Mother Earth "Speaks": Change Yourself, Change The World, Use The Archetypal Energy "Harmony" As A Guide, 2010 UMASS Boston
Mother Earth "Speaks": Change Yourself, Change The World, Use The Archetypal Energy "Harmony" As A Guide, Carroy U. Ferguson
Carroy U "Cuf" Ferguson, Ph.D.
In relation to the Cosmos, we all, as human beings, live on this tiny planet we call Earth, a planet that supports and sustains life, as we know it. There are many different kinds of people, plants, and animals functioning in harmony with soil, air, and water--all linked to one another in a complex web of life to form one Earth community. Unfortunately, we often take this miracle and ecosystem of life for granted. When, however, we take the ecosystem of life too much for granted, Mother Earth "speaks," reflecting imbalances and dis-harmonies. When Mother Earth "speaks," her message is …
Edwin E. Witte, 2010 West Virginia University
Edwin E. Witte, Roger A. Lohmann
Faculty & Staff Scholarship
Edwin E. Witte was a Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin and Chairman of the Committee on Economic Security, which oversaw the drafting of the original Social Security Act. Witte is generally acknowledged as the principal author of the Social Security legislation as it went to Congress. In later years, he consulted on the National Labor Relations Act and continued to teach and supervise Ph.D. students.
Ddasaccident718, 2010 Humanitarian DeminingAccident and Incident Database
Ddasaccident718, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
The accident occurred on 22 June 2010, 09:30 AM in clearance lane of [the Victim], located in a steep sloping area within the MF. He was busy in full excavation there, suddenly some stones and soil slipped down in front of him and caused a PMN2 mine to go off. The ground where [the Victim] was working was of a loose and sliding nature, so it slipped down and directly hit the mine and caused the accident. So this was an unpreventable accident in nature, but as it seems from the location and severity of injuries, the visor was not …
Ddasaccident587, 2010 Humanitarian DeminingAccident and Incident Database
Ddasaccident587, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
On the 22nd of June 2010 an uncontrolled detonation occurred at [Name of demining group removed] task site DA-SR-3948 in Central Equatoria within the confines of the control point. The detonation fatally injured the team medic and minor injuries were sustained to one of the team deminers’ who was in close proximity to the seat of explosion. For additional information regarding this BOI and full report see reference D [Not made available].
Ddasaccident676, 2010 Humanitarian DeminingAccident and Incident Database
Ddasaccident676, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
While the deminer try to investigate a signal indicated by the metal detector in an expected site of an AP M14 mine, the deminer didn’t approach the signal in the proper procedure and hit the mine with the heavy Rake on the pressure plate which activated the mine and caused the blast 200 away from the deminer
Ddasaccident728, 2010 Humanitarian DeminingAccident and Incident Database
Ddasaccident728, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
On 17 June 2010 at 11:00 [the Victim] was busy in his clearance lane in a steep sloping area, he lost his balance, got out from his clearance lane to unclear ground, stepped on a YM-I mine and the accident happened. According to the investigation report the team is walking around one and half hours from the base comp to the MF on daily basis which makes the deminers tired. The marking signs in clearance lane were weak and even not distinguishable; the gritty and sliding nature of the ground is another risk factor in this specific minefield. Extra safety …
Ddasaccident664, 2010 Humanitarian DeminingAccident and Incident Database
Ddasaccident664, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
On 10 of June 2010 the first day of operation in task 0040, all the team members had been briefed by team leader about the location and extent of contamination in the area. The deminers were tasked to establish admin. parking areas, control marking and create the baseline. The team members also started clearance operations in some lanes and the deminer [the Victim] was tasked to follow the marking of already cleared lanes. But because of the break time he left the area and entered into the task seeking a shadow to take break there. He wanted to enter to …
Relational Contract Theory And Management Contracts: A Paradigm For The Application Of The Theory Of The Norms, 2010 University of Cambridge
Relational Contract Theory And Management Contracts: A Paradigm For The Application Of The Theory Of The Norms, Michael Diathesopoulos
Michael Diathesopoulos
This paper examines management contracts as a paradigm for the application of relational contracts theory and especially of the theory of contractual and relational norms. This theory, deriving from Macauley's implications, but structured and analysed by I.R. MacNeil gives us a framework for the explanation and understanding of contractual obligations and business relations' rules and practice. After presenting the key literature about the norms theory and especially defining the content of MacNeil's norms, we define management contracts as relations, characterised by a high relational element and we explain why, investigating all their features, which make them a suitable object for …
Ddasaccident597, 2010 Humanitarian DeminingAccident and Incident Database
Ddasaccident597, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
The primary cause of this accident is listed as “Inadequate survey” because there seems to have been confusion about the area that required search. The secondary cause is listed as a “Management Control Inadequacy” because the failure to search the areas that were very obviously hazardous appears to have been the result of poor communication, a lack of adequate task documentation, a failure to keep MDD working records, poor understanding of Technical Survey, and other “shortcuts” that commercial demining groups may be expected to make when inadequately tasked.
