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Progetto Eden = Eden Project
No full text“Vesper” è una rivista pensata, fondata e diretta da Sara Marini, di Classe A (08/D1 “Progettazione architettonica”, 08/F1 “Pianificazione e progettazione urbanistica e territoriale”, 11/C4 “Estetica e filosofia dei linguaggi”), scientifica (nelle aree 08 “Ingegneria civile e Architettura”, 10 “Scienze dell’antichità, filologico-letterarie e storico-artistiche”, 11 “Scienze storiche, filosofiche, pedagogiche e psicologiche”), semestrale, Double-blind Peer Reviewed, multidisciplinare e bilingue (italiano e inglese), cartacea e pubblicata, dopo diciotto mesi di embargo, in accesso aperto che si occupa delle relazioni tra forme e processi del progetto e del pensiero. La rivista è pensata nella sua successione di numeri tematici come discorso sulla contemporaneità, nello spazio di ogni singolo numero è articolata in un insieme di rubriche che corrispondono a strumenti di ricerca e che gettano luci differenti sul tema.
Il decimo numero di “Vesper”, intitolato “Progetto Eden / Eden Project”, dà spazio e immagine alle mete, indaga le “nature” dei destini perseguiti, le concrete “cadute” dei traguardi immaginati e gli strumenti di lavoro, vita, pensiero attivati per raggiungerli. “Origine è la meta”, ha sostenuto Karl Kraus. Se l’Eden è l’origine in quanto tale è sempre perduta, quindi può essere solo posta come aspirazione. Nelle tesi Sul concetto di storia Walter Benjamin ha denominato “progresso” il progetto della modernità che spinge a porre l’Eden come fine, ma è proprio la fissazione sull’obiettivo che continua ad allontanare dall’origine, vivendo costantemente nella malinconia del paradiso perduto
Measuring the Variance-Age Profile of Lifetime Income
No full textThis paper presents an operational meaning to the concept of the variance in lifetime income in terms of the discounted variance of T mutually uncorrelated, sequentially realized, random variables. It is then shown how the logical implications of the lifecycle consumption model can be used to estimate this series of variances, called the variance-age profile of lifetime income, and we refer to an earlier paper by Eden (1977) to show how this variance-age profile can be used to compare the riskiness of alternative labor income paths. Finally the estimation technique is applied to Israeli data in order to compare the riskiness of the earnings path of those who attended college with that of those who terminated their education at the high school level in that economy, and to consider data requirements and estimation problems in greater depth.
Creighton University Magazine Fall 2014
No full textPERSUASION: WHY WE DO IT. WHAT IT TAKES TO DO IT WELL. AND WHY WE SHOULD CARE
From the pulpit to legislative chambers to corporate offices, the ability to convince others to follow a cause, support a certain idea or purchase a specific product is a valuable skill. How do we best use rhetoric to capture an audience, sway the undecided and convert the opposition? Creighton faculty examine the art of persuasion. Page 14.
THE PROMISE & PITFALLS OF BIG DATA / THE PROMISE AND PITFALLS OF BIG DATA
Big data has profound implications for consumers and a range of industries. While the use of large amounts of data may provide big promise, there are also pitfalls, such as the epic cyber attack at Target last year that resulted in millions of stolen credit card numbers. Creighton faculty take a look at the good and bad of big data. Page 18.
A QUESTION OF HOW WE LEARN
Education has advanced peoples and civilizations since the dawn of humankind. So how do we, as humans, best learn? And what teaching methods help us achieve that goal? Creighton faculty and staff explore how the ancient philosophers viewed education and give insight into the learning process of today’s students. Page 22.
SO YOU WANT TO BE AN AUTHOR?
There’s no secret formula to becoming a best-selling author. Creighton’s award-winning English faculty offer some common perspectives on the hurdles writers face. These faculty also teach in Creighton’s new Master of Fine Arts in creative writing program. Page 26.
