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This concluding chapter aims to synthesize some of the most important findings from the selected papers from the Ninth International Symposium on Working Time that are included in this volume and, in particular, to apply these findings to the task of further developing and refining the five dimensions of the proposed policy framework for moving towards "decent working time". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides information on the criteria for selecting research papers presented at the 2005 Trends in Functional Programming Symposium. The program committee requires papers to be less or equal to 16 pages, original, unpublished, written in English and have an abstract, introduction and conclusion. Research papers should have a technical contribution and a clear outline of the problem and how to solve it. Project evaluation papers should have an overview of a finished project and technical content.

Chapter XXVII of the book "Napoleon in Germany: Louisa of Prussia and Her times" is presented. It explores the scenario at the session of the congress of Rastadt. It cites that the German ambassadors had been arguing with France about the ancient boundaries of the empire, and had been arguing among themselves about a few strips of land. Moreover, it says that the covetousness caused the German sovereigns to neglect all other objectives and to perform opposite to all correct principles.

The article traces the history of the Personalist Discussion Group (PDG) of the American Philosophical Association (APA). The group was established in 1938 and held its first meeting in December 1938, which focused on Peter A. Bertocci's book "The Empirical Argument for God in Late British Thought." The author ponders on the recorded historical accounts on the PDG, including the group's officials and themes of its meetings.

People that the author would like to thank for their assistance in organizing the 2005 Trends in Functional Programming symposium are mentioned.

Several conferences have been regularly organized worldwide each year. The organizing process consists of many major steps including call for papers, paper submission, article reviews, author notification and participant registration. The networking computer system could facilitate managing the activities that involve plenty of remote stakeholders. This paper therefore presents an approach to implementing a conference management system using web service technology fused with the concept of business process modeling to support the workflows of conference management tasks. In this work, the REST protocol is selected for invoking the defined conference managing services, whereas Windows Workflow Foundation is exploited for binding all activities into the process flow. The approach enhances the stateless process to the stateful process. Moreover, the process flow is easily reorganized or customized for the subsequent conferences. The component activities, implemented as a service, within the process flow can be reused as well. The fact that services exchange data through XML standard, the implemented system is platform and language independent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the proceedings of the first session of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Advanced Research Workshop. The session focuses on the properties of security culture that apply universally. The participants at the workshop also discussed issues concerning cyber security and paper security. They also explored the difference between security and safety.

Chapter 7 of the book "The Play of the Personal: Psychoanalytic Narratives of Feminist Education" is presented. The chapter presents two conference papers which was meant to be used into one longer essay. It reports that the 1997 meeting of the Conference on Curriculum Theorizing and Classroom Practice. An earlier version of this chapter called "The Use of the Teacher" was presented at the meeting of the Canadian Critical Pedagogy Association in 1997. In 1998, the paper was revived under a different title calling it "The Use of the Teach," Part II.

The publication presents several papers delivered at the Thoreau Centennial meetings on May 5 and 6, 1962. One paper examined Henry David Thoreau's conception of character and how he reworked his books while having character development as only secondary to theme. Another paper focused on Thoreau as a literary stylist and his use of imagery and figurative language. Another focused on his friendship with Robert Frost.

The article presents several papers delivered at the Western Thoreau Centenary held in Utah in June 21 to 23, 1962. One paper focused on Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," and discussed about Thoreau's concern that governmental curtailment of fundamental freedoms hinders the fullest possible development of an individual's personality. Another analyzes Thoreau's striving for perfection in all aspects of life. A paper made assertions on Thoreau's contempt of society.

This paper was written for a symposium on the Sociology of Knowledge--the first in ,the history of the International Sociological Association--which was held at the 1959 Meeting of the ISA at Stresa, Italy, under the chairmanship of Kurt Wolff. It was published in the Transaction of that meeting, Vol. IV. The paper represents an attempt to come, at least partially, to terms with the problem of .the discussions about ideology which have figured so prominently in one sector of Western sociology, especially since the work of Mannheim. It attempts above all to emphasize the distinction between the level of ideology which links the conceptions of social science with the evaluation of recently past, contemporary, and prospective macroscopic social developments, and the analysis of the more basic cultural components in the social process that were at the center of Weber's sociology of religion. It should be read, at least in one perspective, in the light of its relation to the more general theoretical significance of the discussions of Chapters 2, 3, and 4. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chapter XV, Book I of the book "Children of the Ghetto" is presented. It focuses on the Holy Land League "Beth-Hamidrash" which is a center of real orthodox and Jewish literature in London, England. In the event, Guedalyah asserts the ideas of expounding in the Jewish papers for the amelioration of the lot of poor brethren.

