3,366 research outputs found
P. Postlewaite & M. Collins, International Individual Taxation
No full textThis is a book review of International Individual Taxation by Postlewaite and Collins. The author argues that the book is an important addition to the tax library of novice and professionals alike
The "Illimitable Dominion" of Charles Dickens: Transatlantic Print Culture and the Spring of 1842
No full textThis article explores Edgar Allan Poe’s May 1842 edition of Graham’s Monthly Magazine in the context of debates about international copyright circulating in the press at the time of Charles Dickens’s famous tour of the US. I offer a reading of Poe’s short story ‘The Masque of the Red Death’, and his review of Hawthorne’s Twice-Told Tales that sees these texts as interventions in transatlantic debates at the forefront of the public imagination in the Spring of 1842. In particular, through an original close reading of ‘The Masque of the Red Death’ I demonstrate how Poe subtly drew upon penny press exposés to inform the short story’s discussion of class, status and rights of access. I also suggest that the argument Poe made in his review of Nathaniel Hawthorne about the importance of ‘invention, creation, imagination [and] originality’ to the ‘prose tale’ is usefully considered in the same context, as an American response to questions of authorship that were also raised by the popular hysteria surrounding Dickens
Trust and Trustworthiness in the Fourth and Fifth Estates
No full textThe high contemporary salience in the social sciences of the topics of "trust" and "trustworthiness" has focused attention on the mass media’s putative role in eroding trust. Intrinsically, the absence in the mass media of the dialogic and interactive element to trust building identified by O’ Neill (2002) may suggest that the lack of trust and trustworthiness in the mass media is structural and recent penalties imposed by the UK communication regulator, Ofcom, on UK public service broadcasters including the BBC seem to support such a view. However, drawing on and adapting O’Neill, the author identifies two distinct potential media trust building strategies: one procedural (based in professional norms) and the second dialogic and interactive (nascent in “Web 2.0” applications). Focusing on UK Web 2.0 media sites the author identifies instances where the "dialogic" character of "Web 2.0" has established and enhanced trustworthiness. He argues normatively for a combination of "Web 2.0" interactivity and the adoption and implementation of self-regulatory codes in order to enhance the trustworthiness of the media
Collins effect in single spin asymmetries of the p up arrow p -> pi X process
No full textWe investigate the Collins effect in single spin asymmetries ( SSAs) of the p(up arrow)p -> pi X process by taking into account the transverse momentum dependence of the microscopic sub-process cross sections, with the transverse momentum in the Collins function integrated over. We find that the asymmetries due to the Collins effect can only explain the available data at best qualitatively, by using our choices of quark distributions in the quark-diquark model and a pQCD-based analysis, together with several options of the Collins function. Our results indicate the necessity to take into account contributions from other effects such as the Sivers effect or twist-3 contributions.Physics, Particles & FieldsSCI(E)7ARTICLE163-674
Letter from Roald A. Hogenson, Secretary to United States Representative J. W. Robinson, to Wayne M. Collins, American Civil Liberties Union, February 18, 1943
No full textLetter from Roald A. Hogenson to Wayne M. Collins: "Dear Mr. Collins: It is my understanding that the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering on appeal the Korematsu, Hirabayashi, Yasui and Regan cases and that you have participated in the cases as amicus curiae. I have been making an intensive study of the evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans, and I would like very much to secure copies of the brief submitted in those cases. I would appreciate very much whatever you can do for me in this regard."The ACLU-Northern California case file records contain legal documents and correspondence pertaining to the case Ex parte Mitsuye Endo (1944), in which the United States Supreme court unanimously ruled that the federal government could not indefinitely detain United States citizens who were loyal to the government. Files include documents related to the Gordon Hirabayashi Supreme Court case Hirabayashi v. United States
Neoliberal Dirt: Homelessness, Stigma, and Social Services in Fort Collins, Colorado
No full textThis thesis presents a thorough investigation of the network of resources available to people experiencing homelessness in Fort Collins, Colorado. It also explores the stigma faced by the homeless community, and the ways in which stigma affects services, public policy, and the everyday lived experiences of homeless people. By exploring the various programs provided by government, non-profit, and private organizations and institutions, I aim to create a conceptual map of the sources of support available to the homeless population of Fort Collins. In doing so, I analyze both the strengths and weaknesses of the existing service network, and explore the ramifications of systemic gaps on the lives of homeless people. Using data gathered through participant observation in various resource-providing organizations, as well as via interviews with non-profit executives, city administrators, homeless advocates, faith community leaders, business community representatives, and people experiencing homelessness, I attempt to present an emic, or insider, view of the complex issues surrounding homelessness in Fort Collins. The results of this research provide actionable information that may be used to shape public policy or