A Survey of Press Opinions on the Billie Sol Estes Case as Reported Through News Releases

It was the purpose of this study (1) to compare the types of reporting by various newspapers versus periodicals of the facts of the Billie Sol Estes case, and (2) to show that governmental intervention was necessary in the Billie Sol Estes case. Our American society is based on an economic philosophy— the doctrine of laissez faire. This is the economic philosophy generally subscribed to several decades ago. During the past four decades, however, political government has been so busy eliminating monopolies that many people question whether capitalism is the proper designation for our system. Monopolies tend to develop because pure competition is not always practiced. However, there are undertakings in which competition is not socially desirable. To preserve the virtues of the present system, it is essential that no group or combination of groups be permitted to use government for the purpose of regulating prices or control for their own advantage, and to the detriment of the public. A balance of national power arising from and representing all economic groups must be maintained. Therefore, it is even more important that individuals, in the various economic groups and their leaders, be increasingly motivated by a real interest in the economic well-being of all persons who live within the society. Thus, a survey of the press opinions on the Billie Sol Estes case as reported through news releases in regards to interactions, transactions, involvements, and outcome is of significance to our understandings of free enterprise in our capitalistic society

Teenage Wildlife Vidéothèque: Site Gallery 28 June-09 August 2008

The Teenage Wildlife Videotheque surveys the rich source of inspiration film and video artists’ have found within the subject of youth. The short films featured in this self-selection videotheque, range from tales of loneliness and confusion, angst, excess, bad behaviour and empowerment to poetic portraits of how some teenagers like to spend their time and lyrical re-workings of existing footage. The works included span from the 1950s when the term ‘teen’ first became widely used, to the present day. Films by Karel Reisz, Lynne Ramsey, Ridley Scott, Asif Kapadia and Bill Douglas are included alongside artists’ film and video by Martin Arnold, Carol Morley, Andrew Kötting and Cordelia Swann, amongst others. The videotheque has been curated by artist/film-maker, Esther Johnson. Teenage Wildlife Project with Young People: Students from three Sheffield schools – Parkwood High, Abbeydale Grange and Tapton – worked with Esther Johnson to give reviews, both written and on-camera, of a selection of films and videos from the videothéque

Challenges in Advanced Dementia

This chapter presents the significant challenges in practice health professionals face in providing care to people with advanced dementia. These challenges constitute all facets of care giving inclusive of physical, psychological and spiritual care. Worldwide advanced dementia is an increasingly burdensome health issue. People with advanced dementia have substantial care needs at the end of their life. The Alzheimer's Disease International report (2010) stated there were 35.6 million people living with dementia. The report estimates the number of people living with dementia worldwide will increase to 65.7 million by 2030 and 115.4 million by 2050. Further the majority of people will live in low and middle income countries. In 2010, the financial burden of dementia was costed at US$ 604 billion. The Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2010 report predicts that “these costs account for around 1% of the world’s gross domestic product, varying from 0.24% in low income countries, to 0.35% in low, middle income countries, 0.50% in high, middle income countries, and 1.24% in high income countries”. A high proportion of people with dementia need some level of care to supplement their cognitive decline. This care can range from minimal support of individual activities for example, shopping to a full range of personal care. As the person declines and the disease progresses total supervision necessitating 24hr care across 7 days per week, of all activities of daily living, is required. The Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2010 report states that the cost of informal care (unpaid) provided by families and the direct costs of care by health professionals in residential aged care facilities, equates to being the world’s 18th largest economy. Evidence also suggests that a lack of training, education and support for both health professionals and informal caregivers is still present. Thus the challenges before the community are significant and need to be responded to in a planned, informed and educated manner so that people dying from dementia can be the recipients of quality care at the end of their life

Postcard: Advertisement for Kansas

This color printed postcard features an illustration of all the highlights of Kansas. A woman in a yellow dress holding a mirror and sunflowers sits on a marble throne. The Kansas Seal is at her feet surrounded by produce. Kansas land, animals, crops, buildings and machinery is in the background. Printed text is at the bottom of the card. Handwriting is on the back of the card.https://scholars.fhsu.edu/tj_postcards/1825/thumbnail.jp

SELECTED MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES AND STOCK PRICE MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA (1985-2014)

This study assesses the relevance of selected macroeconomic variables in predicting the trends of stock prices by employing evidences from the Nigerian economy. Estimation techniques such as Vector Error Correction Technique, Phillip Peron’s unit root test, Johansen Co-integration techniques were employed to investigate both the long run and short run relationship of macroeconomic variables on stock prices (Share Index), Granger Casualty Test was carried out to determine the casual effect macroeconomic variables have on share prices. Data were collated from the CBN bulletin. The empirical results demonstrated that only changes in oil price, inflation and exchange rate can exact significant influence on share prices while others showed no significant influence, although inflation and oil price had an insignificant relationship with share price. The Granger Casualty test showed o casual effect between macroeconomic variables and share prices. Therefore, the study recommends based on conclusion that movements in macroeconomic variables is significant to dictate activities of stock prices in Nigeria