345 research outputs found
Timothy E. Allmond, Jr. Senior Recital, featuring the Ebony Expressions, College of William and Mary
No full textAudio recording of the senior recital by Timothy E. Allmond, Jr., featuring the Ebony Expressions, that was a requirement for his music major. The recording features five spiritual selections by Ebony Expressions, five selections by Mr. Allmond, and five selections from "Treemonisha" by Scott Joplin. The performance took place in Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall. From Item 2012.198, Box 4, Series 2, University Archives Audiovisual Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Problems of urban redevelopment: a case study of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Historical District, 1987
No full textThe primary intent of this degree paper is to examine the factors contributing to lack of redevelopment in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Historical District, formerly known as 'Sweet Auburn.' An attempt has also been made to analyze both qualitative and quantitative urban economic variables (area economy, crime, land use, housing and characteristics of population) that environmentally impact upon the central issue of lack of 'Sweet Auburn's' redevelopment. The factors contributing to the lack of redevelopment are important for several reasons. Many major western, midwestern and northeastern cities are presently suffering from infrastructural decay and major projects require astronomical financial capacity. The urban crisis has impacted upon redevelopment or lack of it, in that the disamenities or negative forces (crime, juvenile delinquency, high taxes, and deterioration of infrastructure) have aggregatedly pushed persons to the suburbs. On the other hand, factors that have pulled persons to the suburbs are: low taxes, better schools, new housing, open spaces and new or unfinished infrastructure. These two forces, along with many other political, social and economic forces have contributed to the decline of the inner city and lack of redevelopment within the Martin Luther King, Jr. Historical District. The primary sources were formal interview with Mr. John Heath of the Atlanta Department of Community Development and informal interviews were conducted with various neighborhood residents. The secondary sources of data collection were from various books, articles and magazines
Evaluation of biochar products at two inclusion levels on ruminal in vitro methane production and fermentation parameters in a Timothy-hay based diet
No full textG.F. Mengistu., McAllister T.A., Tamayao, P.J., Ominski, K.H., Ribeiro Jr, G.O., Okine, E.K., McGeough, E.J. This study evaluated the effects of seven biochar products at two levels of inclusion (2.25 or 4.50 % diet DM) on DM disappearance (DMD), cumulative gas and methane (CH4) production, ammonia-nitrogen and VFA production from Timothy grass hay over 48 h of incubation. Biochar did not affect gas and CH4 production (P≥0.17) nor the DMD or ruminal fermentation (P≥0.12). In conclusion, the biochar, irrespective of level of inclusion, did not exhibit potential to mitigate CH4 emission in a grass hay diet.The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the pdf file of the accepted manuscript may differ slightly from what is displayed on the item page. The information in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript reflects the original submission by the author
Uncertainty and the price for crude oil reserves
No full textInnovations in futures, options, and derivative instruments permit active trading, speculating and hedging - linking markets for physical petroleum products with financial markets. These derivative markets continuously value petroleum delivered today and for future dates, providing a market price for inventories. Underground petroleum reserves are also an inventory defined by exploration surveys and development drilling. Thus, observable market information can be used to value these reserves. Option - valuation models can be used to price reserves using observable markets, but are dependent on unexplained convenience yields revealed by the term structure of futures prices. The authors apply a general inventory pricing model to petroleum inventories and generate an empirical model of the returns to storage for petroleum markets. They examine the determinants of the crude oil convenience yield using a stochastic control model. They specify optimal production and inventory conditions using a third-order cost function and estimate them using monthly observations. Their inventory arbitrage condition embodies the Hotelling principle and Kaldor's convenience yield, and includes a premium on the dispersion in crude oil prices. The empirical results suggest that returns to storage contain both a cost-reducing component and often sizable premiums associated with the dispersion of petroleum prices. Their findings suggest that crude oil markets differentiated by quality and location provide similar premiums. The premiums associated with the dispersion of petroleum prices may account for persistent backwardation in crude oil prices. This finding may also explain the wide discrepancies between Hotelling values and transaction prices found in previous studies.Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Markets and Market Access,Labor Policies,Payment Systems&Infrastructure,Oil Refining&Gas Industry,Environmental Economics&Policies,Access to Markets,Markets and Market Access,Economic Theory&Research
