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This short monograph is a sequel to the book: 13th Corps, A Short History - 1stBattalion North Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers (1858 - 1908) self-published as a Kindle Book in early 2022 by this author. The current focus is on a second family - the Clives (the other earlier family being the Williamsons from the period of the foundation of the Corps) that played dominant leadership roles in the 13th Corps, especially from the period 1867 - 1908, but with continuing military and civic engagement through to 1963. The mere mention of the "Clive family" immediately provokes investigating possible linkages to the well-known "Clives of Shropshire", particularly linking to the Parliamentary representative (MP) for the County of Shropshire (Salop) Richard Clive (1693 - 1771) and his wife Rebecca Gaskill (1694 - 1732), whose most famous (perhaps today, controversial) offspring was Robert (1725 - 1774), best known as "Clive of India", later to become a Major General, a Lord, and First Baron of Plassey (Wales). For our purposes it will suffice to refer to this branch of the Clive family as the "Clives of Shropshire" since there exists some mysterious intrigue about another part of the family that will be referred to as the "Clives of Staffordshire". Hence the "Legend oif the Clives".
This important contribution to tax analysis presents seven related theoretical essays that examine the effects of capital income taxation on the behavior of firms. It is divided into three sections, focusing on optimal tax design, firm financial policy, and inflation. Taken together, the essays demonstrate the powerful role taxes play in shaping the behavior of American corporations, and also provide insights into the difficult task of tax reform.Alan Auerbach’s results suggest policies the government might adopt to promote the optimal accumulation of capital. He examines the implications for capital taxation of discrepancies between nominal depreciation rates and real economic depreciation, and suggests appropriate rules of thumb for determining when capital taxation is neutral among alternative investment projects. He also makes important contributions to the debate over the integration of corporate and personal taxes on capital income and to the behavioral puzzle of why corporations pay dividends to their shareholders.
Conus of the Southeastern United States and Caribbean
Alan J. Kohn
Princeton University Press
2014
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Conus is the largest genus of animals in the sea, occurring throughout the world's tropical and subtropical oceans and contributing significantly to marine biodiversity. The shells of these marine mollusks are prized for their amazing variety and extraordinary beauty. The neurotoxic venoms they produce--injected by a hollow, harpoon-like tooth into prey animals that are then paralyzed and swallowed whole--have a range of pharmaceutical applications, from painkillers to antidepressants. This beautifully illustrated book identifies 53 valid species of the southeastern United States and the Caribbean, a region that supports a diverse but taxonomically challenging group of Conus. Introductory chapters cover the evolution and phylogeny of the genus, and notes on methodology are provided. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, taxonomy, distribution, ecology, toxicology, life history, and evolutionary relationships. The book includes more than 2,100 photos of shells on 109 splendid color plates; more than 100 additional photos, many depicting live animals in color; and 35 color distribution maps. * Identifies 53 valid species--the first reassessment of western Atlantic Conus in more than seventy years* Features more than 2,100 photos of shells on 109 color plates* Blends the traditional shell-character approach to identification with cutting-edge shell and radular tooth morphometrics and molecular genetic analyses* Includes color images of live animals as well as color distribution maps
Flipping the Scripts: How to Reject Society's Narratives and Write Your Own Destiny
Alan J. L. Gaines
Alan Gaines
2018
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"Teach a student to love learning and you change his life... Teach a student to embrace their gifts and how to pursue their passions and they just might change the world..." That is the approach Alan Gaines takes with him as he serves youth as a teacher, coach and mentor. With over 15 years of experience working with students deemed by society as at risk or underserved. As a proud servant of this often counted out and discredited population, Gaines has obsessively sought out solutions for the challenges these youth face. His personal quest led him to pen his seminal book on the Black Male experience in America. Flipping The Scripts: How To Reject Society's Narratives And Write Your Own Destiny is not only inspiring youth but also creating an avenue for adults to have the crucial conversations that every young Black Male needs to have on their road to Manhood. Order your copy today to help unlock the limitless potential for the young man in your life.
This book is a major analysis of the role of political parties in the development and promotion of democracy. Alan Ware offers an original discussion of an area of political life which has remained surprisingly under-examined – the impact of parties on democratic life. Ware's work successfully combines a comparative study of parties with a comprehensive discussion of democratic theory. He examines the role of parties in one-party political systems, focussing on the issue of whether there can be democracy in such systems. One-party systems are then contrasted with those found in representative democracies. Ware offers a highly detailed analysis of the development, evolution and structure of political parties in the West, exploring such issues as the nature of voter-choice in two-party and multi-party systems, and who exactly controls the political system – the voter or the parties, the political elite or the grass-roots activists? Finally, Ware looks at the internal operations of political parties and the fate of attempts to democratize them. He draws extensive conclusions about the proper place of parties and party systems in democratic theory. Citizens, Parties and the State will be welcomed by second and third-year students and researchers in politics, sociology, current affairs and international politics.
