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Treball de fi de màster en Estudis del Discurs: Comunicació, Societat i Aprenentatge. Tutora: Carme Bach. ; Entre los años 2014 y 2017 Colombia vivió uno de los hechos históricos más importantes de su historia, el proceso de paz y la firma final del acuerdo. Las FARC, dejó de ser un grupo armado al margen de la ley para adentrarse en la política. Fueron más de cincuenta años de conflicto, violencia, armas, víctimas y detrimento social. Atendiendo a esta circunstancia, se lleva a cabo este trabajo que analiza las estrategias discursivas empleadas para informar, por los tres medios de comunicación escrita más grandes del país El Espectador, El Colombiano y El Tiempo. Tomando la teoría de la modalización en la lengua y la teoría de la argumentación, se analizan una serie de editoriales de los acontecimientos más relevantes durante los cuatro años de negociación con el fin de desvelar los indicadores ideológicos e informativos y ver en qué medida contribuyeron al proceso de paz. Los resultados dan cuenta de que, a pesar de que la prensa colombiana mayoritariamente construyó un discurso de paz, el lenguaje utilizado y las argumentaciones en contra en algunos momentos pudieron provocar la polarización política por la que atraviesa el país y el apoyo al triunfo del NO en el plebiscito. ; Between 2014 and 2017, Colombia experienced one of the most important historical events in its history, the peace process and the final signing of the agreement. The FARC stopped being an armed group outside the law to get into politics. They were more than fifty years of conflict, violence, weapons, victims and social detriment. Attending to this circumstance, this work is carried out that analyzes the discursive strategies used to inform, by the three largest written media of the country El Espectador, El Colombiano and El Tiempo. Taking the theory of modalization in language and the theory of argumentation, a series of editorials of the most relevant events during the four years of negotiation are analyzed in order to reveal the ideological and informative indicators and see to what extent they contributed to the peace process. The results show that, despite the fact that the Colombian press mainly constructed a peace discourse, the language used and the arguments against it at times could provoke the political polarization that the country is going through and the support for the triumph of the NO in the plebiscite.

Cultural landscapes, as the products of long-term interaction between human and nature, have been increasingly recognized by different international bodies for their importance in heritage conservation. However, cultural landscapes usually do not enjoy specific protection and are subject to most dynamic landscape changes in modern society that impair the significance. The traditional agricultural areas in the New Territories, display unique features of organically evolved cultural landscape in Hong Kong, have disappeared in drastic rate in recent decades. Long Valley, as one of the remarkable local example of traditional agricultural landscape, was studied to illustrate the spatial and landownership transformation connected with socio-economical transition over the last century. Aerial photos comparison and Geographic Information System (GIS) were employed, and stakeholders' interviews were conducted to aid landscape analysis. The significance of Long Valley is embodied in the setting, natural features, resources of land and cultural context associated with the indigenous settlement and farming tradition in Hong Kong. The long history of agriculture by indigenous clans and more recently by tenant farmers defines the major landscape features of Long Valley. The aerial photographs comparison revealed that road widening, river training works, urbanization, industrialization and infrastructure development during 1960s – 1990s caused drastic environmental change and direct loss of farmland area in and surrounding Long Valley. Combining current cadastral map with historic land plot records shows that the past lots boundaries are still influencing on today's fieldscape of Long Valley. On the other hand, the landownership pattern of Long Valley is fragmented and complicated, and has changed continuously over the century. Indigenous clans have dominant ownership control of Long Valley but their influence is diminishing. Certain portion of lands has been transferred to developers' and outsiders' hands. The complicated and fragmented landownership, however, protects the site from being developed yet. Although conservation efforts have been paid by local NGOs and the Government, Long Valley is still under threats of illegal dumping and unauthorized land-use change initiated by some indigenous landowners as well as development pressure. Traditional agricultural landscapes represent part of local natural and cultural heritage and are key component of local indigenous identity which should receive proper attention and protection. Therefore, adequate conservation and agricultural policy, effective legislation enforcement and planning control, development of adaptive conservation strategies and engagement of local stakeholders are in urge to safeguard and sustain local traditional agricultural landscapes, as well as other significant rural landscapes in Hong Kong. ; published_or_final_version ; Conservation ; Master ; Master of Science in Conservation

