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JASPER SIMPSON $600 REWARD!
No full textJASPER SIMPSON.
About 40 years old, but looks younger- say 35; weight about 175 pounds; height about 6 feet; erect and square shouldered has dark hair and eyes; rather dark complexion; thin, bony face small indenture at outside corner of left eye, but not very noticeable; some few grey hairs in hair and beard; has a peculiar twitching of the muscles of the corner of the mouth when speaking; when he meets one he will first stare him straight in the eye, and then turn his head as if expecting someone to approach. He wears a shoe about a No. 8. and has a quick, elastic step.
This photo was taken some time ago. and the man may have a full beard now or be clean shaven.
$600 REWARD!
I am authorized by the Attorney General of the United States, to offer a reward of three hundred
dollars for the arrest and conviction of Jasper Simpson, charged with the killing of L. S. Hill and J. B. Grady, at Jenson, Ind. Ter., on the 17th day of July 1898. I will also pay three hundred dollars for the delivery of the said Jasper Simpson at the United States jail at South McAlester, Ind. Ter., at any time before February I, 1900
Letter to the editor from Jasper S. Wyman, executive director of the Christian C
No full textLetter to the editor from Jasper S. Wyman, executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine, in response to a column written by Casco Bay Weekly political columnist Al Diamon
Dataset for: Collective behaviour of fish in the presence and absence of flow
No full textThis dataset supports the publication: de Bie, Jasper, Manes, Costantino & Kemp, Paul S. (2020). Collective behaviour of fish in the presence and absence of flow. Animal Behaviour.</span
Negotiating with biases: How culture and human rights variables alter the negotiation framework with north korea
No full textThis paper examines the cultural and human rights gaps in understanding that have impeded negotiations with North Korea due to culturally based negotiation biases within the context of East-West cross-border negotiations-a term the author refers to as a &amp;quot;barbarian bias&amp;quot;-that is linked to the human rights issue, as promulgated in such examples as the North Korean Human Rights Act (the Act). While the Act represented a good faith effort to improve the internal human rights conditions of North Korea, the foreseeable net effect of such legislation was the DPRK&amp;apos;s reinforced notion of a hostile international community against it, led most notably, in North Korea&amp;apos;s view, by the United States. In effect, North Korea holds the view that human rights may vary depending on culture (i.e. a view based on the theory of &amp;quot;cultural relativism&amp;quot; rather than &amp;quot;universalism&amp;quot;). Perhaps for this reason, North Korea&amp;apos;s past negotiation behavior reflects the belief that the implementation of the human rights issue through offshore legislation, vis-à-vis the North Korean Human Rights Act, into its domestic framework is one variant of a &amp;quot;barbarian bias&amp;quot; in which the DPRK, in its own subjective view, is being unilaterally told (rather than asked through mutual cooperation), how and to what degree, human rights issues should be treated in its own sovereign territory. Such human rights and culturally based variables represent a notable impediment as they relate to negotiations with North Korea, which has not fully been considered in the relevant literature. © 2009 Korea Institute for Defense Analyses
Defining the limits of the North Korean human rights act: A security and legal perspective
No full textThe introduction of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (HR 4011 or the Act) was hailed by many in the U.S. Congress as a significant and much-needed legislative effort that would substantially improve the human rights conditions of North Korea, considered to be one of the most unpredictable and undemocratic regimes in the world today. The passage of HR 4011 effectively marked a new and notable phase within U.S. foreign policy, in which the issue of human rights was directly linked to the issue of North Korean nuclear non-proliferation in a Helsinki-style framework. Relating to the Act, this paper argues from cross-cultural, security, and legal perspectives that HR 4011 may encounter specific limitations, which may hinder the Act from reaching its stated objectives of furthering &amp;quot;respect for and protection of fundamental human rights in North Korea&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;to promote a more durable humanitarian solution to the plight of North Korean refugees.&amp;quot; Although improving human rights is a fundamentally important issue, linking human rights with DPRK nuclear non-proliferation through HR 4011&amp;apos;s explicit Helsinki-style approach may exacerbate rather than eradicate North Korean human rights violations as well as the DPRK&amp;apos;s ongoing nuclear standoff with the international community
In Maine Voices, Jasper Wyman, executive director of the Christian Civic Leagu
