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Financial Impact on Families of Children with Disabilities
What types of financial hardships arise from having a child under the age of 18 with a disability? In this paper I will review literature pertaining to this topic and describe in detail the research which I conducted. I examined the financial strains put on families, how and if insurance companies help or hurt situations, families need for assistance, satisfaction with services (occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy), and the overall financial hardships endured by families of children with diagnosed disabilities
Discovering commercial hospitality in ancient Rome
Commercial hospitality in Ancient Rome, argues Kevin O'Gorman, was complex and sophisticated. He is concerned that over-reliance on the surviving texts can lead to confusion: it is important to examine physical historical sites, like Pompeii, to get a sense of how these establishments worked, and to investigate them within a context of what we know about hospitality throughout history
Getting on with the job : a response to Jones and Lockwood
Peter Jones and Andrew Lockwood identified some of the reasons that hospitality management research and education is in a potential spiral of decline. Undeniably one of the main reasons is that the existence of the independent Hotel School model, within a university business school, is being questioned. Marketing, human resource management, finance, operations can all be taught by subject specialists, ideally underpinned by leading research. Hotel Schools per se are not a thing of the past, far from it, world-class centres exist, they are just not the subject of this reflection
An Unreasonable Ban on Reasonable Competition: The Legal Professionâs Protectionist Stance Against Noncompete Agreements Binding In-House Counsel
In the vast majority of jurisdictions in the United States, a business may protect its confidential information and customer goodwill by conditioning employment on an employeeâs acceptance of a covenant not to compete. These covenants are beneficial to the marketplace because they allow employers to provide employees with necessary skills, knowledge, and proprietary information without any fear of misappropriation. Accordingly, noncompete agreements are upheld by courts so long as they pass a fact-specific âreasonablenessâ test.
Notwithstanding the widespread acceptance of reasonable noncompete agreements for all other professionalsâincluding doctors and corporate executivesâforty-eight states, following the American Bar Associationâs lead, prohibit all noncompete agreements among lawyers. This prohibition is purportedly designed to protect both an attorneyâs professional autonomy and a clientâs right to choose his counsel. Despite legal commentatorsâ criticism of the prohibition, several state bar associations have recently extended it beyond the traditional law-firm context to agreements between companies and their in-house counsel. This expansion has transformed a questionable policy of professional self-regulation into an unjustifiable infringement on the legitimate interests of corporate employers. In addition to providing an analysis of the history and ethical norms that justify rejection of the banâs application to in-house counsel, this Note argues that bar committees that issue opinions supporting the banâs extension may be susceptible to antitrust liability under the Supreme Courtâs new Dental Board standard pertaining to state-action immunity
Jacques Derrida's philosophy of hospitality
In the latest of our occasional series on theorists of hospitality, Kevin O'Gorman explores how the controversial philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) contributes to our understanding of hospitality. Derrida's meditation on the contradictions within the language of hospitality are identified, along with his attempts to illuminate a variety of contemporary hospitality scenarios
Modern hospitality : medieval foundations
This paper reports on continuing doctoral research and specifically focuses on the development and regulation of hospitality in the Western European monasteries, from the beginning of the Middle Ages through to the Renaissance. It builds on previous research, into the Greco-Roman worlds, which had identified five key dimensions of hospitality. The establishment and development of the western monastic hospitality tradition is explored together with the changing significance of the monasteries in Western European development, and the adsorption of the principles of monastic hospitality into the secular world. Through the translation, modernisation and secularisation of monastic hospitality this paper demonstrates its relevance for the hospitality and tourism industries of today. A set of principals of hospitality provision and management have been derived which are instantly recognisable to modern hospitality managers, despite their mediaeval origins
Introduction to The origins of hospitality and tourism
The key focus of the book is on exploring the textural evidence from and about Classical Antiquity in order to identify aspects of the origins of hospitality and tourism. In nearly all cases the prime purpose of the texts was not to do with recording the history of hospitality. The content of this book focuses on the analysis of the incidences of hospitality that were identified. Consequently this is not a history book, although references are made and detail provided to help the reader to locate the incidences within the historic framework
MS-043: George Washington Beidelman Collection
The George W. Beidelman Collection holds its most significant information in letters written by George to his father, Jacob. In these letters, George shares his political opinions, religious beliefs, and camp-life descriptions. The core of the collection is the correspondence from August 1, 1862 until November 18, 1862, in which George writes diary-like entries to his father, recounting each dayâs activities. Accounts of the fighting at Ballâs Bluff and Fredericksburg are the most detailed battle descriptions. However, the collectionâs strength is in Georgeâs astute observations regarding camp life and the political aspects of the war.
In addition to letters written by George to his father, the collection includes letters to George from his father, brother, friends and fellow soldiers; various Army and United States Government documents pertaining mostly to Georgeâs death; a newspaper clipping of a letter to the editor written by George; and the creative writings of George.
The collection is arranged chronologically with the bulk of the material being from 1860-1864.
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Origins of the commercial hospitality industry : from the fanciful to factual
Explores some of the different historical roots of commercial hospitality in three distinct epochs with the intention of promoting further empirical research and beginning an informed debate into the origins and evolution of the contemporary hospitality industry. Reports on empirical research based on texts, artefacts and archaeological evidence. Wherever possible all the primary sources were consulted in the original languages; all translations are the author's own unless otherwise stated. Contrary to established and often fanciful rhetoric, commercial hospitality has at least 4000 years of history in the area of investigation. The rich and incredibly diverse heritage of the hospitality industry is illustrated and the conclusions emphasise that hospitality research should focus on deepening understanding of the industry through empirical research; learning from the past helps to inform the future. The particular focus of this article is restricted to reporting to empirical studies of three epochs: Mesopotamia (c. 2000 BC); Pompeii (79 AD), and Middle Eastern Trade Routes (c. 700 AD onwards). These distinct time periods illustrate the different roots and highlight the need for further research into the evolution of the commercial hospitality industry. The origins of commercial hospitality is an under-researched area in hospitality management and this paper highlights the rich data that is available through disciplined empirical study
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