The Cy-Pres Doctrine

The CY-Pres Doctrine.-The court of chancery of New Jersey in the recent case of Brow et al. v. Condit et al. (Sept. 30, 1905), 61 Atl. Rep. 1055, refused to apply this doctrine under the following circumstances: The will of one Susan M. Corson, bearing date July 7, 1897, disposed of her residuary estate to the Hospital Fund for Sick Seamen at Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, care of Mr. John M. Wood, chaplain. It appears that neither at the time of the making of the will nor at any time thereafter was there a fund in existence at or in any way connected with the Brooklyn, New York, Navy Yard that could properly be designated as a fund for sick seamen. Nor was the said John M. Wood, at the time of the making the will or thereafter a chaplain at said navy yard in any proper sense of the term. He was, however, for several years previous to his death, which took place about a year after the date of the will and about the same time prior to the death of the testatrix, engaged more or less in missionary work at the said navy yard under the auspices of the American Seamen\u27s Friend Society. His duties consisted chiefly in holding religious meetings, and although he had no official connection with the government hospital located at the said navy yard, he had, as stated in the opinion of the court, the privilege of ministering to the sick sailors in the hospital, presumably to such extent as his services were acceptable to them. Similar privileges were given to the representatives of other benevolent societies. On several occasions, whether before or after the making of her will does not appear, Mrs. Corson sent to Mr. Wood small sums of money with directions, in each instance, that he should with the money get delicacies and flowers for the sick sailors. The court found nothing in the evidence to show that the testatrix was ever interested in any charitable work at the said navy yard except as it was connected with Mr. Wood. After the death of the latter the American Seamen\u27s Friend Society continued its work at the navy yard through other lay missionaries. It appeared, also, that the International Committee of Young Men\u27s Christian Associations, one of the defendants in the case, in March, 1899, established a branch for charitable work among the sailors in the Brooklyn, New York, Navy Yard, their work being of the same kind as that carried on by the American Seamen\u27s Friend Society, but apparently somewhat wider in its scope

Maurice Blanchot and the Problem of Time: an analysis of the novel Thomas, L'obscur

The question of the relationship between time and literature has long been the subject of discussions by various thinkers and philosophers. One of the contemporary writers whose works manifestly presents such as the French writer and thinker, Maurice Blanchot. The purpose of the present paper is to examine this relationship in Blanchot's works. A careful study of his fiction reveals the evolution that took place, in the first place, in his understanding of the question of time, and secondly in his continual attempt to challenge the views of other thinkers on the same subject, an attempt which has seemingly led Blanchot to a new formulation of the concept of time. An elaboration on this requires tracing the idea back to the definitions and discussions found among his endless dialogues with the other contemporary writers and thinkers (especially with his famous friend Emmanuel Levinas)

Experiences of Informed Learning in the Undergraduate Classroom

The same thing can be experienced in a variety of ways. For example, think of a time that you and a friend read the same book, but each got something quite different out of it. Essentially you experienced different aspects of the book. Applying this to higher education, we cannot assume that all students are experiencing their coursework in the same way. In fact, a number of studies reveal that this is not the case. Learning occurs when students begin to experience the thing being learned about in a new way. Learning designs that teach undergraduates to use information require knowing how students and teachers experience using information in the learning process. That is to say that it requires knowing the information experiences of students and teachers. While information behavior is associated with a cognitive viewpoint wherein handing information is typically triggered by needs and motives, information experience is a more inclusive concept that encompasses the variety of different ways that people engage with and use information. Research exploring information experience over the past two decades has resulted in the development of informed learning, a pedagogy emphasizing the role that information plays in learning. Building on prior research, this chapter describes a current study that explores different experiences of informed learning lessons taking place in an undergraduate writing course at a small university in the United States. The preliminary findings from the study will be used to explain how a teacher’s understandings of information experiences can inform the development of an effective learning design

Letter from James Murdock to John Muir, 1904 Oct 18.

