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The Employed Homeless: A Crisis In Public Policy, Frederick A. Diblasio, John R. Belcher, Kathleen A. Connors

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Departing from the conventional wisdom of who constitutes the homeless, the "employed homeless" emerge as a subgroup of the homeless population in a state-wide Maryland Study (n= 178) at 25 shelter facilities. Twenty-four percent. of the homeless were found to work fulltime and eleven percent part-time. Gender disability, health, previous mental health hospitalization, military experience and education were significantly associated with employment status in the bivariate analysis. From these exploratory findings a theory of economic dislocation is hypothesized.

Yale Political Monthly 1993 December, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

How Government Reduces Employment, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Murray Weidenbaum shows how the federal government conducts many activities that affect the ability of the private sector to create jobs.

Ddasaccident196, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

Victim No.1 was sitting with his legs splayed leaning forward, holding the mine with his left hand when the booster charge detonated. He lost a finger, the top of two others and part of the thumb on his left hand, and was also injured above the eye. Victim No.2 suffered superficial injuries "to his hand and head" [from which it seems likely that both deminers had a hand on or near the device when it detonated].

Determining The Property Value Impact Of Landfills, Okwuchukwu Gerald Uba

Dissertations and Theses

The decline in property value can be due to owner's act or exogenous act from the operation of landfills. Landfill neighbors, especially home owners, perceive landfill operation to pose environmental safety problem such as ground water contamination and methane gas leakage that could affect home value.

Owners of landfills, especially those landfills that accept only dry waste (limited purpose landfill), claim that since their facilities meet the requirements of environmental regulations and the type of waste they accept could not possibly produce methane gas and leachate there is no property value impact of their facilities.

Several studies have shown that …

How Government Reduces Employment, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Government mandates contribute to reducing the ability of the private sector to create jobs. But ways need to be developed that can offset this.

Ddasaccident197, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The summary sheet recorded the device simply as an AP mine and recorded the injury as a lower leg amputation.

Ddasaccident199, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

They were working very slowly and had only cleared 15m2 by 14:00. He had checked the area ahead of the lane for tripwires, then cut the grass. The third deminer then went to rest and Victim No.2 checked the area with the detector and marked three places. Victim No.1 then went forward to prod the marked places. He prodded on one but could find nothing so called Victim No.2 forward to show him exactly where the detector had signalled. Victim No.2 did so and as he walked back he stepped on the mine at 14:05. Victim No.2's "left leg was …

Ddasaccident198, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The victim stood on a mine at approximately 13:10 and was "injured with left leg amputated". He was given first aid and evacuated by ambulance to Rattnak Hospital at 13:25. The victim was then evacuated by helicopter to Mongkul Borei Hospital "at 15:00".

Ddasaccident200, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The two victims were walking "through a cleared area to the rest area at the completion of their day's work. They followed a path which was used daily…. the evidence tends to suggest that the mine was laid after clearance by unknown persons". An attached document added that the area where the accident occurred (at 13:10) had been cleared "a month back".

Resource Law Notes Newsletter, No. 29, Fall Issue, Aug. 1993, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Resource Law Notes: The Newsletter of the Natural Resources Law Center (1984-2002)

No abstract provided.

The Case For The Savings-Exempt Income Tax, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Murray Weidenbaum gives his reasons why he supports a savings-exempt income tax.

The U.S./Ec Relationship: Friends And Competitors, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

The United States and the European Community need to develop a better understanding of how to simultaneously be both friends and competitors. U.S. firms with facilities in the EC will benefit from this regional trade zone while others will find difficulties trying to export goods to the EC. The author concludes that he expects the United States and the European Community will work more closely in the 21st century.

Putting It Together: Implications And Directions—Clashing Cultures, Clashing Economies, Clashing Values, Ed Marston

Who Governs the Public Lands: Washington? The West? The Community? (September 28-30)

6 pages.

Contains references.

Ddasaccident201, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

On the day of the accident demining was stopped at 13:45 because of heavy rain. At 14:05 the victim's platoon walked back to the vehicles in single file. The victim was the last of a group of four people and he stepped on a mine.

Ozgur 1993 Turkiye'nin Ozel Cevre Koruma Bolgeleri Politikasi (Specially Protected Areas Policy Of Turkey) Türkiye'nin Özel Çevre Koruma Bölgeleri Politikası: Foça Örneği, Huseyin Ozgur Prof.Dr.

Huseyin Ozgur Prof.Dr.

