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Fred Brock and Billy Edwards with trainer Tom Maguire [picture] /
No full textInscriptions: "Brock, Maguire, Edwards"--Lower centre.; Inscriptions: "Billy Edwards v Fred Brook, Tom Maguire (trainer)"--On verso.; Inscriptions: "Hamilton Studios J. Barrie"--Photographer's stamp, on verso.; Part of: Arnold Thomas boxing collection.; Title devised by cataloguer.; Also available in electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3790033
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Tom Springer
No full textAuthor Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez
Author Tom Springer reads from his book at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textAuthor Tom Springer credits his mother for developing his passion for reading and explains how he came to writing, calling himself "the least likely person to be standing up here". Springer, who works as chief editor and program manager for the Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan, describes his journey from a below average, blue-collar kid in southwest Michigan to the writing profession. He reads from his collection "Looking for hickories: the forgotten wildness of the rural Midwest", named a 2009 Michigan Notable Book. Springer interjects his observations on life in Michigan and its cultural history, while reading. He concludes by answering questions. Introduced by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Ariel - Volume 2 Number 5
No full textEditors
Delvyn C. Case, Jr.
Paul M. Fernhoff
News Editors
Richard Bonanno
Robin A. Edwards
Features Editors
Stephen P. Flynn
Steven A. Ager
Lay-Out Editor
Carol Dolinskas
Contributing Editors
Michael J. Blecker
W. Cherry Light
Eugenia Miller
Lin Sey Edwards
Jack Guralnik
Tom Williams
James Noco
Children's classics translated from English under Franco: the censorship of the William books and the Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
No full textPhDThe thesis documents the censorship histories of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer and Richmal Crompton's William books under Franco, and analyses these
censorship histories in terms of the changing character of the regime. Previously
unconsulted primary sources are used, such as censors' reports and translation proofs
held in the Archivo General de la Administración del Estado at Alcalá de Henares.
The censors' reports demonstrate that children's literature and translated literature were
treated as special cases by the regime, and that censorship was particularly harsh in
both areas. These findings demonstrate the crucial importance of attitudes to childhood
and foreignness in the Francoist ideological scheme.
The censorship histories of Tom Sawyer and the William books reveal some
surprising facts. The William books began to be persecuted by the censors in late
1942, precisely the moment when the regime was seeking a rapprochement with the
Allied powers as the course of the War turned in the latter's favour. This prohibition
cannot be understood without exploring the factors which differentiate children's
literature from adult literature in the context of Francoism. The books' peculiarly
English character also had a vital bearing on how they were censored.
The history of Tom Sawyer in Spain demonstrates the effect of literary status
on censorship practice. Early in the regime, the censors generally considered Tom
Sawyer to be a work for adults. From the mid-1950s, however, children's literature was
inscribed as a special category in censorship legislation, and the censors began to view
editions of the work as specifically intended for children. Tom Sawyer thus
encountered censorship problems in the later years of the regime, supposedly more
liberal than the earlier period. Again, these problems would be inexplicable without
examining the evolution of the publishing industry and Francoist attitudes to literature
and the child.
The thesis also provides a detailed analysis of the type of suppressions imposed
on the books studied, under the following headings: religion; love, sexuality and
gender; authority and politics, nation and race; crime, terror and violence
Rhipidipathes Milne-Edwards & Haime 1857
No full textGenus Rhipidipathes Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857 Diagnosis. Corallum flabellate; anastomosing among some branches; polypar spines acute or blunt, smooth or tuberculate; circumpolypar spines slightly larger than interpolypar spines; hypostomal spines often equal to the circumpolypar spines but may be reduced in size or absent on some portions of the corallum. Remarks. Although Rhipidipathes is currently in the Aphanipathidae, previous (Brugler et al. 2013; Bo et al. 2018; Terrana et al. 2021) and the present study indicate that the genus is more closely related to species in the Antipathidae. The present study suggests that Rhipidipathes shares a lineage with the genus Blastopathes Horowitz, 2020 (Fig 2). Both genera have distinct morphological differences. For example, Rhipidipathes consists of thin branches that can fuse to create flabellate “fan-like” colonies (Opresko 2004) and Blastopathes consists of thick, stem-like branches that do not fuse and possess branches that sprout from clusters to create “tree-like” colonies (Horowitz et al. 2020). Due to the differences between these “sister” genera, their family-level relationships need to be verified. Type Species: Rhipidipathes reticulata (Esper 1795) Type Locality: East Indian OceanPublished as part of Horowitz, Jeremy, Opresko, Dennis, Molodtsova, Tina N., Beaman, Robin J., Cowman, Peter F. & Bridge, Tom C. L., 2022, Five new species of black coral (Anthozoa; Antipatharia) from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Australia, pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 5213 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/735003
Amongst patients taking biologic therapies for axial spondyloarthritis, which factors are associated with work non-participation?
