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This document is a report on the Archaeological Investigations in Support of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Test Program. The purpose of this project is to modernize the United States’ land-based nuclear arsenal and eventually replace the nation’s current Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system. A portion of development and testing of the new system, named Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), would take place in California at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County and entail renovation of two existing Minuteman III launch facilities along with myriad other infrastructure improvements. This report inventories all of the archaeological resources that could be affected by the GBSD Test Program, provides the status of each resource’s eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and evaluates the eligibility for listing in the NRHP of unevaluated archaeological resources as needed. In cases where a significance evaluation was unfeasible, the resource is assumed to be eligible for listing in the NRHP for the purposes of this project only. Lastly, this report assesses the proposed project’s potential to affect all resources determined or assumed to be eligible for the NRHP. A preliminary area of physical impacts and cultural resource study area were delineated to include all GBSD project locations at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Comments on recent discrimination cases on sexual orientation discrimination, perceived discrimination, disability discrimination, intergenerational fairness as a defence in an age discrimination claim, sex discrimination claims where the physical attributes for the job put women at a disadvantage, equal pay, and vulnerable migrants in domestic service.

Copyright © 2018 American Chemical Society. Peptoid nanosheets are supramolecular protein-mimetic materials that form from amphiphilic polypeptoids with aromatic and ionic side chains. Nanosheets have been studied at the nanometer scale, but the molecular structure has been difficult to probe. We report the use of13C-13C dipolar recoupling solid-state NMR measurements to reveal the configuration of backbone amide bonds selected by13C isotopic labeling of adjacent α-carbons. Measurements on the same molecules in the amorphous state and in nanosheets revealed that amide bonds in the center of the amino block of peptoid (NaeNpe)7-(NceNpe)7(B28) favor the trans configuration in the amorphous state and the cis configuration in the nanosheet. This unexpected result contrasts with previous NMR and theoretical studies of short solvated peptoids. Furthermore, examination of the amide bond at the junction of the two charged blocks within B28 revealed a mixture of both cis and trans configurational states, consistent with the previously predicted brickwork-like intermolecular organization.

The ability to extract energetic γ-rays from the overwhelming high energy cosmic ray back- ground has opened up a new window of observation on the non-thermal universe. By utilis- ing an atmospheric technique VERITAS, an array of four imagining atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, detects astrophysical gamma radiation in the energy range 85 GeV to >30 TeV. As the atmosphere is an integral part of the detector understanding the effects of aerosols is important. This thesis reports on a novel aerosol extinction estimation technique that utilises an opti- mised and repurposed ceilometer. Taking advantage of water vapour absorption correction for the 905-910 nm laser and optimised ceilometer data quality cuts an independent mea- surement is provided for aerosol extinction pro le up to 5 km above ground level. The inherent uncertainties are as low as ± ∼5-7%, with a high duty cycle > 95% for dusk to dawn operation in the absence of clouds. From close to 6 years of ceilometer data (Decem- ber 2011 to June 2017) aerosol optical depth is now known to seasonally increase more than 4-fold regularly from mid-winter to mid-summer, with a corresponding increase in overall atmospheric aerosol extinction ∼7-8%. During rare episodes of heavy aerosol loading at- mospheric aerosol extinction increases by more than 15%. A historical aring episode, during a period of elevated aerosol loading, of the blazar Mrk 421 in April 2013 was analysed with new elevated aerosol extinction instrument response functions. For the elevated aerosol extinction analysis the following result was obtained; I = 6.8±0.6×10−10 cm−2s−1TeV−1, Γ = −1.75±0.06, Eo = 1.45±0.14, χ2/NDF = 42.86/31. This result lies within experimental accuracies for the result obtained with thenormal aerosol extinction analysis. However, it is noted that below 237 GeV the ele- vated aerosol analysis shows a marked decline in signi cance σ . The spectral plot deviates slightly from a power-law with exponential cutoff below 237 GeV, but the differences are small. An in depth examination of systematic uncertainty in reconstructed energy arising from el- evated aerosol loading has yielded a year-on-year value of ∼5%, while the Mrk 421 April 2013 aring episode yielded an uncertainty in reconstructed energy of ∼6-7%. This analy- sis was not carried out for the next source examined, PKS 1441 +25. A soft VHE γ-ray source from April 2015 was analysed, PKS 1441 +25, whose data set was partially taken during elevated aerosol loading. For the elevated extinction analy- sis the following result was obtained; I = 8.9×10−12±1.3×10−12 cm−2s−1TeV−1 , Γ = −5.81±0.57, χ2/NDF = 4.98/3. This result also lies within experimental accuracies for the result obtained with the normal aerosol extinction analysis. In conclusion, the aerosol extinction correction applied to the Mrk 421 and PKS 1441 +25 data sets do not bene t noticeably from the elevated aerosol correction developed in this thesis, implying that VERITAS data taken during periods of elevated aerosol loading is not in need of re-analysis.

