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On the Origins of the Fleming-Mundell Model
No full textForty years ago, Marcus Fleming and Robert Mundell developed independent models of macroeconomic policy in open economies. Why do we link the two, and why do we call the result the Mundell-Fleming, rather than Fleming-Mundell model? Copyright 2003, International Monetary Fund
Are Constitutional Courts Civic Educative Institutions? If So, What Do They Teach?
No full textThis volume addresses whether, how, and where laws (variously defined) teach values and shape moral character in late modern liberal societies. Each author recognizes the essential value of state law in fostering peace, security, health, education, charity, trade, democracy, constitutionalism, justice, and human rights, among many other moral goods. Each author also recognizes, however, the grave betrayals of law in supporting fascism, slavery, apartheid, genocide, persecution, violence, racism, and other forms of immorality and injustice. They thus call for state laws that set a basic civil morality of duty for society and for robust freedoms that protect private individuals and private groups to cultivate a higher morality of aspiration. With contributions by Rudiger Bittner, Brian Bix, Frank Brennan, Allen Calhoun, Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Kenneth John Crispin, Jean Bethke Elshtain, E. Allan Farnsworth, James E. Fleming, M. Cathleen Kaveny, Ute Mager, Linda C. McClain, Reid Mortensen, Patrick Parkinson, Thomas Pfeiffer, Robert Vosloo, Michael Welker, and John Witte, Jr
Fleming, Robert
No full textabstract: Robert (Coach) Fleming was Professor of Music, Associate Director of Bands, and Director of Marching Band from 1974-2002, Coach Fleming grew up in a music family playing the flute. He briefly taught in high school, before moving to the University of Tennessee at Martin where he was band director for seven years. The interview touches on numerous topics and stories including winning the Sudler Trophy, performing at the 1991 Midwest Band Orchestra Clinic, conducting at Carnegie Hall, both ASU Rose Bowl appearance, etc. The interview ends with various discussions of the importance of the Band as a familytableOfContents: INTRODUCTIONS @ 00:00:19
PRE-ASU YEARS @ 00:01:29
1. Growing up in Aspinwall PA @ 00:0132
2. College thru University of Tennessee at Martin @ 00:08:07
3. Getting the name Coach @ 00:11:13
ASU STORIES / REFLECTIONS @ 00:16:33
4. Why ASU? @ 00:16:42
5. Early Impressions of ASU / Tempe / Gammage Auditorium @ 00:17:18
6. College / School of Music @ 00:20:54
7. Career Progression @ 00:23:52
8. Important People – Eugene Lombardi, Lattie Coor, Frank Kush, others @ 00:26:24
9. Changes to ASU @ 00:29:18
10. Advice to Young Students @ 00:33:01
BAND RELATED STORIES @ 00:34:01
11. Special Band Performances @ 00:34:07
a. The Sudler Trophy @ 00:35:04
b. 1991 Midwest Band Orchestra Clinic @ 00:37:09
c. Favorite Show @ 00:40:14
12. Other University Bands @ 00:43:09
a. University of Michigan – Rose Bowl 1987 @ 00:43:43
b. Ohio State University – Rose Bowl 1997 @ 00:44:37
c. Northwestern Louisiana State University @ 00:46:04
d. University of Texas @ 00:46:49
e. University of Arizona @ 00:47:27
13. Memories @ 00:48:19
a. Best ASU Football Games @ 00:48:33
b. Arrangement of Stars and Stripes @ 00:49:53
c. Conducting at Carnegie Hall @ 00:52:16
d. Marching Band Mottoes @ 00:53:14
e. Jim Creasman @ 00:55:25
14. Challenges @ 00:57:44
a. Financial @ 00:57:56
b. Athletic Department Respect @ 01:01:54
ASU BAND FAMILY @ 01:04:07
15. Raising Two Children @ 01:04:27
16. Extended Family @ 01:06:44
a. Fleming House Activities @ 01:06:53
b. Tutoring @ 01:11:19
c. Mama Coach @ 01:12:32
d. Student Success After Graduation @ 01:18:10
e. Band Marriages @ 01:22:02
f. Fear Reduction @ 01:24:13
17. Recruitment, Retention & Tradition @ 01:25:43
a. Recruitment @ 01:25:53
b. Retention @ 01:27:24
c. Tradition – Parents Night @ 01:31:36
WRAPPING UP @ 01:34:33Barry McNeill, Editor; John McIntosh, Camera; Roger Carter, Audio; Dave Scheatzle, Director; Brenda (Mama Coach) Fleming, Support; Linda Van Scoy, Chair Video History Project.Picture Credits
Aspinwall - Estately
UT at Martin –: Linkedin
Richard Strange – Obituary in Legacy
George Umberson – ASURA Photo Gallery
Eugene Lombardi - Obituary in Dignity Memorial
Lattie Coor – AZHCC 2013 Legacy Award Winner
Frank Kush – Obituary in azfamily
Sudler Trophy – Sousa Foundation
Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic – The Midwest Clinic
Coach Guest Conducting Tempe HS Band –Dave Scheatzle’s Personal Collection
