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Alien Registration- Daigle, Peter F. (Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County)
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Joseph Bimeler book order to Peter Kaufmann, February 14, 1845
No full textOrder of two dozen German A.B.C. books (primers) by J.M. Bimeler (by Lewis F. Birk) from Peter Kaufmann.
Led by Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Bäumeler) in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left Germany and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar, in which each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole, and in exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. After decades of economic prosperity, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society.
Peter Kaufmann was a German immigrant and intellectual. He arrived first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1820; in 1826 he became professor of languages at the Harmony Society town of Economy, Pennsylvania. In 1827, Kaufmann led the establishment of Teutonia, a utopian community in Columbiana County, Ohio, and published its weekly titled "Teutonia: The Herald of a Better Time." Following this he moved to Canton, Ohio, where he became translator and editor of "Der Vaterlandsfreund und Geist der Zeit" under Solomon Sala. Additionally, Kaufmann wrote a number of books on education, as well as a German almanac. He was also an influential Democrat, counting President Van Buren among his friends, and knew Ralph Waldo Emerson
Composting of aged reed bed biosolids for beneficial reuse: a case study in New Jersey, USA
No full textReed beds with Phragmites australis (common reed) have been utilized to decrease the water, nutrient and volatile solids content of sewage sludge. An efficient disposal/reuse option was sought for reed bed biosolids accumulated over a 15 year period at a wastewater treatment facility in New Jersey, USA. The study facility had 14 reed beds, each with 1000 wet tons capacity, which were full, and so the solids needed to be removed. Because P. australis is considered an invasive species in New Jersey and several other states in the United States, disposal or reuse of solids containing this plant is regulated. Composting was examined as a potential treatment for destroying the plant’s reproductive rhizomes. The high temperatures achieved during composting were also tested to determine if regulatory criteria for pathogen reduction could be met, making the composted product suitable for unrestricted land application. Preliminary studies indicated the sludge had stabilized to the point where self-heating did not occur. Among the carbon amendments tested in the laboratory to stimulate compositing activity, Phragmites above ground biomass was determined to be most suitable. In a field test, Phragmites above ground biomass was mixed with reed bed biosolids at a 1:2 (w/w) ratio. The temperatures achieved resulted in complete mortality of Phragmites rhizomes. In laboratory tests, rhizomes placed in a drying oven at 50ºC for 24 hours, or 55ºC for 12 hours, showed 100% plant mortality. However, under field conditions pile temperatures could not be maintained long enough for the sludge to meet the USEPA 503 biosolids time-temperature pathogen rule requirements for unrestricted land application, even though sample fecal coliform counts did meet regulatory limits.Peer reviewed
Zechariah 9-14 as the substructure of 1 Peter’s eschatological program
No full textThe principal aim of this study is to discern what has shaped the author of 1 Peter to regard Christian suffering as a necessary (1.6) and to-be-expected (4.12) component of faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ. Most research regarding suffering in 1 Peter has limited the scope of inquiry to two particular aspects—its cause and nature, and the strategies that the author of 1 Peter employs in order to enable his addressees to respond in faithfulness. There remains, however, the need for a comprehensive explanation for the source that has generated 1 Peter’s theology of Christian suffering. If Jesus truly is the Christ, God’s chosen redemptive agent who has come to restore God’s people, then how can it be that Christian suffering is a necessary part of discipleship after his coming, death and resurrection? What led the author of 1 Peter to such a startling conclusion, which seems to runs against the grain of the eschatological hopes and expectations of Jewish restoration ideology?
This thesis analyzes the appropriation of shepherd and fiery trials imagery,
and argues that the author of 1 Peter is dependent upon Zechariah 9-14 for his
theology of Christian suffering. Said in another way, the eschatological program of
Zechariah 9-14, read through the lens of the Gospel, functions as the substructure
for 1 Peter’s eschatology and thus its theology of Christian suffering.
In support of this hypothesis, this study highlights the fact that Zechariah 9-
14 was available and appropriated in early Christianity, in particular in the Passion
Narrative tradition; that the shepherd imagery of 1 Pet 2.25 is best understood
within the milieu of the Passion Narrative tradition, and that it alludes to the
eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14; that the fiery trials imagery found in 1
Peter 1.6-7 and 1 Pet 4.12 is distinct from that which we find in Greco-Roman and OT
wisdom sources, and that it shares exclusive parallels with some unique features of
the eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14; that Zechariah 9-14 offers a more
satisfying explanation for the modification of Isa 11.2 in 1 Pet 4.14, the transition
from 4.12-19 to 5.1-4, why Peter has oriented his letter with the term διασπορά,
and why he has described his addresses as οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ; and finally that 1 Peter
contains an implicit foundational narrative that shares distinct parallels with the
eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14.