The Federal Reserve increasingly has relied on forward guidance about the future path of the federal funds rate to implement monetary policy since the federal funds target rate reached its effective lower bound. The enhanced use of forward policy guidance has drawn attention to any change in its influence on the real economy. Changes in policy guidance affect the private sector’s expectations about the future path of the federal funds rate and, in turn, affect bond yields, stock prices and asset values. Changes in asset values influence real activity through their effects on spending by consumers and businesses. Doh and Connolly find a weakened response by stock prices and bond yields to the increased use of policy guidance since the recent financial crisis. Longer-term bond yields became less responsive because a prolonged period of the low interest rate reduced the variability of medium-term expectations; stock prices became less responsive because investors revised down their economic outlook in response to some announcements of a more accommodative monetary policy.

From the earliest outbreak of “Beatlemania” in 1963 to the announcement of their breakup in 1970, The Beatles fulfilled, exceeded, and reformed our conceptions of popular music. They have enjoyed an enduring popularity with critics and audiences and have cemented their position as one of the most celebrated acts in popular culture. Although it would be difficult to attribute their success to a single factor, it could be argued that their eclectic sound ensured their mass appeal. As their careers progressed, The Beatles effortlessly combined and moved between different genres. Many of these genres were atypical for popular music of the 1960s and can be regarded as parody. This thesis approaches parody as an important stylistic trait of The Beatles’ music. Parody is a broad concept that can be found in a number of forms of art and entertainment. By drawing from literary criticism and musicological discourse, this study develops a broader understanding of parody in which popular musicians evoke the music of another genre through borrowing and create a critical distance between their work and the preexisting one. Further investigation reveals how The Beatles applied parody to their music and how it was used by the band to connect with their listeners. In such songs as “Back In The U.S.S.R.” and “Happiness Is A Warm Gun,” The Beatles parody different musical genres in order to evoke social commentary. Genre parody is not exclusive to individual songs. It is one of the unifying threads in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, in which The Beatles parody the English music hall and use genre to connect themes on the album. Despite these instances, parody remains an underexplored practice in their music. Many scholars of the band will acknowledge the musical and critical elements associated with parody; however, they do not use the term, nor identify parody as a recurring practice in The Beatles’ music. This thesis hopes to shed light on this topic and add to our understanding of the rich legacy of The Beatles.

Prudhoe Bay field, the largest oil and gas accumulation in North America, has a large gas cap in communication with the oil rim. In addition to the liquid condensate held in the gas phase, the original gas cap contains relict oil that exists in the liquid phase at low saturations and is remnant of the oil migration - spill history of the reservoir. One of the key recovery mechanisms at the Prudhoe Bay field is the use of lean gas injection to increase recovery through vaporization of relict oil and dropped-out condensate in the original gas cap, and residual oil in the expanded gas cap. The lean gas vaporization project was implemented with an initial installed gas handling capacity of 2 BCF/D which was successively expanded to 8 BCF/D in several Gas Handling eXpansion (GHX) projects making it the largest hydrocarbon gas injection project in the world. After processing the produced gas to manufacture NGLs and Miscible Injectant, the lean gas is reinjected into the Prudhoe Bay gas cap for pressure support and vaporization of liquid phase hydrocarbons. In addition to estimates of black oil benefits, design and commercial evaluation of each stage of the gas handling expansion required accurate prediction of vaporization benefits from lean gas injection. A compositional surveillance program was designed and implemented to assess the efficiency of the vaporization process in the field. This paper describes the surveillance program in which the routine separator tests conducted at the specified well locations for fluid allocation and production optimization are modified to include additional measurements of extended separator gas compositions and separator oil API gravity. The paper also presents details of an analytical procedure in which the measured compositional information from the well tests is used together with other relevant field data to deduce the effectiveness of the vaporization process. The compositional surveillance data analysis procedure is demonstrated by application to the gravity drainage area of the Prudhoe Bay field. Deliberate application of the compositional surveillance data acquisition and analysis by the Prudhoe Bay Reservoir Management team will significantly impact the optimization of the vaporization process in the field.

A series of compounds was designed and prepared as inhibitors of interleukin-1β converting enzyme (ICE), also known as caspase-1. These inhibitors, which employ a diphenyl ether sulfonamide, were designed to improve potency by forming favorable interactions between the diphenyl ether rings and the prime side hydrophobic region. An X-ray crystal structure of a representative member of the diphenyl ether sulfonamide series bound to the active site of caspase-1 was obtained.

This article highlights a problem which has troubled courts in the United States in recent years, and like most equality issues arising in US litigation, it is likely to trouble Europe's courts in due course. It concerns the victimisation provisions expressed in equality legislation, such as the Civil Rights Act 1964 (US), the EU Equality Directives, or the Equality Act 2010 (UK). The problem is that none of these are expressed to prohibit the victimisation of third parties, for instance, dismissing a spouse of a worker who brought a discrimination claim. This "most ancient form of vengeance" is designed to deter the worker from pursuing the claim, and will also deter others from complaining, "the chilling effect". This article identifies a variety of scenarios where a third party could be victimised, highlights the shortcomings in the equality Directives, and searches for solutions in EU law and the European Convention of Human Rights. It concludes that the best existing solution lies in EU general principles, but for the sake of certainty, a simple amendment to the existing legislative formulas is required, which would resolve the problem without any undue side-effects.

This project analysed the relationship between primary and secondary school governing and school performance and the way this relationship was influenced by the socio-economic setting. The findings of the research confirmed that school governing is complicated, demanding, and goes on largely un-noticed. Much of the work of lay governors is hidden from view and is all undertaken for no tangible reward. The 300,000 or so school governors in England make a significant contribution to their schools and to the education system as a whole.

