Accuracy of visual wave observation from merchant ships and estimated wave loads; Accuracy of visual wave observation from merchant ships and estimated wave loads

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Kawabe, H. [National Defense Academy, Kanagawa (Japan); Masaoka, K. [University of Osaka Prefecture, Osaka (Japan). Faculty of Engineering

1998-06-01

There is a large number of studies on discussions concerning accuracy of visual observation of waves and the correction method thereon. This paper give considerations on observation accuracy placing a viewpoint on that by merchant ships. Based on ship meteorological observation tables reported to the Meteorological Agency of Japan on meteorology in North Pacific during 14 years from 1976 to1989, wave observation values taken by merchant ships and observation ships were compared statistically to investigate the accuracy of visual wave observations carried out by merchant ships. With regard to wave heights, the observation values taken by the observation ships and the merchant ships have strong correlation, where the merchant ships evaluate them somewhat higher than the observation ships. Regarding wave cycles of wind waves, the merchant ships tend to have the observation values on longer cycle side. Correlation between the observations values by the merchant ships and the observation ships is weak both in wind waves and swells. There is not much of variation in accuracy of observations during daytime and at night performed by the merchant ships. It will be necessary in the future to give considerations on a method to correct the observation values on wave cycles taken by the merchant ship, and on a correction method in which both of the wave cycles and the wave heights are corrected simultaneously to make the observation values of the merchant ship equal to those of the observation ships. Thus, the observation values reported by general merchant ships in a large number every year will have to be utilized more effectively. 11 refs., 21 figs., 2 tabs.

46 CFR 11.1101 - Purpose of rules.

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2010-10-01

... passenger ships as defined in § 10.1103. ... 46 Shipping 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Purpose of rules. 11.1101 Section 11.1101 Shipping COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICER...

The Manitoba-Ontario intertie : perspectives of a merchant transmission developer

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Van Beers, R.

2006-01-01

This presentation discussed merchant transmission models for the Manitoba-Ontario intertie. Merchant transmission involves the reallocation of risk from rate payers to investors and facility users. Merchant transmission is now a niche market due to the fact that the power industry is now more centrally planned. However, merchant transmission structures limit the ability to fully assess congestion and nodal values, and governments continue to retain control of the power sector. Power generation and contracting trends are now changing as a result of market liberalization. In order to be successful, power merchants require financial markets that possess an understanding of the electricity sector. In a merchant transmission scenario, the sizing, timing, connection points, and tariffs will be determined by demonstrated commercial value, and not by central planning principles. The presentation included consideration of government block contracts and reverse block contracts. Details of the Montana-Alberta intertie project were also provided. tabs., figs

Towards a nuclear merchant ship

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Nicholson, R.L.R.; Llewelyn, G.I.W.; Farmer, A.A.

1976-01-01

The operation of nuclear merchant ships is likely to be attended by a number of constraints and requirements. Not all of these can be fully resolved until such ships come into use and the necessary experience and confidence have been acquired. But the timing of commercial introduction, if it comes about, will depend on the relative economics of nuclear versus fossil fuel propulsion, and the differences in turn depend in part on the operating costs particular to nuclear ships. A review of operation aspects is essential not only to commercial appraisal; each country whose trade may be carried in nuclear ships - whether it will build such ships or not - will have occasion to give some attention to the problems. It is an international problem and is, as noted later, being considered internationally. This paper; i) reviews some of the operational aspects as seen in the U.K.; ii) summarizes views received by the Nuclear Merchant Ship Unit (NMSU) from U.K. shipping, shipbuilding and nuclear industries on the prospects of a U.K. nuclear merchant ship. (author)

46 CFR 16.500 - Management Information System requirements.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Management Information System requirements. 16.500 Section 16.500 Shipping COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN CHEMICAL TESTING Management Information System § 16.500 Management Information System requirements. (a...

76 FR 16434 - Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

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... C. Gould, Commandant (CG-5221), Attention MERPAC, U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second St., SW., STOP 7126.... merchant marine, including but not limited to training, qualifications, certification, documentation, and... Qualified Members of the Engine Department; and (4) one Pilot who represents the viewpoint of merchant...

Historic survey on nuclear merchant ships

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Freire, Luciano Ondir, E-mail: luciano.ondir@gmail.com; Andrade, Delvonei Alves de, E-mail: delvonei@ipen.br

2015-11-15

Highlights: • The nuclear merchants ships already built are described and studied. • Their history and main architectural choices are presented, focusing nuclear domain. • The typical problems in those projects are discussed. • Some key factors for developing successful nuclear merchant ships are identified. - Abstract: This work provides a survey on past nuclear merchant ships experience. On light of new regulations on CO{sub 2}, SO{sub x} and NO{sub x}, the options for clean naval propulsion need to be studied. Despite many efforts, the only already sea proven emissions-free energy is nuclear power of pressurized water reactor type. Given the past experience on the field, this work provides some information on history, architectures and hints of reasons for the success or failures of each project. It is found that adequate requirements identification must be done keeping economics always in the center of design. Experience shows, except after major catastrophic accidents, public trust may be earned by open dialog and sound engineering practices.

Historic survey on nuclear merchant ships

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Freire, Luciano Ondir; Andrade, Delvonei Alves de

2015-01-01

Highlights: • The nuclear merchants ships already built are described and studied. • Their history and main architectural choices are presented, focusing nuclear domain. • The typical problems in those projects are discussed. • Some key factors for developing successful nuclear merchant ships are identified. - Abstract: This work provides a survey on past nuclear merchant ships experience. On light of new regulations on CO 2 , SO x and NO x , the options for clean naval propulsion need to be studied. Despite many efforts, the only already sea proven emissions-free energy is nuclear power of pressurized water reactor type. Given the past experience on the field, this work provides some information on history, architectures and hints of reasons for the success or failures of each project. It is found that adequate requirements identification must be done keeping economics always in the center of design. Experience shows, except after major catastrophic accidents, public trust may be earned by open dialog and sound engineering practices.

46 CFR 16.201 - Application.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Application. 16.201 Section 16.201 Shipping COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN CHEMICAL TESTING Required Chemical Testing § 16.201 Application. (a) Chemical testing of personnel must be conducted as required by this...

Evaluating the merchant transmission market

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Hsieh, E.; Bartholomew Fisher, E.

2007-01-01

This paper reviewed the North American bulk electric transmission system, with particular reference to the following merchant power transmission projects that have applied to sell transmission at negotiated rates by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): Cross Sound Cable; Neptune Phase 1; TransCanada's Northern Lights HVDC line; Montana Alberta Tie; Juan de Fuca Cable; Linden VFT; Connecticut-Long Island Cable; Lake Erie Link; Empire Connection; Harbor Cable; Chesapeake Transmission; and the Neptune/Green Line. The projects were sorted by status as either active, inactive and restructured. Each summary included the interconnection points, capacity, and sponsor. This paper also identified the major hurdles in their approvals. The relative success of the merchant transmission framework in attracting new investment was then reviewed. The successful projects shared 3 common attributes. They connected areas with large price differentials and they used advanced flow control technology such as HVDC, PARs, and VFTs. The successful projects also bridged some type of border, either geographic, electrical, economic, or a combination. Three of the active projects crossed the Canadian-US border, while the other 3 connected New York City to neighbouring regions. It was shown that merchant transmission fills a niche, enabling market responses to connect areas that may be overlooked by a regional planning process. 27 refs

46 CFR 16.115 - Penalties.

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2010-10-01

..., DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN CHEMICAL TESTING General § 16.115... who fails to implement or conduct, or who otherwise fails to comply with the requirements for chemical testing for dangerous drugs as prescribed under this part, is liable to the United States Government for a...

12 CFR 225.174 - What aggregate thresholds apply to merchant banking investments?

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2010-01-01

... 12 Banks and Banking 3 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false What aggregate thresholds apply to merchant banking investments? 225.174 Section 225.174 Banks and Banking FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (CONTINUED) BOARD OF...) Regulations Merchant Banking Investments § 225.174 What aggregate thresholds apply to merchant banking...

12 CFR 1500.5 - What aggregate thresholds apply to merchant banking investments?

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... 12 Banks and Banking 7 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false What aggregate thresholds apply to merchant banking investments? 1500.5 Section 1500.5 Banks and Banking DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY GENERAL PROVISIONS MERCHANT BANKING INVESTMENTS § 1500.5 What aggregate thresholds apply to merchant banking investments? (a...

Total tree, merchantable stem and branch volume models for ...

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Total tree, merchantable stem and branch volume models for miombo woodlands of Malawi. Daud J Kachamba, Tron Eid. Abstract. The objective of this study was to develop general (multispecies) models for prediction of total tree, merchantable stem and branch volume including options with diameter at breast height (dbh) ...

46 CFR 11.713 - Requirements for maintaining current knowledge of waters to be navigated.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Requirements for maintaining current knowledge of waters to be navigated. 11.713 Section 11.713 Shipping COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICER ENDORSEMENTS Professional Requirements for Pilots § 11.713 Requirements for maintaining curren...

Occupational accidents aboard merchant ships

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Hansen, H.L.; Nielsen, D.; Frydenberg, Morten

2002-01-01

Objectives: To investigate the frequency, circumstances, and causes of occupational accidents aboard merchant ships in international trade, and to identify risk factors for the occurrence of occupational accidents as well as dangerous working situations where possible preventive measures may...... be initiated. Methods: The study is a historical follow up on occupational accidents among crew aboard Danish merchant ships in the period 1993–7. Data were extracted from the Danish Maritime Authority and insurance data. Exact data on time at risk were available. Results: A total of 1993 accidents were...... aboard. Relative risks for notified accidents and accidents causing permanent disability of 5% or more were calculated in a multivariate analysis including ship type, occupation, age, time on board, change of ship since last employment period, and nationality. Foreigners had a considerably lower recorded...

An Empirical Research on Marketing Strategies of Different Risk Preference Merchant

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Quan Chen

2018-01-01

Full Text Available Holiday merchandise has unique demand characteristics, unofficial start data, and a limited life cycle. In an intensely competitive market, individual merchants are able to get more sales opportunities if they display their products earlier. In this study, a time-variant variance and time-variant expected market demand model are introduced to investigate the order strategies that are used by risk-averse holiday merchants. Our results show that risk preference, market uncertainty, and market power have a significant effect on the merchant’s market strategies. Risk-averse merchants prefer to enhance forecast accuracy rather than using an early-display advantage. They can even give up their early-display advantage if they are faced with increased market uncertainty and small market power. Compared with the fixed purchase cost, the time-sensitive purchase cost can stimulate the merchant to purchase in advance, but this can decrease the merchant’s profit. Consequently, risk-averse merchants always display their merchandise later, decrease the order quantity, and, finally, miss the market opportunity.

10 CFR 1042.210 - Military and merchant marine educational institutions.

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2010-01-01

... 10 Energy 4 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Military and merchant marine educational institutions. 1042.210 Section 1042.210 Energy DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS) NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE....210 Military and merchant marine educational institutions. These Title IX regulations do not apply to...

28 CFR 54.210 - Military and merchant marine educational institutions.

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2010-07-01

... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Military and merchant marine educational institutions. 54.210 Section 54.210 Judicial Administration DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (CONTINUED) NONDISCRIMINATION... Coverage § 54.210 Military and merchant marine educational institutions. These Title IX regulations do not...

17 CFR 155.3 - Trading standards for futures commission merchants.

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2010-04-01

... 17 Commodity and Securities Exchanges 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Trading standards for futures commission merchants. 155.3 Section 155.3 Commodity and Securities Exchanges COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION TRADING STANDARDS § 155.3 Trading standards for futures commission merchants. (a) Each futures...

10 CFR 5.210 - Military and merchant marine educational institutions.

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2010-01-01

... 10 Energy 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Military and merchant marine educational institutions. 5.210 Section 5.210 Energy NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX IN... merchant marine educational institutions. These Title IX regulations do not apply to an educational...

Tamil merchant in ancient Mesopotamia.

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Malliya Gounder Palanichamy

Full Text Available Recent analyses of ancient Mesopotamian mitochondrial genomes have suggested a genetic link between the Indian subcontinent and Mesopotamian civilization. There is no consensus on the origin of the ancient Mesopotamians. They may be descendants of migrants, who founded regional Mesopotamian groups like that of Terqa or they may be merchants who were involved in trans Mesopotamia trade. To identify the Indian source population showing linkage to the ancient Mesopotamians, we screened a total of 15,751 mitochondrial DNAs (11,432 from the literature and 4,319 from this study representing all major populations of India. Our results although suggest that south India (Tamil Nadu and northeast India served as the source of the ancient Mesopotamian mtDNA gene pool, mtDNA of these ancient Mesopotamians probably contributed by Tamil merchants who were involved in the Indo-Roman trade.

[Sharing and distrusting: street merchants' view of children in street situations].

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Sánchez-Suárez, Diana M; Giraldo-Puerta, Alexandra; Giraldo-Pineda, Álvaro; Forero-Pulido, Constanza

2016-06-01

Objective To understand the meanings, through the description of experiences that street merchants have of their interactions with children in a street situation in downtown of Medellin in 2013. Methodology Qualitative investigation with ethnographic approach. Observations were made in the zone at different times of the day. Twelve interviews with street merchants were held in their work places. Records were kept in a field journal. Results The street merchants and children in street situations share the same space. Both groups try to survive and their relationship is mediated by the trust-distrust that is established between them. The coexistence generates ambivalent feelings. For the street merchants, children in street situations are the result of abandonment by the family, the state and society. They live in a hard world in which they are exposed to a series of risks that they must face. Conclusion The interaction between street merchants and children in street situations is good to the extent that conflicts are avoided, establishing norms of coexistence. The element that determines this relationship is trust-distrust. In trust, strong affective ties are generated, considering each other family. Distrust generates a preventative attitude.

Developing and financing merchant power plants in the U.S

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Ryan, M.J.

1998-01-01

Limited recourse financing for merchant plants in some areas of the world such as Latin America has become almost commonplace in the recent past. Limited recourse project financing for merchant plants in the US, once almost unthinkable, has already been achieved with the frontier-breaking Calpine Pasadena project. While long-term power purchase agreements have historically provided comfort to lenders and developers alike, they are increasingly becoming a thing of the past as utilities are reluctant to lock themselves into a fixed price, which may turn out to exceed the prices available in the open market. So, it seems that the trends toward merchant plants in Latin America will soon take hold in the domestic market. With the market for limited recourse project financing still in the embryonic stage, and the strong likelihood that long-term power purchase agreements will not be available, it is clear that successful domestic projects will have to be well conceived, properly structured and capitalized to secure debt and equity funding commitments. This paper will focus on opportunities for developing merchant plants, the major risks present to developers and investors and the most appropriate strategies for structuring finance for a project

17 CFR 1.12 - Maintenance of minimum financial requirements by futures commission merchants and introducing...

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2010-04-01

... the Securities and Exchange Commission (17 CFR 240.17a-11(c)), must file written notice to that effect... futures commission merchant or as a leverage transaction merchant must be liquidated immediately... leverage transaction merchant shall be only for the purposes of liquidation, because that clearing member...

Merchant electricity transmission expansion: A European case study

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Kristiansen, T. [RBS Sempra Commodities, 155 Bishopsgate, London EC2M3TZ (United Kingdom); Rosellon, J. [Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE), Division de Economia, Carretera Mexico-Toluca 3655, Lomas de Santa Fe, 01210 Mexico D.F. (Mexico); German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Mohrenstrasse 58, 10117, Berlin (Germany)

2010-10-15

We apply a merchant transmission model to the trilateral market coupling (TLC) arrangement among the Netherlands, Belgium and France as an example, and note that it could further be applied to other market splitting or coupling of Europe's different national power markets. In this merchant framework the system operator allocates financial transmission rights (FTRs) to investors in transmission expansion based upon their preferences, and revenue adequacy. The independent system operator (ISO) preserves some proxy FTRs to manage potential negative externalities that may result from expansion projects. This scheme could help European market coupling arrangements attract additional investment. (author)

Merchant electricity transmission expansion: A European case study

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Kristiansen, T.; Rosellon, J.

2010-01-01

We apply a merchant transmission model to the trilateral market coupling (TLC) arrangement among the Netherlands, Belgium and France as an example, and note that it could further be applied to other market splitting or coupling of Europe's different national power markets. In this merchant framework the system operator allocates financial transmission rights (FTRs) to investors in transmission expansion based upon their preferences, and revenue adequacy. The independent system operator (ISO) preserves some proxy FTRs to manage potential negative externalities that may result from expansion projects. This scheme could help European market coupling arrangements attract additional investment. (author)

Economic Nationalism in Haughton’s Englishmen for My Money and Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice

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Baldo Jonathan

2016-01-01

Close to the time of Elizabeth’s expulsion of the Hanseatic merchants and the closing of the Steelyard (der Stahlhof) in the years 1597-98, two London plays engaged extensively with the business of trade, the merchant class, foreign merchants, and moneylending: early modern England’s first city comedy, William Haughton’s Englishmen for My Money, or A Woman Will Have Her Will (1598); and Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (registered 22 July 1598). Whereas Haughton’s play uses foreignness, e...

31 CFR 103.17 - Reports by futures commission merchants and introducing brokers in commodities of suspicious...

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2010-07-01

... merchants and introducing brokers in commodities of suspicious transactions. 103.17 Section 103.17 Money and... merchants and introducing brokers in commodities of suspicious transactions. (a) General—(1) Every futures commission merchant (“FCM”) and introducing broker in commodities (“IB-C”) within the United States shall...

Economic Nationalism in Haughton’s Englishmen for My Money and Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice

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2016-06-01

Full Text Available Close to the time of Elizabeth’s expulsion of the Hanseatic merchants and the closing of the Steelyard (der Stahlhof in the years 1597-98, two London plays engaged extensively with the business of trade, the merchant class, foreign merchants, and moneylending: early modern England’s first city comedy, William Haughton’s Englishmen for My Money, or A Woman Will Have Her Will (1598; and Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (registered 22 July 1598. Whereas Haughton’s play uses foreignness, embodied in a foreign merchant, three half-English daughters, and three foreign suitors, as a means of promoting national consciousness and pride, Shakespeare indirectly uses the foreign not to unify but to reveal the divisions within England’s own economic values and culture.

Gypsies, Jews, and "The Merchant of Venice."

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McKendy, Thomas

1988-01-01

Shows how looking at Shakespeare's prejudices and their roots, as seen in "The Merchant of Venice," can teach students not only about historical attitudes but also about their own unacknowledged assumptions and stereotypes. (MM)

Maritime Education and Training. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. House of Representatives. Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session.

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

The hearings focus on H.R. 1626 and H.R. 9864 (bills to increase the subsistence payments to students at State maritime academies) and H.R. 10413 and H.R. 10500 (bills to amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 and the Maritime Academy Act of 1958 to provide for an integrated system of education and training of officers for the U.S. Merchant Marine…

The merchant shipping (dangerous goods) (amendment) rules 1980 No. 789

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1980-01-01

These Rules amend the Merchant Shipping Rules 1978 and revoke the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Rules 1979. The purpose of this amendment is to update the references to the 1978 Report of the Department of Trade's Standing Advisory Committee on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods in Ships (the Blue Book) and the 1977 Edition of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code of IMCO (the IMDG Code), referred to in the 1978 Rules. The amendments concern, inter alia, marking of packages on board ship which contain dangerous goods, including radioactive materials (NEA) [fr

Asbestos-related chest X-ray changes among Greek merchant marine seamen

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Velonakis, E.G.; Tsorva, A.; Tzonou, A.; Trichopoulos, D.

1989-01-01

One hundred forty-one retired Greek mariners were examined radiologically for asbestos-related lung disease. Thirty-eight (27%) had small opacities classified as ILO category 1/0 or more; 37 (26%) had radiologic evidence of pleural lesions; 17 (12%) had both parenchymal and pleural lesions; and a total of 58 (41%) had one or more radiologic findings of asbestos-related lung disease. In discriminant analysis, duration of maritime employment was predictive of pleural lesions, but the association was not statistically significant (one-tail, p = .16). The prevalence of pleural lesions was also higher among sailors than among officers, and this association was statistically significant (one-tail, p = .05). In this group, none of the occupational variables studied (age, duration of maritime employment, and rank) was related to lung fibrosis. After controlling by multiple regression for mutual confounding effects, suggestive negative associations for the presence of pleural lesions were found with FVC (one-tail, p = .13) as well as with FEF25% (one-tail, p = .09) and FEF50% (one-tail, p = .07). By contrast, no association was found between pulmonary fibrosis and any of the respiratory volumes. The results of this study suggest that mariners may present evidence of asbestos-related disease after many years from onset of exposure on ships

[White ginseng commercialization and sales expansion activities of Gaesung merchants in the 1910s and 1920s].

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Yang, Jeongpil

2011-06-30

Ginseng has always been the typical export item in Korean history. Until the 18th century, exporting ginseng was wild ginseng from the mountains. Since the 19th century, exporting ginseng became red ginseng, which was red due to steaming and drying process. Red ginseng was produced by Gaesung merchants, so that these merchants were able to gain the control of the output. Gaesung merchants of the 19th century exported red ginseng to China and made huge economic success. However, when the Korean Empire and Japanese colonial government established red ginseng monopoly, it essentially blocked Gaesung traders from manufacturing and exporting any further of its prized commodity. Then, the traders turned to sun-dried white ginseng as a substitute to red ginseng. As a result, white ginseng production dramatically increased after 1914, which in turn made Gaesung merchants newly aware of the commercial value of white ginseng, which was previously ignored. The traders made good use of the traditional medicine herb market, which opened annually, to promote the expansion of white ginseng sales. Moreover, the merchants also adopted modern marketing techniques, as they founded companies to handle solely white ginseng sales, refreshed packaging to raise commodity values, and made an effort in advertising and mail order sales. Due to such endeavors, demand for white ginseng grew exponentially both in domestic and foreign markets, which generated steady growth of white ginseng prices despite the rapid increase of its supply. This phenomenon naturally brought about the rich economic accomplishments of Gaesung merchants. Through the white ginseng sales activities of Gaesung merchants in post-1910s era, two facts can be newly uncovered. First, the mass consumption of white ginseng today in Korean society took a full-scale step after the 1910s. Second, it was a widely-held view that during the Japanese rule, majority of Korean traditional merchants were economically ruined, while a

PESTICIDES USE AMONG GRAIN MERCHANTS IN MUBI GRAIN ...

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pose the greatest threat to increased food production, storage and handling ... are to: assess pest control practices of grain merchants in Mubi markets with a .... This further cements the fact that multiple routes of contaminations are possible.

Regulatory Issues Surrounding Merchant Interconnection

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Kuijlaars, Kees-Jan; Zwart, Gijsbert

2003-11-01

We discussed various issues concerning the regulatory perspective on private investment in interconnectors. One might claim that leaving investment in transmission infrastructure to competing market parties is more efficient than relying on regulated investment only (especially in the case of long (DC) lines connecting previously unconnected parts of the grids, so that externalities from e.g. loop flows do not play a significant role). We considered that some aspects of interconnection might reduce these market benefits. In particular, the large fixed costs of interconnection construction may lead to significant under investment (due to both first mover monopoly power and the fact that part of generation cost efficiencies realised by interconnection are not captured by the investor itself, and remain external to the investment decision). Second, merchant ownership restricts future opportunities for adaptation of regulation, as would be required e.g. for introduction of potentially more sophisticated methods of congestion management or market splitting. Some of the disadvantages of merchant investment may be mitigated however by a suitable regulatory framework, and we discussed some views in this direction. The issues we discussed are not intended to give a complete framework, and detailed regulation will certainly involve many more specific requirements. Areas we did not touch upon include e.g. the treatment of deep connection costs, rules for operation and maintenance of the line, and impact on availability of capacity on other interconnections

Regulatory Issues Surrounding Merchant Interconnection

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Kuijlaars, Kees-Jan; Zwart, Gijsbert [Office for Energy Regulation (DTe), The Hague (Netherlands)

2003-11-01

We discussed various issues concerning the regulatory perspective on private investment in interconnectors. One might claim that leaving investment in transmission infrastructure to competing market parties is more efficient than relying on regulated investment only (especially in the case of long (DC) lines connecting previously unconnected parts of the grids, so that externalities from e.g. loop flows do not play a significant role). We considered that some aspects of interconnection might reduce these market benefits. In particular, the large fixed costs of interconnection construction may lead to significant under investment (due to both first mover monopoly power and the fact that part of generation cost efficiencies realised by interconnection are not captured by the investor itself, and remain external to the investment decision). Second, merchant ownership restricts future opportunities for adaptation of regulation, as would be required e.g. for introduction of potentially more sophisticated methods of congestion management or market splitting. Some of the disadvantages of merchant investment may be mitigated however by a suitable regulatory framework, and we discussed some views in this direction. The issues we discussed are not intended to give a complete framework, and detailed regulation will certainly involve many more specific requirements. Areas we did not touch upon include e.g. the treatment of deep connection costs, rules for operation and maintenance of the line, and impact on availability of capacity on other interconnections.

Barter Economies and Centralized Merchants

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Jose Noguera

2000-01-01

The main goal of this essay is to analyze the emergence of a barter economy, and the rise of centralized merchants and a barter redistribution system out of a primitive barter system. The environment is a spatial general equilibrium model where exchange is costly. Since exchange becomes more complicated as the scope of the economy increases, we prove that, after the economy reaches a critical size, the cost of trade expansion surpasses its benefits. This imposes limitations on the scope of th...

77 FR 12068 - Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

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2012-02-28

..., 2012, in Burlingame, CA, to discuss various issues related to the training and fitness of merchant..., including but not limited to training, qualifications, certification, documentation, and fitness standards... used to assess mariner competencies listed in the International Convention on Standards of Training...

EUV mask manufacturing readiness in the merchant mask industry

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Green, Michael; Choi, Yohan; Ham, Young; Kamberian, Henry; Progler, Chris; Tseng, Shih-En; Chiou, Tsann-Bim; Miyazaki, Junji; Lammers, Ad; Chen, Alek

2017-10-01

As nodes progress into the 7nm and below regime, extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) becomes critical for all industry participants interested in remaining at the leading edge. One key cost driver for EUV in the supply chain is the reflective EUV mask. As of today, the relatively few end users of EUV consist primarily of integrated device manufactures (IDMs) and foundries that have internal (captive) mask manufacturing capability. At the same time, strong and early participation in EUV by the merchant mask industry should bring value to these chip makers, aiding the wide-scale adoption of EUV in the future. For this, merchants need access to high quality, representative test vehicles to develop and validate their own processes. This business circumstance provides the motivation for merchants to form Joint Development Partnerships (JDPs) with IDMs, foundries, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and other members of the EUV supplier ecosystem that leverage complementary strengths. In this paper, we will show how, through a collaborative supplier JDP model between a merchant and OEM, a novel, test chip driven strategy is applied to guide and validate mask level process development. We demonstrate how an EUV test vehicle (TV) is generated for mask process characterization in advance of receiving chip maker-specific designs. We utilize the TV to carry out mask process "stress testing" to define process boundary conditions which can be used to create Mask Rule Check (MRC) rules as well as serve as baseline conditions for future process improvement. We utilize Advanced Mask Characterization (AMC) techniques to understand process capability on designs of varying complexity that include EUV OPC models with and without sub-resolution assist features (SRAFs). Through these collaborations, we demonstrate ways to develop EUV processes and reduce implementation risks for eventual mass production. By reducing these risks, we hope to expand access to EUV mask capability for

78 FR 11214 - Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

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2013-02-15

... Certification of Fitness for Entry Level Ratings); and Development of competency requirements for engineers..., 2013 in Houston, TX, to discuss various issues related to the training and fitness of merchant marine..., documentation, and fitness standards. The Committee will advise, consult with, and make recommendations...

The city of the merchant

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Barnow, Niels Finn

The City of the Merchant deals with cities, towns and villages in the European medieval period - i.e. in post-antique and pre-industrial Europe. In actual fact, the book mainly deals with Denmark and Northern Italy (the City States), with digressions to other "feudal" localities in France on Sici......, in the middle East, the Crusades, in Germany (the Hansatic League) and, finally, as far a field as the Danish West Indies. The book is part of a larger project that comprises other historical environments....

77 FR 47424 - Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

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2012-08-08

... various issues related to the training and fitness of merchant marine personnel. This meeting will be open..., documentation, and fitness standards. The Committee will advise, consult with, and make [[Page 47425... Criteria) which can be used to assess mariner competencies listed in the International Convention on...

78 FR 19725 - Merchant Mariner Medical Evaluation Program

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2013-04-02

... DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard [Docket No. USCG-2013-0089] Merchant Mariner Medical... the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review a... evaluation, noting advantages and disadvantages of the different systems. We would also be interested in...

LITERATURE CURRICULUM III--TEST FOR "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE."

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KITZHABER, ALBERT R.

THIS TEST--"THE MERCHANT OF VENICE"--WAS DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A NINTH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. IT IS INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 815 AND ED 010 816. (MM)

17 CFR 21.01 - Special calls for information on controlled accounts from futures commission merchants, clearing...

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2010-04-01

... CALLS § 21.01 Special calls for information on controlled accounts from futures commission merchants... 17 Commodity and Securities Exchanges 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Special calls for information on controlled accounts from futures commission merchants, clearing members and introducing brokers...

Merchant Banks Fortunes And Structureal Challenges Of Universal ...

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Merchant Banks Fortunes And Structureal Challenges Of Universal Banking In The Port Harcourt Business Environment. ... The techniques adopted in the analysis of data included tabulation, simple percentage, and chi-square (X2). The findings indicated that, although the advent of universal banking has opened up a new ...

Enter Stage Left: The New Energy Merchants

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Patterson, Andy

2006-01-01

Financial institutions and private equity investors have been buying merchant generating assets at a furious pace, and they don't play by the same rules as independent power producers and electric utilities. Are traditional players ready for the disruptions to come? Have distressed IPP plant prices bottomed out? The interest of these new entrants has several implications for future market fundamentals

Hospital contacts for injuries and musculoskeletal diseases among seamen and fishermen: A population-based cohort study

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Olsen Jørn

2008-01-01

Full Text Available Abstract Background We studied musculoskeletal diseases (MSD and injuries among fishermen and seamen with focus on low back disorders, carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS, rotator cuff syndrome and arthrosis. Methods Cohorts of all male Danish seamen (officers and non-officers and fishermen employed 1994 and 1999 with at least six months employment history were linked to the Occupational Hospitalisation Register. We calculated standardised incidence ratios (SIR for the two time periods, using rates for the entire Danish workforce as a reference. Results Among fishermen, we found high SIRs for knee arthrosis, thoraco-lumbar disc disorders, injuries and statistically significant SIRs above 200 were seen for both rotator cuff syndrome and CTS. The SIR was augmented for injuries and reduced for hip arthrosis between the two time periods. The SIRs for injuries and CTS were high for non-officers. A sub-analysis revealed that the highest risk for CTS was found among male non-officers working as deck crew, SIR 233 (95% CI: 166–317 based on 40 cases. Among officers, the SIRs for injuries and MSDs were low. The number of employed Danish fishermen declined with 25% 1994–1999 to 3470. Short-term employments were common. None of the SIRs increased with increasing length of employment. Conclusion Both fishermen and non-officers have high SIRs for injuries and fishermen also for MSD. Only the SIR for injuries among fishermen was augmented between 1994 and 1999. Our findings suggest an association between the incidence of rotator cuff syndrome and CTS and work within fishery. Long-term cumulative effects of employment were not shown for any of the disease outcomes. Other conditions may play a role.

Work related mortality among merchant seafarers employed in UK Royal Fleet Auxillary shipping from 1976 to 2005.

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Roberts, Stephen E; Marlow, Peter B

2006-01-01

Over 2300 merchant seafarers are currently employed on board UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships. However, little is known about work related mortality among these seafarers, and whether it is lower than among seafarers in merchant fleets. To establish the causes and circumstances of all work related deaths among seafarers who were employed in RFA ships from 1976 to 2005, to compare mortality rates with those in other merchant fleets, and to identify implications for maritime health. A population based study of work related mortality over 30 years. A total of 60 deaths among seafarers in RFA ships were caused by disease (30), accidents (19), suicide (6), homicide (one), and inconclusive causes (4). Six of the 19 fatal accidents were directly related to work duties (occupational accidents), 12 occurred during off-duty time and one resulted from a shipping disaster. The fatal accident rate was about one half, and the fatal work related accident rate was about one quarter, of corresponding rates in UK merchant shipping from 1976-2002; and they were much lower than those in merchant fleets internationally. The fatal accident rate in RFA shipping also fell by about 80% over the 30 year study period. The lower fatal accident rates in RFA shipping, particularly for work related accidents, presumably reflect a lower incidence of hazardous working practices, arising from better training and career pathways for seafarers in RFA shipping, as well as better maintained ships with higher manning levels than in merchant shipping.

Tourism and Foreign Language Training for Local Merchants and Guides in Penglipuran Tourism Village of Bangli Regency

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Dian Pramita Sugiarti

2018-03-01

Full Text Available Community service in form of practical tourism and foreign language training for local merchants and guides in Penglipuran tourist village, Bangli regency was aimed at improving the knowledge of Japanese tourism and vocabulary and English in accordance with the appropriate grammar. The targets in this training were local merchants and guides in Penglipuran village who had less knowledge about tourism and the proper usage of foreign language. Not only the training of tourism and practical foreign languages, local merchants and guides were also given knowledge about the characteristics of domestic and international tourists, as well as ways of serving the tourists in accordance with the agreed standards. The special target of this dedication was to find a social formula to solve the problems that occurred in the tourist village of Penglipuran. The fostering system implemented so far was less effective so that it led to a decline in knowledge about tourism and foreign languages for local merchants and guides who were the tourism actors expected to provide correct information to the tourists. If this was left unchecked, the number of tourist arrivals and local merchants and guides who had international standard capability would continue to decrease annually. The method of devotion used was the workshop and FGD so that the results of teaching could be understood by Penglipuran village management to continue to conduct trainings that educate local merchants and guides.

Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS) to Swedish merchant and passengers ships 1997-2012

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Westlund, Karin; Attvall, Stig; Nilsson, Ralph

2016-01-01

BACKGROUND: Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS) for seafarers and traveling passengers is important and can be crucial for the optimal medical treatment on board ships. The aim of this study was to analyse and to compare the data from consultations and evacuations from merchant ships...... Classification for Primary Care (ICPC-2). The distribution of symptoms, accidents and diseases, treatments/actions taken, evacuations and the communication forms were analysed. RESULTS: One thousand ninety-five contacts for seafarers from merchant ships and 651 passenger patients from Swedish ferries were...

Is the Merchant Power Producer a broken model?

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Nelson, James; Simshauser, Paul

2013-01-01

Deregulated energy markets were founded on the Merchant Power Producer, a stand-alone generator that sold its production to the spot and short-term forward markets, underpinned by long-dated project finance. The initial enthusiasm that existed for investment in existing and new merchant power plant capacity shortly after power system deregulation has progressively dissipated, following an excess entry result. In this article, we demonstrate why this has become a global trend. Using debt-sizing parameters typically used by project banks, we model a benchmark plant, then re-simulate its performance using live energy market price data and find that such financings are no longer feasible in the absence of long-term Power Purchase Agreements. - Highlights: ► We model a hypothetical CCGT plant in QLD under project financing constraints typical of the industry. ► We simulate plant operations with live market data to analyse the results. ► We find that a plant which should represent the industry's long-run marginal cost is not a feasible investment.