John Zsechik – Neil A Kjos Music Company
Pagliacci – Amazon digital music
1987 Rose Bowl Parade – Dave Scheatzle’s Personal Collection
1987 Rose Bowl – Dave Scheatzle’s Personal Collection
Václav Nelhýbel – The University of Scranton
Marching Band Mottoes – ASU Athletic Bands History
Jim Hudson - ASU NowBio Information
Václav Nelhýbel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Nelh%C3%BDbel)
John Zdechlik (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zdechlik
A study of union mergers: the strange case of the Police Federation of Australia
No full textDuring the 1990s trade unions in Australia were involved in an unprecedented amount of mergers that resulted in a significant reduction in the number of unions. Most of this merger activity consisted of either amalgamations or absorptions, and has been subjected to considerable research scrutiny. The merger of five separate police unions created the Police Federation of Australia. However, the Federation is unique among the union mergers in this period because it evolved from a federally registered police union, the Australian Federal Police Association, altering its rules to grant it coverage of all police in Australia. This paper examines the formation of the Federation, and suggests that both the form of the merger and the merger process are not easily explained by the existing literature. This is partly due to the limited attention past studies have paid to union federations, partly due to the circumstances of police unions in Australia, and partly due to the novel method by which the merger was conducted
Assessing Land Ice Height Decrease of the Fleming Glacier using ICESat-2 Satellite Data: A 2019-2022 Analysis
No full textThe following report investigates the land ice height decrease of the Fleming Glacier between 2019 and 2022 using ICESat-2 satellite data. This glacier is located on the Antarctic Peninsula, an area that has been severely impacted by global warming. Using data from the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) on board ICESat-2, more specifically its ATL06 product, the average land ice heights in 2019 and 2022 could be compared. This was done with the aid of Python and the icepyx library, which allows for an easy extraction of the desired data from the NASA Eathdata website. The raw data had to be processed and filtered to eliminate the NaN values and reduce the noise. The resulting height measurements were then plotted and an average rate of land ice height decrease of 4.40 metres over the 3-year period was found, which corresponds to a 1.47 m/year decrease. The findings of this study indicate a slightly lower value compared to the results reported by Friedl et al. in their 1994-2016 study. However, this discrepancy is plausible, particularly considering the episode of increased ice melting observed in the Fleming Glacier after 2008, which can be attributed to the disintegration of the Wordie Ice Shelf. Crucially though, due to an issue with the Reference Ground Track overlap the amount of common data points found was just 27. This is insufficient to draw definitive conclusions regarding the overall melting of the entire Fleming Glacier. Future research, especially involving the use of the ATL11 product, is therefore recommended for this region.Applied Earth Science
Stochastic Optimal Control, International Finance and Debt
No full textWe use stochastic optimal control-dynamic programming (DP) to derive the optimal foreign debt/net worth, consumption/net worth, current account/net worth, and endogenous growth rate in an open economy. Unlike the literature that uses an Intertemporal Budget Constraint (IBC) or the Maximum Principle, the DP approach does not require perfect foresight or certainty equivalence. Errors of measurement and the effects of unanticipated shocks are corrected in an optimal manner. We contrast the DP and IBC approaches, show how the results of the dynamic programming approach can be interpreted in a traditional simple mean-variance/Tobin-Markowitz context, and explain why our results are generalizations of the Merton model.stochastic optimal control, foreign debt, international finance, vulnerability to external shocks, sustainable current account deficits
The Southern Political Tradition
No full textA Journey through Southern Politics
This gem of a book consists of the Fleming Lectures Michael Perman gave at LSU in the spring of 2007 and two additional chapters. In it he manages to pack a number of keen insights into a small space, although it is fair to say that readers of his ...