STOPPING THE CYCLE OF URBAN CRIME
Dawn Irlbeck, Ph.D., and Rebecca Murray, Ph.D., of Creighton’s Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, along with other faculty members, look at programs across the U.S. that have worked in reducing urban crime, and the need for empowerment and victim assistance. Page 30.
Giving Hope a Hand
Through the Mechanical Hand Project Group, Jorge Zuniga, Ph.D., assistant professor of exercise science, is using 3-D printing technology to research and design low-cost mechanical hands for those who need them, particularly children. For Zuniga, who grew up on the poor streets of Santiago, Chile, this scientific pursuit is personal. Page 34.23
The amoebic growth of project costs
No full textIn the public arena, we often hear about projects that have suffered massive cost overruns. Often they are related to large public construction projects such as airports, bridges, or public buildings. Large overruns also exist in private industry. However, often these do not appear in the newspapers, so the public is not as aware of them. Of course, not all projects go badly wrong, but quite a few do, and frequently we find ourselves uncertain of the causes for such overruns. In this paper, industrial projects that overrun and overrun in a surprising manner are considered. In other words, the paper considers those many projects where the extent of the overrun is well beyond what might ever have been anticipated, even though what was going wrong within the projects was, for the most part, understood.The basis for the content of the paper (that is, the structure and lessons), are drawn from a postmortem analysis of many large projects as part of claims analysis, particularly "delay and disruption" claims for projects whose total expenditure appeared, at first look, inexplicable or surprising. The aim of the paper is to contribute to an understanding of how projects go badly wrong, when they do, and in particular to draw some lessons from this exploration that are likely to help all managers. The reasons for cost escalation are not just the responsibility of project managers.<br/
The real effects of reserve requirements : [Version February 1998]
No full textWe review arguments for and against reserve requirements and conclude that the main question is whether a distinction between money creation and intermediation can be made. We argue that such a distinction can be made in a money-in-advance economy and show that if the money-in-advance constraint is universally binding then reserve requirements on checkable accounts have no effect on intermediation. We then proceed to show that in a model in which trade is uncertain and sequential, a fractional reserve banking system gives rise to endogenous monetary shocks. These endogenous monetary shocks lead to fluctuations in capacity utilisation and waste. When the moneyin-advance constraint is universally binding, a 100% reserve requirement on checkable accounts can eliminate this waste
Public worship and practical theology in the work of Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)
No full textThe late seventeenth century was a critical and fruitful period
for the Particular Baptists of England. Severely persecuted following
the Restoration, toleration in 1689 brought its own perils.
Particular Baptists were fortunate in having several strong leaders,
especially the London trio of Hanserd Knollys, William Kiffin, and
Benjamin Keach. Such a small and severely persecuted group as the
Baptists could afford little time for academic pursuits, thus of
necessity most of their theology was practical in nature.
Benjamin Keach (1640-1704) was the most outstanding practical
theologian among the English Particular Baptists of the late
seventeenth century. This dissertation is a study of Keach, in
particular his writings on public worship and practical theology.
Although Keach was a prolific author, he has been almost completely
neglected by scholars.
After a biographical sketch of Keach, this study considers his
writings on public worship and practical theology. In the area of
worship, Keach made two outstanding contributions: First, he was the
most vocal apologist for Baptist views on Baptism of his period.
Secondly, and more importantly, his hymn writing and defense of hymn
singing broke new ground, not just for Baptists, but for English
Protestantism, in general. In addition to his contributions in these
areas, he also dealt with the laying on of hands and the sabbath day
worship controversy.
Keach's contributions to practical theology fall into two main
groups: his writings that concern religious education and those that
deal with polity. In addition to these, Keach's vigorous advocacy of
a high Calvinist soteriology are also considered under the rubric of
practical theology. Keach's most important (although not his most
positive) contribution in this area were his soteriological writings.
Although well within the bounds of orthodoxy, some of the tendencies
in Keach's soteriology were taken up by the following generation of
Baptist leaders and developed into a stultifying hyper-Calvinism that
handicapped Baptist evangelism and missions.
