Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Air Force's F-22 Raptor Program and its impact on production cost reduction plans, focusing on the: (1) status of cost reduction plans, including some plans not yet implemented, and identifying Air Force procedures for reporting on the plans; and (2) comparison of 1999 cost estimates developed by the Air Force and the Office of the Secretary of Defense with the congressional cost limitation."
WILLIAM J. SPURLIN. Lesbian and Gay Studies and the Teaching of English: Positions, pedagogies, and cultural politics. Urbana. IL: National Council of Teachers of English. (2000). 326 pp. $33.95 (members $27.95). (ISBN 1-8141-2794-0).
Using the currency demand and DYMIMIC approaches estimates are presented about the size of the shadow economy in 22 Transition and 21 OECD countries. Over 2001/2002 in 21 OECD countries is the average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official GDP) 16.7% of ?official? GDP and of 22 Transition countries 38.0%. The average size of the shadow economy labor force (in percent of the population of working age) of the year 1998/99 in 7 OECD-countries is 15.3% and in 22 Transition countries is 30.2%. An increasing burden of taxation and social security contributions combined with rising state regulatory activities are the driving forces for the growth and size of the shadow economy (labor force).
Shipping list no.: 2002-0168-P. ; Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. ; "Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services." ; Microfiche. ; Mode of access: Internet.
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The F-22 aircraft is designed to be less detectable, capable of flying at higher speeds for longer distances, and able to provide the pilot with substantially improved awareness of the surrounding situation than the F-15 it will replace. The Air Force began the F-22 development program in 1991 and plans to complete it by March 2004. In 1998, following repeated increases in the program's estimated development cost, Congress capped developmental costs at $20.443 billion. The F-22 program did not meet key schedule goals for 2001, the cost to complete planned development is likely to exceed the $21 billion reported to Congress, and the program is not far enough along in flight-testing to confirm Air Force estimates of the aircraft's performance. Despite progress in testing the aircraft's capabilities, problems and delays continue to plague the assembly and delivery of development test aircraft, and the flight-test program is less efficient than planned. Furthermore, flight-test delays make it unlikely that the planned development program can be completed within the current cost goal. On the basis of initial testing, the Air Force projects that the F-22 will meet or exceed its performance goals by the end of development. However, testing to demonstrate performance is not far enough along to allow the Air Force to confirm its projections. The Air Force has implemented process and manufacturing changes to the horizontal tail section and for cracking in the cockpit canopy that GAO reported on last year. Although the results to date appear adequate, the Air Force continues to monitor the results to ensure the corrective actions will be sufficient. In September 2001, the Air Force submitted to Congress a revised acquisition plan to increase the number of aircraft committed to low-rate production before the completion of operational testing. Buying production articles before they are adequately tested can be costly if further testing identifies problems that then require costly modifications. Moreover, an increase in production commitments could occur without the F-22 program office knowing if the contractor's key manufacturing processes are adequate."
The importance of cassava relative to other crops in the cropping system was almost total; cassava was present in 70% of arable fields; maize and beans or peas were each present in 13% of arable fields and all other crops were present in 4%. Cassava was produced mostly for sale, yet it was not as important around market centers as in remote areas because imported rice and wheat products were easily accessible. Cassava land area was not expanding in many of the villages visited because of low-level processing technologies, difficult market access conditions, and because consumers had easy access to imported cereals in the market centers. There were virtually no bred cassava varieties at the farm level. Farmers were selecting genotypes with a large canopy among local landraces because of weed problems and because cassava leaves were widely harvested for human consumption as vegetables. Farmers in high population density areas were selecting early bulking genotypes while others were selecting genotypes which had good in ground storage qualities in the vast areas where fallow rotation was practiced. The available landraces had low genetic potential for root yield as most of them were susceptible to cassava plant pests/diseases especially African cassava mosaic disease. The majority of the cassava producers relied mainly on crop rotation, fallow management, and cultivar selection from among the available landraces for the control of cassava mealybug, cassava green mite, African cassava mosaic disease, and cassava bacterial blight. Although population pressure on land was low in comparison with other countries studied, the mean root yield was below the average for the other countries. The factors which were driving the yield in some of the other countries were lacking. Intensified land-use practices were not adopted because population pressure on land was low. Purchased inputs including high-yielding varieties were not used because access to market was poor for most places while easy access to imported rice and wheat products discouraged farmers around the market centers from investing in the use of the purchased inputs. Cassava was widely processed into two major products, chikwangwe, a convenient food product which was available in ready-to-serve form, and cossette which required further processing and elaborate cooking at home. Chikwangwe was made more in remote areas than in commercial areas. Market demand was limited by easy access to imported rice and wheat for bread. Labor-saving technologies were not adopted in making these products; cassava processing was therefore manual and very laborious. The consequence was that cassava processing did not stimulate expanded cassava production in the Democratic Republic of Congo as it did in West Africa.
