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This paper positions time in the center of spatial economic analysis, with a particular view on travel speed in transport behavior. The issue of 'slow motion' is at present very timely and has led to a new concept in transport analysis, viz. 'time pioneer'. Such a person is prepared to give up part of his scarce time for other, as yet unknown purposes. This attitude might generate 'slow motion' behavior. The paper aims to critically review the concept of a time pioneer from a broad perspective on the socio‐economic meaning of time in our globalizing society. The viability of time pioneering behavior is next empirically tested by means of an extensive survey among travelers in the Netherlands. A new modeling experiment, viz. rough set analysis, is carried out in order to deal with empirical survey data in a smallsample context. On the basis of the empirical results, it is concluded that, while 'slow motion' is seemingly an appealing socio‐psychological travel mode, the share of time pioneers among actual travelers is rather low.

From the foreword written by Richard Bartle, the coauthor of MUD: "They [the 16 people interviewed in the book] tell things just the way they are, without any spin, and with insights freely flowing. That's either a feature of successful game developers or a testament to Morgan's interviewing skills. I suspect it's a combination of both." In this groundbreaking collection of 15 interviews, successful founders of entertainment software companies reflect on their challenges and how they survived. You will learn of the strategies, the sacrifices, the long hours, the commitment, and the dedication to quality that led to their successes but also of the toll that this incredibly competitive market has on even its most brilliant minds. For the hundreds of thousands of game developers out there, this is a must read survival guide. For those who simply enjoy games and know of some of these founders, this will be a most interesting read. Sales of video games, hardware, and accessories reach upwards of $20 billion every year in the United States alone, and more than two-thirds of American households include video games in their daily lives. In a world that seems to be overflowing with fortune and success, the vicious truth of this booming industry is easily forgotten: failure is tradition. For nearly four decades, video games have captured the imaginations and drawn the ire of people around the world. Actors play them. Rappers promote them. Politicians want to control them. Even baseball legends make them. Video games are a cultural crossroads where business, entertainment, and technology converge. There are a few game development companies that have withstood the test of time; most startups exit as quickly as they enter the scene. Many firms are outpaced by the explosive worldwide growth and economic realities of the sector. Here are enlightening the stories of entrepreneurs who found success and many who subsequently could not repeat it. They walk you through their incredible journeys of success and failure while expressing their views on development, design, hiring, finance, business models, selling their organization, the business life cycle, their frustrations and mistakes, while showing their intensity and their passion for the business along the way. Online Game Pioneers at Work: Explores the formation of entertainment software companies from the perspectives of successful founders who defied the odds Provides insight into why experienced professionals sa ...

Zeitpolitische Bemühungen setzen oftmals an Zeitkonflikten zwischen Akteuren an (z. B. Konflikte zwischen Arbeitgeber und -nehmer über Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten der Arbeitszeitflexibilisierung). Der vorliegende Beitrag hingegen richtet den Fokus auf einzelne Akteure und ihren Anspruch, Zeit zu gestalten ("Mikroanalyse"). Der Beitrag unterscheidet zwischen zwei Arten von Zeitgestaltern: (1) Zeitpioniere und (2) Agenten von institutionellem Wandel. Zeitpioniere betonen die Absicht der eigenen individuellen Zeitwohlstandserhöhung durch die Gestaltung ihres Lebensstils, während Gestalter des institutionellen Wandels von Zeitstrukturen kollektive Wohlstandsgewinne und deren Verteilung in den Vordergrund stellen. Institutionenorientierte Zeitgestalter sind von besonderer Bedeutung für die Realisierung einer zeitgerechten Stadt. Theoretisch liegt es nahe, dass institutionenorientierte Gestalter das informelle Instrument der Stadtentwicklungsplanung nutzen, um Schritte in Richtung einer zeitgerechten Stadt zu gehen, z. B. um das Querschnittsthema der Zeitgestaltung in den bestehenden räumlichen Planungsinstrumenten und in den Fachplanungen zu verankern. Ein Blick in die Planungspraxis ist allerdings ernüchternd. Zeitgestaltung spielt sowohl im Stadtentwicklungsplan der Stadt Aachen aus dem Jahr 2012 als auch im Integrierten Stadtentwicklungskonzept der Stadt Dresden aus dem Jahr 2016 keine prominente Rolle. Hierfür gibt es fallspezifische Ursachen (z. B. der Prozessverlauf in Aachen, die geringe Bedeutung von Zeit als planerisches Gestaltungsthema in Dresden). Der Beitrag formuliert anhand dieser konzeptionellen Überlegungen und Beispielanalysen einige Hinweise für die künftige Planungsforschung als Beitrag zur Realisierung einer zeitgerechten Stadt. ; Time-policy endeavours often highlight time conflicts between actors (e.g. conflicts between employers and employees about the scope of flexibility in working hours). In contrast, this paper focuses on individual actors and their aspirations to manage time ("microanalysis"). The paper differentiates between two types of time managers: (1) time pioneers and (2) agents of institutional change. Time pioneers focus on improving their individual time budgets through the design of their lifestyles. Agents of institutional change, on the other hand, emphasise collective improvements in time budgeting and distribution through changes in regulative, normative and cognitive structures. Time managers oriented towards institutions are particularly important for achieving temporal justice in the city. In theory it seems likely that institutional agents would use the informal instrument of urban development planning to take steps towards improving temporal justice in the city, e. g. by tackling the cross-sectoral topic of time management by using existing spatial planning instruments and sectoral planning.

