178 research outputs found
The Havana Ice-House controversy : facts versus falsehood, in regard to transactions between Frederic Tudor and John W. Damon.
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Commencement, May 18, 1986
No full textWritten on the verso: Commencement Exercises Morehouse College May 18, 1986 L to R: Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, Judge Damon Keith, Dr. Wildon Jackson, Dr. Hugh Gloster, Dr. John Carter, Dr. Earl Graves.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of historic collections as part of the project: Our Story: Digitizing Publications and Photographs of the Historically Black Atlanta University Center Institutions.</em
H-NS represses inv transcription in Yersinia enterocolitica through competition with RovA and interaction with YmoA
No full textExploratory talk within collaborative small groups in mathematics
No full textThis report describes one aspect of a wider research study on exploratory talk within collaborative small groups in secondary mathematics lessons. It outlines students’ views of using collaborative activity to learn mathematics. The fuller research study explores the extent to which exploratory talk occurs in collaborative peer groups in secondary mathematics classrooms
Image of god in our vision of ourselves: white theological racism in the consciousness of Mount Hermon Baptist Church of Flint, Michigan, 2007
No full textThe purpose of this project was to demonstrate strains of white theological racism in the language and practice of Mount Hermon Baptist Church of Flint, Michigan (Mount Hermon). The writers intends to do this by probing the congregations faith language of being made in the image of God. This investigation seeks to show how white theological racism is a part of Mount Hermons biblical, theological, and ideological understanding of being made in the image of God. It is the authors contention that whether consciously or unconsciously, white theological racism exists in both the language and practice of many African-American churches. For this reason three questions propelled the author to undertake this project. The first being: How can we recognize white theological racism in the consciousness of Mount Hermon Baptist Church? The second question was: What role does Mount Hermon play in causing its congregants to feel they are unable to achieve at higher levels socially, politically, or economically because of their skin color? Thirdly: What steps are necessary to overcome this dilemma? The author addressed these questions at length in the project dissertation. The writers study of Mount Hermon s members began in the summer of 2001 and continued until the summer of 2005 Particular focus was given to members who were forty years of age and over. Most members in this age category have served on the Church Board of Christian Education. In preparation for this study, the writer led the church to select a biblical theme: Image of God and the Vision of Ourselves. All formal and informal church activities were informed by our theme, borrowed from Genesis 1:26-27. The writers intent was to raise church members consciousness of who they are in the image of God. The author hypothesized that the more we learn about the image of God in our vision of ourselves the better we will feel about ourselves. Our knowledge of God affects our ability to function dynamically as members of the body of Christ. Some members of Mount Hermon have consciously and unconsciously internalized strains of white theological racism, which minimize their image, promote self-hatred and are predicated on myths of inferiority, which began long before African enslavement in the United States of America. Damon Jones in Understanding Racism to End Its Effects, concludes that there are four ways that the myth of racism effected Africans and African Americans.1 Jones described the first major effect of the myth of racism occurred with the enslavement of Africans in North America during chattel slavery for over four centuries; thereby creating a consciousness of Black inferiority. He goes on to detail the second effect of the racism myth as building a platform that perpetuates the stigma of race in the American South. The third effect Jones described was the reinforcement of Black inferiority through education. Credible scholars of the day refder ed ifdifgs reif orcif g Black if eriority that were ifc