Sowohl durch die angestrebte bzw. teilweise erfolgte Deregulierung und Liberalisierung des EU-Binnenmarktes als auch durch die zunehmende Globalisierung unterliegen die Energieversorgungsunternehmen einem zunehmenden Wettbewerbsdruck. Anders als in der Vergangenheit, in der monopolistische Strukturen u.a. aus Grunden der Versorgungssicherheit bewusst geduldet bzw. gefordert wurden, mussen sich die Energieversorgungsunternehmen jetzt an ihrer Wettbewerbsfahigkeit messen lassen. Gleichzeitig unterliegen sie umweltpolitischen Restriktionen: Klimaschutzziele wie sie in Kioto und Rio de Janeiro diskutiert bzw. vereinbart wurden, stellen neue Herausforderungen an den Umgang mit Energie, So hat sich beispielsweise die Bundesrepublik Deutschland das Ziel gesetzt bis zum Jahre 2005 ihre Kohlendioxidemissionen urn 25 % unter das Niveau von 1990 zu senken. Urn dieses Ziel langfristig halten bzw. die Emissionen weiter reduzieren zu konnen, sind deutliche Veranderungen der Energieerzeugungs- und -verbrauchsstrukturen erforderlich. Auch die Erschopfbarkeit der Erdol-, Erdgas- und Kohlevorrate wird dazu beitragen, dass in der Zukunft andere Energietechnologien zum Einsatz kommen werden bzw. sorgsamer mit Energie umgegangen werden muss als es zur Zeit geschieht. Durch den Wettbewerbsdruck auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene werden umweltpolitische Maßnahmen verstärkt an ihren Kosten gemessen werden. Nachdem sich der letzte Ferienkurs mit dem Thema "Liberalisierung des Energiemarktes" befasst hat, steht dieses Mal die "Zukunft der Energieversorgung" im Mittelpunkt. Hierzu werden das dargestellte Themenspektrum aufgegriffen und die Bereiche Energie, Umwelt, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft vor dem Hintergrund veranderter Rahmenbedingungen in der Energiewirtschaft beleuchtet. Auch in diesem Jahr wird der Ferienkurs wieder vom Forschungszentrum Julich gemeinsam mit der RWTH Aachen und den Universitaten Essen und Oldenburg veranstaltet. In dem Ferienkurs sollen die energiewirtschaftlichen Kenntnisse der Teilnehmer vertieft und die ...
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Air Force has made progress in developing the F-22, particularly with respect to fulfilling the criteria for awarding a fully funded contract for low-rate initial production. Nevertheless, it lags significantly in flight-testing because of continuing assembly and manufacturing delays, and it is behind schedule in completing nonflying tests that assess the aircraft's structural integrity These delays increase the risk that the Air Force will likely have to extend the test program past the planned completion date or proceed to the next stages of the program without completing all flight-tests. Moreover, the scheduling delays increase the likelihood that costs will not fall within the congressional cap. The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation has indicated that, on the basis of the test program's current status, operational testing cannot be started as scheduled without clearly unacceptable risks and will probably be delayed almost a year. The Director also concluded there was no reason to authorize low-rate production in January 2001 and some justification to delay it. Cost growth in the development program because of manufacturing and design problems and underestimated amounts of labor required to complete scheduled tasks points to a lack of stability in both design and fabrication."
Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Air Force's F-22 and the Navy's F/A-18E/F engineering and manufacturing (EMD) programs."
