On Behalf of the I.W.W.: Helen Keller’s Involvement in the Labor Movement

The paper describes Helen Keller's role in the labor movement during the 1910s and 1920s as well as the factors that led to her deciding to cease her labor activism. The thesis of this paper is that Helen Keller was first interested in the causes of industrial blindness. Gradually, she came to believe that the greed that caused employers to balk at installing safety equipment (the cause of many blinding accidents) was inherent in the capitalist system. As she made sympathy speeches on behalf of factory workers, she became acquainted with the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) labor union. She eventually embraced the I.W.W.'s philosophy, and actively worked for its cause. Several factors appeared to influence her decision to leave the labor movement: (1) The arrest of hundreds of I.W.W. leaders during the early 1920s; (2) The reaction of the public that she was being "duped" by I.W.W. leaders; (3) The failure of LaFollette's Progressive Party to do well in the 1924 Presidential election; (4) Pressure from the American Foundation for the Blind out of fear that their chief spokesman would alienate potential donors, and (5) Pressure from motion picture producers who were seeking to make a film about her life and who did not want any adverse publicity. After this period, Helen concentrated on humanitarian work on behalf of the blind, and only rarely spoke or wrote about labor issues

The functions of control, reporting, and analysis.

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An Allometric Analysis of Ontogenetic Changes (Variation) in the Cranial Morphology of Larvae of Hydaticus bimarginatus (Say) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae)

Distortion coordinates (Cartesian transformations) are used to compare the ontogenetic allometry in cranial morphology of first, second, and third instars of Hydaticus bimarginatus (Say). The most significant difference in the dorsoventral view is the expansion of the posterior lateral margins. Cranial expansion is likely due to an increase in the mass of the adductor muscles which are responsible for closing the mandibles. The ontogenetic shift in head orientation to a more subprognathic position evident in the analysis of lateral silhouettes indicates that second and third instars may be adapted to feeding on substrate associated prey. These differences are thought to reflect possible changes in prey regimes and habitat preference occurring during larval development

Usage-Based versus Measure-Based Unit Pricing: Is There a Better Index of Value?

In many product categories, unit prices facilitate price comparisons across brands and package sizes; this enables consumers to identify those products that provide the greatest value. However in other product categories, unit prices may be confusing. This is because there are two types of unit pricing, measure-based and usage-based. Measure-based unit prices are what the name implies; price is expressed in cents or dollars per unit of measure (e.g. ounce). Usage-based unit prices, on the other hand, are expressed in terms of cents or dollars per use (e.g., wash load or serving). The results of this study show that in two different product categories (i.e., laundry detergent and dry breakfast cereal), measure-based unit prices reduced consumers’ ability to identify higher value products, but when a usage-based unit price was provided, their ability to identify product value was increased. When provided with both a measure-based and a usage-based unit price, respondents did not perform as well as when they were provided only a usage-based unit price, additional evidence that the measure-based unit price hindered consumers’ comparisons. Finally, the presence of two potential moderators, education about the meaning of the two measures and having to rank order the options in the choice set in terms of value before choosing, did not eliminate these effects

The Impact of Websites Characteristics and Perceived Risks on the Hedonics and Utilitarian Motivation that Effect Online Shopping Intention

Electronic commerce has become one of the essential characteristics in the Internet era. In recent year, many of the studies suggest characteristics of website (1) evoke feelings for hedonic and (2) confirm or negate beliefs of utilitarian type of consumers. Although an attitude toward website has been formed through cognitive and hedonic processes, these factors could strengthen or weaken the intention of purchase at the last minutes. The objective of this paper is to synthesize the existing literature to conducting the survey to discover how the difference perception of risk avoider and risk taker shopper whether existed or not in term of these two type of motivation and attitude toward website

The Influence of Advertising to the Purchase Intention of Mobile Phone in Taiwan

Consumer purchase intention is one of the key factors affecting companies advertising strategy. Advertising is a pervasive influence in our daily lives. It is urged that, to enhance communication and persuasion, marketers should seek a cognitive, affective, brand attitude or behavioral response through the exposure of advertisement. This paper is to study how ways of advertising influence on the purchase intention of Taiwan University students. Each person couldhave different reasons and motifs (preference) in choosing brand of mobile phones. Therefore, it is interesting to explore the influence of advertising to the purchase intention of Taiwan university students. Three questions are asked; How Taiwan university students react to the advertising? What factors influence the purchase intention of Taiwan university students? And what are the students’ reactions to brand attitude

Predicting Intention to Participate in Socially Responsible Collective Action in Social Networking Website Groups

he present study uses the belief-desire-intention (BDI) model to predict group members’ intentions (“we-intention”) to participate in using a social networking site (SNS) for collective action. Participants reported their beliefs about social influence processes, including their beliefs about subjective norms, group norms, and social identity; they also reported their beliefs about using an SNS for a charitable collective action, which was perceived as corporate social responsibility (CSR). The study applied an integrated research framework in the context of the Facebook group “KolorujeMY,” a group with an interest in supporting social causes in Poland. Our structural equation modeling results indicate that social identity has a positive and direct effect on we-intention to use SNS for collective action and that perceived CSR also had a positive and significant impact on we-intention. Similarly, we found that desire has a positive and significant effect on we-intention to use SNS for collective action. Our results also indicate that desire partially mediates the relationship between social influence beliefs and we-intention. Overall, this study provides insight into the understanding of the impact of social influence processes, the role of desire, and perceived CSR beliefs in terms of predicting we-intentions in a social networking environment

Studies of factors affecting performance of growing-finishing lambs

This bulletin is a report on Department of Animal Husbandry Research Project 356, 'Lamb fattening'--P. [3].Digitized 2007 AES.Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-65)