Bert Hardy's Chinatown:
May 1942 : Illustrated Lecture - a Cultures in Transit Conference event

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Lee, Gregory

2008-01-01

A collaborative event organized bby the Open Eye Galler, Liverpool as part of thea academic conference Cultures In Transit organised by Liverpool Hope and Université de Lyon (Jean Moulin) 18-21 July 2008.; International audience; This lecture puts in historical context a group of rare photographs by Bert Hardy taken in May 1942 during the Second World War. The men depicted are just a few of the 10,000 Chinese seamen who manned the Merchant Navy ships, for Britain during the war, mainly Blue F...

Using "The Merchant of Venice" in Teaching Monetary Economics.

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Kish-Goodling, Donna M.

1998-01-01

Uses the theme of usury in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," and the history of Christian and Jewish beliefs concerning the charging of interest on loans to crystallize lending practices throughout history, particularly the medieval period and the transition to modern capitalism. Outlines themes addressed in the unit and…

MERCHANT OF VENICE. LITERATURE CURRICULUM III, TEACHER VERSION.

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KITZHABER, ALBERT R.

THIS TEACHING GUIDE ON "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE" WAS PREPARED FOR USE IN A NINTH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. THE PURPOSE OF THE GUIDE WAS TO ILLUMINATE THE PLAY AS A WHOLE, AND TO SUGGEST TO THE TEACHER SOME USEFUL PRINCIPLES FOR FRAMING QUESTIONS AND GUIDING DISCUSSIONS IN THE CLASSROOM. THE GUIDE WAS NOT TO BE USED, HOWEVER, AS A BASE…

Utilization of uranium cost/benefit study for nuclear powered merchant ships. Special study

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Smith, E.R.

1977-05-01

This study presents a cost/benefit analysis for the utilization of uranium in merchant ships versus the use of uranium for the generation of electricity in central power stations. The study concludes that an alternative naval fuel to oil must be developed for the merchant marine to reduce U.S. dependency upon foreign supplies of a critical fuel. The study further indicates that use of uranium for ship propulsion results in transport of large quantities of needed import/exports while the residual oil saved will generate the same quantity of electricity in a central power station as the uranium used for ship propulsion

Case Studies in Censorship: Censoring "The Merchant of Venice."

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Gray, Richard A.

1991-01-01

Reviews censorship of "The Merchant of Venice," which has been based on its portrayal of the Jewish character Shylock. Background information is followed by an annotated bibliography which includes 15 citations dealing with Shylock, 22 citations to articles that address the censorship of the play, and 64 works of literature that have…

12 CFR 1500.6 - What risk management, record keeping and reporting policies are required to make merchant banking...

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2010-01-01

... 12 Banks and Banking 7 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false What risk management, record keeping and... Banking DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY GENERAL PROVISIONS MERCHANT BANKING INVESTMENTS § 1500.6 What risk management, record keeping and reporting policies are required to make merchant banking investments? (a) What...

78 FR 35042 - Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee: Intercessional Meeting

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2013-06-11

... DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard [Docket No. USCG-2013-0407] Merchant Marine Personnel... Labor Organization's Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.'' This meeting will be open to the public. DATES... words ``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this action. Comments received will...

Collateral Composition, Diversification Risk, and Systemically Important Merchant Banks

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Derviz, Alexis

2014-01-01

Roč. 14, Special Issue (2014), s. 23-34 ISSN 1572-3089 R&D Projects: GA ČR GA13-11983S Institutional support: RVO:67985556 Keywords : collateral * systemic risk * merchant bank * CoCo Subject RIV: AH - Economics Impact factor: 1.506, year: 2014 http://library.utia.cas.cz/separaty/2014/E/derviz-0433271.pdf

Problems faced by host nations in accepting visits by nuclear powered merchant ships

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Crancher, D.W.

1978-01-01

An international Code of Practice would make a major contribution to the effective regulation of nuclear merchant ships. Ensuring compliance with such a Code would be a significant problem for host nations. An impediment to the development of nuclear shipping is the absence of third party liability provision. There are also problems in host port acceptance into crowded ports and some limitations may be imposed until there is more confidence. There are indications that ship accidents will become the predominant risk and considerably more attention to the problem is required. Waste management need not be a major issue to the acceptance of nuclear merchant ships

The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Rules 1978 (Statutory Instrument 1543, 25 October 1978)

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1978-01-01

These Rules supersede the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Rule of 1965 as amended by the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Rules of 1968 and 1972. The Rules now define 'dangerous goods' by reference to goods classified as dangerous for carriage by sea as well as any other goods whose properties might be dangerous it they were carried by sea. This classification is based on that of the 1978 Report of the Standing Advisory Committee on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods of the Department of Trade, and the 1977 Edition of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code published by the Intergovernmental Maritime consultative Organisation. (NEA) [fr

77 FR 11142 - Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee: Intercessional Meeting

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2012-02-24

... DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard [Docket No. USCG-2012-0133] Merchant Marine Personnel... at the Hilton San Francisco Airport Bayfront Hotel, 600 Airport Blvd., Burlingame, CA 94010. For..., we are inviting public comment on the issues to be considered by the working group, which are listed...

77 FR 65570 - Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee: Intercessional Meeting

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2012-10-29

... DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard [Docket No. USCG-2012-0968] Merchant Marine Personnel... hotel facilities or services for individuals with disabilities or to request special assistance, contact... comment on the issues to be considered by the work group, which are listed in the ``Agenda'' section below...

A Teacher's Guide for "The Merchant of Venice" and "Othello."

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William Shakespeare has influenced most, if not all, Western playwrights. His techniques, themes, characters, and plots are contained in much of what is produced today, from television to Broadway. This teacher's guide provides summaries of the plays "The Merchant of Venice" and "Othello," essays, and corresponding student…

17 CFR 31.13 - Financial reports of leverage transaction merchants.

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2010-04-01

... 17 Commodity and Securities Exchanges 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Financial reports of leverage... COMMISSION LEVERAGE TRANSACTIONS § 31.13 Financial reports of leverage transaction merchants. (a) Each... person must include with such financial report a statement describing the source of his current assets...

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. LITERATURE CURRICULUM III, STUDENT VERSION.

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KITZHABER, ALBERT R.

A GUIDE WAS PRODUCED FOR STUDENT USE IN NINTH-GRADE STUDY OF "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE." THE GUIDE PRESENTED SEVERAL ALTERNATE APPROACHES FOR UNDERSTANDING THE PLAY AND LEARNING ITS CONTENT. A MAJOR EMPHASIS OF THE GUIDE WAS PLACED ON THREE FORMS OF STUDENT QUESTIONS, RELATED TO SPECIFIC ACTS AND SCENES, THE CHARACTERS IN THE DRAMA, AND…

Merchant shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977

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1977-01-01

When this Act comes into force, it will enable the United Kingdom to ratify and to give effect to the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (the SOLAS Convention) which replaces the SOLAS Convention of 1960. Under the Act, the Secretary of State may make such rules as he considers appropriate regarding ships provided with nuclear power plants in accordance with Chapter VIII of the Annex to the 1974 Convention and to Recommendations attached to it, dealing with nuclear ships, and insofar as those provisions have not been implemented by the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1974. (NEA) [fr

78 FR 33855 - Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee: Intercessional Meeting

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2013-06-05

... DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard [Docket No. USCG-2011-0138] Merchant Mariner Medical..., Maryland 20674-0075. For further information about the Paul Hall Center hotel facilities or services for... participation, we are inviting public comment on the issues to be considered by the working groups as listed in...

Leave It to Beaver. Merchants Millpond State Park: An Environmental Education Learning Experience Designed for Grades 4-6.

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Williams, Floyd K.

This learning packet, one in a group of eight, was developed by the Merchants Millpond State Park in North Carolina to teach students in grades 4-6 about the habitat and lifestyle of the beaver. Loose-leaf pages are presented in nine sections that contain: (1) introductions to the North Carolina State Parks System, the Merchants Millpond State…

The Development of Maritime English Learning Model Using Authentic Assessment Based Bridge Simulator in Merchant Marine Polytechnic, Makassar

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Fauzi, Ahmad; Bundu, Patta; Tahmir, Suradi

2016-01-01

Bridge simulator constitutes a very fundamental and vital tool to trigger and ensure that seamen or seafarers possess the standardized competence required. By using the bridge simulator technique, a reality based study can be presented easily and delivered to the students in ongoing basis to their classroom or study place. Afterwards, the validity…

17 CFR 1.14 - Risk assessment recordkeeping requirements for futures commission merchants.

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2010-04-01

... regarding sources of funding, together with a narrative discussion by management of the liquidity of the... to any futures commission merchant which holds funds or property of or for futures customers of less...

Regulatory issues in merchant transmission investment

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Brunekreeft, G.

2005-01-01

Merchant investment in electricity transmission networks (MTI) is now legally allowed. Predominantly driven by the fear of underinvestment, regulators examine this possibility and given that MTI is a possibility, the regulators face a new set of questions. This paper raises and examines regulatory questions especially from a European institutional framework. The regulatory issues concern the competition effect, the ownership, access regime and the must-offer provision. The paper argues to leave light-handed unregulated MTI light handed and refrain from additional measures. In most cases, it is justified to refrain from sector-specific arrangements because competition,law, if necessary at all, will suffice. However, details matter. (author)

12 CFR 225.171 - What are the limitations on managing or operating a portfolio company held as a merchant banking...

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2010-01-01

... of the portfolio company. Examples of the types of actions that may be subject to these types of... operating a portfolio company held as a merchant banking investment? 225.171 Section 225.171 Banks and... COMPANIES AND CHANGE IN BANK CONTROL (REGULATION Y) Regulations Merchant Banking Investments § 225.171 What...

Development of merchantable volume equations for natural brutian pine and black pine stands in Eğirdir District

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Ramazan Özçelik

2016-01-01

Full Text Available Determination of stem standing volume is very useful for both sustainable management of timber resources and practical purposes in forestry. Brutian pine (Pinus brutia Ten. and black pine (Pinus nigra Arnold. are important raw material of forest products industry of Turkey. With ever changing market conditions, there is a need to accurately estimate tree volumes utilizing multiple upper stem merchantability limits. This is not currently possible with the existing total stem volume tables for these three species. Nowadays, taper equations are the best way to estimate volume for saw timber and biomass purposes. In this study, variable exponent taper equations evaluated and fitted to data come from 253 destructively sampled trees which were collected in natural brutian pine and black pine stands in Eğirdir district. For this aim, the taper equations of Lee et al. (2003, Kozak (2004, and Sharma and Zhang (2004 were used. A second-order continuous-time autoregressive error structure was used to correct the inherent autocorrelation in the hierarchical data. The proposed models generally performed better for Merchantable tree volume. Results show that the Kozak (2004 taper equation was superior to the other equations in predicting diameter and merchantable height, while The Sharma and Zhang (2004 taper model provided the best predictions for merchantable volume than the other models. The one of the important results of this study, the importance of checking fit statistics of taper equations for both diameters and volume estimations.As a results, Sharma and Zhang (2004 taper model recommended for estimating diameter at a specific height, height to a specific diameter along the stem, and merchantable volume for brutian pine and black pine stands in Eğirdir analyzed

12 CFR 1500.2 - What are the limitations on managing or operating a portfolio company held as a merchant banking...

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... of the portfolio company. Examples of the types of actions that may be subject to these types of... operating a portfolio company held as a merchant banking investment? 1500.2 Section 1500.2 Banks and Banking... on managing or operating a portfolio company held as a merchant banking investment? (a) May a...

On the Major Dramatic Conftict of Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice

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蒋文

2000-01-01

"The Merchant of Venice", a master piece with humanist idea by William Shakespeare, presents readers a dramatic conflict between friendship and greediness, love and cruelty.This essay illustrates briefly how this conflict is created, developed and dramatized. At the same time, the root causes for this conflict is analysed.

Merchantable sawlog and bole-length equations for the Northeastern United States

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Daniel A. Yaussy; Martin E. Dale; Martin E. Dale

1991-01-01

A modified Richards growth model is used to develop species-specific coefficients for equations estimating the merchantable sawlog and bole lengths of trees from 25 species groups common to the Northeastern United States. These regression coefficients have been incorporated into the growth-and-yield simulation software, NE-TWIGS.

Merchant interconnector projects by generators in the EU: Profitability and allocation of capacity

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Koten, Silvester van

2012-01-01

When building a cross-border transmission line (a so-called interconnector) as a for-profit (merchant) project, where the regulator has required that capacity allocation be done non-discriminatorily by explicit auction, the identity of the investor can affect the profitability of the interconnector project and, once operational, the resulting allocation of its capacity. Specifically, when the investor is a generator (hereafter the integrated generator) who also can use the interconnector to export its electricity to a distant location, then, once operational, the integrated generator will bid more aggressively in the allocation auctions to increase the auction revenue and thus its profits. As a result, the integrated generator is more likely to win the auction and the capacity is sold for a higher price. This lowers the allocative efficiency of the auction, but it increases the expected ex-ante profitability of the merchant interconnector project. Unaffiliated, independent generators, however, are less likely to win the auction and, in any case, pay a higher price, which dramatically lowers their revenues from exporting electricity over this interconnector. - Highlights: ► A merchant interconnector owned by an electricity generator needs special attention of regulators. ► Even when allocation of the capacity is done by auctions, the generator will make a large profit. ► The generator will also decrease the allocation of capacity to competitors by bidding aggressively.

Bartolomé Arnolfo, a Native from Savoy in Madrid at the Middle of the Seventeenth Century, Financier, Merchant and Owner of Transhumant Livestock

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Máximo DIAGO HERNANDO

2014-02-01

Full Text Available In the course of the seventeenth century a numerous community of foreign merchants took shape in Madrid. Individuals of very diverse origins conformed this community that was divided in «nations», in which the merchants of the same origin came together. One of these «nations» was conformed by the subjects of the duke Savoy, that were not very numerous in Madrid at this time. In this article the author pays attention to one of the most prominent members of this nation, the merchant and businessman Bartolomé Arnolfo. He informs about his activity as a merchant, and he pays particular attention to his activity as wool exporter, that he puts in connexion with other activities such as money-lending and transhumant sheep-breeding.

Alexander Falconer Sr Seamen's missionary in New Zealand, son Alexander Falconer medical superintendent for mentally ill, grandson Murray Falconer neurosurgeon.

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Hawgood, Barbara J

2016-08-01

Alexander Falconer Sr (1843-1915) came from Scotland to New Zealand. A practical Christian, he set up places of relaxation for miners, sailors and soldiers; he became the Seamen's Missionary. Son, Dr Alexander Falconer (1874-1955) trained at Otago University Medical School. As medical superintendent for the mentally ill, he urged the early introduction of psychotherapy. His son, Murray Falconer (1910-1977) was the first Nuffield Dominions Clinical Fellow, training in neurosurgery in Oxford. He was the first director of the Guy's-Maudsley Neurosurgical Unit in London and was internationally known for the surgical management of temporal lobe epilepsy in adults and children. © The Author(s) 2016.

12 CFR 1500.7 - How do the statutory cross marketing and sections 23A and B limitations apply to merchant banking...

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... 12 Banks and Banking 7 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false How do the statutory cross marketing and sections 23A and B limitations apply to merchant banking investments? 1500.7 Section 1500.7 Banks and... statutory cross marketing and sections 23A and B limitations apply to merchant banking investments? Certain...

“Getting By” at the Urban Periphery: Everyday Struggles of Informal Merchants in Tunisia

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Johannes Frische

2015-11-01

Full Text Available The article examines the significance of informal economic practices, e.g. street vending and informal commerce, for young merchants from Ettadhamen, a neighborhood situated in the northwestern periphery of the Greater Tunis area. It further addresses cross-border trade in the Tunisian-Libyan and Tunisian-Algerian border regions in which some of these merchants are indirectly involved. Peripheralization therefore does not imply complete socio-spatial exclusion. Peripheries rather offer important, albeit limited possibilities, to acquire resources through practices that are situated in the interstices between legality and illegality. As these possibilities often avoid state regulation and control, the article also addresses the ambivalent nature of the state-society relations that shapes everyday encounters between inhabitants and state agents, especially the police.

Modifying Taper-Derived Merchantable Height Estimates to Account for Tree Characteristics

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James A. Westfall

2006-01-01

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Northeastern Forest Inventory and Analysis program (NE-FIA) is developing regionwide tree-taper equations. Unlike most previous work on modeling tree form, this effort necessarily includes a wide array of tree species. For some species, branching patterns can produce undesirable tree form that reduces the merchantable...

Evaluation of total aboveground biomass and total merchantable biomass in Missouri

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Michael E. Goerndt; David R. Larsen; Charles D. Keating

2014-01-01

In recent years, the state of Missouri has been converting to biomass weight rather than volume as the standard measurement of wood for buying and selling sawtimber. Therefore, there is a need to identify accurate and precise methods of estimating whole tree biomass and merchantable biomass of harvested trees as well as total standing biomass of live timber for...

Prejudice, Pedagogy, and the Play: A Study of "The Merchant of Venice."

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Eiferman, Sharon

There is little critical agreement on the meaning of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." One must confront the mindset of the play that systematically dehumanizes, stereotypes, excoriates, and seeks the extermination of one group on the grounds that their existence is repugnant to the controlling majority. Such a mindset is the…

Calculation of releases of radioactive materials in gaseous effluents from nuclear-powered merchant ships (NMS-GEFF code)

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Cardile, F.P.; Bangart, R.L.; Collins, J.T.

1978-06-01

The Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization IMCO) is currently preparing guidelines concerning the safety of nuclear-powered merchant ships. An important aspect of these guidelines is the determination of the releases of radioactive material in effluents from these ships and the control exercised by the ships over these releases. To provide a method for the determination of these releases, the NRC staff has developed a computerized model, the NMS-GEFF Code, which is described in the following chapters. The NMS-GEFF Code calculates releases of radioactive material in gaseous effluents for nuclear-powered merchant ships using pressurized water reactors

Strategic Mobility and the Decline of the United States Merchant Marine

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1989-05-01

percent of the dry cargo and 99 percent. of the petroleum, ii oils , and lubricants (POL) used in the war. (5/8) Mobil ity planners expect this heavy...sh a prudertt, bla] fwr’t. be twcen DOD orgati,: sealift anid US merchant marine sealift. . b-o , Ilxi) organ i: :t1h i ., i t -- essentil 14 cc fix;d

31 CFR 103.123 - Customer identification programs for futures commission merchants and introducing brokers.

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2010-07-01

... TRANSACTIONS Anti-Money Laundering Programs Anti-Money Laundering Programs § 103.123 Customer identification... each futures commission merchant's and introducing broker's anti-money laundering compliance program... money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and...

Shakespeare and Christianity—Studies in the Merchant of Venice

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黄琼英

2016-01-01

Christianity, by far the most influential religion in the west, touches every phase of man's life so much so that it has shaped the western civilization more decisively and become the blood of western culture. William Shakespeare is the greatest hu-manist, but he is also a Christian rooted in western culture, so it is observed that Shakespeare's thinking pattern and writing were influenced by Christianity. The paper, taking the Merchant of Venice as an example, analyzed Biblical references in Shake-speare's thinking pattern, Christianity and Shakespeare's idealistic character.

Shylock’s Speech in The Merchant of Venice: Critical Discourse Analysis

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Hamada Dawood

2014-12-01

Full Text Available This paper aims to examine, reveal and analyse Shylock's speech in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, by connecting his words to the power, identity, and ideology in the play. The purposes of this study are to examine the effects of linguistic manipulation on power, to link language with the structure of a society, and to find the impact of a combination of different ideologies on each other. Hence, this descriptive qualitative study explores the literature to answer the aforementioned questions. What is found in this paper is that Shylock, the Jew, lacks power, Jewish ideology and Jewish identity, but when he tries to find these aspects, he fails to gain any of them. The reasons behind Shylock's failure in obtaining "the self" can be attributed to his brutal character. His insistence on the literal implementation of the bond leads to his destruction. He neglects the fact that those charged with power are able to edit the language of "his bond" the way they like. To conclude, language is one of the most influencing factors aiding in imposing power, destroying "unwanted" identities, and appropriating others' ideology by the "upper hands" in any society. Keywords: The Merchant of Venice Shylock's Speech, Critical Discourse Analysis.

77 FR 67865 - Enhancing Protections Afforded Customers and Customer Funds Held by Futures Commission Merchants...

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... Parts 1, 3, 22 et al. Enhancing Protections Afforded Customers and Customer Funds Held by Futures... Customers and Customer Funds Held by Futures Commission Merchants and Derivatives Clearing Organizations... amend existing regulations to require enhanced customer protections, risk management programs, internal...

Merchants and marvels commerce, science, and art in early modern Europe

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Smith, Pamela

2013-01-01

The beginning of global commerce in the early modern period had an enormous impact on European culture, changing the very way people perceived the world around them. Merchants and Marvels assembles essays by leading scholars of cultural history, art history, and the history of science and technology to show how ideas about the representation of nature, in both art and science, underwent a profound transformation between the age of the Renaissance and the early 1700s.

Understanding "The Merchant of Venice": A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents.

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Halio, Jay L.

"The Merchant of Venice," even in its own time, was considered William Shakespeare's most controversial play. Now, one of the most popular read and performed works, the play raises even more important issues for today, particularly anti-Semitism and the treatment of Jews. The analysis of the play in this casebook helps students interpret…

Safe manning of merchant ships: an approach and computer tool

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Alapetite, Alexandre; Kozin, Igor

2017-01-01

In the shipping industry, staffing expenses have become a vital competition parameter. In this paper, an approach and a software tool are presented to support decisions on the staffing of merchant ships. The tool is implemented in the form of a Web user interface that makes use of discrete......-event simulation and allows estimation of the workload and of whether different scenarios are successfully performed taking account of the number of crewmembers, watch schedules, distribution of competencies, and others. The software library ‘SimManning’ at the core of the project is provided as open source...

Reconsidering the European regulation of merchant transmission investment in light of the third energy package: The role of dominant generators

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Hauteclocque, Adrien de; Rious, Vincent

2011-01-01

The regulation of merchant transmission investment (MTI) has become an important issue in the EU electricity sector, subsequent to the granting of authorizations by European authorities to five merchant projects: BritNed, Estlink, the East West Cables, NorGer and recently a merchant line connecting Italy and Austria. The creation of a new Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) at the EU level, which has decision-making powers on MTI, therefore presents a unique opportunity to question and re-design the current European policy. This paper shows that the recent decisions concerning MTI may suffer a strong bias against dominant electricity generators while incumbent Transmission System Operators (TSOs) or new entrant TSOs are generally favored by national regulators and the European Commission (EC). This strategy is misguided as it fails to recognize both the new incentives of generators to develop MTI and the conflict of interest between the regulated and non-regulated activities of incumbent TSOs. Letting dominant generators undertake MTI is indeed generally beneficial as long as potential abuses of dominance are mitigated. To deter possible anti-competitive effects, we propose a new and feasible allocation of regulatory powers based on a clear demarcation between the market monitoring powers of ACER and the antitrust powers of the EC. - Highlights: → We compare TSOs and generators as merchant transmission investors in Europe. → We find a bias among regulators against the involvement of generators. → The conflict of interest with the regulated activities of TSOs is under-estimated. → Investment by generators is preferable provided market manipulation is deterred. → We propose a new allocation of regulatory powers to make it possible.

75 FR 70152 - Implementation of Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures by Futures Commission Merchants...

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... proposed regulations establish conflicts of interest requirements for futures commission merchants (FCMs... comments, identified by RIN number 3038-AC96 and FCM-IB Conflicts of Interest, by any of the following... rulemaking relates to the conflicts of interest provisions set forth in section 732 of the Dodd-Frank Act. In...

Cross sectional study of low back pain among merchant seafarers at a medical centre in Singapore

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Nair, Ravindran; Jensen, Olaf Chresten; Gómez Muñiz, Fernando

2011-01-01

Background: Low back pain [LBP] either acute or chronic is the most common musculoskeletal complaint seen in a clinic. Majority of them are involved with manual handling of heavy objects. Objectives: To explore prevalence characteristics of low back pain syndrome among seafarers from merchant shi...

78 FR 17917 - Medical Waivers for Merchant Mariner Credential Applicants With a History of Seizure Disorders

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... be considered for a waiver. (1) Mariners with a history of epilepsy or seizure disorder may be... Waivers for Merchant Mariner Credential Applicants With a History of Seizure Disorders AGENCY: Coast Guard... of seizure disorders. Coast Guard regulations provide that convulsive disorders (also known as...

Strategic investment in merchant transmission: The impact of capacity utilization rules

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Boffa, Federico; Pingali, Viswanath; Sala, Francesca

2015-01-01

In this paper we look at the relative merits of two capacity utilization regimes in the merchant electricity transmission network: Must offer (Mo) where the entire capacity installed has to be made available for transmission and Non Must Offer (NMo) where some capacity could be withheld. We look at two specific cases: (i) demand for transmission varies across time, and (ii) vertical integration is allowed between investors in transmission network and electricity generators. In the case of time-varying demand under Mo, we find that a monopolist may underinvest in transmission when compared to NMo, although NMo may lead to more capacity withholding. In the case of vertical integration, we find that when the market power is with the generators of the exporting node, without vertical integration no welfare-enhancing merchant investment would occur, neither under Mo nor NMo. Further, if the generators in the importing node have market power, in case vertical integration is allowed, Mo is better than NMo. Finally, we also argue that the incentive to collude among various transmission network investors is mitigated with Mo in place. -- Highlights: •We model merits of Must offer (Mo) versus non-Must offer (NMo) regimes. •With fluctuating demand, NMo in general may generate more investment in capacity. •At the same time it may reduce capacity utilization. •With market power in the inefficient generating node, Mo is welfare-enhancing. •Collusion is mitigated with 'must offer' regime in place

Shield design development of nuclear propulsion merchant ship

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Tanaka, Yoshihisa

1975-01-01

Shielding design both in Japan and abroad for nuclear propulsion merchant ships is explained, with emphasis on the various technological problems having occurred in the shield design for one-body type and separate type LWRs as conceptual design. The following matters are described: the peculiarities of the design as compared with the case of land-based nuclear reactors, problems in the design standards of shielding, the present status and development of the design methods, and the instances of the design; thereby, the trends of shielding design are disclosed. The following matters are pointed out: Importance of the optimum design, of shielding, significance of radiation streaming through large voids, activation of the secondary water in built-in type steam generators, and the need of the guides for shield design. (Mori, K.)

Interpretive analysis of the textual codes in the Parrot and Merchant story

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Zohreh Najafi

2016-06-01

Full Text Available Abstract Narratology is a brunch of semiology which considers any kind of narrative, literary or non literary, verbal or visual, story or non story and after this specifies the plot. One of the most important subjects in narratology is the interpretation of textual cods which based on can be understood a lot of hidden meanings. Molavi expresses a lot of mystic points in Mathnavi in narrative form which some of his ideas can be realized in the first study but these ideas aren’t all of subjects which he wants to say and a complex of different meaning is hidden in any narrative which can be revealed by consideration of cods.     In terminology of semiology, code is a special situation in historical process of all of indexes and signs which specified for synchronized analyze. In review of literary texts textual cods are more important. Textual cods are the cods which their ambit is more extended than few special text and links these texts to each other in an interpretational form. Aesthetic cods are a group of textual cods which are used in different arts like: poem, painting, theater, music and so on.       The style of expression of aesthetic cods is the same style of art and literature. In the review of Mathnavi's narratives paying attention to narrative cods and using them can be considered as paralinguistic signs. Narrative cods contain interpretational form which used by authors and commentators of texts. In the story of parrot and merchant the textual cods are as follows:   - Parrot: in this story parrot is a symbolic code which shows all of human soul's features.   - Merchant: in this story merchant act as a cultural code which indicates rich who always are solicitous about their finance and are unaware of spiritual world.    - India: in this story India as a signifier code indicates spiritual world. Hermeneutic cods   Molana uses codes which act as turning point and addressed can understand hidden meanings which haven�

Casualty data analysis of the world merchant fleet for reported fire and explosion incidents resulting in marine pollution

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1995-02-01

World wide merchant vessel fire and explosion data were analyzed to determine the contribution of these casualties to the marine pollution problem. The source of information is the Lloyd's Casualty Information System Data Base. The major findings of ...

Alexander Claver, Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java. Colonial Relationships in Trade and Finance, 1800-1942

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Kwee Hui Kian

2015-09-01

Full Text Available Alexander Claver, Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java. Colonial Relationships in Trade and Finance, 1800-1942 (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 291; Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2014, xxiv + 442 pp., ISBN 978 90 04 25657 6.

Teaching Jessica: race, religion, and gender in The Merchant of Venice

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Sicher Efraim

2016-09-01

Full Text Available The Jew’s “fair daughter” in Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice converts and marries a Christian, Lorenzo. Recent attention, however, to changing ideas of race and identity in the early modern period has brought into question the divisions of Christian/Jew/Moor. Can Jessica convert and no longer be considered the Jew’s daughter? As “gentle” and “fair” is she to be considered gentile and in no way dark (spiritually or racially? Jessica’s conversion has apparently little religious meaning, but rather she is saved from the Jew her father by marriage to Lorenzo, who becomes Shylock’s heir. Is Jessica’s conversion to be considered a matter of convenience that might, as Launcelot quips, raise the price of hogs, or is it also to be counted as an ideological and racial conversion that reveals underlying anxieties about gender, sexuality, and religious identity? This essay attempts to argue against the grain of the performance history of The Merchant History, which often downplays the role of Jessica or revises the text of the play, and returns to the text in order to contextualize the conversion of Jessica in contemporary discourses of gender, race, and religion in England’s expansionist colonialism and proto-capitalist commerce. The conversion of Jessica can be seen in that context as an exchange of monetary and ethical value, in which women’s sexuality also had a price-tag. These questions have implications for the teaching of the play and for the understanding of its concerns with unstable sexual, religious, and national identities.

Occupational accidents in the Danish merchant fleet and the nationality of seafarers

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Ádám, Balázs; Rasmussen, Hanna Barbara; Nørgaard Fløe Pedersen, Randi

2014-01-01

notified occupational accidents were collected from notifications sent to the Danish Maritime Authority and from records of contact with Danish Radio Medical. Events were matched by personal identification and accident data to create a unified database. Stratified cumulative time spent on board...... was found especially high, while eye injuries seem to be more frequent among South East Asian workers. Conclusions: The study identified substantial differences between nationalities in the rate of various accidents reported from merchant ships sailing under the Danish flag. The differences may...

17 CFR 17.00 - Information to be furnished by futures commission merchants, clearing members and foreign brokers.

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2010-04-01

... merchants, clearing members and foreign brokers. (a) Special accounts—reportable futures and options... quantity of exchanges of futures for commodities or for derivatives positions and the number of delivery... be used to report three types of data: long and short futures and options positions, futures delivery...

Surveillance of maritime deaths on board Danish merchant ships, 1986-2009.

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Borch, Daniel F; Hansen, Henrik L; Burr, Hermann; Jepsen, Jørgen R

2012-01-01

A previous study demonstrated a high death rate among seafarers signed on Danish ships during the years 1986-1993. This study aimed to examine and analyse the subsequent development until 2009. A total of 356 fatalities were identified from data supplied from the Danish Maritime Authority, an insurance company, and other sources. Maritime deaths among seafarers signed on Danish ships comprise deaths from 1) accidents, suicides and homicides; and 2) disease on board. Deaths due to 2) occurring ashore within 30 days after signing off were included. The overall and mode-specific death rates were calculated for three eight-year observation periods. The rates for work-related fatal accidents were compared with the rates for land-based trades. All categories of maritime deaths were significantly reduced from 1986 to 2009 - in particular during the last eight-year period (Accidents 1986-1993: 66.6 per 100,000 person years, 2002-2009: 27.0 per 100,000 person years, diseases 49.5-26.1, suicides 14.4-7.8). In spite of the remarkable improvement since 1986, seafarers remain in 2002-2009 more than six times more likely to die from occupational accidents (including shipwrecks) than do workers ashore. The favourable trend of maritime deaths in the Danish merchant fleet may be due to 1) preventive measures - e.g. interventions relating to vessel safety, work environment, and improved medical care on board - and to 2) technological and organizational changes - e.g. newer and larger vessels in the Danish merchant fleet, changed composition of the workforce, and reduced shore leaves. The persisting excess risk warrants further preventive actions.

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Aplikasi Event Management Pada Acara Road to GO-FOOD Culinary Festival and GOFOOD Culinary Festival with 50 Best Merchants Sebagai Project Leader Dan Program Manager

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Gamaliel Sihombing, Yeremi; Pradekso, Tandiyo

2017-01-01

GO-JEK, a technology based on-demand service provider is a growing start-up that exist with the aim of providing solutions to our daily social issues. Let's take a look at GO-FOOD, a delivery order services powered by GO-JEK to ease people's effort in ordering their favourite food. In this case, GO-FOOD partnered with thousands of restaurants which then called as merchants. GO-FOOD Culinary Festival with 50 Best Merchants is a culinary festival held by GO-JEK to introduce the most popular 50 ...

Occupational accidents in the Danish merchant fleet and the nationality of seafarers.

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Adám, Balázs; Rasmussen, Hanna Barbara; Pedersen, Randi Nørgaard Fløe; Jepsen, Jørgen Riis

2014-01-01

The aim of the study was to examine occupational accidents reported from non-passenger merchant ships registered in the Danish International Ship Register in 2010-2012, with a focus on analysing nationality differences in the risk of getting injured in an accident. Data about notified occupational accidents were collected from notifications sent to the Danish Maritime Authority and from records of contact with Danish Radio Medical. Events were matched by personal identification and accident data to create a unified database. Stratified cumulative time spent on board by seafarers was used to calculate accident rates. Incidence rates of different nationalities were compared by Poisson regression. Western European seafarers had an overall accident rate of 17.5 per 100000 person-days, which proved to be significantly higher than that of Eastern European, South East Asian and Indian seaman (adjusted incidence rate ratio 0.53, 0.51 and 0.74, respectively), although differences decreased over the investigated period. Smaller but in most cases still significant discrepancies were observed for serious injuries. The back injury rate of Western European employees was found especially high, while eye injuries seem to be more frequent among South East Asian workers. The study identified substantial differences between nationalities in the rate of various accidents reported from merchant ships sailing under the Danish flag. The differences may be attributed to various factors such as safety behaviour. Investigation of special injury types and characterisation of effective elements of safety culture can contribute to the improvement of workplace safety in the maritime sector.

Nuclear merchant ship propulsion. The present status in the UK

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Kinsey, R.P.

