Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2001. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 42 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-42).

As the cultural upheaval of the `60s fought its way into the `70s, Bill Talen began his career first as a poet, hitchhiking the interstate highways from the Midwest to the Coasts eagerly engaging the literary, intellectual, and artistic opportunities offered by those cultural venues. He settled in San Francisco where he earned an M.A. in Theatre Arts and joined with friends to open a theatre, "Life on the Water." Here Talen met Sydney Lanier, a minister, who became his lifelong mentor and champion. Lanier recognized in Talen a bold presence which accompanies successful preachers and elevates their sermons. He promoted and supported Talen's move to New York City where Talen fully embraced his role as Reverend Billy and directed the full might of his talents against consumerism--especially Michael Bloomberg's socio-economic goals for the City. Eventually, Talen's critique came to challenge foreign policies that promote corporatism, environmental decline, and the global homogenization of culture. Talen's body of work is extensive and two strong threads run through it that are exemplary. One evidences a complete and purposeful disregard for any artistic borders, especially the edgy land between acting and not-acting, including the tiny gradients as one merges into the other. Talen's recognition of the porosity of borders likely facilitated his willing assimilation of his character, Reverend Billy, into his own daily life and persona, until the two merged, endowing Talen, the performance artist, with the skills and insights of a spiritual leader. The second thread is simply Talen's life's journey from reluctant performer of a religious role, to the willing engagement of that role, and finally the adoption of spiritual responsibility, eventually forming a church and a religion based on activism and a strong commitment to environmental causes. The performance artist became Reverend; the Reverend was born to act. This merging of talents, goals, and dreams created a character who would run for public office. It created a performance artist who would wed lovers, baptize new congregants, and console the grieving.

En mängd slutprodukter kan fås med hjälp av olika ihopsättningar av olika komponenter, vilket görs för att tillfredställa kunders unika behov. Det är väldigt riskabelt och kostsamt för företagen att lagerföra alla dessa olika varianter av produkter i ett färdigvarulager eftersom det kanske inte blir någon större efterfrågan på alla dessa olika varianter. Det är därför många företag väljer att montera mot kundorder. I detta examensarbete sammanställs vad litteraturen tar upp om montering mot kundorder och utifrån detta presenteras de riktlinjer företag kan använda sig av när de vill montera mot kundorder. Utifrån litteraturstudierna, som har används som en referensmodell, har en undersökning gjorts på företaget Forbo Forshaga för att se hur de ligger till utifrån modellen. I nuläget tillverkar företaget mot lager men funderar på att börja montera mot kundorder i stället vilket de verkar ligga bra till för att kunna göra inom den närmsta framtiden.

Indemne…devrait être acheminée la marchandise à bon port ! Telle est la simple quintessence de la responsabilité du transporteur maritime. Or, la simplicité du principe ne signifie pas pour autant la commodité d’application. Si pour Marx, la marchandise est à la fois « la forme élémentaire et la forme universelle de la richesse », pour le transporteur maritime elle est à la fois la raison et la finalité. La raison de son existence économique ; et la finalité de son devoir juridique comme responsable du transport et de l’intégrité de celle-Ci. Terreau fertile aux conflits, la responsabilité du transporteur maritime marocain et français s’avère un véritable champ de mines. Cycliquement chamboulés, les régimes et règles de telle responsabilité demeurent confusément disséminés dans les droits d’ordre interne et les réglementations internationales, et sont complexes à appréhender. Dans une perspective juridico-Économique, la présente thèse s’est fixée le dessein de déconstruire l’archétype de la responsabilité du transporteur maritime, dans son « fondement » et sa « portée ». Autrement dit, de disséquer la contexture de ses règles, ses champs d’application et sa mise en œuvre. Se voulant d’ordre pratique, l’analyse s’efforcera de pénétrer le vif des intrications soulevées par les règles de responsabilité ; saisir les subtilités techniques et commerciales, au même titre que les difficultés et contestations élevées entre les transporteurs et les ayants droit quant aux dommages causés à la marchandise. / The good should be shipped safely to the desired port! That is the simple quintessence of the marine carrier’s liability. However, the simplicity of the principle does not mean the convenience of application. If, for Marx, the good is both “the basic form and the universal form of wealth”, for the marine carrier it is both the reason and the purpose. The reason of its economic existence and the purpose of his legal duty as responsible of the maritime transport and its safety.Fertile soil for conflicts, the liability of the marine carrier in Moroccan and French law is a real minefield. Cyclically turned upside down, schemes and rules of such liability remain confusingly scattered in the internal legislations and international regulations. In a legal and economic perspective, this thesis has set the aim to deconstruct the archetype of marine carrier’s liability in its “foundation" and "impact". In other words, analysing the layout of its rules, its scope and implementation. Intended as a practical thesis, the analysis and methodology used will seek to delve further in the issues raised by the liability rules; understand the technical and commercial subtleties as well as the difficulties and disputes raised between marine carriers and right holders for damages caused to the goods.

