12,831 research outputs found
Interview with Matthew Harris
No full textMatthew Harris was born in Chapel Hill and moved to western North Carolina for college. He discusses his story coming out in high school, which details his family being homophobic before learning more about the subject. Harris also explains how gay YouTubers helped him with understanding his place in the world. He ends with his positive relationship with family and advice on coming out to friends first, then parents
Matthew Baker - My Mountain Heroes
No full textMatthew Baker is a Macon County, NC author and rural mail carrier. Put them together, and you have a couple of great books… “My Mountain Granny” and “My Mountain Heroes.” When he is traveling throughout the mountains delivering mail, he meets and interviews many senior citizens who tell him stories that go back to another time and another century. Listen now to a young man who cares about what he calls the “Greatest Generation.
Matthew Henry: The Bible, Prayer, and Piety – A Tercentenary Celebration
No full textThe summer of 2014 marked the tercentenary of the death of Matthew Henry (1662–1714), a leading figure among early eighteenth-century Dissenters and author of the six-volume Exposition of the Old and New Testaments (1707–1714/25). This monumental work, which by 1855 had already been published in twenty-five different editions, attempted a peculiarly practical approach to the biblical text and continues to be widely used and readily accessible even today in both print and online versions. The theme of foreign (or ‘strange’) wives and Israelite intermarriage is one which occurs throughout the Hebrew Bible and, accordingly, throughout Matthew Henry’s commentary upon it. Where it appears, the practice of intermarriage is characterized by Henry as (at best) unwise and (at worst) a very real threat to both social and religious cohesion. This essay explores how Henry deals with the issue of ‘strange wives’, why he believes they continue to pose a threat, and (in view of the overall intention of his commentary) what ‘practical observations’ he offers to his reader as a result. In doing so it is argued that Henry’s commentary traces a thematic thread from the ante-diluvian age to the post-exilic period of calamities resulting from mixed marriages between ‘professors of religion’ and their ‘strange wives’
Citation expectations: are they realized? Study of the Matthew index for Russian papers published abroad
No full textWe consider the "Matthew effect" in the citation process which leads to reallocation (or misallocation) of the citations received by scientific papers within the same journals. The case when such reallocation correlates with a country where an author works is investigated. Russian papers in chemistry and physics published abroad were examined. We found that in both disciplines in about 60% of journals Russian papers are cited less than average ones. However, if we consider each discipline as a whole, citedness of a Russian paper in physics will be on the average level, while chemistry publications receive about 16% citations less than one may expect from the citedness of the journals where they appear. Moreover, Russian chemistry papers mostly become undercited in the leading journals of the field. Characteristics of a "Matthew index" indicator and its significance for scientometric studies are also discussed
A hunter after a successful manimunak hunt on the floodplains of Ankabadbirri, near Gochan Jiny-Girra Homeland, Northern Territory, 2010 /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer based on caption supplied by photographer, see file NLA12/1679.; "Unknown hunter after a succesful manimunak (magpie goose) hunt on the floodplains Ankabadbirri near Gochan Jinny-Jirra Homeland 2010."--Caption supplied by photographer.; Mode of access: Online
Sharing, Gift-Giving, and Optimal Resource Use Incentives in Hunter-Gatherer Society
No full textIn the typical hunter-gatherer society, decision-making is collective, yet decentralized, access to resources is shared, goods are typically distributed via reciprocal exchange, sharing, and gift-giving, and the distribution of both income and decision-making power is egalitarian. We argue these features are interrelated. We adopt an incentive-based view of sharing and gift-giving, in which the fundamental role of sharing and gift-giving is to implement socially desirable production decisions in the face of a common resource use problem. We show how this system decentralizes decision-making, while at the same time encouraging agents to make production decisions in the best interests of the group. Sharing rules give agents optimal use incentives, while gift-giving obligations give agents incentives to reveal private information about skill. The system has some interesting properties; for example, it may result in a relatively equal distribution of income, even though the productive capabilities of agents differ. Our theory is also able to account for some features of the ethnographic record that do not jibe well with existing theories of sharing; for example, why the rather extensive free-riding on the efforts of the most productive agents is typically tolerated in hunter-gatherer society.