In the conclusion, Keach's contributions to a theory of practical
theology are considered
The Nominal System : Linkage to the Quantity of Money or to Nominal Income
No full textThe nominal system : linkage to the quantity of money or to nominal income
Under stable money supply, economic agents wish to employ money as a unit of account in future contracts ; we should therefore try to preserve the functions of nominal contracts in the presence of monetary disturbances. Thus it is erratic changes in monetary policy that should be neutralized (by means of linkage to the quantity of money or nominal incarne) rather than random changes in the rate of inflation (by means of indexation).Quand l'offre de monnaie est stable, les agents économiques veulent employer la monnaie comme unité de compte dans leurs contrats futurs ; par conséquent, H faudrait, quand il se produit des perturbations monétaires, préserver les contrats émis en termes nominaux. C'est pourquoi ce sont les changements irréguliers de la politique monétaire qui devraient être neurtalisés (par une sorte de liaison au stock de monnaie ou au revenu national) plutôt que les changements aléatoires du taux d'inflation (par le moyen de l'indexation).Eden Benjamin. The Nominal System : Linkage to the Quantity of Money or to Nominal Income. In: Revue économique, volume 30, n°1, 1979. pp. 121-143
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Beth Benjamin: Horticulturalist
No full textArriving at UC Santa Cruz in the fall of 1967 for her first year of college, Beth Benjamin was immediately drawn to the colorful beds blooming on a hillside below Merrill College. By springtime, she had joined the core group of young people working in this new campus garden under master horticulturalist Alan Chadwick. One of very few women to enjoy Chadwick’s steady mentorship during this period, Benjamin eventually arranged for a leave of absence from the university to devote herself to the garden—a hiatus that became permanent when her passion for the project overtook her interest in formal schooling.Benjamin married another Chadwick protégé, Jim Nelson; in the early 1970s, the two of them moved to four sunny acres in Santa Cruz County’s San Lorenzo Valley in order to build their own blooming Eden. Still thriving in 2009 as a non-profit educational organization, Camp Joy Gardens offers, according to its mission statement, “a model for an alternative future, a trial ground to experiment with, develop and practice organic techniques and explore related philosophies and ideas.” Camp Joy sponsors farm apprenticeships, educational offerings for children and adults, and a community supported agriculture program. Locals flock to the Gardens’ annual spring plant sale and its fall harvest celebration, which features dried-flower wreaths, varietal honeys, and other Camp Joy bounty.Eventually, Benjamin and Nelson amicably went their separate ways. Since then, Benjamin has worked a number of jobs, including several years with Renee Shepherd’s garden seed company. Although she has not lived at Camp Joy in more than two decades, she remains actively connected to the enterprise. She also volunteers with the Friends of the [UCSC] Farm and Garden—sustaining the legacy she helped create more than forty years ago.Sarah Rabkin interviewed Beth Benjamin at Rabkin’s home in Soquel, California, on June 30, 2009
Spiralling Intentionally Towards Figuration
No full textDavid Treloar is an artist living and working in London who initially trained as a painter before adopting a multidisciplinary approach to his work. However, after becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the unresolved, detached influence of modernism in his abstract and sculptural work, he has returned to the foundations of his training, figurative drawing and painting. He creates energetic, gestural portraits partly derived from the simple joy of extracting the magic from observed form, partly in response to the trauma of condensing an evanescent object into a moment’s believable reality. The resulting works frequently pirouette between beauty and malaise, exploring the uncertainty and frailty of the human conditio
Behavioral considerations in group support
No full textA series of interrelated issues are presented that significantly affect the success and failure to provide facilitated group support for decision and negotiation.The issues are derived from the GDN experience of the author, accumulated over 40 years and hundreds of GDN interventions. After each issue is presented,the implications for facilitation and the design of a group support system are noted with reference to other chapters in the Handbook. While discussions of the issues refers to some of the well-established literature on the topic, they are not based on formal empirical analysis of interventions. The issues all raise behavioral considerations. In particular, it is suggested that, notwithstanding a recent focus on microanalysis in GDN, these issues are still worthy of greater research and debate within the GDN research community
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