... notably in the Critique ofthe Power of Judgment While the ultimate end ofthe pure use of reason is the explicit topic ofthe first two sections ofthe “Canon of Pure Reason,” in the second of these ... affirmations ofthe importance ofthe concepts of freedom andof nature—or even, for that matter, his affirmations ofthe importance ofthe relationship between freedom and nature as a problem within the ... cited in the order of their publication The first text is from the first section ( The Canon of Pure Reason”) ofthe second chapter ofthe “Transcendental Doctrine of Method,” which is the second,...
... terms ofthe impact of outsourcing (IMPACTL to IMPACTO) They were asked whether it had improved: the timing of their supplier deliveries, the lead-time for the delivery of orders, the quality of ... interpret the terms ofthe contract and then negotiate new understandings of these terms with the suppliers The monitoring staff have also indicated that because of contract ambiguity, they have ... in the UK, andthe consequent adoption of management accounting practices After setting out the relevant theoretical and empirical background, the work evaluates the emergence ofnew forms, and...
... component to the model ofthe choice ofthe length of stay The decision depends on the value ofthe unobservable taste We can now construct the probability of observing a series of stay decisions ... using the maximum ofthe expected value ofthe two coin flips—$0.50— rather than the expected value ofthe maximum—$0.75.) This approximation resulted in a model that the computer hardware and software ... Comparing the Dynamic Retention Model andthe Annualized Cost of Leaving Family of Models 15 The key difference from the DRM is that the ACOL is computing the maximum ofthe expected values rather...
... past the land of Isis the home ofthe builders ofthe Pyramids the people ofthe Sphinx Whether these people were the direct descendants ofthe people of destroyed Atlantis, the home ofthe Ancient ... Reincarnation, and to the ideas ofthe complex soul As the survivors of Atlantis are believed to have been the ancestors ofthe Egyptians on the one hand, andofthe Ancient Peruvians on the other the two ... these priests and those of Ancient Greece, for there are tales of offerings being sent to the temples of Greece from the priests of Gaul And it is also related that on the island of Delphos there...
... policies and behaviors, and will require significant investments in new vehicles and other equipment Local officials andthe public, therefore, must understand the magnitude and distribution of mortality ... emissions of other harmful pollutants Studies on concentrations of individual 35 I Air Pollution andthe Health ofNew Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles and Ozone air pollutants andthe risk of ... Pollution andthe Health ofNew Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles and Ozone I 14 Hospital admissions and emergency room visits for New York City residents (from theNew York Statewide Planning and...
... Visit the product's website 11% Visit the product's social media page Other 6% Like' the product 5% 'Comment' on the product 4% Hide that person from your social media newsfeed 2% Recommend the ... 44% of consumers feel advertising works better on women than men Professional advertising is the most effective form of advertising, 27% of marketers believe that user-generated content is the ... popular form of online advertising Advertising/Marketing professionals considered in the bottom professions among consumers – along with actors and dancers; not highly regarded by marketing professionals...
... Citizen, An Appeal to the Public on the Conduct ofthe Banks in the City ofNew York (New York, 1815), 5-7; An Inquiry Into the Causes ofthe Present State ofthe Circulating Medium ofthe United States ... ofthe Correspondence Between the Banks in the City ofNew York (New York, 1805); A Citizen ofNew York, Remarks on that Part ofthe Speech of His Excellency the Governor to the Legislature of ... under the control of Andrew Dexter.7 Other failures followed in the wake ofthe Panic of 1819, the Panic of 1837, and almost every other financial calamity to strike the nation since, including the...
... join the Weathermen The students knew nothing about the problems ofthe ghetto and about unemployment They were motivated by a crisis of identity, suburban bore29 | |The New Terrorism dom, andthe ... Another early example of terrorists is the Order ofthe Assassins in the eleventh century, an offshoot ofthe Ismailis, a Muslim sect Hassan I Sabah, the founder ofthe order, was born in Qom, the ... 1881 and May 1882, respectively: the murder of Tsar Alexander II, andthe assassination of Lord Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke, the chief secretary ofthe British administration in Ireland and...
... struggles and learning about the lives of women in different parts ofthe world Their commitment to social change and their insights into the effects of socialist collapse on the lives of everyday ... The concept ofthe transition economy justifies the disintegration of society andthe social costs accompanying market reforms, including the worsening ofthe situation of women and other vulnerable ... conditions ofthe market transition in Ukraine the support and care of children depends significantly more on parents than on the state The role ofthe family in life-preparation and rearing of children...
... function, andthe jouissance ofthe Other, to illustrate the theory and clinic of psychosis In the cases of John, Mr Owens, and Mr T., the reader gets a powerful sense ofthe pathos andthe anguished ... “father” the paternal function—also acts to limit the jouissance demanded by the Other in the imaginary ofthe child Loss and lack are the law for child, but they are the law also for the Other, ... answer the lack in the Other, a lack necessitated by the law ofthe signifier, and lying at the heart of desire The next chapters on symptom and fantasy (chaps 7, and 8) further integrate these theoretical...
