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Dr. Michael Janis, Morehouse College, August 2011, August 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Michael Janis. Dr. Janis talks about his book, "Africa After Modernism: Transitions in Literature, Media and Philosophy". Yolanda Gilmore-Bivins, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Minnesota Timber Harvesting GEIS : an assessment of the first 10 years.
No full textThis study, initiated 11 years after the release of the Generic
Environmental Impact Statement findings and recommendations,
serves to assess the accuracy of the original GEIS projections for statewide timber harvesting
intensity and its associated impacts, as well as the level of implementation of the various
mitigation strategies. The purpose is to assess the ability to predict future forest resource
conditions and to describe the status of mitigations in the form of forest management practices
relative to the GEIS recommendations.Kilgore, Michael A.; Ek, Alan R.; Buhr, Karen A.; Frelich, Lee E.; Hanowski, JoAnn M.; Hibbard, Calder M.; Finley, Andrew O.; Rathbun, Leah; Danz, Nicholas P.; Lind, James W.; Niemi, Gerald J.. (2005). Minnesota Timber Harvesting GEIS : an assessment of the first 10 years.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/37698
30 to 50 ns liquid-crystal optical switches
No full textThe optical switching times of liquid-crystal cells using 5CB, 5OCB and PCH5 liquid crystal materials have been characterized as a function of applied voltage, V, and temperature, T. The transition time from 90 to 10 % transmission scales as V-2 and is limited to 50 to 30 ns by the breakdown electric field, ~ 106 V cm-1 of the liquid crystal. The time from the initial voltage step to 90 % transmission, delay time, decreases with increasing voltage and approaches a constant value at higher electric fields, >105 V cm-1. Both the transition and delay times decrease with increasing temperature. The minimum transition times at temperatures a few degrees below the nematic-isotropic temperature are 32, 32, and 44 ns and delay times are 44, 25 and 8 ns for 5CB, 5OCB, and PCH5 respectively.U. S. Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center (Air Force Contract FA8721-05-C-0002
Securing the state, undermining democracy: internationalization and privatization of western militaries
No full textChanges in the field of security since the 1990s triggered off a number of still continuing military transformations in liberal democracies. Since their armed forces were designed for the purposes of the bipolar Cold war security constellation, they have been “redesigned” according to the new tasks as agreed upon in the new NATO strategic concepts or the assignments for the Europeanized forces within the European Union: Conflict prevention, crisis intervention, counter-terrorism have been added to the range of deployment missions. This recent transformation of the armed forces is pushed ahead in the political spirit of new public management well known from other policy areas in the OECD countries. The proclaimed reforms are guided by efficiency and effectiveness principles only, issues of democratic control and integration of the armed forces into the society are marginalized in the political discourse. But integration and cooperation within international organizations is only one of the two trends detrimental to democratic control of the military; increasing contracting with Private Security and Military Companies is the other. Contracting is intended to reduce political and financial costs and risks for Western governments. The authors argue that, in the long run, both trends of privatization and internationalization, though they seem to run into opposite directions from a purely etatist perspective, result in the joint effect of exacerbating democratic control and accountability of security policies. This point is illustrated by the employment of private military companies by the US government agencies and US military and the reform of the German armed forces. -- Seit Ende des Ost-West-Konflikts befinden sich die westlichen Streitkräfte in einem anhaltenden Transformationsprozess. Waren die Streitkräfte zuvor an der bipolaren Sicherheitskonstellation des Kalten Krieges ausgerichtet, werden sie seit 1990 umstrukturiert, um neue Missionen zu erfüllen, wie sie in den strategischen Konzepten der NATO oder den Aufgabenfeldern der Europäischen Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik definiert sind. Unter den Vorzeichen eines New Public Managements vorangetrieben, das in den letzten Jahrzehnten als ökonomisch inspiriertes Reformprinzip bereits zahlreiche andere Politikfelder der OECD-Staaten geprägt hat, sind die Umstrukturierungen der Streitkräfte vorwiegend an Effizienz- und Effektivitäts-Gesichtspunkten orientiert. Fragen der demokratischen Kontrolle und der Integration des Militärs in die jeweilige Gesellschaft werden dagegen im politischen Diskurs vernachlässigt. Zwei Entwicklungstrends kennzeichnen derzeit die westliche Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik: die Integration und Kooperation westlicher Streitkräfte im Rahmen von internationalen Organisationen sowie der zunehmende Einsatz privater Sicherheitsunternehmen. Obwohl Internationalisierung und Privatisierung von Sicherheitspolitik in einer staatszentrierten Perspektive auf den ersten Blick gegenläufige Tendenzen einer Stärkung der Exekutive einerseits und der Schwächung des Staates andererseits zu markieren scheinen, tragen jedoch beide zu einer Schädigung der nationalstaatlichen Demokratie bei. Diese These erläutern die Autorinnen anhand des vermehrten Rückgriffs der US-amerikanischen Regierung auf private Sicherheitsanbieter sowie der Transformation der deutschen Streitkräfte.
