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Doing Violence upon God: Nonviolent Alterities and Their Medieval Precedents
Authors: Almond Ian 
Published: June 2011

The Other resembles God.To welcome the Other absolutely is to preserve the Other as a state of irreducible uncertainty, to suspend the desire to ascertain exactly who or what the Other is, to suppress the wish to name, and to avoid assimilating or incorporating the Other into a reassuringly familiar vocabulary. The object of this paper is a tentative comparison between Eckhartian gelâzenheit and Derridean openness. I will compare the Derridean response to the uncertainty of the infinitely Other with that of the German Dominican preacher Meister Eckhart (1260–1329) in order to examine their respective terms of “emptiness” and “openness” and to try to understand how Eckhart's idea of description or conception as doing violence upon the Other is, in part, adopted and, in part, rejected by Jacques Derrida. As some of the most interesting aspects of Derrida's understanding of otherness can be discerned in his early work on Levinas, I will first examine Derrida's initial skepticism toward the idea of a nonviolent phenomenology, in contrast to his more recent reappraisal of his relation to Levinas and the “welcome of the Other.”
In Quest of the Historical Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
Authors: Neusner Jacob 
Published: June 2011

Concerning the effort to recover rabbinic biographies, Professor Judah Goldin writes:… Such works are hardly biographies in the serious sense of the word, … for not only do the primary sources disappoint us deeply in the amount of reliable historical detail they provide, but even as regards the opinions and teachings of the Sages, one is left to guess what is early and what is late. In short, there is practically no way to get at development, surely and desperately necessary for the historian and biographer. These books therefore are filled with speculation, sometimes plausible, sometimes not. As reflections of the author's own imagination and interpretation, however, and as collections of data about the specific sage, they are informative exercises.My research exhibits, alas, the deplorable qualities to which Goldin points. At the same time, I have continued to reflect on what we know about Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai. Here are some of the results.
The Exaltation of Jesus and the Restoration of Israel in Acts 1
Authors: Tiede David L. 
Published: June 2011

“Lord, at this time are you restoring the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6)The disciples' leading question in Acts 1:6 sets the context for Luke's narration of the last words which the risen Jesus speaks on earth. The Lord's oracular answer clearly divides in two parts. Acts 1:7 conveys a sharp caution to those who would speculate about God's timetable: “It is not yours to know the periods or occasions which the Father has established in his own authority.” Yet Jesus' final words respond positively to the question of restoration by revealing the deployment of theocratic dominion, even indicating the geographic staging of Acts: “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and unto the end of the earth” (1:8).
“Think of the Lilies” and Prov 6:6–11
Authors: Jones John N. 
Published: June 2011

Among the best-known of Jesus sayings is the “worry” saying of Q (Luke 12:22–31):“Therefore,” [Jesus] said to his disciples, “I bid you put away anxious thoughts about food to keep you alive and clothes to cover your body. Life is more than food, the body more than clothes. Think of the ravens: they neither sow nor reap; they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. You are worth far more than the birds! Is there a man among you who by anxious thought can add a foot to his height? If, then, you cannot do even a very little thing, why are you anxious about the rest?
Men Dreaming of Men: Using Mitch Walker's “Double Animus” in Pastoral Care
Authors: Culbertson Philip 
Published: June 2011

In her recent book Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, Susan Faludi pointed out the violence endemic to the Wild Man paradigm set forth in Robert Bly's Iron John:For months, Bly has refused requests for an interview—his media interviews are largely with men—but today he accedes to a brief conversation over lunch. Between man-size bites of a sandwich, the poet says he bars women from most of his events because men need a sanctuary from a female-dominated world. “There's no place for the warrior in this country. The feminists have taken over from the Catholic priests.” And this is only the start of the female incursion. “I just see it getting worse and worse. Men will become more and more insecure, farther from their own manhood. Men will become more like women.…” What evidence does he have that all this is happening, or that feminism is actually turning men “soft”? The venerable poet flies into a sudden rage. “I don't need evidence. I have brains, that's how I know.”
External frontal sinusotomy and endoscopic repair of cerebrospinal fluid fistula in the posterior wall: preliminary report of a new technique
Authors: Das P Thulasi , Balasubramanian D 
Published: June 2011