Mission ornithologique aux îles Hunter et Matthew, 11-14 décembre 2004
No full textI embarked on a Puma helicopter of the French air force in a joint mission with frigate ship Vendémiaire of the French navy to visit Hunter Island for 18 hours (12-13 December 2004) and Matthew Island for 22 hours (13-14 December 2004). Eleven seabird species were observed on Hunter Island, breeding (black-winged petrel Pterodroma nigripennis, wedge-tailed shearwater Ardenna pacifica, red-tailed tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda, masked booby Sula dactylatra, brown booby S. leucogaster, red-footed booby S. sula, lesser frigatebird Fregata ariel, greater frigatebird F. minor, brown noddy Anous stolidus) or presumed breeding (grey noddy Anous albivitta, white tern Gygis alba). The same species except the red-tailed tropicbird, the red-footed booby, the two frigatebirds and the white tern were observed on Matthew Island, as was the sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus which breeds there in large colonies (N >8,000 pairs). The Pacific-golden plover Pluvialis fulva and an unidentified passerine bird were sighted on Hunter Island. The Pacific-golden plover and the ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres were sighted on Matthew Island. The Polynesian rat Rattus exulans was present on Hunter Island, while hens and a cock Gallus gallus were sighted on Matthew Island. This trip also provided the opportunity to assess the impact of helicopter movements on the avifauna.Embarqué à bord d'un hélicoptère Puma de l'Armée de l'air, en mission conjointe avec la frégate Vendémiaire de la Marine nationale, j'ai pu visiter l'île Hunter pendant 18 heures, les 12-13 décembre 2004 et l'île Matthew pendant 22 heures, les 13-14 décembre 2004). Onze espèces d'oiseaux marins ont été observées sur Hunter, nicheuses (pétrel à ailes noires Pterodroma nigripennis, puffin fouquet Ardenna pacifica, phaéton à brins rouges Phaethon rubricauda, fou masqué Sula dactylatra, fou brun S. leucogaster, fou à pieds rouges S. sula, frégate ariel Fregata ariel, frégate du Pacifique F. minor, noddi brun Anous stolidus) ou nicheuses présumées (noddi gris Anous albivitta, gygis blanche Gygis alba). Les mêmes espèces, sauf le phaéton à brins rouges, le fou à pieds rouges, les deux frégates et la gygis blanche, ont été observées sur Matthew, ainsi que la sterne fuligineuse Onychoprion fuscatus qui y niche en grandes colonies (N >8 000 couples). Le pluvier fauve Pluvialis fulva, ainsi qu'un passereau non identifié, ont été aperçus sur Hunter. Le pluvier fauve et le tournepierre à collier Arenaria interpres ont été observés sur Matthew. Le rat polynésien Rattus exulans est présent sur Hunter, alors que des poules et un coq bankhiva (Gallus gallus) ont été observés sur Matthew. Cette mission a également été l'occasion d'évaluer l'impact des mouvements de l'hélicoptère sur l'avifaune marine
Mission ornithologique aux îles Hunter et Matthew, 11-14 décembre 2004
No full textI embarked on a Puma helicopter of the French air force in a joint mission with frigate ship Vendémiaire of the French navy to visit Hunter Island for 18 hours (12-13 December 2004) and Matthew Island for 22 hours (13-14 December 2004). Eleven seabird species were observed on Hunter Island, breeding (black-winged petrel Pterodroma nigripennis, wedge-tailed shearwater Ardenna pacifica, red-tailed tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda, masked booby Sula dactylatra, brown booby S. leucogaster, red-footed booby S. sula, lesser frigatebird Fregata ariel, greater frigatebird F. minor, brown noddy Anous stolidus) or presumed breeding (grey noddy Anous albivitta, white tern Gygis alba). The same species except the red-tailed tropicbird, the red-footed booby, the two frigatebirds and the white tern were observed on Matthew Island, as was the sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus which breeds there in large colonies (N >8,000 pairs). The Pacific-golden plover Pluvialis fulva and an unidentified passerine bird were sighted on Hunter Island. The Pacific-golden plover and the ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres were sighted on Matthew Island. The Polynesian rat Rattus exulans was present on Hunter Island, while hens and a cock Gallus gallus were sighted on Matthew Island. This trip also provided the opportunity to assess the impact of helicopter movements on the avifauna.Embarqué à bord d'un hélicoptère Puma de l'Armée de l'air, en mission conjointe avec la frégate Vendémiaire de la Marine nationale, j'ai pu visiter l'île Hunter pendant 18 heures, les 12-13 décembre 2004 et l'île Matthew pendant 22 heures, les 13-14 décembre 2004). Onze espèces d'oiseaux marins ont été observées sur Hunter, nicheuses (pétrel à ailes noires Pterodroma nigripennis, puffin fouquet Ardenna pacifica, phaéton à brins rouges Phaethon rubricauda, fou masqué Sula dactylatra, fou brun S. leucogaster, fou à pieds rouges S. sula, frégate ariel Fregata ariel, frégate du Pacifique F. minor, noddi brun Anous stolidus) ou nicheuses présumées (noddi gris Anous albivitta, gygis blanche Gygis alba). Les mêmes espèces, sauf le phaéton à brins rouges, le fou à pieds rouges, les deux frégates et la gygis blanche, ont été observées sur Matthew, ainsi que la sterne fuligineuse Onychoprion fuscatus qui y niche en grandes colonies (N >8 000 couples). Le pluvier fauve Pluvialis fulva, ainsi qu'un passereau non identifié, ont été aperçus sur Hunter. Le pluvier fauve et le tournepierre à collier Arenaria interpres ont été observés sur Matthew. Le rat polynésien Rattus exulans est présent sur Hunter, alors que des poules et un coq bankhiva (Gallus gallus) ont été observés sur Matthew. Cette mission a également été l'occasion d'évaluer l'impact des mouvements de l'hélicoptère sur l'avifaune marine
An Interview with Matthew Kaiser on Competition and Play
No full textAn Interview with Matthew Kaiser on Competition and Play, by Sean Scanlan. Matthew Kaiser, the author of The World in Play: Portraits of a Victorian Concept (Stanford UP, 2012) says that “[c]ompetition is the disease from which modern life suffers,” and that “[c]ompetition is the only cure” for this suffering. This contradictory pairing seems to get at the heart of his thesis: play, as a totalizing, umbrella-like concept, emanates from a host of philosophical, political, and scientific work produced by Victorians who posed many of their ideas of play in sports metaphors, competitive logics, and narratives of struggle. Kaiser goes beyond the dichotomy of competition and play/competition or play, by stating “I’m interested in the totalizing potential of both concepts, the way that play, or competition for that matter, swallows the world whole, becomes in the minds of so many people, the organizing principle of reality, whether of culture or nature or consciousness, or of all three.
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