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Q&A: Peter Kimani, author of Dance of the Jakaranda, talks with Maëline Le Lay
No full textAfrica in Words. https://africainwords.com/2019/05/23/qa-peter-kimani-author-of-dance-of-the-jakaranda-talks-with-maeline-le-lay
Moral Good, the Beatific Vision, and God’s Kingdom Writings by Germain Grisez and Peter Ryan, S.J.. Edited by Peter J. Weigel
No full textFor close to half a century, the work of Germain Grisez has been highly influential, and his writings continue to receive considerable attention from philosophers and theologians of diverse viewpoints. His co-author for this work is the professor and noted moral theologian Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J., currently the executive director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). These two eminent scholars explore fundamental questions about Christian eschatology, moral theory, the purpose of human life, and the promise of human fulfilment. The authors examine Christian teaching on the final destiny of persons, investigating the meaning of God's kingdom, the hope of the beatific vision, and the centrality of moral goodness and divine grace in one's final end. This work is an ideal source for students, scholars, ministers and lay persons interested in basic questions of Christian theology, the philosophy of religion, ethical theory, and Catholic doctrin
Lay-offs in the Blended Economy
No full textRecent reports suggest that the Government of India is favourably inclined to change policy and enable establishments employing less than 1,000 workers to lay-off employees and undertake retrenchments or closures without prior permission. Corporate lay-offs in the U.S. indicate an ever-increasing trend and do not make a comforting reading. The year 2001 for example, saw the highest number of job cuts in the Fortune 500 companies than in any year ever since the survey of lay-offs were launched. Japan, despite its tradition of high employee concern, seems also to be overwhelmed with this new trend at least in the I.T. industry. In India, it appears that pressure is building up to similarly allow this enabling facility to all corporations. Prima facie, it appears as if the business is moving towards a state where manpower in an organisation is kept eternally in the transient state. In the process not only ensuring short-term profits but also as a way out of the long-term social security and welfare benefits obligations towards the employees. The paper examines the impact of lay-off and suggests that while individual impact is important in its own right, the research suggests that the effects of lay-offs go well-beyond the physical, material and psychological state of the individual to the organisation, community and the nation. Literature review suggests that several alternatives to lay-offs are available and examples of implementing these alternative solutions are available around the world. The literature also negates the general view that the unions will not cooperate in finding solutions. Example in industry clearly show that unions and workers are not only willing to cooperate but even show new ways of coping with the business problems to avoid lay-offs. The paper examines various reasons proffered in favour of lay-offs and argues that they are not necessarily a good option for an enterprise faced with business fluctuations. The crux of the issue is as to what is more important: the short-term gains in the stock market or the longer term financial health and stability of an enterprise. The paper suggests that a clear, agreed, rational policy that addresses concerns of management, labour and the general society be developed to address the issue.
Byzantine Lay Piety, ca. 600-730
No full textThe present study addresses lay piety in Byzantium from the perspective of its relation to the monastic ideal. My approach builds on work such as Peter Brown's analysis of early Christian asceticism, The Body and Society and John Haldon's socio-cultural study Byzantium in the Seventh Century. The period 600-730 was of great historical significance, as the late antique Roman world and its religion was disrupted by the rise of Islam. It offers a neglected abundance of religious literature, shedding light on an otherwise "Dark" Age.
After a summary of key points in the history of lay piety up to 600, I proceed to analyze it in the early seventh century from the perspectives of the poetry of George of Pisidia, who crafted a model of ascetical and mystical piety for the emperor Heraclius; of the hagiography of John of Thessalonica and Leontius of Neapolis who used stories of local saints to instruct laypeople; and the "edifying tales" gathered by the monk John Moschus in his Spiritual Meadow. Around the same time Maximus the Confessor provided an influential synthesis of Byzantine theology. The late seventh-century itinerant teacher Anastasius of Sinai mediated the austere monastic doctrine of his master John Climacus to laypeople, and used his scientific learning to adapt it to the newly Muslim-dominated Near East. In the early eighth century I consider the sermons of Andrew of Crete and Germanus of Constantinople, along with other contemporary testimony to the emerging medieval Byzantine culture. Delivered to mixed audiences of laypeople and monastics, such texts provide a glimpse into the spiritual expectations and celebrations of urban Byzantium.