orporated ifto pro essiofal jourfals o sciefce afd philosophy. Lastly, Jofes described the ourth e ect o the racist myth as the use o the Bible to support chattel slavery afd the lyfchif g o A ricaf males. White theological racism distorts the image o God if our visiof o who we are. It has provef aft i-productive if the past f or caf it serv e the preseft age. A survey was created to determife the embedded ideology afd theology preseft if Mouft Hermof Baptist Churchs aith expressiofs. This survey was desigfed to idefti y implicit afd explicit racist ideas, afd the lack o sel -esteem if the members aith expressiofs. If order to idefti y embedded biblical afd theological ufderstafdif gs withif the cofgr egatiof, the survey ifclude s questiofs addressifg participafts ideological, biblical, afd theological views. The survey oufd that fe gative belie s afd attitudes cofcerfif g race did exist if Mouft Hermof afd they were harm ul afd based upof allacious if ormati of. Later. the same survey was givef to a group o the Wolverife State Baptist Cofveftiof o Michigaf mifisters. The authors purpose if askifg this group o mifisters to participate was to compare afd coftrast the embedded ideological, biblical, afd theological ufdersta fdifgs o the cofv eftiof with those o Mouft Hermof Baptist Church. Whef comparifg afd cofirastif g the ifdifgs, the author oufd parallelisms afd dissimilarities if belie 5 afd ufde rstafdif gs. Completiof o the survey by mifisters ifdicated how white theology racism, doctrife, afd ethics are preseftl y shapifg cofg regatiofs. It was the authors hope that mifisters who participated if the survey would idefti y straifs o white theological racism if their persofal theology afd motivate urther ifv estigatiof. 0 course, the writers theology mirrors the theology o Wolverife State Baptist Convention ministei~ thereby shaping ihe theology of our particular congregations. The survey used allowed the author to learn more about Mount Hermon s congregation~ fellow Baptist ministers, and most of all self. Mount Hermon can be helpful in validating, liberating, and raising the self-esteem of its believers. Moreover~ it is possible for Mount Hermon to have far-reaching influence into the future by dis-allowing faulty faith language and the influence of white theological racism to prevail in Christian Education efforts. Christian supremacist theology claims that morality is predicated upon unwavering faith in Jesus Christ and that the Bible is the source of law. This view sees all non-Christian beliefs as atheism and the root of wickedness in society. Christian supremacist theology is the parent of white supremacy 2 The writers study helped Mount Hermon Baptist Church and its pastor to see the continuing need for contemporary teaching resources to address Christian Education in African-American congregations at all ages. The author has come to understand the need for ongoing Christian Education to enlighten African-American church so that it might transform the future
Rites of passage in Richard Wright's fiction: from chaos to a new wor (l) d
No full textDissertação (Mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e ExpressãoBaseada numa literatura densa de The Rites of Passage, de Arnold Van Gennep, esta análise investiga a forte relação entre o padrão tripartido dos ritos de passagem de acordo com Van Gennep e as vidas de dois protagonistas de Richard Wright: Bigger Thomas (Native Son) e Cross Damon (The Outsider). As peculiaridades das vidas de ambos os protagonistas foram estudadas, também, de acordo com a teoria de Houston Baker, Jr. dos "ritos do buraco /todo negro", a qual enfatiza a impossibilidade para o negro consciente de ser reincorporado à sociedade com um novo status, ou com uma nova consciência sobre a sua própria condição na vida. Os três estágios dos ritos de passagem foram também comparativamente estudados lado a lado com a teoria do ciclo do herói de Joseph Campbell
Complementation of Rickettsia rickettsii RelA/SpoT Restores a Nonlytic Plaque Phenotype†
