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[Review of] Kenneth Robert Janken. Rayford W. Logan and the Dilemma of the African-American Intellectual
No full textIn this superb reconstruction of the life of Rayford W. Logan, Kenneth Robert Janken, an assistant professor of African American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, draws on his protagonist\u27s somewhat tormented life to document the veracity of John Hope Franklin\u27s thesis that, it was the American Negro scholar\u27s dilemma to be obligated constantly to challenge the notion of black inferiority”. Put another way, despite Logan\u27s credentials -- he held a Ph.D. from Harvard University in history; wrote twelve books, including the classic, The Betrayal of the Negro; edited several others, among them, What the Negro Wants; and penned hundreds of scholarly articles -- his racial identity negated all of his assets. For a person who believed that he was different from most other African Americans, the snubs of the white establishment were extremely disconcerting. Yet time and again, Janken reminds us, Logan sought its [white academia\u27s] approval
Cwbr Author Interview: Reluctant Rebels: The Confederates Who Joined The Army After 1861
No full textInterview with Dr. Kenneth W. Noe, Professor of History at Auburn University Interviewed by Nathan Buman Civil War Book Review (CWBR): I\u27m here today with Kenneth Noe, author of Reluctant Rebels: The Confederates Who Joined the Army after 1861. Professor Noe, thank you for joining me. Kenneth Noe (KN): I\u27m happy to be here Nathan
[Review of] Kenneth Robert Janken. Rayford W. Logan and the Dilemma of the African-American Intellectual
No full textRayford W. Logan has been little more than an obscure shadow in African-American historicity leaving, as his biographer notes, a rich intellectual legacy without, it appears, having left a visible imprint on historic events (198). Earning a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1932, Logan proceeded to become a trailblazer in the field of African-American history, seeking to use his intellect in the fight against racism
Kenneth W. Ashley
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Modification of nektonic fish distribution by piers and pile fields in an urban estuary
No full textLarge urban piers degrade habitat value for several estuarine benthic fish species by shading, but their effects on mobile nektonic species is less well understood due to sampling challenges. Dual Frequency Identification Sonar (DIDSON) allowed equal access to sampling in the water column of structured shaded and unshaded vs. open environments in both dark and light conditions by methods similar to video but without light. Sampling (n = 228, 5-minute transects) occurred under and around four large municipal piers of varying dimensions in the Hudson River estuary during day and night from summer and fall in 2007 - 2009. The distribution of small (5 - 25 cm in length) and large (25 – 850 cm) fishes were analyzed separately in recognition of functional guild differences. Small fishes occupied open water, shaded under-pier, and un-decked relict piling habitats, but were significantly more abundant during the day in open unshaded water than under adjacent piers or in piling habitats.. Small fish occurred under 3 of 4 piers of varying size and configuration at 10 - 20% of the median abundances of adjacent open water. However, while schools were rare under piers they could be very large, so that abundance greatly exceeded mean open water abundance variance so as to preclude confidence in differences among piers. The differences among habitats was not significant at night, and the difference among piers was also not significant at night. School membership for small fish appeared to mitigate adverse effects of shading and may influence scaling of their response to shading and could therefore influence pier design. Large (>25 cm) predatory fish were uncommon but responded similarly to habitat effects as did small fish. Habitats did not segregate fish by guild as small forage fish co-occurred in 65.8% of samples with large piscivores. Studies that provide species-specific and mechanistic interpretation of dynamic habitat use as well as further quantification of scaling effects could improve our understanding of how fishes respond to piers and other structures on urban shorelines.Peer reviewed
Upcoming Post: Similarities in the Prison-Themed Messages of Kenneth W. Hagin and F.F. Bosworth
No full textCopyright © 2018 by Roscoe Barnes III
#FFBosworthThis blog post is as an
announcement of a forthcoming post/article on the writings of Kenneth W. Hagin and
F.F. Bosworth. The author suggests that Hagin’s minibook, The Prison Door is Open: What Are You Still Doing Inside?, seems to
borrow from Bosworth’s article, "The Opening of the Prison," without
proper attribution.For more information on F.F. Bosworth, follow the Bosworth
Matters blog at: http://ffbosworth.strikingly.com#ChristTheHealer #BosworthMatters #BosworthMention</p
STUDY OF LOW-FREQUENCY MOTIONS IN LIQUID BENZENE BY NEUTRON SCATTERING
No full textLogan and Trevino are guests at N.B.S. Gaithersburg, Maryland. Logan was an NRC-FRL Postdoctoral Research Associate. A. K. Agrawal, S. Yip, Nuclear Sci. Eng. 37, 368 (1969). M. Nakamura, T. Miyazawa, J. Chem. Phys. 51, 3146 (1969).""Author Institution: Boston College; Explosives Laboratory, Feltman Research LaboratoriesInclastic scattering of neutrons from liquid benzene has been observed at several angles by time-of-flight techniques. Effects of instrument resolution, multiple scattering, and coherent scattering have been estimated and accounted for, and the resulting incoherent scattering is analyzed in terms of the interpolation model of Yip for molecular liquids. The model describes intermolecular translations and rotations, and in the present case frequencies in the range from 0 to are considered. Frequencies which are required to fit these data will be compared to those in solid and to i.r. and Raman measurements on liquid benzene