[letterhead]New York, 18th Octr 1904My Dear Mr. MuirI got back to Philadelphia the other day & came on here with my wife today to go on board the Oceanic tomorrow. The weather was somewhat broken after leaving San Francisco but I had not much to complain of on that score. After joining the C.P.R. however my comfort as a Railway traveller in this great continent was gone. The carriages were filthy and crowded - so much so that I was glad to get a seat in a su[illegible]king room of a second class carriage one day from 2 a.m - till 5 p.m. I survived it all however & am here none the worse. The scenery about Glacier and Bauff was really very fine but I am with you in thinking that the mountains & rocks of the Yosemite cannot be beaten by anything I have since seen. The train going east was about 8 hours late when I joined it at Bauff and the one going west was 10 hours late on the same day at the same place. It began to snow at dusk03459 & continued, snowing hearty when I entered the train at 2 a.m.. By daylight I daresay there were 6 or 8 inches of snow on the prairie but during the forenoon it eased off & we soon left the snow behind as - By the time that Verdun was reached I cannot tell how much the train was late, but so much that I was only able to spend one day with my Edinburgh friend there in stead of two. Then a day was lost at Winnipeg but being Sunday I went to St. Andrews Church there & heard the author of the Ma[illegible] Gl[illegible] & The sky Pilot preach. Sometime after leaving Winnipeg another delay of 9 hours took place in a narrow deep cutting owing to a fall of rock which looked at one time very bad. We got thro however & I am hopeful now of a good passage across the pond. My wife & I came on here today & I lost no time in calling on Mr Johnson of the Century from whom I have received the Century Magazines for June 1895 (the discovery of Glacier Bay) & Augt. 1897( the Alaska trip) Sept. 1897 (Adventure with a[illegible] Glacier). Then I went to the Outlook office & fortunately got the Number of 6 June 1903 with Ray St[illegible] Bakers sketch of you. After procuring a second copy of the last for my wife\u27s Philadelphia friend I asked how many numbers they still had of it, & was told 3. This I mention to you as you thought it was all sold out. Now I shall write no more till after I have seen Mrs. & Maggie C[illegible] when I will write you again. Meantime with kindest regards to Mrs. Muir - your daughter - & yourself in which my wife cordially joins me Believe me yours very sincerelyJames Murdoc

Social capital in the workplace: Evidence on its formation and consequences

The existence of social ties between co-workers affect many aspects of firm and worker behavior, such as how workers respond to a given set of incentives, the optimal compensation structures for workers at different tiers of the firm hierarchy, and the optimal organizational design for the firm. This paper presents evidence on the social capital in one particular firm, as embodied in the friendship ties among its workers. We describe the structure of the friendship network as a whole and present evidence on the determinants of social ties. Finally, we review evidence from a field experiment we conducted in the firm to highlight one particular mechanism through which social capital significantly affects worker performance. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

The lost generation phenomena in the early 20th century as seen through f. scott fitzgerald's this side of paradise

This research is about "The Lost Generation Phenomena In The Early 20th Century As Seen Through F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise and the researcher will focus on finding how far the "Lost Generation" phenomena can be seen through the situation of American young generation in the early of 20th century. This research will focus on the case of religion, social norm, and education in the social and cultural condition. Since this thesis carries out American Study, thus it will use more than one theories and approaches because it discusses more than one issue, namely the structural theory and sociological approach. The structural theory contributes in understanding the novel by analyzing the intrinsic elements of the novel. The sociological approach helps the researcher to understand the human relations in the American conditions in the early 20th century and discusses the interactions among the characters of the novel. Using those methods, the researcher explains the parts in the novel which were included in the lost of religion, lost of norm and lost of education. The lost of religion�s behavior are enjoying life too much, smoking, drinking too much. The lost of social norm's behavior are having a date, kissing. The lost of education's behavior are quitting from the study and cutting the class. As the result of the analysis, the researcher concludes that some of young generations in the novel have left their puritan mind which explain about the religion, norm and education. They became lost because they had forgotten the forefather's inheritance. This phenomena is found in the young generation, so they are called as the 'Lost Generation' by their society

