Arctic shorebirds in North America [[electronic resource] ] : a decade of monitoring / / Jonathan Bart and Victoria Johnston, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452761403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1-282-13418-3; 9786613806765; 0-520-95349-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Collana: Studies in avian biology ; ; no. 44
• Altri autori (Persone): BartJonathan; JohnstonVictoria Helen <1962->
• Disciplina: 598.3/309719
• Soggetti: Shore birds - Canada, Northern; Shore birds - Alaska; Bird surveys - Canada, Northern; Bird surveys - Alaska; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A publication of the Cooper Ornithological Society."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Regional aspects -- pt. 3. Methodology -- pt. 4. Synthesis.
• Sommario/riassunto: Each year shorebirds from North and South America migrate thousands of miles to spend the summer in the Arctic. There they feed in shoreline marshes and estuaries along some of the most productive and pristine coasts anywhere. With so much available food they are able to reproduce almost explosively; and as winter approaches, they retreat south along with their offspring, to return to the Arctic the following spring. This remarkable pattern of movement and activity has been the object of intensive study by an international team of ornithologists who have spent a decade counting, surveying, and observing these shorebirds. In this important synthetic work, they address multiple questions about these migratory bird populations. How many birds occupy Arctic ecosystems each summer? How long do visiting shorebirds linger before heading south? How fecund are these birds? Where exactly do they migrate and where exactly do they return? Are ; their populations growing or shrinking? The results of this study are crucial for better understanding how environmental policies will influence Arctic habitats as well as the far-ranging winter habitats used by migratory shorebirds.

Key case law rules for government contract formation / / Patrick Butler, Lieutenant Colonel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787437403321
• Autore: Butler Patrick (Lawyer)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Vienna, Virginia : , : Management Concepts, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-5230-9696-9; 1-56726-450-6
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.73023
• Soggetti: Government purchasing - Law and legislation - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright; About the Author; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; INTRODUCTION; The Protest Forums and the Process; THE KEY CASE LAW RULES BROKEN DOWN BY PROTEST GROUND; Chapter 1. Protest Grounds Alleging That the Government Is Wrongfully Preventing Competition; 1. Lack of Advance Planning; 2. Improper or Unsupported Use of an Exception to Competition; A. Exception 1: Only One Responsible Source; B. Exception 2: Unusual and Compelling Urgency; C. Exception 3: Industrial Mobilization; D. Exception 4: International Agreement; E. Exception 5: Authorized or Required by StatuteF. Exception 6: National Security; G. Exception 7: Public Interest; 3. Contract Was Modified Beyond the Scope; 4. Reprocurement Contract Did Not Seek Competition; Chapter 2. Protest Grounds Based on the Government's Description of the Requirement; 1. Ambiguities in the Solicitation: Patent and Latent; 2. Improper Use of "Brand Name or Equal" Descriptions; 3. Defective or Inadequate Specifications; 4. Unduly ; Restrictive Specifications; 5. Changed Requirements and Solicitation Amendments; Chapter 3. Protest Grounds Challenging the Government's Exercise of Discretion or the Government's Conduct of the Competition1. Agency's Commercial Item Determination; 2. Responsibility Determinations; 3. Negotiated Procurements: Tradeoff Process; 4. Competitive Range; 5. Evaluation in Strict Accordance with the Solicitation; 6. Evaluation Team; 7. Relative Importance of Factors and Subfactors in a Solicitation; 8. Past Performance; A. Past Performance Generally; B. Subground 1: Improper Evaluation of Relevance of Past Work; C. Subground 2: Improper Evaluation of Key Personnel, Predecessor Companies, Subcontractors, or TeamsD. Subground 3: Neutral Ratings for Lack of Past Performance; E. Subground 4: Improper Evaluation of Adverse Information; F. Subground 5: Disparate Treatment; G. Subground 6: Government Did Not Seek Enough Information; H. Subground 7: Ignoring Information That Is "Too Close at Hand"; 9. Proposals Submitted Late; 10. Material Misrepresentation: Bait and Switch; 11. Unacceptable or Noncompliant Proposals; 12. Preference for Sealed Bidding over Negotiated Procurements; Chapter 4. Protest Grounds Based on the Communications Between the Government and Offerors1. Clarifications; 2. Discussions; Chapter 5. Protest Grounds Based on Pricing Issues; 1. Buying-in or Below-Cost Prices; 2. Price or Cost Evaluation; 3. Price Reasonableness and Price Realism; Chapter 6. Protest Grounds Based on Small Business Issues; 1. Bundling and Consolidation; 2. Limitations on Subcontracting; 3. HUBZone Contracting Procedures; 4. Certificate of Competency; 5. SBA's 8(a) Program; 6. Small Business Set-Aside Decision; 7. Small Business Status Determination; Chapter 7. Protest Grounds Alleging Unfair Government Conduct
• Sommario/riassunto: The guidance contained in the almost 2000 pages of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and the various agency supplements are just a part of the resources government acquisition professionals need to do their jobs effectively. Accessing and understanding case law is equally important to a thorough understanding of government contracting. Legal decisions explain the Government Accountability Office's and the courts' views on how procurement statutes and regulations apply in a wide range of situations. Case law also gives potential bid protesters and agencies a way to gauge the likely outcome of