We can conclude that 1 Peter offers a unique vista into the way in which at
least one early Christian witness came to understand and to communicate the fact
that Christian suffering was a necessary feature of faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ
A conversation with Thomas Sowell
No full textIn this episode, host Peter Krogh sits down with Thomas Sowell, the prominent black economist and social commentator. Born in North Carolina, Sowell grew up in Harlem. He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard, a master's degree from Columbia and a PhD from the University of Chicago. In 1980, he became the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. A prolific author, Sowell frequently provoked controversy with his commentary on race and ethnic conflict. In this interview, Dr. Sowell discusses his latest book, The Economics and Politics of Race: An International Perspective, which examines how different races and ethnicities fare in different societies.Host Peter Krogh sits down with economist and social commentator Thomas Sowell to discuss Sowell's latest book The Economics and Politics of Race
Characterization of Wood Mulch and Leachate/Runoff from Three Wood Recycling Facilities
No full textLarge-scale open storage of wood mulch is common practice at wood recycling facilities. During rain and snow melt, leachate with soluble compounds and suspended particles is released from mulch stockpiles. The objective of this study was to determine the quality of leachate/runoff from wood recycling facilities to evaluate its potential to contaminate receiving waterbodies. Wood mulch (n = 30) and leachate/runoff (n = 26) samples were collected over 1.5 years from three wood recycling facilities in New Jersey, USA. Differences by site were found (p < 0.05) for most of the 21 constituents tested in the solid wood mulch samples. Biochemical oxygen demand (range <20 – 3000 mg/L), chemical oxygen demand (134 - 6000 mg/L) and total suspended solids (69 - 401 mg/L) median concentrations of the leachate/runoff samples were comparable to those of untreated domestic wastewater. Total Kjeldahl N, total P and fecal coliform median values were slightly lower than typical wastewater values. Dose-response studies with leachate/runoff samples using zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos showed that mortality and developmental defects typically did not occur even at the highest concentration tested, indicating low toxicity, although delayed development did occur. Based on this study, leachate/runoff from wood recycling facilities should not be released to surface waters as it is a potential source of organic contamination and low levels of nutrients. A study in which runoff from a controlled drainage area containing wood mulch of known properties is monitored would allow for better assessment of the potential impact of stormwater runoff from wood recycling facilities.Peer reviewe
Allo-triploid Sphagnum <sup>x</sup>falcatulum: single individuals contain most of the Holantarctic diversity for ancestrally indicative markers
No full textBackground and Aims. Allopolyploids exhibit both different levels and patterns of genetic variation than are typical of diploids. However, scant attention has been given to the partitioning of allelic information and diversity in allopolyploids, particularly that among homeologous monoploid components of the hologenome. Sphagnum ×falcatulum is a double allopolyploid peat moss that spans a considerable portion of the Holantarctic. With monoploid genomes from three ancestral species, this organism exhibits a complex evolutionary history involving serial inter-subgeneric allopolyploidizations.
Methods. Studying populations from three disjunct regions (South Island [New Zealand]; Tierra de Fuego archipelago [Chile, Argentia]; Tasmania [Australia]) we examine genetic information for five highly stable microsatellite markers that differ among the three (ancestral) monoploid genomes. We partition the holoploid information into separate components for individuals within and among single sites and regions, as well as within and among the three monoploid genomes, and then convert those information components into corresponding diversity measures.
Key Results. The majority (76%) of alleles detected across these five markers appear to have been captured by hybridization, but the information within each of the three monoploid genomes varied, suggesting a history of recurrent alloploidization between ancestral species containing different levels of genetic diversity. Information within individuals, equivalent to the information among monoploid genomes (for this dataset), was relatively stable, and represented 83% of the grand total information across the Holantarctic, with both inter-regional and inter-population diversification each accounting for about 5% of the total information.
Conclusions. Sphagnum ×falcatulum appears to have inherited the great majority of its genetic diversity at these markers by reticulation, rather than by subsequent evolutionary radiation. However, some post hybridization genetic diversification has become fixed in at least one regional population. Methodology allowing statistical analysis of any ploidy level is presented.Peer reviewed
Der Wahrheitssucher : su Peter Weiss, Dante e l’utopia
No full textThe contribution outlines the utopian dimension of the work and aesthetics of the German-Jewish-Swedish author Peter Weiss (1916-1982), focusing mainly on his "DC-Projekt", the plan of a political rewriting of Dantes' Divine Comedy for the modern stage (1960s). The contribution contends that the medieval poet, called "the truthsearcher" in the posthumous drama "Inferno", is the key figure of the author's utopian concern in his lifelong alternation of autobiographical, poetical and political issues
A conversation with Edward Luttwak
No full textEdward Luttwak is a renowned military strategist, historian, and prolific author. Born in Romania and raised in England, Luttwak attended the London School of Economics before earning his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University. During the 1980s he served as a consultant to the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, the Department of State, and multiple branches of the armed services. He is currently a Senior Associate as the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a frequent lecturer at universities and military institutions. In this episode of American Interests, host Peter Krogh sits down with Luttwak to discuss the military strategy of the Soviet Union as well as the nature of Soviet expansionism.Examines the military strategy and foreign policy of the Soviet Union
A conversation with Al Santoli on Vietnam
No full textTen years after the fall of Saigon ended the Vietnam War, host Peter Krogh sits down with author and Vietnam veteran Al Santoli to discuss Mr. Santoli's new book, Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War. More than a decade after the last Americans withdrew, the Vietnam War remained one of the most controversial conflicts in American history. Despite the war's broad coverage by the media, however, the stories of many players on both sides of the conflict went largely untold. In this episode, Mr. Santoli discusses the effects the war had on a variety of individuals interviewed for his oral history, ranging from the average American GI to a Cambodian farmwoman caught in the fighting, as well as the lasting impact the Vietnam War has left on all of its participants.Examines the lasting impact the Vietnam War has had on all of its participants
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