No full textSpotted fever group rickettsiae are known to produce distinct plaque phenotypes. Strains that cause lytic infections in cell culture form clear plaques, while nonlytic strains form opaque plaques in which the cells remain intact. Clear plaques have historically been associated with more-virulent species or strains of spotted fever group rickettsiae. We have selected spontaneous mutant pairs from two independent strains of Rickettsia rickettsii, the virulent R strain and the avirulent Iowa strain. A nonlytic variant of R. rickettsii R, which typically produces clear plaques, was isolated and stably maintained. A lytic variant of the Iowa strain, which charac-teristically produces opaque plaques, was also selected and maintained. Genomic resequencing of the variants identified only a single gene disrupted in each strain. In both cases, the mutation was in a gene annotated as relA/spoT-like. In the Iowa strain, a single mutation introduced a premature stop codon upstream from region encoding the predicted active site of RelA/SpoT and caused the transition to a lytic plaque phenotype. In R. rickettsii R, the nonlytic plaque phenotype resulted from a single-nucleotide substitution that shifted a tyrosine residue to histidine near the active site of the enzyme. The intact relA/spoT gene thus occurred in variants with the nonlytic plaque phenotype. Complementation of the truncated relA/spoT gene in the Iowa lytic plaque variant restored the nonlytic phenotype. The relA/spoT mutations did not affect the virulence of either strain in a Guinea pig model of infection; R strain lytic and nonlytic variants both induced fever equally, and th
Friend, 1873-07
No full textPublished by the Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon from 1845 to 1885, The Friend focused on temperance and Christian mission to seamen. It began as a monthly newspaper that included news from both American and English newspapers, and gradually expanded to adding announcements of upcoming events, reprints of sermons, poetry, local news, editorials, ship arrivals and departures and a listing of marriages and deaths. From 1885 through 1887, it was co-edited by the Revs. Cruzan and Oggel. The editorship then passed to Rev. Sereno Bishop, who held the post until the publication of the paper fell under the auspices of the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association in April of 1902 where it remained until June 1954. Since then, it has continued in a different format under the Hawaii Conference-United Church of Christ up to the present day, making it the oldest existing newspaper in the Pacific. Note that there are some irregularities in the numbering of individual issues, so that two issues may have the same volume and number, but different dates will distinguish them.IN The P a c i f i c • Jeiu £tries, fol. n. jrr. 7.} CONTE~TS For July, 1.873. HONOLULU, JULY I, 1873. PA.GE Good Reading in Dull Times ............................ 49 Editor\u27s Table •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ···••·•••••••• 49 Wreck of the Chacabuco .••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 60 Our Saih,rs-An Appeal. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 51 Arctic Explorations •••••••••••••••• , ••••••••••••••••• : ••• 61 :Marine Journal. ••• , ................ ,, •••••••••••••••••• 63 Atralr1 in Alaska. ••••••••••••••• , •••••••••••••••••••••••• 54 Young Men\u27s Christian Association ••••.•••••••••••••••••. 56 THE FRIEND, JULY 1, 18\u2773. "Good Reading in Dull Times." Under this "heading," in the August ·number of the Friend for 1872, we made some remarks respecting Forster\u27s Life of C. Dickens. A second volume of Dickens\u27 Life has just made its appearance, embracing the period from 1842 to 1852. The first volume included the narrative of his first visit to America. The second volume embraces sketches of his visits and residence in Italy and Switzerland, and " three months in Paris." During this period of his life he was occupied in writing " Martin Chuzzlewitt," " Christmas Carol," Dowbey and Sore," and "David Copper.field." The admiring readers of those volumes will be delighted with the perusal of this volume inasmuch as it will exhibit t.he origin and growth of those works of fiction in their author\u27_s fertile brain. We regard this as the main feature in Forster\u27~ life of Dickens. In reading this life of Dickens, by John Forster, we are continually reminded of Boswell\u27s Life of Johnson. Macaulay describes Boswell as a sort of Parasite attaching himself to Johnson, and during a period of twenty years, noting down every word dropping from his great master\u27s lips, and gathering up every incident relating to the great lexicographer and essayist. As a biographer Boswell was unequaled, but