The work is exacting and time-consuming, but like many craftsmen, Mr. Hjorth, 54, seems to derive as much satisfaction from the process as he does from the end result.
Whether it is figuring out the different compensation amounts for shrimpers versus oystermen from the $20 billion fund for the Gulf oil spill or trying to assign dollar amounts to the varieties of brutal injuries caused by crude pressure cooker bombs, the work is exacting, intense and leaves almost nobody happy.
The work is exacting - artisans tie individual knots of various hued silk threads (the highest quality at 2,800 per square inch) to create geometric patterns and color combinations, passed down from generation to generation, specific to each clan.
It is of particular interest to stress that the techniques proposed and analyzed in this work are exact, in the sense that no rational approximations of infinite-dimensional systems have been utilized.
He said those at the all-day meeting were challenged to find a way to collaborate on criminal justice given their shared sentiment that the system was not working and was exacting a steep toll in public dollars and also in damaged lives and significant losses to the economy.
The work of keypunching was exacting and time-consuming, but it's due to the efforts of those workers that researchers today can still use data files from more than a half-century ago.
According to the International Labour Organisation, forced labour is "all work which is exacted from someone under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily".
The 1930 Forced Labour Convention defines forced labour as "all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily".
The ILO defines forced labour as "all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for which said person has not offered himself voluntarily".
