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This paper compares port hinterland access strategies in the form of intermodal freight corridors connecting ports and inland intermodal terminals. Interviews and site visits were conducted at a number of locations in the United States in order to compare strategies of stakeholder management, planning and policy issues and access to private and public funding.Detailed case studies on the Alameda Corridor, Alameda Corridor East, Norfolk Southern's Heartland Corridor and CSX's National Gateway are presented. The various projects represent corridors of different sizes, objectives and challenges relating to stakeholder management. Furthermore, as government policy in the United States has developed over recent years, ports and railroads have needed to alter their approach to project planning in order to attract public funding of various types, from national to state and local.Results indicate the importance of aligning stakeholder objectives with funding sources and planning schedules. Of particular importance to the development of hinterland access is recent US policy towards the provision of public funding through discretionary funding programmes. These developments are discussed in the context of US transport policy and the difficulties of government involvement in a traditionally privately owned and operated rail industry. Such issues need to be understood in order to limit their constraints on port development options

Political action can reduce introductions of diseases caused by invasive forest pathogens (IPs) and public support is important for effective prevention. The public's awareness of IP problems and the acceptability of policies aiming to combat these pathogens were surveyed in nine European countries (N = 3469). Although awareness of specific diseases (e.g., ash dieback) varied, problem awareness and policy acceptability were similar across countries. The public was positive towards policies for informational measures and stricter standards for plant production, but less positive towards restricting public access to protected areas. Multilevel models, including individual and country level variables, revealed that media exposure was positively associated with awareness of IP problems, and strengthened the link between problem awareness and policy acceptability. Results suggest that learning about IPs through the media and recognizing the associated problems increase policy acceptability. Overall, the study elaborates on the anthropogenic dimension of diseases caused by IPs. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

У статті обґрунтовано концепцію проектування цифрових наративів у навчанні майбутніх магістрів освіти, що поєднує мету, генезу провідних ідей дослідження, базовий понятійно-категоріальниий апарат, ядро концепції, програму, установлення характеру дослідження, результативно-прогностичний концепт. Охарактеризовано й подано визначення категорії цифровий наратив, наративне навчання, наративно-цифровий підхід. Обґрунтовано теоретичні засади проектування цифрових наративів як нового напряму навчання майбутніх магістрів освіти в сучасному інформаційному соціумі ; The article deals with the concept of digital narratives design in training of the future Masters in Education that combines purpose, genesis of the leading research ideas, basic concept-category apparatus, core of the concept, program, determination of character of the research, efficient-prognostic concept. Digital narrative, narrative training, digital narrative approach are highlighted and given the definitions to. Theoretical foundations of digital narratives design as the new field of training of the future Masters of Education in today's information society are defined. The origins of the use of digital narratives in education are found in digital humanities - the science about using computer systems in various humanitarian fields. Digital narratives spread in higher education of the USA in the late 90s of the XX century as a result of cooperation of Centre of digital narratives (CDS) with a number of universities. At the beginning of the XXI century courses on digital narratives are parts of the Bachelor and Master Study programs, and become the subject of study of international research projects. Leading conceptual ideas of the research are grounded on the convergence of two defining trends of the international educational space development: narrative training and digital humanizing of education, as well as four major scientific theories: making educational process narrative (J. Bruner), computerization of higher humanitarian education (R. Lenham), unity of artistic and pedagogical action (I. Ziaziun) and digital humanist pedagogy (V. Bykov, M. Leshchenko). The article highlights the main ideas about possibilities and advantages of digital narratives use in the training process of the upcoming Masters of Education: digital narrative is a universal social phenomenon that promotes awareness of the uniqueness of humanity (similarities and differences between races, religions, cultural traditions); digital narrative is the process and result of human creativity through ICT, so it is extremely important for the development of creative abilities; it improves cognitive-communication skills; it is a source of mental and aesthetic development, it promotes a positive attitude to learning; digital narrative is a unity of cognitive processes, artistic and creative activities and modern information and communication technologies. Implementation of digital narrative approach is due to expediency of attracting students to the creative production of the information products as a necessary step in the process of formation of information-communication and media competencies, which is particularly important in today's information society. The article establishes a new direction in theory and practice that enables effective use of ICT for democratization, humanization, and inspiration of the educational process that meets both social and individual needs and will be attractive for students.

In 1972, the radical left wing United Red Army (URA) became notorious in Japan when, after a protracted police siege, news emerged that the group had killed 12 of its own members during physical and ideological training exercises. In the wake of these revelations, media coverage produced a particular aesthetic for sensing the incident characterized by madness and aberrant sexuality. This aesthetic went on to delimit what was perceptible about the incident and the politics it came to represent, putting an end to the already dwindling Japanese New Left movement, but also having a lasting impact on political activism in Japan. This book investigates how films made about the URA incident since the 1990s have engaged with, reproduced and contested this aesthetic of remembering the URA, discussing the very different ways in which directors have grappled with questions of narrativization, trauma, intergenerational connection, and political subjectivity as they engage in the politics of cultural memory on screen.

"Toxin Nation shows how the government and corporations affect our health and negatively impact the environment. The book addresses issues including air/water/soil pollution, 5G communication, GMOs, pharmaceuticals, weather warfare, chemtrails, geoengineering, and conspiracy theories that affect all of us"--

"A study of the manifestation and persistence of hybrid Franco-American literary, musical, culinary, and media cultures in North America, particularly New England and southern Louisiana"...

Though choosing sources that have specific copyright that allows for the reuse, modification, and redistribution of pictures is an important lesson for all students of all grade levels, what's even a more important lesson is that of the power of social media. The perfect picture can spread like a wildfire across all social media platforms. Pictures have the power to change someone's mood, political opinion, and even advocate for change on the other side of the world.

AbstractThis article assesses how information and communication technologies (ICTs) hindered the effectiveness of public sector organizational networks in the City of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. The analysis examines three disaster response networks responsible for disaster planning and preparedness whose primary tasks focused on evacuation, shelter, first response, and public protection. The temporal period under discussion is the immediate days prior to and after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, Friday, August 26, 2005 to Sunday, September 4, 2005. We discuss the status of policies instituted by the federal government, the status of local disaster planning in New Orleans, the theoretical underpinnings and empirical research on communication, ICTs, and the role of organizational networks in public administration, and summarize findings from the small corpus of research on organizational network effectiveness during and after Hurricane Katrina. Our study relies on grounded theory to document how failures of technology, communication, information sharing, and management contributed to reducing organizational network effectiveness and discusses some of the reasons for network failure during the response to Hurricane Katrina. We focus on the need for critical resources and structural conditions that prevented local organizational networks from operating effectively and efficiently. We conclude with an analysis of the continuing relevance of Hurricane Katrina by comparing events that took place following Hurricane Sandy and with series of recommendations for assessing the probability of future disasters including use of a different theoretical framework, social-ecological system thinking; a commitment to and investment in metrics, indicators, and data to measure progress towards resilience; significant investments to harden and redesign key infrastructure; and the adoption of an international perspective to inform national policies and practices.