Silas Puts His Boots in the hall to be Shined but Decides to Take no Chances of Losing Them

The stereograph contains a black and white image of a sleeping man and woman. The woman takes up a majority of the bed, while the man\u27s legs hang off the edge and rest on a chair. The man also appears to have his boots on and have them sticking out the door. The image is on a gray-colored card mount.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-photographs/1070/thumbnail.jp

That Tack!

The stereograph contains a black and white image of three women standing atop chairs. Each woman hold there dresses slightly lifted. One of the women points to something off-camera as the others look in the same direction. The image is on a gray-colored card mount.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-artifacts/1506/thumbnail.jp

That Tack!

The stereograph contains a black and white image of three women standing atop chairs. Each woman hold there dresses slightly lifted. One of the women points to something off-camera as the others look in the same direction. The image is on a gray-colored card mount.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-photographs/1192/thumbnail.jp

GAVIOTAS CERCA DE GIBRALTAR [Material gráfico]

GIBRALTARCopia digital. Madrid : Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, 201

EL PRÍNCIPE ENRIQUE DE PRUSIA EN WASHINGTON [Material gráfico]

WASHINGTON (USA)Copia digital. Madrid : Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, 201

THE FLATIRON BUILDING [Material gráfico]

NEW YORK (USA)Copia digital. Madrid : Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, 201

Pickaninnies\u27 Jubilee / words by Fred H. Day

Cover: description reads Schottische for pianoforte; Publisher: White-Smith Music Publishing Co. (Boston)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_a/1033/thumbnail.jp

Little Puff of Smoke, Good Night / music by G. Harris (Doc) White; words by R. W. Lardner

Cover: drawing of an older African American woman sitting in a rocking chair with a child on her lap; description reads a southern croon; Publisher: Victor Kremer Co. (Chicago)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_c/1001/thumbnail.jp

Local perspectives on humanitarian aid in Sri Lanka after the tsunami

Objectives: This case study examines the impact of humanitarian aid from the perspectives of local stakeholders in Sri Lanka following the tsunami disaster of December 2004. Study Design: Qualitative study using key-informant and focus group interviews. Methods: Key-informant and focus group interviews were conducted with tsunami survivors, community leaders, the local authorities and aid workers sampled purposively. Data collected was analysed using thematic analysis. Results: The study found that aid had aggravated social tensions and the lack of community engagement led to grievances. There was a perceived lack of transparency, beneficiary expectations were not always met and it was difficult to match aid to needs. Rapid participatory approaches to obtain beneficiary feedback in post disaster settings are possible but have limitations due to respondent bias. Conclusions: In order to mitigate adverse social impacts of their programmes, humanitarian aid agencies need to better understand the context in which aid is delivered. Beneficiary feedback is essential in disaster planning and response so that disaster response can be better matched to the needs of beneficiaries

Editorial: work-life balance: a matter of choice?

Work–life balance has come to the forefront of policy discourse in developed countries in recent years, against a backdrop of globalization and rapid technological change, an ageing population and concerns over labour market participation rates, particularly those of mothers at a time when fertility rates are falling (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], 2004). Within the European Union the reconciliation of work and family has become a core concern for policy and encouraged debate and policy intervention at national levels