Burns and the Bank Manager: Robert Burns in the Shadow of the Debtors’ Prison

2015 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clark McGinn
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Bank Manager ◽  
Definitive Answer ◽  
First Time ◽  
Real Danger

The debate about the personal ‘frailties’ of Robert Burns started at his death and continues today. It is common ground that the poet was never a wealthy man, but was financial management one of those personal failings? When he wrote anxious begging letters on his death bed was he in real danger of the debtors’ prison, or were they the depressed thoughts of a dying man? By using the credit analytics of banking on a volume of legal papers found in the National Records of Scotland concerning Burns's estate, it is now possible for the first time to give a definitive answer to this controversy to determine if he died in debt, leaving his family unprovided and facing potential destitution.

Coleridge's “ideal Realism”: an alternative to the “doctors of the Absolute”?

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Mary Anne Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ◽  
The Political ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Magnum Opus ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
First Time

A few months ago I read Peter Nicholson's The Political Philosophy of the British Idealists for the first time. In the index I found more than a hundred references to Hegel and only one to Samuel Taylor Coleridge. However, as many of the latter's writings, published for the first time in recent years, become generally accessible there is an increasing sense that he has been unfairly deprived of his due status as a philosopher. This is partly, no doubt, the syndrome of the prophet in his own country and partly the inevitable consequence of much of his later work remaining unpublished until recent years. Coleridge himself, with what some would take to be confirmation of an over-sensitivity to criticism, felt the neglect of his work went deeper and betrayed an anti-philosophical trait in British character. Despite his close reading of the work of many of his German contemporaries it seems that he did not read more than sixtyone pages of Hegel's Wissenschaft der Logik. His margin notes to this work are, on the whole, negative in their criticism. However, despite significant disagreements, there is much common ground in theme, argument and conclusion between his many drafts of the ‘Logosophia’, his intended magnum opus, and Hegel's system.

scholarly journals THE FORMATION OF THE FINANCIAL AND BUDGETARY SPHERE IN NORTH OSSETIA IN THE TRANSITION PERIOD (1917-1931)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Е.И. КОБАХИДЗЕ
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Socialist Economy ◽  
New Economic Policy ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Economic Strategies ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Ossetia ◽  
Different Levels

В статье впервые анализируются раннесоветские практики формирования финансово-бюджетной сферы Северной Осетии в контексте государственной политики управления финансами. Их изучение представляется актуальным в связи с очевидным параллелизмом с процессами первого постсоветского десятилетия, когда в России формировалось новое политическое и экономическое пространство, в котором были активно задействованы восстановительные хозяйственно-экономические механизмы, применявшиеся в 20-х гг. XX в. Становление финансовой и бюджетной системы в Северной Осетии рассматривается в ее тесной связи с ходом государственного строительства; отдельное внимание уделено вопросам налогообложения, формирования бюджетов разных уровней, конкретным показателям хозяйственно-экономического развития Осетии на разных этапах переходного периода и в рамках политико-экономических стратегий «военного коммунизма» и «новой экономической политики». Общая специфика исследуемых процессов обусловлена значительными политическими трансформациями, переживаемыми страной в ходе построения советского государства и социалистической экономики. В то же время анализ документов и материалов, в том числе впервые вводимых в научный оборот, показывает, что Осетия, оказавшись в советской системе власти и управления, приобрела собственный опыт построения основ государственности и ее институтов, в том числе в финансовой сфере. For the first time, the article analyzes the early Soviet practices of the formation of the financial and budgetary sphere of North Ossetia in the context of the state policy of financial management. Their study is relevant in connection with the obvious parallelism with the processes of the first post-Soviet decade, when a new political and economic space was formed in Russia, in which the restorative economic mechanisms used in the 1920s were actively involved. The formation of the financial and budgetary system in North Ossetia is considered in its close connection with the progress of state building; special attention is paid to the issues of taxation, the formation of budgets of different levels, specific indicators of economic development of Ossetia at different stages of the transition period and within the framework of political and economic strategies of “war communism” and “new economic policy”. The general specificity of the processes under study is due to the significant political transformations experienced by the country in the course of building the Soviet state and socialist economy. At the same time, the analysis of documents and materials, including those introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, shows that Ossetia, having found itself in the Soviet system of power and administration, has acquired its own experience in building the foundations of statehood and its institutions, in the financial sphere as well.

scholarly journals All Politics is Still Local: McConnell vs. Lunsford in the 2008 Kentucky Senate Race

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 155-172
Author(s):  
Jasmine Farrier
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Political Drama ◽  
First Time ◽  
Real Danger

