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Weisheit von Sirach
No full text"Ben Sira, wisdom of (also called Ecclesiasticus), a work of the Apocrypha, which, though usually known by this name, may have been called by its author, "The Words of Simeon b. Jeshua," the title found on the Hebrew fragments" (Encyc. Judaica, CD-Rom Ed., 1997)Erscheinungsjahr nach Vorlage: 279 [i.e. 1519]Ben Sira folgen noch eine Reihe anderer Abhandlungen cf. Steinschneider p. 203 No. 1363. Die wichtigsten NZ!Siehe auch Karl Heinz Burmeister, Sebastian Münster, in: Basler Beiträge zur Geschichtswissenschaft, Bd. 91, 1963, S. 8
Land management (specifically controlled heather burning) as a factor controlling carbon loss from upland peat soils
No full textPeatlands contain a significant proportion of the worlds’ total soil carbon, and are
commonly assumed to serve as carbon sinks. There is however increasing evidence of
carbon loss from peat soils, and DOC concentrations in UK rivers have increased
markedly over the past three decades. Numerous drivers for increasing DOC release
have been proposed but to date the potential role of land management has not been fully
explored.
This study examines the potential effects of land management on DOC production and
release from upland peat for a series of catchments in the South Pennines and North
Yorkshire Moors. Spatial variability in drainage DOC concentration was examined in
50 small headwater catchments (<3 km
2
) and nine reservoir catchments (1.5-21 km
2
). A
subset of the reservoir catchments was further examined through time to establish any
relationship between land management and DOC.
Of the factors assessed, representing all combinations of soil type and land use, the
proportion of new vegetation burn on blanket peat was consistently identified as the
most significant predictor of spatial variation in DOC concentration. Significant
relationships were identified between both temperature and sulphate deposition and
longer-term DOC concentrations, but no interaction or cumulative effect of these two
factors was shown. In contrast, the area of new burn on blanket peat explains more than
twice the degree of variance in DOC over the same period. For catchments where no
change in the area of new burn was determined, drainage DOC increases were minimal.
This study demonstrates that land management activities are important landscape-scale
drivers of DOC concentration. Exposed peat surface following burning may be altering
peat hydrology and improving conditions for microbial activity and enhanced DOC
production. Land management therefore has significant consequence for water utilities
facing increased costs of treatment and also for the conservation of blanket bog and
blanket peat ecosystems currently managed by fire
Autoworker and acclaimed author Ben Hamper speaks at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textIn an appearance at the Michigan State University Main Library, autoworker and acclaimed author Ben Hamper talks about his career at the General Motors Truck and Bus Plant in Flint, Michigan and reads from various works, including his forward to the book "Working words: punching the clock and kicking out the jams" by M. L. Liebler and from his most famous work, "Rivethead", a cynical and humorous view of life in an auto plant. A question and answer session follows. Hamper is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Martin Loughlin, Public Law and Political Theory
No full textIn this chapter, Ben Yong discusses Martin Loughlin’s Public Law and Political Theory. Drawing in part on conversation with the author, Yong explores the significance of a book that, despite interrogating the nature of public law as a discipline in a novel and methodologically important way, is often poorly understood
Idan Ben-Barak: Cook Prize 2024, Silver Medal Acceptance Speech.
No full textAuthor Idan Ben-Barak gives an acceptance speech for We Go Way Back (Roaring Brook Press)https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cook/1010/thumbnail.jp
Book review: Contemporary Scottish plays, edited by Trish Reid
No full textBook review: Contemporary Scottish plays, edited by Trish Reid. London:
Bloomsbury, 2014; ISBN: 9781472574435 (£17.99)Publisher PD
Address by Sergeant Ben Kuroki, U.S. Army Air Force
No full textSergeant Ben Kuroki delivers a speech to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California.The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942
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