Prvním cílem mé diplomové práce je srovnání přístupů americké zahraniční politiky vůči SK za doby posledních dvou amerických prezidentů, B. Clintona a G.W. Bushe. Metodologie takové komparace je založena na srovnání nejvýznamnějších dokumentů uzavřených nejen mezi USA a SK, ale i během šestistranných rozhovorů, a to od počátku volebního období B. Clintona do roku 2007. Diplomová práce dále zkoumá rozdílnost a výsledky praktické zahraniční politiky USA vůči SK. Druhým cílem diplomové práce je prodiskutovat roli Číny ve vztahu k severokorejským problémům a najít období, kdy se Čína zapojila do šestistranných rozhovorů.

This diploma thesis is dedicated to the practical application of the bill of exchange and cheque law from 1950. In the introduction is mentioned the meaning and main functions of payment condition in sales cantract in general. Following chapters contens description of bill of exchange and cheque as payment instruments and especially their usage in the practice and explication of the law from the 1950.

This thesis deals with the bill of exchange, which fulfils a specific funkction. It is s security for a debt. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part is concerned with the legal regulations of the bill of exchange generally. The second part deals with the bill of exchange as a security for a debt. This part completes the first part. The last part is concerned with the practical use of the bill of exchange within the bank credit.

Solicitud de envío manuscrito de artículo científico. / Solicitud de envío manuscrito de artículo científico. / El presente proyecto de tesis propone el desarrollo de un sistema portátil de detección de billetes falsos de 50, 100 y 200 soles de diagnóstico automático basado en procesamiento digital de imágenes e implementado en un computador de placa reducida. En la actualidad, las técnicas de falsificación de billetes que se usan en el Perú son capaces de burlar a los sistemas de detección tradicionales. El sistema propuesto se basa en una detección más eficiente ya que enfoca la adquisición y segmentación de imagen en los patrones calcográficos de marcas de alto relieve. Para optimizar este proceso, se hace uso de una cámara, una lente y un recinto portable. Al resultado se le aplican filtros de repujado, de sobel, de erosión y de dilatación sucesivamente, para resaltar las características distintivas de los billetes legítimos. Finalmente, se usan Máquinas de Soporte Vectorial para clasificar los billetes falsos y los verdaderos, de acuerdo al proceso de entrenamiento realizado para cada denominación. El resultado entregado permitirá que el algoritmo pueda discernir la legitimidad del billete e indicarlo en un display para el entendimiento de cualquier usuario. Asimismo, el computador va conectado a una base de datos para transmitir las estadísticas de billetes falsos detectados. Para la validación de la solución, se han procesado muestras de 278 billetes entre verdaderos y falsos de 50, 100 y 200 soles provistos por el BCRP, o Banco Central de Reserva del Perú. En estas pruebas se obtuvo un porcentaje precisión mayor al 97% para identificar billetes falsos. / The present thesis project proposes to design a portable system to detect 50, 100 and 200 soles counterfeit bills with automatic diagnosis based on digital image processing and implemented on a reduced plate computer. Nowadays, the current counterfeiting techniques for bills being used in Peru are capable of eluding the traditional detection systems. The system being proposed is based on a more efficient detection because the acquisition and image segmentation is being focused on the chalcographic patterns of high relief. To optimize this process, a camera, a lens and a portable enclosure are being used. Then, the system applies the embossing filter, the sobel filter, the erosion filter and the expansion filter successively, to emphasize the distinctive characteristics of the legitimate bills. Finally, Support Vector Machines are used to classify real and counterfeit bills, based on the training process performed for each denomination. The result delivered will allow the program to discern the legitimacy of the bill and show it on a display to ease the understandment by any user. Likewise, the computer is connected to a database in order to transmit the statistics of counterfeit bills detected. To validate the solution, samples of 278 bills, counterfeit and legal, of 50, 100 and 200 soles were processed. These were provided by the BCRP, the official organism of Peru in charge of coins and bills. In this tests, the results show a presicion of over 97% of counterfeited bills correctly identified. / Tesis

