29 research outputs found
Sergeant David Levi Kokernot in Confederate army uniform
No full textPhotograph shows waist-length view of David L. Kokernot, Gonzales County resident who was a member of Terry's Texas Rangers during the war.Note at bottom right of negative reads "Copied from Tintype by A. H. Forres SA Tex 38"
The hilltop enclosure on Cluny Hill, Forres: description, destruction, disappearance
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript.This report addresses the documented history of a fortified enclosure on Cluny Hill in Forres, Moray. It reviews the published evidence to date, finding it to be both limited and and often unreliable. Three primary sources are established in Pococke (1887), Chalmers (1907) and Algie (1887). Additional evidence is identified in the Chalmers Archive (National Library of Scotland) and 19th century press reports. These reinforce the claim of a significant earthwork being visible c. 1800, extensively modified through construction of paths, and memorialised by the planting of yew trees in 1846. This information is compared with the current state of the hill through LIDAR and direct visual inspection. Extensive ditch-like depressions and yew trees are found to correspond closely with the historical testimony. The process by which a probable enclosure was both partially destroyed and obscured by the creation of a wooded parkland is documented. The report concludes with brief reflections on interpretation and recommends further non-invasive survey
Ordinary Beauty Program Notes
No full textProgram notes for: “The Ground” from Sunrise Mass - Ola Gjeilo Excerpts from Four Slovak Folk Songs - Béla Bartók Liebst du um Schönheit (If You Love for Beauty) - Clara Schumann One May Morning - English Folk Song, arranged by Charlene Archibeque “Spring” and “Summer” from Two Eastern Pictures - Gustav Holst And Joy is Everywhere - Andrea Ramsey Drop, Drop Slow Tears - Orlando Gibbons The Last Words of David - Randall Thompson Jubilate Deo - Peter Anglea Grant Us Thy Peace - Felix Mendelssohn - Bartholdy Ain’t that Good News - Traditional Spiritual, arranged by William Dawson “Confutatis” from Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “ ubilate Deo” from Jubilate Deo - Dan Forres
British wilderness: a case for designation and management
No full textThe notion of 'wilderness' has its origins in or before Biblical times and man’s relationship with wild nature has a long and changing history. In the USA, the development of the appreciation of wild landscape evolved throughout the period of colonisation and frontier consolidation. It reached its zenith with the creation in 1964 of designated Wilderness Areas backed by congressional law. Wilderness and wild nature have many meanings and much significance both in an anthropogenic and an ecological sense. In Britain, these meanings have been less clearly identified than in the USA but they nevertheless form an important part of our cultural and biological heritage. The role of wild nature in Britain is inevitably tied to a profound and long-standing involvement in land management, even in our most remote landscapes. Many aspects of this management are appreciated by recreationalists where the print of man may even enhance the positive experience of wild country. If Britain is to develop a wilderness tradition and designate wilderness areas at the top of its hierarchy of reserve areas, we must appreciate three things: firstly the ecological need for allowing natural processes to proceed without interference; secondly the value placed on artificial elements by recreationalists; and thirdly the need for a sense of remoteness, solitude and tranquillity to reign in these areas. Accommodating these three conflicting ideas will be an immensely difficult management task, especially in our most popular uplands like the Lake District. Recent discussions on the future of nature management and many current management plans for wild and remoter parts of our landscape are recognising that the wilderness tradition does have a role in British land management practice and that its development is overdue
Angelology in situ : recovering higher-order beings as emblems of transcendence, immanence and imagination
No full textThe aim of this study is twofold: to identify the theological purpose underlying the depiction of angels at certain key points in the history of their use, and to explore how far that deeper theological rationale can be re-appropriated for our own day.
This study first traces the progression of the angelic motif in the Hebrew Scriptures. By examining numerous pericopes in the Pentateuch, major prophets and Daniel, I demonstrate that the metamorphosis of higher-order beings like the angel of the Lord, cherubim and seraphim, is directly related to the writers’ desire to enhance God’s transcendence.
