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Folder 2: A: Folder 1, March-May, 1989
No full textPostcard addressed to Peter Brooks featuring a political advertisement paid for by Peter Lesser for Mayor. Displays the slogan "NO NO ANNETTE NOT AGAIN!" on both sides, referring to Annette Straus. On the front, praise from Jerry Rucker, Lee Cullum, John Evans, and the Dallas Times Herald for Lesser is shown. The back features a picture of Lesser next to a quote from him, in which he criticizes Annette Strauss
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Folder 2: A: Folder 1, March-May, 1989
No full textPostcard addressed to Peter Brooks featuring a political advertisement paid for by Peter Lesser for Mayor. Displays the slogan "NO NO ANNETTE NOT AGAIN!" on both sides, referring to Annette Straus. On the front, praise from Jerry Rucker, Lee Cullum, John Evans, and the Dallas Times Herald for Lesser is shown. The back features a picture of Lesser next to a quote from him, in which he criticizes Annette Strauss
An Analysis of the EQIP program for Lesser Prairie Chickens in the Northern Texas Panhandle
No full textThe Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the Lesser Prairie Chicken provides monetary compensation to agricultural producers for species habitat development. The advantages and disadvantages of program enrollment, as well as the overall economic impact are evaluated for a typical ranch operation in the Northern Texas Panhandle from 2009-2013.Prairie Chicken, FARM Assistance, EQIP, Environmental Economics and Policy,
Reproductive decisions in the lesser black-backed gull larus fuscus and their effects on reproductive success
No full textThe effect of several fundamental reproductive 'decisions' upon reproductive success were examined over a three year period at a large, inland gullery in the Pennines. Variations in reproductive parameters in relation to timing of breeding and reproductive success were compared among years. Determinants of the degree of hatching asynchrony were identified. Eggs from two years were taken for yolk lipid analysis, using gas chromatography. Variation in micronutrient content of eggs within clutches and between years was assessed in relation to egg size and yolk size, in order to examine resource allocation decisions of individuals. Timing of breeding of individuals was experimentally manipulated through the exchange of whole clutches of eggs between early and late laying birds, whilst controlling for variation in clutch size and egg-size, in order to assess whether the seasonal decrease in reproductive success was best explained by a decrease in food supply or differences in quality among parents. I experimentally manipulated the within-brood mass hierarchy of gulls, whilst controlling for variation in both chick quality and parental quality, in order to assess the effect of hatching asynchrony per se on chick growth and survival, and whether parents optimized the degree of hatching asynchrony with respect to the prevailing food supply. Brood size was experimentally reduced in order to assess the costs and benefits of the production of supernumary young. This was acheived by comparison of chick growth, feather development and chick survival of unmanipulated three-chick broods with broods where either the a-chick or the c- chick had been removed. I present a general discussion of the results within the context of life-history theory and a model for the evolution of hatching asynchrony in the lesser black-backed gul
"Hamlet" After Q1 : An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text /
No full textIn 1823, Sir Henry Bunbury discovered a badly bound volume of twelve Shakespeare plays in a closet of his manor house. Nearly all of the plays were first editions, but one stood out as extraordinary: a previously unknown text of Hamlet that predated all other versions. Suddenly, the world had to grapple with a radically new—or rather, old—Hamlet in which the characters, plot, and poetry of Shakespeare's most famous play were profoundly and strangely transformed. Q1, as the text is known, has been declared a rough draft, a shorthand piracy, a memorial reconstruction, and a pre-Shakespearean "ur-Hamlet," among other things. Flickering between two historical moments—its publication in Shakespeare's early seventeenth century and its rediscovery in Bunbury's early nineteenth—Q1 is both the first and last Hamlet. Because this text became widely known only after the familiar version of the play had reached the pinnacle of English literature, its reception has entirely depended on this uncanny temporal oscillation; so too has its ongoing influence on twentieth- and twenty-first-century ideas of the play. Zachary Lesser examines how the improbable