Author: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Continental shelf
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Fishermen's Contingency Fund
Author: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Continental shelf
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Continental shelf
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
A Guide to the Federal Tort Claims Act
Author: Paul Figley
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781641052917
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This practical guide provides a simplified, easy to read concise overview of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and its jurisprudence. It is useful to attorneys or law-trained readers who are new to the FTCA and its procedures or have had limited recent dealings with the statute. It also provides a ready reference for readers of all levels who are about to begin detailed research on particular FTCA issues.
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781641052917
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This practical guide provides a simplified, easy to read concise overview of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and its jurisprudence. It is useful to attorneys or law-trained readers who are new to the FTCA and its procedures or have had limited recent dealings with the statute. It also provides a ready reference for readers of all levels who are about to begin detailed research on particular FTCA issues.
Iowa Official Register
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
What Is Life Worth?
Author: Kenneth R. Feinberg
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 078674815X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The inspiration for the Netflix film 'Worth,' starring Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, and Amy Ryan: the true story of the man put in charge of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, and a testament to the enduring power of family, grief, love, fear, frustration, and courage. Just days after September 11, 2001, Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to administer the federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, a unique, unprecedented fund established by Congress to compensate families who lost a loved one on 9/11 and survivors who were physically injured in the attacks. Those who participated in the Fund were required to waive their right to sue the airlines involved in the attacks, as well as other potentially responsible entities. When the program was launched, many families criticized it as a brazen, tight-fisted attempt to protect the airlines from lawsuits. The Fund was also attacked as attempting to put insulting dollar values on the lives of lost loved ones. The families were in pain. And they were angry. Over the course of the next three years, Feinberg spent almost all of his time meeting with the families, convincing them of the generosity and compassion of the program, and calculating appropriate awards for each and every claim. The Fund proved to be a dramatic success with over 97% of eligible families participating. It also provided important lessons for Feinberg, who became the filter, the arbitrator, and the target of family suffering. Feinberg learned about the enduring power of family grief, love, fear, faith, frustration, and courage. Most importantly, he learned that no check, no matter how large, could make the families and victims of 9/11 whole again.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 078674815X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The inspiration for the Netflix film 'Worth,' starring Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, and Amy Ryan: the true story of the man put in charge of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, and a testament to the enduring power of family, grief, love, fear, frustration, and courage. Just days after September 11, 2001, Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to administer the federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, a unique, unprecedented fund established by Congress to compensate families who lost a loved one on 9/11 and survivors who were physically injured in the attacks. Those who participated in the Fund were required to waive their right to sue the airlines involved in the attacks, as well as other potentially responsible entities. When the program was launched, many families criticized it as a brazen, tight-fisted attempt to protect the airlines from lawsuits. The Fund was also attacked as attempting to put insulting dollar values on the lives of lost loved ones. The families were in pain. And they were angry. Over the course of the next three years, Feinberg spent almost all of his time meeting with the families, convincing them of the generosity and compassion of the program, and calculating appropriate awards for each and every claim. The Fund proved to be a dramatic success with over 97% of eligible families participating. It also provided important lessons for Feinberg, who became the filter, the arbitrator, and the target of family suffering. Feinberg learned about the enduring power of family grief, love, fear, faith, frustration, and courage. Most importantly, he learned that no check, no matter how large, could make the families and victims of 9/11 whole again.
The Craft of Probabilistic Modelling
Author: J. Gani
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461386314
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
This book brings together the personal accounts and reflections of nineteen mathematical model-builders, whose specialty is probabilistic modelling. The reader may well wonder why, apart from personal interest, one should commission and edit such a collection of articles. There are, of course, many reasons, but perhaps the three most relevant are: (i) a philosophicaJ interest in conceptual models; this is an interest shared by everyone who has ever puzzled over the relationship between thought and reality; (ii) a conviction, not unsupported by empirical evidence, that probabilistic modelling has an important contribution to make to scientific research; and finally (iii) a curiosity, historical in its nature, about the complex interplay between personal events and the development of a field of mathematical research, namely applied probability. Let me discuss each of these in turn. Philosophical Abstraction, the formation of concepts, and the construction of conceptual models present us with complex philosophical problems which date back to Democritus, Plato and Aristotle. We have all, at one time or another, wondered just how we think; are our thoughts, concepts and models of reality approxim&tions to the truth, or are they simply functional constructs helping us to master our environment? Nowhere are these problems more apparent than in mathematical model ling, where idealized concepts and constructions replace the imperfect realities for which they stand.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461386314
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
This book brings together the personal accounts and reflections of nineteen mathematical model-builders, whose specialty is probabilistic modelling. The reader may well wonder why, apart from personal interest, one should commission and edit such a collection of articles. There are, of course, many reasons, but perhaps the three most relevant are: (i) a philosophicaJ interest in conceptual models; this is an interest shared by everyone who has ever puzzled over the relationship between thought and reality; (ii) a conviction, not unsupported by empirical evidence, that probabilistic modelling has an important contribution to make to scientific research; and finally (iii) a curiosity, historical in its nature, about the complex interplay between personal events and the development of a field of mathematical research, namely applied probability. Let me discuss each of these in turn. Philosophical Abstraction, the formation of concepts, and the construction of conceptual models present us with complex philosophical problems which date back to Democritus, Plato and Aristotle. We have all, at one time or another, wondered just how we think; are our thoughts, concepts and models of reality approxim&tions to the truth, or are they simply functional constructs helping us to master our environment? Nowhere are these problems more apparent than in mathematical model ling, where idealized concepts and constructions replace the imperfect realities for which they stand.
To Amend the Bankruptcy Act
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bankruptcy
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Considers (74) S. 3058.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bankruptcy
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Considers (74) S. 3058.
Budget Revisions
Author: United States. Office of Management and Budget
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (N.D.)
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (N.D.)
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Bulletin of the American Iris Society
Author: American Iris Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irises (Plants)
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irises (Plants)
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Volunteers to America
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Volunteer workers in social service
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Volunteer workers in social service
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description