Information about several papers discussed at the annual National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) convention is presented. These papers include "Lost in Space: A Childhood Psychosis of the European Tribes," "Royalty and the Father Image" and a paper on origin of the American Indians. The event was also attended by people from other nations who do not even know the Indian language.

Increasing pressure on marine ecosystems resulting from various kinds of human activities has led to a number of global and regional international initiatives and conventions. Most prominent for northern European Seas are the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Helsinki Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea, the OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, and the Birds and Habitats Directives of the EU. The fundamental goals of marine nature conservation can be described as to conserve, protect, restore and manage: the functioning of marine ecosystems and their services;the regenerative capacity of natural resources and their sustained availability for human use;natural diversity, population dynamics, density and age structure of marine fauna and flora;intact and diverse natural marine habitats and biotopes; andthe characteristic features and beauty of nature and viewscapes. These conservation objectives can only be achieved if human activities affecting our oceans and seas were conducted by applying six key principles: (1)the precautionary principle;(2)best environmental practices (BEP);(3)best available technologies (BAT);(4)the polluter-pays principle;(5)the compensation or substitution principle; and(6)the avoidance principle. Further, the ecosystem approach to the management of human activities as has been clarified by the Helsinki- and the OSPAR Conventions should always be applied. Probably the most effective measure to achieve substantial marine conservation is to establish coherent networks of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) at regional and global levels. This needs to be complemented by general habitats and species protection and enhancement, as well as by undiminished efforts to reduce unsustainable extraction of natural resources, to minimize eutrophication and pollution and to hinder new discharges to the seas. Red lists of threatened, endangered and/or declining species, habitats or biotopes would help assess the status of marine biodiversity, the effects of human activities, and the possible success of interventions. This paper describes the most relevant international conventions and regulations with respect to marine nature conservation of the seas in Northern Europe (North East Atlantic and Baltic Sea). The current implementation status of conservation measures and specifically of MPAs and some next steps are also outlined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The first national symposium on Social Work and Divinity Dual Degree Programs was designed to examine the current state of these interdisciplinary joint degree programs from both pedagogical and practical perspectives. The underlying assumption was that a more holistic approach is needed to advance our understanding of human nature, including the dimension of spirituality and the complexity of social issues. The rationale, issues, and promise for a strong commitment on the part of participating institutions toward educating the dual degree students are reflected in the context of the symposium's theme: Building Compassionate Communities: An Integration of Theology and Social Work in Professional Education and Practice. By examining the current state of social work and divinity dual degree program at Loyola University as a case example, this paper highlights the salient ideas and reflective discussions that were emerged from the symposium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on the First National Symposium on Social Work and Divinity Dual Degree Programs held at Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, Illinois on April 19-20, 2002. The purpose of the symposium is to articulate why the integration of theology and social work is crucial, timely and relevant, and to examine how these disciplines can collaborate in building more compassionate communities. The symposium which attempts at integration has raised questions in both theological and practical contexts. The article offers information on several papers presented at the symposium.

Chapter 4 of the book "Meetings of the Mind," by David Damrosch is presented. It discusses the author's efforts in arranging to hold a convention in Mexico. It explores confessional criticism by taking up the work of critic Frank Kermode and feminists. It highlights the author's trip to Mexico and the convention.

This chapter argues that there has been little coherent attempt by the World Health Organization to align theoretical developments in health promotion research to shifting policy agendas. The evolving nature of health promotion has implications for health promotion research and related research agendas. By health promotion research, we mean research that services the needs of health promotion. By contrast, research on health promotion, may be concerned with developing critiques of health promotion practice or studying the values base of policy and practice. Both encompass a wide range of disciplines, among them epidemiology, anthropology, psychology, organizational and political science and sociology, that do not always sit comfortably side by side. This chapter draws on papers presented at, and reflections prompted by, the First UK Health Promotion Research Conference, held in Edinburgh, Scotland in April 1998. The conference was organized against the backdrop of this evolving international agenda and recent Great Britain Government policy initiatives. As such, it provided a timely opportunity to explore the main challenges for health promotion research in the twenty-first century. Two key themes recurred throughout the conference: the nature of knowledge and the meaning of evidence in health promotion. Finally and perhaps inevitably, in any field there is a lead and lag relationship between theory and action. In health promotion, theory has lagged behind action. In consequence, it has become increasingly difficult to account for how and in what ways action is linked to policy.