Barriers And Facilitators To Prenatal Care For Pregnant Latina Women In Cobb County, Georgia, 2010 Kennesaw State University
Barriers And Facilitators To Prenatal Care For Pregnant Latina Women In Cobb County, Georgia, Carol Holtz, Annette Bairan
Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective
This research study seeks to identify factors that serve as barriers and/or facilitators to prenatal care for Latina women and to provide data to assist health care providers, health care agencies, and policy makers in developing programs that maximize access to prenatal care for Latina women. In addition, other groups may also find this data useful, such as scholars in Latin American studies, immigration, cultural diversity, minority health care, and health care in general. The research questions consist of the following: (1) What do indigent pregnant (or recently delivered) Latina women believe about prenatal care? (2) What are the barriers …
Affirmative Action As A Dimension Of Diversity Management: Perceptions Of South African Sport Federations, 2010 University of Pretoria, South Africa
Affirmative Action As A Dimension Of Diversity Management: Perceptions Of South African Sport Federations, Anneliese Goslin, Darlene Kluka
Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective
Affirmative action in the transformation process of South African sport aims at balancing the concerns of white sport participants with the aspirations of participants of color. The aims of this study are to determine perceptions of South African sport federations in diversity management and the affirmative action profile of South African sport federations, and to suggest strategies to manage affirmative action. A Likert scale questionnaire evaluated perceptions of 32 sport federations on affirmative action factors. Below-average scores were recorded on affirmative action policy and the provision of specialized training opportunities. Political rather than managerial reasons are regarded as the leading …
Ddasaccident749, 2010 Humanitarian DeminingAccident and Incident Database
Ddasaccident749, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
On 09:05 during the break time [the Victim] entered into the hazard area in order to proceed to a mosque located inside the AIF to get his break there. Unfortunately one metre away from the gate of mosque he stepped on an IED and caused it to detonate which resulted in a fatal accident. According to the statements of team leader and deputy team leader, they were busy with measuring Turning Points and tasking of the deminers in their clearance lane. After 5 minutes the deputy team leader and paramedic arrived to the site, cleared a lane towards the accident …
A Case Study On Contracted Seasonal Workers And Farm Labor Contractors In The Stockton Area, 2010 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
A Case Study On Contracted Seasonal Workers And Farm Labor Contractors In The Stockton Area, Cristal Verduzco
Agribusiness
This study was conducted to define the current situation between contracted seasonal workers and farm labor contractors in the Stockton area. Specifically, this study focuses on the perception workers have of farm labor contracted employment. It also addresses the perception farm labor contractors have on the contracting business.
To gather the information needed to compare perceptions, interviews with twelve contracted seasonal workers and two farm labor contractors were conducted in Stockton. The analysis process consists of a detailed account of the problems workers and farm labor contractors encounter in the farm labor contracting business.
