The sense and nonsense of Eurozone level Democracy. Egmont Paper No. 70, October 2014

The democratic functioning of the EU is frequently called into question. Increasingly, the focus of this criticism is the perceived lack of legitimacy in eurozone policymaking. The eurozone has gained a firmer grip on national policymaking in recent years, but has not adapted its democratic structure to reflect this. To tackle this problem, European and national policymakers have committed to improving the eurozone’s legitimacy and accountability. One of the rare concrete proposals by policymakers is the institution of parliamentary control that deals specifically with eurozone matters. This Egmont Paper examines whether it would be beneficial to have eurozone level democracy. This is defined as parliamentary scrutiny of, by and for the eurozone. It would deal with issues that solely concern the eurozone, and decisions would be made solely by parliamentarians from the eurozone.

A proposal for a total peace offensive : to stop Communist aggression by taking the initiative in the world contest for men's minds, hearts and loyalties /

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The effectiveness of center high mounted stop lamps: a preliminary evaluation.

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Aga Khan pleads for the attack to stop, from the Akbarnama

1 ft. 63/64 in. x 7 7/8 in.; opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Amateurism and the Aesthetics of Lego Stop-Motion on YouTube

Do the “democratization” of media and the proliferation of online participatory culture undermine the aesthetic hegemony of professional filmmakers? This article is a case study of both more and less popular animated Lego videos, also called “brickfilms,” that asks how amateur videos adhere to and/or depart from professionalized aesthetic standards. It addresses the definitions of professionalism and amateurism and proposes that the dichotomy between democratization and ongoing elitism is insufficient to describe the complex dialogue between professional film aesthetics and amateur production—a dialogue that is diverse but nonetheless follows certain patterns. These patterns link Lego videos to silent era cinema as well as contemporary professional live-action and stop-motion animation. Furthermore, a mixture of parody, pastiche, and homage suggest that amateur work has a variety of affective relationships to professional work. Ultimately, amateur filmmaking indicates a negotiation of professional standards rather than slavish adherence.

The complete nonsense book /

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The pelican chorus & other nonsense verses

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Annual report [on the] First Stop Business Information Center.

"In accordance with the provisions of Public Act 88-0404 the Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform Act, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA) submits annual report on the First Stop Business Information Center."

The short-stop /

Illustrated lining-papers.

Nonsense songs : (the songs that came out wrong) from Alice in Wonderland : a song-cycle for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass /

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The Stage Stop Motel

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Letters of Edward Lear, author of "The book of nonsense", to Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford and Frances, Countess Waldegrave.

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The era of wonderful nonsense; a casebook of the twenties,

Account of twenty-five sensational events in the United States between 1918 and 1933, with quotations from the contemporary press. cf. Foreword.

Pseudo-messenger RNA: Phantoms of the transcriptome

The mammalian transcriptome harbours shadowy entities that resist classification and analysis. In analogy with pseudogenes, we define pseudo-messenger RNA to be RNA molecules that resemble protein- coding mRNA, but cannot encode full-length proteins owing to disruptions of the reading frame. Using a rigorous computational pipeline, which rules out sequencing errors, we identify 10,679 pseudo - messenger RNAs ( approximately half of which are transposonassociated) among the 102,801 FANTOM3 mouse cDNAs: just over 10% of the FANTOM3 transcriptome. These comprise not only transcribed pseudogenes, but also disrupted splice variants of otherwise protein- coding genes. Some may encode truncated proteins, only a minority of which appear subject to nonsense- mediated decay. The presence of an excess of transcripts whose only disruptions are opal stop codons suggests that there are more selenoproteins than currently estimated. We also describe compensatory frameshifts, where a segment of the gene has changed frame but remains translatable. In summary, we survey a large class of non- standard but potentially functional transcripts that are likely to encode genetic information and effect biological processes in novel ways. Many of these transcripts do not correspond cleanly to any identifiable object in the genome, implying fundamental limits to the goal of annotating all functional elements at the genome sequence level.