Semiannual publication ; Message from the chair / Anna Beth Crabtree -- Done the impossible lately? -- MCMLA priorities, 1999-2000 / Anna Beth Crabtree -- MLA mentoring task force -- Immediate past chair's report: update on MCMLA priorities for 1998-99 / Peggy Mullaly-Quijas -- HLS/MLA professional development grant -- Doing the impossible -- 1999 MCMLA annual business meeting -- Annual report of the MCMLA Governmental Relations Committee / Janice J. Carter -- Support your regional listserv / Theresa Arndt -- Annual report of the MCMLA Nominating Committee / Joan M. Stoddart -- MCMLA '99 highlights / Lynne Fox -- Valediction / Peggy Mullaly-Quijas -- MCMLA committees 1999-2000
Le contenu du cédérom d'accompagnement est fourni sous la forme d'un fichier .zip ; Alors que l'espace festif techno rassemble de plus en plus d'adeptes, il ne cesse d'être marginalisé. Du fait des mythes entourant « la Drogue » et des rumeurs concernant les « rave-parties », les professionnels de santé ne sont pas correctement informés des différentes substances qui y sont consommées ni de leur mode et de leur contexte d'utilisation ; de même les utilisateurs ne trouvent pas de réponse objective quant aux risques éventuellement liés à leurs pratiques. Ce travail a donc pour but de faire une revue du cadre juridique et des connaissances scientifiques concernant cinq substances psychoactives de synthèse utilisées dans l'espace festif techno choisies pour la diversité de leurs effets recherchés, de leur présentation, de leur mode d'administration et de leur stade de diffusion : l'ecstasy, le GHB, la kétamine, le protoxyde d'azote et le 2C-B. Les textes, images, animations et vidéos de ce travail sont réunies sur un cédérom et transposables sur Internet afin de maximiser leur accessibilité. Le cédérom est composé de trois parties complémentaires : Une «première» partie intitulée «ordre public et santé publique» présente les concepts d'usage, d'abus et de dépendance et le cadre juridique mondial, européen et français de la lutte contre les stupéfiants, psychotropes et précurseurs. Une « seconde » partie intitulée « les substances » fait la revue des connaissances scientifiques actuelles à propos de la consommation de chacune des cinq substances : formules, noms scientifiques et vulgaires, historique, pharmacocinétique, pharmacologie, usage récréatif (historique, présentation du produit, modes d'utilisation, prix, doses utilisées, effets recherchés, effets décrits), toxicologie et potentiel de tolérance et de dépendance. Une « troisième » partie intitulée « contexte et mode d'usage » présente les risques liés au contexte d'usage (hyperstimulation, chaleur, etc.) et au mode d'usage (injection, inhalation, prise orale) après avoir rappelé les bases de la politique de réduction des risques.
Con el fin del sistema bipolar, a partir de la desintegración de la URSS en 1991, las tendencias mundiales se perfilaron hacia la configuración de un sistema mundial con características multipolares, centrado en el eje económico y con un alto índice de transnacionalización. Dentro de estas perspectivas, EUA debía competir vis-a-vis la UE y el mundo asiático en el terreno económico-tecnológico, quitándole exclusividad en el manejo del orden mundial. Su historia y capacidades siempre se manejaron dentro del terreno estratégico-militar, donde, a partir del fin del bipolarismo alcanzó una posición exclusiva y excluyente, por lo que sus gobiernos, especialmente los republicanos, buscaron llevar las cosas de manera tal que las tendencia mundiales giraran prioritariamente alrededor del eje estratégico-militar. A partir del 11 de septiembre del 2001, con el ataque a las Torres Gemelas, pareciera que EUA ha logrado el objetivo de tener un enemigo que puede ser extendido al resto del planeta haciendo que las relaciones globales giren prioritariamente alrededor del eje estratégico-militar, por sobre el eje económico. De esta manera alcanza una capacidad de manejo del orden exclusiva y excluyente. Durante la década de los '90 ha ido quitándole capacidad mediadora a la ONU y fortalecido a la OTAN, que no constituye una fuerza armada de la ONU según el artículo 43, ni es dependiente de esta. De esta forma, progresivamente ha ido construyendo y consolidando un imperio planetario y subordinando al resto de los actores que pudieran competir, más en el terreno económico-tecnológico que en el estratégico-militar. De todas formas, si al principio pareció que las cosas se dirigían decididamente hacia un control de EUA por sobre el planeta a partir de su capacidad de intervención militar, luego de la experiencia de la invasión a Afganistán, comenzó a crecer la oposición a la continuidad "unilateralista" de la conducta norteamericana, por parte de sus "socios" europeos. Aun no está decidido el futuro orden mundial, aunque actualmente se encuentra en un impasse entre girar alrededor del eje económico con una característica decididamente multipolar, donde organizaciones como la OTAN deberían desaparecer o consolidarse en las tendencias imperiales en las que lo ha embarcado EUA haciendo girar al orden alrededor del eje estratégico-militar. ; Aula "B": Nuevo orden ; Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales (IRI)
