Making space for experiences

Leisure and retail providers need to understand the elements of the visitor experience and the way in which they evaluate their satisfaction. This article suggests a holistic prism model of the interaction between the management and the visitor in a leisure space. This is applied to a netnographic study of visitors to a folk festival to illustrate the interconnectiveness of the different attributes causing dissatisfaction. It found that the physical and operational attributes were evaluated not through a checklist of individual features but as hindrances to the visitor's desire to make best use of the time. Visitors also evaluated the experience in the light of their own values and concerns, passing judgement on the values communicated by the management. At the heart of the experience was the enjoyment of choosing from an abundant offer and discovering something new. The main attraction is often only the pretext for enjoying the company of friends so places to meet before and chill-out afterwards are vital to the experience. The distinctiveness of the setting, the food and drink can become the sensory cues which give the event or location its uniqueness. The challenge to retail and leisure organisations is to design these elements of a memorable experience into their offerings

Finding oneself while discovering others: An existential perspective on volunteer tourism in Thailand

The purpose of this study is to explore the importance of existential authenticity in the motivations and activities of volunteer tourists in Thailand. Although studies of volunteer tourism have hinted at the importance of existential themes, few have explicitly utilized an existential framework to assess the authenticity of volunteer tourist experiences. The findings of this study illustrate that the volunteer tourism experience is driven by a desire for existential authenticity in both its intrapersonal and interpersonal varieties, and that working with children facilitates existentially authentic outcomes for volunteers. At the same time, while the perceived material authenticity of hosts enhances opportunities for existential authenticity, it simultaneously undermines it because cultural differences hinder prospects for deep levels of bonding and understanding

Arthur L. Murray v. Ogden City and The Standard Corporation : Brief of Respondent

Appeal from the Judgment of the District Court of Weber County Honorable John F. Wahlquist, Judg

Contracting in the Absence of Specific Investments and Moral Hazard: Understanding Carrier-Driver Relations in U.S. Trucking

This paper considers functions of contracting other than the protection of relationship-specific investments and the provision of marginal incentives, and applies the theory to explain variation in the form of compensation of over-the-road truck drivers in the U.S. Specifically, we argue that contracts in this industry serve to economize on the costs of price determination for heterogeneous transactions. We show that the actual terms of those contracts vary systematically with the nature of hauls in a way that is consistent with the theory. By contrast, we find that vehicle ownership, which defines a driver's status as an owner operator or company driver, depends on driver, but not trailer or haul, characteristics.

Report of the Stanford Linked Data Workshop

The Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) with the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) conducted at week-long workshop on the prospects for a large scale, multi-national, multi-institutional prototype of a Linked Data environment for discovery of and navigation among the rapidly, chaotically expanding array of academic information resources. As preparation for the workshop, CLIR sponsored a survey by Jerry Persons, Chief Information Architect emeritus of SULAIR that was published originally for workshop participants as background to the workshop and is now publicly available. The original intention of the workshop was to devise a plan for such a prototype. However, such was the diversity of knowledge, experience, and views of the potential of Linked Data approaches that the workshop participants turned to two more fundamental goals: building common understanding and enthusiasm on the one hand and identifying opportunities and challenges to be confronted in the preparation of the intended prototype and its operation on the other. In pursuit of those objectives, the workshop participants produced:1. a value statement addressing the question of why a Linked Data approach is worth prototyping;2. a manifesto for Linked Libraries (and Museums and Archives and …);3. an outline of the phases in a life cycle of Linked Data approaches;4. a prioritized list of known issues in generating, harvesting & using Linked Data;5. a workflow with notes for converting library bibliographic records and other academic metadata to URIs;6. examples of potential “killer apps” using Linked Data: and7. a list of next steps and potential projects.This report includes a summary of the workshop agenda, a chart showing the use of Linked Data in cultural heritage venues, and short biographies and statements from each of the participants

Building Authentic Biblical Community at the Pine Forge Seventh-day Adventist Church