yet was the veriest toady and snob. Says Macaulay, "Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived, and he has beaten them all." He is the prince of biographers, but never would have been known to fame if he had not attached himself to Johnson. We think it so \Vith Mr. Forster. He is another Boswell, as nearly as. one man could be to another. Dickens is his idol. Before that idol he lies prostrate. Pe\u27rhaps it is a necessary feature of a successful biographer that he should adore the man whose life he describes. These volumes of Mr. Forster " are good reading for dull times," and every reader of Dickens ought to be a reader of these volumes, which will be found for sale at Thrum\u27s Bookstore. H. B. M. \u27s S. S. REPULSE.-This noble specimen of modern naval architecture, bearing the pennant of Rear-Admiral C. F. Hillyar, arrived off the port June 12th, 41 days from Paita, South America, which port she left on the 2nd of May. The Repulse is an iron-clad, having six inch-armour plates in battery. She carries twelve nine-inch nine-ton guns, two twenty-pounder breech-loaders, and two nine pounder field pieces. She is a screw of 800 horsepower, and numbers 569 men and officers. ner length on deck is 252 feet; breadth, 59 feet; height between lower and main deck, 11 feet 6 inches-the greatest height between decks of any vessel afloatheight between main and upper deck, 7 feet 6 inches. She draws 24 feet 8 inches forward and 26 feet 2 inches aft. The following is a list of the officers at present attached to the Repulse: Rear Admiral-Charles Farrel Hillyar, CB. Flag Lieutenant-Fregerick R Boardman. Secretary-Robert W Parish. Clerks to ~er,retar11-Gervase F Mathew, Robert L Dymott. Captain-Charles T Curme. Commandtr-Frederic;k S Vander Meulen. Lieutenants-Fred A Wetherall, Francis Romilly, Charles PG Hicks, Lambtol). LL Bevan, Raymond B Needham, Wil• liam Neilson. Sta.fl Commander-Henry S Ley. Chaplain-Rev George M Sutton, BA. 2 Captain R. M. A.-Frederlck A Ogle. /Aeutenant R. M. L. [.-Percy D Coleridge. Sta.ff Surgeon-William Hoggan, MD, Paymaster-Edward W M Millman, Naval lnst-ructor-William W Lane, BA. Chief Engineer-Robert J Wilson. Sub-Lieutenants-Cha.des W Hicks, Henry E Bourchier, Gerard J Capes, Ralph W Jones, Charles W P Allen, James HP Galloway, Wm S Rees, JO Thomas. Navigating Sub-Lieutenant-\u27fhomas F. Thomas. .d.ssistant Surgeon-William B Drew. Assistant Paymaster-Joh_n A Wood. Engineers-Alexander F McIntyre, Robert Findlii,y, Henry Brown (b), John Baillie. Gunner 1 Cl.-Josiah Hunt, Boatswains 1 Cl.-Jonathan Barrow, William Guard. Carpenter 1 Cl.-Robert Wh.ite. Midshipmen-Edward L Wilson, Henry J Lake, Keppel Wade, William Hewetson, Charles W W Ingram, Dapell Davies, George L B Bennett, Harold Charrington. ;.Vavigating 11-lidshipman-Stanley AB Burney. Jl.ssistant Engineer 1 Cl.-William E. Beal. Clerka-Wllliam S Andrew •, Francis F Smith.-AdvertiserJ Editor\u27s Table. PARADISE IN THE PACIF~ A book of travel, adventure and facts in the Sandwich Islnnds. By William R. Bliss, New York : Sheldon & Co. 1878. Recently a copy of the new Illustrated .Daily-:-The Graphic-published in New York, fell under our notice. It contained portraits of a good dozen murderers now confined in the Tombs. On the principle Mr. Bliss adopts in writing this book, we infer, New York city must be a most fearfully unsafe place for a residence. The writer observes one fact and from that draws general conclusions. In order to escape frorq that "orid " city of New York, and a Northern winter, he sails away and finally drop~ an~ chor in Honolulu harbor. In his preface, to apologize for the small size of his volume, he remarks, "but so is the country and so are the people of which it treats, while it is really larger than the importance of that country to any possible future of commerce or civilization." This is quite too bad, to take away from the inhabitants any hope of future greatness and importance. We need not remind the writer that a limited territory and sparse population are not an insuperable obstacle to fame and greatness. Greece and Palestine are territorially small and comparatively meagre in population, but for two or three thousand years have called forth more books than all the wo:rld beside. Our little pinhead kingdom, (epithet not original with Mt. Bliss,) as Edward E~erett was pleasere leaving that port four of the seamen on Hawaiian shores