Missouri's aging population : a demographic analysis

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Home fire detection

File: Health and Safety 3 5/77/20M"Residential fires and their life loss have become a significant problem throughout the U.S. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) estimates that fires in the U.S. kill 12,000 persons each year and result in injury to several thousand more. Dwelling (residence, apartment and mobile home) fires in Missouri accounted for $23,307,408 in property damage and 45 lives lost according to the 1975 Missouri Fire Marshal's annual report."--First page.David E. Baker (Rural Safety Specialist, Department of Agricultural Engineering), Bob M. Gassaway (Senior Research Technician, University Wide Rural Development), Bill Westhoff, Jr. (Coordinator Fire Training, University of Missouri-Columbia

Home fire detection

"Residential fires and their life loss have become a significant problem throughout the U.S. The National Fire Protection Association (N FP A) estimates that fires in the U.S. kill 12,000 persons each year and result in injury to several thousand more. Dwelling (residence, apartment and mobile home) fires in Missouri accounted for $23,307,408 in property damage and 45 lives lost according to the 1975 Missouri Fire Marshal's annual report."--First page.David E. Baker (Rural Safety Specialist, Department of Agricultural Engineering), Bob M. Gassaway (Senior Research Technician, University Wide Rural Development), Bill Westhoff, Jr. (Coordinator Fire Training, University of Missouri-Columbia)Revised 6/80/10

Review 2 vol IV is 1

Qu ua al li it ta at ti iv ve e S So oc ci io ol lo og gy y R Re ev vi ie ew w V Vo ol lu um me e I IV V I Is ss su ue e 1 1 w ww ww w. .q qu ua al li it ta at ti iv ve es so oc ci io ol lo og gy yr re ev vi ie ew w. The book edited by Shirley K. Drew, Melanie B. Mills and Bob M. Gassaway is a collection of articles concerning the ambiguities inherent in the concept of a "dirty work". Usually regarded as stigmatized, the "dirty" occupations are sometimes related to low prestige and very often to hard, unpleasant tasks and activities. Yet they are necessary to guarantee an appropriate standard of life, to which we have become accustomed. This is why it is essential to learn more about everyday work of people who are doing for us and instead of us these dirty tasks. The main focus of the book is on how people working in particular occupations construct and reconstruct the understanding of their jobs and its value, especially if it is a dirty work. The term "dirty work", introduced in 1951 by E. Hughes, refers to tasks and occupations that are likely to be regarded as disgusting or degrading. Although these kinds of work have to be done, the society stigmatizes people who do it, which is why the dirty work is connected with physical, social and moral taint (Ashforth and Kreiner 1999). The physical taint appears in case of job connected with dirt, garbage, death, bodily fluids and dangerous conditions. The social taint appears when a job requires from employee a servile relationship to others or regular contact with stigmatized people; and the moral taint occurs when the occupation is generally regarded as sinful or of doubtful morality. These categories of taint are not exclusive; therefore, the "dirtiness" is rather a social construction than an objective feature of the work. The employees in order to manage taint connected with their work construct several taint-management strategies. Applying these strategies to everyday practices and interactions help to reframe dirty tasks as valuable and to concentrate on positive aspects of the job. The book is a good example of application of "dirty work" conception to the ethnographic research conducted in various fields. The book is divided into three main parts: "Taint Management Ethnographies", "Case Studies" and "Conclusions". The first part (chapters 1 to 7) focuses on the results of ethnographic studies in different research areas. In the first chapter, "Doing Justice", Shirley K. Drew introduces the reader to the world of everyday activities of lawyers and judges working in the criminal justice system in southeast Kansas. During the eight months of participant observation, "hanging around" in courthouse, analyzing documents © ©2 20 00 05 5--2 20 00 08 8 Q Qu ua al li it ta at ti iv ve e S So oc ci io ol lo og gy y R Re ev vi ie ew w V Vo ol lu um me e I IV V I Is ss su ue e 1 1 w ww ww w. .q qu ua al li it ta at ti iv ve es so oc ci io ol lo og gy yr re ev vi ie ew w. .o or rg g 2 22 24