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  Region
Koshin'etsu region Kōshin'etsu (甲信越) is a subregion of the Shinano and Echigo provinces.
Ruse (region) Ruse is a region of northern Ruse.
Shumen (region) Shumen is a region in northeastern Bulgaria.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/region.html   (2663 words)

  
 Matthias C. Teichert: Neumark Seiten
The region of the former Prussian province of Brandenburg, east of the Oder river, was referred to as the Neumark (New Borderland).
To the Marksgraf von Brandenburg, the Neumark represented a new land free of cumbersome feudal aristocracy.
In February of 1454 the Teutonic Knights defeated Poland at the Battle of Könitz and sold the Neumark to the Marksgraf and Elector of Brandenburg, Friedrich II der Eiserne (The Iron) von Hohenzollern.
www.genealogienetz.de /reg/BRG/neumark/mct_gesc.htm   (3455 words)

  
 Bliüddath Ettümtanz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
But as the shore hugging region has little to offer in the way of flora or fauna there is yet a great host of wolf that roam the whole of the country side save within the Gruenwald its self, for there the huntsmen are too numerous and crafty.
It once was one of the richer regions with many old towers built during the Mission and previous to that are the remains of Elfling towers and a Thehnemorling fort.
This base was abandoned as inroads were made in the inland regions and as the population of Sea Troln and the local troln and goblini began to fall ill to sickness caused in the small brakish inlets that are encoutered along the islands shore.
www.intrnet.net /~efenglom/Heorthstreow/Hartrie_World/Lannam/Q'Bellum/Herturmon-Leerlan/Brainiggor/bliddath.htm   (8010 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A matrix assigning indicating which region the county is in was used to separate the counties by region.
Because the regions are affected differently by changes in the variables which contribute to income, it would follow that a more region- specific, surgical employment of economic policy will more effectively serve the people in the vital area of income.
Because the regions are generally affected in the same direction (though to different degrees) by changes in variables, no region is unusually favored or handicapped by a broad, national policy.
www.nadn.navy.mil /EconDept/faculty/mccoskey/FINAL2.HTM   (5550 words)

  
 Study concludes 'living wage' reduces poverty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
And Neumark said that the average pay raise equals around 3.5 percent, though it may be significantly higher for some workers.
Neumark concluded that cities where the living wage is 50 percent higher than the federal or state minimum see poverty drop 1.8 percentage points.
According to Neumark's projections, the 10 percent of workers who earn the least in these cities would experience a 7 percent increase in unemployment.
www.reddingemployment.com /newsarchive/20020314bus038.shtml   (590 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Boroughs - Charles W. Bell's On Religion: Two languages, one growing flock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The procession is one of the things Neumark introduced when she became pastor, but as it turns out, it is not the only sign of Trinity's resurrection as a neighborhood center of communal, spiritual and social action.
Neumark's move to Trinity was not something she planned.
Neumark, who was born and raised in New Providence, N.J., was ordained in 1983 after completing seminary studies in Philadelphia and accepting her first church assignment - as associate pastor in Hoboken, N.J. She learned Spanish during a year of church work and study in Argentina, where she also met her husband.
www.nydailynews.com /boroughs/story/291396p-249462c.html   (787 words)

  
 Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - The Region - Guest Editorial: A Higher Minimum Wage-A Mistake Waiting to Happen ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The guest editorial is a new Region feature in which authors are encouraged to share their thoughts on current economic policy issues.
In an empirical study for the United States, Neumark and Wascher found that a higher minimum wage very significantly increases the number of high school dropouts.
Neumark, David, and Wascher, William L. Effects of Minimum Wages on Teenage Employment and Enrollment: Evidence From Matched CPS Surveys
woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us /pubs/region/99-09/guest.cfm?js=0   (1075 words)