The political drama of the 2008 re-election of Mitch McConnell was not his eventual fifth victory, which was predictable, but the fact that he won by only six percent of the vote. Senator McConnell spent over $20 million (including $2 million in final-stretch loans) to defend his seat against a self-financed businessman who spent $11 million and had never held an elected post. The fact that this race was the second most expensive in the country in 2008 suggests that the seat was in real danger for the first time in decades and McConnell knew it (see Jacobson 1980, 1985). His first two elections in 1984 and 1990 were very close, but as he ascended in statewide and national prominence his next two elections in 1996 and 2002 were landslides. While 2008 had special twists; this type of sudden vulnerability was not unique to Senator McConnell. In fact, this “bumpy-smooth-bumpy” electoral trajectory happens in many congressional careers. Paul Herrnson writes, “although incumbents generally derive tremendous advantages from the strategic environment, the political setting in a given year can pose obstacles for some, resulting in significant numbers losing their seats”(2004, 29).

Vanadium Oxide Based RRAM Device

MRS Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (52) ◽  
pp. 3019-3024
Author(s):  
Zhenni Wan ◽  
Robert B. Darling ◽  
M. P. Anantram
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Vanadium Oxide ◽  
Sandwich Structure ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
High Resistance State ◽  
Conducting Layer ◽  
Bipolar Resistive Switching ◽  
Resistance State ◽  
Switching Characteristics ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACTForming-free bipolar resistive switching characteristics in a Vanadium oxide based sandwich structure is observed for the first time. The bottom conducting layer is the common ground electrode for all devices. The top conducting layer acts as an active element with an additional Cr/Al/Cr electrode patterned on its top for making contact. Different from the typical metal/transition metal oxide/metal sandwich structure based resistive memories, our device exhibits a low resistance state (LRS) in its virgin state, and can be switched to a high resistance state (HRS) when a positive bias of +2.5V is applied to the top electrode. Following this, the device can be reset to a LRS when a negative bias of approximately 2.5V is applied. A significant decrease of switching voltages is observed when the diameter of the top contact decreases, indicating an electric field enhanced switching mechanism. Simulation using TCAD confirms that electric field beneath the top metal contact increases due to fringing. The results suggest future applications in low power integrated non-volatile memories.

A NOTE ON THE CHIGGERS (TROMBICULIDAE) OF ALBERTA

1952 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 338-343
Author(s):  
John H. Brown ◽  
James M. Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Ground Squirrel ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Small Rodents ◽  
Junior Author ◽  
The Common ◽  
First Time

Seven species of chiggers are reported from Alberta, six of these for the first time. All species are from small rodents and three are reported from Citellus richardsonii, the common ground squirrel of the Alberta prairies. Euschöugastia campi n. sp. is described and figured. All were collected by field crews of the Division of Entomology, Alberta Department of Public Health, and were determined by the junior author.

scholarly journals Time to rework the brand ‘Clinical Legal Education’

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 341
Author(s):  
Mary Anne Noone
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
The Real ◽  
Definitive Answer ◽  
Education Movement ◽  
First Time ◽  
Real Challenge

<p>At the Tenth International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, the involvement of more than 200 participants from 22 different countries and jurisdictions highlighted the varying circumstances and challenges facing clinicians around the globe. The conference discussions were vibrant and often inspiring. The conference themes were: Clinic for All? Should clinic integrate into traditional legal teaching? Should all students have the opportunity to do clinic? Should clinics engage more with the profession? It was not the first time these themes have been addressed at clinical legal education conferences. They are perennial issues for the clinical legal education movement and their merits have been forcefully argued over several decades. For many of those attending the conference, the definitive answer to all four questions is “Yes”.</p><p><br />Clinical legal educators can readily recite a litany of reasons why clinical legal education is a preeminent form of legal education. The benefits for students, the communities they serve and the legal profession are clearly apparent to clinicians. These positive attributes have been recognised in a range of different documents reviewing legal education. However the real challenge is how to make clinic for all students a reality. How can we make this happen?</p><p>In reflecting on this question I wondered why if the merits of clinical legal education are so obvious, why is it that we do not have clinic for all? Why isn’t clinical legal education an integral part of legal education? Why don’t all students get the opportunity to undertake clinical legal education and why isn’t the legal profession advocating for clinical legal education to be a mandatory aspect of law degrees?</p><p>Obviously the answers to these questions are going to be jurisdiction and university specific. In this paper I address one possible response, the branding of clinical legal education. Although my comments are informed by what is happening in Australian university sector and my recent work with five Australian clinicians in our best practices project, I hope my remarks have some common resonance to differing clinical legal education environments.</p>

