http://www.metafilter.com/tags/SC Posts tagged with 'SC' at MetaFilter. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:20:09 -0800 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:20:09 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/82741/No%2Dhammer%2Dshall%2Dring%2Dout%2Dits%2Djoyful%2Dsong%2Dtoday Renowned blacksmith, <a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/jun/23/artist_iron_dies86905/">Phillip Simmons</a>, of Charleston, SC has died at age 98. Mr. Simmons was a link to a past that is rapidly vanishing along the South Carolina coast. A man who came up in the apprentice system and worked in the era when blacksmiths were the handymen of their communities, repairing and creating from raw metal the objects of everyday life, through to the present day where his work is now seen as fine art and displayed in galleries and museums. More information about him and images of his work can be seen at his <a href="http://www.philipsimmons.us/">website</a> including an <a href="http://www.philipsimmons.us/works.htm">interactive map</a> of where his works can be found. A <a href="http://www.charlestonmag.com/charleston_magazine/photogallery/philip_simmons">gallery</a> of him and his works can be found at Charleston Magazine along with an <a href="http://www.charlestonmag.com/charleston_magazine/feature/philip_simmons">interview</a> with one few the founders of the foundation attempting to preserve his work. An <a href="http://www.preservationnation.org/travel-and-sites/sites/southern-region/philip-simmons-workshop-and-home.html">article</a> on his workshop can be found at the National Trust, which is attempting to preserve it. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.82741 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:20:09 -0800 art blacksmith Charleston crafts folkart historic nationaltrust obituary SC smithing SouthCarolina treasure 1f2frfbf http://www.metafilter.com/54341/How%2DMuch%2Dis%2Da%2DSeat%2Don%2Dthe%2DSecurity%2DCouncil%2DWorth%2DForeign%2DAid%2Dand%2DBribery%2Dat%2Dthe%2DUnited%2DNations <strong>How Much is a Seat on the Security Council Worth? Foreign Aid and Bribery at the United Nations.</strong> A paper from a doctoral student at the <a href="http://www.hbs.edu">Harvard Business School</a>, and an employee of the <a href="http://www.nber.org">National Bureau of Economic Research</a> has found a correlation between serving on the <a href="http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/">United Nations Security Council</a>, and the amount of aid received from the United States and the UN. The paper will be printed in an upcoming edition of the <a href="http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JPE/">Journal of Political Economy</a>. From the abstract: <em>"Ten of the fifteen seats on the U.N. Security Council are held by rotating members serving two-year terms. We find that a country’s U.S. aid increases by 59 percent and its U.N. aid by 8 percent when it rotates onto the council. This effect increases during years in which key diplomatic events take place (when members’ votes should be especially valuable) and the timing of the effect closely tracks a country’s election to, and exit from, the council. Finally, the U.N. results appear to be driven by UNICEF, an organization over which the United States has historically exerted great control."</em> <a href="http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-029.pdf">The Harvard Business School working paper can be found here</a>. <a href="http://www.freakonomics.com/blog/2006/08/29/need-some-foreign-aid-from-the-us-make-sure-to-get-your-country-on-the-un-security-council/">Commentary from Steven Levitt (the co-author of Freakonomics) can be found here</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.54341 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:24:25 -0800 Bribery ForeignAid SC SecurityCouncil UN US NotMyselfRightNow