This book is about the many organizations in Britain and the United States which are neither legally part of the state nor permitted to distribute any profits they earn. These ‘intermediate organizations' include charities, churches, famine relief agencies, non-state universities, credit unions and social clubs. In a unique study of this area of the British and American economy, Alan Ware provides a rigorously analytical and historical account of the relationship of intermediate organizations to both the state and the ‘for profit' sector. Among other issues, the author considers the disappearance of nineteenth century working class ‘mutual' organizations, the growth of profit-making activities by non-profit distributing bodies and the growth and change in voluntarism. He argues that the boundaries between intermediate organizations and the other two ‘sectors' are becoming more blurred in a variety of ways and that intermediate organizations do not constitute a separate ‘sector' of society. The book also examines the problems of regulating such organizations and explains the consequences of the British and American practice of having relatively little state intervention in the affairs of such organizations. Finally the author discusses the activities of these organizations in relation to pluralist accounts of the working of liberal democratic states.
With over 6000 items listed, this is the most comprehensive guide to Batman® collectibles ever assembled between two covers. Nearly 300 color photographs accompany the informative articles and detailed price guide listings. Highlights include a Comics section which lists every comic book in which Batman has appeared from his debut in 1939 through to the end of 1997, plus a Figures section which lists all of the various Batman action figures. Covering everything from Artwork to Videos, and price ranges from 15› to $150,000, this book is a must for any Batfan or student of popular culture.
A dazzling cross-section of turtle figures from a diverse group of cultures are gathered here--including Waterford crystal from Ireland, Native American pueblo pottery and fetish carvings, and Japanese netsuke carvings, among many others. Nearly 350 color photos display turtles' intrinsic beauty captured by artists from around the world in materials prized since the beginning of time. Mythology, anthropology, biology, and environmental concerns are interwoven in a way that will both pique your interest and hold your attention. Realistic pricing information is included for each item. Upon reading this fascinating book, you will never again be indifferent toward turtles.
Often referred to as "The Forgotten War," the Korean War was the only post-World War II combat between major powers. According to evidence provided in this study, it was also a crucial episode of the Cold War--more crucial, perhaps, than the war in Vietnam. This military and political history of the Korean War endeavors to give a fresh and less than fashionable account of the war. Utilizing both immediately postwar impressions and newly available evidence from Communist sources, it places the events in Korea into the larger framework of the early 1950s period of the Cold War. Beginning chapters discuss the escalation of early Cold War-era world events, from the final days of World War II to the first days of the Korean War, and detail the inevitability of Western intervention in the Korean conflict. The chapters that follow supply a broad account of the military aspect of the war, focusing on its "grand strategy," what is now known of the Communist side in Korea, the problems and achievements of the South Korean forces, and the often underestimated war in the air. Considerable attention is also given to matters in Europe and elsewhere, such as German rearmament and the Japanese peace treaty, that are revealed to have been not far removed from Korea. The author espouses several original theories regarding Stalin's interpretation of the Korean conflict as a preliminary phase of World War III and the probability that the Communists did intend to extend the war beyond both the confines of Korea and the armistice negotiations of 1951. Concluding commentary attributes the end of the first phase of the Cold War to the Korean armistice, but the nature of the remaining phases to the polarization of powers that was intensified by the fight for ideological dominance in Korea.
Challenges readers to rethink the way we view the nation's past and race relations in the present.Blending historical narrative with ideas for engaging young people as historians and thinkers, Alan J. Singer introduces readers to the truth about the history of slavery in New York State, and, by extension, about race in American society. Singer's perspective as a historian and a former secondary school social studies teacher offers a wealth of new information about the past and introduces people and events that have been erased from history.New York, both the city and the state, were centers of the abolitionist struggle to finally end human bondage; however, at the same time, enslaved Africans built the infrastructure of the colonial city. The author shows teachers how to develop ways to teach about this very difficult topic. He shows them how to deal with racial preconceptions and tensions in the classroom and calls upon teachers and students to become historical activists, conduct research, write reports, and present their findings to the public.