Die Gefühlsgemeinschaft der AfD : Narrative, Praktiken und Räume zum Wohlfühlen / / Florian Spissinger

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910863201103321
• Autore: Spissinger Florian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leverkusen, : Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2024
• ISBN: 9783847419976
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 pages)
• Collana: promotion
• Soggetti: Alternative für Deutschland; emotion in politics; ethnography; Gefühlspolitik; Ethnografie; New Right; Neue Rechte; right-wing populism; Rechtspopulismus; right-wing extremism; anti-climate protection; Rechtsextremismus; affect; Anti-Klimaschutz; Affekt; emotions; Emotionen; Ethnographie
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Einleitung 1. Konzeptioneller Vorspann: die neurechte Gefühlsgemeinschaft erforschen Teil I Zuwanderung und Klimaschutz: die neurechte Gefühlswelt zwischen nationalem Niedergang und Widerstand 2. Zur Relevanz rechter Zukunftsvorstellungen 3. ‚Großer ; Austausch‘: Narrativ und alltägliches Erleben des Niedergangs 4. ‚Deindustrialisierung‘ und ‚Blackout‘: Klimaschutz als gefühlte Zukunftsvernichtung 5. Von der bedrohten Zukunft zur widerständigen Hoffnung 6. Attraktive Gefühlspositionen für ‚Widerständige‘ 7. Migrationsabwehr und Anti-Klimaschutz im Gefühl von Zukunftsgestaltung Teil II Die neurechte Gefühlswelt einer antitotalitären Aufklärungsgemeinschaft 8. Die neurechte Klage: Aufklärungsarbeit unter erschwerten Bedingungen 9. Das Selbstnarrativ vom demokratischen Widerstand 10. Das Selbstnarrativ vom aufgeklärten Widerstand 11. Die Tiefengeschichte von antitotalitärer Aufklärung 12. Deep Story to Go: Déjà-vu beim Querdenken-Protest Teil III Rechte Gefühlspolitik jenseits von ‚negativen‘ Emotionen und rhetorischer Verführung 13. Ethnografische Irritationen für eingeschliffene Denkfiguren 14. Jenseits ‚negativer‘ Emotionen 14.1 Forschung zu affektiver Komplexität und ‚positiven‘ Emotionen 14.2 Mikropolitische Studie I: der Wahlkampfstand als vielschichtiger affektiver Raum 14.3 Mikropolitische Studie II: die neurechte Performanz von Sachlichkeit und Sachkompetenz 15. Jenseits der Verführungsperspektive: Identitäts- und Gefühlstraining 15.1 Mikropolitische Studie III: Schimpfen 15.2 Mikropolitische Studie IV: Spott und Gelächter 16. Mikropolitiken affektiver Normalisierung erforschen Schluss: ambivalente Gefühlsarbeit und affektive Wirkmechanismen zum rechten Wohlfühlen Dank Abbildungsverzeichnis Literaturverzeichnis Material- und Quellenverzeichnis Übersicht zum ethnografischen Material
• Sommario/riassunto: Wie gelingt es der AfD, dass sich deren Unterstützer*innen bei einer für viele Menschen abstoßenden Partei wohlfühlen? Florian Spissinger hat Vortragsveranstaltungen, Stammtische und Wahlkampfstände der AfD ethnografisch beobachtet und Gespräche vor Ort geführt. Sichtbar geworden ist eine neurechte Gefühlsgemeinschaft, an der kritische Einwände wirkungslos abprallen und für die sich die Ablehnung von Zuwanderung und Klimaschutz gut und clever anfühlt. How does the AfD manage to make its supporters feel comfortable with a party that many people find repulsive? Florian Spissinger ethnographically observed lecture events, regulars' tables and AfD election campaign stands and conducted on-site interviews. What became evident was a new-right affective community against which critical objections bounce off without effect and for which the rejection of immigration and climate protection feels good and clever.; Ein wichtiges und faszinierend geschriebenes Buch, das nicht dem großen Risiko erliegt, den Forschungsgegenstand zu dämonisieren, sondern ihm wissenschaftlich-neutral begegnet. Und so entsteht eine herausragende Erklärung aus der Mitte einer Welt, die sich für die große Mehrheit der Menschen in diesem Lande nicht erschließt. Wolfgang Schneider, socialnet, 18.07.2024