Enterprising Rural Families: Making It Work

Enterprising Rural Families (ERFTM) is an international course for the rural family in business. ERFTM teaches a process of finding success, resilience and satisfaction for rural families engaged in enterprises; including agriculture. Instructors from the United States, Canada and Australia have teamed together to offer this course that focuses on the three main components of a family business: individuals, the family unit and the business enterprise. This course also allows families in business to increase their awareness of cultural differences and similarities and improve their understanding of global issues. The course consists of written presentations, online chat sessions, threaded discussions, readings, videos, case studies and individual projects. Using these mechanisms, the online interaction provides rural families with both the tools and skills to resolve immediate family business issues and build a profitable business for the future.Consumer/Household Economics, Farm Management,

Social and Ethical Considerations of Nuclear Power Development

A new urgency is emerging around nuclear power development and this urgency is accentuated by the post-tsunami events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. This urgency extends beyond these dramatic events in Japan, however, to many other regions of the world and situations where nuclear power development is receiving renewed attention as an alternative to carbon-based energy sources. As a contribution to the growing public debate about nuclear power development, this paper offers a set of insights into the social and ethical aspects of nuclear power development by drawing from published literature in the humanities and social sciences. We offer insights into public risk perception of nuclear power at individual and national levels, the siting of nuclear waste repositories, the changing policy context for nuclear power development, social movements, and the challenges of risk management at the institutional level. We also pay special attention to the ethical aspects of nuclear power with attention to principles such as means and ends, use value and intrinsic value, private goods and public goods, harm, and equity considerations. Finally, we provide recommendations for institutional design and performance in nuclear power design and management.nuclear power, risk perception, social context, megaprojects, energy production, applied ethics, social values, social movements, complexity, hazards, disaster response, Environmental Economics and Policy, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, Risk and Uncertainty, Q40, Z00,

New York v. Quarles:The Public Safety Exception to Miranda

In New York v. Quarles, the Supreme Court attempted to limit the exclusionary sanction provided under Miranda v. Arizona. Quarles is a significant decision in the criminal procedure area not only because of the exception which it establishes, but because it represents a legitimate effort by the Burger Court to reconcile the realities of effective law enforcement with the often hyper technical rules of criminal justice. Many observers have interpreted the Quarles decision as the long-awaited fruition of the conservatism now presiding over the Burger Court. However, the setting for Quarles can be traced back to the Miranda decision itself

Analytical expression for the output voltage of the triple resonance Tesla transformer

An analytical expression for the time-dependent output voltage of the triple resonance Tesla transformer is presented. Presently there does not exist any closed-form solution for the output voltage, and the investigators must use circuit simulators to examine the transformer\u27s performance. Such simulators are satisfactory in many regards, but they cannot furnish physical insight into the triple resonance device. A governing equation provides this needed insight and opens the way for obtaining optimal high-performance transformers. The present analysis treats the transformer as three oscillatory LC tank circuits feeding a load capacitance. The circuit is assumed to have a very high Q, which is a fundamental design practice for these pulsed power supplies. The formula is exercised using a known triple resonance circuit, and the results closely agree with the analysis of an industry standard circuit simulator

John Randolph to St. George Tucker, September 10, 1788

John Randolph wrote from Princeton to St. George Tucker, his father, addressed to Matoax, VA. He wrote that he had to postpone his trip to New York due to the weather and asked about the health of his brothers Richard and Theodorick. He sent messages for the family. People Included: Uncle Thomas, Fanny, Eliza, Henry, Tudor, Nat, Mr. Corderiushttps://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1780s/1351/thumbnail.jp

Master of Science

thesisEnergy markets were not immune to the 2007 financial crisis. Growth in the Indian and Chinese economies is placing strains on global energy supplies that could force a repeat of the 2008 price spike of $145/bbl for crude oil. Emerging market growth coupled with inefficiencies, frictions, and speculation in the energy markets has the potential to create drastic economic shocks throughout the world. The 2007 economic crisis has pushed back investment in energy projects where a low-growth scenario in world GDP could create drastic price increases in world energy prices. Without a long-term energy supply plan, the U.S. is destined to see growth reduced and its trade imbalances continue to deteriorate with increasing energy costs. Analysis of the U.S. natural gas futures markets and the impact of financial speculation on natural gas market pricing determined that financial speculation adds to price movements in the energy markets, which could cause violent swings in energy prices