Problem A spirit of division at the Pine Forge Seventh-day Adventist Church is adversely affecting its ability to agree on mission and ministry focus. Method Over the course of 12 months, an investigation of the source of division was conducted through pastoral observation, surveys of the adult members, and a focus group of pastors of churches on boarding academy campuses. The data from the focus group and surveys was compared to that of the Pine Forge Seventh-day Adventist church. A Bible study series on building authentic biblical community was also conducted that taught biblical principles focusing on putting aside differences and dwelling together in spiritual unity. The success of the Bible study was measured by the positive changes in the attitudes of the members during discussions of ministry focus. Results It was discovered that the division over the ministry focus was promoted mostly by those who felt that they were unjustly terminated by the Academy. At one church, the surveys revealed that seven of 31 people who were asked if their departure from the institution was negative said, Yes. Of that group of seven, six indicated that they were against the church\u27s focusing its ministry primarily toward the academy and its students. The focus group also revealed a high level of apathy among those who had been terminated. Conclusion The study reveals that an examination of the history and demographics of the church assists the church in returning to its original student-focused ministry. There is also a need for a specific ministry for teaching biblical community principles as well as ministry care for those who suffered job loss in the community. Finally, churches that have polarizing missions need to find a ministry activity around which the members can build their ministry focus

The magellan project and portuguese teachers’ perspectives

This article discusses the limits and potential uses of mobile technologies in teaching, from the point of view of Portuguese teachers of compulsory education, with a special focus on "Magellan Project” laptop computers. This reflection was constructed from the analysis of group interviews, conducted with practicing teachers in the central region of Portugal. Some data were also obtained from an online survey submitted to about 50 teachers during training on this subject. The feedback from these interviews was analysed in order to justify the present report

Higher Education and the DMCA

The nearly twenty-year history of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbor provisions has been marked by criticism from content owners, online service providers, and end users. Content owners complain about the cost of monitoring online content and sending takedown notices. Online service providers complain about the cost of receiving and processing the notices. And end users complain about their legitimate use of copyrighted works being subject to DMCA takedown. Colleges and universities have been at the forefront of this controversy; as providers of online services to their students, they have been a focus of both Congress and copyright owners. Higher education therefore provides a fitting case study of the effect of the safe harbor provisions, and particularly the nature, volume, and cost of the notice-and-takedown system. This Article presents the results of a survey of colleges and universities regarding their copyright and DMCA practices. The results expose infirmities in the administration of the DMCA system, both within the world of higher education and within the U.S. Copyright Office. Additionally, the results suggest that colleges and universities need to take better advantage of the safe harbors and correct certain fundamental misunderstandings of important and essential aspects of the DMCA

Cold Careers and Occupational Hazards: The Occupational Preferences of Canadian Serial Killers

Serial killing is a dark and complex phenomenon. As researchers have begun to recognize that serial killing exists and interacts within a broad modern context, how these factors affect its occurrence has received more attention. This includes serial killers’ occupational preferences and the influence that occupations have on their offending. However, studies on serial killers’ occupational preferences have been limited to the United States and the United Kingdom. This thesis sought to classify the occupational preferences of 36 Canadian serial killers and subsequently analyze how these occupations may have influenced their offending, both instrumentally and psychologically. According to Canada’s 2016 National Occupational Classification, Canadian serial killers preferred occupations in “Management occupations,” “Sales and services occupations,” and “Trades, transports and equipment operators and related occupations.” Using content analysis on biographical cases of Canadian serial killers, it was proposed that these work environments were the most preferred since they contained occupational elements advantageous for their offending. Specifically, the freedom of movements—typically through a vehicle—the lack of supervision, and the provision of solitude. Hence, Canadian serial killers’ offending was shown to be influenced by a lesser-known contemporary lifestyle factor: occupation. This thesis adds to the greatly under-developed literature on serial killers’ occupational preferences and encourages further exploration for both research and application

“Sharing” Copyrights: The Copyright Implications of User Content in Social Media

Copyright law in America, in its current stage of development, does not sit well with common social media practices. This article explores the copyright implications of user content on social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. It first examines the copyrightability of user-generated content, and the broad licenses that users grant by agreeing to the vague Terms of Use that social media sites set forth. The article then looks to user-found content and activities such as sharing or pinning the creative works of others. Through these practices and conflicting Terms of Use, social media websites both encourage and prohibit widespread copyright infringement. With the websites likely protected under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act safe harbor provision, liability falls on the unknowing users. Existing copyright laws and jurisprudence do not adequately address the expanding disregard for copyrights in online forums, and only through the legislative process can these issues be addressed