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Book Review: Saltmarsh Ecology
No full textBook Title: Saltmarsh EcologyBook Author: Steven P. Long & Christopher F. MasonBlackie & Son, Ltd. Glasgow. 160 pp
Obscenity from Fifty Shades of Gray to Virtually Free: Patently Offensive and Socially Valuable Materials that Appeal to Our Shameful and Morbid Interests in Sex
No full textChristopher Roederer is the author of Chapter 2 in the following book:
Weaver, Russell L., Mark D. Cole, and Steven I. Friedland. Comparative perspectives on freedom of expression. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2017.
Outline of topics in this chapter: The Ubiquity of the Obscene Obscenity Is a Legal Anomaly “We” Don’t Really Know It When We See It What Community? What Standards? Offensive? We Are What We Eat, Not What We Claim Suits Our Taste “Serious”Value? The Obscene Is Political Conclusionhttps://ecommons.udayton.edu/books/1007/thumbnail.jp
Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide
No full textUnderstanding Atrocities is a wide-ranging collection of essays bridging scholarly and community-based efforts to understand and respond to the global, transhistorical problem of genocide. The essays in this volume investigate how evolving, contemporary views on mass atrocity frame and complicate the possibilities for the understanding and prevention of genocide. The contributors ask, among other things, what are the limits of the law, of history, of literature, and of education in understanding and representing genocidal violence? What are the challenges we face in teaching and learning about extreme events such as these, and how does the language we use contribute to or impair what can be taught and learned about genocide? Who gets to decide if it's genocide and who its victims are? And how does the demonization of perpetrators of atrocity prevent us from confronting the complicity of others, or of ourselves? Through a multi-focused and multidisciplinary investigation of these questions, Understanding Atrocities demonstrates the vibrancy and breadth of the contemporary state of genocide studies.
With contributions by: Amarnath Amarasingam, Andrew R. Basso, Kristin Burnett, Lori Chambers, Laura Beth Cohen, Travis Hay, Steven Leonard Jacobs, Lorraine Markotic, Sarah Minslow, Donia Mounsef, Adam Muller, Scott W. Murray, Christopher Powell, and Raffi SarkissianCanadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Awards to Scholarly Publications ProgramLibrary OA Fun
Book Review: Lake of the Mind: A Conversation with Steven Holl
No full textA review of a new book centering on a single conversation between author Diana Carta and the American architect Steven Holl, discussing his early morning watercolour studies design process and the importance of physical place in relation to this process.
It is a recent publication on precisely his cabin at Round Lake. It's a little book [80 pages in A5 15x21cm], curated by Diana Carta, a young Italian architect/critic/curator, illustrated, consisting of a conversation between Carta and Holl, with an introduction by Yehuda Safran, and a post-face by Carta herself. It is published by LetteraVentidue, a small Italian publisher specialized on architecture and design.
The key insights in the review are the significance of the regularity of the process, rather than the physical place where it takes place and that Hill uses this process to both initiate new ideas as well as revises or develop further ideas already in development.
The review is critical of the design and structure of the book but makes a number of comments which would inform further research into Steven Holl's design methodology
Lighting the blue touch paper, and building well
No full textArchitectural practice has become considerably more complex in the last twenty years, not to mention since the days of Wright. Many more professions are involved in realising a building, and the construction industry has become professionalised in areas such as health and safety, management training and continuing professional development. Procurement methods for buildings are proliferating and roles for all involved changing, especially for the architect. Shorter timescales are common and there is a general consensus that, in the UK at least, there is a serious skills shortage in the industry and a decline in the quality of the building trades. The industry has become both more litigious and more international. Christopher Platt studied at the Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow. He has held senior positions in architectural practices in Scotland, England (Maguire and Murray), Germany and Ethiopia (Abba Architects). He was until recently course director for BSc. Architectural Studies at the Department of Architecture, Strathclyde University. He is the founding partner, with Roderick Kemsley, of studio KAP architects, whose built work has been published in Germany, Japan, Italy and Scandinavia. He has lectured in the UK, Germany, Ethiopia, Malaysia and China. Steven Spier is visiting professor in the Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, where he was previously head of department. He is currently principal and vice-chancellor of the new HafenCity University Hamburg, a University of the Built Environment and Metropolitan Development. He is the author of Swiss Made
Development and application of a coupled SWMM-MODFLOW model for an urban wetland:
No full textKearny Marsh is located within the Hackensack Meadowlands and since it was formed almost forty years ago, has been negatively impacted by activities that have altered its hydrology (ditching, urban stormwater infrastructure, construction of the western spur of the New Jersey Turnpike). The primary goals of this research were to characterize existing hydrology of Kearny Marsh, to predict effects on marsh hydrology of proposals to redevelop and reuse the site, and to project future marsh water levels under drought and high precipitation conditions. To analyze various components of this complex system, a Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) surface water model and a Visual MODFLOW groundwater model were developed, calibrated, and validated. SWMM was linked to MODFLOW through exchange of evapotranspiration and infiltration data between the models. The coupled models provided water budgets for Kearny Marsh in order to characterize its hydrology. The validated SWMM and MODFLOW linked models were used to simulate hydrological impacts of a slurry wall around Keegan Landfill and redevelopment of portions of the wetland. Results from field measurements and model simulations indicate that Kearny Marsh is a groundwater discharge wetland with a shallow groundwater table. Groundwater flow is in an eastern direction, towards the Hackensack River. Flow velocities are slow, which are consistent with measured hydraulic conductivities. Hydrology is also influenced by tidal action that affects flooding frequency in the surrounding area. A broken bulkhead between Kearny Marsh and Frank's Creek allows for additional water inputs into the marsh when high tides are occurring. If this situation is coupled with a storm event, flooding may occur in surrounding areas. This was both predicted in the SWMM model and observed in the field. This combination of a shallow water table that gets elevated during storm events, development reducing the areas available to infiltrate stormwater, and drainage deficiencies due to the broken bulkhead connecting Frank's Creek and Kearny Marsh account for flooding reported in Kearny, NJ. Proposed development and installation of a slurry wall around portions of Keegan Landfill was predicted to create hydrologic changes that are consistent with urban impacts (increased flows, decreased infiltration and increased evaporation).Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-202)by Steven Edward Yergea
Exploration of Chufa (Cyperus esculentus L. var. sativus Boeck) as a novel specialty crop for the Northeastern United States
No full textCyperus esculentus L. var. sativus (Boeck) is a globally-distributed sedge that produces edible tubers, commonly called nuts. The tubers are prized as a delicacy in parts of Nigeria and North Africa. This plant is known by many names, but is most commonly referred to as Chufa or Tiger Nuts. Chufa has been foraged as a part of the human diet during the Paleolithic Era, and has been cultivated in Egypt and North Africa for over 6000 years. We wanted to explore the potential of this specialty crop that is high in all 20 amino acids, in vitamins C and E, and in minerals, to evaluate the potential for growing it in the Northeastern United States. We also wanted to explore the optimal conditions for production for anyone who wishes to utilize this crop. We have evaluated the effects of potassium, iron, water, and growth media on the productivity of Chufa. We have chosen potassium to increase tuber size, iron for overall plant productivity, water for drought tolerance, and growth media for overall plant productivity. We have found that increasing potassium with nitrogen and phosphorus increases overall plant productivity, but increased potassium alone does not significantly increase tuber size. We have found that iron has no effect on plant productivity. We have found that the productivity of Chufa increases significantly with increasing water. We have found that professional growing medium is best for overall plant production, followed by organically fertilized organic soil. We hope that our findings help to make Chufa more accessible and enticing to the Western World as a health food crop.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Christopher Steven Satc
The Next Generation of Green Energy
No full textCoal industry should consider funding algal-based biofuel research to aid in greenhouse gas reduction and carbon sequestrationSpring 2012Accompanied by video fil
Stereotypes of a black male (student-athlete) misunderstood, and it's still all good: The life of Eric Christopher Garrett
No full textOveremphasis on graduation rates has relegated Black male student-athletes to their academic identity at the expense of their athletic identity. Intentionally or otherwise, the limited attention paid to Black male student-athlete’s salient identities in sport studies research has contributed to constraints placed on their goal of achieving a professional career and/or college degree (Bimper, 2014). The academic reform movements led by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has been particularly complicit in institutionalizing restrictions on the identity of Black male student-athletes. The NCAA utilizes sport studies research to establish initial eligibility requirements, benefits restrictions, and practice and performance standards (Harrison & Boyd, 2007). These constraints have disproportionately penalized Black male student-athletes by creating a binary that leverages their academic identity against their athletic identity.
This study is an extension of the sports studies research used by the NCAA, but in a different direction. It examines Black male student-athlete identity development and argues that academic and athletic identities are complex and conflicting, which requires Black male student-athletes to negotiate and renegotiate their identities when confronted with binaries such as academic versus athletic expectations. This research conducts an instrumental case study. It uses one person’s circumstances to evaluate conflicting complexities associated with the wants of organizational and institutional units such as the NCAA and universities, to the wants of the student-athlete. The life experiences of the participant in this research inform us that intercollegiate athletics has a positive impact on academic success. It details how an athletic identity is salient, and how the Black male student-athlete is constantly negotiating the importance of earning both a college degree and being excellent in his sport.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2019-05-01The student, Nameka Bates, accepted the attached license on 2017-04-03 at 08:49.The student, Nameka Bates, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2017-04-03 at 10:56.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2017-04-03 at 15:51.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #10634 on 2017-08-10 at 15:05:11Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-10T20:32:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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Moderation in all things: International comparisons of governance quality
No full textsponsorship: The author is from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. At various points the author has drawn on material from two projects he has been involved in over the past few years: EUROPAIR (2000-2004), which looked at performance management in executive agencies in four European countries, and CADS (2006-2008), which examined the development trajectories of performance measurement systems in healthcare in the Netherlands and the UK. Both projects were team efforts and both were supported by grants from the UK Economic and Social Research Council. For details of EUROPAIR, see Pollitt (2006b). For details of CADS, see Pollitt et al. (2010). The author is also grateful to a number of colleagues for comments on earlier drafts of this paper, including Frank Bannister, Colin Talbot, Wouter van Dooren, Steven van Roosbroek and Steven van de Walle. (UK Economic and Social Research Council)status: Publishe
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