Historical societies are currently facing a critical juncture in their institutional lives. They are increasingly striving to remain relevant and meaningful to their communities while honoring their missions. One of the best ways for most historical societies to support their local communities is by becoming prominent players in the economic revitalization efforts of their historic downtowns. This thesis undertakes an examination of the ways that historical societies can become leaders in their local Main Street programs. Four possible leadership roles that historical societies can assume in Main Street programs are explored: catalyst for revitalization, partner in the Main Street effort, resource for Main Street, and parent organization for Main Street. The thesis is organized in three sections. The first section examines the history of historical societies and the Main Street program; their missions, organizational structure, and typical activities are examined in detail. The second sections includes case studies that are used to describe the experiences of three historical societies that have been directly involved in the leadership of the Main Street programs of their communities. It also includes the results of surveys conducted of both historical society and Main Street leaders to illustrate typical organizational structures, activities, and attitudes for both historical societies and Main Street organizations. The third section analyzes the case studies and draws comparisons between the case studies, survey results and literature. This research shows that it is essential for historical societies to assume a leadership role in their local Main Street programs. Their leadership provides benefits to the society, the Main Street program, and ultimately the community as a whole. The best ways for historical societies to take a leadership position in Main Street efforts are as catalyst, resource, and partner. Establishing a Main Street program within a historical society organization, however, is not a model that was discovered, and poses challenges too great to recommend without further research. Historical societies must understand that becoming engaged in their communities and promoting positive change that improves the quality of life for local residents is imperative if they are to remain sustainable and relevant organizations in the twenty-first century. With the historic preservation goals and the challenges posed by limited resources shared by both historical societies and Main Street Programs, becoming leaders in local Main Street Programs is an ideal way for historical societies to become more active in the community, maximize limited resources, and improve their ability to achieve their stated mission and goals.

Uruguay offers an excellent laboratory for studying both comparatively and individually the consequences of highly restrictive regulations for a small economy, bringing out elements of relevance to many current economic problems of the world today. This report is a volume of essays on protectionism in Uruguay. The purpose of this report is to analyze the consequences of protectionism in Uruguay and try to quantify their effects on resource allocation, growth, and welfare. The essays in this volume go into more detail on the various regulatory mechanisms, modeling the protective instruments and quantifying their effects. The essays develop and use an analytical approach to examine the particular measure under study, followed by empirical measurement. The essays go beyond quantifying the effects of trade interventions to show the interactions between various forms of interventions. Thus, they show the harmful effects of protectionism and of excessive intervention generally on a small economy, providing vivid examples of policies to avoid assiduously - notably those associated with antidumping, the promotion of infant industries, and non-price protective measures in general.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Clashaganny (school) (Clashaganny, Co. Roscommon), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Albert Flanagan., Sheegerah - The Fairy Sheep -- In the townland of Sheegerah about half a mile from the school to the north there is a circular cave covering about... -- Remains of ancient village mile to the west of the school. / Connolly, Michael J. -- The place known as the White Gates is situated about a mile to the south of the school... / Dermott, Teresa Mc -- Will the Legend of Shadlough be Fulfilled / Beirne, Mae -- Story of Old Grange / Dermott, Kevin Mc -- Story of Cloonfinlough Lake / Quinn, John -- Story of Aclare Graveyard / Hanly, Thomas -- Story of Old Roscommon / Prior, Mary -- Story on the Lake Called Poll Buí / Gordon, Michael John -- On Shadlough Lake / Gordon, Michael John -- Weather-Lore / Gordon, Michael -- Saint Columkillas Well / Shannon, Ethna -- How Shadlough Lake