The article reports that the work represented in this volume began with the development of an international conference on care work. The conference, held at the University of Illinois in November 1997, was organized by Professors Sonya Michel, Francesca Cancian, Demie Kurz, and the writer. As a group, they are indebted to many. Funding for the conference was granted by the American Sociological Association Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline, the University of Illinois International Programs and Studies, the University of Illinois Women's Studies program, the University of California at Irvine, the University of Pennsylvania, and Syracuse University. In addition, many people at the University of Illinois worked tirelessly to pull the three-day conference together. Over the past year, a team at Syracuse University has worked to transform the series of conference papers into this edited volume. All are thankful to Pam Herd, Research Assistant Extraordinaire, for reading and making editorial comments on every paper in the volume, for assisting with introductory remarks, and for overseeing much of the communication between editors and authors.

This section states that articles published in this issue are based on papers delivered at the workshop The Dividends of Kinship held at the fourth European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) conference in Barcelona, Spain in July 1996. The theme of the conference is Culture and Economy: Conflicting Interests, Dividend Loyalties. While kinship-related workshops were notably absent at the first two EASA meetings, in Coimbra (1990) and Prague (1992), the third conference, in Oslo (1994), featured three workshops under the umbrella topic of A New Agenda for Kinship Studies. However, none of the workshops resulted in an edited volume in the EASA Routledge series. In 1993, in a first call for papers for the Oslo kinship workshops, the conveners Adam Kuper and Gerd Baumann countered the decline of kinship studies during the 1970s and 1980s with a defensive but in the field we are still confronted with kinship - or kinship. Indeed our informants talk endlessly about marriage and marriage strategies, inheritance and succession, parents and children, siblings, cousins, and family history (A. Kuper and G. Baumann, 1993). The Barcelona workshop on which this volume is based was convened to go beyond approaches to kinship that seemed too narrowly cultural relativist, but without retreating to earlier biological or genealogical models of kinship. The abstract called for a renewed comparative approach to material and symbolic gains that can be secured through cultural constructs of relatedness, and urged potential applicants to explore the plurality of (culturally defined) interests pursued through different notions of kinship.

This article presents the foreword to the book Tourism and Sustainable Community Development, edited by Greg Richards and Derek Hall. Tourism and Community Development was the theme of a Conference held by the European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education in Viana do Castelo, Portugal in September 1997. Over 60 papers were presented at the conference on a wide range of subjects connected with tourism and the community. The papers selected for this volume are representative of the range of issues that were dealt with in the conference and also reflect the breadth of debate on the relationship between tourism and community. The conference would not have been possible without the support provided by DGXVI of the European Commission. It formed part of the EUROTEX Project, which aims to develop crafts tourism as a source of community development. The locations included in the EUROTEX project were integrated into the conference and examples of local crafts and crafts tourism development were on display for its duration. Many of the papers presented therefore related to the problems of community development in rural regions such as the Alto Minho. This book could not have been produced without the help of a large number of people.

This section introduces several papers that were presented during the 1997 annual meeting of the German Studies Association in Washington, D.C., dealing with aspects of Austrian historical memory, holocaust remembrance and art restitution.

This section introduces the book The Governance of Cyberspace which is the outcome of a conference held at the University of Teesside in April 1995 that was devoted to exploring the changing nature of governance as a property of that emergent techno-domain which has commonly come to be known as cyberspace. All the papers have been extensively revised both as a consequence of the debate conducted at the event and as a result of the continuing public interest in the issues and themes raised by the transforming qualities of the new information and communications technologies. A significant attraction of the debates surrounding cyberspace is that they appeal to a wide range of individuals associated with a disparate host of disciplines, organisations and locations. Thus it is no surprise that this eclectic dimension should find expression in this volume with contributions from science fiction writers, sociologists, psychologists, political theorists, computer scientists, policy analysts and others drawn from Europe, Canada and the U.S.