Andersen and Liefferink's edited volume takes a different approach to comparative environmental policy studies. It looks at how domestic environmental policies and activities In six specific countries (Sweden, Austria, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway) have affected environmental politics at the European Union level. Following Robert Putnam's theory, environmental policymaking in the EU is viewed as a reciprocal two-level game in which activities, actors and politics in domestic and EU arenas affect each other. Governments at times need to build domestic political support to enable a regional agreement to be reached, and at other times they need to use regional policy-making as a way to put pressure on domestic constituencies.

PurposeThe transcript provides an overview of the development of the field and changing paradigms in this regard.Design/methodology/approachThe transcript was developed in the context of a United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) project on the history of disaster risk reduction (DRR).FindingsThe transcript traces the initial discussions of how the At Risk book was conceived and presents new dimensions and challenges within the field.Originality/valueThe interview highlights the importance of the need to document the transitions, developments and paradigm changes in the field over time.

During July 2016 the College lost two important figures who advanced family medicine in Malta. Dr. Denis Soler served medical politics throughout his career. He was an avid GP and even co-started one of the biggest occupational health services organisations on the island. But he is mostly remembered as the President of the Malta College of Family Doctors and was very proud of saying that the first meeting was held in his own kitchen. I mentioned this a few years ago when, as President of the College for the second time, I felt it appropriate to award Denis with the first Honorary Fellowship of the MCFD. I asked him whether he was happy, given that whoever occupies the place of President knows the difficulties it carries and often the perception that no-one appreciates what you are doing. His reply came from the heart and I could see joy in his face. I am proud that as a College we appreciate the work of people during their lifetime. But Denis was also the foundermember of the first Department of Family Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine & Surgery at the University of Malta, with the help of then Dean, Prof. Mark Brincat and became the head of department until his retirement. ; peer-reviewed

"After the scholars profiled in African-American pioneers in anthropology, a second generation of African American anthropologists trained in the late 1950s and 1960s. Expected to study their own or similar cultures, these specialists often focused on the African diaspora but in some cases ranged farther afield both geographically and intellectually. Yet their work remains largely unknown to colleagues and students. This volume collects intellectual biographies of fifteen accomplished African American anthropologists of the era. The authors explore the scholars' diverse backgrounds and interests and look at their groundbreaking methodologies, ethnographies, and theories. They also place their subjects within their tumultuous times, when antiracism and anticolonialism transformed the field and the emergence of ideas around racial vindication brought forth new worldviews. Scholars profiled: George Clement Bond, Johnnetta B. Cole, James Lowell Gibbs Jr., Vera Mae Green, John Langston Gwaltney, Ira E. Harrison, Delmos Jones, Diane K. Lewis, Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, Oliver Osborne, Anselme Remy, William Alfred Shack, Audrey Smedley, Niara Sudarkasa, and Charles Preston Warren II"--Publisher's website

"Americans have long held a complicated relationship with France. On the one hand, Americans adore all things French, including food and fashion, as well as visiting the country and learning the language. Historically, they have also been quick to blame France in times of international crisis, like for their non-engagement the Iraq War, or even domestic problems. Despite several ups and downs, however, the friendship between the countries remains strong. The author explains the strength of Franco-American relations lies in the diplomatic ties that extend back to the founding of the United States, but more importantly, in the French DNA that is imprinted on American culture. The French were the first Europeans to settle the regions now known as Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas--and Frenchman remained in Louisiana after the land was purchased by the United States. This book explores the effects that France has had on American culture, and why modern Americans of French descent are so fascinated by their ancestry"--

Women farmers – the silent heroes of everyday life. Progress in the history of agriculture – the achievement of male pioneers. That seems to be the message of agriculturally oriented literature on women farmers and the history of European agriculture. The article challenges this image with some research findings on women pioneers committed to agricultural progress in the past. Although it is difficult to establish their achievements because of the male‐biased view of agricultural historians and a quasi de‐authorization by the women themselves, one can discover women strongly dedicated to agricultural progress from early modern times onward. The European custom of patrilocality is shown to be a crucial mechanism inhibiting women's innovative role in agriculture. It was a shift of paradigm, called the rationalization of agriculture, which led to the exclusion of women from the accelerating agricultural progress. Not until the beginning of our century did women win access to universities and scientific research facilities. Finally, the article sheds light on the fact that there is a close relationship between women pioneers and organic farming.