was Formed -- Ardikillan Lake / Boyle, Martin -- Local Character of Some Seventy Years Ago / Brennan, Peter -- Story of Our Well / Lennon, Thomas -- Story of Lough Dearg / Connolly, Michael John -- '98 Story in Connection with Carns, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon -- Story of Clooneybeirne Lake / Gannon, Angela -- Story of Clooneybeirne Lake / Fox, Leo -- Story of Clooneybeirne Lake / Boyle, Nancy -- Legend of Shadlough Lake / Dermott, Teresa Mc -- Story of Cargin's House, Tulsk, Roscommon -- Weather-Lore / Lennon, Thomas -- Hills of Ballybroghan / Dermott, Peter Mc -- Lines Written on a Cattle Drive in the Days of the Land Agitation / Beirne, May -- Some Remarks Concerning Charles Hawkes -- Another Story of Charles Hawkes -- Elphin's Holy Well / Boyle, Nancy -- Story of the Duel / Gormley, Maeve -- Giant's Graves -- Weather-Lore / Connolly, Michael John -- Story of Lessa Well / Kelly, Kieran -- Historic Carnfree / Flanagan, A. -- Lonely Exile / Connor, Philomena -- Local Cure / Fox, Leo -- Collection of Riddles / Beirne, May -- Riddles / Gannon, Angela -- Collection of Riddles / Dermott, Teresa Mc -- Collection of Riddles / Gordon, Michael John -- Weather-Lore / Quinn, John -- Weasel's Gratitude -- Weather-Lore / Prior, Mary -- Story about a Weasel / Shannon, Ethna -- Story of a Weasel / Beirne, May -- Story of a Weasel that Once Lived in Cloonmuray / Gormley, Rita -- Story I Heard about a Weasel / Shannon, Madge -- Story about a Weasel / Gormley, Maeve -- Weasel's Action / Gannon, Angela -- Story I Heard about a Weasel / Prior, Mary -- Story about a Weasel / Hanley, Thomas -- Story about a Weasel / Connor, Philomena -- Local Character of Long Ago / Connolly, Michael John -- Verses written on a spree held in our village about the year 1900 in the house of.... / Beirne, May -- Story / Gordon, Michael -- Well Known Local Character / Shannon, Ethna -- Famous Man / Boyle, Nancy -- Bad Man of the Penal Times / Dermott, Teresa Mc -- Well Known Character / Connor, Philomena -- Well Known Character / Beirne, May -- My Home District / Gordon, Michael John -- My Home District / Hanley, Thomas -- My Home District / Boyle, Nancy -- Droughts of Cargins, Tulsk, County Roscommon / Connolly, Michael John -- Local Characters of Long Ago - The Taaffes / Gordon, Michael John -- Hedge-Schools / Beirne, May -- On Churning / Dermott, Teresa Mc -- Travelling Folk / Shannon, Ethna -- My Home District / Gormley, Maeve -- Local Forge / Dermott, Teresa Mc -- Local Forge / Beirne, May -- Churning / Connolly, Michael John -- Travelling Folk / Connolly, Michael J. -- On Churning / Gannon, Angela -- Travelling Folk / Boyle, Nancy -- Story of the Haunted House of Grange / Beirne, May -- On the Famine / Boyle, Nancy -- Hedge-Schools of Long Ago / Gordon, Michael John -- Dream That Came True / Connolly, Michael J. -- On the Famine / Gordon, Michael John -- Story about a Leipreachán / Dermott, Teresa Mc -- Irish Industries / Boyle, Nancy -- Local Story about a November's Night / Prior, Mary -- Local Story about a Shoemaker / Connor, Philomena -- November's Night and It's Customs / Dermott, Teresa Mc -- On Halloween and it's Customs / Shannon, Madge -- Local Fairs / Prior, Mary -- Old Houses / Boyle, Nancy -- Local Hero / Connor, Philomena -- Shoemakers -- Old Time Shoemakers / Prior, Mary -- Story of an Old Church Yard / Boyle, Nancy -- Travelling Folk / Hanley, Thomas -- On Halloween's Night / Connor, Philomena -- On Fairs / Shannon, Ethna -- Story about a Local Forth / Gormley, Rita -- On Churning / Boyle, Nancy -- Story of Rathmore Forth / Prior, Mary -- November's Night and it's Customs / Dermott, Kevin Mac, Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.

Blacks were the passive victims in Kemper County, Mississippi, the scene of violence and murder in Reconstruction. The Ku Klux Klan, the Order of '76, and a continuing animosity between scalawag Radical Republicans and white-line Democrats were instrumental in perpetuating a frontier atmosphere wherein the pistol and Bowie knife were commonplace. Shooting or killing was an acceptable method of settling one's differences with another. Freedom and new rights for the majority black population of the county and seven years of Radical rule in the county provoked night-riding violence, murder and finally, the Mississippi Plan, successful revolution at the ballot box in 1875. The revenge of the Democrats was not complete until April, 1877, when a mob stormed the county jail and murdered the former Radical Republican sheriff and two of his children.