other programming decisions for the local community. Both housed and unhoused residents in Fort Collins can benefit from an understanding of how the network of support services functions, how stigma affects the public’s view of homeless people, and how stigma and services interact. In Chapter 2, I first outline national-level data surrounding the occurrence and causes of homelessness. Next, I explore the formation of stigma, and the process of symbolic boundary-making that defines our everyday perception of the world. I then provide an overview of the ways in which governance reconfigures conceptualizations of public space, with related ramifications for homeless people existing in the public sphere. Finally, I explore existing data about homelessness in Fort Collins, and chronicle the city’s recent history of homeless-related governance. Chapter 3 describes the data collection and data analysis methodologies used to generate my findings. I outline the timeline for this research, provide descriptions of my interview groups and participant observation activities, and explain the social networking process used to generate the included service network map. I also explain the transformational research framework I use to situate this work. Using a critical political economy lens, Chapter 4 explains my major research findings. First, I present the results of my network mapping process. Next, I provide an overview of the strengths in the city’s existing social service network. Then, I explore the stigmatization of homeless people in Fort Collins, and the negative stereotypes held by actors in both the general public and in significant positions of power. Finally, I detail the weaknesses in the city’s current attempts to deal with homelessness—including a lack of affordable housing, a failure to provide for some basic needs, a severe dearth of mental health and substance abuse services, and a policing model that sometimes makes homelessness worse, not better—and how those weaknesses affect, and are affected by, the stigmatization of homeless people. Chapter 5 synthesizes the preceding chapters and offers final conclusions about the state of homelessness in Fort Collins. It also posits actionable next steps, and suggests other relevant lines of research not covered by this paper
Brand book enligt Collins & Porras: företagsvision som varumärkesgrund
No full textThe purpose of this study is to investigate and determine the potential value of company X's “companyvision” as a brand platform (brand book). This study uses only the first part of the vision, the "core ideology”. The theory is based solely on Jim Collins and Jerry Porras (management) theories about “company vision” (from the book "Built to Last"). It is these theories that Company X has worked with to create a brand platform / manual (brand book). The thesis addressed in this work is the following: • Is Collins & Porras theories of “company vision” a good way to create a brand book for the company X? The basis for this study is the employees (on company X) and their opinions about their new brand platform (brand book). The employees received a questionnaire with questions regarding their views of different aspects of Collins & Porras theories. The areas which they were questioned about were: the results, the process, and their attitudes towards Collins and Porras theories, after having to work according to them for a longer period of time. It is from the questionnaire the study finds its results and conclusions. In the report's findings, we see that company X, in which the study is conducted, is generally sympathetic to the use of Collins and Porras theories and that brand platform can act as a basis for brand book. The study also addresses perhiperal opinions from the Company X, like opinions about applicability to other organizations and if they think that something is missing from the Collins and Porras theories. In the final part of the "Conclusions", we see that the thesis: " Is Collins & Porras theories of “company vision” a good way to create a brand book for the company X?" can be regarded as proved. In addition to the main thesis the author presents interesting opinions in the chapter “discussion” that may be of interest to the reader, these findings are interesting but may not be 100% scientifically proved.Syftet med detta arbete är att undersöka och fastställa det eventuella värdet av Företaget X:s visionsarbete som varumärkesplatform (brand book). Det är enbart den inledande delen som behandlas som berör ”företagsideologi”. Teoribakgrunden bygger uteslutande på Jim Collins och Jerry Porras (management) teorier kring företagsvision (från boken ”Built to last”). Det är dessa teorier Företaget X har arbetat efter för att skapa en varumärkesplattform/manual (brand book). Frågeställningen i arbetet har varit: •Är Collins & Porras teorier om företagsvision ett bra sätt att skapa en brand book på Företaget X? Underlaget för studien är de anställdas (på Företaget X) åsikter om deras nya varumärkesplatform (brand book). De anställda har fått svara på en enkät med frågor angående deras åsikter om resultatet, arbetsprocessen samt attityder mot Collins och Porras teorier efter att ha arbetat efter dessa under en längre period. Det är från denna information som arbetets resultat och slutsatser härstammar. I rapportens resultat ser vi att Företaget X, där studien är genomförd, överlag är positivt inställd till att använda Collins och Porras teorier som varumärkesplattform och underlag för brand book. Vi får även ta del av Företaget X:s åsikter om ”applicerbarhet på andra organisationer” samt om de anser att ”något saknas i Collins och Porras teorier”. I den avslutande delen av ”slutsatser” ser vi att tesen: ”Är brand book enligt Collins och Porras lämpligt på Företaget X?” anses vara styrkt. Förutom huvudtesen presenteras en del intressanta slutsatser och åsikter i arbetets avslutande delar som kan vara av intresse för läsaren
