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“Carpe Diem (or the Hour or Minute) and Wretched Excessâ€: Some conceptual notes on temporal opportunity structure, deviance compression, and bingeing behavior
No full textThis paper examines the bingeing process and posits three conceptual paradigms that articulate various elements, dynamics, distinctions and nuance attendant to the bingeing process: the potentiality of temporalopportunity structure, the intention of deviance compression, and the operationalization of this intention through three types of bingeing behavior. The three types of bingeing behaviors offered are: the relief, addictive, and occasional binge
Producer attitudes toward agricultural biotechnology: A five state study
Get PDFAgricultural producers from Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, andWisconsin were surveyed on their views toward agricultural biotechnology andtheir farming practices. The most divergent attitudes were North Dakota andSouth Dakota. Respondents from these two states differed on their attitudestoward crop preference, the regulation of genetically modified (GM) cropsthrough moratoria, and their views toward GM crops and other geneticallymodified organisms (GMOs) as a positive scientific advancement
The need for cultural considerations in examining and facilitating Puerto Ricans’ financial retirement planning
Get PDFAlthough research suggests that ethnicity is one of the variables that significantly affects an individual's preparation for retirement, little systematic effort has been devoted to retireÂment planning among ethnic groups. Puerto Ricans, in particular, have received very little attention.Yet, the available literature gives evidence of poor planning and lack of financial preparedness for retirement by this population group. This paper is prompted by research analyses that attribute the poor financial planning for retirement among Puerto Ricans to economic variables. However, economic factors alone do not explain the lack of preretirement planning by most Puerto Ricans. The author explores some key cultural variables that underlie preretirement planning processes and decisions, and that help serve as an alternative explanation for the lack of planning. A betÂter understanding of the cultural variables discussed in this paper may lead to development of a more sensitive and coherent alternative framework for policy makers and helping proÂfessionals to employ as they work to assist Puerto Ricans to prepare for a reasonably sound quality of life upon retirement
Drug related violence among Mexican American youth in Laredo, Texas: Preliminary findings
Get PDFWhile the problem of drug related gang violence may no longer command national media and a high level of policymakers' attention and concern, in border communities, drug related barrio gang violence remains a major concern on both sides of the border, and for their communities' respective leaders and policymakers. The project's larger study examines the epidemiology of drug related violence among Mexican American youth in two communities and three major neighborhoods in Laredo, Texas.With regard to gang members' lifetime use of drugs like heroin, cocaine, crack/cocaine, amphetamines, other opiates, inhalants, acid/psychedelics and marijuana, Laredo gang members reported wide ranges of substances and levels of use. Unlike earlier community gang studies, the sampling approach and method allows us to speak to a wider range of gangs, gang members, and activities that other earlier studies were not able to address. The data suggests that It is unlikely that gangs, drugs, and violence will abate in border gateway cities
Application of Radioisotope Techniques to a Critical Water Resources Problem Area - Namely Nutritional Pollution
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Organizational accounts
Get PDFINTRODUCTION Complex organizations develop ideologies to foster member dedication and to glorify the organization to the outside world (Blau & Meyer 1956; Sutton et al 1956; Bendix 1956; Kamens 1977). A related subject concerns secrecy and disclosure in organization communications (Steele 1975). "Organizations systematically provide accounts for thei r members or make available accounts for actions taken toward cl ients" (Scott & Lyman 1968 54). Accounts serve to restore order and preven t conflict between action and expectation. A university administrator justifies extra library funds on the basis that books and periodicals are vital resources for quality teaching. A business manager tells la i d-off emp loyees that the lay-off is due to decline in sales. A branch of the armed forces announces changes in training practices in response to charges of brutality in training-. Most human action consists of communication whereby meaning and information are transmitted. Open systems theorists emphasize communication as the essence of a human organization. Such systems receive, use, and distribute information (Katz & Kahn 1966 223)