The Essential Nature of Humility for Today\u27s Leaders
No full textUsing socio-rhetorical criticism and analysis, the author explores the inner-textual and intertextual texture of 1 timothy 3:1-7. In particular the author draws out how the apostle Paul’s leadership requirement of not being a recent convert is less about the timing of a conversion to christianity and more about the adverse effects of pride on the ability of a leader to lead in a healthy manner. In so doing, the author provides support and insight into the ways in which humility as an essential virtue is applicable to leadership in secular settings as well as christian environments. Furthermore, the author strengthens the case by citing multiple points in secular leadership literature where humility is seen as a positive virtue as opposed to a vice. this is done in order to establish a basis for the encouragement of christian leadership theorists and practitioners to continue their efforts to influence secular theories of leadership and the subsequent applications toward a christian outlook
Interstate Deposition Statutes: Survey and Analysis
No full textThe ability to make effective use of discovery outside a forum state requires a thorough understanding of interstate deposition statutes. In this article, the author compares various provisions of many interstate deposition statutes and the two uniform acts. Additionally, the author provides a detailed analysis of the practical problems involved in acquiring and making use of depositions from foreign jurisdictions
DNA fusion gene vaccination mobilizes effective anti-leukemic cytotoxic T lymphocytes from a tolerized repertoire
No full textThe majority of known human tumor-associated antigens derive from non-mutated self proteins. T cell tolerance, essential to prevent autoimmunity, must therefore be cautiously circumvented to generate cytotoxic T cell responses against these targets. Our strategy uses DNA fusion vaccines to activate high levels of peptide-specific CTL. Key foreign sequences from tetanus toxin activate tolerance-breaking CD4+ T cell help. Candidate MHC class Ibinding tumor peptide sequences are fused to the C terminus for optimal processing and presentation. To model performance against a leukemia-associated antigen in a tolerized setting, we constructed a fusion vaccine encoding an immunodominant CTL epitopederived from Friend murine leukemia virus gag protein (FMuLVgag) and vaccinated tolerant FMuLVgag-transgenic (gag-Tg) mice. Vaccination with the construct induced epitopespecificIFN-c-producing CD8+ T cells in normal and gag-Tg mice. The frequency and avidity of activated cells were reduced in gag-Tg mice, and no autoimmune injury resulted. However, these CD8+ T cells did exhibit gag-specific cytotoxicity in vitro and in vivo. Also, epitope-specific CTL killed FBL-3 leukemia cells expressing endogenous FMuLVgag antigen and protected against leukemia challenge in vivo. These results demonstrate a simple strategy to engage anti-microbial T cell help to activate epitope-specific polyclonal CD8+ T cell responses from a residual tolerized repertoire
Finance and its reform : beyond laissez-faire
No full textThat the financial sector should be liberalized was the orthodox view in the mid-1970s, during a pendulum swing toward reliance on the free market. In the early 1980s, the pendulum swung back to the left, based partly on evidence - especially from Latin America - that overly rapid reform had real costs, and partly on an increased appreciation of financial market failure. Blind adherence to free market principles was no longer appropriate. Now a counter-counterrevolution is in sight, with some swing back toward the view that the market makes a mess of it, but the government makes it even worse. The authors agree that market-oriented financial systems appear to do a better job than systems with extensive government involvement, but contend that the assumption that perfect competition will solve all problems in finance - especially in banking - can be dangerous. Information problems, implicit or explicit government guarantees associated with the payments system make banks unique. Governments implicitly recognize banking's uniqueness - few allow just anyone to enter banking - but public pronouncements and observers'recommendations often favor a move to more competition. Perfect competition, however, is optimal under the assumption, among others, of no government guarantee. In fact, most governments differ only in how explicit they are about their deposit insurance schemes. The financial reforms most likely to succeed are those