Specially protected areas (SPAs) in Turkey were initiated in 1990 with the special interest of Prime Minister Turgut Özal and pressure from international agreements signed by Turkish Government. As of 1992, there were 12 SPAs in 5 provinces, most of them were on shorelines of lakes or seas. The decision making of SPAs policy in Turkey fit to muddling through. It helped to protect special and sensitive areas to be protected. All these SPAs had several small settlements and controversial usages of the land and water areas. The policy helped to control dense and uncontrolled settlements however created issues on …

Public Policy And The Energy Needs Of Low Income Families, W.M. Theisen

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The Iowa legislature debated whether to change its utility disconnection policy. The debate centered around three questions: 1) whether family size or income influences energy consumption; 2) whether elderly people consume more energy than families; and 3) whether energy subsidies foster increased energy use and energy waste. This paper reports energy consumption patterns for a sample of low income people. Economic demand theory predicts that energy consumption will increase as income increases. This hypothesis was statistically rejected. Second, legislators assumptions about energy consumption were formulated into hypotheses. These hypotheses were statistically rejected.

Ddasaccident202, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The UN Supervisor instructed Victim No.1 to straighten the sticks marking where the mines had been destroyed because some had fallen over "due to rain". The victim took two steps and a mine exploded under his right foot. The victim "suffered severe leg injury resulting in amputation of right leg above the knee and splinters on his penis and testicles". The UN Supervisor was knocked over but "did not sustain any injuries".

Editor's Note, Padraig O'Malley

New England Journal of Public Policy

On April 23, 1993, the John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs celebrated its tenth anniversary. To mark the occasion, the Institute established the John Joseph Moakley Award for Distinguished Public Service, which will be awarded annually to a man or woman whose contribution to the public good merits our most grateful acknowledgment. The first recipient of the award was Congressman John Joseph Moakley, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, one of the most powerful and influential positions in Congress.

Among those who paid tribute to Congressman Moakley were Michael E. Haynes, Minister, Twelfth Baptist Church, Boston; Raymond G. Torto, …

State Strategy For Developing Base Industries: A Massachusetts Case Study, Chris Tilly

New England Journal of Public Policy

In developing strategies for economic development, state governments must target base industries that bring income into the state and drive the rest of the economy. This article presents a case study of industry analysis and development strategy for Massachusetts, focusing on the state's base industries. Particular attention is paid to the role of industry clusters — groups of industries linked through customer, supplier, or other relationships, and typically concentrated geographically as well. After assessing strengths and weaknesses of the state's economy, the author concludes that despite the current severe recession, the state possesses the basis for renewed growth. Policy implications …

Ddasaccident203, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The accident was mentioned on the demining group's own spreadsheet of incidents they had suffered in the country. However, the country office did not have a copy of their own internal accident report.

An Assessment Of Court-Mandated Treatment Of Batterers In Kentucky, Ron Clatos

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Sociology by Ron Clatos in May of 1993.

Fiscal Smell Tests: A Mid-Term Reality Check Of Massachusetts Finances, Joseph S. Slavet, Joseph R. Barresi

John M. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies Publications

In his latest budget message the Governor points to achievement of a "real, but fragile fiscal balance. " On the credit side of the ledger, he cites four balanced budgets, reduced reliance on one-time revenues, no new taxes, five tax cuts, no deficit borrowing, and a triple upgrade in bond rating. On the debit side are continued spending pressures, slow tax revenue growth and burdensome levels of debt.

But is the fiscal condition of the Commonwealth stable, albeit fragile? Or would a careful reading of the numbers transmit another message?

The purpose of this report is to measure the Commonwealth's …

Resource Law Notes Newsletter, No. 28, Spring Issue, Apr. 1993, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Resource Law Notes: The Newsletter of the Natural Resources Law Center (1984-2002)

No abstract provided.

A New Technology Policy For The United States, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

The Clinton Administration is proposing a new technology policy, but unfortunately wants to follow the policy used when national security was the motivating force. A new policy would be more effective if it reduced governmental obstacles to the commercialization of new technology.

Restraining Medicine Prices: Controls Vs. Competition, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

With the cost of prescription medicines constantly rising, the government has been considering price controls. This report explains the R&D process from laboratory studies to FDA review to approval by the FDA. As an alternative to price controls, competition could be a way for helping to keep prices down.

Mackinnon On Marx On Marriage And Morals: An Otsogistic Odyssey, Marc Linder

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Ddasaccident368, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

[Victim No.2] started the clearance and was alone inside the tank at first. As it entered the area it set off a tank mine and the roller system was thrown backwards with far more force than anticipated, hitting the tank. The detonation made the driver’s view ports of armoured glass muddy, so [Victim No.2] called a deminer to clean it. The tank progressed and initiated another three AT mines.

Clintonomics: An Early Look, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

More of an activist administration is expected during President Clinton's first term, which will include more regulation and higher business and upper income bracket taxation. More spending programs are expected as well, which could create opportunities for industrial companies that work with the government.

Greater China: The Next Economic Superpower?, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This article shows how the Asian rim has become the fastest growing part of the world and will continue to do so into the 21st century.