No full textBackground: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) frequently presents during working age and therefore impacts work participation. Biologic therapies have demonstrated a positive impact on work-related outcomes in clinical trials but real world data are limited. Therefore, we investigated the prevalence and predictors of work impairment and disability among axSpA patients attending a biologic therapy clinic.Methods: This was a single-centre, cross-sectional study of patients with axSpA treated with biologic therapy. Work participation was assessed with the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) Questionnaire. Work outcomes (presenteeism, absenteeism, health-related job loss) were compared for gender, time since diagnosis, smoking status and disease outcome measures.Results: Data were available for 165 patients (mean age 47.6 years, 75% male, 21% current smokers). Mean time since diagnosis was 15.5 years and mean duration of biologic therapy 4.7 years; 19/165 (11.5%) were on a tapered-dose regimen. Occupational data were available for 144 patients amongst whom 101 (70.1%) were either currently employed or in full time education. Of those eligible to work, 17/118 (14.4%) reported inability to work due to their axSpA. Amongst those in employment, 10.8% reported absenteeism due to axSpA in the week prior to their clinic visit (mean hours missed = 13). The mean work productivity impairment was 23%. Higher disease activity (BASDAI) and markers of global health, quality of life and pain, (BAS-G, ASQoL and spinal pain VAS) were associated with axSpA related job loss, absenteeism and presenteeism.Conclusions: In this group of axSpA patients on biologic therapy (mean age 47.6 years), almost 1 in 6 (14.4%) reported axSpA related job loss. Poor work outcomes: axSpA-related work disability, absenteeism and presenteeism were associated with poorer scores for patient-reported disease outcome measures. Strategies for enhancing work productivity should be directed towards those patients at risk of poor work outcomes. More data are needed including details of the types of work that are most difficult with axSpA
Cwbr Author Interview: Aiming For Pensacola: Fugitive Slaves On The Atlantic And Southern Frontiers
No full textInterview with Matthew J. Clavin, author of Aiming for Pensacola: Fugitive Slaves on the Atlantic and Southern Frontiers Interviewed by Tom Barber Civil War Book Review (CWBR): Today the Civil War Book Review is happy to speak with Matthew J. Clavin, associate professor of history at the U...
Greek Life at Elon (1987)
No full textThis video piece is entitled “Greek Life at Elon.” The video informs a viewer of how participating in a fraternity or sorority contributes to an individual’s life on Elon College’s campus. The host speaker, Terry Williams, discusses the reasons why students should join a fraternity or sorority organization. The reasons are for social and professional networking, friendship, scholarship, a life-long rewarding experience, community service, and becoming more involved within the school’s community. Joining a Greek organization involves a complex system in which the chapter decides if an individual will fit into the organization as a new brother or sister. The processes for joining a sorority or fraternity are different. For women, each sorority begins at the same time with a recruitment selection process that includes three days of recruitment parties and ends with bid day for young ladies as their new sisters. For the men, the fraternity selection process begins with an open house and ends up with an invitation for rushing the fraternity. Even after accepting a fraternity invitation, a student must be a second semester sophomore (this protocol occurred 1987; in 2014, a young man can apply in his second semester of his freshman year) and have at least a 2.0 grade point average. Once these qualifications are met, then the pledging process begins. Pledging is a very important aspect of joining a fraternity because it allows the students to get to know the brothers and the commitment involved with Greek life. In the video, the various Greek organizations discuss the founding of the Greek organization and the college/university where it was founded. In addition, the different Greek organizations fund their events with dues and fundraisers to sustain their chapters, including the Elon College phone-a-thon which helps raise money for Elon. Each Greek organization has individual governing bodies from their headquarters and an Elon faculty advisor. Some notable names include: Terry Williams, Jay Voorhees, Bonnie Finn, George Dixon, Scott Lesmes, Greg Allender, Mike Lundahl, Alphonzo Jerome (Rat) Morrison, Mike Muskus, Ken Merritt, Vicki Ward, Laura Beckett, Terry Hill, Tim Farmer, Krista Lee, Jennifer Rose, Jack Quarterman, Deborah Crite, Sally Robertson, David Atikins, Rexanne Ayers, Greg Smith, Captain Charlie Jackson, Mark Albertson, Joyce Speas, George Taylor, Antonio Roper, Linda Hamilton, John J. Edwards, Eric Bishop, Mike Gallham, Brian Moore, Ken Morrison, Matthew J. Howell, Jr., Ray Johnson, Christopher (Chris) Fulkerson, Tom Powell, Allen Jackson, and Tommy Cooper. Some notable Elon College fraternities and sororities include: Zeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Kappa Sigma, Phi Mu, Omega Psi Phi, Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Omicron Pi, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Sigma Chi Omega, Sigma Pi Sigma, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Pi, Kappa Alpha Psi, and Delta Sigma Theta. Some notable video shots include: playing volleyball, grilling out, dancing, girls holding hands running out of Whitley Auditorium, male students wearing tie’s and sport’s jackets, a freezer full of shrimp, handshaking, a woman walking giving a peace sign, students filling out name tags, car washing, Elon College phone-a-thon, Elon College Muscular Dystrophy Dance-A-Thon in Jordan Gym, playing football, swimming in the pool, playing basketball, hand wrestling, cart racing, playing tug of rope, field and track activities, bike racing, food eating contests, and horseshoe pitching games
Ariel - Volume 2 Number 8
No full textEditors
Richard J. Bonanno
Robin A. Edwards
Associate Editors
Steven Ager
Stephen Flynn
Shep Dickman
Tom Williams
Lay-out Editor
Eugenia Miller
Contributing Editors
Michael J. Blecker
Milton Packe
James J. Nocon
Lynne Porter
Editors Emeritus
Delvyn C. Case, Jr.
Paul M. Fernhof
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