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Scoil na mBráthar (school) (Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher An Br. M.N. Mac Oireachtaigh., Graveyards / Hendrick, James -- Corrig Garveyard / Murphy, Felix -- Corrig Graveyard / Guilfoyle, Thomas -- Clonmore Graveyard / Redmond, Peter -- New Cemetery / Hendrick, James -- Travelling Folk / Redmond, Peter -- Travelling Folk / Hendrick, James -- Travelling Folk / Riain, P. O' -- Travelling Folk / Connolly, E. -- Travelling Folk / Murphy, Felix -- Travelling Folk / Siúrdán, Liam Mac -- Travelling Folk / Jordan, Michael -- Travelling Folk / Walsh, Sam -- Travelling Folk / Murchú, Peadar Ó -- Holy Wells - St Cairn's Well / Larkin, John -- Holy Wells - St Aidan's Well / Kelly, Gerard -- Holy Wells - Ballybrennan Holy Well / Réamónn, Peadar De -- Holy Wells - St David's Well / Ryan, Patrick -- Holy Wells - St David's Well / Walsh, Sam -- Holy Wells - St Anne's Well / Foley, Laurence -- Cures - Warts / Walsh, Sam -- Cures - Warts / Murphy, Felix -- Cures - Warts / Connolly, Eugene -- Cures - Warts / Riain, P. De -- Cures - Warts / Garrigle, P.J. Mc -- Cures - Warts / Éanraic, S. Mac -- Cures - Warts / Connollaídhe, M. O -- Cures - Warts / Murphy, Felix -- Cures - Measles / Réamonn, P. De -- Cures - Measles / Siúrdán, Liam Mc -- Cures - Sprains / Garrigle, P.J. Mc -- Cures - Sprains / Murphy, Felix -- Cures - Sprains / Réamonn, P. De -- Cures - Sprains / Mythen, John -- Cures - Sprains / Murphy, Felix -- Cures - Sprains / Murchú, Peadar Ó -- Cures - Scalds / Marsh, Daniel -- Cures - Scalds / Redmond, Peter -- Cures - Scalds / Murphy, Felix -- Cures - Scalds / Redmond, Peter -- Cures - Scalds / Murchú, Peadar Ó -- Cures - Scalds / Murphy, Patrick -- Old Castles, Raths or Mounds / Murchú, Peadar Ó -- Old Castles, Raths or Mounds / Ryan, Patrick -- Old Castles, Raths or Mounds / Nolan, Laurence -- Hidden Treasure / Redmond, Peter -- Hidden Treasure / Connolly, Ernie -- Hidden Treasure / Murchú, Peadar Ó -- Hidden Treasure / Hendrick, James -- Fairy Forts / Connolly, Michael -- Fairy Forts / Ryan, Patrick -- Fairy Forts / Pierce, Tim -- Stories, Songs and Ballads of '98 / Redmond, Peter -- Stories, Songs and Ballads of '98 / Devereux, Liam -- Stories, Songs and Ballads of '98 / Foley, Laurence -- Stories, Songs and Ballads of '98 / Kehoe, Patrick -- Stories, Songs and Ballads of '98 / Hendrick, James -- Stories, Songs and Ballads of '98 / Kelly, Gerard -- Stories, Songs and Ballads of '98 / Connor, Aidan O -- Stories, Songs and Ballads of '98 / Foley, Laurence -- Stories, Songs and Ballads of '98 / Troy, Noel -- Stories, Songs and Ballads of '98 / Pierce, John -- Stories, Songs and Ballads of '98 / Walsh, Samuel -- Stories, Songs and Ballads of '98 / Mooney, Liam, Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Gallach (school) (Gallagh, Co. Galway), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí Mhaoiléidigh., Riddles / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Proverbs / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Famous Walker in Castleblakeney / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Cnocán / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Funny Story / Dowd, J.J. O' -- St Cuan's Well / Dowd, J.J. O' -- On a Hedge-School / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Cruice Lawn Hill / Ballinger, Bridie -- Churning / Ballinger, Bridie -- Weather-Lore / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Pulling Beet / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Cutting Oats / Dowd, J. J. O' -- My Home District / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Travelling Folk / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Local House Burning / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Funny Story / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Funny Story / Keane, Michael -- Game - Nuts in May / Raftery, Annie -- Game I Play / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Local Fairs / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Care of the Feet / Dowd, J.J. O' -- St Stephen's Day / Burke, Mary -- St Bridget's Day / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Local Marriage Customs / Kilgannon, Nora -- St Martin's Day / Keane, Michael -- Potato Crop / Keane, Michael -- St Patrick's Day / Keane, Michael -- Local Forges / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Sián / Connolly, Julia -- Tailor / Forde, Sean -- Story / Raftery, Annie -- True Story / Mannion, Peter -- Festival Customs / Keane, Michael -- Greenville Fort / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Famous Digger / Raftery, Annie -- Farm Animals / Dowd, John J O' -- Tobar an Aifrinn / Burke, Mary -- Story / Connolly, Julia -- Local Fort / Kilgannon, Nora -- Funny Story / Melody, Jimmie -- Tomáisín an Spealadóir / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Bread in Olden Times / Connolly, Michael -- Use of Black Potatoes in Olden Times / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Liam na gCleas / Forde, Sean -- Story of the Holy Family / Kilgannon, Anthony -- Ashfield Fort / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Leipreachán / Keane, Michael -- Great Wit / Burke, Mary -- Great Wit / Kilgannon, Nora -- Liam na gCleas / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Riddles / Connolly, Michael -- Funny Story / Melody, Jimmie -- Story about a Priest / Dowd, Jimmie O' -- Story about a Giant / Raftery, Annie -- St Brendan's Well / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Funny Story / Connolly, Julia -- Old Houses / Burke, Mary -- Funny Story / Kilgannon, Anthony -- Local Place Names / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Story about Father Tom Burke the Jesuit / Keane, Michael -- Story about the Robin Redbreast / Kilgannon, Nora -- Bird-Lore / Keane, Michael -- Funny Story / Ford, Sean -- Ruins of Greenville Castle / Dowd, J.J. O' -- Story About Two Giants / Raftery, Annie -- Riddles / Connolly, Michael -- Funny Story / Connolly, Patrick -- Liam na gCleas / Connolly, Julia -- Story About a Priest / Melody, Jimmie -- Local Graveyards / Burke, Mary -- Famous Blind Piper / Kilgannon, Nora -- Story About a Dead Man / Conheeney, William -- Castleblakeney Graveyard / Dowd, John J. O' -- St Bridget's Cross / Connolly, Michael -- Liam na gCleas / Connolly, Julia -- Faction Fights / Raftery, Annie -- How a 'Bodhrán' is Made / Burke, Mary -- Liam na gCleas / Dowd, John J. O' -- Story about a Protestant / Connolly, Julia -- Food in Olden Times / Raftery, Annie -- Local Cooper / Connolly, Julia -- Story about Penance / Connolly, Michael -- Twelfth Night / Ford, Sean -- Margadh Mór / Burke, Mary -- Buying and Selling / Keane, Michael -- Old Sayings / Kilgannon, Anthony -- Funny Story / Keane, Michael, Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Gaigue (B.), Ballinamuck (school) (Gaigue, Co. Longford), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Peter Duignan., Art McQuaide / Quaide, Frankie Mc -- Story of '98 / Brady, Patrick -- Story of the Hessians / Brady, Frank -- Story of '98 -- Killala Man's Grave / Lenahan, Frank -- Sharpening the Pikes / Connor, Patrick O -- Story of 1798 -- '98 Story / Connolly, Michael -- Story of Gunner Magee / Connor, Patrick O -- Story of 98 / Brady, Francis -- Tom Gilheany / Connolly, Michael -- Story of the Grime's People / Connolly, Michael -- Old Church in Ballinamuck / Connolly, Michael -- Bishop Higgins / Connolly, Michael -- Old School -- Old School / Connolly, Michael -- Old School / Lenahan, James -- Old School / Brady, Patrick -- Old School / Kiernan, John -- Old Names of Fields / Quaide, Frankie Mc -- Names of Fields / Gorman, John -- Names of Fields / Quaide, Frankie Mc -- Names of Fields / Guire, Patrick Mc -- Names of Fields / Duffy, John -- Old Names of Fields / Larkin, Patrick -- Old Names of Fields / Connor, Stanislaus O -- Old Names of Fields / Lenahan, James -- Old Names of Fields / Brady, Patrick -- Old Names of Fields / Kiernan, John -- Garristown / Cunningham, Pat -- Fair of Garristown / Quaide, Frankie Mc -- Old Town / Quaide, Frank Mc -- Roisin's Rocks / Connor, Patrick O -- Mass Rock / Connor, Patrick O -- Poulaphousa / Lenahan, Francis -- Fairy Tale / Quinn, John -- Fairy Tale / Kiernan, John -- Weight-Lifter / Connor, Patrick O -- The first pair of boots Edward Flynn of Gaigue got was a pair of his mothers and that year he walked to the harvest in Dublin. / Connor, Patrick O -- Strong Man / Quaide, Frank Mc -- Strong Man / Quaide, Frank Mc -- Great Mower / Brady, Willie -- Great Wrestler / Kiernan, John -- Nailer / Duffy, John -- Great Mower / Leahan, Francis -- How to Make Rush Candles / Maguire, Tom -- Hurling of Long Ago / Duignan, Peter -- Wrestling was a very common game in this district long ago. / Duignan, Peter -- Without title / Connor, Patrick O -- Hurling / Lenahan, Francis -- Long Ago at the Potato Digging / Gelshenan, Thomas -- Night of the Big Wind 1839 / Duffy, John -- Old Football Games / Farreel, John -- Old Football Games / Brady, Patrick -- In 1881 an organiser of the Invincibles was working in this district. / Duignan, Peter -- Famine of 1846 / Duignan, Peter -- Long ago on all souls night twelve neighbours would gather into a house in the townland and bring with them a candle each. / Lenahan, Francis -- The graveyard in Ballinamuck was consecrated by Bishop Kilduff. / Duignan, Peter -- Famine of 1846 / Kiernan, Patrick -- Iron Bars - Famine -- Old Roads -- Very Old Road / Flynn, Thomas O -- Very Old Road / Brady, Francis -- Billeting Rats -- Old Roads / Kiernan, Patrick -- Old Roads / Cunningham, Pat -- My Home District / Cunningham, Pat -- My Home District / Farrell, John -- My Home District / Lenahan, Francis -- My Home District / Kiernan, Michael -- Lettergullion / Gelshinan, Thomas -- My Home District / Brady, Patrick -- Lettergeeragh is a townland in the school district of Gaigue Parish of Drumlish Barony of Longford. / Brady, Patrick -- Common Herbs Used as Medicine / Gorman, John -- Old Cures / Duffy, John -- Colouring -- Old Cures / Larkin, Patrick -- Kiltycreevagh / Duignan, Peter -- Plants / Quinn, James -- Dyeing / Duffy, John -- Story of 98 / Quaide, Frank Mc -- Potato Setting / Quinn, John -- Old Sayings / Lenahan, Francis -- Old Sayings / Lenahan, John -- Local Saying / Farrell, John -- Cornawn Bawn is a big field belonging to Philip Brady of Gaigue Upper and it is the highest point of Gaigue Hill. -- Three Giants of Cornawn Bawn / Farrell, John -- Land League House / Farrell, John -- Story of Cornawn Bawn / Quaide, Frankie Mc -- Story of Cornawn Bawn / Quaide, Frankie Mc -- Story of James Herson / Farrell, John O -- That it may do you good was the customary expression when the milk was spilled because of the belief that the fairies got the milk in that way. / Brady, Phil -- Fairy Castle in Cornawn Bawn / Farrell, John O -- Good People of Cornawn Bawn Settle a Faction Fight / Quaide, Frankie Mc -- Fairy Fight at Cornawn Bawn / Quaide, Frankie Mc -- Fairy Fight at Cornawn Bawn / Flynn, Edward -- Fairy Story of Cornawn Bawn / Connor, Patrick O -- Story of Cornawn Bawn / Farrell, John -- Old Houses of Long Ago / Brady, Francis -- St Stephen's Day / Duignan, P. -- Bonfire Nights -- Long ago there were dances known as week dances. / Duignan, Peter -- Many of the old people and some people still keep St Stephens day as a day of abstinence. / Duignan, P. -- Geancánach / Duignan, P. -- Old Story / Duignan, Peter -- Story of General Blake / Duignan, Peter -- Story of General Blake / Duignan, Peter -- Story of 1798 / Duignan, Peter -- Fairy Tale / Connor, Patrick O -- Old Houses of Long Ago / Lenahan, Francis -- Longford Rising in 1798 / Duignan, P. -- The Battle of Ballinamuck is often spoken of as the last engagement of the Rebellion of 1798. / Duignan, P. -- Irish Words and Expressions -- Plantation in the Ballinamuck District / Duignan, Peter, Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Barratitoppy (school) (Barratitoppy Lower, Co. Monaghan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Néill., Hidden Treasure / Deery, Dan -- Hidden Treasure / Meehan, John -- Funny Story / Deery, Dan -- Funny Story / Kenna, Dympna Mc -- Funny Story / Kavanagh, Mary -- Local Happenings / Murray, Elizabeth -- Marriage Customs / Kenna, Dympna Mc -- Penal Days / Kenna, Dympna Mc -- Penal Days / Murray, Elizabeth -- Local Cures / Meehan, John -- Local Cures / Kenna, Dympna Mc -- Local Place Names / Meehan, John -- Travelling Folk / Kenna, Dympna Mc -- Penal Days / Sherlock, Nicholas -- Local Sayings / Murray, Rita -- Farm Animals / Elwain, John Mc -- Strange Animals / Murray, Elizabeth -- Travelling Folk / Caulfield, Patrick -- Local Cures / Caffrey, Patrick Mac -- Weather-Lore / Elwain, James Mc -- Local Cures / Kavanagh, Mary -- My Home District / Sherlock, Nicholas -- Old Crafts / Sherlock, Nicholas -- Local Sayings / Elwain, John Mc -- Local Sayings / Kenna, Bernard Mac -- Hidden Treasure / Deery, Dan -- Local Fairs / Murray, Rita -- Strange Animals / Kavanagh, Mary -- Local Fairs / Elwain, John Mc -- Riddles -- Hidden Treasure / Kenna, Bernard Mac -- Churning / Murray, Rita -- Bread / Kavanagh, Mary -- Weather-Lore / Murray, Rita -- Care of the Feet / Deery, Dan -- Strange Animals / Elwain, John Mc -- Local Sayings / Caffrey, Patrick Mac -- Strange Animals / Caulfield, Patrick -- Food in Olden Times / Kenna, Bernard Mc -- Riddles / Elwain, James Mc -- Wedding Customs / Elwain, John Mc -- Local Happenings / Murray, Rita -- Weather-Lore / Meehan, John -- Funny Story / Connolly, Michael -- Food in Olden Times / Meehan, John -- Farm Animals / Murray, Rita -- Care of the Feet / Elwain, John Mc -- Care of the Feet / Murray, Elizabeth -- Local Cures / Caffrey, Patrick Mac -- Burial House / Murray, Rita -- Funeral Customs / Murray, Rita -- Burial House / Murray, Rita -- Potato Crop / Murray, Rita -- Marriage Customs / Sherlock, Nickolas -- Funeral Customs / Sherlock, Nicholas -- Wake Customs / Sherlock, Nicholas -- Local Forges / Sherlock, Nicholas -- Boxty / Murray, Rita -- Story / Deery, Dan -- Whiskey Hollow / Caulfield, Patrick -- Games I Play -- Washing Day / Sherlock, Bridget -- Altagowan / Sherlock, Bridget -- Hidden Treasure / Sherlock, Bridget -- Food in Olden Times / Deery, Dan -- Funny Story / Deery, Dan -- Strange Animals / Deery, Dan -- Burial House / Caffrey, Patrick Mac -- Runaway / Murray, Rita -- Marriage Customs / Caulfield, Patrick -- Churning / Caulfield, Patrick -- Altagowan / Elwain, John Mc -- Farm Animals / Caffrey, Patrick Mc -- Song / Deery, Dan -- Local Fairs / Meehan, John -- Old Song / Kenna, Agnes Mc -- Games / Deery, Dan -- Games - Old Mother Gray -- Food in Olden Times / Deery, Dan -- Bread / Deery, Dan -- Old Houses / Caulfield, Patrick -- Forges / Elwain, John Mc -- Local Sayings / Kenna, Bernard Mc -- Strange Animals / Kavanagh, Mary -- Food in Olden Times / Murray, Elizabeth -- Local Cures / Meehan, John -- Hide and Go Seek / Sherlock, Nicholas, Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.