Next, I evaluate pseudo-Denys’ hierarchical angelology, which prominent theologians like Luther and Calvin condemned as little more than a Neoplatonic scheme for accessing God through angels. I propose that not only has pseudo-Denys’ Neoplatonism been overstated, but that his angelology is particularly noteworthy for the way it accentuates Christ’s eucharistic immanence to the Church.
Then I maintain that because assessments of Aquinas’ angelology are often based upon the Summa Theologiae, his views are wrongly portrayed as overtly philosophical, rather than biblical and exegetical. In his lesser-known biblical commentaries, however, Aquinas pushes the semantic range of the word ‘angel’ to include aspects of the physical world, which unveils an imaginative, Christocentric, and scriptural dimension of his angelology that is rarely acknowledged.
The conclusion considers how contemporary figures and movements relate to these three angelologies. Barth emphasises the transcendent God but unlike Hebrew Scripture, weakens connections between God and angels. New Ageism affirms the immanent angel but unlike pseudo-Denys, does so at the expense of Christology and ecclesiology. Contemporary ecological discourse generally lacks Aquinas’ appreciation for an imaginative, supernatural approach to the world. Finally, I ground the angels’ relationship to transcendence, immanence and imagination in an experiential, eucharistic context
Decision taking under pressure: Evidence on football manager dismissals in Argentina and their consequences
No full textThe paper focuses on dismissals of football managers and whether such decisions appear to contribute to organisational goals or else to be fruitless exercises in scapegoating. Its empirical setting is Argentina where incidence of sackings is more than one per season per club. It models 20 years of football match results and detects a tendency for a change of manager to be followed by deterioration in team performance, with adverse effects concentrated in results of matches played away. The evidence is consistent with decisions being driven by fan and media pressure rather than in realistic hope of improving the position of the club. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Keeping it together: A comparative analysis of four long-established intentional communities in New Zealand
No full textThrough a comparative analysis of four long-lived intentional communities in New Zealand, this thesis examines the extent to which each one has sustained, adapted or abandoned its original ideals and aspirations over time. An analysis of in-depth interviews with current and former participants from each community reveals ways that ideological beliefs, organisational processes, and foundation structures have shaped the distinctive cultures that have developed. The relevance of the assertion that long-lived intentional communities share a common purpose and a desire to live beyond mainstream society, and the assumption that longevity and survival can be considered to be the same thing, are challenged. It is concluded that ownership structures for holding land are significant to the longevity of intentional communities, and that the distinctions that once existed between alternative-orientated communities and the larger society that they are situated within have become less clear over time
Measuring in situ permeability of Quaternary deposits: examples from Forres, Morayshire
No full textUnderstanding the permeability of Quaternary deposits is important for assessing their role in groundwater flooding, determining how they support wetlands, and evaluating the sustainable resource potential. However characterising their permeability can be difficult because of the extreme lateral and vertical variability in the nature of the deposits.
BGS have been involved in several studies in Morayshire, Scotland, where measuring the permeability of glaciofluvial Quaternary deposits was critical to designing effective flood alleviation schemes. Initial site investigation methods carried out by contractors involving falling head tests, particle size distribution analysis, and geological logs were not compatible with the results from constant rate pumping tests. A comprehensive hydrogeological investigation coupled with groundwater modelling of the Quaternary deposits of the area has enabled the general permeability structure of the Quaternary deposits to be understood. There is a general decrease in the permeability of the Quaternary deposits with depth below the surface occurring over a large part of the study area . Results also suggest that sedimentation and the degree of compaction may be more important than the particle size distribution in determining permeability of the Quaternary deposits, and therefore lab derived permeability values are less reliable than field measurements.
The techniques most powerful in unravelling the permeability structure of the Quaternary Deposits were: short constant rate pumping tests; geological reconstruction of the deposition of the sediments; Guelph permeameter measurements of known deposits at outcrop, salt dilution tests in boreholes; and a survey of groundwater chemistry and residence times