In the conclusion I consider further the methodological problems of the sources. Many of the details of lay practices can be corroborated elsewhere. The predominantly monastic and clerical authors were aware of facts on the ground and adapted their discourses accordingly. We can thus map certain patterns of lay piety--patronage of monasteries, sacramental participation, devotion to saints, etc.--throughout the period. I end on the threshold of iconoclasm, offering some preliminary suggestions as to how lay piety affected that movement
Leak detection of complex pipelines based on the filter diagonalization method: robust technique for eigenvalue assessment
No full textThe FDM (filter diagonalization method), an interesting technique used in nuclear magnetic resonance data processing for tackling FFT (fast Fourier transform) limitations, can be used by considering pipelines, especially complex configurations, as a vascular apparatus with arteries, veins, capillaries, etc. Thrombosis, which might occur in humans, can be considered as a leakage for the complex pipeline, the human vascular apparatus. The choice of eigenvalues in FDM or in spectra-based techniques is a key issue in recovering the solution of the main equation (for FDM) or frequency domain transformation (for FFT) in order to determine the accuracy in detecting leaks in pipelines. This paper deals with the possibility of improving the leak detection accuracy of the FDM technique thanks to a robust algorithm by assessing the problem of eigenvalues, making it less experimental and more analytical using Tikhonov-based regularization techniques. The paper starts from the results of previous experimental procedures carried out by the author
Juries, Lay Judges, and Trials
No full text“Juries, Lay Judges, and Trials” describes the widespread practice of including ordinary citizens as legal decision makers in the criminal trial. In some countries, lay persons serve as jurors and determine the guilt and occasionally the punishment of the accused. In others, citizens decide cases together with professional judges in mixed decision-making bodies. What is more, a number of countries have introduced or reintroduced systems employing juries or lay judges, often as part of comprehensive reform in emerging democracies. Becoming familiar with the job of the juror or lay citizen in a criminal trial is thus essential for understanding contemporary criminal justice systems in many countries. This article reviews procedures for selecting jurors and lay judges and outlines lay participation in fact finding and in sentencing phases of the criminal trial. It also assesses the promises and challenges of lay participation in law. Reviewing and evaluating the effects of the different approaches that countries have taken to incorporating lay citizens, it reflects on whether the goals of democratic deliberation are being met in both jury and lay judge systems. It concludes with suggestions for future directions for research
Letter from Peter McSweeney to Hagan
No full textHolograph letter from Peadar MacSuibhne (Peter McSweeney), Rector, Knockbeg Lay College, Carlow, to (Hagan). Offering to send a testimonial for the new Kildare student James McDonnell. In terms of the latter's attendance to Knockbeg itself in the preceding year, praising his ability and character
Lay understanding of genetic disease: a British study of families attending a genetic counseling service
No full textAlthough lay people know that various diseases can be inherited, the idea that unhealthy life styles are the crucial cause of ill health has been promoted by health education policy in the United Kingdom. However, a new paradigm seems to be developing. The medical profession is increasingly using genetics to explain ill health, and people are being referred to geneticists for information and counseling. Lay conceptions of genetic disease emerged during this qualitative study of the process of genetic counseling. The results reported in this paper suggest that many lay people lack knowledge of genetics and inheritance, and that there is considerable stigma attached to genetic disease. Misconceptions and fears may not always be recognized or resolved during the process of genetic counseling. The implications of such misunderstandings and beliefs are considered in this paper
FEATURES OF COURT INVESTIGATION AT LAY COURT
No full textThe article views the problems occurring during court investigation at lay courts. The author analyzes the RF Criminal-Procedural Code articles concerning the investigation of the defendant's personality at lay court
Drawing the Line: An Exploration of How Lay People Construct Child Neglect
No full textThis thesis uses a Foucauldian approach to explore how lay people construct child neglect in England. The concept of child neglect developed after the Industrial Revolution in conjunction with the construction of ‘normal’ childhood. Both depend on developmental models of childhood produced by psy-complex discourse. However, the knowledge producing the ‘normal’ family and the disciplinary institutions producing and protecting the ‘normal’ childhood have been challenged by late modernity, with a potential impact on what can be considered ‘abnormal’ and therefore neglectful.
Recent years have seen an increasing professional and political focus on both the importance of child neglect, and the role of lay people in child protection – ‘everybody’s business’. It is unclear how lay people construct child neglect, a category that properly results from political and moral choices made by society. To analyse how lay people construct child neglect, data was collected from focus group discussions between 46 self-defined ‘lay’ people.
Children were constructed as having developmental needs during childhood, which, if unmet, could cause long term problems for child and society. Four clusters of needs were identified: physical, emotional, training and supervisory. If these needs were unmet, children could be seen as Deprived, Unloved, Uncontrolled or Escaping. However, this did not mean they were positioned as neglected. Neglect required some abnormal adult/parent behaviour. The normal parent was non-neglectful although sometimes temporarily Overburdened, the abnormal parent was neglectful, categorised as Clueless, Underinvested or Unsuitable. Lay people were constructed as having a responsibility to support parents and families within their midst. However the forces of late modernity, particularly globalisation, challenged the normal/abnormal family binary, leaving lay people unclear about where society and/or child protection professionals draw the line between normal and neglectful childhoods. The implications of these constructions for children, parents, state, professionals and lay people are examined and recommendations made
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