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amir-mine-data/D3-js-Bar-chart: Version 1.0
No full textCreating bar chart with D3 js and external data (library version 5
Iran and the Global Financial Crisis
Full text linkThe global financial crisis is set to depress oil producing economies. As the crisis is already pushing down oil prices, a firm response to the fallout of the crisis from governments and central banks is expected. Oil prices have tumbled more than 70% since their July peak and there are fears they could continue their plunge because of diminishing demand caused by the current financial meltdown. Though, the Iranian government does not seem to be greatly concerned about the ongoing global situation, although many Iranian economists believe that sanctions and the international financial crisis will soon be taking their toll on Iran’s economy by unfavorably affecting oil, trade, and trade financing. Even if the relative isolation from the world’s economy may seem to protect Iran from the negative impact of the global financial crisis to a certain extend at least for now, plunging oil prices and a massive credit deterioration suggest otherwise.Iran; Financial Crisis; Oil Revenue; Currency Exchange; Currency Crash
Iran’s Banking and Monetary Problems
Full text linkIran has had many self-imposed economic crises. Many of which relate to the poorly managed banking system as well as flawed monetary and fiscal policy. Inefficiency of the banking-monetary system in Iran is a well known fact. A complete overhaul of the current system should be one of the essential priorities of any economic reformation and development. The banking-monetary system of any country has a key role in its economic efficiency and strength, price stability, production, and economic growth. The main functions of a banking-monetary system are to provide fiscal resources, to prepare ground for optimal allocation of capital in the economy, to distribute the wealth in the best possible way, and to ease economic development. This is particularly important in Iran because capital markets are underdeveloped.Iran; Banking; Monetary Policy; Fiscal Policy
A matrix of measures of court workload
Full text linkPerformance measures depend on the clarity and consistency of their metrics. The standard unit of analysis of court proceedings is the “case.” Yet the definition of a case varies widely. It may include multiple accused persons and charges, a count of accused persons, the number of informations (a set of charges), or the number of charges. Likewise, whether new cases, completed cases, or the number of cases heard in court are counted make a tremendous difference. In theory, many dozens of caseload measures are possible. Here, a matrix of twelve measures is proposed which balances theoretical exhaustion with practicality. Using data for one year of adult criminal cases in the Provincial Court of British Columbia it is shown that the choice of measure introduces variability of workload over 400 per cent. The matrix is intended as a heuristic device for policy-makers to scrutinise case-based indicators.Peer reviewedFinal article publishe
Cimmeria quae postea Scythia Europaea seu parua Scythia.
No full textScale approximately 1:2,950,000. 1 map : color ; 38 x 49 cm. Relief shown pictorially. Illustrations. Hand colored in outline. Bar scales given in "Mille Passus" and "Stadia." Bar scales given in "Mille Passus" and "Stadia." Original in the private collection of Amir Aleksandrovich Khisamutdinov. Vladivostok, Russia. Digitized with permission and freely available to view on University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Library digital repository eVols
Financial Crisis, Iranian Style
Full text linkA steep fall in crude prices allied with lower output will decrease the Iranian government’s foreign revenues significantly. The Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) has lost 30% of its value in the last four months, which points to a sizable economic slowdown in the near future. Perhaps Iran is among a handful of countries that has not properly planned to combat any potential economic crisis in the face of lower oil prices and the global financial meltdown that began to show its visage in the middle of 2007. The substantial inflow of petrodollars to the government’s account coupled with the faulty assumption that the oil prices will continue to rise triggered the government to infuse billions of dollars into the economic and banking system. Iranian officials have just begun to accept the new global circumstances and are after drafting a budget for the next Iranian year to ride out the financial turmoil. The administration is planning to eliminate energy subsidies and reduce its price controls in the new fiscal budget planning in order to reduce the massive deficit. It is indeed ironic from a government that has no belief in principles of a free market economy and denied it in the past to draw such a plan, many economists have stated. Whether the government has realized its past mistakes, is unknown and whether the new budget and policy will ease the current economic problems, remains to be seen! A more important question is whether the central bank and the administration will be able to employ the available monetary and fiscal tools to tackle the profound upcoming economic challenges, since they already tied their hands by their past mistakes and beliefs. Overall, the next few months or perhaps years will undoubtedly be very challenging times for the system.Iran; Budget Deficit; Economic Policy; Credit Crisis
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No full textThere is already a copy of this book in the collection. It is signed by the author. This copy is not signed. As I wrote there, this book represents a curious find. The Kalilah and Dimnah story is treated here, to the author's knowledge for the first time, as a play. The play seems talky; it contains plenty of aphorizing and a few fables. Still, this text includes music for three dances. And there are delightful colored illustrations: four early introduce the main personages, and sixteen with the English text show scenes along the way. Five black-and-white illustrations ornament the Arabic text that runs from the back to the middle. The colored illustrations present human form and clothes, animal faces, and Persian costume of the nineteenth century. Dimnah is pure Iago here, betraying both Lion and " Shatrebeh. " Leopard happens to overhear Kalilah upbraiding Dimnah after the fact; his testimony leads to Dimnah's punishment of imprisonment without food or water.There is already a copy of this book in the collection. It is signed by the author. This copy is not signed. As I wrote there, this book represents a curious find. The Kalilah and Dimnah story is treated here, to the author's knowledge for the first time, as a play. The play seems talky; it contains plenty of aphorizing and a few fables. Still, this text includes music for three dances. And there are delightful colored illustrations: four early introduce the main personages, and sixteen with the English text show scenes along the way. Five black-and-white illustrations ornament the Arabic text that runs from the back to the middle. The colored illustrations present human form and clothes, animal faces, and Persian costume of the nineteenth century. Dimnah is pure Iago here, betraying both Lion and " Shatrebeh. " Leopard happens to overhear Kalilah upbraiding Dimnah after the fact; his testimony leads to Dimnah's punishment of imprisonment without food or water.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: Bilingual: English/ArabicLanguage note: Bilingual: English/ArabicAli R. Amir-MoezAli R. Amir-Moe
A new and correct map of the Russian Empire as comprehended in Europe and Asia, from the best authorities and latest improvements.
No full textScale approximately 1:32,000,000. 1 map ; 19 x 27 cm. Relief shown pictorially. Includes two bar graphs: British statute miles and Wersts 104 to a degree. "Engraved for Millar's New complete & universal system of geography." Lll. cartouche and margin. Original in the private collection of Amir Aleksandrovich Khisamutdinov. Vladivostok, Russia. Digitized with permission and freely available to view on University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Library digital repository eVols
M. Bar-Asher Meir, Scripture and exegesis in early Imami Shiism. E. J. Brill – The Magnes Press, collection Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science, volume XXXVII, Leiden… – Jerusalem, 1999
No full textAmir-Moezzi Mohammad Ali. M. Bar-Asher Meir, Scripture and exegesis in early Imami Shiism. E. J. Brill – The Magnes Press, collection Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science, volume XXXVII, Leiden… – Jerusalem, 1999. In: Bulletin critique des annales islamologiques, n°17, 2001. pp. 29-30
Under the absolute Amir
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On the road.--Kabul.--Manners and customs.--Amir Abdur Rahman.--Prisons and prisoners.--Tortures and methods of execution.--Life of Europeans in Kabul.--Soldiers and arms.--Trades and commerce.--Geological conditions of the country.--Religion.--Political situation.--Road from Kabul to Peshawar.
Illustrated by the author\u27s drawings and photographs, and by other photograph
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