In this article, the authors' acknowledge all those sources that have contributed to the book "On Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life." The authors expressed their appreciation for the help they received in the organization of the conference which gave rise to the papers constituting the basis of this book. In particular, they thanked Jean-Claude Vatin, Director of the Maison Française of Oxford, for encouraging them to hold the conference there, and for the assistance of its administrative staff. Financial assistance came by way of a seminar award of the Economic and Social Research Council. The authors' say that without it the conference would not have been as large as it was and many people could not have come from various parts of the world to present papers.

The article discusses the 5th international conference of the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) 588 and fieldtrip guide. Topics discussed include a brief overview of Alaska, the Turnagain heights and fourth avenue landslides, and crustal deformation studies within the 1964 Alaska earthquake rupture zone, and portage garage and area of maximum coseismic submergence.

This article presents a preface to the book "Grasping the Changing World." This volume comprises papers from two panels of the Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropology held in Prague in 1992. The panel convened by Peter Skalnik, entitled "Dealing With Unbounded Wholes," investigated the pressing need for the development of new concepts, or reconsideration of existing concepts to allow for analysis of a general notion of society rather than the study of individual societies considered as independent and self-contained units. Skalnik also decided to step down as co-editor due to his enormous workload. However, his contribution to the preparatory work has been important. Quite naturally, neither of the panels exhausted the topic, nor did they converge completely as both addressed the world people live in, either by analyzing its roots and the way it became the contemporary reality: or by investigating the way it exists as such. It does not seem necessary to introduce the volume with a chapter to explain and connect the elements of this collection.

In this article the authors present information about the book "Questions of Consciousness," and wishes to thank those who contributed to the compilation of this book. The authors remark that this book is the outcome of the 1994 Annual Conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth, held in March 1995. All but two of the papers presented at the conference have been revised for this book. The authors owe a special debt of gratitude to the Chair-discussants, for taking on a more than usually onerous obligation. The Chair-discussants include John Davis; Roy Dilley; Ladislav Holy; Signe Howell; Wendy James and Sandra Wallman. The authors are grateful to the British Academy for helping to fund the foreign travel of some of their speakers, and to the School of Philosophical and Anthropological Studies, University of St Andrews, and its head, Stephen Read, for help with the costs of preparing the manuscript for publication.

This is a preface to Theophrastean Studies -- On Natural Science, Physics and Metaphysics, Ethics, Religion & Rhetoric, the third volume of Rutgers University in Classical Humanities, a biennial series under the general direction of Professor William W. Fortenbaugh. The Rutgers Studies was founded in close connection with Project Theophrastus, an international undertaking whose goal is to collect, edit, and translate fragments of Theophrastus, Aristotle's successor as second head of the Peripatetic school. The majority of the papers in this volume were originally presented at a conference held at the Institute of Classical Studies in the University of London in June 1985. The conference concentrated on two overlapping themes, Theophrastus' work in natural science and the Theophrastean opuscula that survive in manuscript from.

Chapter 10 of the book "WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations" is presented. It features a discussion paper from the Association of South-East Asian Nations about the long-term stability testing conditions. It also features the belief that the document is different form the approach of International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) and World Health Organization (WHO) requirements for temperature and humidity.

Information about several papers discussed at the World Health Organization Expert Committee on Biological Standardization meeting is presented. The meeting highlights the vital role of the Committee in preparing recommendations for the development and distribution of biological products. Several resolutions on quality, safety, and efficacy of medicines, blood products, and vaccines were endorsed.

A chapter of the book "Southeast Asian Affairs 2009" is presented. It explores the efforts of Singapore to further establish itself as a global city as shown in the staging of events such as the Formula 1, the hosting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meeting in 2006, and the Youth Olympics in 2010. It highlights the clamor of Singaporeans for more government accountability in pressing domestic issues such as the offenses related to terrorism and the choice of the members for the Committee of Inquiry.

Information about several papers discussed at the World Health Organization Expert Committee on Biological Standardization meeting is presented. The meeting highlights the increasing complexity, sophistication, and number of biological products. Major challenges on standardization and development of traditional biologicals were discussed.

Chapter eleven of the book "Reclaiming the Media: Communication Rights and Expanding Democratic Media Roles" is presented. It focuses on the World Summit on the Information Society as a medium for civil society interactions. It provides a platform wherein civil society actors can discuss proposals for an alternative vision of communication governance and test proposals in a global policy forum. The intervention of mass media on global communication governance is discussed.