Harry Collins and the American Art of Dress: 1884-1980
No full textToday when one hears the name Harry Collins very little comes to mind. However, from 1910 to 1950 Harry Collins was a name known across the United States. To simple housewives, first ladies, and stars of the stage and screen that sported his designs, Harry Collins was synonymous with American fashion. A New York designer, author, and philanthropist, Collins was both prolific and celebrated during his nearly fifty-year career as a “dress artist.” His peers included famous turn-of-the-century designers such as Poiret and Lucile as well as later well-known designers such as Adrian, Hattie Carnegie, and Clarie McCardell. Collins often showed alongside these illustrious stars of the fashion world and was seen as their equal. Not only was Harry Collins a designer for the stage, screen, and shop, however, he was also a creative author, critic, and inventor who sought to bring an art to the dress of the everyday American woman. Unlike many of his peers, Collins reached out to a broader audience publishing pieces in Ladies Home Journal and Modern Priscilla as well as a popular book used in Home Economics courses, The ABC of Dress (1923.) To date, Collins has attracted little scholarly attention. This thesis will explore Collins’s multi-faceted career in order to uncover his important role in creating an American style of dress in the early 1910s and 1920s, his most prolific period of design. Decades before the infamous Dorothy Shaver and New York designers of the 1930s and 1940s sought to establish an American fashion, Collins articulated and promoted an American style intended to surpass and sublimate the Parisian monopoly on fashion. As Collins articulated it, the American style was intrinsically linked with a burgeoning national identity. Collins even supported his country and its soldiers through philanthropic works during both World War I and World War II in the realm of fashion, further cementing the connection between the American style and patriotism. While costume historians have heralded the birth of an American style in post WWII America, the first wave of American critics and designers who sought an American mode of dress in the decades just before and after WWI remain understudied. Establishing Collins’ contribution to the formation of an American way of dress in this earlier period helps to illuminate the beginnings of this important movement in design history. Because Collins uniquely bridged the gap between the worlds of high fashion and that of the everyday American woman, he provides an ideal case study to examine the complex intersection of elite patronage and mass culture that enabled American fashion designers to create a new and unique style. Through careful examination of Collins’ identified dresses and his sketches, as well as study of the rich treasure trove of his patents, marketing materials, and copious writings in magazines, newspapers, and trade journals which expressed his ideals, this thesis will construct a greater understanding of Collins’s significant contribution to an American style of dress in greater context to the fashion world in the twentieth-century
Accounting for spatially heterogeneous conditions in local-scale surveillance strategies: case study of the biosecurity insect pest, grape phylloxera (<i>Daktulosphaira vitifoliae</i>(Fitch))
No full textBACKGROUND: Surveillance strategies are often standardized and completed on grid patterns to detect pest incursions quickly; however, it may be possible to improve surveillance through more targeted observation that accounts for landscape heterogeneity, dispersal and the habitat requirements of the invading organism. We simulated pest spread at a local scale, using grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch)) as a case study, and assessed the influence of incorporating spatial heterogeneity into surveillance compared with current, standard surveillance strategies. RESULTS: Time to detection and spread within and beyond the vineyard were reduced by conducting surveys that target sampling effort in soil that is highly suitable for the invading pest in comparison with standard surveillance strategies. However, these outcomes were dependent on the virulence level of phylloxera because phylloxera is a complex pest with multiple genotypes that influence spread and detectability. CONCLUSION: Targeting surveillance strategies based on local‐scale spatial heterogeneity can decrease the time to detection without increasing the survey cost, and surveillance that targets highly suitable soil is the most efficient strategy for detecting new incursions. In addition, combining targeted surveillance strategies with buffer zones and hygiene procedures, and updating surveillance strategies as additional species information becomes available, will further decrease the risk of pest spread. © 2018 Society of Chemical IndustryMaggie D Triska, Kevin S Powell, Cassandra Collins, Inca Pearce, Michael Rento
04-01 "Beyond Small-Is-Beautiful: A Buddhist and Feminist Analysis of Ethics and Business"
No full textBuddhist philosophy teaches a thoroughly relational ontology, holding that what really is are relations and processes enfolding out of a common substrate though time. Often, however, attempts to apply Buddhist thinking to economic issues seem to forget this. Corporations and markets are described in the language of substantive structures and impersonal mechanisms, rather than in relational and process terms. This essay argues that a thorough-going Buddhist analysis, supplemented by contemporary insights from feminist theory, yields a relational understanding of business firms and markets that can help move debates about ethics and business beyond issues of scale.
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