12,103 research outputs found
An Analysis of the New Roth 401(k)/403(b) Plans
No full textThe Roth 401(k)/403(b) provisions, effective for tax years beginning on or after Jan 1, 2006, combine characteristics of Roth IRA and traditional 401(k)/403(b) plans in one retirement program. Under the new provisions, employee contributions to a Roth 401(k) plan can be made in the same dollar amount as under a traditional 401(k)/403(b) plan. The new provisions were set to expire for tax years beginning after 2010; however, the Pension Protection Act of 2006, P.L. 109-280 (PPA 2006), repealed the sunset provision as it applied to pensions and IRAs, thereby making the Roth 401(k) provisions permanent. The most significant benefit of a designated Roth account is that qualified distributions are not includible in gross income. Many employers do not currently offer their employees the option to invest in a Roth 401(k). Increasing the rate of return from 8% to 12% significantly increases the value of the Roth 401(k) alternative as compared with the traditional 401(k)/403(b) alternative
An Interview with Tony David Sampson: Author of Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks
No full textTony D. Sampson is Reader in Digital Culture and Communication in the School of Arts and Digital Industries (ADI) at the University of East London, where he directs the EmotionUX lab, supervising research on the cognitive, emotional, and affective aspects of user experience. In 2013, he co-founded Club Critical Theory, an organization dedicated to the application of critical theory in everyday life in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Tony is the author of Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks and The Assemblage Brain: Sense Making in Neuroculture, both from the University of Minnesota Press. He blogs at viralcontagion.wordpress.com.
The editors of this special NANO issue are delighted to have the opportunity to talk with Tony about how his work touches on issues of imitation and contagion—a loaded term unpacked within his 2012 book
University-affiliated retirement development : a resource for universities
No full textThesis (S.M. in Real Estate Development)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, Center for Real Estate, 2004 [first author]; and, (S.M. in Real Estate Development)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, Center for Real Estate, 2004 [second author].This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Includes bibliographical references.by Christopher B. Helsaback & David B. Ritchey.S.M.in Real Estate Developmen
David Gregory
No full textPhotograph - David Gregory, member of the Book Sub-Committee, part of the Town of Athabasca 75th Anniversary Committee, Athabasca, Alberta. The Book Sub Committee produced the book "Athabasca Landing: An Illustrated History
Masiero, Pia. Philip Roth and the Zuckerman Books: The Making of a Storyworld.
No full textRoth studies is now a crowded field. There are a biannual journal – Philip Roth Studies – hundreds of articles and more than thirty books devoted to the works of the man who is, by common consent, the best living American novelist. In this context it is difficult to make an original scholarly contribution, but Masiero succeeds admirably, in two respects: firstly, hers is the first monograph to focus on what she calls ‘the Zuckerman books’; secondly, she is the first Roth critic to produce a b..
Cecil Roth, Historian of Italian Jewry: A Reassessment
No full textI have a confession to make. I have long been a fan of Cecil Roth (1899-1970) and his histories of Italian Jewry. My copy of Roth\u27s The Jews in the Renaissance, published in 1959, was one of the first books in Jewish history I acquired as a youth, years before I became interested in the profession of history. This relatively worn copy still adorns my shelf and dates quite accurately my fascination with this engaging popularizer of the Jewish historical experience from my high school years
Ku86-Deficient Mice Exhibit Severe Combined Immunodeficiency and Defective Processing of V(D)J Recombination Intermediates
No full textAbstractKu is a heterodimeric DNA end binding complex composed of 70 and 86 kDa subunits. Here, we show that Ku86 is essential for normal V(D)J recombination in vivo, as Ku86-deficient mice are severely defective for formation of coding joints. Unlike severe combined immunodeficient (scid) mice, Ku86-deficient mice are also defective for signal joint formation. Both hairpin coding ends and blunt full-length signal ends accumulate. Contrary to expectation, Ku86 is evidently not required for protection of either type of V(D)J recombination intermediate. Instead, V(D)J recombination appears to be arrested after the cleavage step in Ku86-deficient mice. We suggest that Ku86 may be required to remodel or disassemble DNA–protein complexes containing broken ends, making them available for further processing and joining
Israel's worst king? : the story of Ahab in light of its relationship to the stories of Saul, David and Solomon
No full textIn the story of King Ahab (I Kgs 16.29-22.40), Ahab is declared to be the worst person in the Hebrew Bible(I Kgs 21.25)seemingly because he repeats the infamous crimes of King Saul, King David and King Solomon. Because of the similarities in the behaviour of Ahab with his three predecessors, however, the story is a story about these three kings as well. As a result of the associations, Ahab's evil status is challenged. Views of the character Ahab in other literary traditions lend credence to the suggestion that Ahab does not live up to his bad name, and a close reading of the text of the story supports the suggestion. Such a reading leads to seeing King Ahab as a character who
is a composite of Saul, David and Solomon at their worst. These correspondences between the four kings lead to several results. Without saying that Ahab is not wicked, the correspondences (relatively) normalise the moral character of Ahab (in that Saul, David and Solomon may be considered 'normal'), while they diminish the moral character of the three kings by their association with Ahab. As a result, Ahab is viewed in a different and better light than what he is declared to be, while Saul, David and Solomon are viewed
in a lesser light. The diminishing after-effect also leads to rereading the stories of Saul, David and Solomon in the light of the story of Ahab. Read from such a perspective, their stories become stained by the stigma of being associated with Ahab
David Audretsch: A Source of Inspiration, a Co-author, and a Friend
No full textIn this chapter, Enrico Santarelli discusses the profound impact that David had on his career. Beginning with a conference in Budapest, Santarelli and David bocame close friends and colleagues. They went on to collaborate on many papers and projects, several of which Santarelli highlights below
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