La problemática de la deuda pública constituye uno de los temas centrales para comprender la historia argentina de las últimas décadas. Los recientes episodios relacionados con la deuda (la crisis y cesación de pagos de 2001, los canjes de 2005 y 2010, el conflicto con los llamados fondos buitre, entre otros) no se pueden entender sin atender al proceso de endeudamiento y la dinámica de relaciones asociadas, del que son consecuencia. Específicamente, el crecimiento exponencial del endeudamiento soberano externo desde mediados de los años setenta hasta la crisis de pago de 2001 tuvo importantes derivaciones en el plano económico, financiero, político y social: la acumulación de niveles de deuda insostenibles, la injerencia creciente de los acreedores sobre los lineamientos de la política económica local y la transferencia de una enorme masa de recursos para su pago explican en gran medida el deterioro de las cuentas fiscales, de las condiciones de vida de amplias franjas de la población, los desequilibrios económicos y las persistentes trabas al desarrollo. En este sentido, el objetivo de este artículo es reconstruir el derrotero histórico de la deuda soberana argentina, describiendo su evolución y principales transformaciones en las diferentes etapas comprendidas entre 1976 y 2001. ; The problem of public debt is one of the central themes to understand the Argentine history of the last decades. The recent episodes related to debt (crisis and cease payments 2001, exchanges of 2005 and 2010, conflict with so-called vulture funds, among others) can not be understood without addressing the process of indebtedness and the dynamics of relationships Associated, of which they are consequence. Specifically, the exponential growth of external sovereign indebtedness from the mid-1970s to the 2001 repayment crisis had major economic, financial, political and social ramifications: the accumulation of unsustainable debt levels, the growing interference of creditors On the guidelines of local economic policy and the transfer of a huge mass of resources for their payment, explain to a large extent the deterioration of fiscal accounts, the living conditions of large population groups, economic imbalances and persistent obstacles development. In this sense, the objective of this article is to reconstruct the historical route of the Argentine sovereign debt, describing its evolution and main transformations in the different stages between 1976 and 2001. ; Fil: Val, María Emilia. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina

El objetivo del artículo es describir y comprender el Proyecto Educativo Democrático, proyecto pedagógico (y por tanto político) del gobierno de Raúl Alfonsín (1983-1989), a partir del estudio de una serie de documentos producidos por el Ministerio de Educación y Justicia a lo largo de los seis años de gobierno. Qué es educar, para qué se educa, para quiénes y cómo, fueron los interrogantes que guiaron la lectura de los documentos ministeriales. El centro del análisis está ubicado en las definiciones propuestas en cada uno de los documentos, pero con la atención puesta también en la historicidad de las conceptualizaciones y de los hechos. Producto de la lectura y análisis de los documentos, identificamos los diagnósticos, fundamentos, principios, objetivos, conceptualizaciones, estrategias y conflictos que configuraron la política educativa alfonsinista. ; This paper is aimed to describe and understand the Democratic Education Project held by the government of the Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín, through the study of a series of documents produced by the Ministry for Education and Justice during the six years ruling period. Our readings of ministerial documents were guided by questions such as: what is education? education for what, for whom, and how? Focus was placed on definitions proposed in each document, with attention given also to the history of conceptualizations and facts. Our analysis allowed us to identify the diagnosis, fundamentals, principles, objectives, conceptualizations, strategies and conflicts that shaped the education during Alfonsin's government. ; O objetivo do artigo é descrever e compreender o Projeto Educativo Democrático, projeto pedagógico (e, portanto, político) do governo de Raúl Alfonsín (1983-1989), a partir do estudo de uma série de documentos produzidos pelo Ministério da Educação e da Justiça ao longo dos seis anos de governo. O que é educar, para que é que se educa, para quem e como, foram as questões que guiaram a leitura dos documentos ministeriais. O foco da análise é posto nas definições propostas em cada um dos documentos, mas com a atenção voltada também para a historicidade das conceituações e dos fatos. Através da leitura e análise dos documentos, identificamos os diagnósticos, fundamentos, princípios, objetivos, conceituações, estratégias e conflitos que deram forma à educação durante o governo de Alfonsín. ; Fil: Wanschelbaum, Cinthia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Luján; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofia y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina

Este artículo se propone reflexionar acerca del modo en que dos performancesrituales del noroeste argentino recrean en sus puestas en escena diferentes experiencias. Desde un enfoque etnográfico apoyado en los respectivos trabajos de campo de las autoras, se analizan comparativamente la Fiesta Patronal de la Virgen del Rosario de Iruya (Salta) y la Semana Santa de El Cajón (Catamarca). En particular, se discuten algunas de las razones por la cuales en un contexto ritual la puesta en escena implica la recreación de su historia sociocultural y política, mientras que en el otro el eje central transcurre reactualizando eventos cosmológicos. El marco teórico utilizado se basa en el concepto de performance y su relación con la experiencia, siguiendo los aportes realizados por Edward Bruner y Victor Turner. ; This article aims at reflecting about the way in which two ritual performances from Argentinean Northwest recreate, through dramatization, different experiences. Using an ethnographic approach based on both authors' fieldwork, we comparatively analyze Iruya's Virgen del Rosario Fiesta (Salta) with El Cajón's wholly week (Catamarca). In particular, we discuss the reasons why in one ritual context the dramatization implies recreating their socio-cultural and political history, while in the other one the central axis works re-actualizing cosmological events. Following Edward Brunner and Victor Turner our theoretical framework is based on the concept of performance and its relationship with experience. ; O presente artigo propõe-se a refletir sobre o modo em que duas performances rituais do Noroeste argentino recriam diferentes experiências em suas postas em cena. Sob um enfoque etnográfico, apoiado nos respectivos trabalhos de campo das autoras, são analisadas, comparativamente, a Fiesta Patronal de la Señora del Rosario de Iruya (Salta)e a Semana Santa del Cajón (Catamarca).Particularmente, são discutidas algumas das razões pelas quais, em um contexto ritual, a posta em cena implica a recriação da historia sociocultural e política; enquanto que, no outro, o eixo central decorre reatualizando eventos cosmológicos. O marco teórico utilizado baseia-se no conceito de performance e sua relação com a experiência, seguindo os aportes realizados por Edward Bruner e Victor Turner. ; Fil: Avenburg, Karen. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina ; Fil: Martinez, Barbara Betsabe. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina

El manto de silencio que ha cubierto la revolución haitiana, no sólo ha ocluido la radical trascendencia de aquel proceso, sino que además, ha invisibilizado la tradición intelectual que emergió allí al calor de dicho acontecimiento. Este olvido resulta evidente cuando uno examina los estudios generales sobre la historia de las ideas en América Latina y en especial los que abordan el período de la independencia. Haití generalmente brilla por su ausencia y cuando se lo menciona, son escasísimas las referencias a la producción teórica-ideológica haitiana. Tal omisión es sumamente lamentable, porque impide tener una mirada más amplia de los debates político-intelectuales de aquella época. Y particularmente, porque fue en el Haití revolucionario donde surgieron las corrientes teóricas más radicales, largamente más críticas que las del resto de la región. Buscando subsanar esta miopía historiográfica, en este trabajo me propongo analizar brevemente la obra de Jean Louis Vastey (1781-1820) el más destacado de los intelectuales haitianos de dicho período. En tal sentido, mi intención es aportar a su redescubrimiento, subrayando su relevancia como un precursor del anti-colonialismo radical en la región. ; The mantle of silence that has covered the Haitian Revolution has both occluded the radical importance of the process, and the intellectual tradition that appeared in the island after its success. This omission is noticeable when one examines the studies on the history of ideas in Latin America and especially those dealing with the independence period. Haiti is generally absent, and when it's mentioned very few references are made to the intellectual currents in the island. This oblivion is extremely unfortunate because it has prevents us of having a more complete idea of the political and cultural debates of that time. And, particularly because it was in Haiti where the more radical intellectual currents appeared. Attempting to fill this historiographical vacancy, in this article I intend to briefly discuss the ideas of Jean Louis Vastey (1781-1820) the most prominent of Haitian intellectuals of that period. Only just recently studied in the English-speaking academia, it is still almost an absolute unknown in the Latin American context. In this regard, I intend to contribute to its rediscovery, underlining its importance as a pioneer of the radical anticolonial tradition of Latin America. ; Fil: Martinez Peria, Juan Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto de Historia Argentina y Americana ; Argentina

