6,257 research outputs found
A Development/Management Plan for Cape Scott Provincial Park
No full textThis project was undertaken in January, 1980, and was continued right through until its completion in April, 1981. During this time, a vast quantity of information was compiled, through literature, personal contact, and through personal experience. The entire summers of 1977 and 1980 were spent in the field at Cape Scott for the author to familiarize themselves with the park and to collect field data. Also during this period, a tremendous feeling for the needs of the public and the needs of the park were acquired. It is hoped that the following will provide a compromise between these two factors.Student paper for Wildland Recreation, Selkirk College.Wildland Recreatio
Belonging and not belonging : understanding India in novels by Paul Scott, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and V.S. Naipaul.
No full textPhDThis thesis is essentially about the "how" and "why" of the Indian
experience as documented in novels by Paul Scott, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
and V S Naipaul. The study points to the difficulty of arriving at any
conclusive definition of the country and its people. I show that
differences in attitudes, responses or behaviour are both overt and
subtle, and depend upon whether the writer or the character identifies
with the situation or community with which he or she interacts. It is
the individual's sense of belonging or not belonging to his or her own
group - be this along racial, cultural or gender lines - that accounts
for the differing perspectives evident in these novels. The points-of-
view of the outsider and the insider can therefore be seen as
mutual comments upon the other.
Since the struggle between belonging and not belonging becomes acute
when the old meets the new, focus is centred on communities
experiencing change. These include the British in India, West-Indian
Indians and westernised Indians. Despite their differences, all three
communities share similar reasons for either an acceptance or
rejection of the 'Other'. The thesis argues that the need for
emotional stability compels allegiance to the traditional group, while
the desire for individuality encourages surrender to the new. The
former nurtures a sense of belonging while, it is argued, that the
latter is perceived as the hallmark of those who do not belong.
Tensions arise when both these needs demand to be met. What I show to
be ironic in this struggle between belonging and not belonging is that
those things which individuals overtly reject are often unexpressed
parts of their personal pysche. The barrier between "them" and "us" is
therefore very fragile
Post-Acquisition Integration: The Cultural Side of the Ferguson Paper Company, Inc. Acquisition of Seastrand Oil Company, Inc.
No full textOver the years, Ferguson Paper Company, Inc. has acquired several companies, and envisions additional acquisitions to: accelerate the attainment of strategic objectives, increase technical capabilities, assess new markets and clients, diversify services, and expand opportunities for employees. Feedback from Ferguson Paper Company, Inc.’s 2003 acquisition of Seastrand Oil Company, Inc. (SOC)—Ferguson Paper Company, Inc.’s largest acquisition—could provide essential information to improve Ferguson Paper Company, Inc.’s post-acquisition integration efficiency and effectiveness. Research indicated employees’ expectations (e.g., level of integration and synergy level) are difficult to gauge. Employees and integration leaders agreed on the most beneficial integration mechanisms: staff meetings, meeting other Ferguson Paper Company, Inc. staff, and creation of frequently-asked-questions documents. Employees and integration leaders also agreed on integration impediments: physical distance, long integration period, and unclear goals and expectations. As a result of this project, one theme was clear; you can never communicate too effectively, and a better communication strategy is needed for future Ferguson Paper Company, Inc. acquisitions. For this field project, post-acquisition integration literature and internal Ferguson Paper Company, Inc. acquisition correspondence was reviewed. Additionally, Ferguson Paper Company, Inc. integration team members were interviewed and questionnaire responses from current and former Ferguson Paper Company, Inc. employees were evaluated. This information was used to develop guidelines for cultural integration improvements. The proposed guidelines were submitted to the Ferguson Paper Company, Inc.