1976-01-01

The latest report of the Nuclear Ship Stearing Group which deals with three important aspects; economic assessments, international safety and operating procedures for nuclear ships, and the industrial capability of the UK shipbuilding and nuclear industries, is discussed. The integral design concept for a pressurised water reactor for use as a marine reactor is considered. The operational safety aspects of such reactors and of the attendant refuelling facilities are discussed. U.K. capability in the whole nuclear merchant ship propulsion project is considered; reference being made to the design and construction of small PWR reactors, the development, design and supply of the nuclear propulsion unit, financial aspects, and the requirement for cooperation between industrial interests and governmental research units. (U.K.)

Safety considerations in the use of ports and approaches by nuclear merchant ships

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1968-01-01

The purpose of this publication is to provide guidance to Governments and Port Authorities on the various procedures and precautionary measures that may be employed when nuclear merchant ships use ports and approaches. The problem is basically that of siting a nuclear reactor in a populated area, with the extra factor of mobility. Added to this is the fact that the safety standards of the nuclear ship may be those of a country other than that of the port of entry. Thus the problem must be solved in international agreements.

Trusteeship and Cooperation in the Flemish merchants community in Cadiz: The brotherhood of “San Andrés de los Flamencos” (17th-18th centuries

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Prof. Dr Ana Crespo Solana

2013-06-01

Full Text Available  This article presents information on the development, over the centuries, of a little known aspect of the communities of foreign Merchants who settled in Spanish cities during the Modern Age. Using previously unpublished documents, relating to the “Ilustre y Antigua Nación Flamenca” of Seville and Cádiz, the article aims to give a description of the charitable activities carried out by the colony of merchants in Seville and, especially, in Cádiz, who were natives of the Southern Low Countries and the Dutch Republic. This merchant community had assigned the administration of a “Patronato” to their brotherhood, which included the control of numerous items of furniture and properties of great value. The description of this religious and benevolent activity gives a no less interesting view, when compared with the purely economic one, of its importance on the integration of these communities into the Spanish society of the 17th and 18th centuries. This research has been made with historical documents from Spanish Archives (Cádiz, Madrid and Alcalá de Henares.

"I Could Teach You How to Choose Right": Using Holocaust Memoir to Teach Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice"

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Whaley, Annemarie Koning

2011-01-01

The article examines the problems of teaching William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" after the Holocaust, arguing that even though the play is anti-Semitic, it can become a valuable teaching tool when placed in the context of the Holocaust memoirs "Dry Tears" by Nechama Tec and "The Nazi Officer's Wife" by…

Environmental impact analysis of the Nuclear Merchant Ship Program-addendum. Special study

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1977-06-01

This study represents a qualitative extension of an earlier Environmental Impact Analysis of the Nuclear Merchant Ship Program (MarAd, 1975) using an Ultra Large Crude Carrier (ULCC) as the reference ship, to other types of ships including a containership, dry-bulk cargo vessel, and an icebreaking oil tanker. This qualitative analysis shows that, for ships operating into coastal ports (containerships and possibly dry-bulk carriers), both ecological and radiological impacts would be somewhat greater than for the reference ULCC docking at an offshore terminal. These impacts can be kept within the guidelines established for land based nuclear power plants by implementation of appropriate operating procedures

Integrated DNA and fingerprint analyses in the identification of 60-year-old mummified human remains discovered in an Alaskan glacier.

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Loreille, Odile M; Parr, Ryan L; McGregor, Kevin A; Fitzpatrick, Colleen M; Lyon, Chriss; Yang, Dongya Y; Speller, Camilla F; Grimm, Michael R; Grimm, Michael J; Irwin, Jodi A; Robinson, Edward M

2010-05-01

This report describes the identification of a merchant mariner who perished in 1948 when Northwest Airlines Flight 4422, a DC-4 carrying 24 seamen and six crew members crashed into Mount Sanford, Alaska. Fifty-one years later, a human forearm and hand were found close by the wreckage of the plane, prompting identification efforts using DNA and fingerprints. There were significant challenges to both the fingerprint and DNA analyses. The hand was badly desiccated, making fingerprint friction-ridge detail almost invisible and the remains had been embalmed upon discovery, making DNA amplification difficult. We present the results of an interdisciplinary approach that successfully addressed these challenges and ultimately led to the identification of the remains. These efforts relied on efficient fingerprint rejuvenation and imaging techniques that improved print resolution, as well as new DNA extraction techniques optimized for aggressively embalmed remains.

75 FR 12230 - Black Oak Energy, L.L.C., EPIC Merchant Energy, LP, SESCO Enterprises, LLC v. PJM Interconnection...

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... Energy, L.L.C., EPIC Merchant Energy, LP, SESCO Enterprises, LLC v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of Filing March 8, 2010. Take notice that on March 1, 2010, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. filed a..., Order Accepting Compliance filing issued in this proceeding, Black Oak Energy, L.L.C., et al. v. PJM...

Conclusions from collision examinations for nuclear merchant ships in the FRG

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Woisin, G.

1978-01-01

In Germany model tests have been performed for the utilization of a resisting type barrier instead of an energy absorbing type barrier, the latter used in nuclear merchant ships up to now only. After reviewing the model technique the results of nine tests with the new barrier are discussed. Calculations performed to the newly raised questions of the shock accelerations of the reactor plant and of possible overstressing of the hull are reported. The new design has many advantages with respect to safety and to the arrangement of a reactor plant in a ship too. Some questions partly remain unanswered at the moment concerning oblique collisions to the ends of the barrier and the possible effects of bulk cargo in holds close to the bow in striking ships of smaller size

Cruel Seas: World War 2 Merchant Marine-Related Nautical Fiction from the 1930s to Present

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Krummes, Daniel C

2015-01-01

Cruel Seas is an annotated bibliography of fiction in English that involves civilian steamships of the merchant marine in works set during World War Two (or slightly before).  While the subtitle states "1930s to Present," the last entry was added in 2008, and the work will not be updated.  The entries include novels, novellas, and short stories, but exclude poetry, theater plays, and fiction written for juveniles (unless the work can appeal to adults as well). Many of the works invol...

Navigating through torpedo attacks and enemy raiders: Merchant shipping and freight rates during World War I

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Klovland, Jan Tore

2017-01-01

During World War I ocean freight rates rose to extraordinary levels. Using a new monthly dataset it is shown that freight rates can be well explained by economic activity, commodity prices, war risk and world tonnage in the period 1912 to 1916. In the first two years of the war part of the British merchant eet was directly controlled by the Government but neutral shipping was basically free to operate as normal. In this period neutral shipping accounted for about one third of British impo...

Contraband, free ports, and British merchants in the Caribbean world, 1739-1772

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Nadine Hunt

2013-04-01

Full Text Available This article examines the evolution of contraband to legitimate trade in the eighteenth century Caribbean world during the War of Jenkins’ Ear and Seven Years’ War. It focuses on the informal networks of the British South Sea Company and the trade of informal actors. The article explores how British legislators shifted Jamaican and Dominican colonial economies away from contraband trade by opening free ports in 1766. The British Parliament passed the Free Port Act of Jamaica and Dominica following Danish and Dutch colonial efforts to crack down on contraband trade in the Caribbean world. This transition from contraband to legitimate trade enabled British merchants to engage in free trade by importing and exporting an assortment of commodities and enslaved people to and from Jamaica to other colonies in the Caribbean world.

Electronic countermeasures (ECM) and acoustic countermeasures (ACM) supported protection for merchant ships against SSM/ASM missiles and mines

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1989-01-01

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited The necessity for merchant ship self protection has become more and more obvious during recent years. This thesis will investigate the threat (missiles and mines) and associated counter-measures that might be installed to provide a reasonable degree of protection. The results indicate that it is possible to get protection against a sea-skimming missile with a combination of ECM and ESM deployed aboard the ship. For protection against the ...

Work environment and safety climate in the Swedish merchant fleet.

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Forsell, Karl; Eriksson, Helena; Järvholm, Bengt; Lundh, Monica; Andersson, Eva; Nilsson, Ralph

2017-02-01

To get knowledge of the work environment for seafarers sailing under the Swedish flag, in terms of safety climate, ergonomical, chemical and psychosocial exposures, and the seafarers self-rated health and work ability. A Web-based questionnaire was sent to all seafarers with a personal e-mail address in the Swedish Maritime Registry (N = 5608). Comparisons were made mainly within the study population, using Student's t test, prevalence odds ratios and logistic regressions with 95% confidence intervals. The response rate was 35% (N = 1972; 10% women, 90% men), with 61% of the respondents working on deck, 31% in the engine room and 7% in the catering/service department (1% not classifiable). Strain on neck, arm or back and heavy lifting were associated with female gender (p = 0.0001) and younger age (below or above 30 years of age, p harassment or bullying during last year of service. Noise, risk of accidents, hand/arm and whole-body vibrations and psychosocial factors such as harassment were commonly reported work environment problems among seafarers within the Swedish merchant fleet.

MATL : Canada's first merchant power transmission interconnection : experiences and future outlook

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Wilson, L.

2006-01-01

The current status of the Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. (MATL) merchant transmission project was outlined with reference to the business concept, the advantages of the project and market opportunities. Some of the challenges facing the project were discussed along with lessons learned and accomplishments thus far. MATL is preparing to construct a privately funded transmission line between Lethbridge, Alberta and Great Falls, Montana. The project represents the first direct power transmission inter-connection between Montana and Alberta. The 346 km, 230 kV AC transmission line with phase shifting transformer and 300 MW transfer capacity will be a synchronous interconnection and will improve the reliability of the entire electric systems in both Montana and Alberta. The benefits of the interconnected power system include increased reliability and stability of the existing power grids; better import/export capabilities; more competition and options in the marketplace; greater flexibility in scheduling generator maintenance; and, optimal allocation of generation resources. tabs., figs

Association between nationality and occupational injury risk on Danish non-passenger merchant ships

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Adam, B.

2013-01-01

BACKGROUND: Maritime occupational accidents can be determined by several factors, among which human characteristics play a crucial role. Worker's safety behaviour depends on individual physical and mental characteristics as well as on his/her social and cultural background. The aim of this study...... is to investigate the frequency of workplace injuries in the Danish merchant fleet in the period 2010-2012, and to characterise its nationality dependence. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Occupational injuries data reported from ships registered in the Danish International Ship Register to the Danish Maritime Authority were...... collected. Publicly available employment data were used to calculate the cumulative incidence rates for Danish, non-Danish European Union (EU) and non-EU employees working on non-passenger ships. Crude injury rates and rates adjusted for occupational status were statistically compared. RESULTS: The majority...

Sea Training at Maritime Academies Oversight. Hearings Before the Ad Hoc Select Subcommittee on Maritime Education and Training of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-Sixth Congress, Second Session on Sea Training of United States Merchant Marine Officers and Different Ways of Satisfying This Requirement at the Various Maritime Academies.

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Recorded are minutes of hearings before the House Ad Hoc Select Subcommittee on Maritime Education and Training regarding the sea training of United States Merchant Marine officers. Examined are various approaches to meeting the sea training requirement, especially the options of maritime academy training vessels, sailing on U.S.-flag merchant…

Merchants, Prices and Salaries in Sonora during the Late Colonial Period. Description of a Captive Trade Circuit

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José Refugio de la Torre Curiel

2008-10-01

Full Text Available This paper offers a critical view on the existence of regional markets and the New Spain market,  based on the analysis of the presence, in the state of Sonora, of different forms of participation in the deals that depended on, and nurtured, the local trade circuits. Sonoran economies are shown to have been part of a captive trade net managed at a distance from the center of New Spain by Mexico City merchants, and locally manipulated by several middlemen who transferred the system's operational costs to the final consumers through mechanisms such as salaries in kind and compulsory indebtedness.

New products from the power merchant to customer with time measurements and load management

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Solem, Gerd; Doorman, Gerard; Grande, Ove S.

2003-01-01

The main aim is to develop products from the power merchants that improve the consumer flexibility. For the development of the products the basis is that the consumption is measured by hours and that a connection to a load management scheme is present. Calculations for four products are made where the risk exposure is different for the customer and the supplier. The four products are ''Spot price with mark-up'', ''The combination of constant price and spot price'', ''Constant price with disconnection'' and ''Effect subscription''. The customers are exposed to the spot price in the first two products and may through disconnection reduce the costs by adapting to the market signals. Remote disconnection of parts of the consumption may be offered as a service jointly by the network companies and the power suppliers through a two-way communication but it is not realistic that the customers may pay much for this. ''Spot price with mark-up'' implies that the customer carries the entire risk while constant price may place considerable risk at the power supplier by long high consumption combined with high spot prices. '' Constant price with disconnection'' gives the power supplier the possibilities of reducing the risks. A disconnection possibility that is committing to the customers may be part of the product specification. The customers may be offered a discount calculated out from the costs for alternative price securing. Also '' Effect subscription'' reduces the merchant risks considerably at the disconnection of the consumption. The ''combined product of constant and spot price'' may be interesting from the supplier's viewpoint due to considerable risk reductions compared to solely using the constant price. The product gives the customers a guaranteed price for a part of the product and has an additional possibility of adapting the consumption to the market signals. The network company routines for handling of the hour values are a large challenge. It is important to

Elzevirian Republics, wise merchants, and new perspectives on Spain and Portugal in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic

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Sina Rauschenbach

2013-05-01

Full Text Available Between 1625 and 1649, the Leiden publishing house Elzevir issued a series of thirty-five descriptions of all European, a selection of non-European, and three ancient states, that became known as the ‘Elzevirian Republics’. This essay focuses on two of these ‘Republics’, Johannes de Laet’s descriptions of Spain and Portugal. I argue that these books convey an attitude towards geopolitics that is best understood in the light of Caspar Barlaeus’s ideal of the ‘wise merchant’ (mercator sapiens and the historical regent-merchant culture in seventeenth-century Amsterdam. The essay draws on recent scholarship in the history of knowledge, commerce, and the pre-history of objectivity.

United States Merchant Marine Academy: Internal Control Weaknesses Resulted in Improper Sources and Uses of Funds; Some Corrective Actions Are Under Way. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-09-635

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Franzel, Jeanette M.

2009-01-01

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Academy), a component of the Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD), is one of five U.S. service academies. The Academy is affiliated with 14 nonappropriated fund instrumentalities (NAFI) and two foundations. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to determine whether…

High prevalence of Legionella in non-passenger merchant vessels.

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Collins, S L; Stevenson, D; Mentasti, M; Shaw, A; Johnson, A; Crossley, L; Willis, C

2017-03-01

There is a paucity of information on the risk from potable water in non-passenger merchant vessels (NPMVs) particularly with regard to Legionella and other bacteria. This retrospective study examined water samples from 550 NPMVs docked in eight UK ports. A total of 1027 samples from 412 NPMVs were examined for total aerobic colony counts (ACC), coliforms, Escherichia coli and enterococci; 41% of samples yielded ACC above the action level (>1 × 103 c.f.u./ml) and 4·5% contained actionable levels (>1 c.f.u./100 ml) of faecal indicator bacteria. Eight hundred and three samples from 360 NPMVs were cultured specifically for Legionella and 58% of vessels proved positive for these organisms with 27% of samples showing levels greater than the UK upper action limit of 1 × 103 c.f.u./l. Cabin showers (49%) and hospital shower (45%) were frequently positive. A subset of 106 samples was analysed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction for Legionella and identified a further 11 Legionella-positive NPMVs, returning a negative predictive value of 100%. There was no correlation between NPMV age or size and any microbial parameters (P > 0·05). Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 was isolated from 46% of NPMVs and sequence-based typing of 17 isolates revealed four sequence types (STs) previously associated with human disease. These data raise significant concerns regarding the management of microbial and Legionella risks on board NPMVs and suggest that better guidance and compliance are required to improve control.

Adapting Shakespeare – Converting Shylock in Michael Radford’s the Merchant of Venice

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Oakes Luke

2016-08-01

Full Text Available This article aims to explore the extension and evolution of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice through Michael Radford’s 2004 cinematic adaptation. By investigating the concept of adaptation and the significance of intertextuality, Shakespeare’s source text is considered alongside Radford’s twenty-first century recreation to reimagine and redefine the construction of Shylock as both a comic and tragic device utilized across film and play. Issues of racial and religious prejudices alongside anti- Semitic views were particularly prominent in Elizabethan England and, by concentrating on recontextualisation, this article looks to expose Shakespeare’s characterization as a reflective commentary concerning societal discriminations at the time of the play’s performance. By focusing primarily on Shakespeare’s Jewish Usurer, Radford is able to reconstruct and reestablish the dramatic devices and characters within the cinematic version, metaphorically converting Shylock from comic villain to tragic victim. Finally, it argues that this dynamic shift inevitably metamorphoses Shylock from a spectator’s perspective and provides Michael Radford with an opportunity to offer a social commentary on social inequality in the twenty-first century.

46 CFR 308.302 - Issuance of interim binder; terms and conditions.

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The Work of US Public Health Service Officers in Puerto Rico, 1898-1919.

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Rigau-Pérez, Jose G

2017-09-01

The history of the US Public Health Service (PHS) is usually presented in terms of diseases or discoveries; this article examines twenty years' activity in one location. When the United States invaded Puerto Rico in 1898, the Marine Hospital Service (now PHS) took responsibility for foreign quarantine, inspection of immigrants, and medical care for merchant seamen. Its officers evaluated the sanitary conditions of port cities, helped reorganize local disease surveillance and control, and investigated endemic diseases (e.g., hookworm-related anemia) and epidemics (e.g., bubonic plague). After World War I and pandemic influenza, and the greater self-government allowed Puerto Rico by Congress in 1917, PHS officers withdrew from routine local sanitary actions. A narrow geographic focus (Puerto Rico), to examine PHS activity over time (1898 to 1919) provides a richer picture of the agency's impact, and reveals how the sum of disease control activities affected the development of an area's health status and institutions. The duties and, importantly, the personal initiatives of PHS officers in Puerto Rico, such as WW King, produced lasting impact on scientific institutions and administrative, professional, and health care practices.

Event Management Application in Go-food Culinary Festival with 50 Best Merchants and Road to Go-food Culinary Festival as a Tenant Manager and Sponsorship

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Syahida Istiqamah, Nazhara; Setyabudi, Djoko

2017-01-01

GO-FOOD, a service featured by go-jek to provide food delivery service. More than 500 restaurants have built partnerships with GO-FOOD Semarang. GO-JEK Semarang also wanted to held an event that was provided by GO-FOOD Semarang itself. GO-FOOD Culinary Festival with 50 best merchants, themed Journey to independence day tells us the Indonesian national history to set free from Colonialists. There was also an event named road to GO-FOOD Culinary Festival as the series of its event held on three...

War as social regeneration: Sombart from The Quintessence of Capitalism to Merchants and Heroes

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Fabio Degli Esposti

2015-03-01

Full Text Available The essay examines a particular stage of the life and scientific production of Werner Sombart: the years of the First World War. Most biographers of Sombart showed that the German scholar, during these years, remained essentially on the fringe of the debate that took place in Germany, as well in other countries taking part in the war, on the economic and social transformations induced by the conflict, and in particular, on the new role assumed by the State in directing the life of the economy and society. Published in 1915, Händler und Helden (Merchants and Heroes should be primarily considered as a work of propaganda. It is a vicious attack on Britain, seen as the country that had produced a petty and materialistic conception of existence. The topics chosen by Sombart for his polemic, however, summarize many aspects of his previous works on the origins and development of modern economics, and even anticipate some of his reflections – later developed in the second edition of Modern Capitalism or in works such as German socialism – on the future and the fate of capitalism.

Modelling merchantable volumes for uneven aged maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton stands establi-shed by natural regeneration in the central Portugal

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Cristina Alegria

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Uneven aged maritime pine stands established by natural regeneration have a great expression in Portugal. These stands being overstocked, as opposed to those established from plantations, provide straight and cylindrical tree boles and logs with less knots that makes them very suitable for certain industrial purposes. Therefore, the aim of this study was to fit a set of equations to predict total volume and merchantable volumes to any merchantable limit for uneven aged maritime pine stands established by natural regeneration in the central inland region of Portugal. Data were collected in 30 circular sampling plots of 500 m2 of area, on 1426 trees and 314 sample trees for volume assessment, corresponding to 2353 diameter/height mea-surements. A total height equation, a total volume equation, a volume ratio equation to any top height limit and a taper equation, over bark, were fitted. To select among the best models, several statistics were computed during model fitting and the independent validation procedure to evaluate model fitting, collinearity and prediction performances. A ranking index was used to support the final decision. The models selected were then fitted again using robust regression and weighted regression techniques, because studentized residuals distribution normality and homogeneity assumptions were not observed. This research showed that the models selected for these stands were not the same as those selected in previous studies for the species in this region, suggesting that these results may be due to the influence of stand density conditions on diameter and total height growth, and consequently, on stem form and volume. This set of equations will also be included as components in a single tree growth and yield model developed for these stands. 

GROTESQUE ENCOUNTERS: READING SHAKESPEARE’S THE MERCHANT OF VENICE ALONG THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SUBLIME, BEAUTIFUL AND GROTESQUE

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Kathrin Bartha

2015-12-01

Full Text Available This article is an attempt to apply the basic principles of the aesthetic discourse on the sublime, beautiful and grotesque to William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Even though it is a discourse that only begins in the course of the eighteenth century, I will argue that the structure of the play parallels the model of the traditional sublime, as it deals with a subject-object binary and meditates on the relationship between the material (body and the transcendental (mind. However, the play is also rich in disruptive — or grotesque — forces that unsettle this binary structure. The parallels between the play and the aesthetic discourse could not only help our understanding of postmodern criticism and rewriting of the sublime, but the sublime can also, in turn, shed light on the reception of the play.

How to make a graceful exit from the merchant function

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Holder, J.

1998-01-01

The impact that deregulation and convergence has had on local distribution companies (LDCs) was discussed. LDCs are getting out of a whole range of business activities, or are turning some of them into new entities while transferring others to affiliates. At the other end of the spectrum, Consumers Gas, Canada's largest LDC, has moved from a gas distribution and an oil pipeline company to becoming a total energy provider. The changes at Consumers Gas began with the Halloween agreement which was based on the following four basic principles: (1) better access for Canadian buyers to gas supply, (2) better access for Canadian producers to gas markets, (3) protection for Canadian consumers for reasonable, foreseeable gas requirements, and (4) a commitment to create a competitive natural gas market in Canada. At the same time, several small niche market players have entered the retail market to compete with large producers such as Sunoco and Shell. Ontario also saw the arrival of large marketers such as Enron, and the development of an active direct purchase market. Today, 65 per cent of the volume of natural gas transport is on behalf of direct purchase customers. The next phase of deregulation was also looked at, focusing primarily on the growing problems with the current regulated local distribution companies' gas supply options and the resulting price volatility and uncertainty due to an increase of direct purchase activity. Various possible ways to resolve this problem are explored, including exiting the merchant function, i.e. to change from an obligation to supply gas to an obligation to deliver gas, all the while ensuring that the consumer is protected. Other problems, such as convergence, unbundling and rebundling will also have to be dealt with in the next phase of deregulation

The Reference of Commercial Ethics of Shanxi Merchants for Vocational Education%晋商商业伦理道德对现代职业教育的启示

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李光; 姚玉秀

2016-01-01

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties,Shanxi merchants leaped to first place in the top ten business bands with their sharp minds.In the process of business,they showed diligence,dedication, integrity and other great spirit.Then they formed a specific commercial ethics system,and on this basis they built a world renowened business empire successfully.In the modern vocational education, commercial ethics of Shanxi merchants can be used for enlightenment reference to cultivate a new generation of professional technical talents with good professional ethics,honesty and trustworthiness, diligent and thrifty,dedication and innovation.%明清时期，晋商成为中国十大商帮之首。他们在从商过程中表现出来的勤奋、敬业、诚信等精神，形成一套晋商独有的商业伦理道德体系。在现代职业教育中，晋商商业伦理道德对于培养具有良好职业道德、诚实守信、克勤克俭、爱岗敬业、勇于创新的新一代职业技术人才具有重要的启示和借鉴意义。

46 CFR 308.300 - Insured amount-application.

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46 CFR 308.303 - Amounts insured under interim binder.

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Trade of engravings and books between Rome and Spain at the end of the 16th century: the case of the Italian merchant Antonio Pisano

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María Josefa Tarifa Castilla

2017-03-01

Full Text Available This study reveals the arrival of prints and books to the North of Spain acquired by the Italian merchant Antonio Pisano in Rome during a trip of 1582-1583. The voyage was financed thanks to the temporary commercial company established between Pisano and the Genoese Juan Luis de Musante, royal master-builder to Felipe II in Navarre, and both residents in Pamplona. The works include engravings of sacred and profane themes by the most important engravers of the epoch, such as the Dutch Cornelis Cort and the Mantuans Adamo and Diana Ghisi, in addition to books of figures, some by outstanding artists such as Michelangelo or Polidoro da Caravaggio.

Hearings before the Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Education and Training of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Ninety-Third Congress; Second Session on Officer Requirements, and Session on Maritime Education Regarding Safety at Sea. Serial No. 93-44.

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

The publication consists of Congressional hearings before the Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Education and Training: (1) June 26, 1974 hearing pertaining to officer requirements and (2) November 19, 1974 hearing on maritime education regarding safety at sea. Estimated cost per graduate for the U. S. Merchant Marine 1973 class was $31,100. Supply and…

Maritime Education and Training Miscellaneous. Hearings Before the Ad Hoc Select Subcommittee on Maritime Education and Training of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. House of Representatives, Ninety-Sixth Congress (December 6, 11, 1979, February 25, April 28, 1980).

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

The three days of House subcommittee hearings reported in this transcript deal with the proposed Maritime Education and Training Act, H.R. 5451 and the Maritime Education and Training Elements of Maritime Appropriations Authorization Act--H.R. 6554. The primary goal of the legislation is to provide for the supply of merchant marine officers from…

On Shanxi Merchants Economic and Ethical Thought and Their Modern Value%浅议晋商经济伦理思想及其现代价值

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潘静

2012-01-01

Shanxi merchants have played an important role in the business filed for over 500 years.As a special business community,the thought of economic ethics they have adhered to in their management is of positive realistic significance and great value for reference under the conditions of today＇s socialist market economy.%晋商纵横商界五百年,作为一个特殊的商业群体,他们在经营活动中所秉承的经济伦理思想,在当今的社会主义市场经济条件下,具有积极的现实意义和借鉴价值。

PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM PEMEGANG KARTU KREDIT SEBAGAI NASABAH BANK BERDASARKAN PERJANJIAN MERCHANT

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Sunarjo Sunarjo

2017-10-01

adalah dengan cara menjadikan kepentingan yang perlu dilindungi tersebut ke dalam sebuah hak hukum. Pada hubungan hukum berupa pembayaran transaksi bisnis dengan kartu kredit, melibatkan tiga pihak, yaitu issuing bank (bank yang mengeluarkan kartu, card holder (pemegang kartu dan merchant (tempat-tempat yang mau menerima pembayaran dengan kartu kredit. Antara ketiga pihak tersebut mempunyai hubungan hukum yang berbeda. Para pihak tersebut terutama pemegang kartu kredit harus dilindungi secara hukum sehingga tidak mengalami kerugian ketika bertransaksi dan melakukan pembayaran dengan kartu kredit.

A Cost Benefit Analysis Approach to Identify Improvements in Merchant Navy Deck Officers’ HELM (Human Element Leadership and Management Training

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Farhan Saeed

2016-12-01

Full Text Available A review of maritime accidents conducted over the last decade confirms that human error is the main contributing factor in these incidents. Well-developed Non-Technical Skills (NTS can reduce the effects of human error. NTS include both interpersonal and cognitive skills such as situation awareness, teamwork, decision-making, leadership, managerial skills, communication and language skills. In a crisis situation good NTS allow a deck officer to recognise the problem quickly, take action to manage the situation, and utilise the available team members safely and effectively. This paper identifies the importance of NTS training for merchant navy deck officers. It also highlights room for improvement in the existing HELM training. Research has shown that at present the structure of HELM training is not very effective. The other safety critical domains’ efforts into NTS developments are investigated and examples of best practice are adapted into the maritime domain’s NTS training. Suggestions are given for improvements to the HELM course based on proven successful methods in other safety critical domains (aviation and anaesthesia. A subsequent Cost Benefit Analysis for improving deck officers’ NTS is also carried out through the use of Bayesian Networks and Decision Tree Modelling.

The Evolution Of ‘Malay’ Labour Activism, 1870-1947: protest among pearling crews in Dutch East Indies-Australian waters

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Martinez, Julia

2009-01-01

The history of Indonesian labour activism as seen from an Australian perspective is best known in the context of World War Two when the presence of Asian seamen in Australia sparked a flourish of internationalism and anticolonial protest under the umbrella organization of the Seamen's Union of Australia. But the story of Malay maritime worker protest has a deeper history, reaching back to the early years of the pearl-shelling and trepang industries when Malay workers from the Dutch East Indie...

论《威尼斯商人》的狂欢化色彩%On the Carnivalistic Color of the Merchant of Venice

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刘瑞霞; 冯克明

2016-01-01

《威尼斯商人》是莎士比亚的四大喜剧之一。戏剧中的题材、语言、人物形象和场景都充满了狂欢化色彩。探析人物戏剧活动的狂欢式场景，揭示《威尼斯商人》中颠覆与重建的主题，可以管窥作者的人文主义世界观和人生观，以及对自由、平等、仁爱的狂欢式世界的向往。%The Merchant of Venice is one of the four comedies written by William Shakespeare. The theme, language, characters and the settings of the play are all full of carnivalization. To explore and analyze the carnivalistic settings of the play, and reveal the theme of subversion and reconstruction, we can find author’ s humanistic world view and view of life, as well as his aspiration for carni-valistic world of freedom, equality and kindheartedness.

Working conditions in the engine department - A qualitative study among engine room personnel on board Swedish merchant ships.

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Lundh, Monica; Lützhöft, Margareta; Rydstedt, Leif; Dahlman, Joakim

2011-01-01

The specific problems associated with the work on board within the merchant fleet are well known and have over the years been a topic of discussion. The work conditions in the engine room (ER) are demanding due to, e.g. the thermal climate, noise and awkward working postures. The work in the engine control room (ECR) has over recent years undergone major changes, mainly due to the introduction of computers on board. In order to capture the impact these changes had implied, and also to investigate how the work situation has developed, a total of 20 engine officers and engine ratings were interviewed. The interviews were semi-structured and Grounded Theory was used for the data analysis. The aim of the present study was to describe how the engine crew perceive their work situation and working environment on board. Further, the aim was to identify areas for improvements which the engine crew consider especially important for a safe and effective work environment. The result of the study shows that the design of the ECR and ER is crucial for how different tasks are performed. Design which does not support operational procedures and how tasks are performed risk inducing inappropriate behaviour as the crew members' are compelled to find alternative ways to perform their tasks in order to get the job done. These types of behaviour can induce an increased risk of exposure to hazardous substances and the engine crew members becoming injured. Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd and The Ergonomics Society. All rights reserved.

The chopped firewood trade in Finland

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Seppaenen, A.; Kaerhae, K.

2003-01-01

The TTS Institute studied the operations of chopped firewood merchants and described the cost structure of commercial chopped firewood production. The research material was collected via postal questionnaire in 2002 after being sent to those firewood merchants assumed to be selling chopped firewood. Acceptable responses were received from 244 firewood merchants. In addition, ten firewood merchants were interviewed. In 2001, the firewood merchants sold an average of 151 m 3 of chopped firewood. Half of the firewood merchants sold less than 51 m 3 of chopped firewood. The main source of income for the majority of chopped firewood merchants was agriculture and forestry. If approximately 300,000 m 3 of chopped firewood is sold annually, according to the research there are about 2,000 chopped firewood merchants in Finland. However, only a very few entrepreneurs get their main income from the chopped firewood trade. The majority of raw material for chopped firewood came from the merchant's own forest. Birch was the most commonly used species. 54% of the chopped firewood was made from pulpwood, 19% from pole size trees and 18% from split firewood. The drying methods for chopped firewood were most often natural drying outside in covered stocks or cages, natural drying in stacks or natural drying of mechanically debarked or debarked timber in stacks. Less than a tenth of the merchants dried their chopped, firewood using artificial cold air-drying. The share of packaged chopped firewood was 14% i.e. approximately 42,000 m 3 . Chopped firewood was packed mostly into small packages (about 10 kg). The chopped firewood trade is a local business: the average transport distance from the merchant's store to the customer was 25 km. The chopped firewood merchants delivered 73% of lie chopped firewood themselves. An agricultural tractor and a trailer were the most common transport method. The most important customer group is detached houses. The average production costs amongst the

Regulations for the protection of ships-crew from ionizing radiation hazards

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1978-01-01

These provisions are established on the basis of the ''Law on seamen''. The Regulation covers matters, such as general rule, control area, limit of exposure dose, measurement of exposure dose, prevention of exposure to external radiation, prevention of contamination due to radioactive materials, measures to accidents, health control and matters to be observed by seamen. Ionizing radiation includes particle beam or electromagnetic waves, such as alpharay, deuteron beam, proton beam, betaray, electron beam, neutron beam, gamma ray and X-ray. The owners of ships on which radiation works are carried out shall indicate with marks the areas where the dose due to external radiation or radioactive materials in the air may exceed 30 millirem a week. Such owners shall measure the dose rate of external radiation in the control areas and the concentration of radioactive materials in the air with measuring instruments once a month, and keep the records of such measurements for five years. The limit of exposure dose for the persons engaging in radiation works is a value calculated by the formula D = 5 (N-18), in which D means the limit of cumulative dose, and N the age of the seaman concerned. The exposure doses of the persons engaging in radiation works the persons having access to the control area at any time and the seamen engaging in the urgent works shall be limited to the specified values. Seamen shall take refuge immediately from the areas which may be subjected to remarkable radiation or contaminated by radioactive materials in case of the accidents specified. (Okada, K.)

Total Stem and Merchantable Volume Equations of Norway Spruce (Picea abies (L. Karst. Growing on Former Farmland in Sweden

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Tord Johansson

2014-08-01

Full Text Available An equation was constructed to estimate the stem volume of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L. Karst. in 145 stands growing on former farmland in Sweden (Latitude 56–63° N. The mean total age was 40 ± 13 (range 17–91 years, the mean diameter at breast height (ob was 15 ± 4 (range 5–27 cm and the mean density was 1621 ± 902 (range 100–7600 stems ha−1. The equation which fits the data best used the diameter at breast height and total stem height as predictive variables. Merchantable volume equations for the estimation of commercial volume for any top diameter and bole length were developed. Soil types in the stands were sediments (coarse sand, fine sand and silt and heavy, medium and light clay, tills (sandy, fine sandy and silty and peat. The standing volume was calculated; the mean was 253 ± 103 (range 26–507 m3 ha−1 with a MAI (mean annual increment of 6.9±3.5 (range 1.3–16.7 m3 ha−1 year−1. There were statistically significant differences between MAI and coarse sand, sand and silt, light clay, peat and silty till soils. Spruce stands growing on silty tills had the lowest MAI (4.94 ± 2.27 m3 ha−1 year−1 and light clay, fine sand and silt and peat the highest (7.62 ± 4.24, 7.46 ± 3.33 and 8.67 ± 2.83 m3 ha−1 year−1.

