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Episode 126: The Grass Library with David Brooks
No full textThis week on Knowing Animals I am joined by author David Brooks. David is a poet and novelist. We discuss his latest book ‘The Grass Library’ published by Brandl & Schelsinger in 2019
Max Brooks literary reading flier
No full text2012 Bismarck State College Visiting Writers Series and ArtsQuest present: Max Brooks. April 25, 7:30 p.m.; Belle Mehus Auditorium. Max Brooks is the author of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and the graphic novel The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
Dr. Shanesha R.F. Brooks-Tatum, RWWL AUC, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Shanesha R.F. Brooks-Tatum. Dr. Brooks-Tatum talks about her book, "The Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature." Daniel Le, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Interview with Brooks Preik
No full textInterview with Brooks Newton Preik, author of Haunted Wilmington and the Cape Fear Coast
Brooks Hays for Governor - Page 2
No full textBrochure for Brooks Hays' gubernatorial campaignBROOKS HAYS - A TRULY DEDICATED MAN
BROOKS HAYS, A FRIEND OF PRESIDENTS, WILL BE A GREAT GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS
Born in Pope County, Arkansas, and a graduate of the University of Arkansas and the George Washington University School of Law, Brooks Hays has a record of public service matched by few men of his time. Holds honorary degrees from College of the Ozarks, John Brown University and nine other universities.
BROOKS HAYS IS A DISTINGUISHED DEMOCRAT
Here are the facts:
Secretary, Democratic State Convention, 1922.
Assistant State Attorney General, 1925-26.
Served on Democratic National Committee, 1932-39. A member of the Democratic Party Convention's Platform Committee, 1952.
Representative from the Fifth District of Arkansas to the United States Congress, 1942-58.
Delegate, United Nations Assembly, 1955.
Director, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1959-61.
Assistant Secretary of State, 1961.
Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy, 1962-63.
Consultant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964-66. Personal friend and adviser to four Democratic Presidents: Kennedy, Johnson, Truman and Roosevelt. "Brooks Hays is one of the great Congressmen. I have always been his friend and admirer." -Harry S. Truman.
A MAN OF STRONG CONVICTIONS
Brooks Hays has given much of his time to church and civic causes. His varied contributions and accomplishments in these areas include:
President, Southern Baptist Convention, 1957-59.
Chosen as Churchman of the Year by Religious Heritage Foundation of America.
Member of the Board of Religion in American Life.
National Brotherhood Chairman, National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1964.
Author of "This World: A Christian's Workshop." Co-author, "The Baptist Way of Life."
Received Freedom Foundation Award for an address on religious liberty.
President, Arkansas Conference of Social Work, 1932-34.
District Governor, Lions Clubs, 1925-27.
Member, National Council, Boy Scouts of America. Received Silver Buffalo, highest award of the Boy Scouts of America.
Thirty-third Degree Mason.
Life member, Elks.
A RECORD OF STATESMANLIKE LEADERSHIP
While a Member of Congress from the Fifth District of Arkansas, Brooks Hays was:
Speaker Sam Rayburn's appointee to the House Personnel Committee. Also a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Banking and Currency Committee, the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and the Select Committee on Space Exploration and Astronautics. "I do not know of a man in the House of Representatives in whom I have more confidence than I do in Brooks Hays . . . his counsel and advice are constantly sought by me." -Speaker Sam Rayburn. Arkansas' Man of Achievement, Brooks Hays was:
One of the leaders of the bill in Congress in promoting the development of the Arkansas River.
One of the four sponsors of the amendment to give priority to the Dardanelle Dam.
Instrumental in getting the Little Rock Air Force Base established in Arkansas.
Active in securing funds for a large expansion program at Fort Roots Veterans Administration Hospital.
A proponent of rural electrification.
A pioneer in the fight for the repeal of the poll tax.
The Congressman who introduced the Rural Development Bill to establish industries in small communities.
An advocate of strengthening the responsibility given to states and cities by periodic checks of Federal grants in aid.
A Man Who Can Get Things Done in Washington, he was:
One of the authors of the bill for Federal aid for schools. A member of the Education Committee said: "There would have been no National Defense Education Act without Brooks Hays." Besides supporting Federal aid to education, Hays was active in early phases of legislation for Federal aid to libraries, hospitals and the interstate highway system.
Fought for sound anti-inflationary measures as a member of the House Banking and Currency committee.
"Brooks Hays has been a tower of strength in Congress, a friend and valued advisor ... a great public servant." -John F. Kennedy
Author, Geraldine Brooks at the National Library of Australia for the 2009 Ray Mathew Lecture, Canberra, 23 October 2009 [picture] /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author, Geraldine Brooks during her visit to the National Library of Australia for the 2009 Ray Mathew Lecture, Canberra, 23 October 2009.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Long Run Transitions in Resource-Based Inuit Communities
Full text linkWe discuss a multi-trophic model of socio-ecological systems. The model helps identify historical governance gaps that gained importance with the introduction of non-Inuit trading that have created lingering legacies today. In the model, humans harvest and manage a base of living natural resources. Some of the humans can organize activities that increase the resource base and/or its harvestability. These increases create capital returns, with effectiveness dependent upon governance.A change in the terms of trade within the existing socio-ecological systems through increased global contact changed relative values. Trade induced both direct changes, e.g. in the population and in the resource base, and indirect changes through institutional gaps. Examples include Arctic fox and Bowhead whales. Early on, Inuit and outside traders saw trades as mutually beneficial. Trade also introduced new technologies (e.g. guns, traps) that lowered costs, but increased resource pressures. These transformations changed the governance needs of the socio-ecological system. New economic challenges needed changes in stewardship and institutions. In particular, institutional solutions needed to address dynamic impacts from overharvesting and to assure that trade not only increased present day but also intertemporal well-being. Stewardship over new technologies and pressures evolved too slowly compared to the rate of economic change
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