AbstractIntroduction:Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea is the abnormal leakage of cerebrospinal fluid into the nasal cavity. The posterior wall of the frontal sinus can be the site of such leakage. Traditionally, these leaks were repaired via external osteoplastic or neurosurgical approaches. Despite advances in instrumentation, it is difficult to manage superiorly or laterally placed defects endoscopically. We present a new technique of endoscopic repair of frontal sinus posterior wall defects, via access holes drilled in the anterior wall of the frontal sinus.Study design:Preliminary study involving patients presenting with frontal sinus cerebrospinal fluid leaks, with defects in the frontal sinus posterior wall, between 2006 and 2010.Setting:Patients were treated in a tertiary referral centre for nose and sinus diseases. Patient records were reviewed and analysed.Results:Nine patients underwent external frontal sinusotomy under endoscopic vision. Repair was successful in all cases, with no complications. Follow up ranged from three months to three years.Conclusion:External frontal sinusotomy and endoscopic repair is a simple, precise and cosmetically acceptable alternative to osteoplastic and major neurosurgical techniques for management of frontal sinus posterior wall defects. This new, previously undescribed technique enables otolaryngologists to play a role in managing such defects.
A Preliminary Investigation of Two Prehistoric Cave Sites in Southern Albania
Authors: Francis K.D. , Bescoby D.J. , Gjipali I. 
Published: June 2011

In this article we describe the evaluation of two prehistoric sites situated within the coastal zone of south-western Albania, originally investigated by the Italian prehistorian Luigi Cardini in 1939. The first is a cave site in the town of Himara; the second a rock-shelter at Kanalit in the Acroceraunian Mountains to the north. Investigations at both locations revealed stratified evidence of prehistoric activity dating from the mid-Holocene. At Kanalit, an extensive lithic assemblage provided evidence for the exploitation of the adjoining coastal lowlands during the Mesolithic, while at Himara, a largely unbroken sequence of deposits records often intensive human activity at the cave from the Early Bronze Age. Radiocarbon dates have provided a significant independent chronological marker for Early/Middle Bronze Age horizons. The ceramic evidence indicates a predominance of local influences, the site not becoming part of wider trading networks until the late Iron Age, c. seventh to sixth centuries BC.Σε αυτό το άρθρο πραγματευόμαστε τη σημασία δύο προϊστορικών θέσεων, οι οποίες βρίσκονται στην παράκτια ζώνη της ΝΔ Αλβανίας. Οι θέσεις αυτές είχαν αρχικά ερευνητεί από τον Ιταλό προϊστορικό αρχαιολόγο Luigi Cardini το 1939. Η πρώτη θέση αφορά ένα σπήλαιο στην πόλη της Χειμάρρας και η δεύτερη μία βραχοσκεπή, στη θέση Kanalit, στα Ακροκεραύνια όρη προς βορρά. Έρευνες στις δύο θέσενς αποκάλυψαν στρωματογραφημένες ενδείξεις προϊστορικής δραστηριότητας, που χρονολογούνται από το μέσο Ολόκαινο. Στη θέση Kanalit ένα ευρύ σύνολο λίθινων αντικειμένων παρέχει στοιχεία για την εκμετάλλευση των γειτονικών παράκτιων πεδινών περιοχών κατά τη Μεσολιτική περίοδο. Στο σπήλαιο της Χειμάρρας μία σειρά από αδιάσπαστες, στο μεγαλύτερο μέρος τους, αποθέσεις μαρτυρεί συχνά έντονη ανθρώπινη δραστηριότητα από την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Χαλκού. Οι ραδιοχρονολογήσεις παρέχουν ένα σημαντικό ανεξάρτητο χρονολογικό δείκτη για τους ορίζοντες της Πρώιμης/Μέσης Εποχής του Χαλκού. Η κεραμική φανερώνει την επικράτηση τοπικών επιρροών, με τη θέση αυτή να μην λαμβάνεν μέρος στα ευρύτερα εμπορικά δίκτυα πριν από την όψιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου, περίπου τον 70 – 60 αιώνα π.Χ.
Prehistoric Laconia: A Note on the Location of the Site of Souroukla
Authors: Simpson R. Hope 
Published: June 2011