En el presente artículo se reconstruyen los análisis que desde la Ciencia Política se dedicaron al estudio de la crisis argentina entre 1955 y 1966, con el objetivo de rescatar los estudios académicos, sus objetos de análisis, sus críticas y los debates que produjeron, y que en su devenir configuraron los problemas, conceptos, obras y trayectorias principales de la Ciencia Política Argentina. Se hace especial foco en la caracterización del período como "juego imposible", propuesta por Guillermo O'Donnell, dado que la misma fue una de las que más aceptación tuvo, así como por el debate que generó. Buscamos reconstruir aquellas investigaciones y debates desde el comienzo de la pregunta por la salida política, es decir, en su contexto, que fue el gobierno militar de Lanusse, que a poco de asumir definió los lineamientos de la salida de la Revolución Argentina, y la vuelta a la democracia. Creemos que al revisar la serie de textos objeto de este trabajo contribuimos al estudio de la formación de la Ciencia Política argentina, a partir de la delimitación de un campo propio de investigaciones, que al estudiar los antecedentes de la fallida consolidación democrática de los cincuentas-sesentas, se preguntaron por las posibilidades de su consolidación a comienzos de los setentas y por las posibilidades in toto de la democracia en Argentina. ; In the present article we reconstruct the politological analyses dedicated to the study of the Ar gentine history between 1955 and 1966, one of the most unstable periods that made impossible the consolidation of democracy . The aim is to rescue the academic studies, his objects of analysis, his critiques and the debates between them, that in the long term develop the problems, concepts and works of the Political Science in Argentina. We focus especially in the works of Guillermo O'Donnell, and his characterization of that period as "impossible game". The contribution that we tried to make is the reconstruction of a debate that crystallized a field of academic investigations and gave at the same time the first names of those who turned into the main researchers in the area, with the purpose of contributing to the study of the origins of a specific scientific discipline in its contexts, the question about de possibilities of democratic consolidation in the Argentine of the seventies. ; Fil: Dawyd, Dario Manuel Miguel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Laborales; Argentina

El artículo analiza la tensión –permanente- que ha existido y continúan existiendo entre los procesos de individualización y los de construcción de ciudadanía. Ya sea que se los considere en términos de objetivos a alcanzar o bien, como pares antagónicos cuya contradicción no ha podido ser superada. Se presenta así, el relato de cómo se han ido tejiendo y configurando las distintas nociones acerca del individuo y el ciudadano, en tanto producto de realidades históricas y sociales determinadas, aquellas que caracterizaron a la primera modernidad y más tarde a la segunda o modernidad tardía, según algunos autores. Sustentadas por los ideales de la democracia, en un caso y del capitalismo en el otro, ambas han librado una batalla sin solución de continuidad, que deriva de la profunda contradicción entre las posibilidades de realización de ambas al mismo tiempo. Finalmente, se considera la impronta que la gran transformación de la sociedad europea dejó sobre América Latina, pero reconociendo también la existencia de realidades específicas y movimientos reivindicatorios de la propia identidad, que en la mayoría de los casos han sido ocultados por la política de la historia. ; The paper analyzes the stress-standing, which has existed and still exist between the processes of individualization and the construction of citizenship. Whether they are considered in terms of objectives or, as peers whose antagonistic contradiction could not be overcome. It is presented well, the story of how they have been weaving and shaping different notions about the individual and the citizen, while proceeds from certain social and historical realities, those that characterized the first modernity and then to the second or late modernity , According to some authors. Supported by the ideals of democracy, in one case and of capitalism in the other, the two have waged a battle without solution of continuity, which derives from the profound contradiction between the possibilities of carrying out both at the same time. Finally, it is considered the imprint that the great transformation of European society left on Latin America, but also recognizing the existence of specific realities and movements claiming ownership of their own identity, which in most cases have been hidden by the politics of history. ; Fil: Perez, Ana Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humanidades; Argentina

