Abstract Almost all minority ethnic groups in Kazakhstan are immigrants. This means that addition to their current place of residence, (their “Second Homeland”), they also have a origin “Historical Homeland”). The leadership the country has approached this situation, which offers opportunities as well dangers, by explicitly exhorting official representations minorities nurture contacts with His...

Governments and their regulatory agencies normally exhibit risk-neutral attitudes in their decision-making. However, for low probability-high consequence events many decision-makers tend to be risk-averse because of the catastrophic or dire nature of the hazard or event. The degree of risk averseness can be described by utility theory. This paper will infer utility functions that reflect the le...

The computer represents a new resource in developing social capital that previously did not exist among migrants. The relationship between physical space and cyberspace is discussed using the experience of migrants from Newfoundland who, although dispersed from their homeland, use the computer to maintain ties with both their homeland and others in diaspora. Three phases in the migration cycle ...

This is one of a series of audit, inspection, and special reports prepared as part of our oversight responsibilities to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness within the department. This report addresses FEMA's preparedness for the next catastrophic disaster. It is based on interviews with employees and officials of relevant agencies and institutions, direct observations, and a review o...

„ Protecting Critical Bases of Operations (U.S. homeland, forces deployed, allies, and friends) from CBRNE weapons and their means of delivery. „ Projecting and sustaining U.S. forces in distant anti-access and area-denial environments and defeating anti-access and area-denial threats. „ Denying enemies sanctuary by providing persistent surveillance, tracking and rapid engagement with high-volu...

in the constitutional era, the persian poetry knew new poetry implications in the side of the old content defined by the persian literature in previous eras. this is why we call this era, the era of radical change in the old contents. familiarity with the western literature, political and social developments in iran, enlightenment, tyranny, internal and external colonialism are among the factor...

The Sa’dan Toraja of upland Sulawesi, Indonesia have long been celebrated in the anthropological literature for their elaborate procession-filled mortuary rituals, which draw vast networks of kith and kin to mourn, memorialise, and reaffirm familial bonds and obligations. Whether residing in the homeland or abroad, most Torajans underscore funeral rites as the most vital expression of Toraja fa...