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Stephanie Mathson interviews poet and author Judith Kerman
No full textPoet and author Judith Kerman talks about her experience as a Fulbright scholar in the Dominican Republic, her work translating poems by Cuban poet Dulce Mar\ueda Loynaz, learning Spanish, translating poems from Spanish, and her book "Retrofitting Blade Runner". Kerman is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Poet and author Judith Kerman reads her selected works at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textPoet and author Judith Kerman reads selected poems, including the English translation of poems by Cuban poet Dulce Mar\ueda Loynaz, and answers questions from audience. Kerman is introduced by Michigan State University Librarian Jeanne Drewes. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the Main Library
Judith: embodying Holiness in a G-dless Space
No full textThis article reviews key aspects of the overtly didactic Judith narrative, especially as this relates to the concepts of body, psyche and space, which apart from offering hope to Jews living in Hasmonean times, seem to go far beyond more traditional Jewish practice. In this context, aspects of the book of Judith seem to anticipate the ethical monotheistic teachings of more contemporary Jewish thinkers, such as Moritz Lazarus and Hermann Cohen. Here, an attempt will be made to show that the character of Judith, by virtue of her embodying the highest ethical standard which is synonymous with a Holy G-d as the highest source of moral authority is able to transform the profane into the sacred
The emergence of opposition movements
No full textWhen do people seeking political change choose to pick up arms and use violent means to bring about change, and under what circumstances do people turn to nonviolent peaceful means? There is a great deal of literature which states that in democracies we will see nonviolent social movements emerge and in autocracies we will see movements for change use violence. This study reviewed 323 cases of major non-state resistance campaigns from 1900 to 2006 and found just the opposite. Two-thirds of the campaigns in democratic countries were violent in nature and more than half of the campaigns in autocratic countries were nonviolent. Some alternative explanations were then explored including the possibility that the choice of whether a movement turns violent or nonviolent may have more to do with the global system and outside influences from other states than with any characteristic of the state itself.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Judith G. Stoddar
Star Formation in the Hubble Deep Field North
No full textI am currently analyzing the emission line spectra of the 600 galaxies from the sample of Cohen et al. (2000) and Cohen (2001) in the region of the HDF-North with z < 1.5. A progress report on this effort of the Caltech Faint Galaxy Redshift Survey is presented
The differential recovery of states from major violent and nonviolent opposition campaigns
No full textThis study adds to the existing literature by bringing quantitative rigor to the study of how states recover from major opposition movements which are currently primarily qualitative in nature and mostly focused on how states recover from violent campaigns. Second, it begins to fill the gap in the absence of scholarly research in after transition structural stability. Many scholars have noted the fact that nonviolent campaigns emerge under certain conditions, and that they often succeed under another set of overlapping conditions. However, the longer-term impacts of these campaigns, are yet unknown. What this thesis has done is to examine a variety of potential impacts in the state’s structural stability indicators. As we continue to see the number of opposition movements increasing today, and realize that campaign organizers make a choice between violent and nonviolent tactics, it becomes vital to understand which type of campaign will help to establish the state’s future success and in what areas that successful will be lasting. The research question this study sought to answer is; does the choice of campaign type, in terms of violent or nonviolent tactics being utilized, and whether the campaign was successful, have an impact on the future growth of the state as measured in structural stability indicators. Successful nonviolent campaigns brought the most positive growth in increased: life expectancy, implementation of rule of law, degree of Democracy, infant mortality, respect for human rights, school enrollment and regional stability. Unsuccessful violent campaigns brought the most damage in five of the indicators: long term economic growth, implementation of rule of law, degree of Democracy, respect for human rights and regional stability. It appears that these states suffered all of the damages of a major campaign without the hopeful changes that a new regime can bring. It is hoped that future campaign organizers, and governments as well as individuals who want to support them, will see the numerous benefits of waging nonviolent campaigns and will choose peaceful means, in their quest for change. And it is hoped that this work has shown that states are better off, and make greater progress in future growth and stability for having had a major nonviolent campaign.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Judith G. Stoddar
International year of older persons: Mentoring research project
No full textA report, by Judith MacCallum and Susan Beltman, Murdoch University, that identifies models of good practice of mentoring in school settings. The report looks at issues associated with the implementation of mentoring programs in school settings and key recommendations for consideration by Australian schools and education systems
First person – Judith S. Cruz Ortega
No full textFirst Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Judith S. Cruz Ortega is first author on ‘Actin cytoskeleton remodeling defines a distinct cellular function for adhesion G protein-coupled receptors ADGRL/latrophilins 1, 2 and 3’, published in BiO. Judith is a PhD student in the lab of Antony Jr Boucard, at Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico, investigating the molecular basis of brain cellular communication
Insurance law and the Financial Ombudsman Service [in 3 volumes]
No full textThis thesis is the only study there is of the workings of the Financial Ombudsman Service ('FOS') and a comparison between court and FOS attitudes and approaches to insurance cases. A court and the FOS may decide matters differently because the FOS does not have to apply the law strictly, whilst a court does. The author of this thesis has examined the FOS and Financial Services Authority ('FSA') websites, handbooks and other material, and all of the near monthly journals of Ombudsman News ('O.N.') since the FOS began in 2001, analysing it against the law to determine the question of this thesis: whether the FOS should in fact apply the law strictly, and not allow principles of fairness and reasonableness to override the law in the particular circumstances of a case. Should certainty of outcome and of applying law established and modified over hundreds of years be sacrificed to allow the FOS to apply its overriding discretion in the interests of justice in a relatively few cases? Should both insurers and insureds be able to obtain legal advice on their relative positions, without that advice having to mention unpredictable outcomes if the ombudsman chooses not to follow the strict legal position? If the law does not offer the consumer insured enough protection, should the FOS be the forum that does, and if so, does it give enough protection? This study does not look at the decisions of the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau ('IOB') which preceded the FOS. Where a point is not dealt with below, it has not been highlighted in FOS publications to date and it is unclear how relevant IOB decisions on that point will be
Disaster and trauma : child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of north America, april, vol.23. number 2/ Edit.: Stephen Cozza; Judith A. Cohen; Joseph G. Dougherty
No full textxvi, 425 p.; 21 cm
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