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The author is of the opinion that the atomic energy industry will continue to have increasing effect upon our total economy. This study is an attempt to show in a modified legal way the relationship of the Government, industry, and workers in labor relations in the atomic energy industry. Undertaking a study of the atomic energy industry and labor relations has called for employment of distinctively classified data. Even with this handicap, the materials have been adequate, and have shown trends which point toward an industry of magnanimous scope for our American civilization. The successful completion of a problem involving the study of the United States and labor relations in this industry necessitated certain professional materials not found in the usual run of news or literature. Providing such materials were the Atomic Energy Commission, of which Mr. Gordon Dean is Chairman, and the Atomic Energy Labor Relations, Panel. Mr. Aaron Horvitz, Hew York arbiter and attorney has served ably on the Panel, and, his office was the source to very vital information relative to cases handled by the Panel. Mr. Donald E. Straus, secretary to the Panel, has written a report published in July 1950, which proved helpful in clarifying certain phases. Perhaps, the most direct advisement and appreciation go to Dr. Jonnel Leonard Brown, Head, Department of Economics, Prairie View A and M College. His encouragement for the maximum development of this important field in its legal, industrial, and societal aspects, elicited untold adaptation to the study. Kindred appreciation must go to Dr. E. G-. High, Department of Chemistry, Prairie View A and 11 College. As an advisor on the technical phases of atomic energy, he checked the manuscript for their accuracy and extended interest to the whole problem.

Contributing to the literature on the economic effects of international migration, considered here are the effects of migration in the presence of a non-traded-goods sector when the migrants leave behind a portion of the capital stock they own, due to legal or institutional factors, or because they might not be able to make cumbersome & costly arrangements to take their capital stock abroad. In such cases, nonmigrants experience a significant increase in their capital stock, which may enable them to increase their production & thus further enrich their capital, improving the welfare of the remaining residents. Further, if during the postmigration period the domestic price ratio between traded & nontraded goods influences the amount of capital moved by the migrants, then the magnitude of the capital-enrichment effect on the nonmigrants will be more if the non-traded-goods sector is relatively capital intensive. 3 Figures, 7 References. Adapted from the source document.

The period from the beginning of the George W. Bush Administration in January 2001 to President Bushs unprecedented October 2003 visit to four countries in Southeast Asia the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia marks an especially distinctive phase in United States-Southeast Asia relations. The key contention of this article is that over the next three years both the U.S. and Southeast Asia were adroit in minding the gaps in relations, but for reasons that do not address fundamental questions regarding respective views or interests towards each other. During the 2001-2003 period, several factors contributed to facilitating the narrowing of gaps. First, early Bush administration approaches to foreign and security policy were adjusted and moderated as reflected in the new National Security Strategy. Second, the U.S. emphasis on the global war on terrorism cast a new importance to terrorist activities in Southeast Asia. While such a mutual approach in relations maximizes near and mid-term cooperation, it leaves open to question longer-term trends in U.S. and Southeast Asian thinking about each other and the broader Asia-Pacific security environment if and when the counter-terrorism environment is less pressing. (Contemp Southeast Asia/DÜI)

A condition of American hegemony acceptable when Europe was too weak to provide for its own security became less acceptable as the European states regained their strength, confidence, and nationalist elan. American policy- makers adopted an ideology of European unity and North Atlantic community in which the principle of partnership was effectively negated by failure to extend a genuine consultative role to Europe. Excessive influence of strategic analysis and political insensitivity in the State Department lost America the chance to associate an outward-looking Europe with it in the co-operative development of policies toward the Soviet Union and the Third World. Instead, the continental European states look askance upon the détente and nuclear agreements as an attempt to freeze them in a state of permanent inferiority. Russia has taken advantage of the détente to improve its relations with western Europe. Unable to dominate Europe politically, Russia has adopted a traditional divide-and-rule strategy, using the fear of a reunified and revanchist Germany to maintain influence and control. If the United States is not to lose entirely its ability to influence Europe, it must restore Europe's confidence in its policies by taking as great pains with European-American relations as have recently gone into Soviet-American relations.

Edgington reviews 'Globalization & Decentralization: Institutional Contexts, Policy Issues, and Intergovernmental Relations in Japan and the United States' edited by Jong S. Jun and Deil S. Wright.

1. Introduction -- 2. A history of thought about culture and economy -- 3. The re-emergence of culture in economics -- 4. Methods and methodology of culture and economics -- 5. Culture and cross-country differences in institutions -- 6. Culture and economic performance -- 7. Religion as culture -- 8. Mapping the landscape of social capital : the need for a two-level approach -- 9. International relations and coordination -- 10. Conclusions and recommendations.

Sri Lanka is a nation in which multi-religious, multi-ethnic multi-language people live. Buddhists are the majority, while Muslims form the second minority group next to Tamils. Since historical times, the community relationship between Buddhists and Muslims has been prevailing. However, recently, a disturbing trend has been widely spreading among the Buddhists and Muslims. This situation has emerged during the aftermath of the anti-Muslim campaigns set by a number of Buddhist Nationalist Groups (BNGs), with their main goal being to propagate incorrect opinions about the Muslims to promote negative views about their socio-culture, and to distort the idea of a peaceful relationship between Buddhists and Muslims in the country. Accordingly, in the past several years, they have campaigned against halal certification on consumer goods, hijab and niqab of Muslim women, cattle slaughtering, places of worship and prayer services, among others. Moreover, they spread out the illusion that the above aspects of Muslim socio-culture are notable threats to the Buddhist people. So, these aspects are assumed by the Buddhists to be obstacles for maintaining a community relationship with Muslims. On the above background, analyzing the extent to which the above aspects influence the majority-Buddhists and minority-Muslims relationship, and determining as to whether an unfastened relationship will prevail between them, are the main objectives of this study. Based on the results, it is certainly affirmed that the above Muslim socio-cultural aspects, except slaughtering of cattle, have not pushed their influences to damage the Buddhist-Muslim relationship in Sri Lanka. In this respect, it was found that the aspect of 'slaughtering of cattle' is the only obstacle to the Buddhist-Muslim relationship. Furthermore, the recent campaigns have not changed the Buddhists' mood in terms of maintaining a better relationship with Muslims. Moreover, the campaigns did not change their habits in keeping up the relationships with Muslims, without any break as how they behaved during the war (1984-2009) and pre-war periods. However, it is worthy to note that the BNGs have succeeded through their campaigns to create a negative Muslim stereotype among a small population of Buddhists in Sri Lanka.

Gamma-ray bursts are usually classified into either short-duration or long-duration bursts. Going beyond the short-long classification scheme, it has been shown on statistical grounds that a third, intermediate population is needed in this classification scheme. We are looking for physical properties which discriminate the intermediate duration bursts from the other two classes. As the intermediate group is the softest, we argue that we have related them with X-ray flashes among the GRBs. We give a new, probabilistic definition for this class of events.

This project will provide the European Commission (EC) with an overview of the likely impacts of climate change on biodiversity in the European Union (EU), particularly within the Natura 2000 (N2K) network of protected areas, and indications of how the design and implementation of current policy might need to be adapted to ensure that the EU delivers its commitment to halt biodiversity loss by 2010 and beyond. The study will identify those species and associated habitats that are likely to be most vulnerable to climate change and the steps required to protect the integrity of the network from negative effects. The study will also assess the impacts of large-scale renewable energy schemes (wind parks, hydroelectric schemes and tidal barrages) on biodiversity and produce guidelines on the sorts of measures that might be used to maintain and protect N2K sites.