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The Early Memoirs of Howard Simpson
No full textThe Early Memoirs of Howard Simpson, life in early twentieth century Texas and New Mexico. An account of his childhood and family’s beginnings in West Texas and their journey into western New Mexico and Arizona during the pre-depression era
Structure formation simulations with momentum exchange: alleviating tensions between high-redshift and low-redshift cosmological probes
No full textPersisting tensions between the cosmological constraints derived from
low-redshift probes and the ones obtained from temperature and polarisation
anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background -- although not yet providing
compelling evidence against the CDM model -- seem to consistently
indicate a slower growth of density perturbations as compared to the
predictions of the standard cosmological scenario. Such behavior is not easily
accommodated by the simplest extensions of General Relativity, such as f(R)
models, which generically predict an enhanced growth rate. In the present work
we present the outcomes of a suite of large N-body simulations carried out in
the context of a cosmological model featuring a non-vanishing scattering cross
section between the dark matter and the dark energy fields, for two different
parameterisations of the dark energy equation of state. Our results indicate
that these Dark Scattering models have very mild effects on many observables
related to large-scale structures formation and evolution, while providing a
significant suppression of the amplitude of linear density perturbations and
the abundance of massive clusters. Our simulations therefore confirm that these
models offer a promising route to alleviate existing tensions between
low-redshift measurements and those of the CMB
Environmental destruction and resistance : a closer look at the violent reoccupation of the DRC\u2019s Kahuzi-Biega National Park
No full textAbstract: The decision of the indigenous Batwa to reoccupy parts of eastern DRC\u2019s Kahuzi-Biega National Park by force shocked many outside observers. They were further shocked when the Batwa started to ally with rebel groups, traders, and illegal timber cutters in order to exploit part of the ancestral forest they had been forced to leave decades prior. In a recently-published article in the Journal of Peasant Studies, Fergus Simpson and Sara Geenen show why the Batwa\u2019s decision to return to the park should in fact come as anything but a surprise
Environmental destruction and resistance: a closer look at the violent reoccupation of the DRC’s Kahuzi-Biega National Park
No full textThe decision of the indigenous Batwa to reoccupy parts of eastern DRC’s Kahuzi-Biega National Park by force shocked many outside observers. They were further shocked when the Batwa started to ally with rebel groups, traders, and illegal timber cutters in order to exploit part of the ancestral forest they had been forced to leave decades prior. In a recently-published article in the Journal of Peasant Studies, Fergus Simpson and Sara Geenen show why the Batwa’s decision to return to the park should in fact come as anything but a surprise
Environmental destruction and resistance: a closer look at the violent reoccupation of the DRC’s Kahuzi-Biega National Park
No full textThe decision of the indigenous Batwa to reoccupy parts of eastern DRC’s Kahuzi-Biega National Park by force shocked many outside observers. They were further shocked when the Batwa started to ally with rebel groups, traders, and illegal timber cutters in order to exploit part of the ancestral forest they had been forced to leave decades prior. In a recently-published article in the Journal of Peasant Studies, Fergus Simpson and Sara Geenen show why the Batwa’s decision to return to the park should in fact come as anything but a surprise
Destruction de l\u2019environnement et r\ue9sistance : comment comprendre la r\ue9occupation violente du parc national de Kahuzi-Biega en RDC
No full textAbstract: En octobre 2018, de centaines d\u2019individus Batwa \u2013 un peuple indig\ue8ne qui avait \ue9t\ue9 expuls\ue9 du parc de Kahuzi-Biega \u2013 r\ue9occupaient le parc par la force. A l\u2019\ue9poque, leurs actions avaient surprises nombreux observateurs, d\u2019autant plus que certains Batwa commen\ue7aient \ue0 s\u2019allier avec des groupes rebelles, des coupeurs de bois ill\ue9gaux et des commer\ue7ants de minerais. Jusqu\u2019\ue0 pr\ue9sent, ces actions ont cr\ue9\ue9 une destruction massive des ressources foresti\ue8res, et entra\ueen\ue9 plusieurs bless\ue9s et des morts. Dans un article r\ue9cent pour le Journal of Peasant Studies, Fergus Simpson et Sara Geenen expliquent pourquoi les actions violentes des Batwa ne devaient pas du tout surprendre les observateurs
Author Dorothy Simpson Beimer at Valmora
No full textAuthor Dorothy Simpson Beimer standing outdoors at Valmora
Harriette Simpson Arnow, 1908-1986
No full textA documentary film on southern Appalachian author Harriette Simpson Arnow. Directed by Herb E. Smith for Appalshop Productions in 1987
Indigenous Batwa are neither guardians nor destroyers of the forest
No full textAbstract: In the Kahuzi-Biega National Park of the Democratic Republic of Congo, some actors portray the Batwa as \u2018forest destroyers\u2019, while others laud them as \u2018forest guardians\u2019. However, both framings divert attention from the underlying causes of environmental destruction, writes Fergus Simpson, Kristof Titeca, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Thomas Muller and Mwamibantu Muliri Dubois
Carl H. Gellenthien, M.D. and Author Dorothy Simpson Beimer
No full textDr. Gellenthien and author Dorothy Simpson Beimer in the library at Valmora in November, 1984
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