Correspondence between John W. Gardner, President Kenneth Pitzer, and Logan Wilson, Rice University Charter Trial
No full textTypewritten correspondence
Fig. 1 in The Life History Of Ostrocerca Dimicki (Frison) In A Short-Flow, Summer-Dry Oregon Stream
No full textFig. 1. Outgate Beck stream channel obscured by grass, looking upstream from the emergence trap; author Anderson straddling the stream.Published as part of Stewart, Kenneth W. & Anderson, Norman H., 2010, The Life History Of Ostrocerca Dimicki (Frison) In A Short-Flow, Summer-Dry Oregon Stream, pp. 52-57 in Illiesia 6 (6) on page 53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.475962
A History of General Obligation Bonding in Logan City
No full textBorrowing is of great importance in meeting local revenue shortages. Philadelphia began the history of local borrowing by financing the construction of a water system in 1789, from a loan of 125.5 million. In the 1840\u27s and 1850\u27s cities and counties borrowed to construct public works, and aid in the building of railroads. They defaulted on their loans frequently. In spite of the low state of municipal credit, state governments enacted general legislation by which the local governments were granted greater freedom in borrowing. But after the Civil War the heavy borrowing for current expenditures as well as for permanent improvements became so large, and the defaults so many, that irate state governments began to impose debt limitations on the municipalities.1
Utah was no exception. The Utah Code states: Any city of the first or second class may incur an indebtedness eight per cent of the value of the taxable property therein. 2 Each state has the power to set its own limits as to the debt capacity of the local governments within that state. Utah has set eight per cent of the value of the taxable property as the limitation on cities of the first and second class.
The Utah State Constitution, article fourteen, section three states:
No debt in excess of the taxes for the current year shall be created by any....city, town, or village... unless the proposition to create such debt, shall have been submitted to a vote of such qualified electors as shall have paid a property tax therein, in the year preceeding, such election, and a majority of those voting thereon shall have voted in favor of incurring such debt.
Any borrowing over and above that expected to be received in taxes that year must have the consent of the people who pay property tax, before it can be entered into. The electorate however, cannot vote to incur an indebtedness in excess of eight per cent of the taxable property within that city.
Article fourteen, section three has forced the city commissions of the various cities and towns in Utah to submit the question of going into debt, above and beyond that which they could pay for out of tax funds collected in one year, to the electorate for approval. After this approval has been given, general obligation bonds are usually issued by the city. These bonds are bought by financial institutions and interest is paid to the purchasing institution by the city. These bonds can be paid for by increased taxation, cutting expenses or by revenue obtained from city-owned property.
The limits imposed by state governments have proved troublesome for many local governments. Property tax revenues declined in the tax limitation states and some localities could not even meet their ordinary expenditures. These local financial difficulties were particularly acute in Washington, West Virginia, Ohio, and Michigan.1
The growth of local expenditures required additional revenues; thus many states said that localities could issue revenue bonds. These bonds are paid for out of the revenue produced by a city-owned electric plant or other income producing property. The bonds may be retired only from revenue incurred from the utility. The people can not be taxed to pay off this obligation. The city council votes on these bonds and if passed no further vote is needed.
This thesis will be concerned entirely with general obligation bonding in the city of Logan, Utah. Many worthwhile improvements have been acquired by Logan City through the general obligation bonding method. The question of whether or not to go into debt for a certain project has caused many interesting arguments to be put forth by the Logan populace. A study of these arguments and their results is the object of this thesis.
Logan City has never had to default on any debt incurred. Its credit rating is very good. Other cities of comparable size that have had trouble meeting their obligations could profit by considering how Logan has been able to pay its debts and improve the city at the same time.
General obligation bonding is a part of the method employed for city improvement. But as before stated, these bonds cannot be issued unless an affirmative vote of those voting is obtained from the property holders. This thesis proposes to study the issues and purposes for which general obligation bonds were needed, to find out whether or not those in favor of the bonds had good foresight. Whether those against the bonds were looking out for the best interest of Logan and the interest shown by the public, as indicated in the number which turned out to vote, will also be studied
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