As the most popular destination country for migrants and refugees in the EU since the end of World War II (MPI, 2004), Germany has a history of refugee inflows. In this thesis I focus on the different factors that led to asylum policy change in reunified Germany, from liberal since 1945 to restrictive, after the end of the Cold War in 1992, with the 1992 amendment of Article 16 of the German Basic Law. The study of the factors that account for German asylum policy change is important to understand the future of German asylum policy, and potentially provide a model of asylum policy change in other countries. In this study, I analyze German public opinion that seems to have been affected by large migrant inflows and the declining state of the economy. I argue that electoral pressures by the German public contributed to political party platform changes and asylum policy change. I use data from Eurobaromeer surveys, the World Bank, and the Migration Policy Institute to describe the refugee inflows and the state of the German economy, and how these may have contributed to public opinion, as reflected in Eurobarometer survey results. I examine German political party platforms and campaign tactics based on secondary literature, such as scholarly articles and studies, as well as political speeches and statements. I also consider Germany's membership in the EU as a factor that may have affected the change in German asylum policy. Germany's membership in the EU may have been used as a form of leverage by the Christian Democratic Party (CDU), to pressure the Social Democratic Party (SPD), to compromise on asylum policy restrictions, as Germany's constitutional right to asylum impeded the implementation of EU asylum policy provisions. The findings of my research suggest that German public sentiments may have affected Germany's political party platforms. Evidently, the SPD, aligned its political platform and policy agenda to align with the changes in the German electoral context and gain electoral support. Also, Germany's position as a founding member of the EU, may have contributed to the compromise on German asylum policy change, because the right to asylum as explained in Article 16 of the constitution, withheld Germany from utilizing the EU's asylum procedures and policies, until Article 16 was amended in 1992. ; 2016-12-01 ; B.A. ; College of Sciences, Political Science ; Bachelors ; This record was generated from author submitted information.

ABSTRACT In 1985, the Florida Legislature mandated the development of a computer assisted academic advisement program for the State University System. This study of the Student Academic Support System (SASS) explored the administrator and advisor viewpoints, rather than traditional student perception assessments, in order to add to the understanding of computer assisted advising as it now stands in the State of Florida. The goal of this research was to determine the best practices of computer assisted advising throughout the State University System. Individuals who use or have responsibility for the advising system were identified in each institution in the State University System. An instrument was developed to identify the use of key components of the Student Academic Support System and interviews were scheduled. A review of the literature and results of this study found that there were many factors that influenced the success or failure of a computer assisted advising system. Factors such as funding, administrative sponsorship from the highest levels of the institution, institutional culture, advisor computer proficiency, and the existence of alternate computer advising technologies played significant roles in the development and implementation of the mandated state computer advising system. The qualitative interviews utilized in this case study highlighted the complexities of computer assisted advising. This research studied the perceptions and practices of administrators and advisors in the 11 State Universities in Florida. This research study documents the history of the development and implementation of computer assisted advising within the Florida State University System. As such, this research provides insight for administrators, technology professionals, and policy makers in the field of student advisement. Implications of this study, for the Florida State University System, show that strong administrative support and acceptance of the value of the system by advisors are necessary for successful implementation of a computer assisted advising system. Continued assessment, modification, and funding must be a priority for any institution that utilizes computer assisted advising systems. A properly implemented advising tool, such as the Student Academic Support System, results in a better informed student and a more effective sharing of information between students, advisors, and the university. Properly advised students will reach their educational goals in a timely and efficient fashion. The use of computer assisted advising was found to result in a satisfying academic experience for the advisor and to increase a student's level of satisfaction with the advising encounter. ; 2004-12-01 ; Ed.D. ; Education, Department of Educational Research, Technology and Leadership ; Doctorate ; This record was generated from author submitted information.

Novel microbes are either newly isolated genera and species from natural sources or bacterial strains derived from existing bacteria. Novel microbes are gaining increasing attention for the general aims to preserve and modify foods and to modulate gut microbiota. The use of novel microbes to improve health outcomes is of particular interest because growing evidence points to the importance of gut microbiota in human health. As well, some recently isolated microorganisms have promise for use as probiotics, although in-depth assessment of their safety is necessary. Recent examples of microorganisms calling for more detailed evaluation include Bacteroides xylanisolvens, Akkermansia muciniphila, fructophilic lactic acid bacteria (FLAB), and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii. This paper discusses each candidate's safety evaluation for novel food or novel food ingredient approval according to European Union (EU) regulations. The factors evaluated include their beneficial properties, antibiotic resistance profiling, history of safe use (if available), publication of the genomic sequence, toxicological studies in agreement with novel food regulations, and the qualified presumptions of safety. Sufficient evidences have made possible to support and authorize the use of heat-inactivated B. xylanisolvens in the European Union. In the case of A. muciniphila, the discussion focuses on earlier safety studies and the strain's suitability. FLAB are also subjected to standard safety assessments, which, along with their proximity to lactic acid bacteria generally considered to be safe, may lead to novel food authorization in the future. Further research with F. prausnitzii will increase knowledge about its safety and probiotic properties and may lead to its future use as novel food. Upcoming changes in EUU Regulation 2015/2283 on novel food will facilitate the authorization of future novel products and might increase the presence of novel microbes in the food market. ; Fil: Brodmann, Theodor. University Of Natural Resources And Life Science Vienna; Austria ; Fil: Endo, Akihito. Tokyo University Of Agriculture; Japón ; Fil: Gueimonde, Miguel. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Superior de Productos Lacteos de Asturias; España ; Fil: Vinderola, Celso Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Lactología Industrial. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Ingeniería Química. Instituto de Lactología Industrial; Argentina ; Fil: Kneifel, Wolfgang. Wageningen University And Research; Países Bajos ; Fil: de Vos, Willem M. Wageningen University And Research Centre; . University Of Helsinki Faculty Of Medicine; Fil: Salminen, Seppo. University of Turku; Finlandia ; Fil: Gómez-Gallego, Carlos. University of Turku; Finlandia