discovery of Q1 has forced readers to reconsider accepted truths about Shakespeare as an author and about the nature of Shakespeare's texts. In telling the story of this mysterious quarto and tracing the debates in newspapers, London theaters, and scholarly journals that followed its discovery, Lesser offers brilliant new insights on what we think we mean by Hamlet.In 1823, Sir Henry Bunbury discovered a badly bound volume of twelve Shakespeare plays in a closet of his manor house. Nearly all of the plays were first editions, but one stood out as extraordinary: a previously unknown text of Hamlet that predated all other versions. Suddenly, the world had to grapple with a radically new—or rather, old—Hamlet in which the characters, plot, and poetry of Shakespeare's most famous play were profoundly and strangely transformed. Q1, as the text is known, has been declared a rough draft, a shorthand piracy, a memorial reconstruction, and a pre-Shakespearean "ur-Hamlet," among other things. Flickering between two historical moments—its publication in Shakespeare's early seventeenth century and its rediscovery in Bunbury's early nineteenth—Q1 is both the first and last Hamlet. Because this text became widely known only after the familiar version of the play had reached the pinnacle of English literature, its reception has entirely depended on this uncanny temporal oscillation; so too has its ongoing influence on twentieth- and twenty-first-century ideas of the play. Zachary Lesser examines how the improbable discovery of Q1 has forced readers to reconsider accepted truths about Shakespeare as an author and about the nature of Shakespeare's texts. In telling the story of this mysterious quarto and tracing the debates in newspapers, London theaters, and scholarly journals that followed its discovery, Lesser offers brilliant new insights on what we think we mean by Hamlet.Electronic reproduction.Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.Zachary Lesser, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher’s Web site, viewed October 05 2015
An ideal image of the past : the iconography of Saint John the Baptist in early modern coats of arms in Lesser Poland
No full textThe article refers to the iconography of Saint John the Baptist in early modern coats of arms in Lesser Poland. It provides some works of Polish researchers of auxilliary sciences of history and focuses on the civic iconography issue, especially the Saint John the Baptist image that occurred in many seals and coats of arms in early modern period. The author is deeply focused on Prodromos' life and presents spread of his cult all around the medieval Europe, including Lesser Poland. Then he explains some images of St. John the Baptist in heraldry of few towns, like for example Frysztak, Koprzywnica, Krościenko, Piwniczna, Dobczyce, Proszowice, Nowa Góra, Dukla or Skalbmierz. Further those cities' coats of arms were created from depictions that occurred on seals. We can see here Saint John's symbol as well as his attribute, in a form of the Lamb of God or the decapitated head put in a bowl plate. It seems that the meaning of them is not so obvious as it looks like, so the author is trying to explain why Prodromos depictions appeared on seals and coats of arms and if they were always connected with Saint John
An Ideal Image of the Past. The Iconography of Saint John the Baptist in Early Modern Coats of Arms in Lesser Poland
No full textThe article refers to the iconography of Saint John the Baptist in early modern coats of arms in Lesser Poland. It provides some works of Polish researchers of auxilliary sci- ences of history and focuses on the civic iconography issue, especially the Saint John the Baptist image that occurred in many seals and coats of arms in early modern period. The author is deeply focused on Prodromos’ life and presents spread of his cult all around the medieval Europe, including Lesser Poland. Then he explains some images of St. John the Baptist in heraldry of few towns, like for example Frysztak, Koprzywnica, Krościenko, Piwniczna, Dobczyce, Proszowice, Nowa Góra, Dukla or Skalbmierz. Further those cities’ coats of arms were created from depictions that occurred on seals. We can see here Saint John’s symbol as well as his attribute, in a form of the Lamb of God or the decapitated head put in a bowl plate. It seems that the meaning of them is not so obvious as it looks like, so the author is trying to explain why Prodromos depictions appeared on seals and coats of arms and if they were always connected with Saint John
Letter from Patrick Finnegan to Hagan
