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This executive order by Governor Jim Hodges declares Friday, December 22, 2000, as the Christmas Eve holiday for state government employees.

[First paragraph of Introduction]: Until recently the discipline of Public Administration, and the Social Sciences more generally, have been remarkably silent about the role of nonprofit organizations in the provision of 'public services' and their contribution toward public benefit. In fact, an understanding of the place which nonprofit organizations play within society has been an ignored subject matter; the state of affairs is such that one commentator has tellingly referred to the voluntary realm as the "invisible sector" (Hall 1997: 74). Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation: ; Evans, B. M. & Shields, J. (2000). Neoliberal restructuring and the third sector: reshaping governance, civil society and local relations. (Working paper Volume 2000(1)). Toronto : Ted Rogers School of Management, Centre for Volunteer Sector Studies, Ryerson University.

Government policies in Canada have taken a "hard right turn" and tax cuts now have priority over investing in social programming. Both federal and provincial governments have been withdrawing from direct service provision with the expectation that the nonprofit sector will fill in the gap. At the same time, traditional government support for the sector has declined, which limits organizations' ability to meet their current service demands. Using a sample of 645 organizations from across Canada, this paper explores the use of revenue diversification as a response to policy changes. The findings indicate that while nonprofit organizations in Canada have embraced revenue diversification to support program delivery, the extent of diversification is influenced by size, whether the organization is run by women or not, whether it is a relatively new organization or one with a long history and track record, and whether its mandate has a broad or narrow appeal. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation: ; Foster, M. K. & Meinhard, A. G. (2000). Revenue Diversification as a Strategic Response by Canada's Nonprofit Dector. (Working paper Volume 2000 (3)). Toronto : Ted Rogers School of Management, Centre for Volunteer Sector Studies, Ryerson University.

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Air Force's engineering and manufacturing development program for the F-22 aircraft, focusing on: (1) the extent to which the F-22 development program is meeting its performance, schedule, and cost goals; (2) whether the Air Force is likely to complete the development program as planned without exceeding the cost limitation established by the act; and (3) whether GAO had access to sufficient information to make informed judgments on matters covered in this report."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Air Force F-22 Raptor production cost estimate, focusing on: (1) the status of cost reduction plans, including some plans not yet implemented, and Air Force procedures for reporting on the plans; and (2) a comparison of the 1999 production cost estimates with the congressional cost limitation."

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."

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 ...

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

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veranst. vom Deutschen Historischen Institut Paris und dem Centre d'Etudes d'Histoire de la Défense in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institut für Zeitgeschichte München und dem Institut d'Histoire du Temps Paris. Hrsg. von Stefan Martens . ; Beitr. teilw. dt., teilw. franz. - Zsfassungen in dt. und franz. Sprache ; Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- AD 2000.525

Birgit Bublies-Godau präsentiert erstmals die autobiographischen Schriften der badischen Revolutionärin und frühen bürgerlichen "Politikerin", sie sind vollständig transkribiert und profund kommentiert. Eine sensibel recherchierte biographische Einführung zu Henriette Obermüller-Venedey (1817 – 1893) eröffnet die vorliegende Edition. Sie stellt den wechselvollen Lebensweg der Autorin hin zur aktiven Demokratin, Republikanerin und Revolutionärin, Gattin, Mutter, Hausfrau sowie erfolgreichen Weinhändlerin, Pensionswirtin und Unternehmerin vor: In chronologischer Reihe ediert Bublies-Godau die Ego-Dokumente von Henriette Obermüller-Venedey: Ihre beiden Tagebücher und ihre Lebenserinnerungen, welche die Autorin im Zeitraum von Mai 1856 und Februar 1871 niedergeschrieben hatte. Entsprechend ihrer chronologischen Entstehung folgen "Notizen unserer Erlebnisse gesammelt im Jahr 1856 in Heidelberg" und "Erlebnisse in Oberweiler. März 1869", sowie die "Beschreibung meines Lebens" nacheinander. Eine umfassende Literaturliste, Register und Kommentar runden die Edition ab und machen sie als Nachlagewerk nutzbar.

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