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The British ‘Bluesman’ Paul Oliver and the Nature of Transatlantic Blues Scholarship
No full textRecent revisionist studies have argued that much of what is known about music known as the blues’ has been 'invented' by the writing of enthusiasts far removed from the African American culture that created the music. Elijah Wald and Marybeth Hamilton in particular have attempted to sift through the clouds of romanticism, and tried to unveil more empirical histories that were previously obscured by the fallacious genre distinctions conjured up during the 1960s blues revival. While this revisionist scholarship has shed light on some previously ignored historical facts, writers have tended to concentrate on the romanticism of blues writing strictly from an American perspective, failing to acknowledge the genesis and influence of transatlantic scholarship, and therefore ignoring the work of the most prolific and influential blues scholar of the twentieth century, British writer Paul Oliver. By examining the core of Oliver’s research and writing during the 1950s and 1960s, this study aims to place Oliver in his rightful place at the centre of blues historiography. His scholarship allows a more detailed appreciation of the manner in which the blues was studied, through lyrics, recordings, oral histories, photography and African American literature. These historical sources were interpreted in accordance with the author’s attitudes to the commercial popular music, which allowed the ‘reconstruction’ of an African American ‘folk’ culture in which the blues became the antithesis of pop. Importantly, this study seeks to transcend dominant discourses of national cultural ownership or ethnocentrism, and demonstrate that representations of African American music and culture were constructed within a transatlantic context. The blues is music with roots in the African American experience within the United States; however, as Paul Oliver’s writing shows, its reception and representation were not limited by the same national, cultural or racial boundaries
Struktur-Funktionsuntersuchungen zur Wechselwirkung von menschlicher leukozytärer Typ-I-Kollagenese (MMP-8) mit Typ-I-Kollagen
No full textDiekmann O. Struktur-Funktionsuntersuchungen zur Wechselwirkung von menschlicher leukozytärer Typ-I-Kollagenese (MMP-8) mit Typ-I-Kollagen. Bielefeld; 2000
How high is the price of giving up killing chicks? Assessment of the dual-purpose chicken and brother rooster concept as an economic alternative to fattening and laying hybrids
No full textWhen keeping laying hens, it is standard practice to kill day-old male chicks. In recent years, this has increasingly been the subject of social criticism. Alternative production methods aim to prevent the killing of the male chicks, which are so far not competitive for fattening due to their low proportion of meat, and to provide a way out of the ethical dilemma. The concept of the dual-purpose chicken, i.e. breeds of chicken which are suitable both for laying (female animals) and for fattening (male animals) is an alternative. The breeding of male laying hybrids (brother rooster concept) is another possible way out. In this article, both the alternative concepts are compared with the conventional method of using fattening and laying hybrids, from an economic perspective. The aim of the article is to examine the cost-effectiveness of the use of dual-purpose chickens, as well as the breeding of male laying hybrids as an alternative to the conventional use of fattening and laying hybrids on the basis of cost-performance calculations. Thus, the price increase per egg which will compensate for all the economic disadvantages arising from fattening and keeping laying hens is determined. The calculations show that the necessary price increase for the conversion to dual-purpose chickens is 2.189 cents per egg. The price increase for breeding male laying hybrids is 1.192 cents per egg. The result of the sensitivity analysis is that the necessary price increase for the dual-purpose chicken and the brother rooster concept varies greatly, depending on the laying performance and the feed consumption of the laying hens
How high is the price of giving up killing chicks? Assessment of the dual-purpose chicken and brother rooster concept as an economic alternative to fattening and laying hybrids
No full textWhen keeping laying hens, it is standard practice to kill day-old male chicks. In recent years, this has increasingly been the subject of social criticism. Alternative production methods aim to prevent the killing of the male chicks, which are so far not competitive for fattening due to their low proportion of meat, and to provide a way out of the ethical dilemma. The concept of the dual-purpose chicken, i.e. breeds of chicken which are suitable both for laying (female animals) and for fattening (male animals) is an alternative. The breeding of male laying hybrids (brother rooster concept) is another possible way out. In this article, both the alternative concepts are compared with the conventional method of using fattening and laying hybrids, from an economic perspective. The aim of the article is to examine the cost-effectiveness of the use of dual-purpose chickens, as well as the breeding of male laying hybrids as an alternative to the conventional use of fattening and laying hybrids on the basis of cost-performance calculations. Thus, the price increase per egg which will compensate for all the economic disadvantages arising from fattening and keeping laying hens is determined. The calculations show that the necessary price increase for the conversion to dual-purpose chickens is 2.189 cents per egg. The price increase for breeding male laying hybrids is 1.192 cents per egg. The result of the sensitivity analysis is that the necessary price increase for the dual-purpose chicken and the brother rooster concept varies greatly, depending on the laying performance and the feed consumption of the laying hens
Die Bewertung der Umstellung von einer jährlichen Ackerkultur auf den Anbau von Miscanthus – Eine Anwendung des Realoptionsansatzes
