LIFTING THE SPIRITS OF THE NATION: BRITISH BOXERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE NATIONAL SPORTING HERO AT THE TIME OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS

In September 2003 a leading British broadsheet Sunday newspaper ran a leader headed “This Sporting Life” and “Cheers for two heroes of our time,” in which it acknowledged the ability of two current, young sporting heroes to “inspire hope” and “to lift the spirits of the nation.” Nearly 200 years ago, Tom Cribb, a pugilist, was similarly described as a “hero” and his exploits were described as having “national” significance after he had defeated a black pugilist from the United States. This essay uses contemporary sources to examine the life of Tom Cribb and the public response to him, and asks whether he was the first British national sporting hero and what characteristics he may share with modern sporting heroes. The National Sporting Hero (NSH) does not necessarily come from the same ethnic group that makes him a hero, but once acquired, the status is likely to last well beyond the normal sporting career and may last for life. A NSH will have had success against a formidable opponent and provoked feelings in the general public that develop from interest to admiration, pride, gratitude, and eventually affection and will also garner public recognition beyond those who normally follow sport and a willingness of the public to overlook personal flaws. This supports Richard Holt's view that unlike heroes from other spheres whose genius makes them appear “special creatures,” sporting heroes are seen to be “more like us.” Perhaps they give us hope and lift our spirits because we see in them ourselves, not perhaps as we are, but as we would like to be.     

影子价格的特征及其计算

影子价格具备虚拟性、最优性、确定性、可及性及方向性,以此阐述对偶变量与影子价格的差异,并对线性规划问题中影子价格的求解做简要介绍.     

灯影戏作为文化传承载体在民间场域中的实现——以青海湟中光明灯影社为例

灯影戏是流传于河湟地区的濒危文化遗产，在传媒时代灯影戏的发展日渐式微。文章将灯影戏展演置于民间场域，探讨其在文化传承和社群记忆等方面的功用，并分析现代化背景下灯影戏的发展前景。     

丧仪中的影戏演出特点及其民俗文化功能探析

丧仪时演出影戏,在我国民间是一个较为普遍的习俗。影戏中的丧仪演出有其特殊之处:一方面是有特用于这种场合的"例戏",以引荐亡灵升天,另一方面是演出的"正本"戏中多带有祭灵、吊孝的情节。丧仪中演出影戏的民俗文化功能是多方面的:借其超度亡灵升入天堂;以其"热闹"丧场;招待前来吊唁的宾客;丧家借其昭示对亡者的孝,显示身份,赢得"面子"等。     

豫南影戏的生存现状与保护对策

豫南影戏作为宋代中原皮影脉络的延续,具有极高的艺术价值与研究价值,其中的罗山皮影被列为国家级非物质文化遗产。由于时代的发展,影戏市场萎缩,艺人经济社会地位逐渐走低,以愿影为主的演出方式对影戏传承产生了负面影响,豫南影戏后继无人,生存状况堪忧。应调动当地的政府、教育界和艺人等多方面力量,担起保护豫南影戏的责任。     

影子银行涉及的法律关系、表现形式与规制方法

影子银行具有信用中介和缺乏监管两大特征,加强对影子银行的法律规制,需要厘清影子银行体系运行中的交易法律关系和监管法律关系,从交易法律关系的角度廓清影子银行的表现形式和范围,从监管法律关系切入寻找影子银行的规制方法,并以此为基础将影子银行纳入法律监管框架之内,最终实现影子银行体系的健康发展和金融体系的稳定。     

存款保险制度、影子银行与银行系统性风险

为了防范系统性银行危机的发生,我国于2015年推出了存款保险制度,该制度能否有效降低我国银行系统性风险是关乎金融稳定的重要现实问题.以我国存款保险制度的实施为契机,本文基于16家上市银行2010年第四季度~2017年第二季度的面板数据,首先,将金融机构间的关联网络和金融机构市值纳入到系统性金融风险的测度中,进而探讨我国存款保险制度对银行系统性风险的影响及其作用渠道.结果表明存款保险制度的实施显著提高了其他商业银行(中、农、工、建以外的商业银行)的系统性风险;存款保险制度主要通过影子银行渠道增加其他商业银行的系统性风险.本文的研究对于我国强化影子银行的宏观审慎管理、引入基于银行系统性风险的差别存款保险费率设计和完善系统重要性金融机构的评定,具有一定的借鉴意义.     

Boxing,national identities and the symbolic importance of place: The ‘othering’ of Joe Calzaghe

In an analysis informed by social identities research, this article critically assesses the importance of place and nation in professional boxing. Based on media accounts surrounding the fight between Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins, it examines how the nation is positioned and how national identities are imagined. Calzaghe serves as a floating signifier of Wales, Britain and Europe in discourse positioning him as an outsider in the American boxing landscape. In examining the ‘othering’ of Calzaghe the article highlights how simplistic binaries are used to perpetuate notions of difference.     

论环境会计要素计量理论与方法

随着人类的繁衍经济的发展及环境管理的发展,对环境会计提出了很多要求,在这种情况下,良好的环境已成为经济学意义上稀缺资源,也成为经济资源。因此环境会计必须建立能够计量非交换、非劳动物品的价值理论。拟就从环境会计要素计量理论、原则及其计量方法几方面入手,对这一问题进行一些理论探讨。     

A counterexample to a conjecture on random shadows

We construct a counterexample to a conjecture in stereology. It is well known that two convex solid bodies which cast congruent orthographic shadows on any common plane must necessarily be congruent to each other. This characterization fails if the orientations of the shadows are allowed to differ. Such counterexamples as have been constructed for the latter case fail to have the same distribution of random shadows projected onto planes with random orientation. Therefore P. McCullagh has conjectured that two bodies whose random shadows have the same distribution are necessarily congruent. We construct a counterexample to this conjecture. Some implications are drawn for the development of a general theory of stereological reconstruction based upon random projected shadows or images.