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Robert C. Fletcher album, 1910s-1920s (AL-188)
No full textPhotograph album from Gallaudet University Archives, originally compiled by Robert C. Fletcher. Includes photos of campus buildings, student body, sports and student events, Washington, D.C., sights, and family photos.This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s)
Free Zone Incentives in MERCOSUR Countries and WTO Law
No full textPublished source: Gabriel Gari, 'Free Zone Incentives in MERCOSUR Countries and WTO Law' (2011) 6 Global Trade and Customs Journal, Issue 5, pp. 223–244
ID: GTCJ2011031This article examines the consistency of the incentives offered by free zone regimes in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay with World Trade Organization (WTO) law. It suggests that some of the incentives offered to free zone users are inconsistent with the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (ASCM) because they constitute a ‘subsidy’ within the meaning of the ASCM, subject de iure or de facto to export performance, most notably, exemptions of direct taxes, exemptions of custom duties on the import of capital goods, exemptions of payment of social welfare charges, unqualified exemptions on payment of indirect taxes, and the possibility to supply goods or services to free zone users at promotional rates. By contrast, this article suggests that there are no significant inconsistencies between free zone incentives and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) but warns that the situation could change in the future if, as a result of multilateral negotiations, MERCOSUR countries opt for extending their GATS commitments to new sectors and modes of supply
Postbellum Protection and Commissioner Wells's Conversion to Free Trade
No full textA moment of consequence to the postbellum U.S. tariff debate was the 'conversion' of David Ames Wells, Commissioner of the Revenue from 1865- 1870, to free trade. When he began his work Wells was a disciple of the eminent American protectionist Henry C. Carey. By the age of forty, however, he had become America's answer to Britain's Sir Robert Peel: a public figure of tremendous influence, who, having changed his mind on the issue, became the standard-bearer for free trade in both the intellectual and political arenas. Half a century and more in the past, when Wells's name was better remembered in American economic and political history, several stories were told of the causes of his conversion: some attributed it ultimately to the force of ideas, some to interests. My purpose is to demonstrate that the unacknowledged but most important cause was Wells's relationship with Edward Atkinson, and Wells and Atkinson's mutual wish to grant effective protection, or net protection, to cotton manufacturers. The story of Wells's conversion that unfolds in the demonstration is not one that disentangles and assigns weights to the contributions of theory and interests. It shows instead how each determined the other.Wells, David Ames; Atkinson, Edward; free trade; revenue commission; effective protection; net protection
Relation between enstrophy production and geometry near the turbulent/non-turbulent interface in free shear flows
No full textIn many free shear flows, such as mixing layers, wakes and jets exhibit a sharp turbulent/non-turbulent interface (TNTI) separating regions of turbulent and non-turbulent or potential flow. In the present work the dependence of enstrophy production on the interface geometry near the TNTI is investigated by using direct numerical simulations (DNS) of a shear free turbulence (SFT) and a temporally developing planar jet (PJET). It is shown that the geometry of the TNTI has impacts on the mechanism governing enstrophy dynamics within the interface layer itself. In particular it is shown that enstrophy production within the turbulent sublayer is primarily associated with a convex shape of the interface both the SFT and PJET
The chemistry of epoxidyl free radicals: free radical rearrangement, 1996
No full textPrevious work done on the rearrangement of epoxidy free radical shows decomposition processes. Styrene oxide, cyclohexane oxide and stilbene oxide were studied at room temperature using Fenton reagent as a radical initiator. Results of the study obtained on styrene oxide reaction shows the formation of bibenzyl with a percent yield of 7.5%. The reported results obtained using stilbene oxide are thus far inconclusive of the mechanism and final product with a percent yield of 5.2%. The reported results obtained using cyclohexane oxide are thus far inconclusive of the mechanism but yields the final product at a percent yield of 10%
Open access self-archiving: An author study
No full textThis, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived at least one article during the last three years. Use of institutional repositories for this purpose has doubled and usage has increased by almost 60% for subject-based repositories. Self-archiving activity is greatest amongst those who publish the largest number of papers. There is still a substantial proportion of authors unaware of the possibility of providing open access to their work by self-archiving. Of the authors who have not yet self-archived any articles, 71% remain unaware of the option. With 49% of the author population having self-archived in some way, this means that 36% of the total author population (71% of the remaining 51%), has not yet been appraised of this way of providing open access. Authors have frequently expressed reluctance to self-archive because of the perceived time required and possible technical difficulties in carrying out this activity, yet findings here show that only 20% of authors found some degree of difficulty with the first act of depositing an article in a repository, and that this dropped to 9% for subsequent deposits. Another author worry is about infringing agreed copyright agreements with publishers, yet only 10% of authors currently know of the SHERPA/RoMEO list of publisher permissions policies with respect to self-archiving, where clear guidance as to what a publisher permits is provided. Where it is not known if permission is required, however, authors are not seeking it and are self-archiving without it. Communicating their results to peers remains the primary reason for scholars publishing their work; in other words,
researchers publish to have an impact on their field. The vast majority of authors (81%) would willingly comply with a mandate from their employer or research funder to deposit copies of their articles in an institutional or subject-based repository. A further 13% would comply reluctantly; 5% would not comply with such a mandate
Preliminary study of possible rearrangement of epoxidyl free radical, 1994
No full textEvidence presented shows that bibenzyl was produced through pyrolysis and photolysis of styrene oxide. This supports McBay's^ postulate that decomposition of styrene oxide results in the production of the alpha styrene epoxidyl free radical, which rearranges to form the phenacyl free radical. Further successive rearrangement and decarbonylation of this radical ultimately results in the formation of bibenzyl. However, photobromination of styrene oxide did not generate the phenacyl free radical requried to produce bibenzyl, rather, polymeric styrene was produced. Also reported is the rearrangements of epoxidyl free radical generated through pyrolysis and photolysis of 2,3 epoxy butane. Pyrolysis at 450C indicated that the resulting epoxidyl radical eventually forms 3,4 dimethyl 2,5 hexane-di-one. The reported results obtained from efforts on the aliphatic epoxidyl radical are thus far inconclusive. The technique for pyrolysis of these epoxides may well be optimized, and these investigations are ongoing. The photolysis of 2,3 epoxy butane under conditions which are effective for the aryl-substituted epoxides was ineffective with this aliphatic epoxide
Glamour photography
No full textThesisBeauty photography has often been considered to be a photographi c direction with
only a si ngle dimension namely a pretty face on a photograph. The truth of the
~atter is actually not that simple.