Kekuatan Menentukan Dalam Perkembangan Islam di Sulawesi Selatan (Studi Abad XVI-XVII

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Aminuddin Raja

2011-12-01

Full Text Available The histoy of Islamic spreading in South Sulawesi in 16-17 th century was determined by four factors, namely ; king, merchant, culture and ulama (preachers. From the four aspects, king was the dominant factor to influence the others. However, social communications resulted by moslem merchants also brought about the mutual understanding, so they (merchants together with the religion (Islam they were bringing were not considered strage by local community. The educated and enlightened merchants could muchly influence the social psychology that make people interested in adhering Islam as their religion.

Violent video games and the Supreme Court: lessons for the scientific community in the wake of Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association.

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Ferguson, Christopher J

2013-01-01

In June 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that video games enjoy full free speech protections and that the regulation of violent game sales to minors is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court also referred to psychological research on violent video games as "unpersuasive" and noted that such research contains many methodological flaws. Recent reviews in many scholarly journals have come to similar conclusions, although much debate continues. Given past statements by the American Psychological Association linking video game and media violence with aggression, the Supreme Court ruling, particularly its critique of the science, is likely to be shocking and disappointing to some psychologists. One possible outcome is that the psychological community may increase the conclusiveness of their statements linking violent games to harm as a form of defensive reaction. However, in this article the author argues that the psychological community would be better served by reflecting on this research and considering whether the scientific process failed by permitting and even encouraging statements about video game violence that exceeded the data or ignored conflicting data. Although it is likely that debates on this issue will continue, a move toward caution and conservatism as well as increased dialogue between scholars on opposing sides of this debate will be necessary to restore scientific credibility. The current article reviews the involvement of the psychological science community in the Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association case and suggests that it might learn from some of the errors in this case for the future. (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved.

Potensi Kayu Perkakas dan Kayu Bakar Jenis Jati (Tectona grandis di Hutan Rakyat Desa Natah, Gunung Kidul

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Ris Hadi Purwanto

2009-07-01

Full Text Available Potentials  of Merchantable Timber and Firewod of Teak (Tectona grandis in Natah Village Community Forest , Gunungkidul The potential of merchantable timber and firewod of teak (Tectona grandis in Desa Natah community forest was estimated by developing allometric equations method. To establish the allometric equation 350 sample trees were measured to determine the relationships between tree height (H and diameter breast height (D. Thirty trees of various sizes were cut to measure the merchantable timber and firewood volume. The raw merchantable timber volume of teak in the community forest was defined as the ligneous material contained in the bole and branches which both with a diameter of at least 10cm. The result showed that D (taken at about 1.3m above the ground was a good predictor of H with r2 over 0.9672. When D was combined with H, r2 was improved somewhat for the merchantable timber volume, suggesting the growth patterns of tree dimensions were colesy interdependent. A standing stock of the merchantable timber and firewood volume of teak in the community forest was then estimated based on the allometric relations. Proportions of the merchantable timber and firewood volume were 66.91% and 33.09% of total wood volume per tree, respectively. The potential of merchantable timber and firewood volume in these community forest were 13.501 m3/ha and 8.686 m3/ha, respectively, with a basal area of 1.887 m2/ha. Based on the basal area, Desa Natah community forests of teak could be classified into extremely sparse of stands category.

Ragusan merchants and the Crusades in the Late Middle Ages. Financial support for the war and bequests pro anima... “ad pasagium turchorum seu saracenorum, et alliud super patarenos Bosnie”

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Romano, Daniela

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Ragusan wills of 13th and 14th centuries reveal peculiar and unsuspected aspects about armed pilgrimages by proxy in the Balkans. The struggle against infedeles and heretics propagandized by the Roman Church finds financial support and full agreement in Dubrovnik citizens, also thanks to the Franciscan and Dominican preaching. Nobles, merchants, clerics and priests, craftsmen, men and women, they are all ready to take part in the Just war. Anyway they would fight only on the condition of leaving a sum of money to those who would fight for their souls’ salvation.

I testamenti ragusei del XIII e XIV secolo rivelano aspetti particolari e per nulla indagati sul pellegrinaggio armato per procura in area balcanica. La lotta agli infedeles e agli eretici messa in atto dalla Chiesa di Roma trova sostegno economico e piena adesione nei cittadini di Dubrovnik, città-stato baluardo della cristianità più a levante, anche grazie alla campagna pubblicistica attuata da francescani e domenicani. Nobili, mercanti, chierici e preti, artigiani, uomini e donne partecipano alla giusta guerra, prevedendo lasciti per uomini che combatteranno per la salvezza delle anime dei testatori.

Why do card issuers charge proportional fees?

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Oz Shy; Zhu Wang

2008-01-01

This paper explains why payment card companies charge consumers and merchants fees which are proportional to the transaction values instead of charging a fixed per-transaction fee. Our theory shows that, even in the absence of any cost considerations, card companies earn much higher profit when they charge proportional fees. It is also shown that competition among merchants reduces card companies' gains from using proportional fees relative to a fixed per-transaction fee. Merchants are found ...

46 CFR 308.301 - [Reserved

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false [Reserved] 308.301 Section 308.301 Shipping MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY OPERATIONS WAR RISK INSURANCE Second Seamen's War Risk Insurance § 308.301 [Reserved] ...

46 CFR 308.305 - [Reserved

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false [Reserved] 308.305 Section 308.305 Shipping MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY OPERATIONS WAR RISK INSURANCE Second Seamen's War Risk Insurance § 308.305 [Reserved] ...

Nuclear H2 production - a utility perspective

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Keuter, D.

2010-01-01

Entergy is the second largest nuclear owner/operator in the United States with five nuclear units in the south operating under a cost of service structure and an additional six units in the Northeast and Midwest operating as merchant generating facilities. As a major nuclear operator in the merchant sector, Entergy wears the risk of nuclear operations - revenues are directly dependent upon operational performance. Our investment in merchant nuclear operations reflects our belief that use of nuclear energy in the competitive merchant environment can be an economically viable business venture. Over the past 10 years, our success in the merchant sector has led to our support for the expanded use of nuclear energy and more specifically the development and deployment of advanced nuclear technologies. Of particular interest today is Entergy's support for the development of HTGR - nuclear technologies that can expand the application of nuclear energy into the broader energy marketplace. Studies and economic evaluations, thus far, have indicated that HTGR can compete with premium fossil fuels in supplying process heat for industrial processes and may well become competitive in the production of hydrogen for the bulk market. We believe that the application of nuclear energy in the broader energy marketplace is of vital importance to our nation's energy security and as an experienced merchant nuclear operator, we believe that business opportunities in this broader energy market will emerge. (author)

From Navigation to Star Hopping: Forgotten Formulae

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Mathematics and wrote a book Navigation and Nautical Astronomy for Sea-men in 1821 with tables ... and arcseconds. The reference ... Roger W Sinnott, an astronomy graduate from Harvard, served on the editorial board of the monthly ...

'n Marksegmenterings- en behoeftebepalingsmodel vir die Aksepbankwese in die Republiek van Suid-Afrika

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2014-01-01

M.Com. (Marketing Management) Companies in the industrial sector, where merchant banks generate 80% of their returns, are the best source of business for these banks. Because merchant banks' markets are largely restricted to the industrial sector, market segmentation of the industrial market and the concomitant assessment of the needs of the market are vitally important. The aim of this study was to develop a workable model for merchant banks, on the basis of which they may segment their m...

[Preliminary ergonomic assessment of the work sites and living conditions for the crew on board the new t/h Ignacy Daszyński series of merchant ships].

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Weclawik, Z

1989-01-01

The author describes the new merchant ship series B545-OT, built at the Szczecin shipyard. The preliminary appraisal of this vessel was made during the trial trip in November 1987. The experimented ship is a universal and very modern cargo boat, type B545-OT, which meets the requirements of the international conventions with respect to the prevention of sea pollution by ships. As regards its construction and equipment, the vessel complies with all conditions and international conventions on safety, as well as on health and environment protection. A control and actuation system centralized in the engine-room assures the functioning without a direct supervision. The automatic functioning of mechanisms is followed-up by means of a computed alarm system. The living-rooms, the recreation spaces, the cabins, which secure to the crew comfortable conditions on the ship, are built in a modern style. Less successfully was solved the placement of the kitchen, the dining-room and the larder on the upper deck, near the entrance to the engine-room, entailing thus the danger of steam penetration from the latter. The conditioned air assures in the cabins and living-rooms a temperature of +20 degrees C and a relative humidity of 40-60 per cent. The designers and builders have not used all the possibilities of lowering the intensity of noise.

Transmission and wind investment in a deregulated electricity industry

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Maurovich-Horvat, Lajos; Boomsma, Trine Krogh; Fleten, Stein-Erik

2013-01-01

carrying out investment in wind farms. In this paper, we analyse the interaction between the two conflicting objectives under various assumptions about the electricity market structure and the degree of producers' market power. Via a three-node illustrative example, we show that a merchant investor...... the auspices of a regulated welfare-maximising planner, recent restructuring of electricity industries has introduced a merchant model for transmission investment, which provides congestion rents from construction of a new line. Thus, the merchant investor's incentives are different from those of producers...... typically builds less transmission capacity than a welfare-maximising transmission system operator or central planner. Although social welfare is lower and nodal prices are generally higher with a merchant investor and when producers are assumed to behave à la Cournot, the effect of lower price response...

29 CFR 783.8 - “Person”.

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2010-07-01

... EMPLOYED AS SEAMEN Some Basic Definitions § 783.8 “Person”. As used in the Act (including definition of “enterprise” set forth below in § 783.9), “person” is defined as meaning “an individual, partnership...

29 CFR 783.12 - “Commerce”.

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2010-07-01

... EMPLOYED AS SEAMEN Some Basic Definitions § 783.12 “Commerce”. “Commerce” as used in the Act includes interstate and foreign commerce. It is defined in section 3(b) of the Act to mean “trade, commerce...

BUGIS–MAKASSAR SEAMANSHIP AND REPRODUCTION OF MARITIME CULTURAL VALUES IN INDONESIA

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Munsi Lampe

2012-09-01

based on historical annotation of Bugis-Makassar seamenship and field work data from Bira (Bugis region and Paotere (Makassar region conducted in six months (from April to September 2010. Keywords: Bugis-Makassar seamen, seamenship experience, maritime culture reproduction.

An ocean of stress? The relationship between psychosocial workload and mental strain among engine officers in the Swedish merchant fleet.

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Rydstedt, Leif W; Lundh, Monica

2010-01-01

The first purpose of this study was to compare the psychosocial working conditions and mental health of our sample of maritime engine officers with a sample of British shore-based professional engineers. The second purpose was to analyse the relationship between the psychosocial working conditions onboard and mental strain for the Swedish maritime engine officers. There were a total of 731 engine officers in the Swedish merchant fleet, almost all males with higher education. The British comparison sample consisted of 312 professional shore-based engineers. A questionnaire was distributed to the Swedish engine officers with a modified version of the JCQ for the DC-S model, the Role conflict and Ambiguity scale, and two items on family-work inter-role conflicts (WFI/FWI), as workload indicators. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS10) were used as strain indicators. There were no significant differences in perceived job stain or in WFI/FWI between the Swedish engine officers and the British professional engineers in perceived job strain. While the British shore-based engineers reported significantly higher role ambiguity the Swedish engine officers perceived a significantly higher degree of role conflict and higher perceived stress. Hierarchic linear regression analysis showed that the Role Stress was strongly related to perceived stress (R(2) = 0.319) as well as to mental health (R(2) = 0.222). When introduced in the second step the DC-S model was significantly related to the outcome measures, as was WFI/FWI when finally introduced. The main source of the high degree of perceived stress among the engine officers does not seem to be the job content but may rather be understood from an interactional perspective, where conflicting requirements are directed towards the individual officer. It can be assumed that the fast technological and organizational changes and the increased pressure for economic profitability that characterize the

Pre-1947 Marine Daily Observations

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — Observations taken on board U.S. Navy and merchant marine vessels and submitted to the U.S. Weather Bureau. Merchant ships are of many nationalities, and mainly...

76 FR 47451 - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjustments to the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC...

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2011-08-05

... Industrial Gas Manufacturing 325120 2869 Fluorinated hydrocarbon gases manufacturers and reclaimers. Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant 422690 5169 Chemical gases and compressed Wholesalers. gases merchant... Commercial and Industrial commercial and industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing. refrigeration...

Pre-1947 Marine Monthly Observations

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — Observations taken on board U.S. Navy and merchant marine vessels and submitted to the U.S. Weather Bureau. Merchant ships are of many nationalities, and mainly...

「近江商人」についての一考察 : 朝日新聞・滋賀大学パートナーズシンポジウムとの関連において（成瀬龍夫博士退職記念論文集）

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有馬, 敏則

2010-01-01

This paper considers, from a historical point of view, the definition of‘The Merchant of Ohmi’, origin place of ‘The Merchant of Ohmi’ anddistribution of their branches, historical researches of ‘The Merchant ofOhmi’ in our university, institutions of our university about ‘The Merchantof Ohmi’, review of ‘Sanpo-yoshi’ and ‘Intoku-zenji’, and Outline of ‘Partner’s Symposium of Asahi Newspaper and Shiga University’. ‘Sanpo-yoshi’ means ‘Urite-yoshi’, ‘Kaite-yoshi’, and ‘Seken-yoshi’. ‘Sanpo-y...

29 CFR 783.15 - “State”.

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2010-07-01

... EMPLOYED AS SEAMEN Some Basic Definitions § 783.15 “State”. As used in the Act, “State” means “any State of the United States or the District of Columbia or any Territory or possession of the United States...

The ‘Junta de Dependencias de Extranjeros’ (1714-1800: The socio-political background of a historical institution

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Ana Crespo Solana

2009-08-01

Full Text Available This paper sets out to analyze the Junta de Dependencia de Extranjeros, an institution that was created within the framework of the government reforms that characterized the reign of Phillip V after the war of Spanish succession in order to monitor and control the activity of foreign merchants settled in numerous Spanish cities. During its operative period this institution developed a strong links and effective lines of communication with foreign merchant communities resident in Spain. This study is based on primary sources such as the documentation generated by the Junta, which included requests and complaints lodged by merchants and merchant communities as well as reports on the appointment of foreign consuls. These sources are preserved in the State sections of the Archivo Histórico Nacional de Madrid and the Archivo General de Simancas. The correspondence of the representatives of merchant communities in Spain has also been used, as well as affidavits and population censuses preserved in the Provincial Archives of Madrid, Cadiz and Murcia. These sources have been interrogated in order to establish the stances and discourses adopted by both the Spanish government and the foreign merchants settled in those cities that sent representatives to the offices of Spain’s central government. The requests and complaints filed by foreign merchants and consuls in this context demonstrate the strength of their communities, which had been granted substantial privileges during the second half of the seventeenth century, and to which the Junta responded with a high degree of understanding. The Junta’s conciliatory stance was linked not only to pressure exerted by foreign ambassadors, but also to limitations established by the peace treaties signed by Spain. The Junta de Dependencia de Extranjeros clearly adopted a radically different position to that of Charles II’s fiercely protectionist government, and generally responded favourably to requests from

Material Culture and Diasporic Experiences: A Case of Medieval Hanse Merchantsin the Baltic

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Naum, Magdalena

2015-01-01

The Hanseatic League, a late medieval merchant association with roots in northern German towns, is credited with the establishment of extensive economic and geographic connections and considerable impact on the development of urban culture around the Baltic and the North Sea. Its merchants...

17 CFR 1.25 - Investment of customer funds.

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2010-04-01

... may not otherwise constitute a derivative instrument. (iv)(A) Adjustable rate securities are permitted... issuer of government sponsored enterprise securities held by a futures commission merchant or derivatives... commission merchant or derivatives clearing organization. (C) Securities of any single issuer of municipal...

2009 Homeland Security Symposium and Exhibition

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2009-09-10

electronified check, ACH or Draft • Opportunity for Merchant and Merchant employee collusion • Remote Deposit Collection (RDC) • eCommerce – a world of new...police _$; _ Units US Coast Guard _$; _ Units Urban Search & Rescue _$; _ Units Rural Search & Rescue _$; _ Units Public/ University hospitals

17 CFR 1.18 - Records for and relating to financial reporting and monthly computation by futures commission...

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2010-04-01

... financial reporting and monthly computation by futures commission merchants and introducing brokers. 1.18... UNDER THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT Minimum Financial and Related Reporting Requirements § 1.18 Records for and relating to financial reporting and monthly computation by futures commission merchants and...

The Closing of the Insolvency Procedure

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Cornelia Lefter

2007-12-01

Full Text Available The achievment of the balance between the offer and the demand in a market economy makes that some merchants win and others lose. Losing in business is a normal risk, usually assumed by any merchant. But when the merchant record losses, the issue is of engaging his responsibility before all those that may be damaged due to his negative results. Faced to this reality, the commercial legislation, by way of the collective procedure, has tried to found the most adequate means to reduce up to the maximum the negative influences that the losses beared by a merchant may have on his creditors. According to this, from the new law of the collective procedure (Law no. 85/2006 there have been analized those cases of closing the procedure and their effects which raised already problems in practice and aroused interesting doctrinal controversies.

THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES OF A GLOBAL MERCHANT -BANKER IN CHILE: HUTH & CO. OF LONDON, 1820S-1850S

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MANUEL LLORCA-JAÑA

2012-12-01

Full Text Available This article deals with Huth & Co.'s activities in Chile during the 1820s-1850s. Huth was the only London merchant-banker that decided to go global before 1850, and also the only one to open a branch in Chile. The analysis of how his branches operated should take this into account, yet Huth's activities in Chile have only previously been examined using a bilateral approach to examine the economic relations between Chile and Britain. This situation was mainly due to the fact that the richest collection of primary material on Huth & Co. (the Huth papers at University College London had been ignored by scholars working on Anglo-Chilean economic relations during the first half of the nineteenth-century. The main focus of this paper is on the information that we were made unaware of due to this restricted investigative approach. Among them are the connections established between Huth's branches in Chile and the USA, Asia, continental Europe and the rest of Latin America; and the important trade in Spanish quicksilver.El presente artículo trata sobre las actividades económicas en Chile de Huth & Co. durante el período 1820-1850. Huth & Co. fue el único mercader banquero de Londres que decidió tener una empresa global antes de 1850 y el único también en abrir una oficina en Chile. Por lo tanto, las actividades de la sucursal en Chile deben ser analizadas considerando estos dos importantes hechos. Sin embargo, antes de este estudio, las actividades de Huth en el país fueron examinadas usando un enfoque estrictamente bilateral de las relaciones entre Chile y Gran Bretaña. Esta visión restrictiva se debió en gran parte al desconocimiento de los historiadores interesados en las relaciones anglo-chilenas de una importante fuente de información: los archivos de Huth disponibles en el University College London. Debido a este desconocimiento, la historiografía no ha dado cuenta de importantes hechos tratado en este artículo. Por ejemplo, de las

17 CFR 31.18 - Margin calls.

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2010-04-01

... transaction merchant is unable to effect personal contact with a leverage customer, a telegram sent to the....18 Commodity and Securities Exchanges COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION LEVERAGE TRANSACTIONS § 31.18 Margin calls. (a) No leverage transaction merchant shall liquidate a leverage contract because of...

CTC Sentinel. Volume 4, Issue 6, June 2011

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2011-06-01

the majority of the merchant bourgeoisie has benefited enough from the last decade of economic l iberalization to priorit ize stabil i ty...relations between the population and the security apparatus. Since the rallying to the opposition of the merchant bourgeoisie of Damascus and

Numeracy and literacy in Early Modern Europe

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Poulsen, Bo; Van Lottum, Jelle

This paper reconstructs comparative levels of numeracy and literacy for seamen of different ranks from 14 countries in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries using age heaping and signature methods. Results show how skill was rewarded in the maritime labour market, where captains and fishing sk...

46 CFR 11.502 - Additional requirements for engineer endorsements.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Additional requirements for engineer endorsements. 11... SEAMEN REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICER ENDORSEMENTS Professional Requirements for Engineer Officer § 11.502 Additional requirements for engineer endorsements. (a) For all original and raise of grade of engineer...

Personal, Situational, and Organizational Determinants of Navy Enlisted Attrition

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1980-06-01

of regular high school instruction. The GED test battery contains five testsz writing skills, social studies, science, reading skills, and mathematics ...expanded apprentice train- ing program for airmen and seamen might, ceteris paribus, bring the GENDET attrition rate closer to acceptable lvels . 13 ] KN

75 FR 62858 - United States, et al.

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2010-10-13

...' Merchant Restraints substantially reduce price and non-price competition for merchant use of network... to foster competition on price and terms among sellers of network services: --promoting a less... maintain high prices for years without threat of price competition by new entry or expansion in the market...

76 FR 38700 - United States, et al.

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2011-07-01

... prices in advertisements, in-store displays, and online. Consumer World believes these rules should be... has ruled on that motion. I. Procedural History The United States and seven Plaintiff States filed the... Restraints result in higher merchant costs, and merchants generally pass costs on to consumers, retail prices...

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generalization, PhD Thesis, Rice University, Houston, Texas. Merchant G A 1988 Recursive construction of polynomial with prescribed phase on unit circle. IEEE. Trans. Acoust., Speech Signal Process. ASSP-36: 1531-1533. Merchant GA, Parks T W 1982 Efficient solution of a Toeplitz-plus-Hankel coefficient matrix system.

76 FR 58149 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Ships Bunkers Easy Acquisition (SEA) Card® and...

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2011-09-20

..., was not subject to review under Section 6(b) of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review... 80% of ``marina-type merchants'' are considered small businesses. Marina-type merchants accepting the SEA Card[reg] will pay a normal fee to the banking institution or processing center, similar to VISA...

76 FR 21849 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Ships Bunkers Easy Acquisition (SEA) Card® and...

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2011-04-19

..., therefore, was not subject to review under Section 6(b) of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and... their home station. Approximately 80% of ``marina-type merchants'' are considered small businesses. Marina-type merchants accepting the SEA Card[supreg] will pay a normal fee to the banking institution or...

17 CFR 31.11 - Disclosure.

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2010-04-01

..., including an explanation of the procedure to be followed by the leverage transaction merchant to effect such... to the effect that other persons may be unwilling to buy from the leverage customer the leverage... expense of the leverage customer; a statement to the effect that the leverage transaction merchant may be...

Occupational mortality

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Lynge, Elsebeth

2011-01-01

-1975 revealed a considerable social class gradient in male mortality where university teachers and farmers had a 40% lower mortality and waiters and seamen had an about 100% higher mortality than the average for economically active men. The social class gradient was less steep for women. A similar pattern...

46 CFR 13.201 - Original application for “Tankerman-PIC” endorsement.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Original application for âTankerman-PICâ endorsement. 13... SEAMEN CERTIFICATION OF TANKERMEN Requirements for âTankerman-PICâ Endorsement § 13.201 Original application for “Tankerman-PIC” endorsement. Each applicant for an original “Tankerman-PIC” endorsement shall...

Optimal Speed Control for Cruising

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Blanke, M.

1994-01-01

With small profit margins in merchant shipping and more than eighty percent of sailing time being cross ocean voyages, speed control is crucial for vessel profitability......With small profit margins in merchant shipping and more than eighty percent of sailing time being cross ocean voyages, speed control is crucial for vessel profitability...

46 CFR 310.63 - Uniforms and textbooks.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Uniforms and textbooks. 310.63 Section 310.63 Shipping MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TRAINING MERCHANT MARINE TRAINING Admission and Training of Midshipmen at the United States Merchant Marine Academy § 310.63 Uniforms and textbooks. The Academy shall supply midshipmen uniforms an...

77 FR 13693 - Information Collection Available for Public Comments and Recommendations

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2012-03-07

.... Expiration Date of Approval: Three years after date of approval by the Office of Management and Budget... obligation on every graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and every subsidized State maritime academy... determine if a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy or subsidized State maritime academy graduate is...

Findings of the Work Improvement on Board (WIB) programme by the Fishery Agency in Japan.

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Hisamune, Shuji; Kogi, Kazutaka

2015-01-01

Concerns are growing about the safety and health of seamen exposed to high risks while working on vessels. Their accident rate in 2013 was 9.9 per 1000 workers, 5 times higher than that in industry. In order to mitigate the risks of seamen, we developed the Work Improvement on Board (WIB) programme by applying participatory action-oriented training (PAOT) methods that have proven effective for reducing work-related risks in small enterprises, construction sites, and agriculture. We analysed which features of the WIB programme would be most effective for facilitating the planning and implementation of practical improvements on vessels. We examined action -oriented tools used, including a WIB action checklist and good examples, and practical improvements proposed by the participants in 1-day or half-day WIB workshops. To study the effectiveness of the WIB programme, we analysed 1121 replies of a questionnaire distributed to 1459 participants of the programme. We compared the types of improvements achieved and the improvement costs in the WIB programme with those in other PAOT programmes. The impact of the WIB programme on promoting primary prevention by seamen and fishermen was discussed. The action checklist listing practical improvements on board and good example photos apparently facilitated the planning and implementation of improvements feasible on board. The participating crews could propose readily applicable improvements of their vessels within short time. In the case of workshops held in 10 harbours between August and October 2014, participants coming from 110 vessels presented 228 improvement proposals which were mostly feasible at low cost. Among the 1121 questionnaire replies from participants of the WIB programme, over 75% evaluated the programme as necessary, practical and easy-to-understand. These positive results led to the adoption of the WIB programme for training fishermen and seamen on commercial vessels by the Fishery Agency and the Ministry of

What happens to living cull trees left after heavy cutting in mixed hardwood stands?

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George R., Jr. Trimble; Henry Clay Smith

1963-01-01

In the Appalachian Mountains, the logging operator usually cuts only those trees that he thinks will yield a profit, and leaves the trees that appear to be unprofitable. Generally these unprofitable trees are either below merchantable size or are culls-trees of merchantable size that contain too little sound material to justify harvesting costs.

76 FR 14745 - Information Collection Available for Public Comments and Recommendations

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2011-03-17

...: Three years from date of approval by the Office of Management and Budget. Summary of Collection of Information: The collection consists of Parts I, II, and III of Form KP 2-65 (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy... to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Need and Use of the Information: The information is necessary to...

29 CFR 783.45 - Deductions from wages.

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2010-07-01

... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Deductions from wages. 783.45 Section 783.45 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL... TO EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AS SEAMEN Computation of Wages and Hours § 783.45 Deductions from wages. Where...

29 CFR 783.28 - General legislative history.

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2010-07-01

... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false General legislative history. 783.28 Section 783.28 Labor... TO EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AS SEAMEN Legislative History and Judicial Construction of the Exemptions § 783.28 General legislative history. As originally enacted in 1938, section 13(a)(3) of the Fair Labor...

A National Study of Online Learning Leaders in US Higher Education

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Fredericksen, Eric E.

2017-01-01

Online learning in US higher education continues to grow dramatically. The most recent estimates indicate that about 30% of all students enroll in at least one online course (Allen & Seamen, 2016). As this important type of academic offering has become increasingly important to institutions of higher education, Presidents and Provosts have…

29 CFR 783.38 - Statutory definition of “American vessel”.

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2010-07-01

... minimum wages and hours worked under the Act which are applicable only to seamen who are employed on... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Statutory definition of âAmerican vesselâ. 783.38 Section 783.38 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

12 CFR Appendix G to Part 226 - Open-End Model Forms and Clauses

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2010-01-01

... property or services that you purchased with a credit card, and you have tried in good faith to correct the... merchant, or if we mailed you the advertisement for the property or services. G-3(A)—Long-Form Billing... have tried in good faith to correct the problem with the merchant, you may have the right not to pay...

29 CFR 783.44 - Board and lodging as wages.

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2010-07-01

... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Board and lodging as wages. 783.44 Section 783.44 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL... TO EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AS SEAMEN Computation of Wages and Hours § 783.44 Board and lodging as wages...

29 CFR 783.16 - “Wage”.

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2010-07-01

... Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY OR... EMPLOYED AS SEAMEN Some Basic Definitions § 783.16 “Wage”. “Wage” paid to an employee is defined in section... board, lodging, or other facilities shall not be included as a part of the wage paid to any employee to...

29 CFR 783.7 - “Employer”, “employee”, and “employ”.

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2010-07-01

... STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AS SEAMEN Some Basic Definitions § 783.7 “Employer”, “employee”, and... employment of oppressive child labor. The Act provides its own definitions of “employer”, “employee”, and... relation to an employee but shall not include the United States or any State or political subdivision of a...

Model Peningkatan Loyalitas Dosen Melalui Kepuasan Kerja Dosen

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Timbul Arifin

2011-03-01

Full Text Available The objective of this study is to examine and analyze the effects of competence, leadership transformation, promotion, motivation to satisfaction and loyalty. To test these variables, this study uses lecturer of Semarang Merchant Marine Polytechnics as a research object, where they are mostly composed of lecturer who have a maritime educational background and work experience as a officer on board ship that joined to the national and international companies indomestic trade area and ocean going trade area with relatively higher income compared to income as an employee or ordinary civil servants. This research was conducted by survey method by distributing questionnaires to 62 people of lecturer who worked and teaches at Semarang Merchant Marine Polytechnics. This study used a non probability sampling with census sampling techniques. The results showed that a competence, leadership transformation, promotion and motivation had positively influence with the satisfaction of lecturer who worked and teaches at Semarang Merchant Marine Polytechnics. Besides teaching competence, leadership transformation, promotion and motivation had positively influence with loyalty of the lecturers who worked and taught at Semarang Merchant Marine Polytechnics through satisfaction variable, as a intervening variable.Keywords: Competence, leadership transformation, promotion, motivation, satisfaction, and loyalty

The Effectiveness of Mao’s Influence Operations at the Beginning of the Chinese Civil War

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2014-05-22

the merchants. This class was not only comprised of the local shop keepers and trade merchants but was also home to many wealthy monopolists traders...relied on the village-and- market center community.14 These communities would be the basis in which the farmer classes received many of their basic and...1-7. 20 public relations and communications, social marketing , statistics, and trend analysis

Recycling of merchant ships

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Magdalena Klopott

2013-12-01

Full Text Available The article briefly outlines the issues concerning ship recycling. It highlights ships' high value as sources of steel scrap and non-ferrous metals, without omitting the fact that they also contain a range of hazardous substances. Moreover, the article also focuses on basic ship demolition methods and their environmental impact, as well as emphasizes the importance of “design for ship recycling” philosophy.

Airport Merchandising Using Micro Services Architecture

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Hari Bhaskar Sankaranarayanan; Viral Rathod

2016-01-01

Airport offers an ecosystem where passengers, airlines, airport, and merchants meet under one roof during travel. During the journey, there is a good amount of time spent by passengers on waiting or transit before boarding the flight. Passengers look for spending that time by shopping, dining, and entertainment. Airport merchants and airlines look for merchandising opportunities to acquire new customers, up-sell, and cross-sell their products and services. Highly pe...

Sales Tax Excesses. Mining and the Defense of Commercial Monopoly in 18th Century Mexico

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Guillermina del Valle Pavón

2007-01-01

Full Text Available This text reveals the complexity of corporate conflicts between merchants and the royal treasury over a secret sales tax fund discretionally administered by the merchants’ guild that was discovered thanks to a conflict between the Basque and Montañes merchant factions. The text examines the importance of this corporate group and its source of income in supplying banks with silver, examining how these merchants controlled the supplies to Mexico’s mint and, therefore, the market of silver currency. The beneficiaries of the fund were grouped in the Tagle-Valdivieso and Arozqueta-Fagoaga families, showing the strength of these kinship networks in terms their control of the guild and the crown’s fiscal institutions; it also shows the weakness of the latter on this side of the Atlantic. However, a minor incident that displeased the Count of Rábago showed the vulnerability of this network of corporate interests while affirming the powerful influence of ethnic coalitions, which nevertheless did not constitute themselves as homogenous interest groups. In the end, despite the internal frictions between clans of merchants, the equilibrium between the interests of the crown and the corporation was preserved through a solution offering continuity, showing the complex interaction between institutions, corporations and interest groups.

Uncontrolled transport of nuclear materials

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Wassermann, U.

1985-01-01

An account is given of international transport of plutonium, uranium oxides, uranium hexafluoride, enriched uranium and irradiated fuel for reprocessing. Referring to the sinking of the 'Mont Louis', it is stated that the International Maritime Organization has been asked by the National Union of Seamen and 'Greenpeace' to bar shipment of radioactive material until stricter international safety regulations are introduced. (U.K.)

Comerciantes y empresarios de Bucaramanga (1857-1885: una aproximación desde el neoinstitucionalismo.

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María Fernanda Duque Castro.

2005-01-01

Full Text Available Merchants and entrepreneurs of Bucaramanga (1857-1885: A Neo-Institutionalist Approach. This article presents some reflections on the merchants and entrepreneurs that lived in Bucaramanga during the second half of the nineteenth century. For this purpose, in an alternating exercise of comparison and description, we consider their economic activities and family ties, which will allow us to observe the ruptures and continuities that operated in their commercial, social, and cultural practices during the period from 1857 to 1885. Likewise, recurring to certain postulates of the economic theory of neoinstitutionalism and to conceptual distinctions regarding the terms “merchant”, “entrepreneur”, and “notable family”, an analysis is done of the socio-economic organizations founded by these merchants and entrepreneur, as well as their influence in the creation of the institutional framework that ruled in Bucaramanga throughout the Federal Period.

Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of By-product Hydrogen from Chlor-Alkali Plants

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Lee, Dong-Yeon [Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Systems Assessment Group, Energy Systems Division; Elgowainy, Amgad A. [Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Systems Assessment Group, Energy Systems Division; Dai, Qiang [Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Systems Assessment Group, Energy Systems Division

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Current hydrogen production capacity in the U.S. is about 15.8 million tonne (or metric ton) per year (Brown 2016). Some of the hydrogen (2 million tonne) is combusted for its heating energy value, which makes total annual net production 13.8 million tonne (Table 1). If captive by-product hydrogen (3.3 million tonne) from catalytic reforming at oil refineries is excluded (Brown 2016; EIA 2008), approximately 11 million tonne is available from the conventional captive and merchant hydrogen market (DOE 2013). Captive hydrogen (owned by the refiner) is produced and consumed on site (e.g., process input at refineries), whereas merchant hydrogen is produced and sold as a commodity to external consumers. Whether it is merchant or captive, most hydrogen produced in the U.S. is on-purpose (not by-product)— around 10 million tonne/year.

