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The elegies of Ted Hughes
No full textThe purpose of this study is to make the case that Ted Hughes (1930-1998) is one of the pre-eminent elegists writing in English in the latter half of the twentieth century. Whilst his poetry has been widely criticised for its apparent preoccupation with violence and death, it is puzzling that the links these topics have in common with elegy have never been clearly verified. This might be because Hughes's elegies do not appear to bear the characteristics frequently associated with traditional poetic laments; however, as this study shows, closer scrutiny reveals not only many similarities, but also acts of resistance within the broader scope of elegy. Drawing on both established and contemporary critical debates surrounding Hughes and elegy, this study undertakes a comprehensive reading of the poet's major works from The Hawk in the Rain to Birthday Letters, whilst also paying attention to limited editions of his verse, including Recklings, Capriccio and Howls & Whispers. Posthumous publications, including the Collected Poems. Selected Translations and Letters of Ted Hughes, are accounted for. so that (alongside the chronological reading of the poems) Hughes's development as an elegist is fully realised. One of the aims of the thesis is to demonstrate that the poet's elegies are unified in presenting what I term the ‘actual'; that is to say, that Hughes does not fabricate sensations or forge experiences that purport to be beyond the realm of recognisable human endeavour. This I term his 'unfalsifying dream’. This is striking because quite often traditional elegies appear to present the opposite: a language which is ๐mate and images which are close to beatifying the deceased, putting them at a remove from human experience and existence. 'The Hawk in the Rain' is used to illustrate Hughes's theoretical position, especially in the case of his earlier war elegies and the circumstances of Remains of Elmet and Moortown Diary. He is both the observational, seemingly dispassionate poet (the hawk), capable of a detaching himself from the experience he wishes to relay in his verse, and yet, he is also the wanderer 'in the rain, one who is immersed in the momentous instant of his own language and experience. Like his personas, Hughes is divided. He is complicit with many of elegy's practices and traditions, but he is also a reformer and renovator of elegy, writing invigorating verse which brings the realities of mortality closer to the reader. In doing so, he reaffirms the significance of life and how this life might be better lived in closer harmony to poetry and contemporary ecological urgencies. 'The Elegies of Ted Hughes' aims to prove that far from being just a 'poet of nature', Hughes has been an exemplary elegist in our own time
On the Truly Noncooperative Game of Island Life: Introducing a Unified Theory of Value & Evolutionarily Stable Island Economic Development Strategy
No full textThis discourse offers a solution to The Problem of Sustainable Economic Development on islands. This hypothesis offers a foundational, sub-game solution to The Island Survival Game, a counterintuitive, dominant economic development strategy for ‘islands’ (and relatively insular states). This discourse also tables conceptual building blocks, prerequisite analytical tools, and a guiding principle for The Earth Island Survival Game, a bounded delay supergame which models The Problem of Sustainable Economic Development at the global level. We begin our exploration with an introduction to The Principle of Relative Insularity, a postulate which informs ESS for ‘island’ and ‘continental’ players alike. Next, we model ‘island’ economic development with two bio-geo-politico-economic models and respective strategies: The Mustique Co. Development Plan, and The Prince Edward Island Federal-Provincial Program for Social and Economic Advancement. These diametrically opposed strategies offer an extraordinary comparative study. One island serves as a highly descriptive model for The Problem of Sustainable Economic Development; the other model informs ESS. The Island Survival Game serves as a remarkable learning tool, offering lessons which promote Darwinian fitness, resource holding power, self-sufficiency, and cooperative behaviour, by illuminating the illusive path toward sustainable economic development.Non-cooperative games, evolutionary game theory, relative insularity, islands, tragedy of the commons, sustainable economic development, resource holding power, evolutionarily stable strategy, long distance dispersal
Anemometry tools and procedures for greenhouse experiments
No full textGreenhouses provide a useful environment for conducting plant studies, facilitating manipulation and measurement of many variables in the plant microclimate. Photosynthesis, transpiration, thigmomorphogenic responses, and particle transport all depend on the level of air speed at the leaf/atmosphere interface, the microclimate. Yet there seems to exist no standard method of measuring and documenting air velocity in greenhouses.This study was undertaken to determine the airflow parameters for describing the greenhouse microclimate; to investigate anemometer systems best adapted to measurements; to measure airflows in typical greenhouses so that appropriate instruments and procedures might be recommended; and to propose and test a set of measurement procedures for the greenhouse research scientist.Literature review showed a divergence of methodology used in greenhouse versus field crop microclimate studies. Greenhouse research literature predominately used single-leaf models, while atmospheric boundary layer research developed whole-canopy models. An integration of the two approaches is needed so that an entire experimental area in a greenhouse can be characterized with a few key air speed measurements.The greenhouse measurements pointed out the inappropriateness of certain anemometer systems, particularly those which have a markedly directional response. Three research anemometers and three hand-held commercial grade anemometers were evaluated. Most of the kinetic energy in the turbulence spectra was contained in frequencies of less than 5 Hz. Omnidirectional anemometers were shown to be sufficient and convenient for assessing mean velocities over the plant canopies. However, the highly turbulent conditions within the plant canopy may be better studied with tools other than heated element anemometers.Each of the greenhouse rooms measured showed a range of microclimate air velocity means of at least seven to one, except for a commercial fan-tube ventilated greenhouse which had a range of only 2.4 to one. The broad range of means emphasized the need for documentation of air speeds during experiments.Profiles of air speed over the plant canopies showed that the proposed standardized measurement height over the canopy can give meaningful data. A grid system was tested and shown useful in representing rectangular experimental areas of various sizes.Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:26:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Ted Key, Creator of Hazel