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Fil: Fortino, Luis V. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina Resumen: A un cuando la teor a econ omica ha identi cado los componentes de la inversi on, no ha sido posible contar con una formulaci on general que explique su comportamiento y pueda ser utilizada para pronosticar su evoluci on futura. Tambi en, y desde los primeros trabajos que trataron el tema, qued o claro que existe una gran di - cultad para determinar las variables relevantes y el funcionamiento mismo de los mecanismos que llevan a un empresario a aumentar o disminuir su stock de capital. Fue (Tobin, 1969) el primero en mencionar la relaci on existente entre el valor del capital que tiene una empresa y el valor que el mercado de capitales le asigna a esa empresa a trav es del precio de sus acciones en la bolsa de valores. Sin embargo, como en general se ha supuesto que el empresario es `precio aceptante' y por ello no tendr a que ocuparse del volumen de ventas, se ha concluido que la `q' de Tobin contiene toda la informaci on necesaria para decidir. Pero al incluir rigideces en el modelo, el mecanismo de informaci on v a precios se interrumpe y el mercado no se equilibra autom aticamente, ya que las se~nales de precios no re ejar an las verdaderas posibilidades de venta del producto. Tambi en es cierto que bajo los supuesto de competencia perfecta aplicados, la funci on de bene cio empresario queda indeterminada. Con rmando estos puntos, los estudios emp ricos no han podido obtener coe cientes de ajuste importantes, lo cual nos anima a plantear que el elemento faltante en la teor a de la `q' de Tobin, es la inclusi on expl cita del tama~no del mercado de venta de la producci on en el modelo (al que llamamos `Mercado Meta'), de manera que el volumen de inversi on sea realizado con ajuste a la cantidad de unidades producidas que podr an venderse efectivamente. xiv Es as que en esta Tesis veri camos que la inclusi on expl cita del Mercado Meta en la formulaci on de la `q' de Tobin, no s olo complementa el modelo tradicional, sino que mejora sustancialmente la estimaci on econom etrica al detectar la cointegraci on de las series involucradas y con rmar, entre otros puntos, que: El modelo incluyendo el Mercado Meta, es estable te orica y din amicamente, as como el Mercado Meta es relevante estad stica y te oricamente . Nuestro modelo ampliado cumple las condiciones necesarias y su cientes de la teor a del control optimo y tiene trayectorias de comportamiento optimal similares a las del modelo de la `q' de Tobin tradicional (sin el Mercado Meta). La restricci on del Mercado Meta est a activa en el estado estacionario, lo que signi ca que es relevante para explicar la inversi on. El Mercado Meta, adem as de actuar como catalizador para detectar la cointegraci on, otorga justi caci on te orica a modelos de la `q' de Tobin ampliada y de competencia imperfecta, cuyas variables actuar an como `proxi' del mercado. Cuando no se incluye el Mercado Meta, el modelo queda mal especi cado. Por el contrario, todas las pruebas estad sticas en las dos veri caciones emp ricas que realizamos con nuestro Modelo que incluye el Mercado Meta, resultaron correctas con un R 2 superior al 80 %, sin autocorrelaci on ni heteroscedasticidad. Al estimar para el per odo 1950-2010 un modelo de correcci on de errores en logaritmos, el resultado de largo plazo muestra causalidad en el sentido de Granger desde las variables explicativas (`q' de Tobin, Mercado Meta, relaci on de cr edito a GDP y tasa de inter es), hacia la relaci on de inversi on a capital. En el corto plazo hay causalidad en el sentido de Granger de la `q' de Tobin a la relaci on de inversi on a capital. La velocidad de ajuste entre el corto y el largo plazo es del 61% de la discrepancia en cada a~no, ceteris paribus. Nuestro enfoque complementa la teor a de la `q' de Tobin y, de acuerdo a como est e valorada la empresa en el mercado de capitales (o sea, el precio de sus acciones), el inversor emitir a m as acciones, tomar a deuda mediante la emisi on de bonos o cr editos bancarios, o usar a capital propio para nanciar la inversi on. Abstract: Using the traditional Tobin's q { the market value of a rm divided by its book value { with competitive markets in inputs and products and quadratic installation costs, we explicitly restrict the level of production to limit it to the quantities that are expected to be sold. We identify amount expected to be sold as the size of the target market, which it expects to supply. This Expanded Model is solved by Optimal Control, veri es the necessary and suf- cient conditions, is stable and has trajectories similar to the traditional Tobin's model. The target market restriction, on the other hand, is operative in the steady state, indicating that it is relevant. The econometric analysis shows that the target market, in addition to being the catalyst to detect cointegration, would grant theoretical justi cation to some augmented Tobin's q and imperfect competition models, in which the variables used would be acting as proxies of the target market. Estimates made with data from the United States for the periods 1952-1976 and 1950-2010 yielded statistical las pruebas with the predicted sign, with an R2 greater than 80 %, without autocorrelation or heteroskedasticity. Finally, estimating an error correcction model in logarithms for the USA 1950-2010, exhibited causality in Granger's sense on the long-term model, from the explanatory variables (Tobin's q, target market, credit to GDP ratio and rst di erence of interest rate), to the investment to capital ratio. In the short term, there is causality in Granger's sense from Tobin's q to the ratio of investment to capital. The speed of adjustment between the short and long term is 61% of the discrepancy in each year, ceteris paribus. xvi Our approach does not invalidate the Tobin's q theory, but complements it. Depending on how the company is valued in the capital market, will issue more shares, take debt by issuing bonds or bank credits, or use own capital to nance investment.

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