  
 U.S. Study Concludes That 'Living Wage' Reduces Poverty
And Neumark said that the average pay raise equals around 3.5 per cent, though it may be significantly higher for some workers.
Neumark concluded that cities where the living wage is 50 per cent higher than the federal or state minimum see poverty drop 1.8 percentage points.
According to Neumark's projections, the 10 per cent of workers who earn the least in these cities would experience a seven per cent increase in unemployment.
www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines02/0314-03.htm   (594 words)

  
 Bennington Banner - Tempo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Heidi B. Neumark is a woman who pastored an inner city church in the South Bronx and her book, "Breathing Spaces: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx," tells of her experiences and the challenges she faced.
Neumark writes about the need to find breathing spaces in the confusion of her life.
With the grace of God, Neumark found that she could be of one spirit, one breath with her community.
www.benningtonbanner.com /Stories/0,1413,104~26565~2832104,00.html   (640 words)

  
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Throughout the region it is common to use the minimum wage as a more general unit of measure for instance for quoting wages of benefits.
As '" Neumark argues that generally speaking, the lag has the usual interpretation as long as long as the individual history is not relevant, that is, that the contemporary effect of a change in the MW does not depend on past wages.
That this effect is far stronger than found by Neumark in the US suggests that the minimum wage induces further reaching rigidities in the labor market and that the trade off between any possible effect on poverty and reduced flexibility is likely to be more severe in Latin America.
www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2001/05/25/000094946_0105170419568/Rendered/INDEX/multi0page.txt   (5572 words)

  
 BBFC > Brandenburg and It´s Countryside   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In the north, the Prignitz, Ruppin, and Uckermark regions border the Mecklenburg Lake District.
A variety of smaller lakes are typical for the region to the south west of Berlin.
Vegetables are extensively grown in the area around Berlin, in the middle Teltow region, the Spreewald, and the Oderbruch.
www.bbfc.de /en/drehen/region/land_leute/landschaftsbeschreibung.htm   (237 words)

  
 Public Health Has No Borders
Neumark also remarked upon the shift in class demographics -the influx of participants from Eastern Europe and the presence of Palestinian and Jordanians among alumni -the fruit of the peace process.
Among the changes Dr. Neumark believes are necessary to meet changing needs: strengthening training in mental health and public health ethics in the curriculum; training in disaster preparedness and management; and establishment of multidisciplinary and cross-institutional frameworks -with public health reaping benefits from new discoveries and full utilization of the Internet for communication among graduates.
As for the importance of economic factors, in industrialized nations where incidence of AIDS is as high as some developing regions, the impact on national profiles of "cause of death" are mitigated by expensive drugs, while lack of such options in developing countries leaves prevalence of infection as a major killer.
www.newyork.israel.org /mfa/go.asp?MFAH0kle0   (3222 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Neumark's menu for this edition of the monthly Evening at Boomtown event features spinach-ricotta dumplings, braised short ribs, and lavender-honey-almond semiffreddo.
The descendant of 11 generations of Burgundy winemakers (and a pivotal figure in the wine-heavy Cote d'Or region of France), Vincent Girardin oversees the production of almost 50,000 cases each year.
Wines of the Cotes du Rhône region are the subject of this free tasting; vintages to be sipped, swished, and spat include syrah blends, the occasional grenache, and perhaps a mourvedre if everyone's feeling frisky.
www.seattleweekly.com /features/printme.php3?eid=50434   (565 words)

  
 Short Takes - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
With the help of state and federal officials, a growing number of scientists in the region are expanding the frontiers of biometrics, technologies that identify individuals by their physical and behavioral characteristics.
First, a region could have attributes that make it cheaper to produce a particular product or service, such as easy access to human capital and technology.
By raising the wages that private firms have to pay, Neumark writes, "living wage laws may reduce the incentives for cities to contract out work that otherwise would be done by municipal employees, hence increasing the bargaining power of municipal unions and leading to higher wages."
www.richmondfed.org /publications/economic_research/region_focus/spring_2003/short_takes.cfm   (1918 words)

