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Social Security And The African American Male (A Cash Transfer System), Eddie Davis

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

All employed workers are required to contribute to the Social Security System; however,a disproportionatep ercentage of African American males never live long enough to collect any benefits from their contributions. On the other hand, the life-expectancy of white males is significantly longer than the life expectancy of African American males, and their collection of Social Security benefits tends to exceed their contributions to the system. The federal government keeps the Social Security system from becoming completely solvent by raiding it of any surplus funds it collects; thereby, preventing the Social Security Fund from developing interest income, and accumulating funds for …

Review Of The Changing Of The Guard: Lesbian And Gay Elders, Identity And Social Change. Dana Rosenfeld. Reviewed By John F. Longres., John F. Longres

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Dena Rosenfeld. The Changing of the Guard: Lesbian and Gay Elders, Identity and Social Change. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 2003. $59.50 hardcover, $18.95 papercover.

Review Of Being Homeless: Textual And Narrative Constructions. Amir B. Marvasti. Reviewed By John Q. Hodges., John Q. Hodges

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Amir B. Marvasti, Being Homeless: Textual and Narrative Constructions. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2003. $60.00 hardcover.

A Short History Of Distributive Justice. Samuel Fleischacker.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Samuel Fleischacker, A Short History of Distributive Justice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004. $39.95 hardcover.

The Practicum Companion For Social Work: Integrating Class And Field Work. Marla Berg-Weger And Julie Birkenmaier.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Maria Berg-Weger and Julie Birkenmeyer, The Practicum Companion for Social Work: Integrating Class and Field Work. Boston: Allyn and Bacon 2004. $48.00 papercover.

The Georgian Rose Revolution: Challenges And Supports For Ensuring The Non-Violent Outcome In A Post - Soviet Society, Ramil Aliyev

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Advocate, March 2005, Vol. [16], No. [5], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Community News

The Case for Restructuring Information Resources. Annalies Kamran (p. 1)

When a Tsunami Raises Coffee Prices: What Do Students Think About the Dining Options at the Graduate Center? Antonia Levy and Dan Skinner (p. 1)

A New $12 Fee for Wellness Center is a Good Deal for CUNY (p. 2)

Interactive Technology & Pedagogy Certificate Draft. Masha Rumer (p. 3)

A Day in the Life of a GC Adjunct. Anonymous (p. 5)

Features

Fear and Loathing in Amsterdam. Anonymous (p. 8)

Prose Poem: Flying South. Tony Monchinski (p. 10)

National Public Radio’s Terry Gross: On …

Peggy J. Blair On Commercial Law And Human Rights Edited By Stephen Bottomley And David Kinley. Burlington, Vt: Ashgate, 2001. 356pp., Peggy J. Blair

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

Commercial Law and Human Rights edited by Stephen Bottomley and David Kinley. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2001. 356pp.

Aaron Peron Ogletree On The Tiananmen Papers Compiled By Zhang Liang, Edited By Andrew Nathan And Perry Link. New York: Public Affairs, 2001. 513pp., Aaron Peron Ogletree

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

The Tiananmen Papers compiled by Zhang Liang, edited by Andrew Nathan and Perry Link. New York: Public Affairs, 2001. 513pp.

Sciaa's Maritime Research Division Lends Helping Hand To Mexico, Christopher F. Amer

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

An Incomplete Circumnavigation: The Callawassie Island Submerged Archaeological Prospecting Survey-Brief Reort, James D. Spirek

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Staffordshire Pottery In The Carolinas Volume Published, Stanley South

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Charlesfort/Santa Elena National Historic Landmark Dedication Ceremony, Chester B. Depratter

Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

An Information Extraction Approach To Reorganizing And Summarizing Specifications, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Aaron Berkovich, Dan Z. Sokol

Kno.e.sis Publications

Materials and Process Specifications are complex semi-structured documents containing numeric data, text, and images. This article describes a coarse-grain extraction technique to automatically reorganize and summarize spec content. Specifically, a strategy for semantic-markup, to capture content within a semantic ontology, relevant to semi-automatic extraction, has been developed and experimented with. The working prototypes were built in the context of Cohesia's existing software infrastructure, and use techniques from Information Extraction, XML technology, etc.

