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The Unfettered Life of Kenyon of New Orleans

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...f death; but though privileged enough to be impaired with such a substance and such a stance, Kenyon paid for this lengthy death afterwards with excr... ...or it made her reluctant to use the drug, or to use it sparsely at least; and sleep that was not assisted in such a way allowed her to grow new legs ... ...favored window draped with concatenated strands of diminutive sea shells, and briefly roam the countryside with eyes ravenous for space, beauty and f... ... could be so easily contrived. For her, it was going to a cemetery of urban minorities and placing wild flowers on tombstones. Since becoming hom... ...age license. Everything was planned meticulously, you know. At least the planning that was done on my side was done meticulously, but in my excitem... ...had a higher salary he wanted me to stop working just as I had to stop my studies. Sitting around, doing nothing the way he wanted it, the queen, t... ...tingly, into the whole fabric of society, into the crevices of all modern, urban pursuits to compensate for lack of the hunt, and give man something ...

...This experimental literary novel seeks to probe the mind of Kenyon, an isolated invalid in her home, as she goes through morphine induced sleep and lucid wakefulness, and in both seeking meaning for her life and to be reconciled to her estranged marriage...

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Analysis of Social Aspects of Migrant Labourers Living with Hiv/Aids Using Fuzzy Theory and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...AL ASPECTS OF MIGRANT LABOURERS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS USING FUZZY THEORY AND NEUTROSOPHIC COGNITIVE MAPS With Specific Reference To Rural Tamil... ...IAL ASPECTS OF MIGRANT LABOURERS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS USING FUZZY THEORY AND NEUTROSOPHIC COGNITIVE MAPS With Specific Reference To Rural Tamil... ... Tel.: 1-800-521-0600 (Customer Service) http://wwwlib.umi.com/bod/ and online from: Publishing Online, Co. (Seattle, Washington Sta... ...ucated and who are HIV/AIDS infected. So this study cannot be extended to urban people or rich/ sophisticated/ educated populations of Tamil Nadu. ... ...n the residence of an individual person or group of people.’ Traditional studies classify migrants under two broad heads: voluntary migrants and in... ...of both push and pull factors; the best illustration of this is the rural-urban migration. In this book, we skip doing an exhaustive review of the l... ...selection were not highly affluent or surrounded by the plushness of rich-urban life. They did not have educational qualifications or family backgro... ...re this with the resultant vector given by A in pages 42 to 50. Similar studies using the C –program is carried out. Now we use the attributes P ... ...s or feelings of different nodes; but it is unfortunate that in all these studies the concept of indeterminacy was never given any place, so in this...

... book for the first time we have ventured into the total analysis of migrant labourers in rural Tamil Nadu who are victims of HIV/AIDS using FCM, BAM and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps. As in our study and analysis we felt several of the factors related with the psycho, socio, economic problems of these HIV/AIDS patients from rural Tamil Nadu (a southernmost state in India) r...

...Migration acquires great significance in the study of peoples and populations, for it not only involves the merely mathematical spatial redistribution of people, but also because it has enormous impact on livelihood, life-styles, employment, socioeconomic and political stability; or in ...

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The Marketing of Ideas and Social Issues

By: Seymour Fine

...1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 FOREWORD 6 PREFACE 7 G... ...NTENTS 3 FOREWORD 6 PREFACE 7 GLOSSARY 9 INTRODUCTION 10 1 THE NATURE OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 12 ORIGINATION, MATURATION AND ADOPTION OF IDEA... ... FROM PROBLEMS TO SOCIAL ISSUES TO SOCIAL CHANGE: A MACROPROCESS 14 Social Issues and Causes 14 SOME CONCEPTS AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES 15 INCREASE IN ... ... was to examine consumer behavior in the adoption of ideas. The reporting of these studies, for purposes of this volume, has been reduced to the sim... ...ernment Suicide hotline Trade associations Unicef Union label, buy United way Urban planning Vd hotline Vegetarianism Veteran's rights Vivis... ...rticular topic. That model has been applied widely in nutrition and birth control studies and is a useful research guide for many social cause proje... ...f product continuity is most relevant in multiple issue organizations, such as the Urban Coalition and the American Civil Liberties Union. These gr... ...g for every American family. 10. Programs to foster family planning. 11. Improved urban transportation. 12. Rural economic development. 13. Employ... ...ibution to the innovation and diffusion of social communication literature. These studies, summarized in Medical Innovation (Coleman, Mendel and Ka...

...ptance of the idea? These are some of the questions dealt with in this book. In this first chapter the nature of an idea is developed, contextualized and shown to be a most timely topic. To pave the way for this book's argument that ideas are exchanged in marketlike transactions, the aim of this chapter is to present an idea as a dynamic and vital entity....

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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

...ää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. Published by the Finnish Literature Society and the Finnish Anthropological Society 2004. ISBN 951-746-603-X (SKS) ;... ... This work may be freely quoted, copied, duplicated, printed, distributed and sold without permission or agreement of the author. However, the name ... ... Villages and houses ... ...es and idols - national history C. Postlocal culture Global environment - urban technonature - global resources - universal know-how and education Tr... ...a. Helsinki, 15 December 2004 Academy of Finland Nordic Institute of Asian Studies University of Helsinki Niilo Helander Foundation Matti Sarmela ... ...ur factory? have two children, and I send them money constantly for their studies. Thanks to the factories, the village has developed. I would like a... ...r prospect of earning a good living in the future. I intend to complete my studies. Fine, because at the seminary the teachers understand that I also ... ...ined employment there. On the other hand, the village is also tied up with urban growth, and the problems of modern culture are reflected there. The v... ...way, I photographed the work of rice farmers in the 1980s, today, it is an urban style environment with its terraced housing and commercial buildings;...