Interactive Destiny

Mitra demonstrates that specific memory erasure causes the observer to be in a different sector of the multiverse, one with a different destiny: events in the future, remote to any possible influence of the observer, having radically different probabilities. The concept only applies to an observer defined by a structure of information, so cannot apply to a human observer as usually defined, as the physical body. However, Everett defines the functional identity of the observer as the contents of the memory, a structure of information. Only such an identity encounters the appearance of collapse. Thus, any observer encountering change of this nature is necessarily of this type, and in principle Mitra's effect would apply. Alteration to the quantum state of the physical environment effective for the observer merely by deletion of a record of observation would seem to require that the universe is primarily an information system, and that physical reality is secondary to the information defining it. This, however, is only the case with respect to the collapse dynamics. The universe is first and foremost a physical reality, as generally understood, defined by the quantum state, with the concomitant linear dynamics. Thus, at any given moment, the effective physical environment of the observer is a Newtonian, relativistic, physical domain, probabilistically defined throughout four-dimensional space-time by the linear dynamics of the quantum state of the environment effective for that observer: here the quantum mechanical frame of reference. With regard to the collapse dynamics, such a domain is of a first, primitive, logical type, while collapse, the change of the quantum mechanical frame of reference, is of a different, second logical type. As Everett makes clear, collapse is a purely subjective phenomenon, and as Tegmark explains, it exists only on the inside view of the quantum mechanical frame of reference. In this regard, and here only, the information process of the collapse dynamics, the establishment of new correlations with the physical environment, is primary, and, in a sense, 'overrules' the linear dynamics of the physical environment

Social Incentives in the Workplace

We present evidence on social incentives in the workplace, namely on whether workers' behaviour is affected by the presence of those they are socially tied to, even in settings where there are no externalities among workers due to either the production technology or the compensation scheme in place. To do so, we combine data on individual worker productivity from a firm's personnel records with information on each worker's social network of friends in the firm. We find that compared to when she has no social ties with her co-workers, a given worker's productivity is significantly higher when she works alongside friends who are more able than her, and significantly lower when she works with friends who are less able than her. As workers are paid piece rates based on individual productivity, social incentives can be quantified in monetary terms and are such that (i) workers who are more able than their friends are willing to exert less effort and forgo 10% of their earnings; (ii) workers who have at least one friend who is more able than themselves are willing to increase their effort and hence productivity by 10%. The distribution of worker ability is such that the net effect of social incentives on the firm's aggregate performance is positive. The results suggest that firms can exploit social incentives as an alternative to monetary incentives to motivate workers

Undated Eliza S Hendricks to JM p1

[Page 1] Thanks for the lovely Rocky Mountains vaccinium remembrance enclosed in your last letter. Please write when you have time. Tell me how fares it with your forthcoming book. My Dear Mr. Muir. – I was much pleased to receive your brief letter, written before starting for far away Alaska; and at this late day I am writing a few lines in acknowledgment. Of course I could not answer with any promptness, for Alaska Is a vast region, and my friend John Muir an uncertain quantity – one day here another day yonder. I only know that you escaped the dangers of trave and the perils of mountain climbing through the letters you [Page 2] Wrote to our Moores, Gradon friends. Yesterday Charles Moores’ bride had her first post-nuptial reception which I attended. She is a very sweet-faced and agreeable person. I think Charles made a very happy choice. The Merrills, Ketchams and Graydons were very much in evidence. Mrs. Moore looked sweet and happy, but thin and pale. Janet the same. They are much in love with their new relative. We all look back with much pleasure to your all too short visit here last summer. When are you coming again? As well ask the [Page 3] Winds, when they are coming you reply. I am glad you made some new acquaintances among the Alaskan trees, and that they made you happy, as your letter to Mrs. Graydon revealed. Nature has been a sweet mother to you, and right loyal have you ever been to her. I saw her image reflected from your soul as I took those pleasant Sierra rambles with you in the long ago. But I must end the rambles of my pen. A man who has time to write letters of friendship only one page long, presumably, has no time for reading long-winded letters. We are all very glad however [Page 4] To receive your breezy snatchy epistles. They assure us you are still in the land of the living, and that is much and more is to be learned than that (to be honest) for you have the gift of packing away a good deal of thought in a few words, and in your stingy compass you manage to give us all full assurance that we hold a warm place in your regard. We are all well here. The “lovely lily grandmother” as you gracefully style her, is stronger than when you saw her last, and she remembers you with warm regard, as do my brother Victor and his wife, and all. Next time you come we would like to have you come directly to our home, and visit your other friends [ ] [ ] [ ] at 611 N. Meridian Street. Very sincerely and cordially your friend Eliza S. Hendricks 611 N. Meridian St