integration program lead for use with future acquisitions
A victory for fairness and common sense : R v Hughes
No full textIn 2006 several new offences were added to the Road Traffic Act 1988, one of which was section 3ZB 1. Headed “Causing death by driving: unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers”, this provides: A person is guilty of an offence under this section if he causes the death2 of another person by driving a motor vehicle on a road and, at the time when he is driving, the circumstances are such that he is ... (a) ... driving [without a valid] licence3... (b) ... driving while disqualified4... or (c) ... using a motor vehicle while uninsured5... The maximum penalty for this offence is two years’ imprisonment6 In R v Hughes7 the Supreme Court interpreted this in a way which is fairer to the accused than in previous cases, and in accordance with common sense views of causation. This note describes the previous position and summarises the Supreme Court’s ruling
El Quartelejo Pueblo Ruins, Scott County, Kansas
No full textShearmire, Brantlee, “El Quartelejo Pueblo Ruins, Scott County, Kansas,” Chapman Center Research Collections, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/2.In this paper, the author discusses the El Quartelejo Pueblo ruins located in present-day Scott County, Kansas. The Taos and the Picuris Indians who came from what is today northwestern New Mexico fled their homelands due to their Spanish overlords who denounced and prohibited the Indians from practicing their religious ceremonies, imposed Christianity upon them, and forced them into labor. Eventually the Spaniards sent a party of soldiers to retrieve the Indians and escort them back. The pueblo the Indians built would lie dormant for nearly 200 years before being discovered again, accidentally, by an early Scott County pioneer, Herbert Steele
A Rural Resort: Farming and Recreation in Scott County, Kansas at Beaver Beach, 1886-1933
No full textPatrick Kirk, “A Rural Resort: Farming and Recreation in Scott County, Kansas at Beaver Beach, 1886-1933,” Chapman Center Research Collections, accessed October 7, 2020, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/221.The author uses historic accounts to recreate the details of Beaver Beach Amusement Park, which was a source of recreation for rural Scott County residents
Kraichnan-Leith-Batchelor similarity theory and two-dimensional inverse cascades
No full textWe study the scaling properties and Kraichnan-Leith-Batchelor (KLB) theory of forced inverse cascades in generalized two-dimensional (2D) fluids (-turbulence models) simulated at resolution . We consider (surface quasigeostrophic flow), (2D vorticity dynamics) and . The forcing scale is well-resolved, a direct cascade is present and there is no large-scale dissipation. Coherent vortices spanning a range of sizes, most larger than the forcing scale, are present for both and . The active scalar field for contains comparatively few and small vortices. The energy spectral slopes in the inverse cascade are steeper than the KLB prediction in all three systems. Since we stop the simulations well before the cascades have reached the domain scale, vortex formation and spectral steepening are not due to condensation effects; nor are they caused by large-scale dissipation, which is absent. One- and two-point pdfs, hyperflatness factors and structure functions indicate that the inverse cascades are intermittent and non-Gaussian over much of the inertial range for and , while the inverse cascade is much closer to Gaussian and non-intermittent. For the steep spectrum is close to that associated with enstrophy equipartition. Continuous wavelet analysis shows approximate KLB scaling () and () in the interstitial regions between the coherent vortices. Our results demonstrate that coherent vortex formation ( and ) and non-realizability () cause 2D inverse cascades to deviate from the KLB predictions, but that the flow between the vortices exhibits KLB scaling and non-intermittent statistics for and . The results will appear in \cite{BurgessEA2015}, which has been accepted to the \emph{Journal of Fluid Mechanics}
Flows from early Modernism into the Interior Streets of Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown
No full textIn 1972 the famous diagram of the ‘Decorated Shed’ was introduced into the architectural discourse; it implied a definition of ‘architecture as shelter with decoration on it’ [1]. The diagram was part of urban research into the commercial environment of Las Vegas that was interpreted by the researchers – Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour – as ‘a new type of urban form’ that they meant ‘to understand’ in order ‘to begin to evolve techniques for its handling’. Yet the critique on this and other research and designs by Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown focused essentially on questions of form and more specifically of the image of architecture.ArchitectureArchitectur
The Home Away From Home: El Quartelejo Pueblo Ruins, Scott County, Kansas
No full textMorgan, M.J.In this paper, the author discusses the El Quartelejo Pueblo ruins located in present-day Scott County, Kansas. The Taos and the Picuris Indians who came from what is today northwestern New Mexico fled their homelands due to their Spanish overlords who denounced and prohibited the Indians from practicing their religious ceremonies, imposed Christianity upon them, and forced them into labor. Eventually the Spaniards sent a party of soldiers to retrieve the Indians and escort them back. The pueblo the Indians built would lie dormant for nearly 200 years before being discovered again, accidentally, by an early Scott County pioneer, Herbert Steele
Using UPC scanning methods to characterize household food supplies of multi-ethnic low income minorities
No full textMost characterizations of food stored in the home for everyday use have been based on average household food inventories derived from food frequency questionnaires of middle to high-income households, and thus are unlikely to reflect food stores of low-income households. Therefore, this study sought to accurately characterize household food supplies of low-income minority families by inventorying 30 African-American and 30 Oaxacan-American low-income households with children, in an urban center of New Jersey.
For both groups, grains accounted for the greatest percentage of kilocalories (>40%). The greatest percentage of total fat was found in meat/protein foods in African-American households and in fats and oils in Oaxacan households. The Oaxacan households had a greater percentage of calcium from the dairy group than the African-American households (32.7% vs. 18.5%) while also having a greater proportion of dairy foods from non-dessert dairy than dessert dairy (96.1% vs. 64%). Both groups had similar amounts of fruit and vegetables, with thermally processed fruits and vegetables (i.e., canned and jarred) being more common in African-American households than Oaxacan households (80% vs. 32%). Fresh fruits and vegetables were more common in Oaxacan than African-American households (51.6% vs. 5.5%).
An understanding of the types and nutrient content of foods on hand in diverse low-income households can lead to more ecologically valid nutritional interventions.Poster presented October 28, 2010 at the International Conference on Urban Health, New York, New YorkPeer reviewe
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