Zlomek knihy vydání, v níž jsou jména Židů. “Nově objevený” rukopisný zlomek kupeckého rejstříku a jeho výpověď pro pražský obchod ve středověku

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-, č. 44 (2016), s. 141-166 ISSN 0555-0238 R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GBP405/12/G148 Institutional support: RVO:67985955 Keywords : Prague * Prague’s Old Town * business and trade * merchant books * merchant registers * manuscript fragment * Jews * Jewish Town * collateral * urban elites Subject RIV: AB - History OBOR OECD: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Iran Sanctions

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2011-04-04

increase taxation on the merchants by 70%, but it is likely that the broader adverse business climate contributed to the bazaar stoppages. An agreement...was eventually reached under which taxation only went up 15%. The merchant community could be a potential “swing constituency” if it sides with the...so include Alcatel-Lucent of France; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; BNP Paribas of France; Bosch of Germany; Canon of Japan; Fiat SPA of Italy

Fashion Evaluation Method for Clothing Recommendation Based on Weak Appearance Feature

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Zhang, Yan; Liu, Xiang; Shi, Yunyu; Guo, Yunqi; Xu, Chaoqun; Zhang, Erwen; Tang, Jiaxun; Fang, Zhijun

2017-01-01

With the rapid rising of living standard, people gradually developed higher shopping enthusiasm and increasing demand for garment. Nowadays, an increasing number of people pursue fashion. However, facing too many types of garment, consumers need to try them on repeatedly, which is somewhat time- and energy-consuming. Besides, it is difficult for merchants to master the real-time demand of consumers. Herein, there is not enough cohesiveness between consumer information and merchants. Thus, a n...

Restructuring, ownership and efficiency in the electricity industry

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Shanefelter, Jennifer Kaiser

The first chapter considers improvements in productive efficiency that can result from a movement from a regulated framework to one that allows for market-based incentives for industry participants. Specifically, I look at the case of restructuring in the electricity generation industry. Using data from the electricity industry, this analysis considers the total effect of restructuring on one input to the production process, labor, as reflected in employment levels, payroll per employee and aggregate establishment payroll. Using concurrent payroll and employment data from non-utility ("merchant") and utility generators in both restructured and nonrestructured states, I estimate the effect of market liberalization, comprising both new entry and state-level legislation, on employment and payroll in this industry. I find that merchant owners of divested generation assets employ significantly fewer people, but that the payroll per employee is not significantly different from what workers at utility-owned plants are paid. As a result, the new merchant owners of these plants have significantly lower aggregate payroll expenses. Decomposing the effect into a merchant effect and a divestiture effect, I find that merchant ownership is the primary driver of these results. As documented in Chapter 1, merchant power plants have lower overall payroll costs than plants owned by utilities. Employment at merchant power plants is characterized by reduced staffing levels but higher average payroll per employee. A hypothesis set forth in that paper is that merchant generators employ fewer workers at the lower end of the wage distribution, resulting in a higher average payroll per employee. The second chapter of this paper examines whether employment at nonutility power plants, that is, those that are either divested or native merchant power plants, is skewed towards more skilled labor. This chapter also considers the extent to which the difference in employment levels is the result of

L’Entrepreneuriat au sein de la famille. Marchands et entrepreneurs en Inde Entrepreneurship in the Family Context: Merchants and Entrepreneurs in India

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Harald Tambs-Lyche

2013-06-01

Full Text Available Malgré le déni de Max Weber, l’essor actuel de l’économie indienne montre que non seulement l’esprit du capitalisme, mais aussi l’entrepreneuriat, sont bien présents en Inde. Dans cet article, j’analyse les stratégies commerciales des Gauda Saraswat Brahmanes du Sud Kanara (autour de Mangalore, sur la côte Ouest de l’Inde, en utilisant le modèle d’entrepreneuriat proposé par Fredrik Barth (1962, 1967. Fidèle à la tradition du « capitalisme de portefeuille » (Baily 1989, ces marchands distribuent leur capital entre des filières sûres mais modérément rentables, et des projets novateurs et profitables mais risqués. L’entrepreneur, ici, n’est que rarement l’individu, car il s’agit le plus souvent d’une stratégie orchestrée par la famille, qui se confond à son tour avec la firme familiale. Cette orchestration exige des chefs de famille un souci constant de management qui se manifeste en écoutant les idées des cadets et en leur confiant des rôles qui les gratifient au sein de l’entreprise familiale, tout en gardant la main sur la stratégie globale de la firme.In spite of Max Weber’s views, the present growth in the Indian economy shows rather conclusively the presence both of the spirit of capitalism and of entrepreneurship in India. In this article, I analyse the commercial strategies of the Gauda Saraswat Brahmins of South Kanara (around Mangalore, on the West coast of India, using the model of entrepreneurship proposed by Fredrik Barth (1962, 1967. True to the tradition of portefeuille capitalism (Baily 1989, these merchants distribute their capital between safe but moderately remunerative ventures, and projects that are profitable but risky. The entrepreneur, here, is rarely an individual, rather we see a strategy orchestrated by the family, which in its turn corresponds to the family firm. This organisation demands constant attention from the head of the family, who must listen to the ideas of

中日前近代商人思想及伦理价值取向的差异--兼论中日近代化进程出现落差的思想原因%Differences between Pre-Modern Chinese and Japanese Merchants on Ideology and Ethics Value Orientation-Concurrently Discuss Ideological Origins of the Large Gap between Chinese and Japanese Modernization

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刘金才

2012-01-01

中日在由前近代社会向近代社会转型时之所以出现巨大落差，从表征看是由于两国在转型期间所采取的方针和做法不同导致的，但更深层的原因，则在于各自前近代的社会基础及其普遍性价值取向，以及与资本主义精神生成有关的商人伦理思想等存在诸多不同。本文通过对中日前近代商人的商贾思想、商业伦理、营利观和“义利关系观”等进行考察和分析，不仅阐明了中日前近代商人思想及其价值取向的不同性质和特征，而且从一个侧面揭示了中日近代化进程之所以出现落差的思想原因。%A large gap between China and Japan appeared in the pe-riod of transformation from pre-modern to modern society, with different policies and acts of the two countries in this period as surface reason. The deep reasons, however, were their respective pre-modern social basis, va-rious value orientations, and different ethics thoughts of merchants which were related to the emergence of capitalism spirit. Through analyzing the commerce thoughts, business ethics, profit thought and the view on relationship between righteousness and interest, this article not only clarifies the different properties and characteristics on ethics and value orientation between pre-modern Chinese and Japanese merchants, but also reveals the ideological origins of the large gap.

Paying for payments: free payments and optimal interchange fees

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Korsgaard, Søren

2014-01-01

Do consumers and merchants use the most efficient payment instruments? I examine how inter- change fees, which are fees paid from merchants' banks to consumers' banks when card transactions take place, influence the choice between cash and payment cards. I show that when consumers do not pay transaction fees to banks - a common feature in bank contracts - card use is declining in interchange fees, and surcharging does not neutralize interchange fees. According to my model, banks set interchan...

Port Security Strategy 2012

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2007-06-15

the Australia Embassy in Indonesia, on 5 August 2003 at the Marriott Hotel in Indonesia, and on 19 April 1995 in Oklahoma City in the United States...devised to provide the routine, close-in surveillance to the activities on the Red lines – Outbound merchant vessel Yellow Line- Inbound merchant...were calculated from the generated data. A logistic linear regression model was fit to the data to help to interpret the meaning of the model output

Rediscovering Clusius. How Dutch Commerce Contributed to the Emergence of Modern Science

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Klaas van Berkel

2008-01-01

Full Text Available H.J. Cook, Matters of exchange. Commerce, medicine, and science in the Dutch Golden AgeRediscovering Clusius. How Dutch Commerce contributed to the Emergence of Modern ScienceIn his highly stimulating book Matters of Exchange. Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age, Harold J. Cook argues that the intellectual activities we call science emerged from ways of knowing that were valued most highly by merchant-rulers. He demonstrates this thesis by describing and analyzing scientific developments in the Dutch Republic. However, both Cook’s one-sided description of the new science and his idealized reconstruction of the mentality of the merchant elite in the Dutch Republic weaken his case considerably. A more ecumenical view of early modern science and a more realistic picture of the values and the conduct of merchants in Europe are needed to bolster an argument that still looks very promising.

Risk Culture during the Last 2000 Years—From an Aleatory Society to the Illusion of Risk Control

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Udo Milkau

2017-12-01

Full Text Available The culture of risk is 2000 years old, although the term “risk” developed much later. The culture of merchants making decisions under uncertainty and taking the individual responsibility for the uncertain future started with the Roman “Aleatory Society”, continued with medieval sea merchants, who made business “ad risicum et fortunam”, and sustained to the culture of entrepreneurs in times of industrialisation and dynamic economic changes in the 18th and 19th century. For all long-term commercial relationships, the culture of honourable merchants with personal decision-making and individual responsibility worked well. The successful development of sciences, statistics and engineering within the last 100 years led to the conjecture that men can “construct” an economical system with a pre-defined “clockwork” behaviour. Since probability distributions could be calculated ex-post, an illusion to control risk ex-ante became a pattern in business and banking. Based on the recent experiences with the financial crisis, a “risk culture” should understand that human “Strength of Knowledge” is limited and the “unknown unknown” can materialise. As all decisions and all commercial agreements are made under uncertainty, the culture of honourable merchants is key to achieve trust in long-term economic relations with individual responsibility, flexibility to adapt and resilience against the unknown.

The last chapter in natural gas deregulation? I don't think so

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Kirkby, R.G.

1995-01-01

The history of the deregulation of the Canadian gas market was reviewed. Both domestic consumers who did and did not participate in the open gas market, benefited from low costs which were an immediate, highly visible consequence of deregulation. The direct purchase alternative was a major influence in reducing system gas costs. Deregulation also helped to increase Canadian gas exports to the U.S. with the increase in pipeline infrastructure. Ontario's direct purchase environment, characterized by the large number of competitors, has not been without faults. There has been concern about unfair competitive advantages of regulated monopolies. Local gas distributors (LDC) and the competitive advantages they enjoy, were discussed. The LDC was characterized as a monopoly gas distributor and a gas merchant at the same time. Possible solutions to this problem were presented. It was suggested that the LDC, as a gas merchant, should be required to facilitate development of the competitive market rather than compete in it. An alternative was to separate the distribution and merchant functions. A third option was to require that LDCs relinquish their gas merchant role along the lines similar to what has taken place in the USA on interstate pipelines, and to a more limited extent, in Quebec. In the opinion of this speaker any solution in the near future would not be the last step in establishing complete deregulation. 3 figs

18. YY.'da İstanbul Esnafının Sorunları The Problems Of The Merchants In The 18th Century

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Aslıhan NAKİBOĞLU

2013-09-01

Full Text Available Provisioning denotates feeding, nourishing, nursing. When theworld history is taken into account, providing food and raw material tothe cities has been a crucial problem for the states and pre-capitalistcommunities. The increase in the population in the cities had made theproblems of provisioning even worse which caused crises ofprovisioning.Provisioning of İstanbul has always been essential to the OttomanEmpire. The economic view of the Empire leaned on to three principlesÇProvisioning, traditionalism and fiscalism in which provisioning wasseen as the key among the others.Provisioning in Ottoman Empire was based on the consumer,therefore the Empire followed a economic policy which has protected theconsumer and the producer against prices. State intervened the marketfrom the production of the good until it hasreached the consumer. Thepurpose was to control the market. Fixed price system was alsoemerged because of the provisioning. The provisioning policy of theEmpire was to put export prohibition to the wheat, to monitor thedistribution of food to hte whosalers and merchants, to determine thethe fix price to prevent the price speculations and to ban the stockpilingİstanbul was very crucial to the Empire as the capital and theregulator of the social order. Therefore the empire had undertaken the provisioning of İstanbul. Since, provisioning was important economical and political stances, empire did not leave the market alone but intervene it which means, Empire had worked full force with its all units related to production and distrıbution to prevent its people from famine, poverty and expensiveness. This had continued untill the 18th century. In the 18th century, provisioning problems, smuggled good, hardships to control the fixed price policy and the disagreements between the merchants of İstanbul and its surrounding region had become the agendaIn this study, the problems related to the topics such as the commerce between the merchants of

An Empirical Investigation of the Causes and Consequences of Card-Not-Present Fraud, Its Impact and Solution

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Aguoru, Kingsley Chibuzor

2015-01-01

The boom of electronic commerce technologies in recent years has drastically increased the demand for an effective electronic method to pay or be paid. The currently predominant method is online card payment, in which the cardholder is not present at the point of sale. However this method is accompanied by huge vulnerabilities and also serves as a low-risk avenue for fraudsters to steal card details with the intent to defraud online merchants. These merchants are those who mostly bear the ove...

Re-spacing African drylands

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Korf, Benedikt; Hagmann, Tobias; Emmenegger, Rony Hugo

2015-01-01

processes of state territorialization and indigenous commodification become mutually entangled. Sedentarization is not imposed by the state or corporate capital, but by indigenous merchants who capture the frontier's potential resource dividend. Land appropriation in the drylands is co-produced by political...... claims to territory, capital investment and new technopolitics through which indigenous (pastoral, Somali) merchants and politicians become complicit with the state's project of territorialization and sedentarization in a self-governing fashion. The irony of this situation is that the (Ethiopian) state...

Developing e-commerce in charity setting : Case: The Finnish Seamen's Mission

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Pirinen, Sari

2013-01-01

The purpose of this case study was to develop the Finnish Seamen’s Mission’s e-commerce so that it would be more effective and attract new customers and at the same time it would support organization’s marketing strategies. The main goal was to make strategic e-commerce development plan. The first theory part concentrates on strategy, planning and common strategy tools. A good solid strategy is the basis when starting and developing concepts. The second theory part concentrates on e-comme...

Regulating debit cards: the case of ad valorem fees

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Zhu Wang

2010-01-01

Debit cards have become an indispensable part of the U.S. payments system, accounting for more than a third of consumer payments at point of sale. With this development has come controversy: Card networks charge merchants fees that merchants believe are too high. And most of the fees are ad valorem that is, based on transaction value rather than fixed fees per transaction. ; Given that debit cards incur a fixed cost per transaction, why do networks charge ad valorem fees? How do ad valorem fe...

[A crisis of ginseng capital and the countermeasures of the ginseng-cultivating people during Daehan empire].

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Yang, Jeong Pil

2009-12-01

This thesis examines a crisis of ginseng capital and the source of crisis during Daehan empire. After the China-Japan war of 1894, the Japanese merchants actively engaged in taking over the ginseng fields, so that ginseng-cultivating Koreans suffered substantial economic losses. After the Russo-Japanese war, the Japanese imperialists undertook the 'Currency Arranging Business'(CAB) in order to set a cornerstone for their invasion of Korea. The CAB eventually provoked a wide depression which in turn produced massive number of Korean merchants going bankrupt. The Kaesong merchants were no exception, since CAB stroke a severe blow on the ginseng industry, which relied heavily on the commercial capitals of the Kaesong merchants. Moreover, the Japanese imperialists broke the previous promise and bought ginseng at a dirt-cheap price, which put ginseng-cultivating Koreans in serious trouble. In order to combat such crisis, ginseng field-owners protested against such injustice by petitioning or stirring up Kaesong popular riot in vain, and consequently the number of ginseng field-owners decreased sharply. A few of the ginseng field-owners survived, and managed to maintain and even flourish more than before. These successful owners were characterized with their strong link with the official circle, utilizing their influence in ginseng industry. Their original background was not identical as some came from the influential families of Kaesong area for generations, while others made their own fortunes and continue to prosper through the difficult times of the late of the Daehan empire period.

Japanese “Merchants of Culture”

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Moeran, Brian

2014-01-01

Purpose. To provide an overview of the Japanese publishing industry and to compare it with the publishing industry in the United Kingdom to see whether similarities and differences are industry- or culture-specific. Design/methodology/approach. The paper provides detailed descriptions of the acti......Purpose. To provide an overview of the Japanese publishing industry and to compare it with the publishing industry in the United Kingdom to see whether similarities and differences are industry- or culture-specific. Design/methodology/approach. The paper provides detailed descriptions...... of the activities of the three main players in the Japanese publishing industry (publishers/editors; distributors; and booksellers). This tripartite structure of the industry encourages divide-and-rule mechanisms also found in the Japanese advertising industry. At the same time, a comparison with the UK publishing...... industry reveals certain structural differences between it and the Japanese publishing industry. Findings. Three developments that have affected trade relations in the UK publishing industry (retail chains, literary agents, and mergers and acquisitions) do not have such great impact in Japan. In Japan...

Cancer incidence among merchant seafarers

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Ugelvig Petersen, Kajsa; Volk, Julie; Kaerlev, Linda

2018-01-01

on the incidence of specific cancers among both male and female seafarers. Methods: Using records from the Danish Seafarer Registry, all seafarers employed on Danish ships during 1986-1999 were identified, resulting in a cohort of 33 084 men and 11 209 women. Information on vital status and cancer was linked...... to each member of the cohort from the Danish Civil Registration System and the Danish Cancer Registry using the unique Danish personal identification number. SIRs were estimated for specific cancers using national rates. Results: The overall incidence of cancer was increased for both male and female...

Operation SANDSTONE: 1948

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1983-12-19

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Framework for Mobile Payments Integration

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Carton, Fergal; Hedman, Jonas; Damsgaard, Jan

2012-01-01

consumers and merchants. These instruments are centralised, costly and lack decision support functionality. The ubiquity of the mobile phone has provided a decentralised platform for managing payment processes in a new way, but the value proposition for customers has yet to be elaborated clearly....... This inertia has stalled the design of sustainable revenue models for a mobile payments ecosystem. Merchants and consumers in the meantime are being seduced by the convenience of on‑line and mobile payment solutions. Adopting the purchase and payment process as the unit of analysis, the current mobile payment...

Command and Control of Civilian Contract Manned Navy Fleet Support and Military Sealift Command Ships.

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1983-12-01

58 APPENDIX B: COVER LEITERS RxErV FRC4 LABOR AND SHIPPING ORGANIZATINS ................................ 70 LIST CF...result of a merger between the Coast Seamen’ s Union and the Pacific Steamship Sailors’ Union. The SUP was under the leadership of Mr. Andrew Furuseth... leadership to emerge on the West Coast. As this emerging leadership tried to make new gains on the East Coast, it began to cme in conflict with the old-line

JPRS Report, Science & Technology, Japan, 1989 S&T Agency Annual 33

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1991-01-10

nuclear -powered ship , " Mutsu ," etc. (4) Promoting radiation utilization 󈧎,916 * 12,008 Advancement in radiation utilization...1985. We will also promote R&D using the " Mutsu " nuclear powered ship and improved research on ship reactors, aiming at increasing the reliability...Seamen Total Oarai Laboratory 29 29 126 109 - 293 Mutsu Business Office 12 28 13 11 - 64 " Mutsu " Nuclear Ship - - - - 38 38 Total 429 288

Somalis in Europe

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FAGIOLI-NDLOVU, Monica

2015-01-01

INTERACT - Researching Third Country Nationals? Integration as a Three-way Process - Immigrants, Countries of Emigration and Countries of Immigration as Actors of Integration Somalis have a long history in Europe; the first Somalis were seamen who arrived in the UK working on British ships at the beginning of the 20th century. Throughout different waves of migrations directly related to European colonial history, Somalis have settled down in various cities throughout Europe. More recently,...

Commercial and Business Networks in Colonial Guadalajara: Market, Commercial Elite and Institutions

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Antonio Ibarra

2007-01-01

Full Text Available This text studies the correspondence between the circulatory flows of goods and the business networks established by the Merchants’ Guild of Guadalajara. It shows how, in a time of corporate struggles caused by the opposition of the Merchants’ Guild of Mexico City to its upstart rivals, these networks nevertheless kept their business among their members in spite of all antagonisms. This in turn configured spatial business networks that reorganized the markets of New Spain. With an analysis of tax records, we can see how ties were strengthened between small groups of merchants belonging to the merchants’ guilds of Guadalajara, Veracruz and Mexico City, with other groups of merchants from the countryside supplying local consumption in Guadalajara. This text observes how merchants who had occupied positions in the guild and those close to them concentrated their activities in import/export firms based in the city of Guadalajara and specialized themselves in terms of branch of trade and origin of merchandise, a phenomenon that may have favored trust as a crucial element in the development of business networks.

Tree Climbing Techniques and Volume Equations for Eschweilera (Matá-Matá, a Hyperdominant Genus in the Amazon Forest

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Bruno O. Gimenez

2017-05-01

Full Text Available The Eschweilera genus has great ecological and economic importance due to its wide abundance in the Amazon basin. One potential use for the Eschweilera genus is in forest management, where just a few trees are removed per hectare. In order to improve the forest management in the Amazon, this study assessed two critical issues: volume equations fitted for a single genus and the development of a non-destructive method using climbing techniques. The equipment used to measure the sample trees included: climbing rope, ascenders, descenders, and carabiners. To carry out the objectives of this study, 64 trees with diameter at breast height (DBH ≥ 10 cm were selected and measured in ZF-2 Tropical Forestry Station near the city of Manaus, Brazil. Four single input models with DBH and four dual input models with DBH and merchantable height (H were tested. The Husch model (V = a × DBHb presented the best performance (R2 = 0.97. This model does not require the merchantable height, which is an important advantage, because of the difficulty in measuring this variable in tropical forests. When the merchantable height data are collected using accurate methods, the Schumacher and Hall model (V = a × DBHb × Hc is the most appropriated. Tree climbing techniques with the use of ropes, as a non-destructive method, is a good alternative to measure the merchantable height, the diameter along the stem, and also estimate the tree volume (m3 of the Eschweilera genus in the Amazon basin.

Port entry of nuclear ships differences, procedures and conditions

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McMichael, D.; Bianchi, H.

1978-01-01

There are about 250 nuclear propelled ships, only 2 of them are merchant ships: the US freighter Savannah and the bulk carrier Otto Hahn of the Federal Republic of Germany. This paper is restricted to the experience with both of these ships, showing partly similar and partly different procedures for port entry. They have called at 107 ports in 40 countries. The Savannah was operated in the periods from 1962 - 1971 and the Otto Hahn is still in operation. The endeavours of the OECD and IMCO to review and to harmonize international rules for nuclear merchant ships should be supported and continued

Risk Management related to Privacy Policies of an Online Store

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George Cristian Schin

2016-07-01

Full Text Available This paper seeks to explore the early warning alerts that NORSE system proposes to e-commerce merchants. The real time visibility to cyber-attacks empowers this intelligence tool with high capabilities to detect the threats that companies confront with. The fight against cyber-criminality should be reinforced globally, in the attempt to mitigate the risks and losses determined by attackers. By analysing two case studies, the article proposes a framework which can guide e-commerce merchants to integrate intelligent systems for threat detection. The managerial implications are obvious, equipping the leaders with tools to prevent both financial and knowledge loss.

De aprendiz a mercader : el factor en el comercio internacional inglés del siglo XVI

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Juan Lanero Fernández

2007-12-01

Full Text Available La aparición de la figura del factor está relacionada con el surgimiento del mercader sedentario. El empleo de factores pasó a ser necesario cuando un mercader aumentaba la escala de sus operaciones y cuando comerciaba con varios países al mismo tiempo. Los factores que vivían y trabajaban en el extranjero eran empleados de sociedades por acciones, mercaderes o consorcio de mercaderes. El factor en sentido genuino podía alternar sus funciones de agente comisionado con el comercio por cuenta propia. El uso de aprendices como factores, al final de una etapa de aprendizaje, parece que fue una práctica corriente. Los enviaban al extranjero para que adquiriesen experiencia y completasen su educación comercial. El aprendiz no podía comerciar por cuenta propia sin el permiso del patrón que, en cierto modo, era responsable de las acciones de sus aprendices. El conocimiento que tenía el factor del mercado extranjero influía en el patrón a la hora de decidir qué mercancía exportar. Los factores, además de redactar cartas, debían llevar la contabilidad, lo que implicaba conocimientos de teneduría de libros, cambio de divisas y letras de cambio. Las condiciones del comercio exterior fueron acrecentando la responsabilidad del factor y creando nuevos problemas de representación que no tienen equivalencia en otras relaciones comerciales de la época.The appearance of factors was related to the new figure of sedentary merchants. Factors became necessary when a merchant increased the bulk of his operations and when they traded with various countries at a time. Factors living and working abroad were employed by societies, individual merchants or groups of merchants. A genuine agent could alternate his duties as a commissioned agent with his own trading activities. It was usual that apprentices played the role of factors towards the end of their period of apprenticeship. They were sent overseas in order to gain experience and complete their

Stress and Fatigue Management Using Balneotherapy in a Short-Time Randomized Controlled Trial

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Rapolienė, Lolita; Razbadauskas, Artūras; Sąlyga, Jonas; Martinkėnas, Arvydas

2016-01-01

Objective. To investigate the influence of high-salinity geothermal mineral water on stress and fatigue. Method. 180 seamen were randomized into three groups: geothermal (65), music (50), and control (65). The geothermal group was administered 108?g/L salinity geothermal water bath for 2 weeks five times a week. Primary outcome was effect on stress and fatigue. Secondary outcomes were the effect on cognitive function, mood, and pain. Results. The improvements after balneotherapy were a reduct...

Desertions in nineteenth-century shipping: modelling quit behaviour

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Jari Ojala; Jaakko Pehkonen; Jari Eloranta

2013-01-01

Ship jumping in foreign ports was widespread throughout the age of sail. Desertion by seamen was illegal, it occurred abroad, and men who deserted only seldom returned home. We analyse desertion quantitatively and link it to the broader question of quit behaviour and labour turnover. Though the better wages paid at the foreign ports were the main reason for desertion, the regression model of the determinants of desertion indicates that outside opportunities, such as migration, and monetary in...

I'm the Steersman of the ship- with help from my seamen

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Madsen, Mona Toft

-security regarding paradoxical messages from leadership discourses. In other words, the transcripts of the interviews revealed that competition between discourse effects from philosophies of participation and visionary leadership, respectively seem to regulate middle managers’ identity construction. Implications......Ever since a so-called New Leadership wave of the 1980’s, strong discourse truth effects have been embedded in the research debate of leadership, which emphasize that visions, values, and participation, are important elements of leadership. These aspects of managerial practice may from time to time...

76 FR 35169 - Validation of Merchant Mariners' Vital Information and Issuance of Coast Guard Merchant Mariner's...

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2011-06-16

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77 FR 31518 - Validation of Merchant Mariners' Vital Information and Issuance of Coast Guard Merchant Mariner's...

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2012-05-29

... for determining and verifying the identity, citizenship, nationality, and professional qualifications... within fields foreclosed from regulation by the States. See United States v. Locke, 529 U.S. 89, 120 S.Ct... identity, citizenship, nationality, and professional qualifications an applicant must possess to be...

Los mareantes pontevedreses y la pesca de altura en el siglo XVI

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Pereira Fernández, Xosé Manuel

2005-12-01

Full Text Available During most of the 16th century, the town of Pontevedra was recorder as the most dynamic urban centre of the Galician kingdom for its economy based on fishing and sea trade. In contrast with the traditional view which has always regarded the seamen from Rias Baixas as coastal fishermen, Pontevedra's historical legal documents from the Sisteenth Century provide evidence of their presence in Newfoundland and the Canary Island fishing grounds. In the light of this evidence, those seamen appear as faithful continuers of a tradition of seafaring relationships with foreign countries dating back to the late Middle Ages.

Durante buena parte del siglo XVI la villa de Pontevedra aparece como el mayor y más dinámico núcleo urbano del Reino de Galicia, con una economía asentada en la pesca y el comercio marítimo. Frente a la visión tradicional, que considera a los hombres del mar de las Rías Baixas gallegas como pescadores de bajura, la documentación notarial pontevedresa del siglo XVI informa de su presencia tanto en Terranova como en el banco de pesca canario. De esta forma se muestran fíeles continuadores de una vocación de relación con el exterior por vía marítima presente desde la Baja Edad Media.

Patellofemoral joint motion

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Stanford, W.; Phelan, J.; Albright, J.; Kathol, M.; Rooholamini, S.A.; El-Khoury, G.Y.; Palutsis, G.R.

1988-01-01

This paper describes the use of ultrafast computed tomography (CT) to obtain dynamic images of the patellofemoral joint during active motion. Thirty-eight patients underwent measurements of tangent offset, bisect offset, congruence angle, patellar tilt angle, lateral patellofemoral angle, sulcus angle, and sulcus depth made during leg movement. Selected parameters were compared with Merchant views. Significant correlations were obtained between Merchant views and comparable ultrafast CT views for all parameters except sulcus angle. Correlations between the other parameters were poor. Cine strips showed two patterns of movement; the patella remained centered either throughout excursion or until the last 20 0 of full extension, when it would sublux laterally

15 CFR 801.10 - Rules and regulations for the BE-120, Benchmark Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and...

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2010-01-01

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77 FR 70810 - National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions

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2012-11-27

... Cherry Tree Crossing & 14134 Brandywine Rds., Brandywine, 12001024 University Park Historic District.... Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, 703 Merchant St., Coatesville, 12001042 Philadelphia County...

Kontribusi Ekonomi Perempuan Penjual Ayam Goreng Gerobak di Beberapa Pasar Satelit di Kota Padang

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Dwi Yuzaria

2011-10-01

Full Text Available Economical contribution of women in merchant-chart-fried chicken business in satellite market in padang city ABSTRACT. As social-economic demands increased, the complexity of family needs grew higher. To fulfill them, woman has to take part in making a living. This research aims to see economical performance of women in running merchant-cart-fried-chicken, identifying the obstacles faced and giving alternatives of solution. This research was conducted by survey method, with respondents of merchant-cart-fried-chicken seller in several markets in Padang city. Sample was taken with proportional allocation of 15 people. Data was analyzed by descriptive analysis method. The research showed that economical performance of women merchant-cart-fried-chicken seller is low with working hour o5 5.07 hours/day. Percentage of women that take part in all activities start from planning to marketing is 32.5%. This is a potential business to develop, with average income 92.259,58 IDR/day and average R/C ratio 1.29. Internal constraints were family relation pattern that scoped women’s part in fulfilling family need, meanwhile the external constraints were the difficulties in acquiring more capital to develop the business and the price fluctuation of chicken as a main raw material. Alternative solution that can be offered was opening the business at home so that women can spare more time to work the business and accessing soft loan with light requirements. The conclusion of the research was that women took part in making a living for the family, however the contribution is low due to patriarchy value as an internal constraint and capital problem as external constraint. The solution offered was taking soft loan and building relation with raw material supplier.

Surveillance of hospital contacts among Danish seafarers and fishermen with focus on skin and infectious diseases-a population-based cohort study

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Kaerlev, Linda; Jensen, Anker; Hannerz, Harald

2014-01-01

: Surveillance of seamen's health gives useful information. The elevated SHCR for HIV infection among non-officers has not declined despite preventive information campaigns. Tuberculosis among fishermen may be due to infection on shore. Skin diseases had very high SHCRs, not due to cutaneous oil exposure.......OBJECTIVES: A systematic overview of time trends in hospital contacts among Danish seafarers and fishermen by job title and analyses on skin and infectious diseases. METHODS: Occupational cohorts with hospital contacts 1994-1998 and 1999-2003. Standardized hospital contact ratios (SHCR) were...

A Reasoning Agent for Credit Card Fraud on the Internet Using the Event Calculus

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Blackwell, Clive

We illustrate the design of an intelligent agent to aid a merchant to limit fraudulent payment card purchases over the Internet. This is important because increasing fraud may limit the rise of e-commerce, and difficult because of the uncertainty in identifying and authenticating people remotely. The agent can advise the merchant what actions to take to reduce risk without complete knowledge of the circumstances. It can also negotiate flexibly to conclude transactions successfully that would otherwise be rejected. We use the Event Calculus to model the transaction system including the participants and their actions. The idea has applications in other distributed systems where incomplete knowledge of a system may be exploited by adversaries to their advantage.

76 FR 56754 - Petition Requesting Ban on Use and Production of Atrazine; Notice of Availability

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2011-09-14

..., distribute, sell, or use pesticides; are an environmental, human health, or agricultural advocate; or are a... Manufacturers (NAICS code 325320), e.g., herbicides manufacturing. Pesticides, agricultural, merchant...

The economic impacts of a submarine HVDC interconnection between Norway and Great Britain

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Doorman, Gerard L.; Frøystad, Dag Martin

2013-01-01

In the present paper we analyze the profitability of different HVDC interconnection alternatives between Norway and Great Britain for present and future scenarios. The analysis is done from a merchant and a social welfare perspective. The analyses include interconnections between Norway and Scotland and Southern Great Britain, respectively, as well as an alternative link to a future offshore wind farm. From a social welfare perspective the northern interconnection alternative is profitable under all sets of assumptions. The southern alternative is profitable under present conditions, but less than the northern alternative. The alternative link to the offshore wind park is not profitable, but this result is highly dependent on market conditions. From a merchant perspective none of the alternatives is profitable, clearly illustrating that leaving investments to commercial parties does not realize all projects that increase social welfare. - Highlights: • Profitability of interconnection between Norway and GB is analyzed using simulation. • The Northern alternative increases social welfare under all assumptions. • None of the alternatives is profitable from a merchant perspective. • A link to a prospective wind farm 200 km from the GB coast is not profitable. • Social welfare increasing infrastructure may not be built on commercial conditions

ON PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC IMPACT OF PIRACY ON SEAFARERS.

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Ivan Aleksandrov

2015-12-01

Full Text Available Background: It has been discussed that being held hostage can have harmful short and often long-term physical, psychological, familial and social effects on the victims. This is a complex area of research and the data is sparse yet. The aim of our study is to present our experience concerning some psychological and psychiatric consequences on Bulgarian seamen victims of pirate's attack long captivity and to suggest a suitable methodology of a psychological investigation in such cases. Methods: Seven Bulgarian hostage survivors underwent comprehensive psychological and psychiatric assessments twenty days after pirate’s captivity release. Results and discussion: In general terms, the psychological and psychiatric impact on the victims is similar to that of being exposed to other serious life-threatening events, including terrorist incidents and natural disasters. All the subjects, who have been examined in our study, reported feelings of detachment and alienation from close others and startle by noises, nightmares and sleep disturbances. Anxiety symptoms, characterized by apprehension, tension and fear in particular situations, and some depressive features (depressive mood, lack of interest and activities, lassitude on a sub- clinical level were registered. Conclusion: Despite some limitations our report discusses important issues, concerning psychological and psychiatric consequences on Bulgarian seamen victims of pirate’s attack long captivity and present a suitable model of a psychological investigation in such cases and states the need of supportive care of the victims.