Describes the most important methods used to investigate differences between levels of an independent variable within an experimental design. Readers will learn not only how to conduct multiple comparisons in experimental designs but also how to better understand and evaluate published research. "A highly readable introduction to multiple comparison methods, which demands little from its reader in the way of background other than some familiarity with analysis of variance." --The Statistician
While the customary path to achievement in traditional China was through service to the state, from the earliest times certain individuals had been acclaimed for repudiating an official career. This book traces the formulation and portrayal of the practice of reclusion in China from the earliest times through the sixth century, by which time reclusion had taken on its enduring character. Those men who decided to withhold their service to state governance fit the dictum from the Book of Changes of a man who "does not serve a king or lord; he elevates in priority his own affairs." This characterization came to serve as a byword of individual and voluntary withdrawal, the image of the man whose lofty resolve could not be humbled for service to a temporal ruler. Men who eschewed official appointments in favor of pursuing their own personal ideals were known by such appellations as "hidden men" (yinshi), "disengaged persons" (yimin), "high-minded men" (gaoshi), and "scholars-at-home" (chushi). What distinguished these men was a particular strength of character that underlay their conduct: they received approbation for maintaining their resolve, their mettle, their integrity, and their moral and personal values in the face of adversity, threat, or temptation. This book reveals that those who opted for a life of reclusion had a variety of motivations for their decisions and conducted widely divergent ways of life. The lives of these men epitomize the distinctive nature of substantive reclusion, differentiating them from those of the intelligentsia who, on occasion, voiced their desire for disengagement or for retreat, but who nevertheless found or retained their places in government office. Throughout, the author places the recluse and reclusion within the social, political, intellectual, religious, and literary contexts of the times.
The Complete Guide To Outplacement Counseling
Alan J. Pickman
Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group
1994
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Recognized by business managers as a useful and practical tool to assist them in responding to a set of complex business challenges, the need for outplacement counseling - the process of assisting employees who have lost their jobs to develop effective career plans and to find new employment - has grown dramatically during the past two decades. Given this rapid expansion of the field, assembling, organizing, and clarifying the body of knowledge and information available about outplacement has become critically important. The first comprehensive effort in the field, this book presents authoritative, up-to-date information on an exhaustive range of outplacement topics. A psychologist and experienced outplacement practitioner, the author has recently been chosen as one of the charter fellows of the Outplacement Institute, the sole certifying organization for outplacement practitioners.Of value to all those interested in the field including current and future practitioners as well as human resources professionals, this volume contains essential information for candidates receiving outplacement services, counseling students, and researchers involved in the study of counseling in business and industry. With such a broad audience in mind, it contains a wide range of information--counseling theory and practical suggestions geared expressly to the needs of practitioners, descriptive material on all topics, and brief case histories of actual outplacement candidates. Written in non-technical language, the volume brings to life the flavor of outplacement practice.This unique volume covers topics not addressed elsewhere in the current outplacement literature including:the psychological barriers to a successful job searchthe behavioral and counseling implications of the outplacement settingthe theoretical basis of outplacement counselingthe relation between outplacement and psychotherapythe professional development opportunities for outplacement practitionersthe supervision of outplacement practitionersthe cross-cultural issues to be considered in outplacementthe relation of outplacement to other career development professionals, and the marketing of outplacement servicesAlso of importance, the appendices offer data not previously disseminated to the general public including:competencies standards for OPC practitioners as established by the International Association of Outplacement Professionals (IAOP)standards of ethical practice for outplacement professionals as established by the IAOP, andlistings of information resources for OPC practitioners and candidates featuring a section on computer-based sources for conducting career-related research
The Complete Guide To Outplacement Counseling
Alan J. Pickman
Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group
1994
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Recognized by business managers as a useful and practical tool to assist them in responding to a set of complex business challenges, the need for outplacement counseling - the process of assisting employees who have lost their jobs to develop effective career plans and to find new employment - has grown dramatically during the past two decades. Given this rapid expansion of the field, assembling, organizing, and clarifying the body of knowledge and information available about outplacement has become critically important. The first comprehensive effort in the field, this book presents authoritative, up-to-date information on an exhaustive range of outplacement topics. A psychologist and experienced outplacement practitioner, the author has recently been chosen as one of the charter fellows of the Outplacement Institute, the sole certifying organization for outplacement practitioners.Of value to all those interested in the field including current and future practitioners as well as human resources professionals, this volume contains essential information for candidates receiving outplacement services, counseling students, and researchers involved in the study of counseling in business and industry. With such a broad audience in mind, it contains a wide range of information--counseling theory and practical suggestions geared expressly to the needs of practitioners, descriptive material on all topics, and brief case histories of actual outplacement candidates. Written in non-technical language, the volume brings to life the flavor of outplacement practice.This unique volume covers topics not addressed elsewhere in the current outplacement literature including:the psychological barriers to a successful job searchthe behavioral and counseling implications of the outplacement settingthe theoretical basis of outplacement counselingthe relation between outplacement and psychotherapythe professional development opportunities for outplacement practitionersthe supervision of outplacement practitionersthe cross-cultural issues to be considered in outplacementthe relation of outplacement to other career development professionals, and the marketing of outplacement servicesAlso of importance, the appendices offer data not previously disseminated to the general public including:competencies standards for OPC practitioners as established by the International Association of Outplacement Professionals (IAOP)standards of ethical practice for outplacement professionals as established by the IAOP, andlistings of information resources for OPC practitioners and candidates featuring a section on computer-based sources for conducting career-related research