...The book is a descriptive overview of the culture of the villages. It contains material on the villagers' housing, rice farming and other means of livelihood, community life, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and healers, as well as village Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland...

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Fixing Global Finance

By: Kavaljit Singh

...lobal Finance Fixing Global Finance was first published in 2010 by Madhyam and SOMO. Madhyam 148, Maitri Apartments Plot No.28 Patparganj Delhi: 11009... ...aljit Singh 2010. Since this publication is meant for non-profit, research and educational purposes, you are welcome to reproduce it provided the sour... ... The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 9 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 22 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and D... ...or internationally rather than achieving any economies of scale. Empirical studies have shown that that there are no significant economies of scale in... ...put forward in two recently appointed committees by the government and the Planning Commission: The High Powered Expert Committee on Making Mumbai an ... ...act that state-owned banks run a huge branch network in the rural and semi-urban areas and undertake substantial social and developmental banking acti... ...ed with the liberal entry of foreign banks are yet to be materialized. The urban-centric foreign banks largely serve the niche market segments consist... ...it comes to providing basic banking services to landless rural workers and urban poor dwellers? The liberal entry of foreign banks may further constri...

...s financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The crisis which originated in developed countries quickly spread to developing countries and the rest of the world. The turbulence in financial systems was followed by a significant reduction in real economic activity throughout the world. The crisis has highlighted that financial markets are inherently unstable ...

...1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and Developmental Implications 4. The Rise of New Global Players 5. Financial Derivatives and the Globalization of Risk 6. ...

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The Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

...Labour Divide 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Narcissus Pu... ...ress International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE! World in Conflict and Transition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html ISBN: 9989-929-27-0... ...DIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 100 articles and essays (microeconomics and macroeconomics) by the same author - availa... ...urial skills, preparation of business plans, marketing plans, feasibility studies, credit applications and interview skills. The Employment Burea... ... age and level of education. This surprising result has emerged from many studies. The massive retraining and re-qualification programs needed to ... ...urial skills, preparation of business plans, marketing plans, feasibility studies, credit applications and interview skills. The Employment Burea... ...hat no one knows the true picture. Taking into account internal, rural-to-urban, migration patterns and the growth of the private sector (it now emp... ... million migrant workers found in virtually every country. They flee war, urban terrorism, crippling poverty, corruption, authoritarianism, nepotism,... ... of good government. Jobs provided an identity to immigrants and recently urbanized farm workers. They provided a sense of security for individuals ...

...Modern labour theories and practice. Covers issues like employment, unemployment, migration, brain drain, entrepreneurship, workaholism, and trade unions....

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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

...–1992 (Permanence of Paper). It contains 30 percent postconsumer waste (PCW) and is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) -1 ___ 0 ___ 1 __... ...mers’ Tale: An Allegory, 83 6 I Got a Mashup, 122 7 The Enclosure of Science and Technology: T wo Case Studies, 160 8 A Creative Commons, 179 9 An Ev... ... 6 I Got a Mashup, 122 7 The Enclosure of Science and Technology: T wo Case Studies, 160 8 A Creative Commons, 179 9 An Evidence-Free Zone, 205 10 An... ...An Evidence-Free Zone, 205 10 An Environmentalism for Information, 230 Notes and Further Readings, 249 Index, 297 v 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM ... ...en an inspi- ration to mine. Arti Rai’s remarkable theoretical and empirical studies have helped me to understand everything from software patents to ... ...nomically efficient—fewer people end up with music they do not like. 28 Other studies, by contrast, support the record company position—suggesting that... ...and Clark Expedition with Related Documents 1783–1854, ed. Donald Jack- son (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1962), 586). It is easy, in fact, r... ...ve Got a Savior.’” Chip Deffaa, Blue Rhythms: Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996), 161. 13. Columbia Catalog Nu... ...e See About Me” for the Supremes and “99 1 ⁄2 Won’t Do” for Wilson Pickett. “Urban Contemporary Gospel,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/urban...

...Our music, our culture, our science, and our economic welfare all depend on a delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of th...

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Smallholder Dairying in the Tropics

By: Lindsay Falvey & Charan Chantalakhana

...ercent increase! The expected increase in per capita consumption is from 38 to 62 kg/person. The triple effects of population increase, income growth and urbanisation will fuel this tremendous growth in demand. Milk provides quality protein and essential micronutrients needed for nutrient balance in marginal diets based on staple grain and root crops. The production of ...

...nternational dairy markets Conclusions Suggested reading Chapter 2: Dairy production systems in the tropics P. N. de Leeuw, A. Omore, S. Staal and W. Thorpe Global overview of tropical dairy production Sub-Saharan Africa Asia Central and South America Dairy production systems in sub-Saharan Africa Dairy production systems in Asia Dairy production systems in...

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