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Bringing Flowers Back To The Cité Des Fleurs: A Geographical Study Of The Sôma Beach Development Project In Mahajanga, Elizabeth Isaac-Herzog

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Mahajanga, Madagascar is currently watching one of its biggest development efforts unfold. The Sôma Beach project will transform the previously-bustling Village Touristique, degraded over the past decades by the ocean’s waves, into an accessible hotspot for national and international tourists. This study aimed to answer the overarching questions, “How is the Sôma Beach project being carried out?” and “How is it affecting the local population and spatial organization?” Interviews, spatial observation and analysis, and review of relevant documents were used during a month-long period in order to gather information on this topic. The study concluded that space was an influential …

Can Cyberactivism Effectuate Global Political Change?, Serena Garcia

Academic Leadership Journal in Student Research

Targeted activist strategies propel social justice movements to devise creative mechanisms in an effort to gain momentum. This discussion paper will analyze if cyberactivism can effectuate global political change. Varying views will be illustrated demonstrating the efficacy and the lack of efficacy of cyberactivism in its attempt to impact global political change. Comparisons and data analyses will assess the impact of communication media and the Internet, Internet connectivity of people, and impact of online technology on social movements. Research studies will gauge online communication tools, benefits/wins and challenges of cyberactivism, and future assumptions. Examples of cyberactivism strategies will illustrate how …

Colonels, Hillbillies And Fightin’: Twentieth-Century Kentucky In The National Imagination, Anthony Harkins

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Cultivating Environmental Stewardship In The Suburbs, Parker Rechsteiner

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

Social Security Schemes: A Case For Universalisation, Charan Singh, Ayanendu Sanyal, Kanchan Bharati

Working Papers

Prime minister's recent introduction of new social security schemes to ensure insurance and pension for all remains a laudable step. These schemes were launched on May 9, 2015 and are expected to enhance welfare of citizens, especially workers in unorganized sector. The schemes are Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna (PMSBY), an ultra-low cost accident insurance scheme, a life insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), and Atal Pension Yojana (APY), a contributory pension scheme with defined benefit outgo. The paper attempts to evaluate the nature of social security schemes in the field of life/accident insurance and pensions, with …

Smart Urban Mobility: Road Less Travelled, Tarun Mittal, Charan Singh

Working Papers

The study attempts to analyse congestion problem with emphasis on having a policy incorporating realistic solution for having affordable, accessible, reliable and acceptable mobility. It has been found that in Indian urban scenario, modal transport system must be capable of having flexible high carrying capacity with low space requirement. The other aspect is to have attractive public transit system which may lure people away from private transport to public transit system because traffic problem is going to only rise with population growth and development. This will put more pressure on road infrastructure which has substantial costs. Â A possible solution …

Gordillo, Gastón. Rubble: The Afterlife Of Destruction. Durham: Duke University Press, 2014., Ismael Vaccaro Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

College Of Arts And Sciences E-News Issue 24: April 2015, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

• The Hunting Ground Comes to WMU
• Graduate Programs Rank High in 2015
• Economics, Chinese language profs snag Light Center research grants
• CAS Faculty Judge Japanese Quiz Bowl
• An Education for Change
• Anomie
• WMU student team wins national Wege sustainability prize
• CAS Student Interns with the Clinton Foundation
• Creative Cookie

Multilevel Marketing Diffusion And The Risk Of Pyramid Scheme Activity: The Case Of Fortune Hi‐Tech Marketing In Montana, Stacie A. Bosley, Kim Mckeage

School of Business All Faculty Scholarship

While statisticians have simulated the expected rate of growth in pyramid schemes, this research examines actual data on the spread of an alleged pyramid scheme in Montana. Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing (FHTM) was a multilevel marketing firm, sued by six states and the Federal Trade Commission and permanently shut down in 2014. Data from a settlement with the State of Montana provide a population of participants in a geographic region with definable markets and offer unique insights into local contagion. The authors analyze the pattern of FHTM adoption within a diffusion-of-innovation framework. The findings confirm that nearly all adoption results from …

Fish & Wildlife News: Spring 2015

Fish and Wildlife News

Fish & Wildlife News looks at monarch butterfly conservation.

The Rock, Spring 2015 (Vol. 84, No. 1), Whittier College

The Rock

No abstract provided.

Fordham Lawyer, No. 8 - Spring 2015, Fordham Law Alumni Association, Fordham Law School

Fordham Lawyer

Fordham Lawyer magazine was first published in 1988 and continued through 2004. It returned in 2011 under Dean Michael M. Martin. The magazine shines a spotlight on faculty research, the Law School community, and the accomplishments of our alumni. No issues were published between 2004 and 2011.

Classic Elements Of Engagement In U.S. Journalism Apply To Irish Online Community News Sites, Jack Rosenberry, Katelin Weidman

Media and Communication Faculty/Staff Publications

A content analysis of community news sites affiliated with Irish newspapers shows that content selection reflects classic community news values and fulfills roles and functions similar to ones documented in historical research about community press and social organization in the United States. This illustrates the potential for Irish local media sites to be important agents of constructing community identity.

