LEARNING FROM KATRINA

Learning from Katrina

In January 2006, students from CUSSW and Union Theological Seminary participated in an immersion course entitled, Katrina: Poverty, Race, Maracas and Social Work Practice.The aim of the course was to explore experientially the inequality exposed by Hurricane Katrina and its effect on some of the poorest communities and individuals in the United Sta

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Terrestrialization, miniaturization and rates of diversification in African puddle frogs (Anura: Phrynobatrachidae).

Terrestrialization, the evolution of non-aquatic oviposition, and miniaturization, the evolution of tiny adult body size, are recurring trends in amphibian evolution, but the relationships among the traits that characterize these phenomena are not well understood.Furthermore, these traits have been identified as possible "key innovations" that are

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Specific Slang Semiotic Features

The article is devoted to the research of the American slang specific semiotic features on the basis of synonymic rows, such as drunk, harlot, death, die.Each of them secures and defines more precisely its specific features, makes its inherent peculiarities more concrete in the process of categorization and conceptualization.It takes place because

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Vulnerabilities and Risks in Romanian Public Financial Accounting

Internal audit plays an important contributive role in the economic credibility of an economy.By improving, the quality of internal audit and control in public institutions we can increase the efficiency of public spending and the whole economy in general.The aim Pastes of our paper is to identify the main vulnerabilities and risks in Romanian publ

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