Measuring treasury market liquidity
No full textThis paper was presented at the conference "Economic Statistics: New Needs for the Twenty-First Century," cosponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, and the National Association for Business Economics, July 11, 2002. Securities liquidity is important to those who transact in markets, those who monitor market conditions, and those who analyze market developments. This article estimates and evaluates a comprehensive set of liquidity measures for the U.S. Treasury securities market. The author finds that the commonly used bid-ask spread-the difference between bid and offer prices-is a useful measure for assessing and tracking liquidity. The spread is highly correlated with a more sophisticated price impact measure and is correlated with episodes of reported poor liquidity in the expected manner. He also finds that other measures correlate less strongly with episodes of poor liquidity and with the bid-ask spread and price impact measures, indicating that they are only modest proxies for market liquidity. Trading volume and trading frequency, in particular, are found to be weak proxies for market liquidity, as both high and low levels of trading activity are associated with periods of poor liquidity.Liquidity (Economics) ; Treasury bills ; Treasury notes ; Government securities
Von Kotzebue bis Fleming. Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturkontakt im Baltikum
No full textIm Zentrum dieses Sammelbandes stehen die Literatur, die Sprache und die Kultur im Baltikum und insbesondere in Tallinn im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert. Fokussiert werden dabei zwei mit der Stadt und der Region verbundene deutsche Autoren, Paul Fleming (1609–1640) und August von Kotzebue (1761–1819). Der Band beginnt mit August von Kotzebue, dessen Geburtstag sich 2011 zum 250. Mal jährte, und geht anschließend zurück zur Literatur und Kultur des 17. Jahrhunderts. Aufsätze zur Geschichte der deutschen und der estnischen Sprache runden den Band ab. Die Beitragenden sind deutsche, lettische und estnische Forscher: Axel Dunker, Roland Borgards, Otto-Heinrich Elias, Maris Saagpakk, Tiiu Reimo, Mari Tarvas, Lea Kõiv, Michael Ludscheidt, Wolf Peter Klein, Dzintra Lele- Rozentale, Helju Ridali und Egita Proveja
Problem substance use among New Zealand secondary schools students
No full textThis report explores the health issues and contexts of New Zealand secondary school students who use substances at very high levels. Young people who use substances more than their peers are likely to have high rates of absenteeism from school and may be early school leavers.
The Ministry of Health aims to support recovery and wellness and minimise the harm that addiction can cause. To support this, they asked the Adolescent Health Research Group (AHRG) of the University of Auckland to provide data about secondary school students using substances in ways that are likely to be problematic. The Ministry suggested that this population be defined using variables relating to alcohol, marijuana, other substances use and binge drinking.
This report is based on Youth’12: The national health and wellbeing survey of 8500 New Zealand secondary school students.
It provides evidence and awareness of the problems that are connected to substance use and highlights the fact that New Zealand adolescents appear to be using less alcohol, less marijuana and fewer other substances than they were in recent years.
However, substance use remains a significant problem for a minority of students and it causes substantial personal, social and economic harm. The report finds that approximately 11 percent of New Zealand high school students use substances at levels that are likely to cause them significant current harm and may cause long-term problems.
Those with substance use problems are likely to have higher rates of mental health problems, unwanted sexual contact, unsafe sex, exposure to violence, cigarette smoking, risky driving experiences, less likely to ‘like school’ and other harms.
This report enables youth addiction treatment services to develop their scope of practice to incorporate these wider problems, and assist funders and planners, frontline youth service managers and youth workers to deliver relevant services.
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Authors: Fleming, T. Lee, A.C., Moselen, E., Clark, T.C., Dixon, R. & The Adolescent Health Research Group, University of Auckland 
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