No full textSeveral studies applying the classical investment theory have shown that miscanthus (MSC) is an economically advantageous alternative to traditional agricultural land use. Nevertheless, only few farmers cultivate MSC. Therefore, it seems as if farmers do not act according to classical investment theory. In contrast to the classical investment theory, the real options approach (ROA) considers irreversibility and temporal flexibility of an investment as well as uncertainty with regard to investment returns. Consequently, investment triggers indicating when a decision-maker should invest can be shifted upwards in comparison to the classical investment theory. It is therefore often concluded that the ROA can help to explain investment restraint. However, the possibility of disinvestment is often neglected. Thus, there is the risk that calculated investment triggers of the ROA are overestimated. We develop a model by using a combination of a genetic algorithm and stochastic simulation in order to calculate investment triggers in general, and conversion triggers in particular (with and without reconversion possibilities) to the conversion possibility from wheat to MSC following the ROA. Our results show that the conversion triggers of the ROA are higher than those of the classical investment theory. Nevertheless, the neglection of disinvestment (reconversion) possibilities leads to overestimating conversion triggers. However, conversion triggers of the ROA are still higher than those of the classical investment theory. With an increasing risk attitude, conversion triggers of both theories decrease. It can be concluded that the ROA has the potential to partially explain farmers' inertia to convert to MSC
A Reading By Poet Mary Oliver
Get PDFMary Oliver\u27s poetry, with her lyrical connection to the natural world, has firmly established her in the highest realm of American poets. She is renowned for her evocative and precise imagery, which brings nature into clear focus, transforming the everyday world into a place of magic and discovery. As poet Stanley Kunitz has said, Mary Oliver\u27s poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing. Her special gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and consolations. Please join Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver as she shares her joyous, accessible, and intimate observations of the natural world.
Mary Oliver is the celebrated author of more than a dozen books of poetry and prose. With her lyrical connection to the natural world, Oliver\u27s poetry has firmly established her in the highest realm of American poets. Oliver has been honored with the National Book Award for Poetry, the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, among others
"Hi, fellas. come on in." Norman Carlson, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Rise of Prison Fellowship
Get PDFThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Church and State following peer review. The version of record - Kendrick Oliver; “Hi, Fellas. Come on in.” Norman Carlson, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Rise of Prison Fellowship, Journal of Church and State, Volume 55, Issue 4, 1 December 2013, Pages 740–757 - is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/css05
Biography of Mary Jane Oliver
No full textTypescript of a sketch biography about Mary Jane (Oliver) Barlow, who came came from England around 1851 and with her husband, Oswald Barlow, helped to settle Saint George. Author unknown, but copied on January 13, 1937 by Virginia M. Lee of the Federal Writers Project, WPA, at Ogden, Uta
A conversation between Sandy Oliver of Isleboro, cookery author and columnist, a
No full textA conversation between Sandy Oliver of Isleboro, cookery author and columnist, and Melissa Kelly, author, chef, and founder of Primo restaurants in Rockland, Tucson, and Orlando. Oliver is updating Marjorie Mosser\u27s Good Maine Food, and Kelly is updating Marjorie Standish\u27s Cooking Down East . They share their thoughts on traditional Maine food, vegetable gardening, using local and seasonal food, and raising livestock for food
Rehearsing the Mirror: The Gaze as Thought in “Capadocia”, by Mariana Oliver
Get PDFEl ensayo “Capadocia”, de Mariana Oliver, propone una reflexión sobre la mirada como forma de pensamiento. A partir de una poética de la observación, Oliver convierte la imagen en un dispositivo de conocimiento que vincula percepción y lenguaje. Este artículo examina cómo, en Aves migratorias, la autora desarrolla una escritura híbrida que conjuga elementos narrativos, cronísticos y reflexivos para explorar la tensión entre superficie y profundidad, tanto en el plano espacial como en el epistemológico. La mirada, entendida no solo como acto físico sino como proceso intelectual, permite a Oliver contrastar la visión del pasado con la del presente y articular una crítica a la superficialidad de la mirada contemporánea, representada por el turismo performativo y la fotografía como simulacro. En este marco, “Capadocia” se configura como un ensayo que piensa desde lo visible, donde la observación se convierte en un modo de conocimiento y en una ética del mirar.
Mariana Oliver’s essay “Capadocia” offers a reflection on vision as a form of thought. Through a poetics of observation, Oliver transforms the image into a cognitive device that links perception and language. This article analyzes how, in Aves migratorias, the author develops a hybrid form of writing that combines narrative, chronicle, and reflective elements to explore the tension between surface and depth, both spatially and epistemologically. Vision, understood not only as a physical act but also as an intellectual process, enables Oliver to contrast past and present ways of seeing, articulating a critique of contemporary superficiality embodied in performative tourism and photography as simulacrum. Within this framework, “Capadocia” emerges as an essay that thinks through the visible, where observation becomes both a mode of knowledge and an ethics of seeing
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