  
 Feature 3 - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Despite the country’s overall economic progress in the 1990s, the salaries of lower-wage workers have not grown as rapidly as those at the top of the earnings scale.
See sidebar, “ Where the Living Wage Is Law.”) As David Neumark elaborates, “In a climate of relatively conservative politics and social policy, [these] localities have passed” ordinances of their own.
According to Neumark’s research, living-wage laws seem to favor unionized city workers the most.
www.rich.frb.org /publications/economic_research/region_focus/fall_2004/feature3.cfm   (1864 words)

  
 INFLUENCES ON WAGE PATTERNS FOR THE 'THIRD AGE' IN THE UK REGIONS
However, using US data, a study by Johnson and Neumark (1996) did appear to indicate that the existence of social security, and it is assumed pension income, might encourage workers previously receiving a high wage to either withdraw from employment or seek less demanding employment with corresponding lower wages.
One other finding of note, before considering the Regional effects, is that the model does provide evidence that remaining with an employer is rewarded with each additional month employed resulting in an increase in net hourly earnings of between ½p and 2p depending on the model.
The regional findings suggest that females can expect to earn up to £1.42 less than men in the same region with the same education level and length of employment with their current employer.
www.mfbailey.co.uk /economics/papers/region.htm   (3956 words)

  
 EH.Net Encyclopedia: Monopsony in American Labor Markets
For the last few decades, researchers have investigated whether the markets for American school teachers and nurses are characterized by monopsony.
For teachers, employers are school districts, which are separated by political boundaries.
However, these latter studies are controversial (see exchange between Neumark and Wascher, 2000, and Card and Krueger, 2000) and have not convinced the majority of labor economists (see Whaples, 1996).
www.eh.net /encyclopedia/?article=boal.monopsony   (3316 words)

  
 Press Room
The Sacramento region, however, appears to be faring better than the rest of the state.
Since the data for the report were compiled, some of the wealthiest wage-earners in the state have been staggered by the sputtering economy that has pounded the high-tech sector.
David Neumark, an economist with the Public Policy Institute of California, said there is no disagreement that “low-skilled workers have fewer options for high-paying jobs.” He said their best bet to escape service-sector employment is to get an education and improve their skills.
laborcenter.berkeley.edu /press/sacramentobee_feb03.shtml   (1021 words)

  
 Vits Coat of Arms
First found in the territory of Neumark east of the Electorate of Brandenburg, where the name was closely identified in early mediaeval times with the feudal society that played a prominent role throughout European history.
As far back as 500 BC, the north central region now known as Germany was once occupied by the Celts and at its northern reaches Teutonic tribes.
The region was occupied by the Romans, who founded many of the region's beautiful and historic cities as Roman settlements.
www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/vits-coat-arms.htm   (1854 words)

  
 DG - EUROPE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Berlin und Brandenburg : mit Neumark und Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen / ed.
In light of the autonomous nature of the Commonwealth, the editors present separate chapters concerning the eleven member states and Georgia, and avoid taking a summarizing approach.
The chapters contain short summaries of each region's history, and its political and economic situation, living standards and ecological conditions.
www.rre.casalini.com /1995/DG-95-3.html   (1627 words)

  
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Hellerstein is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, and a Faculty Research Fellow of the NBER.
Neumark is Professor of Economics at Michigan State University, and a Research Associate of the NBER.
In columns (2) and (6) we add individual-level controls for age, children, marital status, and education, as well as region of the country and residence in an MSA.
econwpa.wustl.edu:8089 /eps/lab/papers/9902/9902002.html   (9338 words)

  
 Study says 'living wage' reduces poverty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Still, the new study may encourage living wage advocates — not least because its author is a noted minimum wage critic.
Urban poverty rates fell from 1996 through 2000, the span Neumark studied using Census Bureau data, but the living wage accelerated the drop in those cities, he said.
Any copying, redistribution, or retransmission of any of the contents of this service without the express written consent of The Daily Camera is expressly prohibited.
www.buffzone.com /business/world/15bwage.html   (424 words)