In 1921, Carl Biegen found Mycenaean and other ancient sherds at a site then named Souroukla, near Skala in Laconia. William Coulson and others have mistakenly assumed that Souroukla is to be identified as Ayios Stephanos, the important site surveyed by the author in 1956 and later excavated by the British School under Lord William Taylour. The author here reveals that the true identity of Souroukla is the site of Skala: Ayios Nikolaos.To 1921 ο Carl Biegen εντόπνσε μυκηναϊκά και άλλα αρχαία όστρακα στην τότε ονομαζόμενη θέση Σουρούκλα, κοντά στη Σκάλα Λακωνίας. Ο William Coulson και άλλοι μελετητές λανθασμένα υπέτεσαν ότι η θέση Σουρούκλα πρέπει να ταυτιστεί με τον Άγιο Στέφανο, μία σημαντική θέση, την οποία ερεύνησε επιφανειακά ο γράφων το 1955 και αργότερα ανεσκάφη από την Βρετανική Σχολή υπό τη διεύθυνση του Λόρδου William Taylour. Ο γράφων δείκνει στο παρόν άρθρο την ταύτιση της Σουρούκλας με τη θέση Σκάλα: Άγιος Νικόλαος.
East Greek Pottery in the Collection of the British School at Athens
Authors: Smith Tyler Jo 
Published: June 2011

Among the antiquities in the collection of the British School, there are a few examples of East Greek pottery, including Wild Goat Style, Chian, Fikellura, and Clazomenian as well as a Rosette Bowl and a Bird Bowl. Following a summany of the British School's excavations and role at Naukratis, the site where much of this East Greek pottery was discovered, the objects from the collection are presented in both summary and catalogue form. An appendix is dedicated to an Attic polychrome phiale mesomphalos, which, although not East Greek, shares many technical and stylistic features with some East Greek wares, and was originally identified as Vroulian. It is briefly considered in relation to East Greek and Archaic pottery.Μεταξύ των αρχαιοτήτων της συλλογής της Βρετανικής Σχολής, υπάρχουν ορισμένα παραδείγματα ανατολίζουσας ελληνικής κεραμικής, στα οποία περιλαμβάνοντοα δείγματα του ρυθμού των Αιγάγρων, της Χίου, των Φικελλούρων, των Κλαζομενών, καθώς επίσης και δύο ανοικτά αγγεία με διακόσμηση ρόδακα και πτηνών αντίστοιχα. Μετά από μία σύνοψη των ανασκαφών και του ρόλου της Βρετανικής Σχολής στη Ναύκρατι, τη θέση όπου ανακαλύφθηκε μεγάλο μέρος αυτής της ανατολίζουσας ελληνικής κεραμικής, τα ευρήματα της συλλογής παρουσιάζονται σε σύνοψη και σε κατάλογο. Ένα παράρτημα είναι αφιερωμένο σε μία αττική πολύχρωμη μεσόμφαλη φιάλη, η οποία αν και δεν ανήκει στον ανατολίζοντα ρυθμό, μοιράζεται αρκετά τεχνικά και στυλιστικά χαρακτηριστικά με ορισμένα ανατολίζοντα ελληνικά αγγεία. Η φιάλη αυτή είχε αρχικά ταυτιστεί ως αγγείο τύπου Βρουλιάς. Εν συντομία θεωρείτοα ότι έλκει στοιχεία από την ανατολίζουσα ελληνική και αρχαϊκή κεραμική.
On cocycle superrigidity for Gaussian actions
Authors: PETERSON JESSE , SINCLAIR THOMAS 
Published: June 2011

AbstractWe present a general setting to investigate 𝒰fin-cocycle superrigidity for Gaussian actions in terms of closable derivations on von Neumann algebras. In this setting we give new proofs to some 𝒰fin-cocycle superrigidity results of S. Popa and we produce new examples of this phenomenon. We also use a result of K. R. Parthasarathy and K. Schmidt to give a necessary cohomological condition on a group representation in order for the resulting Gaussian action to be 𝒰fin-cocycle superrigid.
Some results on minimizers and stable solutions of a variational problem
Authors: FARINA ALBERTO , VALDINOCI ENRICO 
Published: June 2011

AbstractWe consider the functional in a periodic setting. We discuss whether the minimizers or the stable solutions satisfy some symmetry or monotonicity properties, with special emphasis on the autonomous case when F is x-independent. In particular, we give an answer to a question posed by Victor Bangert when F is autonomous in dimension n≤3 and in any dimension for non-zero rotation vectors.
K3 surfaces with non-symplectic involution and compact irreducibleG2-manifolds
Authors: KOVALEV ALEXEI , LEE NAM-HOON 
Published: June 2011