No full textThis article highlights the life and works of the cartoonist and author Ted Key, researched through his extensive collection in the Syracuse University Special Collections. Key is best known for his cartoon Hazel, whose personality endeared her to generations of readers
On the Problem of Vague Terms: A Glossary of Clearly Stated Assumptions & Careful, Patient, Descriptions
No full textCoase 1930 endures through the decades as one of the most-cited papers in economics due to the fact that it highlights a fundamental and equally enduring problem: "Economic theory has suffered in the past from a failure to state clearly its assumptions. Economists in building up a theory have often omitted to examine the foundations on which it was erected. This examination is, however, essential not only to prevent the misunderstanding and needless controversy which arise from a lack of knowledge of the assumptions on which a theory is based, but also because of the extreme importance for economics of good judgement in choosing between rival sets of assumptions." In 1944 Von Neumann and Morgenstern offered the simply, yet invariably rejected solution: "In… economics the most fruitful work may be that of careful, patient description; indeed this may be by far the largest domain for the present and some time to come….Economic problems [have been and are often] not formulated clearly and are often stated in such vague terms as to make mathematical treatment a priori appear hopeless because it is quite uncertain what the problems really are. There is no point in using exact methods where there is no clarity in the concepts and issues to which they are to be applied. Consequently the initial task is to clarify the knowledge of the matter by further careful descriptive work." This paper offers a stone along the path to the solution to this problem by offering a glossary in this spirit, a glossary germain to some of the most fundamental, open problems in economics. As the fate of the human race may lay in the balance to finding solutions to these problems, this glossary may be a steop in the right direction.economic terms; methodology; scientific method; coase 1930; Von Neumann & Morgenstern 1944; definitions; careful, patient descriptions
Atlantic Guardian, vol. 01, no. 10 (November 1945)
No full textNew citizens for Newfoundland / Ted Meaney -- Who's who among Newfoundlanders abroad -- Cruise in the Dorothy O. -- Herring for Europe / Dick O'Brien -- Cure for a "sick" nation / Brian Cahill -- A girl on her way / Elizabeth Norrie -- Dugouts / Paul Maher -- Curling / A. L. Barrett -- These shall not return / A. R. Scammell -- The Ballad of Dog Hood Daly / Rev. L. G. Fitzgerald -- Tea in the lamplight again! / Florence Miller -- Guardian angles -- Newfoundland newsletter -- Pointed paragraphs -- West Coast newsletter -- The editor's page.A popular magazine covering Newfoundland news and human interest stories with features such as Newfoundlanders Abroad, the Baby of the Month and community profiles, as well as poetry and short stories. Heavily illustrated with photographs. -- "Atlantic Guardian's platform: to make Newfoundland better known at home and abroad; to promote trade and travel in the Island; to encourage development of the Island's natural resources; to foster good relations between Newfoundland and her neighbors" (on all title pages after vol. 1, no. 4).Published monthly 1945-57, thereafter absorbed by the Atlantic Advocate (1952-92); suspended publication: October 1952-May 1953. Missing issues: vol. 14, nos. 7-8. -- An index to vols. 1-10 by author and/or article type is in vol. 11, no. 1 (January-February 1954), p. 33-48
Author Correction: GLORIA - A globally representative hyperspectral in situ dataset for optical sensing of water quality
No full textAn author of the paper was omitted in the original version (Ted Conroy, University of Waikato, New Zealand). This has been corrected in the pdf and HTML versions of the paper, and the associated metadata
Author Guidelines of the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal – revised 2017
No full textIn 2017, the ‘Author Guidelines’ for the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal were revised so as to better inform prospective contributors of the journal's aim and scope; submission and reporting format requirements; ethical considerations; manuscript types available; governing copyright principles; and publishing processes. The guidelines now align minimum information requirements with the increasingly complex and rapidly evolving regulatory, standards and technical context of scholarly publishing.No Full Tex
Atlantic Guardian, vol. 01, no. 06 (June-July 1945)
No full textGoose Bay : world airport / Ted Meaney -- Great men who have met me / Brian Cahill -- Wings of mercy / F/L A. E. Hill -- Newman's of Newfoundland / Ted Meaney -- Goose Bay weighs the future / Brian Cahill -- Heroines of the north / Charles S. Curtis, M.D. -- Night journey / H. M. Heath -- Cradle of transatlantic flying / Sgt. Frank Cowles -- Guardian angles -- Pages from the past -- Newfoundland newsletter -- Pointed paragraphs -- Readers' reactions -- Songs of Newfoundland -- Home news from abroad.A popular magazine covering Newfoundland news and human interest stories with features such as Newfoundlanders Abroad, the Baby of the Month and community profiles, as well as poetry and short stories. Heavily illustrated with photographs. -- "Atlantic Guardian's platform: to make Newfoundland better known at home and abroad; to promote trade and travel in the Island; to encourage development of the Island's natural resources; to foster good relations between Newfoundland and her neighbors" (on all title pages after vol. 1, no. 4).Published monthly 1945-57, thereafter absorbed by the Atlantic Advocate (1952-92); suspended publication: October 1952-May 1953. Missing issues: vol. 14, nos. 7-8. -- An index to vols. 1-10 by author and/or article type is in vol. 11, no. 1 (January-February 1954), p. 33-48
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