No full textHolograph letter from Patrick Finnegan, Parochial House, Armagh, to (Hagan); he will inform the cardinal of the contents of Hagan's letter. Stating that Curran will have advised Hagan of all the news; joking he hopes that he will not unlearn respect for the lesser breeds in his dealings with people like Nicholas Brady, Thomas Hughes Kelly and John T. Ryan
An ecological approach to the management of gulls, in particular the lesser black-backed gull Larus Fuscus (L. 1758)
No full textA study of gull management was made at a large colony of Lesser Black-backed Gulls Ljxrus fuscus on Tambrook Fell, Lancashire. Approximately 18,000 gulls presently breed at the site, and the area utilised by the gulls extends over 6 km2 on three private estates. The main studies were conducted on the Abbeystead Estate between 1992 and 1994. The reasons for increases in the numbers of several gull species in many parts of the world during the 20th century are presented, as well as the conflicts with humans caused by these increases. The practical and moral aspects of managing gulls are evaluated, as well as the conflicts likely to result from recent increases in the urbanisation of several Larid species. The need for management strategies to incorporate up-to-date knowledge of gull demography, density dependence, breeding biology and behaviour are discussed in the light of the limited success of past attempts at managing gulls. Experiments to entirely clear specific areas of the Tambrook Fell Gullery by disturbing breeding gulls are described. The aim was to ameliorate local problems by reducing the extent of the colony using non-lethal management techniques. Disturbance was carried out in a series of 2.25ha experimental plots. Audio, visual and physical disturbance methods, presented singly or in combination, were used to investigate their ability to exclude gulls and prevent breeding. The number of gulls using the plots and the number of nests built were compared with numbers on control plots. Gulls showed habituation to all disturbance methods, although the number of gulls using a plot was reduced during disturbance and a proportion of the original number of gulls were totally excluded. Only where two disturbance methods were utilised on the same plot was breeding completely prevented. It was demonstrated that disturbance was more effective when initiated prior to the start of nest building and when conducted at the edge of the colony, and that disturbance by human presence is an effective method of preventing breeding. In the year following disturbance, only a very few gulls attempted to utilise the disturbed areas, and the need to establish a 'sink' area for birds displaced by disturbance is discussed. In two seasons, a total of 75ha were cleared of breeding gulls. This was 23% of the Abbeystead Estate and 11 % of the total gullery area. This was the first time in over thirty years of management efforts at the colony, that the extent of the gullery was successfully reduced. Models are presented to show the effects of the 1978- 1988 culls on adult survivorship and recruitment into the breeding group at Tambrook Fell. The relative effects of management strategies aimed at survivorship and productivity are discussed. A study was made to quantify the percentage of nests built by gulls at the colony that are not subsequently laid in. Behavioural differences between pairs that failed to lay eggs and pairs that successfully bred are presented. In the past, calculations of the number of breeding gulls at the colony assumed that one nest represented one pair. This was shown not to be true and a correction factor (multiplier) of 0.61 was calculated to allow counts of nests at the colony to be converted to the number of breeding pairs
Renaissance drama and the politics of publication : readings in the English book trade /
No full textShifting our critical focus from author to publisher and from first performance to first edition, Zachary Lesser offers a new vantage point on the drama of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Webster, and their contemporaries. Locating a play within its publisher's output allows us to see how the publisher read it and speculated that customers would read it. Lesser's groundbreaking study reveals the politics of these publications -- for early moedrn readers and for us.Includes bibliographical references and index.Shifting our critical focus from author to publisher and from first performance to first edition, Zachary Lesser offers a new vantage point on the drama of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Webster, and their contemporaries. Locating a play within its publisher's output allows us to see how the publisher read it and speculated that customers would read it. Lesser's groundbreaking study reveals the politics of these publications -- for early moedrn readers and for us
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