AbstractWe consider the connected-sum method of constructing compact Riemannian 7-manifolds with holonomyG2developed by the first named author. The method requires pairs of projective complex threefolds endowed with anticanonicalK3 divisors and the latterK3 surfaces should satisfy a certain ‘matching condition’ intertwining on their periods and Kähler classes. Suitable examples of threefolds were previously obtained by blowing up curves in Fano threefolds.In this paper, we give a large new class of suitable algebraic threefolds using theory ofK3 surfaces with non-symplectic involution due to Nikulin. These threefolds arenotobtainable from Fano threefolds as above, and admit matching pairs leading to topologically new examples of compact irreducibleG2-manifolds. ‘Geography’ of the values of Betti numbersb2,b3for the new (and previously known) examples of irreducibleG2manifolds is also discussed.
Two Linnik-type problems for automorphic L-functions
Authors: LIU JIANYA , QU YAN , WU JIE 
Published: June 2011

AbstractLet m ≥ 2 be an integer, and π an irreducible unitary cuspidal representation for GLm(), whose attached automorphic L-function is denoted by L(s, π). Let {λπ(n)}n=1∞ be the sequence of coefficients in the Dirichlet series expression of L(s, π) in the half-plane ℜs > 1. It is proved in this paper that, if π is such that the sequence {λπ(n)}n=1∞ is real, then the first sign change in the sequence {λπ(n)}n=1∞ occurs at some n ≪ Qπ1 + ϵ, where Qπ is the conductor of π, and the implied constant depends only on m and ϵ. This improves the previous bound with the above exponent 1 + ϵ replaced by m/2 + ϵ. A result of the same quality is also established for {Λ(n)aπ(n)}n=1∞, the sequence of coefficients in the Dirichlet series expression of −(L′/L)(s, π) in the half-plane ℜs > 1.
Alternate but Do Not Swim: A Test for Executive Motor Dysfunction in Parkinson Disease
Authors: Falchook Adam D. , Decio Danilo , Williamson John B. , Okun Michael S. , Malaty Irene A. , Rodriguez Ramon L. , Heilman Kenneth M. 
Published: June 2011

