[Review of] Rakhmiel Peltz. From Immigrant to Ethnic Culture: American Yiddish in South Philadelphia

Rakhmiel Peltz, in From Immigrants to Ethnic Culture: American Yiddish in South Philadelphia, presents one of the few ethnographies available on spoken American Yiddish in his investigation of the elderly children of immigrant Jews in a Philadelphia neighborhood. Drawing on audiotaped ethnographic data which includes life histories, personal narratives, interviews, and naturally-occurring interactions in local contexts, Peltz examines how Jewish residents attempt to maintain their yiddishkayt (`Jewishness\u27) as they become a shrinking minority in what was once a thriving Jewish community

A Study On The Performance Of Malaysian Commercial Banks

Evaluation of bank performance is important in any competitive financial market. Bank performance provides signal to depositors-investors whether to invest or withdraw funds from the bank. Similarly, it gives directions to bank managers whether to provide deposit or loan services in order to improve the performance of the bank. This study has analysed the performance of the Malaysian commercial banks for a 13 years period from 1985 to 1997. Comparison of the performances of the commercial banks was carried out between two periods; 1985 to 1990 and 1991 to 1997. Consolidated financial statements of the commercial banks have been gathered for this purpose. Six dimensions of performance were emphasized, namely earning, liquidity, risk, solvency, efficiency and profitability, of which are measured by financial ratios. T-test was used to test the significance of changes in each of these aspects of performance between the two periods. Comparative financial analysis indicates that there were significant improvements in the earning, efficiency and productivity performances of the commercial banks during 1991 to 1997. The bank's managerial efficiency in assets and liabilities has improved and has contributed to the performance during the second period. Non-interest income, loan loss provision, net interest margin and efficiency ratio have been identified as the important components that contributed to the banks' earning performance

A study of expressed problems in relation to available counseling services

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston Universit

Ground Water in the Republican River Area, Cloud, Jewell, and Republic Counties, Kansas

Both surface and ground water are used for irrigation in parts of Cloud, Jewell, and Republic counties in north-central Kansas. The combination of surface-water irrigation and recharge from precipitation has caused some high ground-water levels in some of the upland areas. In the lowland areas, alluvial deposits yield as much as 1,400 gallons a minute to wells, and about 12,300 acre-feet of ground water is pumped annually for irrigation and other uses. It is estimated that 710 acre-feet of this quantity was removed from the Republican River in 1963 by the pumping of ground water. Coefficients of transmissibility from 61 well sites were used in making the above estimate. Ground-water recharge from precipitation in the area was estimated to be 0.6 inch and ground-water losses to evapotranspiration to be less than 0.2 inch. Chlorides in ground water in northern Cloud County are tabulated and the areas mapped where the ground water might be unfit for use in irrigation

Cosmopolitan Continuities: The Re-Framing of Historic Architecture and Urban Space in Contemporary Morocco (1990-Present)

What is the political and economic significance of old buildings, neighborhoods, and monuments in contemporary Moroccan cities? I address this question by studying historic preservation efforts of state and non-state actors in two Moroccan cities: Tetouan and Rabat. In this study, I argue that two separate elite coalitions of state officials, architects, artists, academics, and activists in the Moroccan cities of Tetouan and Rabat frame their historic architecture and urban spaces (from before Moroccan independence) as demonstrating the city and nation’s enduring cosmopolitanism. By framing their urban heritage, and subsequently their history as cosmopolitan, this elite coalition asserts that Morocco has always been multicultural, tolerant, and open to new ideas. This allows Moroccans to more effectively insert themselves into contemporary global capital and cultural flows while simultaneously promoting a sense of national and local identity. This identity is grounded in the idea of “Moroccan exceptionalism,” where locals define Morocco as a unique crossroads of cultures between the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Ultimately, by using the historic cityscape as proof of Morocco\u27s authentic and enduring cosmopolitanism, these coalitions view present-day globalization as reinforcing Moroccan identity. This pushes back against the widely-held idea that globalization erodes national borders and identity