Divide-And-Approximate: A Novel Constraint Push Strategy For Iceberg Cube Mining, Ke Wang, Yuelong Jiang, Jeffrey Xu Yu, Guozhu Dong, Jiawei Han

Kno.e.sis Publications

The iceberg cube mining computes all cells v, corresponding to GROUP BY partitions, that satisfy a given constraint on aggregated behaviors of the tuples in a GROUP BY partition. The number of cells often is so large that the result cannot be realistically searched without pushing the constraint into the search. Previous works have pushed antimonotone and monotone constraints. However, many useful constraints are neither antimonotone nor monotone. We consider a general class of aggregate constraints of the form f(v)θ_σ, where f is an arithmetic function of SQL-like aggregates and θ is one of <, ≤, ≥, > . We propose a …

Oregon Land Use Statewide Survey, Conkling Fiskum And Mccormick, Inc.

Institute of Metropolitan Studies Publications

This report presents the results of a 2005 telephone survey of Oregon residents statewide. Conkling Fiskum & McCormick, Inc. (CFM), a public affairs, strategic communications and research company located in Portland, Oregon, conducted the study. The research objectives were to assess perceptions, opinions and values relating to land use and land use policies in Oregon.

Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 2, Issue 3, University Of Texas At Arlington Library

Connections: Library News for Library Staff

The purpose of Connections was to build community within UTA Library staff by reminding people of upcoming events and dates, introducing new staff members, celebrating a department's achievements, and writing about other items of interest.

Review Of The Book Dictionary Of Literary Biography, Vol. 299: Holocaust Novelists, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book Dictionary of literary biography, Vol. 299: Holocaust novelists.

Gifting Dependency: The Effects Of Donations On Women And Anyi In Bolivian Mining Communities, Natalie Kimball

Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, Unknown Unknown

Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations

No abstract provided.

Women And Children: Deconstructing A Paradigm, Nadine Puechguirbal

Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations

No abstract provided.

The Precautionary Principle And Wto Law: Divergent Views Toward The Role Of Science In Assessing And Managing Risk, Lawrence A. Kogan

Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations

No abstract provided.

Obstacles Within The International Community: The Exercise Of Afghan Women's Agency For Peace In Post-Conflict Resolution, Stephanie W. Hampton

Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations

No abstract provided.

Of Words And Wars: The Security Council's Hard Life Among The Great Powers, Ian Hurd

Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations

No abstract provided.

Tennessee Archivist 28, No. 2, Society Of Tennessee Archivists

Tennessee Archivist newsletters

Spring 2005 issue of the Tennessee Archivist, a newsletter produced by the Society of Tennessee Archivists.

Standards Of The Supreme Court, John Cornyn

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

Interaction Between The Process Used To Introduce Change And The Personality Of Organizational Members: An International Test, Terry W. Riddle Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

Organizations introduce change to strengthen organizational performance and improve effectiveness. Drawing from literature in the areas of organizational change and personality characteristics, this study seeks to uncover the influence personality has on an individual's readiness for change. Data were utilized from two previous studies that sampled both an American organization and a Korean organization. The administered questionnaires captured data pertaining to the individuals' perceptions of the change process, their personality attributes, and their readiness for change. Using a statistical method known as moderated multiple regression, the study examined whether personality moderates the impact the change process has on an individual's …

An Eleven Year Retrospective Of The Acquisition Review Journal, Mitchell J. Elder

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to examine the evolution of the Acquisition Review Journal (ARJ) through its first 11 years of publication. Researchers assessed the Defense Acquisition community through a review of ARJ articles. They considered what areas academics and practitioners have explored, and how they have explored them. This review documents such characteristics as areas of study, methods of study, and contributors. Trends are identified and conclusions are drawn as to the contribution of the ARJ to the Defense Acquisition community of practice.

Effects Of Deployment On Homestation Job Stress And Burnout, S. Ryan Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

The Global War on Terrorism has increased the demands placed on military members. The increased rate of deployments, coupled with the reduction in resources, has military leaders concerned that these changing demands will cause undue strain, adversely affecting the military member's quality of life. This research tests the effects of active duty military deployments on homestation job stressors and burnout. Pre- and post- deployment surveys were administered to test for any significant changes that resulted from a deployment. A group of non-deploying members was also measured during the same time frame to serve as the control group. Results showed that …

Modeling And Simulation Of Commercial Satellite Imagery Processes, David A. Shultz

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to develop a general, statistical model of order-to-delivery times for commercial satellite imagery. The research looked at the current four satellite providers with 3-meter or better imagers in the context of a generalized model of commercial imaging satellite operations. Existing methods use orbit analysis tools to determine the imaging time of a specified target based on defined satellite position and times, but can only develop shortest and longest times to an imaging opportunity. To address the general question of the time it takes to deliver an image for non-specific targets, this research develops a …