and among the Hawaiian were beguiled aw:J.y, but this was a very people than you have hitherto" dreamt of in small proportion of the crew to have lost ; and his having kept the crew so well shows your philosophy." that there existed a foelin~ of duty on the Mr. Bliss does not appear to have drawn part of his men which the offer of higher very favorable views of the Hawaiians, or of wages could not destroy. The voyage home had been most prospertheir advance in civilization, as we infer from such broad statements as the following: ous and rapid, until getting to Great Orme\u27s Head, where the G!iacabuco was run down. "The Hawaiians as a people have not yet This occurred throu~h no fault of the Caprisen above heathenism. The white people tain, officers or crew, but solely, as we beare the only civilized people in the Hawaiian lieve, through the most culpable negligence. Kingdom." The term civilization is one of of the steamer T01·cli, which neglected both such indefinite signification, and depends the lights and the warning cries of the crew of the Gliacabuco, and has thus caused the so much upon a person\u27s preconceived ideas loss of the ship and so many precious lives. of that wherejn civilization consists that we The boat of the tug-steamer Guiding Star shall not endeavor tq argue this point, any saved the three survivors, who were ail good more than we should when more superficial swimmers; but Mr. Arendrup says: "It observe.rs assert that there are no Christains seems a miracle any were saved, as the inamong H~waiians. We refer our readers to terval betwixt the time when the Cliacabuco oQr supplement for this month, \u27Yhich will was struck and when she went down was so show what H~waiian Phri~tialls are doing short-scarcely three minutes. The boats for Home and Foreign Evangelization and were ready, but there was no time to allow · civilization , " By their fruits ye shall know of them being launched." The Clzaoa.ln tco was o,11r ~est ship ·a nd them ." 1\u27 JI E F R) E _N.D , _ J U L I , l 8 7\u27:L was commanded bv one of our·most experienced and careful "commanders. We could do nothing more for her safety, either ~n . point of the equipment of the v_essel or rn the appointments of the Captarn, Officers and Crew. We have also to state, that, Captain Ritche took the greatest interest in the welfare of his officers, apprentices and .men. Mr. Arendrup testifies there perhaps was not another ship afloat where a better ·spirit prevailed than in theAChcwab~teo and this he attributes to the earnest desJTe Cap.tain !Wehe ·felt that they should all be partakers of the great salvation wrought out by the Lord Jesus Christ. For this great end he -took much pains to impart Bible Truth to all on board and he set them all an example of a consistent Christian life. . We deplore his loss and we wish to give this testimony to his worth and to the worth of many who perished with him. We are, your humble servants, BALFOUR, W ILLIA111SoN & Co. To the Relatives of the Ca pain, Officers, Apprentices and Crew of the Ohcwabuco. l\ilouNT ALYN, RosSETT, WREXIIA111, l 6th March, l-873. 5 DEAR MRs. RrTcHE :-1 have not felt till (one happily was saved), who were graat friends, and who, when they went to sea, desired so much to be in the same ship, and thus remain together. · One boy was the only son, and only child, alas ! of a gentleman in Leamington, married to the daughter of an English r.lergyman. His open face and docile disposition had enlisted the sympathies both of Mr. Williamson and myself before we could get a ship for him, and we were so pleased when . we could put him under Captain Ritche\u27s care. Another of the boys was a most amial5le, attractive lad, the son of banker in Forfashire. The remaining apprentice was a Dundee b?y, strongly recommended to us by a companion of his own, who was formerly on board the Ohcwabuco. These two (the boy Shaw and his friend who survives), we trust, wer~ by God\u27s grace, led through Uaptain Ritche\u27s instrumentality during previous voyages of the Ohacabuco, to give themselves to the Saviour. 