... different from the Other The Auseinandersetzung is an encounter ofthe Self andthe Other, and we must learn to let go ofthe assertively polemic connotations which often accompany the word “confrontation,” ... throughout the history of Western philosophy, as the abstracting and theorizing influences ofthe later Greeks, the theologizing influences of medieval times, and scientification in more modern times ofthe ... of “Otherness” has pervaded the Self, which thereby becomes aware ofthe original unity ofthe Self andthe Other, a unity which could be conceived 40 | The End of Comparative Philosophy of as...
... to ensure the value of investments abroad andthe liquidity of profits The first is the maintenance ofthe value ofthe currency in which the investments are made and denominated, andthe convertibility ... constructs of domestic politics, and are integrated with the policy demands of other interest groups Both the constructs ofandthe conflicting interests within the domestic polity ofthe state ... normative structure ofthe practice of domestic politics, the existing consensus on economic theory and on the relationship between politics and economics, andthe norms and practices ofthe international...
... transcend not only their social milieu but also the science of their time There is no finer example of this than Darwin This is the grand theme of Michael Ghiselin’s The Triumph ofthe Darwinian Method ... class, on the other hand, then it could possibly be the subject of laws of nature It need not be the subject of laws of nature, but the possibility is not precluded, given the common view of laws ... members ofthe category come and go in terms of existence A group realist, on the other hand, cannot make this claim As members of a group come and go in terms of existence, the definition of the...
... path the recollection [Erinnerung] of Spirits as they are in themselves and as they accomplish the organization of their realm” (PG, §808) These are the relics ofthe Good, preserved in the pantheon ... Spinozism demands: the eternal oscillation between dispersal and gathering, the Many andthe One, the Good andthe True There is no proper result, only the various potencies ofthe conspiracy of life ... themselves and in having so constituted themselves remove themselves from continuity with the life of things andthe band ofthe living, antinomic potencies ofthe Good andthe True The human,...
... available before the early 1970s for the KNR refinery ([3].pp15–16), and likely for the Welsh refinery as well In the absence of real exposure data, therefore, the range and percentage of total airborne ... during the 1901–1970 period He found that 81 ofthe 85 nasal cancer cases and 260 ofthe 280 lung cancer cases began work during the high risk period before 1928 The work records of 215 lung and ... tumors are still the subject of much research They suggest that the bioavailability of these ions at nuclear sites of target epithelial cells may determine the carcinogenic potential of Ni-containing...
... The Office ofthe Auditor The missions ofthe Office ofthe Auditor are assigned by the Hawaii State Constitution (Article VII, Section 10) The primary mission is to conduct post audits ofthe ... missions, the office conducts the following types of examinations: Financial audits attest to the fairness ofthe financial statements of agencies They examine the adequacy ofthe financial records and ... Management and Financial Audit ofthe Hawai`i Tourism Authority' s Major Contracts A Report to the Governor andthe Legislature ofthe State of Hawaii Conducted by The Auditor State of Hawaii and Nishihama...
... maintains offices on each ofthe major neighbor islands and around the world In the United States, the bureau maintains offices in Salinas, California; San Diego, California; Chicago, Illinois; and ... to the execution of legally binding contracts, contractors’ final reports were not received in a timely manner, contracts were renewed prior to theauthority s evaluation ofthe quality ofthe ... Specifically, theauthority could not justify the contracts it awarded and did not adequately monitor all contracts In 1993, the office conducted a Management and Financial Audit ofthe Hawai`i...
... if they exceeded their production goals Several HVCB employees received individual annual bonuses in excess of $25,000 Theauthority did not assess the appropriateness ofthe salary levels or the ... department, theauthority gave HVCB far more autonomy in establishing salaries and bonus and incentives programs Unlike the department contract, theauthority contract provided little oversight and no ... revealed that the actual mileage ofthe trip is only 6.6 miles HVCB’s corporate office approved the mileage reimbursement The same employee claimed 21 miles for a roundtrip from the Chicago office to...
... Our review oftheauthority s two major contracts with HVCB found that theauthority failed to adhere to these principles The contracts were poorly constructed, andauthority monitoring and enforcement ... not a state agency and hence not subject to the State Procurement Code Had the payments of $23,910 (under the university and HVCB agreement) and $24,000 (under the corporation and DBEDT agreement) ... 2: The Hawai`i Tourism Authority Enabled the Hawai`i Visitors & Convention Bureau to Exploit State Contract Funding and scope of services the vendor would provide andthe payment terms Another...
... Finally, the audit recommended that the board conduct thorough and formal annual evaluations of itself andtheauthority We found that theauthority has made some progress in adopting some of these ... May 2002, theauthority conducted a performance evaluation of HVCB The evaluation included input ofthe HVCB board, authority board, authority staff, and industry and community groups The evaluation ... presents the results ofthe financial audit ofthe Hawai`i Visitors & Convention Bureau (HVCB) as ofand for the year ended December 31, 2002 This chapter includes the independent auditors’ report and...