Correspondence: George Kephart to Michael Frome
No full textThis 1960s correspondence, from George S. Kephart to Michael Frome, discusses what the author considers misinformation about his father, Horace Kephart. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Correspondence and Photograph from Ernest W. Wright to Dr. C. A. Bacote, August 30, 1977
No full textCorrespondence between Ernest W. Wright (Employment Security Agency, Georgia Department of Labor) and Dr. C. A. Bacote, 30 August 1977. Enclosed 8"x10" photograph circa 1955, depicting voter registration participants. Written on Verso: "Left to Right: (Seated): Dr. Clarence A. Bacote, Dr. William Hale, Mr. Ron Harris? Dr. Robert Brisbane (Standing): Mr. Michael? Mr. C. A. Scott? Mr. Milton White"
O (nieco zapomnianym) mistrzu fantastyki. Sprawozdanie z konferencji Niekończący się Michael Ende – sylwetka, sygnatura, strategie fantastyczne (Kraków, 8 listopada 2019 roku)
No full textNiniejszy tekst jest sprawozdaniem z konferencji Niekończący się Michael Ende – sylwetka, syg-natura, strategie fantastyczne, która odbyła się 8 listopada 2019 roku w Krakowie. Autorka przedstawia w nim wyznaczone przez organizatorów cele, z których najważniejszym wydaje się przypomnienie postaci oraz twórczości tego wybitnego, a jednocześnie nieco zapomnianego nad Wisłą klasyka literatury fantastycznej. Najwięcej uwagi poświęca przebiegowi konferencji, krótko omawiając wszystkie wygłoszone podczas sesji referaty. Zwraca uwagę na interdyscyplinarny charakter spotkania, wskazując ponadto możliwe kierunki poszerzenia refleksji dotyczącej twórczości niemieckiego pisarza wyznaczane przez przywoływaną literaturę przedmiotu.The text summarizes the conference “The NeverEnding Michael Ende – profile, signature, fantasy strategies”, which took place on 8 November 2019 in Kraków. The author describes the organizers’ objectives, among which the main aim was to remind attendees of the profile and work of Michael Ende – a remarkable fantasy writer who is nowadays somewhat forgotten in Poland. The paper focuses in particular on the course of the conference, briefly summing up all the presentations and emphasizing the interdisciplinary nature of the meeting. Based on the critical studies and further source literature, the author indicates some potential ways in which the reception of Ende’s work could develop
The ghost of home
No full textThis collection of poems, "The Ghost of Home," is dedicated to my father, William Smolinsky.M.F.A.by Michael W. Smolinsk
Academic Authors and Copyright: Recent Developments in Scholarly Communication
No full textMichael W. Carroll's presentation slides on copyright, scholarly communication, author rights, and Open Access. Carroll is a professor of law at American University, Washington College of Law
The economic and fiscal impacts of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey, a macroeconomic analysis
No full textThis report estimates the macroeconomic and fiscal impacts of Hurricane Sandy on the economy of New Jersey using the R/ECON™ forecasting model of the state’s economy. The model consists of more than 250 quarterly time-series equations and 30 employment sectors.The analysis takes into account both the economic losses resulting from the hurricane and the offsetting positive economic impacts associated with recovery and reconstruction spending in the months and years following the storm.However, the estimates of impacts depend upon the restoration expenditures actually being made. If the funds for these restoration and recovery expenditures are not made available, the offsetting positive impacts to the economy will not occur and the New Jersey economy will be significantly damaged. See Section 3 for estimates of the negative impacts if restoration expenditures are not made.This report was published as Issue Paper Number 34, January 2013, in Rutgers Regional Report
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