that give banks an incentive to engage in safe and sound banking. When excessive competition is allowed, the charter value of banking diminishes to the point that it is no longer profitable for bankers to behave prudently. A consideration of finance's role, and a look at how reforming economies have fared, suggest also that gradual reform is often to be preferred in this domain. Deregulation of credit markets and interest rates can be counterproductive in unstable macroeconomic conditions and when banks are unsophisticated or have weak balance sheets. And changes in the charter value may evolve only slowly after reform. Faster progress and greater efforts should be made, however, in bank supervision and regulation and in institutional development, including accounting, auditing, legal and judicial reform, and training (of bankers and other finance professionals). In sum, many economies would benefit from less government intervention in financial markets, but the prescription should not be abrupt or total government withdrawal from the financial sector. Rather than intervening heavily in credit allocation decisions, governments should focus on doing what only they can do: providing an enabling environment for the private financial and nonfinancial sectors, and ensuring that financial operations are safe and sound.Environmental Economics&Policies,Banks&Banking Reform,Financial Intermediation,Economic Theory&Research,Financial Crisis Management&Restructuring
Martin, Ghana, and Global Legal Studies
No full textThis brief essay uses global legal studies to reconsider Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u27s activism after Gayle v. Browder. During this undertheorized portion of King\u27s career, the civil rights leader traveled the world and gained a greater appreciation for comparative legal and political analysis. This essay explores King\u27s first trip abroad and demonstrates how King\u27s close study of Kwame Nkrumah\u27s approaches to law reform helped to lay the foundation for watershed moments in King\u27s own life. In To Redeem the Soul of America: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr., renowned civil rights scholar and author, Adam Fairclough, offered penetrating and important assessments of Dr. King\u27s civil rights activism from 1957 to 1959. Fairclough asserted that the Montgomery Bus Boycott captured the world\u27s imagination, with King becoming a figure of national and international significance, easily overshadowing the South\u27s other black leadership. Yet after the U.S. Supreme Court\u27s decision in Gayle v. Browder, Fairclough rightfully notes, King attempted, but was unable, to spark Montgomery-style, mass protests elsewhere. The minister\u27s newly established Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) also had serious difficulty in sustaining a formidable political agenda. King\u27s inexperience with organizational management, and more importantly, the organization\u27s loose, top-down structure undermined the SCLC\u27s effectiveness and eventually led to the group\u27s decline. The late 1950s, in Fairclough\u27s view, were the civil rights leader\u27s fallow years. In the wake of Gayle, the racial icon traveled the globe. In 1957, King flew to Accra to celebrate Ghana\u27s independence as a guest of Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah. But King\u27s first trip abroad took him far beyond the festivities in Accra. The minister\u27s itinerary was stacked with other foreign capitals. King trekked across West Africa, stopping over in Monrovia, Dakar, and Kano, and he crisscrossed Western Europe, exploring Lisbon, London, Paris, Rome, and Geneva. In 1959, King made a pilgrimage to the land of Gandhi at the request of India\u27s Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. And again, King used the foreign leader\u27s invitation as a chance to tour the world. Before King returned to the United States, he ventured to Karachi, Athens, Beirut, Jerusalem, and Cairo. King\u27s overseas travels allowed him to participate in major global events, provided him respite from the day-today toils of the Southern struggle, and gave him the ability to forge stronger transnational ties with other liberation movements. And while King\u27s foreign stays are underappreciated, his close study of these nations\u27 legal and political systems are even more so. These travels created new opportunities for the recently minted Ph.D. to examine foreign law and affairs and apply the lessons he learned abroad to the burgeoning civil rights at home. Martin, Ghana, and Global Legal Studies is part of a larger project which details King\u27s interest in comparative law and politics. This brief essay examines how King used Nkrumah\u27s early approach to constitutional politics in the former Gold Coast to frame his own commitment to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Such a reappraisal of King\u27s experiences in Ghana, in turn, offers a fresh understanding of King\u27s fallow years
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