Initiating contact in institutional correspondence

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-294
Author(s):  
Matylda Włodarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Linguistic Differences ◽  
Cape Of Good Hope ◽  
Technical Literacy ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
Everyday Interaction ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
First Time ◽  
Phatic Communion ◽  
Historical Periods

Abstract When addressing family members or friends, letter writers enter a common ground of some sort, where, as research has shown, the rules of everyday interaction apply (Nurmi and Palander-Colin 2008). In different historical periods, familiar correspondence is thus very much about maintaining existing bonds and about phatic communion. The situation is likely to be very different in the case of institutional recipients, in particular if somebody addresses a given institution for the first time. The data selected for the study, the 1819 applications to the British Colonial Office for the Cape of Good Hope colonisation scheme (TNA 48/41–6), include many letters written by “first timers” (i.e., the encoders1 who have not addressed the institution before). These letters may provide some insights into the specific participation framework of the first-time writers in their interaction with the institution. In the paper, I propose that contact initiation may be related to the literacy levels of letter-writers, focusing on what I refer to as “technical literacy”. Based on some parameters thereof, I distinguish between two broad groups of informants, reflecting what may be described as standard and non-standard literacies, respectively. The two groups, I assume, do not operate within the same participation framework and, therefore, display pragmatic and linguistic differences in constructing the initial encounters. Moreover, the analysis of these initiations offers a new perspective on the routinisation of institutional correspondence.

Out with the old and in with the new: a study of new kit sponsorship and brand associations in the Barclays Premier League

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert James Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Brand Associations ◽  
Value For Money ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Focus Groups ◽  
Premier League ◽  
First Time ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of brand associations and the formation of attitudes towards a new sponsor. Specifically, the paper evaluates the Under Armour brand and its anomalous position in the Barclay’s Premier League. Design/methodology/approach – The research design is longitudinal, qualitative and interpretivistic, utilising 26 online focus groups with 213 participants over a 24-month period encompassing the 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 Premier League seasons. Findings – The results indicate that Under Armour’s lack of football (soccer) presence in the context of the Premier League offered significant differentiation, as it diminished “common ground” with other fans, offered the opportunity to create personal identities beyond the club and the consumption of kit apparel, and was seen as positive given the articulation that brands such as Nike and Adidas were “forced” onto fans. Additionally, for the first time in the sports sponsorship literature, the findings reveal fans engaging with brands in a utilitarian manner, expressing concerns relating to cost, durability, functionality and value for money. Research limitations/implications – This study is exploratory in nature and highly contextualised, and a larger-scale study of the phenomenon is desirable. This study extends the literature on fans’ perceptions of sponsoring brands and shows that a new sponsor, without prior league or club associations, can generate significant brand interest and elicit consumption behaviours beyond team apparel. Practical implications – The findings suggest that there are considerable opportunities for “outside” brands to garner a market share and instigate loyalty through sponsorship. Subsequently, kit manufacturers should consider strategies that encompass entry into new sporting areas. Originality/value – The study reveals that fans seek uniqueness and differentiation in a sponsoring brand, with brand image paramount in relation to the club and to both social and personal identity.

scholarly journals Ukraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (342) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Major Step ◽  
Management Reform ◽  
Budget Planning ◽  
Public Financial Management ◽  
Reform Strategy ◽  
First Time ◽  
Roll Out

To strengthen the medium-term orientation of the budget, the authorities have committed to implement a full-fledged medium-term budget framework (MTBF) as part of their Public Financial Management Reform Strategy (2017–21). A pilot MTBF exercise was launched for the 2018 budget cycle, which will inform the roll-out of a more complete MTBF in 2019. The development of the MTBF has been supported by several FAD technical assistance missions in recent years, including in April this year. The 2018–20 draft Budget Declaration, submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers on June 1, is a major step forward in terms of establishing a medium-term orientation to budget planning. For the first time, important elements of a MTBF were included in the budget documentation, including the presentation of detailed medium-term macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts and expenditure ceilings for 2018–20.

Learning, Old Age and Email

2010 ◽  
pp. 249-262
Author(s):  
John S. Murnane
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Computer Use ◽  
Computer Skills ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research Project ◽  
First Time

This chapter describes a small research project to place Internet-linked computers in a retirement complex in Melbourne, Australia (Murnane 2007, 2008). The aim was to research the existing computer skills of the residents, provide lessons in the use of email and general Internet and computer use, investigate the most appropriate type of lessons, document the problems encountered by very senior people encountering computing and the Internet for the first time, collect research on how they used the computers, the attitudes of financial management, nursing and occupational staff towards the activity, and the involvement of peers, family and friends.

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