OKANOGAN POEMS volume 3 Landscapes Are Observatories Poetry, Anthologies, 50 poems, 100 pages with sketches, photos and map. A Collection of eighteen poets: Julie Ashmore, George Baumgardner, Patti Baumgardner, Katharine Bill, Reed Engle, Bob Goodwin, Walter Henze, Dan Hulphers, Carey Hunter, Grant Jones, Victoria Jones, Mike Robinson, Roger Rosenblatt, William Slusher, Kathleen Smith, Dale Swedberg, Todd Thorn, and Sandy Vaughn. "This, the third volume of Okanogan Poems continues the tradition, established with the first two volumes, of celebrating hidden places in the watershed of the Okanogan River. It does that because the co-editor, Grant Jones, both a published poet and world renowned landscape architect, has come to this understanding with the wisdom of his years: by celebrating places we can influence their outcome. The Okanogan Valley and its Eastern Highlands, a rural self sufficient region of high desert, lies in North Central Washington, in Okanogan County - the largest county in Washington and one of the largest in the lower 48 states. The valley is well east of the Puget Sound megalopolis and the North Cascades. It is a magical place. These poems are a celebration of not only the land, but also the peoples of the region." Walter Henze Co-Editor "All of these watersheds are alive with touchstone people: traditional native people of dozens of Native American tribes and First People bands, pioneer homesteaders, horse and cattle ranchers, enterprising town founders, fruit orchardists, vintners, organic farmers, carpenters, mountain hermits, poets, folk singers and those who just came to live on the land as landscape stewards. This place has not lost its stories nor its spirits, and they keep evolving. It supports a rare, interconnected community of diverse people committed to hard work, cooperation, artistic expression and social tolerance." Grant Jones Co-Editor "The Okanogan Land Trust has been encouraging poetry of this place for eight years by hosting an annual Poetry Evening of readings by local poets. A number of the poems in this volume first appeared here. Poems are from the Similkameen, the Kettle, the Sanpoil, the Okanogan, the Methow, and the Chief Joseph-Columbia and celebrate the nature of the American Okanogan, giving a voice to its scenic landscapes seen through the eyes of poets that inhabit or regularly explore the hidden valleys of this sequestered region."

Okanogan Poems volume 3: Landscapes are Observatories (Coyote Springs Series)

Literature & Fiction

Jones, Grant

Poetry

Skookumchuck Press

Environmental managers, scientists and activists are accustomed to seeing politics in a negative light. Politics equals self-interest, which means the power structures, assumptions and behaviours which, many would argue, are the reason for our seeming inability to deal with a range of environmental issues, including the toughest questions of salinity, land degradation, and coastal development. The authors of Renegotiating the Environment argue that, rather than seeing the politics of self-interest as an impediment, managers should learn to acknowledge, understand and use politics to generate better outcomes. Better environmental governance will be achieved by a process of evolution rather than by imposition of changes in response to conventional diagnostic and analytical frameworks. But rather than just waiting for this evolution to progress of its own accord, Stewart and Jones argue that it can be pushed forward by understanding of politics that allows for the energy and interests of groups and individuals to be harnessed rather than stifled, in order to achieve more consensual (and hence more sustainable) solutions. For managers, scientists and even for activists, this is a new and different way of approaching environmental problems. Renegotiating the Environment supports its case through detailed case studies and theoretical analysis as well as offering practical guidance for managers interested in implementing governance-based responses to environmental problems.

Renegotiating the Environment: The Power of Politics in Managing the Environment

Stewart, Jenny

Business & Money

Federation Press

The UK's Pensions Act 2004 provides additional protection for members of defined benefit occupational pension schemes. In doing so it establishes both a pensions regulator and a pensions protection fund. The new rules impose funding obligations on employers which, it was thought by the legislators, they would attempt to evade. The provisions however may lead to unintended consequences for some UK businesses in the same group of companies, in situations where no abuse has taken place. Dealing with Pensions is essential reading for trustees of pension schemes, company directors, managing directors, finance directors, company secretaries, actuaries, lawyers, accountants, insolvency practitioners.

Dealing with Pensions: The Practical Impact of the Pensions Act 2004 on Mergers, Acquisitions, Restructurings and Insolvencies

Ellison, Robin

Business

Spiramus Press

Protected Cell Companies (PCCs) were introduced in Guernsey in 1997, and other offshore jurisdictions have since followed this path. It has proved to be an attractive vehicle for "umbrella fund" investment schemes and for insurance fund investment. It is now the fastest-growing vehicle for the captive insurance industry. This guide to PCCs is designed to help accountants, finance directors, and commercial lawyers understand how they work, and what practical use they can be to the client. This book reviews the main jurisdictions in which PCCs are permissible, takes the reader through the processes involved in setting up a PCC (what the client needs to know and what the professional adviser needs to do), discusses the uses for insurance and investment in detail, looks at other uses, and examines the consequences of group or cell insolvency.

Protected Cell Companies: A Guide to Their Implementation and Use

Feetham, Nigel

Economics

Spiramus Pr

This second edition of Protected Cell Companies is a valuable resource for practitioners and academics. The UK's Protected Cell Companies (PCC) Act was first introduced in Guernsey in 1997 and other jurisdictions have followed this path. The book provides comprehensive guidance on such complex issues as insolvency, veil-piercing, tax, and accounting. As lawyers and business people have come to understand the PCC, its uses have spread from its origins in captive insurance companies to providing a bankruptcy remote vehicle for special purpose vehicles, credit derivatives, and open-end investment companies. The book shows that PCCs are now widely used by insurers, insurance brokers, banks, investment and fund managers, and international tax planning advisers. It also describes the use of PCCs and related devices, not only in their originating jurisdictions, but in the EU, the US, and around the world. This second edition contains substantial additions along with the same practical emphasis of the original book.

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Okanogan Poems volume 3: Landscapes are Observatories (Coyote Springs Series)

Renegotiating the Environment: The Power of Politics in Managing the Environment

Dealing with Pensions: The Practical Impact of the Pensions Act 2004 on Mergers, Acquisitions, Restructurings and Insolvencies

Protected Cell Companies: A Guide to Their Implementation and Use

Protected Cell Companies: A Guide to Their Implementation and Use