1 can only pray the God of all consolation may comfort the sorrowing relatives of those poor boys, and of all who were lost with the ship. Permit me to state, that, along with a friend, I had been busy on the Friday, arranging for the Town~ Meeting held on Monday last on behalf of seamen in Livc>rpool. On the Saturday morning, the storm made me anxious about sailors, and we had specially asked prote~tion for them at_ family worship. After breakfast we sung with the children the hymn : a now, [ could with any satif,faction write you respecting the great trial that has overtaken us. Its severity, its suddenness, its happening within, I may ::;ay, our ow? sight, and to your worthy husband and his brave officers and crew, along with the pecuniary loss it brings to my good friends the Owners of "Star of peace to wand\u27rers weary ;" the Ship, make it an event that has occa- nnd during the forenoon, in writing to Mr. sioned me the deepest sorrow, and I have Williamson and my partner Mr. Allardice needed to get consolation ere being in a po- in Valparaiso, I had referred in both letters sition of imparting it to other people. to· our ships. 1n the afternoon, I called on Many circumstances add to the greatness one of my good neighbors, who, when he of my grief at what has occurred. Your said, "1 thinlc you have never lost a ship, husband was, 1 considered, the most God- Mr. B.?" received for reply, "No; but fearing man of any in command of our ships, perhaps we. may hear of one to-morrow ;" and he had been the honored instrument, and the same evening brought me the sad through his instructions and example, in news of the loss of our ship, and twenty-four commendinO\u27 the Saviour to the confidence brave men on board of her, that morning. and love of others, and especially of those It is some mitigation of my sorrow that I who were under him. I have been again had been. employed last Friday and Saturand aO\u27ain ~n board his\u27 ship in Valparaiso day in the way I specify, on behalf of seaBay f;r after~oon ser!~ce, and bee_n thankful men, whose case I trust it may be my privto receive his expos1t10ns of Scripture, and ilege to assist more than hitherto. Permit to join in his prayers. The Commodore of me to add, that our co-owners and other the Pacific Station went on board your hus- friends are sending me letters of great symband\u27s ship repeatedly at Valparaiso, pathy, and that Mr. Williamson joins me in was much pleased with the order and d1sc1- the deepest respect I cherish for your hus-· pline he observed ; and the gentleman 1 band\u27s memory, and in the sincere sympathy speak of was part-own~r of the Ohacalnteo, we have for you and your daughter, and for which is the best testimony he could have the relatives of all on board the gallant ship given to the opinion he had of your husband lost on Saturday morning, the 1st March. . as a seaman. Your husband had most exIt is a great comfort to me to have the ascellent officers, crew, and apprentices; and s
Wenzhouxiangella Strain AB-CW3, a Proteolytic Bacterium From Hypersaline Soda Lakes That Preys on Cells of Gram-Positive Bacteria
No full textA new haloalkaliphilic species of Wenzhouxiangella, strain AB-CW3, was isolated from a system of hypersaline alkaline soda lakes in the Kulunda Steppe using cells of Staphylococcus aureus as growth substrate. AB-CW3’s complete, circular genome was assembled from combined nanopore and Illumina sequencing and its proteome was determined for three different experimental conditions. AB-CW3 is an aerobic gammaproteobacterium feeding mainly on proteins and peptides. Unique among Wenzhouxiangella, it uses a flagellum for motility, fimbria for cell attachment and is capable of complete denitrification. AB-CW3 can use proteins derived from living or dead cells of Staphylococcus and other Gram-positive bacteria as the carbon and energy source. It encodes and expresses production of a novel Lantibiotic, a class of antimicrobial peptides which have so far only been found to be produced by Gram-positive bacteria. AB-CW3 likely excretes this peptide via a type I secretion system encoded upstream of the genes for production of the Lanthipeptide. Comparison of AB-CW3’s genome to 18 other Wenzhouxiangella genomes from marine, hypersaline, and soda lake habitats indicated one or two transitions from marine to soda lake environments followed by a transition of W. marina back to the oceans. Only 19 genes appear to set haloalkaliphilic Wenzhouxiangella apart from their neutrophilic relatives. As strain AB-CW3 is only distantly related to other members of the genus, we propose to provisionally name it “Wenzhouxiangella alkaliphila”.BT/Environmental Biotechnolog
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