The results of these interviews concluded …
A General Evaluation Of The Geneva International Centre For Humanitarian Demining (Gichd) - Final Report, 2010 James Madison University
A General Evaluation Of The Geneva International Centre For Humanitarian Demining (Gichd) - Final Report, David Hewitson, Ariana Calza Bini
Global CWD Repository
The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) is generally perceived to be relevant and effective within the mine action sector, although there are some vocal, and potentially significant groups that take a more negative view.
In interviews with attendees at the 13th International Meeting of National Mine Action Programme Directors and UN Advisors, 65% of respondents were positive about the Centre's relevance and 63% about its effectiveness.
The Centre's publications were generally very well received. The Francophone programme enjoyed an entirely enthusiastic and positive response from all who deal with it. Eighty per cent of respondents said that they …
Ddasaccident747, 2010 Humanitarian DeminingAccident and Incident Database
Ddasaccident747, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
Deminers reported that the Victim was in a particularly happy mood that day. The Victim went to the grenade without telling anyone and began to dismantle it. His actions can be reliably inferred because the black cap of the grenade was undamaged at the site (and featured in the first site photographs after the accident). So it seems that the Victim got some way into the grenade before it went off in his hands. Severe hand (amputated fingers), arm, and upper body injury resulted - with bubbling blood and air from open chest wounds. From this it is inferred that …
Charter School Funding: Inequity Persists, 2010 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Charter School Funding: Inequity Persists, Meagan Batdorf, Daniela Doyle, W. Holmes Finch, Brayan Hassel, Brayan Hassel
School Choice Demonstration Project
In 2005, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, with the support of the Walton Family Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, published a report showing that charter schools were greatly underfunded compared to traditional district schools in the 2002-03 school year. This report uses FY 2006-07 data, the most recent available when this project began, to describe the state of charter funding, and to see if it has changed since the last report. It includes all of the original 17 states and Washington D.C., as well as seven new states. The new edition also improves our method of analyzing …
Ddasaccident594, 2010 Humanitarian DeminingAccident and Incident Database
Ddasaccident594, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
On 04 May 2010 at 08:45 am while [the Victim] the de-miner was excavating a detected signal in his clearance lane, his bayonet hit top of an anti-personnel PMN mine and caused it to go off. According to the investigation report, it seems that the de-miner started excavation directly from the pinpointed spot with his bayonet and caused the explosion and accident. Unfortunately improper use of PPE caused catastrophic injuries to the face and eyes of the victim deminer. He has lost his right eye, traumatic amputation of right-hand fingers and sustained some superficial injures on different parts of his …
Insurance In Sociolegal Research, 2010 University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Insurance In Sociolegal Research, Tom Baker
All Faculty Scholarship
Insurance has a long history in sociolegal research, most prominently as a window on accident compensation and related tort law in action. Recent work has extended that research, with the result that tort law in action may be the best mapped of any legal field outside criminal law. Sociological research has begun to explore insurance as a form of governance, with effects in many legal fields and across the economy. This essay reviews developments in both bodies of work. Part one examines the relationship between liability insurance and tort law in action using the metaphors of window and frame. Part …
The Effects Of Female Cabinet Ministers On Female-Friendly Social Policy, 2010 University of Tennessee - Knoxville
The Effects Of Female Cabinet Ministers On Female-Friendly Social Policy, Amy Atchison
Doctoral Dissertations
A growing literature indicates that the representation of women in legislatures is positively associated with the passage of female-friendly social policy. However, there is little corresponding research concerning the effect of women in cabinet on female-friendly social policy. Yet, almost all advanced industrial democracies are parliamentary democracies, where policies typically originate within the cabinet and governments typically enjoy substantial control over the legislative process. Thus, to the extent that women promote female-friendly policy, women in cabinet positions should be ideally placed to do so, and indeed, possibly be more influential than women in legislatures. The purpose of this study is …
May Roundtable: The Downfall Of Human Rights? Introduction, 2010 University of Denver
May Roundtable: The Downfall Of Human Rights? Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
“The Downfall of Human Rights” by Joshua Kurlantzick. Newsweek. February 19, 2010.