Review Of Ingo Schaaf, Magie Und Ritual Bei Apollonios Rhodios, Paul Ojennus

Library Faculty Scholarship

Review of Ingo Schaaf, Magie und Ritual bei Apollonios Rhodios: Studien zu ihrer Form und Funktion in den Argonautika. Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten, Bd. 63. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2014. Pp. viii, 402. ISBN 9783110309485. €119.95. Ingo Schaaf offers an extensive and detailed examination of the treatment of magic and ritual in the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes. This study fills an important gap in contemporary research on Apollonius, and it promises to place the scholarship on magic in the Argonautica on the same level that geography now enjoys.

Chicago Airmail History: Mcgirr And Waterman Airports, Helen Knight

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

Etsu Today - Spring 2015, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Today [magazine]

Graduation begins today on the campus of East Tennessee State University. In fact it begins every day at this institution. Each time a student enters a classroom, each time a faculty member holds a study session, each time a staff member meets with a student to discuss financial aid options, each time the lights are turned on in a research lab, each time a student completes an internship or an hour of community service, or boards a plane for a study abroad trip, we move one step closer to realizing the dream of a college degree for our more than …

Joint Force Quarterly 77 (2nd Quarter, April 2015), National Defense University Press

Joint Force Quarterly ARCHIVES

No abstract provided.

Libraries In Moldova: The Road To Renewal In Hard Economic Times, H.G.B. Anghelescu, Eugenia Bejan

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

The transition from a communist to a democratic society has affected the entire social map of Moldova, including the library network. For over two and a half decades, Moldovan libraries have undergone major changes and reforms: from closed- to open-access stacks; from ideological institutions serving political platforms to public squares in support of democracy; from repositories of propaganda books to information centers serving the information needs of the communities they serve. This paper examines the changes in, and challenges faced by, Moldova’s libraries from 1991, the year that marks the country’s independence, to the present. Various projects—government-sponsored or assisted by …

#Academicfreedom: Twitter And First Amendment Rights For Professors, Michael H. Leroy

Notre Dame Law Review Reflection

This Essay asks: is every tweet from a professor protected as a form of academic freedom by the First Amendment? Professor Salaita’s watershed case poses sharply conflicting positions on academic freedom for faculty members. In support of Professor Salaita, a faculty committee at the University of Illinois asserts: “Regardless of the tweets’ tone and content, they are political speech—part of the robust free play of ideas in the political realm that the [University] Statutes insulate from institutional sanction, even in the case of ideas we may detest.”

To answer my research question, I explore how courts rule on First Amendment …

The Syrian Tragedy Four Years On Bassam Haddad, April 9, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Sustainability Causes Consequences And Solutions For Hungry Cities, April 10, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Athens County Storm Spotter Training, April 6, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Textile Society Of America Newsletter 27:1 — Spring 2015, Textile Society Of America

Textile Society of America: Newsletters

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the President
2016 Symposium: Call for Submissions [Crosscurrents: Land, Labor, and the Port, Savannah, Georgia, October 19–23, 2016]
R. L. Shep Ethnic Textile Book Award: 2014 Nominees
TSA Establishes a New Award: Fellows of the Textile Society of America
In Memoriam: Dika Eckersley
Textiles Close Up in Santa Fe / Last Chance to Register for Santa Fe TCU
Book Reviews: Bauhaus Weaving Theory: From Feminine Craft to Mode of Design and Maya Threads: A Woven History of Chiapas
Exhibitions: Sahib, Bibi, Nawab: Baluchar Silks of Bengal, 1750–1900 and Italian Textile Materials: Past, Present, and …

Clark Magazine, Spring 2015, Clark University

Clark Magazine

The Spring 2015 edition of Clark Magazine. Clark Magazine is a twice-yearly publication primarily geared towards Clark University Alumni.

The cover story is 'Striking Malaria: Janice Culpepper '77 teams with Bill Gates to stop a global killer'.

Apr2015, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From April 2015 Robert Kelly Archive.

People As Wochristian Leaders And Managers, In Light Of And In Response To Gods Common Grace, Are Capable Of Building Organizational Practices That Foster Employee Engagement And Promote Human Flourishing. In This Article, We Examine What It Means For Humans To Be Created In The Image Of God And Therefore To Be Made To Work And To Use Their Unique Gifts And Strengths In Such Efforts. We Will Argue That It Is Precisely This Constructive Function Of Gods Common Grace That Is The Key Not Only To Individual-Level Flourishing But Also To Organizational-Level And Societal-Level Flourishing As Well.Rkers In The Image Of God, Brian Cawley, Peter J. Snyder

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Christian leaders and managers, in light of and in response to Gods common grace, are capable of building organizational practices that foster employee engagement and promote human flourishing. In this article, we examine what it means for humans to be created in the image of God and therefore to be made to work and to use their unique gifts and strengths in such efforts. We will argue that it is precisely this constructive function of Gods common grace that is the key not only to individual-level flourishing but also to organizational-level and societal-level flourishing as well.

Equal Protection: Access To Justice And Fairness In The American Criminal Justice System?, James M. Durant Iii

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Median Bans, Anti-Homeless Laws And The Urban Growth Machine, Colin L. Anderson

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Collection Development Policy, Music, Richard H. Harrison

Libraries' Documents

No abstract provided.

Sac Outreach Bulletin 2015, South Asia Center

Newsletters from the South Asia Center

No abstract provided.