I argue that, while no major politician is openly acknowledging affiliation with or adoption of Dominionist political beliefs, that these beliefs are influencing the tenor of the Republican party and that the influence of these beliefs is reflected in many of the policies and platforms of prominent members. Further, there are Dominionist adjacent organizations actively driving the Overton window and the public policy agenda towards a more Domionist centered political arena. Specifically, this paper examines the 1776 Report as a reflection of Dominionist themes and the culmination of efforts by the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation and its Project Blitz to bring Dominionist Christian viewpoints into the public discourse. Thus, this paper argues that the Dominionstis mindset has successfully reached the highest levels of power in the US government.

Riparian forests, which support rich biological diversity in the North American southwest, have experienced a sharp decline in the last century. The extent of this decline has been estimated to range from 70% to 95% across the southwest (Johnson and Haight, 1984). The principal components of riparian forests which sustain a broad spectrum of species and describe the overall health of a system are cottonwoods (sp. Populus) and willows (sp. Salix). The importance of cottonwoods is aptly described by Rood et al (1993): "....these trees provide the foundation of the riparian forest ecosystem in semi -arid areas of western North America. Unlike wetter areas to the east and west, a loss of cottonwoods in these riparian areas is not compensated through enrichment from other tree species. If the cottonwoods die, the entire forest ecosystem collapses." Cottonwood and willow species are adversely affected by anthropogenic influences ranging most prominently from the introduction of regulated flows via dams to agricultural clearing, water diversions, livestock grazing, and domestic settlement. These influences effectively alter the system hydrology that the forests rely upon. As the widespread destruction of these forests and the associated irreparable damage to endangered species habitat has come into clear view in the past decade, research efforts have focused upon identifying the ecological needs of riparian systems. The potential of modifying such systems to soften the human impact upon them, in effect presenting further alterations on a hydrologic system to return it to its natural regime, is another component of the research on riparian systems. The Bill Williams River riparian corridor, near Parker, Arizona (Figure 1.1), contains the last extensive native riparian habitat along the lower Colorado River (BWC Technical Committee, 1993). This unique resource was established as the Bill Williams River Management Unit, Havasu National Wildlife Refuge in 1941 and covers 6105 acres along the lower 12 miles of the Bill Williams River (Rivers West, 1990). The Bill Williams Unit is currently managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of Interior. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also funded this research effort. The lush vegetation corresponding to the wetland conditions along the valley floor sharply contrast with the Sonoran desert landscape of the upper valley walls creating a magnificent picture. The Management Unit terminates at Lake Havasu, which forms the confluence of the Bill Williams and Colorado Rivers. The system provides habitat for a wide variety of species, many of which are endangered or state- listed species, including habitat for neotropical migratory birds. This habitat has undergone serious degeneration during the past quarter century. The recruitment of cottonwood and willow trees has been fatally interrupted by anthropogenic encroachment in the form of the construction of Alamo Dam in 1969 at the head of the Bill Williams River and commercial development along the River.