Safety of nuclear ships

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1978-01-01

Interest in the utilization of nuclear steam supply systems for merchant ships and icebreakers has recently increased considerably due to the sharp rise in oil prices and the continuing trend towards larger and faster merchant ships. Canada, for example, is considering construction of an icebreaker in the near future. On the other hand, an accident which could result in serious damage to or the sinking of a nuclear ship is potentially far more dangerous to the general public than a similar accident with a conventional ship. Therefore, it was very important to evaluate in an international forum the safety of nuclear ships in the light of our contemporary safety philosophy, taking into account the results of cumulative operating experience with nuclear ships in operation. The philosophy and safety requirement for land-based nuclear installations were outlined because of many common features for both land-based nuclear installations and nuclear ships. Nevertheless, essential specific safety requirements for nuclear ships must always be considered, and the work on safety problems for nuclear ships sponsored by the NEA was regarded as an important step towards developing an international code of practice by IMCO on the safety of nuclear merchant ships. One session was devoted to the quantitative assessment of nuclear ship safety. The probability technique of an accident risk assessment for nuclear power plants is well known and widely used. Its modification, to make it applicable to nuclear propelled merchant ships, was discussed in some papers. Mathematical models for describing various postulated accidents with nuclear ships were developed and reported by several speakers. Several papers discussed a loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) with nuclear steam supply systems of nuclear ships and engineering design features to prevent a radioactive effluence after LOCA. Other types of postulated accidents with reactors and systems in static and dynamic conditions were also

Trgovci iz gradova pokrajine Marche aktivni u Dubrovniku u 16. stoljeću

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Marko Moroni

2017-05-01

Full Text Available As natural allies against Venetian supremacy in the Adriatic, Dubrovnik and Ancona had developed trade relations from medieval times. They reached their heyday in the sixteenth century, after the weakening of Venice under papal pressure and defeat in the battle of Agnadello, but also the Ottoman expansion in the Balkans and Hungarian downfall. By taking control of the Balkan trade, under special tributary terms with the Ottomans, Ragusans enjoyed most favourable privileges. The merchants of Ancona, whose port welcomed Ragusan ships laden with goods from the Balkans and the Levant, were attracted by the trade prospects across the Adriatic. Migration routes between the two Adriatic shores intensifi ed. Archival sources from as early as the fi fteenth century provide data on merchants from the Marche region with residence in Dubrovnik, from which they found it easier to manage their affairs in the Levant. At the same time, the Ragusans opened a consulate in Pesaro, a city from which, together with Ancona and Fermo, came the majority of Marche merchants. Besides trade, archive series Debiti di Notaria and Noli e Sicurtà of the State Archives in Dubrovnik testify to other business dealings undertaken by foreigners from the region of Marche in Dubrovnik, such as credit and insurance activities. Thus it comes as no surprise that these circumstances proved fertile ground for personal relations: Cvijeta Zuzorić, famous Ragusan poetess, spent many years in Ancona with her family, while the writer Michele Gabrieli alias Monaldi, originally from Prato, was highly esteemed by the Ragusan philosopher Nikola Vitov Gozze, who chose him as collocutor in his Discorsi sopra le Metheore d’Aristotile, published in Venice in 1584. Among many distinguished persons who arrived in Dubrovnik from the region of Marche in this period was Girolamo Matteucci, Archbishop of Dubrovnik from 1579 to 1583, and his cousin, Saporoso Matteucci, who acted as the “general of the

Modern Medicine Environment and Adaptation of Korean Trader for Medicinal Herbs From the Late 19th Century to the Early 20th Century

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YANG Jeongpil

2006-12-01

Full Text Available Since the late 18th century, the Korean traditional medicine trade witnessed a steady growth. There were lots of stores which sold Korean medicinal herbs in Seoul and every major towns had at least one or more stores in Korea, which led to a subsequent growth of people involved in the trade. However, Korean medicine merchants encountered a new environment with the influx of western medicines after the Opening of Ports and the execution of modern medicine policies. Such change of atmosphere led the merchants to seek new breakthroughs. Some of the merchants found the answer in producing and selling patent medicine. The people in the industry had little knowledge of western medicine, so that they had little choice but to combine their experience of Korean medicine with whatever information they had about western counterpart. Such resolution generated a new kind of medicine known as patent medicine. Patent medicine businessmen observed the new medicine policies of the Korean Empire. Some visionary ones even sought to eagerly utilize the trademark system to secure the selling route. The Japanese colonial government strengthened the medicine policies. It revised the legislature and mobilized administrative powers to manage and control the industry. However, such colonial policies in the 1910s implicated certain limits due to its lack of understanding of Korean medicine industry. Also, the colonial government showed poor efforts in introducing modern medicine facilities and systems, so that the ground was set for the patent medicine business to flourish. Patent medicine enjoyed a high turnover. So, the entrepreneurs endeavored to promote the sales in whatever means necessary. The most basic form of advertisement was through the newspaper. Indirect promotion through newspaper articles, issuing medicine flyers, free gift draw, reputation of an influential expert were widely used for its sales. Consequently, patent medicine industry in the 1910s saw a

The Problem of Solidarity in Insurgent Collective Action

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Pfaff, Steven; Hechter, Michael Norman; Corcoran, Katie

2016-01-01

in the Royal Navy in 1797, this article explains why insurgent solidarity varied among the ships participating in the mutiny. Maintaining solidarity was the key problem that the organizers of the mutiny faced in confronting government repression and inducements for ships’ companies to defect. Solidarity......, proxied here as the duration of a ship's company's adherence to the mutiny, relied on techniques used by the mutiny leadership that increased dependence and imposed control over rank-and-file seamen. In particular, mutiny leaders monitored and sanctioned compliance and exploited informational asymmetries...

77 FR 37871 - Export Trade Certificate of Review

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2012-06-25

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Think Globally, Act Locally (Focus on Teaching).

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Vesper, Joan F.

1994-01-01

Describes a project, carried out jointly between a business communication class and a local chamber of commerce, that brings students into partnership with international merchants in the local community. (SR)

77 FR 65052 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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2012-10-24

... respect to business travel, entertainment, and gift expenses be substantiated with adequate records in... settlement of merchant card and third party network transactions for purchases of goods and/or services made...

75 FR 23217 - Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection

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2010-05-03

...: December 31, 2010. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information collection. Abstract: The... merchants, dealers, and brokers engaged in business subject to the PACA must be licensed. Retailers and...

New Zealand code for nuclear powered shipping

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1976-06-01

This report recommends guidelines for the safety precautions and procedures to be implemented when New Zealand ports and approaches are used by nuclear powered merchant ships and nuclear powered naval ships

CURRENT - DIRECTION and Other Data from ESSO DEUTSCHLAND and Other Platforms From Arabian Sea and Others from 19011027 to 19890807 (NODC Accession 9000154)

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77 FR 56209 - Notice of Agreements Filed

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2012-09-12

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77 FR 25319 - Commodity Options

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2012-04-27

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About portrait creations of Gorgi Zografski in general and about an unknown group portrait in particular

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Marković Kamenko M.

2011-01-01

Full Text Available One of the most important Macedonian artists from the first half of the twentieth century, Gorgi Zografski (1871-1945, spent a part of his life in Nis, painting icons and frescoes in this town and around it. He also worked in the area of Southern Serbia (Surdulica, Kursumlija. While he was living in Nis, he painted a few portraits, however, they disappeared without a trace. One of his pieces, made in 1910, was discovered in Aleksinac in the mid 2011. It is a group portrait of a merchant family. The painting shows a married couple, elegantly dresses with three children. The work I signed and dated. It is a formal, ceremonial portrait based on a photograph. Although the coloring is rather poor, the figure of the merchant is considered to be the best painted nail portrait in Gorgi Zografski's opus. The 'Portrait of the Members of a Merchant Family' is a piece of art found after the death of this artist. Gorgi lived, worked and created in the area of three Balkan countries (Macedonia, Bulgaria and Serbia. The portrait is seriously damaged at three places by bomb shrapnels during the bombardment of Nis on 4th, April, 1944. When it has been cleaned of dust and some restoration interventions been carried out, Macedonian art will certainly be one outstanding piece richer.

What lies ahead in the gas marketing business following Enron

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Lydiatt, I.

2004-01-01

Energy Trust Marketing Ltd. provides gas supply and transportation services to industrial and wholesale markets in Canada and the northern United States. It also provides producer services to small oil and gas companies in Alberta. Half of Energy Trust Marketing is owned by 5 Calgary-based energy trust companies. This presentation focused on how supply markets have changed from the days when large trading merchant companies dominated the industry. In particular, this paper outlined the pre-collapse structure of energy merchants; the collapse; knee-jerk reactions; post-collapse and the new order; credit challenges; new industry dynamics; opposing views; the real loss; energy trusts; and, understanding risk and mitigation drivers. It was noted that in the current market, suppliers pay more attention to financial trading opportunities and majors are more active in areas that were dominated by utility merchants. Mid market production is now the domain of Energy Trusts who produce and expand with the lowest possible risk profile to better serve industrial and retail markets. Energy Trusts currently represent more than 10 per cent of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) production. It was noted that supply economics are related to transportation costs, commodity prices, the difference between drilling costs and revenues, the maturity of both markets and reserves, and activity in other commodities. tabs., figs

Etika Bisnis Pedagang pada Jual Beli Telepon Genggam Bekas Ditinjau dari Perspektif Ekonomi Islam di Kecamatan Selong Kabupaten Lombok Timur

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Lalu Muh Shabiran

2017-10-01

Full Text Available The purpose of this research is to know about business ethics of used mobile phone traders in Kecamatan Selong, East Lombok regency. The reason is studied, because East Lombok especially in Kecamatan Selong is area which majority of Moslem, and its people many who trades as trader especially in buying and selling of used mobile phone. besides East Lombok is an area that has many master teachers and kyai who understand the science of religion. Based on the above reasons, the researcher assumes that the merchant will run the buying and selling in accordance with the ethics of Islamic business but in fact many traders who only prioritize profit by memamfaatkan buyer ignorance. This research is conducted by qualitative approach, which process using triangulation technique as data collection and analyze the result. Focus of this research is to know the ethics of merchant business on buying and selling of used mobile phones in Selong Sub-district, East Lombok. The results of research on how the business ethics of used mobile phone dealers in Selong Sub-district are open traders on used mobile phone conditions, in taking advantage of high traders exploiting buyer ignorance, in obtaining the old geggam phone from the merchant community lowering the price and sell at the highest price. Keywords: business ethics, traders, buying and selling used mobile phones

Modeling aboveground tree woody biomass using national-scale allometric methods and airborne lidar

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Chen, Qi

2015-08-01

Estimating tree aboveground biomass (AGB) and carbon (C) stocks using remote sensing is a critical component for understanding the global C cycle and mitigating climate change. However, the importance of allometry for remote sensing of AGB has not been recognized until recently. The overarching goals of this study are to understand the differences and relationships among three national-scale allometric methods (CRM, Jenkins, and the regional models) of the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program in the U.S. and to examine the impacts of using alternative allometry on the fitting statistics of remote sensing-based woody AGB models. Airborne lidar data from three study sites in the Pacific Northwest, USA were used to predict woody AGB estimated from the different allometric methods. It was found that the CRM and Jenkins estimates of woody AGB are related via the CRM adjustment factor. In terms of lidar-biomass modeling, CRM had the smallest model errors, while the Jenkins method had the largest ones and the regional method was between. The best model fitting from CRM is attributed to its inclusion of tree height in calculating merchantable stem volume and the strong dependence of non-merchantable stem biomass on merchantable stem biomass. This study also argues that it is important to characterize the allometric model errors for gaining a complete understanding of the remotely-sensed AGB prediction errors.

Market survey of forest work tools and heating devices

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Mutikainen, A.

2002-01-01

The TTS Institute has published internet pages where information has been 'gathered on the work tools, equipment, devices and machines needed by forest owners and people who use wood heating. The contact information of manufacturers and merchants for such tools and devices has also been provided. A link to the pages can be found at http://www.tts.fi. The pages are meant to be an aid for product buyers and also for advisory and research use. So far the pages are in trial use and are free of charge. They will be developed on the basis of feedback received. The TTS Institute internet pages operate primarily as a contact list where different product groups and contact information for product manufacturers and merchants can be found. The pages present limited information on the product since updating detailed product information would require intensive market monitoring and great work input. Furthermore, the objective is not to compete in the advertising market, but to publish independent information where the beneficiary is primarily the buyer. The contents of the pages are mainly limited to the products concerned with private forest owners and people who heat detached houses with wood, and information on those products. Information is collected and updated from public sources and also partly direct from the manufacturers and merchants. For clarity, the source of information will be mentioned. (orig.)

Recurrent networks for wave forecasting

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Mandal, S.; Prabaharan, N.

, merchant vessel routing, nearshore construction, etc. more efficiently and safely. This paper presents an application of the Artificial Neural Network, namely Backpropagation Recurrent Neural Network (BRNN) with rprop update algorithm for wave forecasting...

46 CFR 122.910 - Suspension and revocation.

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2010-10-01

..., certificate or registry, or merchant mariner's document who commits an act of misconduct, negligence, or incompetence, or who violates or fails to comply with this subchapter or any other law or regulation intending...

40 CFR 51.124 - Findings and requirements for submission of State implementation plan revisions relating to...

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2010-07-01

..., slash, brush, or byproduct from conversion of trees to merchantable material; or (ii) A wood material... any heat contained in condensate return or makeup water; (2) Used in a heating application (e.g...

Psicologia e cooperetivismo solidário: possíveis (desencontros Psychology and solidary cooperativism: possible (disarrangements

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Eveline Favero

2004-12-01

Full Text Available O artigo trata de um relato de experiência e foi construído a partir de uma pesquisa de iniciação científica desenvolvida junto a Cooesperança (Santa Maria -RS. O trabalho envolveu a realização de grupos de reflexão com feirantes e entrevistas individuais, com o objetivo de compreender como a Psicologia Comunitária pode se inserir e intervir em um ambiente cooperativo de geração de trabalho e renda. Ainda, oportunizou um espaço para eles falarem sobre seus anseios e dificuldades. A partir da fala dos feirantes percebemos que a Psicologia pode ter um importante papel em trabalhar na formação dos mesmos, integrada ao trabalho de outros técnicos, antes deles ingressarem definitivamente na cooperativa, ou seja, quando os futuros feirantes se reúnem em grupos de cinco famílias para se cooperativar. Nessa etapa, misturam-se interesses individuais e coletivos que precisam ser ressignificados diante da proposta da economia solidária.This article is about the report of an experience and it was written based on a scientific initiation research, developed in an institute called Cooesperança (Santa Maria / RS. The work involved the organization of reflexive groups with merchants and individual interviews which aimed to comprehend how the community psychology can interfere and how it can be inserted in a cooperative environment which produces work and income. Also, a space for a talk about the individuals' hopes and difficulties was provided. From the merchants' speech, we realize that Psychology can have a very important role, when it comes to working in the formation of the merchants themselves, integrated to the work of other technicians, before they enroll definitely in the cooperative, that is, when the merchants gather in groups of five families to turn into a cooperative. At this point, individual and general interests are taken into consideration, and they need to be reorganized and rethought, considering the proposal of the

African Journal of Neurological Sciences - 2009 Vol. 28 No 1

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The ophthalmological assessment showed no visual field abnormalities ... The prevalence of sinus location is difficult to assess in our countries especially as requests for ... farmers, pigeon breeders, wigmakers and seed merchants [3, 7, 8].

Biological and technological effects of some mulberry varieties and ...

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Marketing and distribution of Garcinia kola (Bitter kola) in southwest Nigeria: ... Where employment opportunities from traditional industries are .... This reduction in price between merchant and wholesaler was to make up for the cost of.

The Wreck of the Pettu as an Example for Nineteenth Century Rural Shipbuilding in South-Western Finland

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Auer, J.; Ditta, Massimiliano

2016-01-01

Although the design and construction of wooden merchant vessels in the nineteenth century is generally considered to be well understood, the excavation and subsequent analysis of the wreck of the wooden Finnish topsail schooner Pettu (1865) revealed a number of unexpected features, which prompted......, considering its loss in 1893, is barely covered by the 100 year rule in Danish heritage legislation, is a good example for the archaeological potential of even relatively ‘modern’ wreck sites, adding to their significance. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.......Although the design and construction of wooden merchant vessels in the nineteenth century is generally considered to be well understood, the excavation and subsequent analysis of the wreck of the wooden Finnish topsail schooner Pettu (1865) revealed a number of unexpected features, which prompted...

Continuïteit en verandering in de handelsgeschiedenis van Amsterdam

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O. Gelderblom

2003-01-01

Full Text Available Continuity and change in the trading history of Amsterdam,Oscar GelderblomThis article argues that Clé Lesger's Handel in Amsterdam (2001 overestimates the impact of the Dutch Revolt on the emergence of the Amsterdam market as the centre for international trade. The immigration of merchants from Brabant and Flanders at the end of the sixteenth century was a direct outcome of the increased economic interaction between Antwerp andAmsterdam after 1540. It was indeed after they had settled in the Dutch port that these newcomers accumulated most of their considerable wealth. Finally, Amsterdam's faceless markets for foodstuffs, raw materials, industrial products, and transportation services played just as important a role in the efficient exchange of information as the international networks of the Antwerp merchants.

A Framework for Analyzing Digital Payment as a Multi-sided Platform

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Kazan, Erol; Damsgaard, Jan

2013-01-01

payment systems and analyzing strategies of current market actors, such as banks, mobile network operators, and merchants. These market actors are identified as incumbents or contenders, and they are currently jockeying for digital payment platform leadership. We analyze three different contactless......Near Field Communication (NFC) is a promising digital payment technology that is expected to substitute cash. However, despite its potential, NFC-based payment has not reached mass adoption on the customer nor on the merchant side. This paper constructs a preliminary framework for studying digital...... payment systems implemented or planned by different actors in the European market. When synthesizing our observations, we note that all three multi-sided platforms (MSP) can provide fully functional and technically solid NFC payment systems. All three platforms seek to gain a foothold by subsidizing NFC...

Canada's forest biomass resources: deriving estimates from Canada's forest inventory

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Penner, M.; Power, K.; Muhairwe, C.; Tellier, R.; Wang, Y.

1997-01-01

A biomass inventory for Canada was undertaken to address the data needs of carbon budget modelers, specifically to provide estimates of above-ground tree components and of non-merchantable trees in Canadian forests. The objective was to produce a national method for converting volume estimates to biomass that was standardized, repeatable across the country, efficient and well documented. Different conversion methods were used for low productivity forests (productivity class 1) and higher productivity forests (productivity class 2). The conversion factors were computed by constructing hypothetical stands for each site, age, species and province combination, and estimating the merchantable volume and all the above-ground biomass components from suitable published equations. This report documents the procedures for deriving the national biomass inventory, and provides illustrative examples of the results. 46 refs., 9 tabs., 5 figs

Teak (Tectona grandis L.f.): A preferred timber for shipbuilding in India as evidenced from shipwrecks

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Tripati, S.; Shukla, S.R.; Shashikala, S.; Sardar, A.A.

, India was pirated by Captain Kidd, and subsequently wrecked off the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic in 1699. Indiana University, USA, carried out exploration to locate Cara Merchant. This communication presents a comparative study...

Ocean wave forecasting using recurrent neural networks

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Mandal, S.; Prabaharan, N.

, merchant vessel routing, nearshore construction, etc. more efficiently and safely. This paper describes an artificial neural network, namely recurrent neural network with rprop update algorithm and is applied for wave forecasting. Measured ocean waves off...

Golubaja venetsianskaja laguna / Katja Tarhanova

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Tarhanova, Katja

2005-01-01

Mängufilm "Veneetsia kaupmees" ("The Merchant of Venice") : stsenarist ja režissöör William Shakespeare'i komöödia järgi Michael Radford : Ameerika Ühendriigid - Itaalia - Luksemburg - Suurbritannia 2004

Utotshnim Shekspira / Jelena Skulskaja

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Skulskaja, Jelena, 1950-

2005-01-01

Mängufilm "Veneetsia kaupmees" ("The Merchant of Venice") : stsenarist ja režissöör William Shakespeare'i komöödia järgi Michael Radford : Ameerika Ühendriigid - Itaalia - Luksemburg - Suurbritannia 2004

Flooding and sinking of nuclear merchant ships

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Lettnin, H.K.J.; Wehowsky, P.

1978-01-01

In contrast to land-based power plants for ship reactors the marine environment brings up the peril of sinking. But this peril is low for nuclear ships with its high safety standard. An evaluation of casualties from 1964 - 1974 for ships>8000 GRT allows to estimate a very low sink probability for nuclear ships in the range of 10 -7 to 10 -8 p.a. In spite of this low probability a sinking cannot be excluded absolutely. Therefore passive means must be provided for sinking in deep waters: to maintain the integrity of at least one enclosure as activity barrier; to supply seawater into the safety containment for decay heat removal. For sinking in shallow waters and flooding at least one of the redundant decay heat removal systems including power supply stays operable. A mathematical tool is available for the design of flood openings of sufficient cross sections to flood the containment and to reach a pressure balance in case of postulated sinking in deep waters of any depth

Code of safety for nuclear merchant ships

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1982-01-01

The Code is in chapters, entitled: general (including general safety principles and principles of risk acceptance); design criteria and conditions; ship design, construction and equipment; nuclear steam supply system; machinery and electrical installations; radiation safety (including radiological protection design; protection of persons; dosimetry; radioactive waste management); operation (including emergency operation procedures); surveys. Appendices cover: sinking velocity calculations; seaway loads depending on service periods; safety assessment; limiting dose-equivalent rates for different areas and spaces; quality assurance programme; application of single failure criterion. Initial application of the Code is restricted to conventional types of ships propelled by nuclear propulsion plants with pressurized light water type reactors. (U.K.)

The United States nuclear merchant ship program

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Maynard, E.V.

1978-01-01

The issues of financial protection contemplate appropriate financing to permit construction of the involved vessels. In addition, the licensing process will require a demonstrated ability for financial response in the event of injury to persons or damage to property. Since the thrust in the United States is to use the Price-Anderson framework for Insurance and Indemnity, much attention is devoted to this legislation. The pre-existing regime is related to the distinguishing requirements of the Maritime field with proposals being advanced to more nearly parallel the insurance coverage philosophy of Europe, i.e., to utilize insurance pools for the nuclear risks and utilize the conventional insurance market for non-nuclear risks. Public affairs issues impact heavily on legislation efforts and thusly become significant in developing a program for Financial Protection

Risk Assessment for an Unmanned Merchant Ship

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Ø.J. Rødseth

2015-09-01

Full Text Available The MUNIN project is doing a feasibility study on an unmanned bulk carrier on an intercontinental voyage. To develop the technical and operational concepts, MUNIN has used a risk-based design method, based on the Formal Safety Analysis method which is also recommended by the International Mari-time Organization. Scenario analysis has been used to identify risks and to simplify operational scope. Systematic hazard identification has been used to find critical safety and security risks and how to address these. Technology and operational concept testing is using a hypothesis-based test method, where the hypotheses have been created as a result of the risk assessment. Finally, the cost-benefit assessment will also use results from the risk assessment. This paper describes the risk assessment method, some of the most important results and also describes how the results have been or will be used in the different parts of the project.

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He has obtained his LLM in International Business Law from Central European ... problems.2The previously “merchant-oriented” bankruptcy system is considered to ... moral dictates of the society.10 In many ancient jurisdictions, creditors were.

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF METHODS FOR ESTIMATING ...

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2014-12-31

Dec 31, 2014 ... speed is the most significant parameter of the wind energy. ... wind-powered generators and applied to estimate potential power output at various ...... Wind and Solar Power Systems, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Kings.

7 CFR 46.46 - Statutory trust.

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2010-01-01

... Regulations of the Department of Agriculture AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MARKETING OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES REGULATIONS (OTHER... commission merchant, dealer, or broker, it automatically becomes eligible to participate in the trust...

7 CFR 46.6 - License fees.

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2010-01-01

... Regulations of the Department of Agriculture AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MARKETING OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES REGULATIONS (OTHER... commission merchants, brokers, and dealers (other than grocery wholesalers and retailers) the annual license...

7 CFR 47.3 - Institution of proceedings.

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2010-01-01

... Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MARKETING OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES... agency of any State or Territory having jurisdiction over commission merchants, dealers, or brokers in...

77 FR 2708 - Performance of Registration Functions by National Futures Association With Respect To Swap...

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2012-01-19

... merchant; \\10\\ a floor broker; \\11\\ a floor trader; \\12\\ or a retail foreign exchange dealer.\\13\\ By today... association,'' to date, NFA is the sole association that has applied for and has been granted registration as...

77 FR 60000 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.; Notice of Filing and Order...

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2012-10-01

... Approve Certain Disbursements of Customer Funds September 25, 2012. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the... initiative that is designed to further safeguard customer funds held at the futures commission merchant... designed to further [[Page 60001

IMO and the peaceful use of nuclear energy through the last 30 years

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Jansen, E.

1990-01-01

All nuclear electric power reactors in operation and under construction by the end of 1988 are tabulated. Unclassified published statistics show that in 1988, on a world basis, there were 376 active nuclear powered submarines and surface craft, while 47 were under construction or in the process of conversion. Information on types, number of units, and nationality of these nuclear powered navy vessels is given. Parallel to this development, the Soviet Union has successfully built and put into operation a fleet of nuclear powered icebreakers, starting with the Lenin, commissioned in 1959. The first nuclear powered merchant ship, the United States' Savannah, was launched on 21 July 1959, and put into service on 1 May 1962. The Federal Republic of Germany put their nuclear propelled merchant ship Otto Hahn into operation in October 1968, and in November the same year the keel of the first Japanese nuclear ship, the Mutsu, was laid. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has, throughout its thirty year existence, made recommendations and developed a Nuclear Ship Safety Code to cover the safety requirements of nuclear ships, and has promoted the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. With the depletion of natural resources and environmental pollution such as the emission of gases causing the greenhouse effect, the correct and safe application of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, including merchant ships, is likely to be the most efficient and hygienic source of energy in the next century. (UK)

Economy of wood supply

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Imponen, V.

1993-01-01

Research and development of wood fuels production was vigorous in the beginning of the 1980's. Techniques and working methods used in combined harvesting and transportation of energy and merchantable wood were developed in addition to separate energy wood delivery. After a ten year silent period the research on this field was started again. At present the underutilization of forest supplies and the environmental effects of energy production based on fossil fuels caused the rebeginning of the research. One alternative for reduction of the price of wood fuels at the utilization site is the integration of energy and merchantable wood deliveries together. Hence the harvesting and transportation devices can be operated effectively, and the organizational costs are decreased as well. The wood delivery costs consist of the stumpage price, the harvesting and transportation costs, and of general expenses. The stumpage price form the largest cost category (over 50 %) of the industrial merchantable wood delivery, and the harvesting and transportation costs in the case of thinningwood delivery. Forest transportation is the largest part of the delivery costs of logging residues. The general expenses, consisting of the management costs and the interest costs of the capital bound to the storages, form a remarkable cost category in delivery of low-rank wood for energy or conversion purposes. The costs caused by the harvesting of thinningwood, the logging residues, chipping and crushing, the lorry transportation are reviewed in this presentation

7 CFR 46.10 - Nonlicensed person; liability; penalty.

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2010-01-01

... 46.10 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MARKETING OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL... Licenses § 46.10 Nonlicensed person; liability; penalty. Any commission merchant, dealer, or broker who...

Briti hotell Dunkri tänavas / Piret Tali

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Tali, Piret, 1972-

2005-01-01

Liisi Murula ja Raili Nõlvaku kujundatud hotell Merchants House, restoran KN Cayenne, baar Ice Bar ja kohvik Cafe Time Tallinnas. Kasutatud ka tekstiilikunstnik Ülle Raadiku ja klaasikunstnik Rait Partsi töid. Valgustite autor ehtekunstnik Katrin Sipelgas

7 CFR 984.64 - Disposition of substandard walnuts.

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2010-01-01

....64 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WALNUTS... merchantable walnuts and with proper safeguards to prevent such walnuts from thereafter entering channels of...

Exploitation oflnfrared Radiance and Retrieval Product Data to Improve Numerical Dust Modeling

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2017-12-20

characterize dust in the limited infrared channels . The key limitation of MODIS in regard to dust is that the signal in the infrared gets washed out by...the size of the IR channels . [[Merchant et al. (2006) produced

Analysis of the Causes of Maritime Casualties

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Jelenko Švetak

2003-01-01

Full Text Available A survey of total loss accidents in merchant shipping over aperiod of 30 years shows that these can be arranged in the followingorder: stranding, fire, water-leaks, gales and collision;other accidents are also taken into consideration. The analysisconsiders ships over 500 GT of different flags, plying any routeof navigation.Initially, a sample of 500 merchant ships- of different typesand tonnage- and under 15 different flags is analyzed to determineage and type of ship, and the causes of accidents.In the second analysis, the same 15 flags are considered,but now over a wider range on a sample totalling 1,500 merchantships. The results of both analyses are compared. It isshown that all collisions together with gale amount to 25% ofmaritime casualty returns -in the total loss lists- while strandingand collision take more than 40% of the toll.

Las redes comerciales del libro en la colonia: «peruleros» y libreros en la Carrera de Indias (1590-1620

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Rueda Ramírez, Pedro

2014-12-01

Full Text Available This study examines a sample of book shipments sent across the Atlantic from Seville to American ports. The shipments comprised printed works from Europe destined for the Viceroyalty of Peru. In this trading activity an essential role was played by the merchants who received orders to buy specific works, which they then sent to private individuals, merchants, and booksellers established in Peru.Se analiza una muestra de envíos de libros remitidos en los barcos que realizaron la travesía atlántica a los puertos americanos. Se trata de envíos de títulos impresos europeos destinados al abastecimiento del virreinato del Perú. En este tráfico de libros jugaron un papel clave los mercaderes que compraron títulos que enviaron a particulares, mercaderes o libreros establecidos en Perú.

7 CFR 46.35 - Suspension or revocation order.

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2010-01-01

... Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MARKETING OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES... the business of a commission merchant, dealer, or broker until his status as a licensee has been...

Political Christianity in Renaissance Drama

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Al-Joulan, Nayef Ali

2017-01-01

Examining the following selected Renaissance dramas: Marlowe's "The Jew of Malta" (1585), Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" (1596), Massinger's "The Renegado" (1624), Daborne's "A Christian Turn'd Turk" (1612), and Goffe's "The Raging Turk" (1656), this research investigates Renaissance…

Electronic Commerce

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financial institution that establishes an account with a merchant and validates card ... The bank sends a monthly statement to the customer and collects the ..... Step 5 The purchaser gets a consolidated debit advice periodi- cally. We have not ...

76 FR 45724 - Clearing Member Risk Management

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2011-08-01

... proposed rules address risk management for cleared trades by futures commission merchants, swap dealers... Commission has proposed extensive regulations addressing open access and risk management at the derivatives..., 2011) (Risk Management Requirements for Derivatives Clearing Organizations). These proposed regulations...

Kleurrijke zeelieden: groepsvorming, klasse en interculturele verhoudingen op een mondiale arbeidsmarkt (1890-1945)

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van Rossum, M.

2010-01-01

The Dutch intercontinental merchant fleet of the nineteenth and twentieth century was manned internationally with diverse crews consisting of Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Chinese, Indonesian, Indian and other nationalities. The diversity in social, geographical and cultural background and the rise

7 CFR 46.7 - Issuance of license.

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2010-01-01

... Regulations of the Department of Agriculture AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MARKETING OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES REGULATIONS (OTHER... certifying that the licensee is authorized to engage in the business of a commission merchant, dealer, or...

12 CFR 225.28 - List of permissible nonbanking activities.

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2010-01-01

... management official of the client institution, except where such interlocking relationship is permitted... conducting management consulting activities may provide management consulting services to customers not... customers in payment for goods and services, and purchasing from the merchant validly authorized checks that...

Teaching Modules for Nine Plays by Shakespeare.

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Smith, Denzell

The nine modules presented in this paper are designed to guide students in a one-semester Shakespeare Course through the reading of three Shakespearean tragedies ("Hamlet,""Othello," and "Macbeth"), three comedies ("Midsummer Night's Dream,""Merchant of Venice," and "The Tempest"), and…

Escalation and Resolution of Border Disputes and Interstate Conflicts in Africa: The Malawi-Tanzania Case

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2011-06-01

William Shakespeare , The Merchant of Venice A. INTRODUCTION Nations go to war for several reasons, among them disputes over interstate boundaries...PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK vii TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ...6 II. CONCEPTUALIZING BORDER CONFLICT RESOLUTION ............................7 A. INTRODUCTION

46 CFR 164.009-3 - Noncombustible materials not requiring specific approval.

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2010-10-01

...) EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL MATERIALS Noncombustible Materials for... noncombustible materials may be used in merchant vessel construction though not specifically approved under this subpart: (a) Sheet glass, block glass, clay, ceramics, and uncoated fibers. (b) All metals, except...

75 FR 20796 - Market-Based Rate Affiliate Restrictions

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2010-04-21

... companies, which include integrated electric businesses, merchant generators, marketing and trading... employees'' nor ``marketing function employees'' under the Standards of Conduct.\\10\\ The Compliance Working... employees'' and ``marketing function employees'' are defined terms under the Standards of Conduct. See 18...

78 FR 45850 - Revisions to Procedural Regulations Governing Transportation by Intrastate Pipelines

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2013-07-30

... Merchants, LLC and Marathon Oil Company (Indicated Marketers); Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association... determination is made. 18. However, Indicated Shippers, Indicated Marketers, and OIPA oppose the adoption of the proposed optional notice procedures. Indicated Shippers, Indicated Marketers, and OIPA argue that the...

Variations in Wood Anatomical Characteristics of Nigerian grown ...

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obeche) were investigated to assess the variation pattern of fibre, vessel and ray elements. Test samples were obtained axially from butt, 10%, 30%, 50%, 70% and 90% of merchantable height (MH); and radially from inner wood, middle wood and ...

46 CFR 160.058-3 - Materials, workmanship, construction and performance requirements.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 6 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Materials, workmanship, construction and performance...) EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT Desalter Kits, Sea Water, for Merchant Vessels § 160.058-3 Materials, workmanship, construction and performance...

Levelised unit electricity cost comparison of alternate technologies for baseload generation in Ontario

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Ayres, M.; McRae, M.; Stogran, M.

2004-08-01

This report provides a comparison of the lifetime cost of constructing, operating and decommissioning new generation suitable for supplying baseload power by early in the next decade. New baseload generation options in Ontario are nuclear, coal-fired steam turbines or combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT). Nuclear and coal-fired units are characterised by high capital costs and low operating costs. As such, they are candidates for baseload operation only. Gas-fired generation is characterised by lower capital costs and higher operating costs and thus may meet the requirements for operation as peaking and/or baseload generation. The comparison of baseload generating technologies is made by reference to the estimated levelised unit electricity cost (LUEC). The LUEC can be thought of as a 'supply cost', where the unit cost is the price needed to recover all costs over the period. It is determined by finding the price that sets the sum of all future discounted cash flows (net present value, or NPV) to zero. It can also be thought of as representing the constant real wholesale price of electricity that meets the financing cost, debt repayment, income tax and cash flow constraints associated with the construction operation and decommissioning of a generating plant. Levelised unit cost comparisons are usually made with different sets of financing assumptions. This report considers two base cases, which we describe as 'merchant' and 'public' financing. The term 'merchant plant' is used to refer to ones that are built and operated by private investors. These investors pay for their capital through debt and by raising equity, and thus pay return on equity and interest on debt throughout their lifetime. These projects include income taxes, both provincial and federal. Publicly financed projects typically are not subject to income taxes or to the same constraints on raising finance through issuing debt and equity. However, they are constrained to provide a rate of return. The

78 FR 12157 - RFS Renewable Identification Number (RIN) Quality Assurance Program

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2013-02-21

... chemical manufacturing. Industry 424690 5169 Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers. Industry... for Proposal 4. QAP Plans and Independent Engineering Reviews 5. Request for Comments D. Proposed..., in reaction to the fraudulent RIN cases, many regulated parties have reported that obligated parties...