At the Barcelona conference in 1995, it was proposed to set up a new partnership between Europe and the Mediterranean, aiming at a free exchange zone, but with some exception in agriculture. After 10 years, the balance is disappointing and a total free exchange zone will be detrimental for food security for the Mediterranean countries. Another partnership should be seek in which both sides of the Mediterranean find their advantages and food security and safety, through new ideas, like specialization of countries in specific food production and looking at farmer revenues instead of only food prices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Book 4 Chapter 5 of the book "Sybil, or the Two Nations" is presented. It mentions the speech of Lord Milford regarding the National Convention's deputation in Belgrave Square and cites their conversation concerning Mr. Thorough Base and Mr. Kremlin. It also highlights the intervention of Lord Valentine during their conversation.

This essay discusses that the assembling of the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Congress may very properly be made the occasion of a few earnest words on the already much-worn topic of reconstruction.

Chapter 19 of the book "The Woman-Hater" is presented. It explores the event when Harrington Vizard carried Lord Uxmoor away to a magistrates' meeting, and left the road clear to Zoe Severne. It adds the Severne, who was seated in his bedroom and came out to join them, feeling sure Fanny Dover would side with him. It mentions an antique figure that appeared when the young ladies were standing on the broad flight of steps at the hall of the door.

Chapter 1 of Book 1 of the book "The Life of John Milton 1643-1649," Vol. 3, by David Masson is presented. It elaborates the topics discussed during the Westminster Assembly in Henry, on July 1, 1643, after the impressive opening ceremonial in the Abbey Church by Dr. Twisse. It also elaborates the solemn league and covenant and the Scottish commissioners in the Assembly.

Chapter 16 of the book "We Two," by Edna Lyall is presented. It introduces Hyde Park, a national property with various functions such as a meeting place for mass meetings and other indoor activities. It highlights the meeting where Luke Raeburn came to protest against injustice in front of an angry crowd. He was able to get hold of the crowd, however, there were surging movement that led to the struggle.

Chapter XIV of the book "Jimmie Higgins," by Upton Sinclair is presented. It cites the return of Jimmie Higgins to his tramps life, in which he had spent a considerable part of his youth. It highlights the move of Socialist to hold a National Convention at St. Louis and drew up their declaration regarding the war.

Focuses on the role of Public Service Broadcasters (PSB) in implementing the objectives of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS). Fields of interest in the WSIS documents affecting traditional media; Provisions of PSB for implementing WSIS aims; Factors that prevent PSB from implementing WSIS aims; Perspectives for WSIS 2005 in Tunis, Tunisia.

Focuses on civil society and its role within the United Nations World Summit Information Society process. Problems encountered when introducing the notion of participation in processes of regional or global governance; Evaluation of participatory practices within global settings; Components of the theoretical model on participation and power.

Focuses on the steps to achieve a sustainable information society discussed at the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) held in Geneva, Switzerland in December 2003. Role of the structure of the WSIS in technological change; Criteria that could be used to distinguish analytically definitions of the information society; Need for information and communication technologies to be accompanied by investment in skills and organizational change; Tasks of a working group on Internet governance.

This is the text of the opening plenary address to the founding conference of the gay men's health movement, known asthe Boulder Summit: Building a Multi-Issue, Multicultural Gay Men's Health Movement, given to the over 300 attendees of the meeting in that Colorado city on July 29, 1999. Veteran AIDS activist Rofes was one of the collective members who planned the conference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This text is part of an address given by Fair at the seventh annual convention of the National Association of Black and White Men Together, meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the summer of 1987. Alyn Hess was a prominent gay activist in Milwaukee, founder of the local Gay People's Union of Milwaukee in 1970, and a cofounder of Black and White Men Together. He died in 1989 of AIDS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This talk was prepared for and given at the Conference on Sexual and Criminal Justice, held in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 19, 1983. Riegle was the coordinator of the Prisoner Project, run by Gay Community News. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the keynote address given by Morgan at the West Coast Lesbian Feminist Conference, held in Los Angeles, California, in spring 1973. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the history of British poststructuralism since 1968. Topics mentioned include the common characteristic as a French term, the consider to the term as a tautology, and the conference entitled Structuralist Debate held at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland that has poststructuralist character.

Chapter 1 of the book "Meetings of the Mind," by David Damrosch is presented. It highlights the triennial meeting of the International Comparative Literature Association in Tokyo, Japan. It explores the author's concerns with his fellow panelists at the meeting. It discusses how disciplines die and how literary studies do justice to literature's embodiment of cultural values.