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The Jolly Roger Social Club : a true story of a killer in paradise
\"In the remote Bocas del Toro, Panama, William Dathan Holbert, aka 'Wild Bill,' is awaiting trial for the murder of five fellow American ex-patriots. Holbert's first victims were the Brown family, who lived on a remote island in the area's Darklands. There, Holbert turned their home into the 'Jolly Roger Social Club,' using drink- and drug-fueled parties to get to know other ex-pats ... But this is not just a book about what Holbert did and the complex financial and real estate motives behind the killings; it is about why Bocas del Toro turned out to be his perfect hunting ground, and why the community tolerated--even accepted--him for a time\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Improving Bicycle Detection Pavement Marking Symbols to Increase Comprehension at Traffic Signals
To help bicyclists identify where they should wait at a signalized intersection to be detected by an inductive loop detection system, the standard bicycle detector pavement marking is used, as shown in Figure 9C-7, in the current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Previous research has indicated that 55% of the general population does not intuitively understand what this symbol means and as a result do not position themselves over it. Cyclists not properly dwelling over the detection loop will not receive a green indication to proceed through the intersection until another bicycle or automobile arrives at the intersection and stops over the loop, or until someone pushes a pedestrian/bicycle pushbutton. Receiving no green indication results in excessive delay and bicyclist frustration, which is one of many reasons leading to risky red light running behavior. The 9C-7 was always shown first to avoid other designs with more information influencing responses to the marking.
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Global Governance and the Quest for Justice - Volume II: Corporate Governance
This book – one in the four-volume set, Global Governance and the Quest for Justice – focuses on the role of corporations in an increasingly globalised world. Against the backcloth of perceived abuse of corporate power – alleged violations of human rights, degradation of the environment, abuse of labour, Enron-style financial scandals, and the like – the chapters in this collection examine the nature and function of the corporation as well as the way in which we should understand corporate governance and the power of transnational corporations. Central to the question is the issue of accountability, as well as the questions of social and environmental responsibility – here the authors ask whether corporations should be more accountable relative to the broader public interest, and suggest that public law approaches to accountability may offer a way forward. Consideration is also given to the most appropriate regulatory locus (local, regional, or international) and the most effective form of response to the deficit in corporate responsibility and the abuse of corporate power. For example, are transnational corporations most effectively regulated internationally (e.g., by the United Nations), regionally (e.g., by the EU or NAFTA) or locally (e.g., through stringent reporting requirements and implementation of triple bottom line standards)?
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