No full textIn Maine Voices, Jasper Wyman, executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine, writes in support of continuing the temporary taxes enacted by the state nearly two years ago. Wyman believes that the state must provide an essential safety net for the poor, the elderly, and the handicapped
Social Finance Funding Model for Animal Shelter Programs: Public–Private Partnerships Using Social Impact Bonds
No full textAbstractFunding for animal shelters is often a scarce resource, representing a major challenge affecting many shelter programs in the United States and beyond today. Funding issues and budgetary constraints are often exacerbated by the high rate of animal intake levels relative to adoption rates, the availability of resources to treat medical conditions, and funding for other related programs that may lower euthanasia rates, such as spay and neuter programs. This article proposes an alternative funding option for animal shelter programs using a unique social finance funding model incorporating public-private partnerships and social impact bonds. This social finance model is directly aimed at providing greater funding for animal shelter programs, while also increasing transparency and social impact outcomes. If utilized, the social impact bond model can complement and build upon (but not completely replace) existing funding sources that are critical to saving nonhuman animal lives while benefiting society at large.</jats:p
Domestic law and international relations: USA PATRIOT act, Section 311, and the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004
No full textThis article proposes that the future of international relations increasingly will be affected by domestic law. We examine this thesis in the context of United States-North Korean relations from 2004 to 2007. The statutory content, application and observable results of two U.S. domestic statutes are offered as a study in contrasting approaches for domestic law and policy with international relations impact: (i) Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 as applied to a third-state bank (Macau&amp;apos;s Banco Delta Asia), based on evidence of money laundering connected to North Korean criminal financial activity, and (ii) the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004. We find that the differing statutory content, methods of application and institutional context likely account for the drastically different results on the target nation&amp;apos;s behavior. While the impact of the North Korean Human Rights Act has been either negligible or negative in terms of inspiring behavioral change in the target, the anti-money laundering provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act appear to have affected not only the activities specifically targeted by the domestic statute, but also resolution of an enforcement action under its authority recently became a top priority agenda item in international diplomatic negotiations among the United States, North Korea and other nations within the framework of the Six-Party Talks. We conclude that the apparent success of the domestically launched U.S. anti-money laundering enforcement action to affect international relations offers a role model for domestic legal action with foreign relations outcomes. This domestic legal model is likely to be repeated in other contexts, and likely to be effective for jurisdictions with important international financial centers
Animation of data link protocols using JASPER tool
No full textV diplomski nalogi smo implementirali protokol z oddajo z mirovanjem in protokol s selektivno ponovno oddajo iz učbenika Computer Networks A. S. Tanenbauma s pomočjo orodja JASPER z namenom, prikazati obnašanje protokolov z animacijo. Najprej smo na kratko opisali vlogo in namen animacije protokolov ter navedli nekatera znana animacijska orodja. V jedru naloge smo najprej na splošno opisali orodje JASPER, njegovo zgradbo in koncept delovanja. Nato smo opisali oba protokola ter preslikavo njune implementacije iz programskega jezika C, kot si jo je zamislil avtor učbenika, v programski jezik našega orodja, javo. Pravilno delovanje razvite kode smo prikazali s podajo posnetkov animacije ter nekaterih možnih scenarijev v delovanju obeh protokolov.In this diploma thesis, we implemented an idle RQ protocol and a selective repeat protocol from A. S. Tanenbaum\u27s textbook Computer Networks by using JASPER tool with the purpose to show protocol behavior with animation. First, we briefly described the role and purpose of protocol animation and stated some well-known animation tools. In the central part of our thesis, we first provided a general description of JASPER tool, its structure and concept of operation. We then described both protocols and the mapping of their implementation from C programming language as suggested by the author of the textbook into Java, the programming language of our tool. We demonstrated the proper functioning of the developed code by presenting snapshots of the animation and some possible scenarios from the operation of the two protocols
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