. We find that entrepreneurs with specific industry experience and start-up experience are able to provide ownership more selectively and raise more resources from their helpers. We refine the categorization of social ties further to make a distinction between professional and familial ties to show that the ownership distribution and types of resource contributions vary by the …

The New Stigma Of Relocated Public Housing Residents: Challenges To Social Identity In Mixed-Income Developments, Mark L. Joseph

Faculty Scholarship

Public housing residents have long experienced stigma as members of an urban “underclass.” One policy response is the creation of mixed-income developments; by deconcentrating poverty and integrating residents into communities in which their residences are indistinguishable from neighbors, such efforts might reduce stigma associated with residency in traditional public housing. Through in-depth interviews with 35 relocated public housing residents and 184 field observations at three mixed-income developments in Chicago, we find this is not the case. Stigma associated with living in public housing is ameliorated, yet residents report that their experience of stigma has intensified in other ways. The negative …

Strengthening Civic Commitment At Winona State University: Evaluating The Past And Celebrating The Future, Laura Lake, Kara Lindaman

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

Upon arriving at the American Democracy Project National Meeting Concurrent Session in San Antonio Texas, Laura Lake, Courtney Juelicj and Alexandra Griffin will be presenting along side Dr. Kara Lindaman, on the topic of "Stengthening Civic Commitment at Winona State University: Evaluating the Past and Celebrating the future." In addition to the twenty-minuet presentation, students will be Leading the National Issure Forum delebrative dialogue, "Shaping our Future: How should Higher Education Help Us Create the Society We Want?" This session is a presentation on the National Information Forum that these students organized and moderated for in April 2012, in honor …

The Regulation Of Private Police, Stephen Rushin

West Virginia Law Review

Private police assume many of the same roles as traditional law enforcement. But courts and legislatures regulate public and private police very differently. This Article evaluates the statutory and judicial regulation of private police. By collecting and coding all state statutes related to the regulation of private police, I theorize on the inadequacies of the current regulatory scheme. I show that most state statutes only regulate a certain category of private police officers, leaving a substantial portion of the private policing industry virtually unregulated. Many state regulations of private police misunderstand, and thus inadequately protect against the threat posed by …

Academic Year 2011-2012, Bryant University

Academic Affairs Division Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

The Geoglyphs Of The Atacama Desert: A Bond Of Landscape And Mobility, Marika Labash

Spectrum

In the northern-most area of Chile, stretching six hundred miles down the coast of South America and expanding more than forty thousand square miles into Bolivia, Peru and Argentina lies the Atacama Desert. This massive, barren landscape consists of expansive salt flats, out of which towering volcanoes extend, reaching twenty thousand feet into the sky. The Atacama Desert is known to be the driest desert in the world, with a landscape resembling that of Mars (Vesilind 2003). Despite this extreme and often harsh environment, the Atacama Desert has been home to a diverse population since as early as 10,000 B.P.. …

Approaches To Sensory Landscape Archaeology, Jessica Faycurry

Spectrum

As the medium through which humans interact with the physical world, senses are crucial to explore when trying to understand the beings that embody them. Senses are the middlemen through which humans register their surroundings, perform activities crucial for survival, and interact with the world and it’s inhabitants. The phenomenon of senses, although shared among all humans, can be very personal and informative of individual life histories. The scent of cinnamon, for example, can evoke memories of childhood for some, while for others there is no connection. Senses are physically natured but culturally constructed. Colors, tastes, and sounds can hold …

Front Matter

Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Phenomenology Of Fitness From Consumption To Virtuous Production, Ross Neville

Theses, Doctoral

Although our imagination as policy-makers, legislators, academics, and members of the general public has been captured by the promise of fitness, what is meant by it and whether or not its individualising emphasis is a good thing is much less clear. In response to this question of cultural significance, this thesis provides a phenomenology of fitness. It does so in two important senses and in the context of two distinct parts.
The first half of this thesis (Chapters One and Two) is given to the task of bracketing the natural attitude with respect to fitness; that is, contextualising the question …

Responsive Web Design Vs Mobile Web Vs Mobile App, Ndriçim Idrizi

Theses and Dissertations

Mobile Ueb I referohet qasjes ne world wide web përmes shërbimeve te bazuara ne shfletues nga pajisje mobile siç janë smartphones, feature phones dhe tablatet. Kur behet fjalë për kërkime ne internet apo qasje ne ueb gjithmonë na shkon mendja tek kompjuterët tradicional, mirëpo gjërat kane filluar te ndryshojnë ne favor te pajisjeve mobile si shkak I rritjes se numrit te përdorueseve te këtyre te fundit. Për ketë arsye zhvilluesit e ueb-it kane filluar qe ueb faqet e tyre ti ndërtojnë ne atë mënyre qe ti kënaqin si shfrytëzuesit te cilët qasen nga kompjuterët po ashtu edhe ata te cilët …

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 29, No. 3-4 (Fall 2012 / Winter 2013), Brian Jarrett, N/A Uaa Justice Center

Vols 21-30 (2004-2014)

The Fall 2012/Winter 2013 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum presents articles on different approaches to mediation, Alaska and U.S. correctional populations in 2011, and an update on the work of the Alaska Prisoner Reentry Task Force.