  
 Mennonites in the Przechowka area, West Prussia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The same is true for the Elsass-Alsace region (Table 3) with a possible interlude connection to Moravia.
A second group joined 28 families from Jeziorky in 1764 to settle in the Frankfurt/Oder district of Brandenburg province to establish the settlements of Brenkenhoffswalde and Franztal in the Driesen Amt along the Netze River which at that time was drained to claim more arable land for Prussia.
In the early 19th century the Neumark Mennonites migrated to Deutsch-Wymysle in Poland and also established Gnadenfeld in Russia (12).
www.mmhs.org /prussia/przech.htm   (1969 words)

  
 Daniel M. Neumark - Storming Media
Spectroscopy of the Transition State Region in Hydrogen Transfer Reactions - 09 AUG 94
Negative Ion Photodetachment as a Probe of the Transition State Region: The I + HI Reaction - 30 APR 91
Spectroscopy of the Transition State Region in Chemical Reactions - 31 OCT 90
www.stormingmedia.us /authors/Neumark,Daniel_M_.html   (169 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Abstract: The protonated water dimer is a prototypical system for the study of proton transfer in aqueous solution.
The experiment directly probes the shared proton region of the potential energy surface and reveals three strong bands below 1600 cm-1–1 and one at 1740 cm-1–(for H502+).
From a comparison to multi-dimensional quantum calculations, the three lower energy bands were assigned to stretching and bending fundamentals involving the O···H+···O moiety, and the highest energy band to a terminal water bend.
www.rijnh.nl /molecular-and-laser-physics/felix/n5/highlights.html   (811 words)

  
 Tech sector left Bay Area jobs vulnerable / Hammered badly, 43% of Chron 200 firms trimmed workforce
Facing some of the toughest business conditions in decades, companies headquartered in the region moved aggressively to shrink their workforces.
Of course, many big local employers not headquartered in the region, such as financially troubled United Airlines, cut staff in the Bay Area.
Bank of America, now based in North Carolina, trimmed its regional payroll to 13,400 at the end of 2002 from 14,700 the year before, in part because it moved jobs at its securities unit to New York.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/05/05/BU200JOBS.DTL&type=printable   (1050 words)

  
 Northwest Farmers Markets
Many local growers encourage farm visits to learn more about our region’s growing seasons and what crops are available.
Another method people are finding in gathering regional and seasonal goodies is by joining a CSA (community supporting agriculture).
Different farmers come from different growing regions and may have different varieties.
www.seattledining.com /ARCHIVE/grocery/northwest_farmers_markets.htm   (1093 words)

  
 From the Prussian Neumark to Russia, 1833-1835   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The district of Frankfurt-an-der-Oder of the Prussian province of Brandenburg was also known as the Neumark since the days when King Friedrich II who reigned 1740-1786 had its swamps drained along the Netze River.
This started the Mennonite exodus to Russia and many a Mennonite family carried a protrait of Old Fritz in the luggage to the distant land and left all portraits of his nephew behind.
Over the decades, the Neumark Mennonites in Amt Driesen felt the same restrictions of religious freedom as their brethren in the East and decided to join the great exodus to the East.
www.mmhs.org /russia/neu1835.htm   (1101 words)

  
 Field Notes: It Was So Nice to See the Whatstheirfaces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Charney-Epstein island excursion was preceded by a Friday night dinner for 100 at the Central Park West apartment of an aunt of the bride's.
The expense of extra wedding events can approach the cost of the wedding itself, depending on where it takes place and whether the couple hires a lone pianist or a big band.
Neumark recalled a barbecue rehearsal dinner she had arranged in June last year for 95 guests at New York's Chelsea Piers sports complex.
www.nytimes.com /2004/03/21/fashion/weddings/21FIEL.html?ex=1395205200&en=1594f28c3982a955&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND   (809 words)

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