The Centre (C.R.C.A.) was established in the early 1950s by Rev. Joseph E. Champagne, O.M.I. [Oblates of Mary Immaculate], Director of the Institute of Missiology at the University of Ottawa, with the help of the National Museum of Canada. It now forms part of St. Paul University, a small private Catholic university run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The Oblates have a long history of missionary work in the Canadian North. St. Paul University is federated with the University of Ottawa. Until recently, the Centre functioned mainly as an informal clearing house for anthropological research in Canada. In the last two years, its research and publishing activities have been expanded. It has a particular interest in: social science and community development (socio-economic development and change) with specific emphasis on social, cultural, and applied anthropology; community development in large, sparsely populated frontier areas; and traditional peoples in situations of change and poverty. The geographic regions in which the Centre operates include the Canadian Middle North and Arctic, particularly the Yukon Territory and Northern Ontario. The northern research program is financed almost entirely by a grant from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development under its program of assistance to northern institutes and expeditions. The Centre has a vigorous publications program. It started in 1955 with the publication of Anthropologica, a bilingual journal in the social sciences, and has received support in the past from the Canada Council. The journal has carried a number of papers on the North. . In its monograph series, it has published: "Eskimo Townsmen", a study of Eskimo adaptation to town life at Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, by John and Irma Honigmann; "The Metis of the Mackenzie District", a study of people of Indian and White ancestry in the Northwest Territories by Richard Slobodin; and "Kabloona and Eskimo in the Central Keewatin", by Frank Vallee. . The first of the Centre's Document series dealt with "Community Development in Canada" and included reference to activities in northern Canada; it was written by Antony Loyd, now with the School of Social Work at the University of British Columbia. The Centre's Handbook series was initiated with Aleksandrs Sprudzs' "Co-operatives: Notes for a Basic Information Course", which is a guide to establishing and running co-operatives, with particular reference to Eskimo co-operatives . The Centre issues a small bilingual monthly newsletter called "Information," which describes its activities. .

Brochure for Brooks Hays' gubernatorial campaign ; A PROGRAM FOR ALL THE PEOPLE "THE EDUCATION THEY DESERVE" Brooks Hays pledges to: Work to make salary scales for teachers competitive with the rest of the nation and with other lines of employment requiring similar levels of training. Encourage and support the efforts of the educa-tion profession to elevate the status and improve the competence of people within the profession. Make full and efficient use of Federal aid to education. Do everything possible to make a fully accredited elementary and secondary school education available to every Arkansas child. Support the Coordination Commission on Higher Education Finance as it proceeds toward establishing a wholly coordinated and non-political system of higher education in Arkansas. "WE HAVE JUST BEGUN TO GROW . . ." Brooks Hays pledges his efforts toward: A drive to secure the greatest economic expansion in Arkansas' history. He will work to attract new and sound industries in all parts of the state. A living wage for all Arkansas workers. Promotion of the state's recreational assets. Expansion of vocational and job retraining pro-grams for ail age groups. "SAFE TRAVEL FOR TOMORROW" Brooks Hays pledges here and now that priority will be given: To establish a highway safety commission to stop useless loss of human life. He would increase programs of driver education, car safety inspection and of elimination of highway hazards. To expedite the completion of interstate highways utilizing professional non-political planning. To see that highway funds are spent equitably and that both the spirit and letter of the Mack-Blackwell Amendment are carried out. STRONG ENOUGH, WISE ENOUGH . . . TO FULFILL OUR BASIC HOPES Brooks Hays pledges to: Work toward increasing Old Age pensions. Begin a program of more adequate care for juvenile offenders so that they will not be put in jail with long-term lawbreakers. Expand Medicare coverage by getting the state to take advantage of Federal aid for chronically ill patients beyond 100 days of nursing home care. Cooperate with the Federal government in the Ozarka program. "WE HAVE TALKED LONG ENOUGH . . ." Brooks Hays pledges: To abolish illegal gambling. To make it possible for Arkansans, by sending in the proper papers showing that they have assessed their personal property, to purchase their automobile license tags by mail. BROOKS HAYS for Governor Campaign Headquarters Marion Hotel, Little Rock, Arkansas FR 6-3071 -paid for by Steele Hays

