From unemployment to rapid growth?

With unemployment in the OECD countries approaching 30 millions, and with the Mitterrand regime providing yet another example of the failure of demand-led attempts at growth, this article considers the possibility of the advanced industrialised countries returning to a pattern of rapid growth based on plentiful labour supplies. If Keynesian measures to combat high unemployment are rejected, will redundant labour eventually find its own demand, and will this allow a new wave of fast industrial expansion

A szociális munka és a világszegénység

Ez a tanulmány a szociális munkának a világszegénységgel kapcsolatos álláspontját elemzi, a világgazdaság integrációjának (globalizáció) a professzió szerveződését és gyakorlatát érintő következményeivel összefüggésben. Az a változás, melynek következtében a szegénység ellenes küzdelem stratégiája már nem a nemzeti jóléti államokon, hanem a nemzetközi, nem állami szervezetek projektjein alapul, átalakított a a szociális munka intézményeit a fejlődő világban. Ezt a Világbank és az új programokban részt vevő, egyéb szervezetek jelentéseikben élénk színekkel ecsetelik. Ugyanakkor van valami gyanúsan fényes és öntömjénező jellég abban a retorikában, amely ezeket a kezdeményezéseket kíséri. Ezt valószínűleg a jelentésekben tükröződő szemlélet okozza, mely e szervezeteknek a világgazdaság integrációjára törekvő, nemzetközi tőkével való kapcsolatában gyökerezik

„Kemény szeretet” – Szociális munka, társadalmi kirekesztés és a „harmadik út”

A brit kormány a Thatcher–Major-féle szabadpiaci elv és az „ódivatú szocializmus” közötti középutat kívánja megtalálni, de eközben hangsúlyozza, hogy a magas minőségű, testre szabott szolgáltatások a fogyasztóktól is többet követelnek; az állampolgároknak maguknak is hozzá kell járulniuk a „felelős közösséghez”. A „harmadik út” szerint „az esélyek és a felelősség együtt járnak” (Blair 1997); „nincsenek jogok felelősség nélkül” – ez az új politika első számú mottója (Giddens 1998, 65. o.)

What About Librarianship in LIS Curricula?

Over the past 20 years, Library and Information Science (LIS) programs have greatly diversified what they teach beyond librarianship to include many related, relevant topics, like information needs, human computer interaction, information policy, or knowledge management. As they have done so, many LIS programs have re-positioned themselves within universities as I-Schools with explicit teaching and research agendas addressing information broadly—and even dropping the “L” word from their names. However, this intellectual expansion raises important questions: How important is librarianship to the curricula of a School or Department of LIS or to an I School? How important is librarianship to graduates of these I-Schools or LIS Schools and Departments? To what degree is librarianship specific to the curricula of these Departments and Schools, providing them an educational niche distinct from those occupied by other information educators, such as Departments of Computer Science or Communication? Possible answers to these questions are: First, librarianship provides something essential to people by addressing perennial limits people have as to intellectual content, e.g. by addressing people’s inability to consume all existing content by putting it into smaller, understandable content collections. Second, at least historically, most graduates in LIS or I-Schools have worked in libraries because they provide librarianship, a service essential to people, making librarianship very important to the graduates’ careers. Third, librarianship either is or can be a niche very specific or even unique to LIS Departments or I-Schools, providing them a great curricular opportunity. This SIG Session will address these questions and their proposed answers, spurring conversation and consideration of these important issues

Biology and management of common ragweed

"This publication examines the biological characteristics of common ragweed that make it a troublesome weed, and outlines management practices that will help growers better manage the weed and slow the selection of biotypes with herbicide resistance."--Extension website, viewed October 31, 2022.Reviewed by Kevin Bradley (Division of Plant Sciences), Tom Jordan (Purdue University), Glenn Nice (Purdue University), Reid Smeda (University of Missouri), Christy Sprague (Michigan State University), Mark Loux (Ohio State University), Bill Johnson (Purdue University)Reviewed 10/22Includes bibliographical reference

Junior Recital: Jordan Alfredson, bassoon and John Thomas Burson, trumpet

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degrees Bachelor of Music in Performance. Mr. Alfredson studies bassoon with Laura Najarian. Mr. Burson studies trumpet with Karin Bliznik.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1461/thumbnail.jp

Interferometric measurement of refractive index inhomogeneity on polished sapphire substrates: application to LIGO-II

In order to improve the detection sensitivity of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) the use of 40-kg sapphire test masses is being considered for the next instrument upgrade. Currently, sapphire material of adequate size is only available with the optical axis aligned with the m axis of the crystal. To determine the material's suitability it is necessary to characterize the refractive index inhomogeneity of the sapphire substrates for two orthogonal directions of polarisation, to a fraction of a part per million (ppm). We report on a method used to measure the refractive index inhomogeneity which requires three separate measurements of the polished sapphire blank in a Fizeau interferometer. These measurements are of the surface shapes or figures of the two polished sides of the blank and that of the wavefront entering side one propagating through the blank, reflected off side two and exiting through side one. The phase maps corresponding to these three measurements are combined to obtain the refractive index inhomogeneity map distribution. Measurements were carried out on two sapphire substrates (m axis) produced by the heat exchange method. The inhomogeneity maps show features which depend on polarisation direction. The physical origin of the inhomogeneities is discussed as well as the probable impact on the detection of a gravitational wave signal