Author: Marion Elizabeth Fraser Publisher: FriesenPress ISBN: 1460217462 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 324
Book Description
The 20th century heralded the greatest technological changes of any century. My Dad lived through virtually all of it - from 1898 to 1997. He served in two world wars and raised two families. Even though my Dad was a quiet man, he shared with me his stories and he shared with me his soul. His advice was always sage and he took a deep interest in the lives of his children, his grandchildren and his great grandchildren. Aside from his military service, he was a self employed man - home builder, farmer, logger. This book views the 20th century through his eyes. For me it was a labour of love and an opportunity to revisit the many lessons I learned through knowing him, his life, his hopes, his dreams and his disappointments. His only regret in life was not completing his science degree at Queen’s University. He was in the class of ‘23, enrolling after returning from his overseas service in World War I in which all three of his brothers were wounded. He rarely talked about war, except to say it was a waste. Dad had a great sense of humour. He loved to read and enjoyed good movies and in his later years we watched many movies together. But mostly he worked hard. He always did whatever was necessary, but only after thinking the task through and figuring out the best way to accomplish his goals.
Author: Cameron Silver Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 159691663X Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 257
Book Description
Presents a decade-by-decade guide to the most influential looks of the past century, matching red-carpet gowns to famous celebrities while providing original designer sketches, photos of rare couture, and interviews with a range of authorities.
Author: Akhter Hameed Khan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Community development Languages : en Pages : 60
Book Description
Contents are as follows: The Colonial Connection; Perception of Four Major Rural Problems; New Ideological Challenges; Rival Ideologies; World War II And the Two Camps; American Leadership and Aid; The Shifts in Emphasis; The Chinese Model of Rural Development; Special Project, and the Seventies--A Decade of Consolidation of Two Models: Indian and Chinese.
Author: Robert L. Haney Publisher: ISBN: Category : Agriculture Languages : en Pages : 320
Book Description
Texas Livestock Industry. Beef Cattle -- Dairy Cattle -- Swine -- Poultry -- Sheep and Goats -- Horses and Mules. Texas Crop Diversity. Cotton -- Wheat and Other Small Grains -- Sorghum -- Corn -- Rice -- Oilseeds -- Horticulture -- Subtropical Crops. Renewable Natural Resources. Range, Pasture and Forage -- Water Use and Conservation -- Soil and Land -- Forests and Forest Products -- Recreation and Tourism -- Rural People and Their Society -- Fish and Wildlife. Future Milestones. Urban Agriculture -- Public Service Agencies -- Challenges.
Author: Bethany McLean Publisher: ISBN: 9780990976301 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 159
Book Description
In a way, the situation is ironic: housing was at the root of the financial crisis, and six years after the meltdown, housing finance is still the greatest unsolved issue. The U.S. housing market is roughly $10 trillion, making it one of the largest segments of the bond market. Roughly 70 percent of the American population has a mortgage, and for most people, the mortgage is the most important financial instrument in their lives. But until the financial crisis, few people knew the essential role that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac play in their mortgages. Given the $188 billion government bailout of the two firms the most expensive bailout in history the politics surrounding housing are worse than they've ever been, and the two gigantic firms sit in limbo. Best-selling investigative journalist Bethany McLean, the coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room andAll the Devils Are Here, explains why the situation is dangerous and unsustainable, and proposes a few solutions from the perfect, but politically unfeasible to the doable, but ugly.
Author: Benin, Samuel Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 52
Book Description
This paper analyzes the determinants of the composition of government agriculture expenditure (GAE) in Africa and estimates the effect of the composition on agricultural productivity using cross-country annual data from 2014 to 2020 and structural equations modeling methods. It includes different specifications of the explanatory variables to assess the sensitivity of the results to different assumptions of the conceptual variables that are hypothesized to affect the composition and pathways of impact of government expenditure. The results show that there is a wide variation in GAE across African countries, and few have achieved the 10 percent CAADP agriculture expenditure target. Most African countries spend much smaller proportions of the national budget on agriculture than the sector’s share in the economy, and total agriculture expenditure seems to be allocated across subsectors according to their relative contribution to the sector’s output, with forestry and fisheries being slightly favored compared with crops and livestock, which dominate the sector. The allocation is also affected by several factors, such as past output and size of the subsector, official development assistance, education, irrigation, and state of agricultural transformation, although there are cross-subsector differences in their influence. There are also subsector differences in the estimated effect of GAE on land productivity: 0.06 to 0.08 for expenditure on the total sector, 0.02 for research, 0 to 0.09 for crops, 0 to 0.08 for livestock, and 0 to 0.07 for fisheries. The lower bound of zero means that the estimated effect is not statistically significant in some of the model specifications, such as whether cross-subsector expenditure effects are considered. We discuss implications of the results and suggestions for future research.
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