For over two hundred years organized labor has participated in the political activity of the United States. In the following statement, Professor Lloyd G. Reynolds of Yale expressed his opinion on organized labor's long history in political action. He stated: "It is often debated whether unions should 'go into Politics,' really, they have no choice in the matter. The are automatically in politics because they exist under a legal and political system which has been generally critical of union activities. The conspiracy suit and the injunction judge have been a problem for unions from the earliest times. A minimum of political activity is essential in order that unions may be able to engage in collective bargaining on even terms." The type of labor political activity and the methods employed have varied from period to period. With a little study, however, it was possible to detect a constant evolution of labor political philosophy. At the present time labor political philosophy has been best expressed in the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations' Committee on Political Education. This Committee has represented a philosophy which was born out of many years of trial and experience. The problem discussed in this study has been concerned with the development and effectiveness of the Committee on Political Education. Statement of the Problem. The purpose of this paper was to study the historical development of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations' Committee on Political Education and to assess its effectiveness as an interest group in the United States political sphere. Although the Committee on Political Education was a product of the mid-twentieth century, labor union political activity in the United States can be traced back to the eighteenth century. Much of the Committee on Political Education's philosophy of political activity has been developed over a number of years, and an effort will be made to trace the various aspects which have influenced labor's political endeavors. The growth of union political activity, therefore, is deserving of as much attention as the present status of the Committee on Political Education. Interest groups can use pressure in various ways in order to influence and win the support of the American people. Labor, being one of the primary interest groups, can and does exert its influence in many ways. In summary, then, an effort was made to trace the development of labor union political activity as it evolved from the past into its present-day organization, the Committee on Political Education; and to assess the Committee's political effectiveness.

For many years the descendants of John and James Mellor -- a large family who have made contributions to the cultural and educational activities of their various communities -- have been desirous of preserving for their posterity, and others, a record of the Mellors. Several years ago Amy Mellor Howe initiated the project by compiling and editing the first Mellor History. The foreword in her book wherein she ".hoped that the information and data herein contained may form the nucleus for further research." served as the incentive to continue the project. It is planned to incorporate the following biography into one of the section of the book The Mellors Through the Years which this author has consented to compile and edit for the family. In this biography will be presented the highlights in the life of James Mellor: his youth and early married life in England, his sharing in the experiences of the "ill-fated" handcart pioneers, and his coping with the problems involved in subduing a primitive frontier in settling the Mormon community of Fayette, Sanpete County, Utah. This study has been based on excerpts from James Mellor's own diary and on the diaries of other members of his family; on old letters, documents, and other unpublished information; on newspaper clippings; on personal interviews, letters which the author has received, and available community, church, and government records. It is hoped that this evaluation will result in an objective biography of James Mellor that is as accurate as available information permits. Some previously published historical information has been inter-woven with the original diary of James Mellor in order to enhance both the interest and the authenticity of this document. Grateful appreciation is hereby acknowledged for invaluable assistance rendered by Roy Delbert Mellor, president of the Mellor family organization; his wife, Vivian Margaret Anderson Mellor; and to Martha Wintach Bartholomew, Fayette historian, in the compilation of extensive information and illustrations used in writing this thesis. Likewise, the author wishes to express appreciation to numerous other writers whose statements have been cited in this work, and to Ronald B. Jensen, business instructor at Manti high School, for assisting with the enormous task of typing this information. The author also desires to express sincere thanks to Professor J. Lynn Mortensen, members of her graduate committee at Utah State University, for their invaluable suggestions and professional guidance given in the preparation of this thesis.