In this dissertion the researcher will show that beauty photography cons ists of
numerous facets. The reader will have a chance to come face to face with the
challenges that meets the beauty photographer . We will not only discuss problems
the photographer might experience but the researcher will also provide solutions.
The aim of this dissertation will no t only be to inform the reader but even more
important to create a better understanding of the concept "Beauty photography."
An integral part of any photographer's success is marketing and selling himself
and his product . The researcher will show in what sense marketing and selling
himself is essential for Beauty Photography. There will be personal inserts by
the researcher of photos taken by himse lf. With these inserts the researcher
wi ll show and explain how beauty photography can be connected to various other
photographic directions on the following aspects of each photograph:
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lighting
Make-up
Models
Props
The researcher will give a -definition and short overview of the BEAUTY concept .
This chapter will consist of five headings and several sub-headings. The five
headings will read as follows:
1. Beauty and glamour portraiture
2. Making beauty with cosmetics
3. Lighting the nude
4. Beauty in the studio
5. Pretty women
Any successful business must have a successful marketing strategy. This dissertation
will investigate different methods that can be applied to create a successfull
marketing strategy in terms of beauty photography.
Not only is proper marketing essential for a business but it also helps with another
important factor, selling yourself. This dissertation will show how to sell yourself
as a beauty photographer.
Without light, photography would be a mere vision of mind. No wonder that ligh t
plays such an important role in photography. With the correct lighting techniques
you can create not only correctly exposed images but one can also produce wondrous
special effects.
The researcher will investigate lighting techniques ~nder the following headings:
1. Lighting the glamour portrait
2. Lighting the nude
The terms beauty photography can cover such a wide range of subjects that one cannot
cover all of them in detail . That is why the researcher will cover three categories
which includes glamour portraiture , nudes and fashion . This chapter will include
personal inserts with elaborations on these personal inserts.
PORTRAITS
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Portraits will be shot on a medium format camera as well as 35mm cameras
An important ingredient of the researcher's portraits will include the use of
colour
Another important characterist ic is the way the photos are cropped, only the
very essentia l are left, in other words the model's most striking feature
The creative photographic image
No full textThesisThe author ha.s chosen to explore the po ss ibilit y that the
creative talent exhibited by an artist's perceptive powers can be
equalled
effects.
by the photographer through subtle use of special
To this e nd the author has explo l'ed a pl'obiem encountered
particularly in 1990's photography which has resulted ill a mass
of high quality photographs taken by large numbers of amateurs
world- wide, who are u si ng sophisticated moderrl camet's technology
as a recording tool without achieving that element of creativity
which captul'es DU I' attention and communicates with our inmost
beings.
The authol' ha s used his own photogl'aphic work and t.ha t of
contempor"ary photogr'aphers in his field of s tudy, to su bstantiate
the claim that thl'ough use of subtle special effects in a ,'ariety
of topics, the photograph can be used a s imaginatively and
c reative ly a s an i mage pI'oduced by a competent artist o r' painter.
This observati.on could have important implication s for an
industry which throug}l co mput er' tec}lnology PI'oposes t o go beyond
the technical re strictions o f the painter whil s t main tai ning that
p rofession's cl"eative flexibility. These spec ial effects should, i n the Buttlo r"s opinion be u sed not
as an e nd to th e mselves, bu t as a mea n s o f transfol~ min g the
of ten c linical med ium of pho tography into a creative tool li lni te d
only by th e photographer's imaginative power's
The analysis of man [electronic resource] : or the difference between the reasonable, and living soul. A sermon preached at St. Mary's in Oxford, before the University, on Sunday, May 20, 1764, ... By John Free, ...
No full textHalf-title 'Dr. Free on the creation. Sermon the second before the University, &c. A new edition, with the dedication to the King'.With a final leaf of advertisements.Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library
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