75 FR 29395 - National Maritime Day, 2010

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2010-05-26

... America's leadership in the global marketplace, and to our security. Civilian mariners and their ships... continues today. Merchant mariners support military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as.... They help strengthen our Nation's economy; bolster job-creating businesses; and, along with the...

78 FR 65605 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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2013-11-01

... information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Agricultural Marketing Service Title... fair trading practices covering the marketing of fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables [[Page 65606... unfair practices. PACA requires nearly all persons who operate as commission merchants, dealers and...

Pricing of payment cards, competition, and efficiency : A possible guide for SEPA

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Bolt, Wilko; Schmiedel, Heiko

2013-01-01

This paper analyzes equilibrium pricing of payment cards and welfare consequences of payment card competition. In particular, we model competition between debit and credit cards. The paper argues that optimal consumer and merchant fees must take safety, income uncertainty, default risk, and the

17 CFR 1.28 - Appraisal of instruments purchased with customer funds.

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2010-04-01

... purchased with customer funds. 1.28 Section 1.28 Commodity and Securities Exchanges COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION GENERAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT Customers' Money, Securities, and Property § 1.28 Appraisal of instruments purchased with customer funds. Futures commission merchants who...

46 CFR 283.1 - Purpose.

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2010-10-01

... required to maintain the financial ability to assure adequate and timely reinvestment in the merchant marine. The policy contained herein takes into consideration the operators' contractual obligations to... working capital. However, this policy also takes into consideration the operators' need to attract new...

17 CFR 31.15 - Reporting to leverage customers.

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2010-04-01

... customers. 31.15 Section 31.15 Commodity and Securities Exchanges COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION LEVERAGE TRANSACTIONS § 31.15 Reporting to leverage customers. Each leverage transaction merchant shall furnish in writing directly to each leverage customer: (a) Promptly upon the repurchase, resale...

78 FR 20004 - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjustments to the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC...

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2013-04-03

... Review Act I. Does this action apply to me? This rule may affect the following categories: --Industrial Gas Manufacturing entities (NAICS code 325120), including fluorinated hydrocarbon gases manufacturers...), including chemical gases and compressed gases merchant wholesalers; --Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating...

75 FR 77576 - General Regulations and Derivatives Clearing Organizations

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2010-12-13

... Derivatives Clearing Organizations AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Notice of proposed... derivatives clearing organization (DCO) Core Principles A (Compliance), H (Rule Enforcement), N (Antitrust... commission merchant (FCM) that is also registered as a securities broker-dealer (FCM/BD), and make certain...

75 FR 17297 - Account Class

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2010-04-06

... merchant (``FCM''), for positions in cleared over-the-counter (``OTC'') derivatives (and money, securities... positions in cleared OTC derivatives (and money, securities, and/or other property margining, guaranteeing... customer positions in cleared OTC derivatives (and money, securities, and/or other property margining...

Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training Equipment Conference (4th) Held at Kissimmee, Florida on 15-18 November 1982. Volume 2

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1982-01-01

Ohio State University Craig , Charles D. 1501 Neil Avenue Training Devices Group Supervisor Columbus, OH 43202 Lockheed California Company P.O. Box...Manager Arlington, VA 22202 Maritime Administration U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Deegan , Paul A. Kingspoint, NY 11024 Editor-Military Simulators

75 FR 65331 - Federal Home Loan Bank Members Selected for Community Support Review

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2010-10-22

... Bank, FSB Saint Cloud Minnesota. Capital Bank Saint Paul Minnesota. Bremer Bank, National Association........ South St. Paul Minnesota. Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Springfield Minnesota. Springfield. Central... Bank Denver Colorado. FirstBank of Cherry Creek--Denver, CO.... Denver Colorado. FirstBank of Denver...

Impact of Historical Networks on ODA Distribution in Africa

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Hansen, Annette Skovsted

Aid relationships in Africa often rely on centuries old networks established by various flows of migrants, students, merchants, colonial administrators, and missionaries. The paper is a mapping of some of the concrete histories of connections between three African countries: Tanzania, Ghana, and ...

77 FR 72349 - Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

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2012-12-05

... financial institutions to report known or suspected violations of law and suspicious transactions. To..., financial institutions (depository institutions, broker-dealers in securities, futures commission merchants...: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. SUMMARY: On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management...

Sailors and syphilis on Europe's waterways International Health Organizations and the Rhine Commissions, c. 1900-1953

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Slawomir Lotysz

2016-12-01

Full Text Available This article will focus on efforts to address the problem of sexually-transmitted disease among a maritime labour force in the first half of the twentieth-century as it became a core concern for a wide range of international health organizations. In focusing on those working on the Rhine it challenges existing accounts that have considered the place of seamen only in particular national contexts and which have tended to focus on the open seas. It explores the reasons why, despite repeated efforts to establish wide-ranging surveillance and treatment mechanisms, these remained beyond reach for those seeking to deal with the problem.

Status and future of the direct sales market

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DuMaresq, P.R.

1996-01-01

Three topics of interest concerning the direct purchase of natural gas, were discussed. The three topics were: (1) the Ontario market, past, present and future, along with an analysis of market segmentation, (2) Ontario local distribution companies (LDC) separation, or separating the merchant role from the distribution role, and (3) the status of direct purchase in Alberta. Changes in the natural gas market since deregulation in 1985, were also reviewed. It was noted that today, only a handful of agents, brokers and marketers of natural gas are vying for the market; customers are looking to purchase gas at a price lower than the LDC buy/sell price; and there is pressure for the LDCs to separate the merchant functions from the distribution functions in most of the provinces in Canada. The direct and long term impact of these developments will be to enhance competition among distributors

A New Stem Taper Function for Short-rotation poplar

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Benbrahim, Mohammed [INRA Centre de Bordeaux, Cestas (France). Unite de Recherches Forestieres; Gavaland, Andre [INRA Centre de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosane (France). Unite Agroforesterie et Foret Paysanne

2003-07-01

A new stem taper function was established for individual trees of two poplar hybrid clones grown on a short-rotation coppice. The model could be easily fitted and required three parameters to be estimated. It can be used to estimate both diameter at a given height and height for a given top diameter. Two of the three parameters controlled the conical and the neiloid parts of the stem. Significant differences in these parameters were observed between the two clones even if no differences were observed for diameter at breast height or total height of the stem. The model could not be integrated to calculate volumes (total volume, merchantable volume), which were estimated by numerical integration. However, use of this new model allows the optimal length of billets to be determined and thus maximizes the merchantable biomass of poplar in short-rotation coppice by minimizing the biomass of residues.

Paying for Payments

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Korsgaard, Søren

depends only on the relative costs of producing cash and card payments and can be used by regulators to assess privately set interchange fees. When calibrated to cost data, the model implies an optimal fee that is low and may even be negative. The findings are consistent with empirical evidence of high......Do consumers and merchants use the most efficient payment instruments? I examine how interchange fees, which are fees paid from merchants' banks to consumers' banks when card transactions take place, influence the choice between cash and payment cards. I show that when consumers do not pay...... transaction fees to banks - a common feature in bank contracts - card use is declining in interchange fees, and surcharging does not neutralize interchange fees. According to my model, banks set interchange fees at too high a level, resulting in too few card payments. I derive an optimal interchange fee which...

Working conditions in seafaring international

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Jensen, Olaf Chresten; Canals, M. Luisa

2008-01-01

. The average was 60-80 working hours a week. 60% had 70 hours or more per week and one third more than 80 hours. 80 % worked all the 7 days in the week. Officers were 15-30% among the Philippines and Indonesian seafarers and 80% among the seafarers from United Kingdom and Denmark. 80% of the seafarers from...... frequent involved. Seafarers from the Philippines and Indonesia had low incidence rates of injury. The self-perceived health was generally good among the seafarers, with some national exceptions Conclusions - Remarkable non-equity for work conditions between the nationalities - Working hours per week......Background The world merchant fleet comprise about 1.4 million seafarers. Multi ethnic crews make about 2/3 of the world merchant fleet. The purpose was to descripe important aspects of the working environment for seafarers. Method The seafarers have biannual health examinations and they used 5...

Reducing the illegal sale of cigarettes to minors.

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Altman, D G; Foster, V; Rasenick-Douss, L; Tye, J B

1989-01-06

This study reports on an effort to stop the illegal sale of cigarettes to minors. In Santa Clara County, Calif, 412 stores and 30 vending machines were visited by 18 minors aged 14 through 16 years with the intent to purchase cigarettes; they were successful at 74% of the stores and 100% of the vending machines. After an aggressive six-month campaign using communitywide media, direct merchant education, contact with the chief executive officers of chain stores and franchise operations owned by major companies, and grassroots work with community organizations, the percentage of stores with illegal over-the-counter sale of cigarettes to minors was reduced to 39%. Sales from vending machines were not reduced. While much remains to be accomplished in stopping the illegal sale of tobacco to minors, data from this study illustrate that a well-designed community and merchant education campaign can significantly reduce such sales.

« Agriculture, and Commerce as its Handmaid »

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Pierre Gervais

2006-03-01

Full Text Available This paper presents the preliminary results of a work in progress, the aim of which is an integration of Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian visions of political economy with the kind of public opinion statements which began to appear in newspapers after the end of the Constitutional debate, more specifically during the year 1793. The working hypothesis used is that there was indeed around 1792‑1793 a cristallization of two opposed worldviews, usually associated with Jefferson and Hamilton respectively, and built on conflicting views of the economy and its role, within and in spite of the « liberal consensus » stressed by recent historiography. This opposition was centered on contradictory assessments of the benefits and risks of merchant development, which can be observed easily in two important texts, the Notes on the State of Virginia and the Report on Manufactures. While Jefferson considered that the correlated growths of merchant power and market activity were inherently dangerous, and should be strictly controlled, Hamilton took a much more positive view of the same phenomena.A second part relates these two positions to an as yet small sample of patriotic toasts given during the year 1793 and printed in Philadelphia and Boston papers. By carefully analyzing the use and wording of one particular kind of thematic toast, called « economic toast, » it can be shown that, within the discourse of local political actors, there were traces of the same differential view of merchant activity which structured national political discourse.

Historiographical reflections on local and transit trade relations on the Prut-Dniester area and the Lower Danube (late 13th - 14th century

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Silvia Barcari

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Due to the geographical position of the Prut-Dniester and the Lower Danube regions, there were lying the important trade routes and the important transit trade was carried out that in some ways contributed to their economic development. Through Transylvania and Wallachia there passed trade route linking the Western and Central Europe with the Black Sea region and the Balkan Peninsula and reaching the cities of the Adriatic coast; through the area of future Moldova there passed a road connecting the Baltic and the Black Seas. In transit trade there were involved Italian merchants from the Levant, Armenian merchants of Poland, and Transylvanian Saxons, who traded here "overseas goods": from the East - pepper, spices, from Western and Central Europe - cloth, linen, weapons, agricultural tools. In return, foreign merchants were buying in these areas cattle, horses, hides, wax, grain, etc. Need in money, especially the fractional coins often needed in small business transactions, has led to cutting coins into equal parts and stamping local imitations of foreign coins. In the 14th century in the mouth of the Danube there is attested the existence of "banks" and "bankers" engaged in exchange of money. Trading activity was stimulated by the transit of goods on major trade routes of Europe, as well as the opening of the local market for high-quality goods of the European market. The expansion of trade exchange contributed to the economic prosperity of the independent Romanian states and increasing of their military power that brought them to the international political arena.

7 CFR 984.22 - Trade demand.

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2010-01-01

... 7 Agriculture 8 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Trade demand. 984.22 Section 984.22 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements... Regulating Handling Definitions § 984.22 Trade demand. (a) Inshell. The quantity of merchantable inshell...

17 CFR 1.26 - Deposit of instruments purchased with customer funds.

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2010-04-01

... purchased with customer funds. 1.26 Section 1.26 Commodity and Securities Exchanges COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION GENERAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT Customers' Money, Securities, and Property § 1.26 Deposit of instruments purchased with customer funds. (a) Each futures commission merchant...

Offering online recommendations with minimum customer input through conjoint-based decision aids

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De Bruyn, Arnaud; Liechty, John C.; Huizingh, Eelko K. R. E.; Lilien, Gary L.

2008-01-01

In their purchase decisions, online customers seek to improve decision quality while limiting search efforts. In practice, many merchants have understood the importance of helping customers in the decision-making process and provide online decision aids to their visitors. In this paper, we show how

49 CFR 28.103 - Definitions.

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2010-10-01

... (FHWA). (e) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). (f) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...). Facility means all or any portion of buildings, structures, equipment, roads, walks, parking lots, rolling... education services provided by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy or the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, an...

78 FR 20898 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice of Intent to Renew Collection: Market Surveys

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2013-04-08

... prevention of market manipulation. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 7, 2013. ADDRESSES... positions held or introduced by futures commission merchants, members of contract markets, introducing... is designed to assist the Commission in prevention of market manipulation and is promulgated pursuant...

77 FR 46258 - Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing

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2012-08-03

... transactions may be reduced; (4) the fraud-prevention and data-security costs expended by each party involved... costs such as fraud-prevention research and development costs, data-security costs, fraud-related... own fraud-prevention tools. For example, many large Internet merchants implement extra security...

Impacts of ramping inflexibility of conventional generators on strategic operation of energy storage facilities

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Nasrolahpour, Ehsan; Kazempour, Jalal; Zareipour, Hamidreza

2016-01-01

This paper proposes an approach to assist a pricemaker merchant energy storage facility in making its optimal operation decisions. The facility operates in a pool-based electricity market, where the ramping capability of other resources is limited. Also, wind power resources exist in the system...

46 CFR 310.51 - Definitions.

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2010-10-01

... allegiance to the United States, but the term excludes United States nationals. (f) Cost of Education Provided means the financial costs incurred by the Federal Government for providing training or financial assistance to students at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, including direct financial assistance...

78 FR 21871 - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revision of the Venting Prohibition for Specific Refrigerant...

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2013-04-12

... in retail food refrigerators and freezers (standalone units only). Table of Contents I. General... and sorting recyclable materials from non- hazardous waste streams (e.g., scrap yards) and merchant... Register GWP--Global warming potential HCFC-22--the chemical chlorodifluoromethane, CAS Reg No. 75-45-6...

Parametric Roll - Risk Reduction through Real-time Detection

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Galeazzi, Roberto

2014-01-01

PAROLL is an innovative condition-monitoring system for the timely detection of parametric roll on merchant vessels. It has been invented and developed by the Technical University of Denmark. DNV GL and Wallenius Marine have supported the development and full-scale validation of this monitoring...

77 FR 71592 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated...

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2012-12-03

... serve as an early warning mechanism to identify FHCs whose activities in this area are growing rapidly... Holding Company Report of Equity Investments in Nonfinancial Companies, and the Annual Report of Merchant...: Bank holding companies (BHCs), financial holding companies (FHCs) and savings and loan holding...

46 CFR 160.042-3 - Construction.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 6 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Construction. 160.042-3 Section 160.042-3 Shipping COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED) EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT Skids, Liferaft, for Merchant Vessels § 160.042-3 Construction...

17 CFR 21.02 - Special calls for information on open contracts in accounts carried or introduced by futures...

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2010-04-01

... furnish to the Commission the following information concerning accounts of traders owning or controlling... 17 Commodity and Securities Exchanges 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Special calls for information on open contracts in accounts carried or introduced by futures commission merchants, clearing members...

46 CFR 160.038-3 - Materials, workmanship, and construction.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 6 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Materials, workmanship, and construction. 160.038-3..., CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT Magazine Chests, Portable, for Merchant Vessels § 160.038-3 Materials, workmanship, and construction. (a) Portable magazine chests shall...

Iran Sanctions

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2012-07-16

their bazaar merchants in June 2012 because of an escalation in the price of baby milk and other staples. • Suggesting Iran’s operating budget is...condition of receiving a U.S. government contract, and providing for penalties for any falsification . The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council issued

A comparative value chain analysis of burley tobacco in Malawi: 2003/04 and 2009/10

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Prowse, Martin

2011-01-01

This article conducts a value chain analysis of smallholder burley tobacco production in Malawi for the 2003/04 and 2009/10 agricultural seasons. The comparison suggests in 2003/04 smallholder profits from growing burley were limited by two main factors: first, the practices of leaf merchant...

Drivers Behind the PRC’s Port Investments: Cases in Darwin and Sri Lanka

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2017-12-01

Cambodia, Pakistan, Malaysia , Japan, the Republic of Korea, India, Singapore, and Kazakhstan, and several out of the region states, including...as offering assistance “to improve the safety and security of merchant traffic transiting the Straits of Malacca.” 73 As member of the UN Security

77 FR 20127 - Swap Dealer and Major Swap Participant Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Duties Rules; Futures...

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2012-04-03

... SDs, MSPs, futures commission merchants (FCMs), and introducing brokers (IBs) with regard to firewalls... searchable by transaction and by counterparty. Maintaining records in this manner may prove costly for some... searchable by transaction and by counterparty. Maintaining records in this form may prove costly for some...

Transformations in gas shipping : Market structure and efficiency

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Engelen, Steve; Dullaert, Wout

This article aims to improve understanding of the gas shipping markets which, contrary to the main merchant markets- namely the dry, the tanker and the container markets- have not been subject to the same scrutiny. We examine the fundamentals and segment these versatile markets in which expanding

Aardekütte ootab ookeanis eldoraado / Arko Olesk

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Olesk, Arko, 1981-

2007-01-01

USA firma Odyssey Marine Explorationi aardeleiust Gibraltari lähedastest vetest. Hukkunud laevaks peetakse kas 1964. aastal põhja läinud Inglise sõjalaeva HMS Sussexit või 1641. aastal uppunud Briti laeva Merchant Royal. Sama ka: Postimees : na russkom jazõke, 4. juuni, lk. 11

46 CFR 11.540 - Endorsements for engineers of mobile offshore drilling units.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Endorsements for engineers of mobile offshore drilling units. 11.540 Section 11.540 Shipping COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MERCHANT MARINE... § 11.540 Endorsements for engineers of mobile offshore drilling units. Endorsements as chief engineer...

12 CFR 225.177 - Definitions.

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2010-01-01

... pursuant to this subpart, including through a private equity fund that the financial holding company... in the determination of major policies of the company and whose decisions are limited by policy... COMPANIES AND CHANGE IN BANK CONTROL (REGULATION Y) Regulations Merchant Banking Investments § 225.177...

76 FR 43477 - Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing

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2011-07-20

... transactions may be reduced; (4) the fraud-prevention and data-security costs expended by each party involved... parties involved in those transactions; and the fraud-prevention and data-security activities and costs..., many large online merchants implement extra security measures to verify the legitimacy of a purchase...

Click your way to the right bottle of wine : Birds of a feather ? A new interactive search system

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Stappers, P.J.; Pasman, G.; De Boo, M.

2000-01-01

Dozens of television programmes to choose from,hundreds of colours in the paint shop, hundreds of different kinds of red wine at wine merchants or supermarkets. Were simply spoilt for choice. Making the right choice will become easier with the interactive search system developed by researchers at

Dutch securities for American land speculation in the late-eighteenth century

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Frehen, R.G.P.; Goetzmann, W.; Rouwenhorst, K.G.; White, E.N.; Snowden, K.; Fishback, P.

The end of the 18th century was one of the most innovative periods in the history of securitization. Public markets for mortgage-backed securities are among the most interesting developments of the period. In The Netherlands, a network of merchant investment bankers used sophisticated methods for

Models for estimation of tree volume in the miombo woodlands of ...

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Volume of trees is an important parameter in forest management, but only volume models with limited geographical and tree size coverage have previously been developed for Tanzanian miombo woodlands. This study developed models for estimating total, merchantable stem and branches volume applicable for the entire ...

Trees in the small city retail business district: comparing resident and visitor perceptions

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Kathleen L. Wolf

2005-01-01

Many small cities and towns are located near resource lands, and their central business districts serve both residents and visitors. Such quasi-rural retail centers face competitive challenges from regional shopping malls, online purchasing, and big box discount retailers. District merchants must strategically enhance their market...

75 FR 19936 - Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District Saratoga, WY

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2010-04-16

... areas. In areas managed to produce commercial wood products, it is necessary to salvage merchantable... remove dead and dying trees that are posing a public safety hazard in high priority areas. The proposal...-killed) dead and dying trees; reduce hazardous fuels; provide forest products; promote forest...

46 CFR 13.501 - Original application for “Tankerman-Engineer” endorsement.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Original application for âTankerman-Engineerâ endorsement. 13.501 Section 13.501 Shipping COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MERCHANT MARINE... Original application for “Tankerman-Engineer” endorsement. Each applicant for a “Tankerman-Engineer...

46 CFR 13.401 - Original application for “Tankerman-Assistant” endorsement.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Original application for âTankerman-Assistantâ endorsement. 13.401 Section 13.401 Shipping COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MERCHANT MARINE... Original application for “Tankerman-Assistant” endorsement. Each applicant for a “Tankerman-Assistant...

46 CFR 386.5 - Conformity with signs and posted regulations.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Conformity with signs and posted regulations. 386.5 Section 386.5 Shipping MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AT THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY § 386.5 Conformity with...

Don't Stop Believing: Mapping Distance Learners' Research Journeys

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Brahme, Maria E.; Gabriel, Lizette; Stenis, Paul V.

2016-01-01

Journey mapping, a method of collecting data that illustrates individuals' paths toward a specific goal, was originally developed for use in retail/customer service environments. Much of the literature describes its application in examining customer behavior when navigating merchants' Websites, allowing researchers to examine the effectiveness,…

76 FR 14471 - Clearing Agency Standards for Operation and Governance

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2011-03-16

... futures commission merchants. 12 U.S.C. 5462(6)(B). The designation of systemic importance hinges on a... such designation if it determines that the FMU no longer meets the standards for systemic importance... that provides CCP services to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written policies and...

The future of nuclear propulsion in merchant ships

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Young, R.T.

1977-01-01

Attention is paid to a number of issues which must be resolved before any firm commitment to build a commercial nuclear powered ship will be made. Basically, these can be grouped into three major problem areas: first, economic; second, indemnification and liability; and third, port entry and international clearance. It is concluded that there is reason for guarded optimism, as concerted efforts to solve the important issues are now underway. Some examples are briefly discussed

Merchants of Death: Media Violence and American Empire.

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Trend, David

2003-01-01

Research has done little to advance understanding of who accesses the violent imagery in popular culture. The narrow perspective provided by mass-produced media violence must be broadened by critical viewpoints that provide information people need to participate in the democratic process. (Contains 85 reference notes.) (SK)

78 FR 51736 - Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

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2013-08-21

... September 12, 2013 in Linthicum Heights, MD, to discuss various issues related to the training and fitness..., documentation, and fitness standards. The Committee will advise, consult with, and make recommendations... 81, Development of Competency Requirements for Vessel Personnel Working Within the Polar Regions; (f...

Effective Manning of the U.S. Merchant Fleet

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1984-01-01

operators, union leaders, government administrators, and researchers in England, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway , and the Netherlands. A list of...reorganization of billets, and integration of trade skills in ratings. Research efforts were undertaken in the United Kingdom, Norway , and other countries...innovations in design have been increasingly employed. Companies have supplanted worklife improvement experiments with efforts that will provide

Electricity supply alternatives : the next five years

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Oliver, W.J.

1998-01-01

Characteristics of the energy market for New England and the state of New York were summarized. It was predicted that in the next five years, virtually all proposals for electricity generation for New England and New York will be gas-fired combined cycle projects which are designed to meet new generation requirements and displace older steam units. The status of nuclear plants will influence project economics. It has been estimated that New England will need about 6,000-7,000 MW by 2004. This need is driven by the current deficiencies and increased shortfalls due to load growth and economic retirements of 2,000-4,000 MW. Market assumptions for new entrants, merchant plant economics, gas requirements in New England, pipeline capacity and power generation, and the challenges facing the natural gas industry were reviewed. A list of proposed combined cycle natural gas merchant power plants and their generating capacity was also provided. 1 tab., 5 figs

Réécriture des pièces de Shakespeare : l’enjeu de la modernité ? Rewriting Shakespeare’s Plays: the Challenge of Modernity?

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Estelle Rivier

2009-06-01

Full Text Available Shakespeare’s works remain a reference when artists — either playwrights or stage professionals — aim at philosophising on human nature. These artists use the Shakespearean material to give vent to their own imagination and critical approach to the world they live in. Not surprisingly, Shakespeare’s plays have constantly been adapted on stage and in the cinema to comment upon contemporary facts and to voice either political or social concerns. But the same plays have also been the pretexts for other plays, written in modern English so as to serve new prospects. This study is based on the work of three twentieth-century writers – Arnold Wesker, Edward Bond and Tom Stoppard – who rewrote Shakespearean plays: The Merchant of Venice (The Merchant, 1977, King Lear (Lear, 1972 and Hamlet (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, 1967. This article explores the way these plays were elaborated with reference to the original versions and why their authors decided to adapt the Elizabethan text.

Intimidade, transgressão e privança na dinâmica dos «afetos» do Antigo Regime : o caso de António Conti, o príncipe dos favoritos de D. Afonso VI (1656-1662

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Ricardo Fernando Pinto

2012-01-01

Full Text Available Around Antonio Maria Conti Vintimiglia – a strange and obscure Italian merchant who achieved to win the friendship and love of Afonso the 6th – the speculations are many, particularly, on the nature of the relation he has maintained with the king, along with his brother Joao Conti. By breaking the rules of the social relationship, that then moderate the hard social barriers on the Ancient Regime, such a connection gained strength throughout the king’s youth years. According to the coeval sources of the Afonsine misfortune, this connection was seen as illicit, which have provoked the great aristocracy of Restoration to be discontent. From an anonymous merchant of the chapel on Ribeira’s Palace, he quickly achieves the royal favours and graces. He receives this way the court of gentleman and becomes the king’s main favourite, by winning his heart and growing to be one of his most beloved and longed companions of leisure.

Retail unbundling: how much progress has been made?

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Bennett, P.

1999-01-01

Bentek Consulting Services is a power market research and management consulting firm that provides information and analytical services to large non-regulated retail marketing companies. Their studies have indicated that retail unbundling in the the U.S. energy sector is unfolding too slowly because many local distribution companies (LDCs) are subverting the process and many marketers make the problem worse with bad management. In an unbundled market, the local utilities' monopoly merchant role will be replaced by numerous competitive energy merchants. Both customers and suppliers could benefit financially from unbundling. In addition, unbundling holds promise for more efficient use of resources. One way to determine the success of unbundling is to determine how many customers have actually switched to a non-regulated utility. The numbers vary from a low in California of 5 per cent to a high of more than 50 per cent in Pennsylvania. The factors that determine customer participation were also reviewed. 2 tabs., 11 figs

[Operative treatment for complex tibial plateau fractures].

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Song, Qi-Zhi; Li, Tao

2012-03-01

To explore the surgical methods and clinical evaluation of complex tibial plateau fractures resulted from high-energy injuries. From March 2006 to May 2009,48 cases with complex tibial plateau fractures were treated with open reduction and plate fixation, including 37 males and 11 females, with an average age of 37 years (ranged from 18 to 63 years). According to Schatzker classification, 16 cases were type IV, 20 cases type V and 12 cases type VI. All patients were examined by X-ray flim and CT scan. The function of knee joint were evaluated according to postoperative follow-up X-ray and Knee Merchant Rating. Forty-eight patients were followed up with a mean time of 14 months. According to Knee Merchant Rating, 24 cases got excellent results, 16 cases good, 6 cases fair and 2 cases poor. Appropriate operation time, anatomical reduction, suitable bone graft and reasonable rehabilitation exercises can maximally recovery the function of knee joint.

Una preciosa moneda de múltiples caras : la partida doble en algunos tratados ingleses del siglo XVII

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Juan Lanero Fernández

2008-06-01

Full Text Available El contable Ralph Handson no ha pasado desapercibido en la Historia de la Contabilidad. Así, ocupa una cierta posición como autor de unas breves consideraciones, a modo de Prefacio, de la obra de Richard Dafforne, The Merchants Mirrour (1836. Sin embargo, existe una publicación independiente de Handson a la que se le ha prestado escasa atención y en la que se centra la atención de este estudio. Se trata de una Tabla desplegable titulada Analysis or Resolution of Merchants Accompts. La copia que se halla en la Biblioteca del Christ College de Oxford está encuadernada con la tercera edición de otra obra de Richard Dafforne: The Apprentices Time-Entertainer Accomptantly: Or A Methodical Means to Obtain the Exquisite Art of Accomptanship, que se publico en Londres en 1670.La clasificación analítica de las operaciones que efectúa Handson comienza con una división en tres ámbitos fundamentales: Domestick, Forraign y Portable. El primero corresponde a las operaciones en la cuenta de cada uno; el segundo en función de las operaciones realizadas como agente para otros mercaderes; y el tercero se ocupa de las operaciones de las sociedades.Racionalizar, sistematizar y presentar un cuadro-esquema de cómo llevar las cuentas, desprovisto de adornos y literatura, centrado únicamente en la aplicación de unas reglas que comprendían desde el Borrador hasta el Libro Mayor es el objetivo supremo de esta Tabla ideada para la práctica contable diaria.The accountant Ralph Handson has not been unnoticed in Accounting History. Accordingly, he has a certain position as the author of a few considerations, written in the form of a Preface, or Richard Dafforne's The Merchants Mirrour 1636. Nevertheless, there is another Handson's independent publication that has not been paid she attention it deserves and that is the main target of the present paper. It is not a book but rather a folded table entitled Analysis or Resolution of Merchants Accompts. The copy

Evidence Based Prevention of Occupational Slips, Trips and Falls

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Jensen, Olaf Chresten

2009-01-01

It is estimated that about one third of the compensated occupational injuries and half of the most serious occupational injuries in merchant seafaring are related to slips, trips and falls (STF)-events. Among the elderly, STF is the risk factor that causes the largest number of inpatient days...

A Narrative Reflection on Examining Text and World for Social Justice: Combatting Bullying and Harassment with Shakespeare

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Shelton, Stephanie Anne

2017-01-01

Based on classroom readings and discussions of William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," this Voices from the Field article examines the ways that teachers might use traditional canonized texts to encourage students to both critique and react against bullying behaviors. The author's experiences detail the narratives that students…

17 CFR 4.34 - General disclosures required.

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... CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. IN CONSIDERING... SUBSTANTIAL CHARGES FOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORY FEES. IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE SUBJECT... with a futures commission merchant or the introduction of such account through an introducing broker...

76 FR 10353 - Locational Exchanges of Wholesale Electric Power

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2011-02-24

... marketer instead of El Paso's merchant affiliate.\\12\\ \\11\\ El Paso Electric Co., 115 FERC ] 61,312 (2006... characteristics of locational exchanges and whether the definition set forth by Puget's Petition sufficiently... transmission between the exchange points; and (5) allow entities such as power marketers the ability to avoid...

76 FR 43393 - Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing

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2011-07-20

... programs and certain reloadable, general-use prepaid cards not marketed or labeled as a gift card or gift... evolved to support payments made by consumers for the purchase of goods or services at merchants... of the purchase transaction. Debit cards are generally issued by depository institutions to their...

17 CFR 166.2 - Authorization to trade.

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2010-04-01

... 17 Commodity and Securities Exchanges 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Authorization to trade. 166.2 Section 166.2 Commodity and Securities Exchanges COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION CUSTOMER PROTECTION RULES § 166.2 Authorization to trade. No futures commission merchant, introducing broker or any of their...

Estimating aboveground tree biomass on forest land in the Pacific Northwest: a comparison of approaches

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Xiaoping Zhou; Miles A. Hemstrom

2009-01-01

Live tree biomass estimates are essential for carbon accounting, bioenergy feasibility studies, and other analyses. Several models are currently used for estimating tree biomass. Each of these incorporates different calculation methods that may significantly impact the estimates of total aboveground tree biomass, merchantable biomass, and carbon pools. Consequently,...

Maritime English Vocabulary in Feature Films: "The Perfect Storm" (2000) and "Master and Commander" (2003)

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Jurkovic, Violeta

2016-01-01

The teaching content of Maritime English is dictated by the 1995 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping, as amended, which sets qualification standards for masters, officers, and officers of the watch on merchant ships, including a high proficiency level in maritime English. Feature films have an…

The East India Company: Agent of Empire in the Early Modern Capitalist Era

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Brunton, Bruce

2013-01-01

The world economy and political map changed dramatically between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Unprecedented trade linked the continents together and set off a European scramble to discover new resources and markets. European ships and merchants reached across the world, and their governments followed after them, inaugurating the…

77 FR 64569 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.; Notice of Filing and Order...

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2012-10-22

... designed to further safeguard customer funds held at the futures commission merchant (``FCM'') level... rule changes are part of a continuing effort to enhance the protection of customer funds held at the... Department with view-only full access of segregated, secured, and Cleared Swaps Customer accounts at a bank...

State University of New York Maritime College: Selected Financial Management Practices.

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This report presents audit findings of the financial management practices at the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College, which trains students to become licensed officers in the U.S. Merchant Marines. Specifically, the audit examined whether SUNY Maritime maintains an adequate internal control environment and adequate internal…

Republiek van adel : eer in de Oost-Nederlandse adelscultuur (1555-1702)

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Gietman, C.A.M.

2010-01-01

society of merchants and regents. This thesis is largely based on studies that follow solely on the province of Holland. In contrast to Holland however, the landward provinces in the eastern half of the country (Guelders, Overijssel and Drenthe) were still feudal in character. As members of regional

17 CFR 32.13 - Exemption from prohibition of commodity option transactions for trade options on certain...

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2010-04-01

... trade option merchant's internal controls with respect to market risk, credit risk, and other risks... disclosure statement: This brief statement does not disclose all of the risks and other significant aspects... futures exchange. You may be able to obtain a similar contract or execute a similar risk management...

Major Convoy Operation to Malta, 10-15 August 1942 (Operation PEDESTAL)

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2010-01-01

pedo bombers threatening the convoy.28 The Admiralty made the decision that in the course of the operation damaged merchant vessels should be...the protection of the convoy and Force X turned westward.159 In the early morning of 13 August, a British submarine (Unbroken) fired four tor- pedoes

Targeting Civilians with Indiscriminate Violence

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2008-03-01

turning against small merchants, entrepreneurs and petty bourgeoisie who had formed the backbone of the Islamic opposition. The GIA activists began...evidence recorded in France in 1996. In The Algerian Civil War 1990- 1998, ed. Martinez, 152. 157 Amnesty International 1997b: 18. In “The Logic of

Introduction to Retail Payments : Mapping Out the Road Ahead

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Bolt, Wilko; Mester, Loretta J.

2017-01-01

This article introduces four papers that were presented at a payments conference “Retail Payments: Mapping Out the Road Ahead,” which was held at De Nederlandsche Bank in Amsterdam in April of 2016. These papers focus on various behavioral aspects of consumers and merchants in their choice and

46 CFR 160.026-3 - Container.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 6 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Container. 160.026-3 Section 160.026-3 Shipping COAST...: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT Water, Emergency Drinking (In Hermetically Sealed Containers), for Merchant Vessels § 160.026-3 Container. (a) General. The emergency drinking water container shall...