Work-Home Balance: A Management Perspective, Kathleen Farrell

Articles

Work-home balance issues have become a very important challenge for both management and employees in the 21^st century. The purpose of this paper is to examine work-home balance practices from a management perspective in the Irish hotel industry. There is a dearth of research in relation to work-home balance practices in the hotel sector. The study included a sample of all hotels including Northern Ireland. It found that the needs of the organisation are paramount with profitability considerations being the main driver of work-home practices and benefits. While the majority of managers agree that people work best when they …

Social Construction And Relationalism: A Conversation With Kenneth Gergen, J. C. Aceros, Kenneth J. Gergen

Psychology Faculty Works

Kenneth Gergen is one of the most widely known contributors to social constructionist thought in the world today. Since the publication of his paper "Social Psychology as History" he has become a central player in what is known as the Social Psychology Crisis. In his academic career, and from what he has called 'Relational Theory', Gergen has revisited a significant number of psychological constructs and has proposed various dialogical and collaborative practices in therapy, organizational development, education, community development, social work and peace-building, among other things. This paper is a conversation with Gergen in which together we explore the particular …

Urban Landscape And The Postsocialist City, Krzysztof Nawratek

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Urban Landscape and the Postsocialist City" Krzysztof Nawratek discusses contemporary capitalism as shaping the urban environment of Riga, a multiethnic and bilingual postsocialist, post-Soviet, and postindustrial city. When communism collapsed at the end of the twentieth century the majority of European socialist cities in central and East Europe adopted two ideas: 1) the idea of neoliberal deregulated management based on private, multi-agent ownership of land (and on land speculation) and the weakened role of the city council and 2) the "cultural turn" rejecting the industrial heritage of the socialist city and the ideology of the proletariat and …

Grizzly Football Game Day Program, Sept 1, 2012, University Of Montana--Missoula. Athletics Department

Grizzly Football Game Day Programs, 1914-2012

Program created for a Grizzly football game.

Im:Pact, Tomalee Doan, Chantal Levesque-Bristol, Donalee Attardo

IMPACT Presentations

Presentation given at State Budget Commission, West Lafayette, IN. Summarizes IMPACT goals, methods and progress. IMPACT supports faculty-led course redesign with campus-wide resources and student-centered pedagogy. Gives preliminary findings of IMPACT results.

Otterbein Towers Fall 2012, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine

ISSUES OF THE DAY Cultivating an open dialogue. Features: College Affordability; The Job Market; Health Care; Undocumented Students; Students Get the Vote Out; An Outside Look Inside American Politics; The Day Cochran Burned — A Rescue Remembered;Otterbein dedicates The Austin E. Knowlton Center for Equine Science; Common Book Looks at Ethics, Race in Medicine;

Exploring The Experiences Of Former Alternative Education Participants: Case Studies, Shirley L. Washington-Cobb

Dissertations

Alternative education has become an integral program, in one form or another throughout most school districts in the United States. Alternative education is a very complex and controversial issue that is best understood through the stories of former alternative education students looking back on their lived experiences. Children in the alternative education program studied here were generally those who did not fit into a general education program due to behavior problems or lack of academic success. The purpose of the study was to investigate alternative education primarily through in-depth interviews and case studies of 18 previous alternative education students who …

Book Review - Critical Voices In Teacher Education: Teaching For Social Justice In Conservative Times, Ivan Snook

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Barry Down & John Smyth (eds). New York, London: Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg, 2012.

The central theme of this volume is that, in recent decades, education in Australia (and many other countries) has been taken over by a managerialist ideology which has “damaged the profession of teaching by reducing teacher autonomy, deskilling teachers’ work, standardising curricula and introducing prefab lessons and scripted curricula”(p 3).

Adultery As Tort, Lance Mcmillian

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

How To Milk An Almond, Stuff An Egg, And Armor A Turnip: A Thousand Years Of Recipes. By David Friedman And Elizabeth Cook., Ken Albala

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.

Reviewed Work: Sweet Invention: A History Of Dessert By Michael Krondl, Ken Albala

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.