582 research outputs found
Dura Europos : A City on the Euphrates and her Economic Importance in the Roman Era
No full textRuffing Kai. Dura Europos : A City on the Euphrates and her Economic Importance in the Roman Era. In: Topoi. Orient-Occident. Supplément 8, 2007. Productions et échanges dans la Syrie grecque et romaine (Actes du colloque de Tours, juin 2003
Nun doll
No full textThis doll is from a collection created by Sister Joella M. Ruffing, S.N.D., exhibiting the clothing typically worn by nuns from 1850-1950
Stakeholder consultations as reputation-building: a comparison of ACER and the German Federal Network Agency
No full textStakeholder engagement is thought to increase the legitimacy of independent regulatory agencies (IRAs). However, there is little research on how IRAs use the information that stakeholders contribute. We argue that the organizational reputation approach can explain different reactions to stakeholder engagement. IRAs usually rely on a reputation based on technical expertise. However, if IRAs have little capacities, they fall back on procedural or moral reputation. We analyze the consultations of the German Federal Network Agency (FNA) and the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) on planning electricity networks. Both have complex audience situations and an incentive to cultivate a technical reputation. However, their capacities differ. The FNA has capacities to cultivate a technical reputation, and selectively discusses technical contributions. ACER has less capacities. It selectively reacts to comments that criticize procedural aspects of network planning. Hence, we show how reputational concerns and capacities shape consultation procedures
New York Yankees Red Ruffing and Buddy Rosar
No full text''Pitcher Red Ruffing of the Yanks (seated) refused to have his picture taken in a dignified pose, so The Light's photographer finally walked up and got this shot of the Great One, who pitched against the Missions Monday, taking it easy in the Gutner Hotel lobby. Talking to him is Buddy Rosar, the Yanks' fine young catcher.'
Ancestry, Place[s], and Identity in Spiritual Direction Narratives
No full textIn this 2017 John McKendy Memorial Lecture, Dr. Janet Ruffing, RSM, discussed spiritual direction as a narrative process, recognized or not, in which the directee tells his or her sacred tale in the interaction with a spiritual director who significantly affects the unfolding of this serial narrative of lived faith. At a time, when directees have unprecedented access to genealogical information and also live in or make retreats in a variety of places, how do these new experiences affect their identity spiritually and socially? Do they become integrated into the ongoing narrative of identity or not
How regulatory agencies use stakeholder consultations to craft their reputation
No full textIt is common for regulatory agencies to carry out consultations with relevant stakeholders. However, little is known about what agencies actually do with the information they receive during these consultations. Drawing on a new study, Simon Fink and Eva Ruffing shed some light on the process, illustrating how consultations are used by agencies as a tool to manage their reputation with stakeholders and the wider public
Learning in iterated consultation procedures – The example of the German electricity grid demand planning
No full textPublic participation has become a conditio sine qua non when planning infrastructure projects. However, current research is concerned with one-time experiments and can not elucidate long-term effects of iterated consultations. Our argument is that consultations have learning effects over time. We test our argument using the German procedure for electricity grid demand planning as a case. Using dictionary coding and a quantitative analysis, supplemented by a qualitative text analysis, we show that participants get better in framing their contributions by using the “right” keywords. Hence, consultations evolve over time and improve in terms of the output legitimacy they generate
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