Assessment of the resettlement compensation satisfaction of wood ...

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Kumasi has undergone significant development in the past two decades in the areas of road and housing construction, resulting in the resettlement of some commercial neighborhoods including the wood merchants from Anloga to allow for the construction of the south-eastern section of the ring road from Oforikrom ...

46 CFR 164.006-3 - Construction, materials, and workmanship.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 6 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Construction, materials, and workmanship. 164.006-3..., CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL MATERIALS Deck Coverings for Merchant Vessels § 164.006-3 Construction, materials, and workmanship. (a) It is the intent of this specification to obtain a...

Los Contables de la Taula de Canvis de Valencia (1519-1649. Su Formación Teórica y Práctica

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Francisco Mayordomo García-Chicote

2000-12-01

Full Text Available La gestión contable de la Taula de Canvis de Valencia (siglos XVI-XVII corría a cargo de dos notarios públicos y tres mercaderes, los cuales se responsabilizaban de la contabilidad principal y auxiliar de este Banco municipal, por lo que estos profesionales debían ser expertos en el art mercantivol (peritos en aritmética mercantil y contabilidad; conocimientos que eran intrínsecos a la profesión de mercader. También hemos comprobado que eran expertos en el arte mercantil los notarios que estuvieron adscritos a la taula; los cuales debían estar matriculados en el Colegio Notarial, porque, según las Ordenanzas, sus apuntes debían dar fe de las operaciones que registraban. Nuestra teoría es que una buena parte de los mercaderes y notarios valencianos tenían una formación universitaria básica. The bookkeeping of the Taula de Canvis of Valencia in the 16th C. and 17th C. was managed by two public notaries and three merchants, who were responsible for the principal and auxiliary accounting for this municipal bank. They were experts in 'art mercantivol' (specialists in mercantile arithmetic and accounting, knowledge which was intrinsic to the merchant profession. We have also verified that notaries belonging to the Taula were experts in mercantile art Furthermore, they had to be members of the Notary College because, according to the Ordinances, their notes were required to record the operations that took lace. Our theory is that a great deal of the merchants and notaries in Valencia had gained a basic university degree.

Some Remarks on the Slave Trade in the Heart of the Golden Horde (14th century in the Wake of C. Verlinden’s Research

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2017-09-01

Full Text Available Objective: For decades the slave trade was very lucrative for the Italian merchants who travelled to the East. The formation of the Mongol Empire, and the economic and demographic growth occurred in Europe, have contributed to the increase of both, the demand of slaves and the supply human merchandise. Trade increased with the simultaneous increase in the number of journeys of western merchants to the East. The creation of a structured trading system on the Black Sea coast has allowed Genoa and Venice to strengthen their trade relations with the dominant centers of power in loco: the Golden Horde of the Mongols and the Mamluks of Egypt. Materials: This article is a preliminary critical mapping of a larger project I’m working on, and which aims to explore the relationship between Italian commercial immigration and the slave trade in the Venetian settlement of Tana, situated in the mouth of the Don, and representing the easternmost outpost of all Latin Trading System in the East in the 13th and 14th centuries. Based on a solid historiographical tradition and the Venetian documentary sources, I’m trying to restore the perception of a slave in the unique context of the Golden Horde, where the western urban mercantile and the eastern nomadic factors came into contact. Results and novelty of the research: While many of the conclusions of this research are still to be confirmed, a primary investigation has shown that slaves were not only the primary and most profitable resource for Italian merchants, but also the most direct and effective means to penetrate and understand an ethnic and culturally stranger context.

Private Governance, Hegemonic Struggles, and Institutional Outcomes in the Transnational Cotton Commodity Chain

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Amy Quark

2015-08-01

Full Text Available Transnational firms have rolled out new forms of private governance at the same time as the rise of new economic powerhouses like China has fomented growing inter-state tensions. This points to critical questions: how does inter-state competition shape private governance of transnational commodity chains and how does private governance shape inter-state rivalries? I explore these questions by tracing the construction and dissolution of sectoral hegemonic coalitions that govern commodity chains. Drawing on the case of cotton quality governance from 2000-2012, I argue that a coalition of the U.S. state and transnational merchants has reconstituted its sectoral hegemony to allow expanded accumulation and accommodate their main rival~China. The U.S. state created standards with Chinese characteristics, while transnational merchants made the authority structure of their institutions more inclusive. However, this reconstituted hegemony remains unstable. Facing continued regulatory competition from China, the U.S. state has constructed new forms of meta-governance that could facilitate a shift to Chinese-led sectoral hegemony but under U.S. oversight. Moreover, these sectoral hegemonic struggles compelled Western transnational merchants to fracture their long-standing relationship with the U.S. state in the hegemonic coalition in order to position their private institutions as geopolitically neutral and thus compatible with the hegemonic leadership of either the U.S. or Chinese states in the sector. By tracing struggles among coalitions of leading firms and states for hegemony over the institutions governing particular commodity chain sectors, we can shed light on possible trajectories within broader world-system level hegemonic struggles that at once constitute and are constituted by these sectoral dynamics.

The maritime law of the Baltic Sea

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Jahnke, Carsten

2017-01-01

Before the end of the 13th century, the Baltic seamen created a law system codi ed in Bjarkey and Söderköping and then Schleswig laws. The increasing Germanic domination of Baltic navigation resulted in the creation of speci c maritime laws for Lübeck and Hamburg before the introduction of the Laws...... lois de Bjarkey et de Söderköping, puis de Schleswig. La progressive domination germanique sur la navigation en Baltique a pour conséquence la création de lois maritimes propres à Lübeck et à Hambourg, avant l’introduction des Rôles d’Oléron, traduits en bas-allemand pour former le Vonesse von Damme...

Improving sustainability of maritime transport through utilization of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for propulsion

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Burel, Fabio; Taccani, Rodolfo; Zuliani, Nicola

2013-01-01

Today, most merchant vessels use Heavy Fuel Oils (HFOs) for ship propulsion. These fuels are cost effective but they produce significant amounts of noxious emissions. In order to comply with International Maritime Organization (IMO) rules, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is becoming an interesting option for merchant ships. The aim of the research presented in this paper is to analyse the economic upturn that can result from the use of LNG as fuel for merchant ships and to assess the effects of its utilization in terms of environmental impact. In the first part of the study, a statistical analysis of maritime traffic is carried out in order to identify which merchant ship types could most benefit from using LNG as fuel for ship propulsion. Traffic data of world ships related to the months of May 2008, 2009 and 2010 are analysed. Roll-on/Roll-off vessels (RoRo) and tanker ships spend most of their sailing time in Emission Control Areas (ECA) consequently appear to be the best candidates for LNG use. In particular, the use of LNG is most profitable for tanker ships in the range of 10,000–60,000 DWT (deadweight). In the second part of the study, operational costs and pollutant emission reduction, following LNG implementation, are calculated for a 33,000 DWT tanker ship. Results show that LNG leads to a reduction of 35% of operational costs and 25% of CO 2 emissions. The possibility of improving energy efficiency on board is analysed considering that combustion gases, produced by LNG, are cleaner, thus simplifying the introduction of exhaust gas heat recovery. Two options are considered: simple heat recovery and heat recovery to drive a turbine (ORC). The results show that it is possible to achieve a reduction in fuel consumption of up to 15%. - Highlights: • Ship propulsion accounts for a large amount of noxious emissions in costal/harbour areas. • Today price differential between fuel oil and natural gas is increasing. • The use of Liquefied Natural Gas as fuel

76 FR 79272 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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2011-12-21

... entire information collection request maybe found at www.reginfo.gov . Internal Revenue Service (IRS) OMB Number: 1545-XXXX. Type of Review: New Collection. Title: Form 1125-A, Cost of Goods Sold; Form 1125-E.... Corporation Income Tax Return, related to the inclusion of ``Merchant Card Receipts'', it was deemed to be...

A comparative value chain analysis of smallholder burley tobacco production in Malawi – 2003/4 and 2009/10

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Prowse, Martin Philip; Moyer-Lee, Jason

2014-01-01

Smallholders grow the majority of Malawi’s main export crop – burley tobacco. We analyse this value chain segment for the 2003/4 and 2009/10 seasons. The comparison shows smallholder profits in 2003/4 were limited by two main factors: a cartel of leaf merchants at auction and inefficient marketing...

76 FR 38149 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment...

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2011-06-29

... programs) (444220 Retail Nursery, Lawn, and Garden Supply stores, 424910 Agricultural chemicals merchant...- 2010-0723, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by mail to... this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0723, which is available for online viewing at http//: www...

Marketing Education for the next Four Billion: Challenges and Innovations

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Rosa, Jose Antonio

2012-01-01

This article argues for a third transformation in marketing pedagogy, one made necessary by the emergence of subsistence consumers as a high-growth market segment. Continued double-digit growth in buying power and consumption among the world's poor appear certain, provided that the subsistence merchants serving such markets are effective. Ensuring…

32 CFR Appendix B to Part 806 - Abbreviations and Acronyms

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... IG—Inspector General IMPAC—International Merchant Purchase Authority Card LOA—Letters of Offer and... Responsibility OMB—Office of Management and Budget OPR—Office of Primary Responsibility PA—Privacy Act PAO—Public... SSN—Social Security Number USAF—United States Air Force U.S.C.—United States Code WWW—World Wide Web ...

South Korea and Its Security Environment (Korea’s Position in the Power Relationship between the United States, the Soviet Union, Japan & China)

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1981-04-01

aamsL us," and are thus obstacles to progress which must be neutralizil. , ,s opposition wea- kened , the tendency has normally developed, for Sfiju o...totally by the South Korean naval engineering team. With Korea’s de- monstrated capability for merchant ships, trawlers, nine warfare ships patrol craft

15 CFR 996.22 - Certification.

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2010-01-01

... express or implied warranty as to the merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose; conveys no express or implied liability on the part of the Government of the United States for the hydrographic...) Certification shall be for a term of 3 years unless otherwise specified by the Administrator. (d) A...

17 CFR 240.3a43-1 - Customer-related government securities activities incidental to the futures-related business of a...

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2010-04-01

... 17 Commodity and Securities Exchanges 3 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Customer-related government securities activities incidental to the futures-related business of a futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 240.3a43-1 Section 240.3a43-1 Commodity and Securities...

17 CFR 1.22 - Use of customer funds restricted.

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2010-04-01

... 17 Commodity and Securities Exchanges 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Use of customer funds... REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT Customers' Money, Securities, and Property § 1.22 Use of customer funds restricted. No futures commission merchant shall use, or permit the use of, the customer funds of...

Human Intelligence: All Humans, All Minds, All the Time

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2010-05-01

Times, June 4, 2009, p. 1. 106. Norman Polmar and Thomas Allen, Merchants of Trea- son: America’s Secrets for Sale, New York: Dell , 1989. 107. Stuart...the eight chal- lengers (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and Wild Cards such as Congo, Malaysia , and Turkey) is if we

76 FR 29989 - National Maritime Day, 2011

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2011-05-24

... and tugs, in our ports and shipyards, close to home or far at sea, to connect businesses, service members, and citizens around the world. On National Maritime Day, we honor their invaluable contributions... across the world and aiding our military at war. During World War II, Merchant Marines were critical in...

76 FR 68202 - MERPAC and MMMAC Recommendations on the STCW SNPRM

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2011-11-03

... from the Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee after its review of the STCW SNPRM. DATES... internet, you may view the docket online by visiting the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the... agreement with the Department of Transportation to use the Docket Management Facility. Privacy Act: Anyone...

76 FR 65542 - N.S. Savannah; Exemption From Certain Security Requirements

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2011-10-21

.... Savannah (NSS) currently located in the Port of Baltimore, Maryland. The NSS was the world's first nuclear powered merchant ship. The NSS was operated in experimental and commercial demonstration service... Carolina. On May 19, 1976, the operating license for the NSS was amended to a possession-only license. 2.0...

How traceability is restructuring Malawi's tobacco industry

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Moyer-Lee, Jason; Prowse, Martin

farming offers merchants the ability to meet manufacturers’ compliance and traceability requirements. It also offers an opportunity for process and product upgrading by smallholders, but threatens to exclude poorer growers. The article concludes by outlining current contractual practices and the possible...... role of third parties in this rapid institutional evolution....

Twentieth Century evolution of machining in the United States – An ...

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R. Narasimhan (Krishtel eMaging) 1461 1996 Oct 15 13:05:22

beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the late 1700's, virtually no ... expected that, by the middle of the 19th Century, as machine tools began to be manufactured .... Twentieth Century evolution of machining in the United States. 873. DESIGN ... Merchant M E 1961 The manufacturing system concept in production ...

50 CFR 29.21-4 - Terms and conditions.

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2010-10-01

....21-4 Wildlife and Fisheries UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR... manner directed by the project manager in charge; and to dispose of all vegetative and other material cut... promptly the project manager in charge of the amount of merchantable timber, if any, which will be cut...

"The Finest 'Bunch' of Children to Be Found Anywhere": Educating European and American Youths in Korea, 1880s-1940s

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Dittrich, Klaus

2016-01-01

This article discusses how European and American communities in Korea organised the education of their own children from the "opening" of the country to foreign residents in the 1880s until the Second World War. Education serves as a lens to investigate these dominantly bourgeois communities of missionaries, merchants, experts and…

An Environmental Ethic for Parks and Recreation.

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McAvoy, Leo

1990-01-01

Suggests an environmental ethic for parks and recreation professionals who are often on the wrong side of the environmental controversy because they lack a professional ethic. This article provides a guide for implementing an environmental ethic, noting that philosophy of service must be grounded in ecological principles, not merchant values. (SM)

De geschiedenis van de ontwikkeling van de Nederlandsche zuivelbereiding in het laatst van de negentiende en het begin van de twintigste eeuw

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Croesen, V.R.IJ.

1931-01-01

At the end of the 19th century Dutch butter was losing its reputation. After the introduction of margarine about 1870, some dishonest merchants took the opportunity to sell an adulterated article as pure butter. Although the amount of adulterated butter was a small fraction of total output, it did

77 FR 19177 - Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Jefferson Ranger District, Montana, Boulder River Salvage...

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2012-03-30

... statement. SUMMARY: The project proposes to salvage by clearcut harvest dead and lodgepole pine infested or... Need for Action The purpose and need for this project is to harvest merchantable wood products from..., before the value of the wood deteriorates; reduce stand density in lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir stands...

46 CFR 13.301 - Original application for “Tankerman-PIC (Barge)” endorsement.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Original application for âTankerman-PIC (Barge)â endorsement. 13.301 Section 13.301 Shipping COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MERCHANT MARINE....301 Original application for “Tankerman-PIC (Barge)” endorsement. Each applicant for a “Tankerman-PIC...

The Dynamics of Economism and Human Traffficking in Chika ...

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This paper examines the reprehensible activity of human trafficking and its creative representation in the emerging literary repertoire of the current dispensation. Unigwe's On Black Sisters' street and Chinwuba's Merchants of Flesh present an uncensored account of the evils involved in the trading of humans for any form of ...

National differences in incentive compensation practices : The differing roles of financial performance measurement in the United States and the Netherlands

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Jansen, E. Pieter; Merchant, Kenneth A.; Van der Stede, Wim A.

This paper describes the findings of a study aimed at providing an international replication of a US-based study by Gibbs et al. [Gibbs, M., Merchant, K., Van der Stede, W., & Vargus, M. (2004). Determinants and effects of subjectivity in incentives. The Accounting Review, 79(2), 409-436; Gibbs, M.,

78 FR 22940 - Information Collection Available for Public Comments and Recommendations

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2013-04-17

...-ENG3. Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by the Office of Management and Budget. Summary of Collection of Information: The United States Merchant Marine Academy is an accredited federal service academy that confers BS and MS degrees. The Academy is expected to assess its educational...

77 FR 31479 - National Maritime Day, 2012

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2012-05-25

... A Proclamation For 237 years, the men and women of the United States Merchant Marine have risen to meet our country's call. They have strengthened our economy and our security in times of calm and... on our waterways and around the world. From privateers who bravely fought for American independence...

Selective cutting, rehabilitation, and alternatives for forests of northeastern North America and elsewhere

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Laura S. Kenefic

2014-01-01

In the 1928 Journal of Forestry, Marinus Westveld commented that logging in the Northeast dating to the mid-1800s had been selective cutting that removed desirable species of large sizes. Later, commercial clearcuts removed progressively smaller trees of merchantable quality and desirable species. Indiscriminate logging damaged young growing stock...

Mecanismos de acción de la anticoncepción de emergencia : evaluación hormonal y patrón de secreción intrauterina de glicodelina durante la fase ovulatoria del ciclo en mujeres tratadas con levonorgestrel a las dosis utilizadas en anticoncepción de emergencia /

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Durand Carbajal, Marta Margarita

2011-01-01

 tesis que para obtener el grado de Doctor en Ciencias Biomédicas, presenta Marta Margarita Durand Carbajal ; asesor Fernando Larrea Gallo, Elena Zambrano González, Horacio Merchant Larios. 59 páginas : diagramas. Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas UNAM, Facultad de Medicina, 2011

Levelised unit electricity cost comparison of alternate technologies for baseload generation in Ontario

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Ayres, M.; McRae, M.; Stogran, M.

2004-08-15

This report provides a comparison of the lifetime cost of constructing, operating and decommissioning new generation suitable for supplying baseload power by early in the next decade. New baseload generation options in Ontario are nuclear, coal-fired steam turbines or combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT). Nuclear and coal-fired units are characterised by high capital costs and low operating costs. As such, they are candidates for baseload operation only. Gas-fired generation is characterised by lower capital costs and higher operating costs and thus may meet the requirements for operation as peaking and/or baseload generation. The comparison of baseload generating technologies is made by reference to the estimated levelised unit electricity cost (LUEC). The LUEC can be thought of as a 'supply cost', where the unit cost is the price needed to recover all costs over the period. It is determined by finding the price that sets the sum of all future discounted cash flows (net present value, or NPV) to zero. It can also be thought of as representing the constant real wholesale price of electricity that meets the financing cost, debt repayment, income tax and cash flow constraints associated with the construction operation and decommissioning of a generating plant. Levelised unit cost comparisons are usually made with different sets of financing assumptions. This report considers two base cases, which we describe as 'merchant' and 'public' financing. The term 'merchant plant' is used to refer to ones that are built and operated by private investors. These investors pay for their capital through debt and by raising equity, and thus pay return on equity and interest on debt throughout their lifetime. These projects include income taxes, both provincial and federal. Publicly financed projects typically are not subject to income taxes or to the same constraints on raising finance through issuing debt and equity. However, they are

46 CFR 350.4 - Eligibility for awards.

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2010-10-01

... War II sailing history to include—theater(s) of operation and ports of discharge; and (3) Book number or United States Maritime Service (USMS) number and World War II home address. (b) Korean and Vietnam Awards. Applicants for the Korean Service bar and medal, Vietnam Service bar and medal and the Merchant...

46 CFR 386.9 - Gambling.

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... 46 Shipping 8 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Gambling. 386.9 Section 386.9 Shipping MARITIME... THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY § 386.9 Gambling. Unless permitted by Executive or... the operation of gambling devices, or the conduct of a lottery or a pool, or the selling or purchasing...

27 CFR 24.125 - Change in proprietorship.

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2010-04-01

... provided in § 24.127, adopt the approved formulas of the outgoing proprietor. Wine, spirits, and winemaking... wine and spirits on hand, including use of any cellar treatment necessary to put the wine in merchantable condition, who does not intend to produce wine, or use spirits, or receive wine in bond may be...

Titanium 󈨠: Science and Technology. Proceedings of a Symposium Sponsored by the Titanium Committee of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Structural Metals Division Held at the World Titanium Conference (7th) in San Diego, California on June 29-July 2, 1992. Volume 3.

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1993-01-01

out by Scanning Electron Microscopy. By evaluating various forces Merchant Circle Diagramwas drawn to know the detailed characteristic for its purpose...34, Met. Trans. A, 19A, 1988, 1037-1049. 7. H. Margolin and J. Kene : "The Influence of Grain Size and Prior Cold Work on Void Nucleation and Growth and

Shakespeare's Intent: A Discourse on Racism.

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Holiday, D. Alexander

William Shakespeare wrote several plays which depict Jews and Blacks in a very negative, stereotypical fashion. In "The Merchant of Venice," for example, Shakespeare chooses to depict Shylock as Jews were popularly conceived in his era--as cold-hearted usurers and crucifiers of Christ. This is racist doctrine at work, as Shylock is…

Economic values for growth and grade changes of sugar maple in the Lake States.

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Richard M. Godman; Joseph J. Mendel

1978-01-01

Current and expected rates of value increase over a 10-year period were developed for sawtimber-size sugar maple based on variable growth rates, expected merchantable height changes, and butt log grade improvement. These economic guides, along with silvicultural considerations, provide a value basis for selecting trees during thinning and determining final harvest...

The rise of the country house in the Dutch Republic : Beyond Johan Huizinga's narrative of Dutch civilisation in the 17th century

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Kuiper, Yme; Stobart, Jon; Hann, Andrew

Was the rise of the country house in the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic above all a 'bourgeois' phenomenon, as Johan Huizinga argued in his famous long essay on Dutch civilisation in the seventeenth century. The article shows that not only the merchants and regents of the city of Amsterdam but

17 CFR 1.49 - Denomination of customer funds and location of depositories.

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2010-04-01

...) Money center country. This term means Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. (2...) A bank or trust company; (ii) A futures commission merchant registered as such with the Commission..., must be: (i) A bank or trust company: (A) That has in excess of $1 billion of regulatory capital; or (B...

75 FR 19402 - Notice of Agreements Filed

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2010-04-14

... cargo from ports on the U.S. east coast to ports in Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, Colombia, and... Joint Service Agreement and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. Filing Party: Robert B. Yoshitomi, Esq., Nixon... Co. Pte. Ltd.; Hyundai Merchant Marine; and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. Filing Party: Robert Yoshitomi...

Whole-tree and forest floor removal from a loblolly pine plantation have no effect on forest floor CO2 efflux 10 years after harvest

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John R. Butnor; Kurt H. Johnsen; Felipe G. Sanchez

2006-01-01

Intensive management of southern pine plantations has yielded multifold increases in productivity over the last half century. The process of harvesting merchantable material and preparing a site for planting can lead to a considerable loss of organic matter. Intensively managed stands may experience more frequent disturbance as rotations decrease in length, exposing...

Pre-monarchical political leadership among the Gas, with special ...

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... Gas to the coast. The transition from priestly theocracy to chiefly rule became necessary as a response to the pressure on the Gas as the middlemen between the merchants on the coast and the other inland groups. Institute of African Studies: Research Review Volume Research Review Supplement 17 2006: pp. 137-147 ...

Business in the Middle Ages: What Was the Role of Guilds?

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Bosshardt, William; Lopus, Jane S.

2013-01-01

Guilds are defined as associations of craftsmen and merchants formed to promote the economic interests of their members as well as to provide protection and mutual aid. As both business and social organizations, guilds were prolific throughout Europe between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries. Guilds were organized so that workers would learn…

46 CFR 160.026-4 - Water.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 6 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Water. 160.026-4 Section 160.026-4 Shipping COAST GUARD... APPROVAL LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT Water, Emergency Drinking (In Hermetically Sealed Containers), for Merchant Vessels § 160.026-4 Water. (a) Only water meeting the U.S. Public Health Service “Drinking Water Standards...

La creación de la Real Juan del Almirantazgo (1624-1628

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Francisco Javier Díaz González

1999-01-01

Full Text Available La Junta del Almirantazgo fue una institución creada por Felipe IV con la misión de combatir el contrabando tiolandés en la Península Ibérica. Su origen se encuentra en el Almirantazgo de Sevilla de 1624, una asociación de comerciantes flamencos y alemanes residentes en dicha ciudad, cuya misión era terminar con el poderío comercial holandés. Para ello disponía de una flota de 24 navios, encargados de escoltar a los navios mercantes del Almirantazgo y de una serie de agentes situados en los puertos de Andalucía encargados de apresar barcos, mercancías o comerciantes de Holanda o cómplices de éstos. La falta de flota hizo que el Almirantazgo de Sevilla entrase en decadencia y que la Junta del Almirantazgo, tribunal de apelación, asumiera las funciones del Almirantazgo de Sevilla a partir de 1628.Junta del Almirantazgo was a created institution by Felipe IV with the mission of combatting the dutch contraband in Iberian Península. The origin was found in Almirantazgo de Sevilla of 1624, an association of flamenco merchants an resident germans in tells city. Whose mission was to finish with the commercial dutch power. For it was disposing of a fleet of 24 boats, entrusted escorting to the merchants of the Almirantazgo and a series of situated agents in the ports of Andalucía entrusted capturing boats, merchandises or merchants of Holland or accomplices of these. The lack of fleet did that Almirantazgo de Sevilla entering in decadence and that Junta del Almirantazgo, appellate tribunal, might assume the functions of the Almirantazgo de Sevilla to part of 1628.

Strata of the Novgorod Population in the Opasnaia Gramota of 1472

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Pavel V. Lukin

2015-08-01

Full Text Available The article is devoted to a study of Novgorodian social terms mentioned in the Opasnaia Gramota, a charter which secured the inviolability of ambassadors during their stays abroad; the charter dates from 1472. There are two extant copies of this document: the original, written in Old Russian, and the contemporary Middle Low German translation. The Old Russian version was published by Anna L. Khoroshkevich in 1966. Now an edition of the Middle Low German translation is being prepared in Germany. By comparing two versions of the same text written in two different languages, one is able to draw some conclusions about the meaning of social terms mentioned in the charter. References to ‘well-to-do people’ (zhitii liudi, ‘merchants’ (kuptsy, and ‘black people’ (chernye liudi are of particular interest. Zhitii liudi are called ‘well-to-do merchants’ (wolmagenden copluden in the Middle Low German translation. Relying on this fact (along with other data, one can assume that at least in the 1470s, zhitii liudi may have been simultaneously merchants and landowners. In other words, one can imagine that all zhitii were merchants but not all merchants were zhitii. The charter shows also that the expression chernye liudi (in the Middle Low German translation: de gemene lude in 15th-century Novgorod stood for the bulk of the common (but free townsmen, and not for a particular group of the population that did not possess full rights. Finally, the Middle Low German translation of the charter clearly indicates that its author considered ‘merchants’ and ‘merchants’ children’ to have been either synonyms or similar terms without any significant difference apart from some minor negligible nuances. He translates both with the same expression, copludes kindere, and distinguishes them from ‘merchants’ elders’ (oldesten kopluden.

Algunos aspectos de los manuales de mercaduría. El valor del aprendizaje. La pereza es llave de la pobreza

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Caunedo del Potro, Betsabé

2011-12-01

Full Text Available The purpose of this paper is to present some key aspects of the learning of the merchant’s trade that appear closely linked in various mediaeval merchants’ manuals. With very illustrative titles, their aim was to produce able merchants deserving of success. For that purpose, they provided rigorous and necessary mercantile information, they demonstrated techniques that were considered essential and they also presented a set of precepts, rules and recommendations relative to attitudes and behaviour, which should and could be learnt. Putting all this into practice would assist the emerging merchant class in obtaining the benevolence of society and their definitive social redemption, while reinforcing their coherence as a group. Mentioned among these merchants’ manuals is a brief fragment from a hitherto unknown Portuguese manual for merchants, on which there is still work to be done.El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar algunos aspectos claves del aprendizaje mercantil que aparecen indisolublemente ligados en diferentes manuales de mercaduría medievales. Con títulos muy esclarecedores, pretendieron la forja de un buen mercader merecedor de éxito. Para ello, le proporcionan una información mercantil rigurosa y necesaria, le muestran unas técnicas consideradas imprescindibles, pero también un conjunto de preceptos, reglas y recomendaciones relativas a su forma de comportamiento, que podían y debían aprenderse. Su práctica ayudaría al nuevo grupo mercantil a conseguir la benevolencia de la sociedad y su definitiva redención social a la vez que reforzaba su coherencia grupal. Entre estos manuales de mercaduría se menciona un brevísimo fragmento de un hasta ahora desconocido manual para mercaderes portugués, sobre el que es necesario seguir trabajando.

GENERAL ASPECTS AND PURPOSE OF THE CONSUMMATION CONTRACT

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Alexandru MATEESCU

2015-07-01

Full Text Available The current paper mainly tackles the consummation contract and the ways in which it forms, adjusts and helps the citizen, in the general frame of the consumer’s rights. The consummation contract is a legal instrument for institutionalizing the commercial operations between a professional and the consumer. This type of instrument has been especially created to help the citizen in being adequately treated both correctly and adequately in all consummation matters. In the 20th century, the need to bring the commercial relations between professionals and citizens under regulation became imperative. Taking into account the socio-humanistic development rhythm, the consummation contact became a way of guaranteeing for the citizens’ rights in consummation matters and, at the same time, it confers a legal frame to guide and direct the merchants. Since 2007, the year when Romania adhered the European Union, the consumers’ rights became even more important, as the fact that the European Union focuses on the rights of all its citizens and the way in which they are treated by the merchants from a commercial point of view, was widely recognized. Once Romania adhered to a commercial frame which embeds over 500 million inhabitants, the dimension of the rights and obligations regarding consummation became an ever stronger argument in bringing the legislation under regulation. Eventually, clarifying the principles that founded the consummation contract will determine the legal frame in which it revolves and will bring to light the utility it has for the citizens, its subsequent employments and all things that should be further added to it in order to ensure an even better protection and settlement, in legal terms, of the commercial relations between a merchant and one or more citizens.

Military Sealift Command’s Combat Logistics Force in Contested Environments

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2017-05-12

of Japan, the South China Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Bab-El- Mandeb, and the Black Sea.4F5 Each adversary is rapidly developing the capability and...RI and a 2006 graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY. Kutkiewicz resides in Hingham, MA with his wife and daughter.

46 CFR 203.5 - Types of hearings.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Types of hearings. 203.5 Section 203.5 Shipping MARITIME... CERTAIN HEARINGS UNDER THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936, AS AMENDED § 203.5 Types of hearings. (a) Oral... seeking the oral evidentiary hearing. (b) Hearing on Submission of Written Evidence and Argument: If, upon...

Innovation in tradition. Tönnies Fonne's Russian-German phrasebook (Pskov, 1607)

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Hendriks, Pepijn

2011-01-01

The study explores the history of the language of a manuscript known as Tönnies Fonne’s Russian-German Phrasebook (Pskov 1607). The phrasebook is not, as many scholars have assumed, the result of the efforts of a 19-year-old German merchant, who came to Russia to learn the language and who recorded

The Tongzhou Festival of Dainty Snacks

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1994-01-01

Tongzhou is located at the east end of the 100-li street in Beijing. The area is a hub which links Beijing, Tianjin and Tangshan. It is also the starting point of the Great Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. A gathering place of merchants since ancient times, Tongzhou’s food culture continues to flourish. The snacks

Legal Liability of Children and Parents in North Dakota.

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Hanson, Randall K.

Three legal issues are examined: (1) the responsibility of children for breached contracts and the commission of torts; (2) parental liability; and (3) relevant law in North Dakota and other states. The people most affected by the actions of children are parents, merchants, and victims of vandalism. People who enter into contracts with children…

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Navigation and commerce along rivers and canals and across oceans in the early history of human civilization created huge opportunities for a large number of merchants, ..... behavior is similar to that of a paraboloid,. Finally, we discussed a two-dimensional case of a long parabolic cylinder. In all the cases we saw that the ...

'For the Gentlement to Walk on by way of Exchange'

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Simonton, Deborah Leigh

2017-01-01

In 1751 “A large square at the Cross opposite the Town House, [was] ordered to be pavemented for the gentlemen to walk on by way of exchange.” This square, called the Plain Stanes, long continued to be “the place where merchants most did congregate [in Aberdeen].” The marketplace has long...

46 CFR 386.19 - Dogs and other animals.

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2010-10-01

... 46 Shipping 8 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Dogs and other animals. 386.19 Section 386.19 Shipping... AND GROUNDS AT THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY § 386.19 Dogs and other animals. Persons are prohibited from bringing dogs and other animals on to the Academy premises, except for authorized purposes...

Methods for calculating forest ecosystem and harvested carbon with standard estimates for forest types of the United States

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James E. Smith; Linda S. Heath; Kenneth E. Skog; Richard A. Birdsey

2006-01-01

This study presents techniques for calculating average net annual additions to carbon in forests and in forest products. Forest ecosystem carbon yield tables, representing stand-level merchantable volume and carbon pools as a function of stand age, were developed for 51 forest types within 10 regions of the United States. Separate tables were developed for...

The Practice of Transnational Law

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2000-01-01

Contents :"The new law merchant and the global market place" by Klaus Peter Berger, "The CENTRAL enquiry on the use of transnational law in international contract law and arbitration", "The UNIDROIT principles and transnational law" by Michael Joachim Bonell, "Examples for the practical application of transnational law", "The questionnaire and results of the CENTRAL enquiry"

Best Practices Handbook: Traffic Engineering in Range Networks

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2016-03-01

Cisco ) .................................................................................................. 4-7 4.4.2 Vendor 2 (Brocade...by Cisco Systems for collecting OAM information. NetFlow functions similarly to sFlow, using packet sampling technology embedded in switches and...transport and entry to the network core. In the merchant market this function is typically designated by the following products:  Aggregation Switch

The Fulani Jihad and its Implication for National Integration and ...

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International Studies, University of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. E-mail Address: ... 14th century by foreign Mallams and merchants, such as Wagara Arabs and the Fulanis ... had an ancient tradition of Islamic learning and piety. It is not ... and pamphlets written in Arabic, Fulfude and Hausa languages, he was able to spread ...

The Changing Face of the College Store

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Halligan, Tom

2008-01-01

Increased competition from Internet merchants, coupled with the swelling popularity of electronic books and skyrocketing textbook prices, is forcing the nation's college stores to get creative, find new ways to boost revenues, and drive sales of books and other merchandise to students and faculty. To make up for lost revenue as a result of…

Law, order and plunder at sea

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Heebøll-Holm, Thomas

2017-01-01

This article addresses the management of maritime plunder and conflict in the waters of England and France in the fourteenth century. It argues that during this century a fundamental change occurred. Around 1300, maritime conflict was handled by recourse to the strictly civil law merchant and law...... for the criminalisation of private maritime conflict....

Images of Akutô

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Oxenbøll, Morten

2005-01-01

One of the primary objects of this paper has been to show how a so-called akutô was created, not on a local level by merchants or itinerant monks committing robbery and murder or by warriors or powerful peasants opposing a distant proprietor by violent means, but by the proprietor itself as part...

Generic Certificates. Agricultural Economic Report Number 594.

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Glauber, Joseph W.

The Food Security Act of 1985 authorizes the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue generic certificates in lieu of cash payments due to program participants and merchants of agricultural products under provisions of several programs. The certificates may be used to acquire stocks held as collateral on government loans or owned by the Commodity…