AbstractThe objective of this study is to learn if participants with Parkinson disease (PD), when compared to normal controls, are impaired in making simultaneous but independent right and left hand movements. Participants were tested with Luria's Alternating Hand Postures (AHP) test and modified AHP tests. Twelve PD participants without dementia and twelve matched controls were assessed for their ability to perform the parallel AHP test (both hands remaining in the same coronal plane) and with modifications of this test into swimming (alternative arm extension with finger extension and arm flexion with finger flexion) and reverse swimming (alternative arm extension—finger flexion and arm flexion—finger extension) movements. The participants with PD were significantly impaired when performing the parallel and the reverse swimming movements AHP tests, but not impaired on the swimming movements AHP test. Swimming movements may be phylogenetically and ontogenetically more primitive and not as heavily dependent on frontal-basal ganglia networks; thus performance of swimming movements during the parallel AHP test may decrease this test's sensitivity. (JINS, 2011, 17, 702–708)
A Review of Term-Structure Models and Their Applications: [forms Part Of: Report of the Fixed-Interest Working Group, B.A.J. 4, II Pg.213–383]
Authors: Chaplin G.B. 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACTThe literature on ‘Term-Structure Models’ is extensive with many contributions from financial economists over the last twenty years. This paper reviews examples of term-structure models from different categories (‘equilibrium’, ‘evolutionary’ and ‘descriptive’) with particular emphasis on their intended application. The Vasicek (one-factor equilibrium), Richard (two-factor), and Hull & White (evolutionary) models are discussed in some detail.The paper reviews a particular class of descriptive polynomial models which is flexible and in widespread use both in the academic and the practitioner community. The model is cast in terms of forward rates, applied to the gilt market, and techniques are used to determine how many terms in the polynomial expansion are statistically required in order to describe the market accurately. The model is a linear model of forward and spot rates and is stable; this allows the calculation of risk measures for each bond which give a superior approach, in principle, to portfolio hedging.Selection of model should be driven by its application. If the objective is a reasonably accurate description of the curve and, by implication, an accurate indication of yields which can be obtained in the market, then a model which fits the market accurately is preferable. The ‘descriptive’ approach is therefore most appropriate in this context.
Investment Returns and Inflation Models: Some Australian Evidence
Authors: Sherris M. , Tedesco L. , Zehnwirth B. 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACTThe development of stochastic investment models for actuarial and investment applications has become an important area of interest to actuaries. This paper reports the application of some techniques of modern time series and econometric analysis to Australian inflation, share market and interest rate data. It considers unit roots, cointegration and state space models. Some of the results from this analysis are not reflected in the published stochastic investment models.
The Need for Theory in Actuarial Economic Models
Authors: Huber P.P. , Verrall R.J. 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACTThis paper addresses the fundamental issues in the construction and use of actuarial economic models, with specific reference to those described in the UK literature. Two approaches are considered: an empirical approach and a theoretical approach using financial economics. Although empirical testing is essential, the difficulties associated with it should not be underestimated. A theoretical framework can be used to limit the impact of these difficulties. However, economic modelling is further complicated by the lack of a reliable and comprehensive theoretical framework. This suggests that economic models are always likely to be inaccurate and consequently actuarial judgement is likely to be indispensable.
The Regulatory Role of the Actuary
Authors: Daykin C.D. 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACTThe actuary has played a role in regulation in the United Kingdom since 1819. More recently, in 1974, the Appointed Actuary system was introduced for life insurance companies, backed by strong professional guidance. Derivatives of the Appointed Actuary concept have been implemented in a number of other countries. Meanwhile, in the UK, defined benefit occupational pension schemes are now required to appoint a Scheme Actuary, who has a statutory whistle-blowing role under the Pensions Act 1995. A number of statutory roles for pension actuaries were in place prior to this. In general insurance, Lloyd's syndicates are now required to obtain an actuarial opinion on the end of year provisions, as part of the Lloyd's market regulatory structure, and friendly societies must obtain an actuarial opinion on their technical provisions once every three years. This paper reviews some of the different regulatory roles of the actuary in the UK, draws some comparisons with the situation in other countries, considers the strengths and weaknesses of the present situation and invites debate and discussion on the way forward in order to optimise the contribution which the profession can make to the public interest in the field of regulation.
Address by the President of the Faculty of Actuaries. Respecting the Past, Creating the Future
Authors: Ritchie John Stewart Russell 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACTThis Presidential Address is delivered towards the end of the 150th anniversary year of the Faculty of Actuaries, and is timed to coincide with the International Actuarial Association and Groupe Consultatif holding meetings in Edinburgh. It deals with the growing globalisation of the Profession, reviews the key developments arising out of the Morris Review and the implications of current changes. It then moves on to examine communication and the role the Profession can play with the media. A comparison between actuarial practice in life and pensions follows, with suggestions for a closer alignment between pension expectation and pension reality. Comment is made about the prospects for healthy life expectancy. Finally, the relationship between the Faculty and the Institute of Actuaries is debated, and a consultation with Faculty members is launched.
Assessment of Target Capital for General Insurance Firms
Authors: Hitchcox A. N. , Hinder I. A. , Kaufman A. M. , Maynard T. J. , Smith A. D. , White M. G. 
Published: June 2011

ABSTRACTCapital and cost of capital form a bridge between the insurance firm and the financial markets. The term capital is used in various ways. In current parlance, economic capital is frequently used to mean capital calculated using a risk-based measure which is independent of the regulatory requirements. In this paper we discuss the concept of target capital, where the firm takes account of three different approaches to risk appetite: regulatory capital plus a buffer; rating agency views; and the views of shareholders, where they make commitments to customers and wish to protect franchise value. We describe how, when blending these views, the firm needs to understand the trade-offs between too high and too low amounts of capital, with reference to the double taxation burden, insurance gearing (leverage of premiums to capital ratio), and the impact of the firm's credit rating on maximising franchise value. We then discuss the main drivers of the cost of capital, which we define as the required total return on the market value of the firm, as determined by reference to the opportunity cost of alternative investments of equivalent risk. We explain that, because the stock market value of the firm is not the same as the capital held inside the firm, the cost of capital derived from external studies cannot be directly applied to internal measures of target return such as return on equity (ROE); it is necessary to translate between the two measures. We separate the risk of the firm between the investment risk and the insurance risk. We describe the frictional costs of investing in an insurance firm, and explain the role of parameter and model risk arising from the uncertainty of the future claim costs of the firm. We describe the findings of two studies of the actual historical stock market returns of United States P&C companies. One of them suggests that applying the Fama-French model produces higher and more accurate cost of capital estimates than the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) method. This is explained by linking the price to book ratio to the costs of financial distress, which are particularly important for general insurance firms, given the influence of insurance strength ratings from the rating agencies. Finally, we attempt to estimate the risk load required in premiums to compensate investors for the elements of cost of capital which we have described, in a way that combines the financial economic approaches to insurance target returns with the traditional actuarial approaches to assessing the risks in the insurance business.