Book highlighting the life and times of James Britton Bailey, who first came to Texas in 1818. This work covers his interactions with Stephen F. Austin, and his journeys through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Index starts on page 131.

The M. H. Ross Papers contain information pertaining to labor, politics, social issues of the twentieth century, coal mining and its resulting lifestyle, as well as photographs and audio materials. The collection is made up of five different accessions; L2001-05, which is contained in boxes one through 104, L2002-09 in boxes 106 through 120, L2006-16 in boxes 105 and 120, L2001-01 in boxes 120-121, and L2012-20 in boxes 122-125. The campaign materials consist of items from the 1940 and 1948 political campaigns in which Ross participated. These items include campaign cards, posters, speech transcripts, news clippings, rally materials, letters to voters, and fliers. Organizing and arbitration materials covers labor organizing events from "Operation Dixie" in Georgia, the furniture workers in North Carolina, and the Mine-Mill workers in the Western United States. Organizing materials include fliers, correspondence, news articles, radio transcripts, and some related photos. Arbitration files consist of agreements, decisions, and agreement booklets. The social and political research files cover a wide time period (1930's to the late 1970's/early 1980's). The topics include mainly the Ku Klux Klan, racism, Communism, Red Scare, red baiting, United States history, and literature. These files consist mostly of news and journal articles. Ross interacted with coal miners while doing work for the United Mine Workers Association (UMWA) and while working at the Fairmont Clinic in West Virginia. Included in these related files are books, news articles, journals, UMWA reports, and coal miner oral histories conducted by Ross. Tying in to all of the activities Ross participated in during his life were his research and manuscript files. He wrote numerous newspaper and journal articles on history and labor. Later, as he worked for the UMWA and at the Fairmont Clinic, he wrote more in-depth articles about coal miners, their lifestyle, and medical problems they faced (while the Southern Labor Archives has many of Ross's coal mining and lifestyle articles, it does not have any of his medical articles). Along with these articles are the research files Ross collected to write them, which consist of notes, books, and newspaper and journal articles. In additional to his professional career, Ross was adamant about documenting his and his wife's family history in the oral history format. Of particular interest are the recordings of his interviews with his wife's family - they were workers, musicians, and singers of labor and folk songs. Finally, in this collection are a number of photographs and slides, which include images of organizing, coal mining (from the late 19th through 20th centuries), and Appalachia. Of note is a small photo album from the 1930s which contains images from the Summer School for Workers, and more labor organizing. A few audio items are available as well, such as Ross political speeches and an oral history in which Ross was interviewed by his daughter, Jane Ross Davis in 1986. All photographic and audio-visual materials are at the end of their respective series. ; Myron Howard "Mike" Ross was born November 9, 1919 in New York City. He dropped out of school when he was seventeen and moved to Texas, where he worked on a farm. From 1936 until 1939, Ross worked in a bakery in North Carolina. In the summer of 1938, he attended the Southern School for Workers in Asheville, North Carolina. During the fall of 1938, Ross would attend the first Southern Conference on Human Welfare in Birmingham, Alabama. He would attend this conference again in 1940 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. From 1939 to 1940, Ross worked for the United Mine Workers Non-Partisan League in North Carolina, working under John L. Lewis. He was hired as a union organizer by the United Mine Workers of America, and sent to Saltville, Virginia and Rockwood, Tennessee. In 1940, Ross ran for a seat on city council on the People's Platform in Charlotte, North Carolina. During this time, he also married Anne "Buddie" West of Kennesaw, Georgia. From 1941 until 1945, Ross served as an infantryman for the United States Army. He sustained injuries near the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944. From 1945 until 1949, Ross worked for the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, then part of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), as a union organizer. He was sent to Macon, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia and to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he worked with the United Furniture Workers Union. He began handling arbitration for the unions. In 1948, Ross ran for United States Congress on the Progressive Party ticket in North Carolina. He also served as the secretary for the North Carolina Progressive Party. Ross attended the University of North Carolina law school from 1949 to 1952. He graduated with honors but was denied the bar on the grounds of "character." From 1952 until 1955, he worked for the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers as a union organizer, first in New Mexico (potash mines) and then in Arizona (copper mines). From 1955 to 1957, Ross attended the Columbia University School of Public Health. He worked for the United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund from 1957 to 1958, where he represented the union in expenditure of health care for mining workers. By 1958, Ross began plans for what would become the Fairmont Clinic, a prepaid group practice in Fairmont, West Virginia, which had the mission of providing high quality medical care for miners and their families. From 1958 until 1978, Ross served as administrator of the Fairmont Clinic. As a result of this work, Ross began researching coal mining, especially coal mining lifestyle, heritage and history of coal mining and disasters. He would interview over one hundred miners (coal miners). Eventually, Ross began writing a manuscript about the history of coal mining. Working for the Rural Practice Program of the University of North Carolina from 1980 until 1987, Ross taught in the medical school. M. H. Ross died on January 31, 1987 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ; Digitization of the M. H. Ross Papers was funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.