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Noted Author and Scholar Visits
No full textThe new Cassandra Voss Center at St. Norbert is celebrating a canonical figure in gender studies in America with a full year of programming dedicated to her work.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snc_magazine_archives_2013-2018/1004/thumbnail.jp
Sixty Years of Community: St. Olaf Catholic Parish in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 1952-2012
No full textThis paper will explore how the parish community of St. Olaf in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, established in 1952, reflects the Roman Catholic Church, specifically at the local, state, and national levels in the United States. It will also discuss the various changes that have occurred in the past 60 years of its history in terms of the various locations of worship for the members, the growth of the community outreach programs, and the effects of the Second Vatican Council. This ecumenical council was a meeting of Catholic bishops from around the whole that brought reform to the Catholic Church and affected the relationship of the Catholic Church to the world. The parish at St. Olaf has grown from having only 125 families in 1952 to over 1,000 families in 2012
Transient observations : the textualizing of St Helena through five hundred years of colonial discourse
No full textThis thesis explores the textualizing of the South Atlantic island of St Helena (a
British Overseas Territory) through an analysis of the relationship between
colonizing practices and the changing representations of the island and its
inhabitants in a range of colonial 'texts', including historiography, travel writing,
government papers, creative writing, and the fine arts.
Part I situates this thesis within a critical engagement with post-colonial
theory and colonial discourse analysis primarily, as well as with the recent
'linguistic turn' in anthropology and history. In place of post-colonialism's rather
monolithic approach to colonial experiences, I argue for a localised approach to
colonisation, which takes greater account of colonial praxis and of the continuous
re-negotiation and re-constitution of particular colonial situations.
Part II focuses on a number of literary issues by reviewing St Helena's
historiography and literature, and by investigating the range of narrative tropes
employed (largely by travellers) in the textualizing of St Helena, in particular
with respect to recurrent imaginings of the island in terms of an earthly Eden.
Part III examines the nature of colonial 'possession' by tracing the island's
gradual appropriation by the Portuguese, Dutch and English in the sixteenth and
early seventeenth century and the settlement policies pursued by the English
East India Company in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century.
Part IV provides an account of the changing perceptions, by visitors and
colonial officials alike, of the character of the island's inhabitants (from the late
eighteenth to the early twentieth century) and assesses the influence that these
perceptions have had on the administration of the island and the political status of
its inhabitants (in the mid- to late twentieth century).
Part V, the conclusion, reviews the principal arguments of my thesis by
addressing the political implications of post-colonial theory and of my own
research, while also indicating avenues for further research.
A localised and detailed exploration of colonial discourse over a period of
nearly five hundred years, and a close analysis of a consequently wide range of
colonial 'texts', has confirmed that although colonising practices and
representations are far from monolithic, in the case of St Helena their continuities
are of as much significance as their discontinuities
St. James United Church ; official opening and dedication services, October 15th-22nd,1961
No full textSt. James United Church Official Opening and Dedication Services, October 15th-22nd, 196
Talk to St. John's Rotary, Thursday, January 22, 1976
No full textTalk to St. John's Rotary by M.O. Morgan, Thursday, January 22, 1976Title from captio
The History of the Medieval Papacy at the Imperial St. Petersburg University
No full textThe purpose of this article is to investigate the history and content of scholarly studies devoted to the history of the medieval papacy at St. Petersburg University of pre-revolutionary times. The tasks of the article include both the study of historiographical sources, and a survey of disciplines related to the history of the medieval papacy taught at the Faculty of History and Philology of the University in 1819–1917. The author draws attention to the fact that this subject of educational courses and scholarly research for a long time remained “unpopular” among St. Petersburg medievalists. However, a real outline of university research in the field of “papal history” in historiography still hasn’t been done. The main way to identify the required courses of historical and ecclesiastical nature was to analyze university editions known as “The Announcements of Public Teaching of Sciences” and “Surveys of the Teaching of Sciences at the Imperial St. Petersburg / Petrograd University” and now accessible to a wide audience thanks to the portal “History St. Petersburg University in Virtual Space”. The author also refers to the materials collected during the biographical and prosopographical studies of the Center for History of St. Petersburg State University and concentrated in a number of network dictionaries (“The Network Biographical Dictionary of Professors and Teachers of St. Petersburg University” etc). On the basis of the data obtained, the author draws a conclusion about the extent to which the pre-revolutionary university research in the field of the history of the Holy See was developed and promising in reality.This research was supported by RFBR (Russian Foundation for Basic Research), project No. 16-06-00528 “Petersburg Historical School (XVIII — beginning of the XX century): Biographical database and information resource”
Mystery of Love Leads Novel-Writing Alum to Ireland
No full textThe life of Minnesota native Mike Faricy ’73 reads equal parts love story, international adventure and mystery. The genre fiction author now splits his time between Dublin and his hometown of St. Paul, Minn., thanks to a chance encounter over a decade ago.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snc_magazine_archives_2013-2018/1011/thumbnail.jp
Background for Revival of Lecturing and Research in International Law at the Restored St. Petersburg (the first of the 19th century)
No full textThe author further examines the origin of the Russia’s university educational system in the early 19th
century. He looks into specific conditions and characteristics of lecturing and research in international
law at Petersburg Pedagogical Institute (organised according to universities’ educational programs),
and then at the early stages of restoration and redevelopment of St. Petersburg University. The author reviews scholarly writings and teachings of the first professors and lecturers who taught
law courses, including “the law of nations” (international law), at Petersburg Pedagogical Institute,
later St. Petersburg University.
He analyses objective factors contributing to or affecting the comprehensive study of international
law at St. Petersburg University. Refs 13
Summer 2013: Community-Wide Conversation Focuses on Recruiting and Retaining Young Talent
No full textA significant discussion on regional progress – and ways to relay that progress to members of Generation Y, in particular – kicked off at St. Norbert on Oct. 15. Futurist, economist and author Rebecca Ryan talked about means by which communities like the Greater Green Bay area can enhance their ability to recruit and retain the next generation of talent.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snc_magazine_archives_2013-2018/1084/thumbnail.jp
Hypogeophis montanus Maddock & Wilkinson & Gower 2018, sp. nov.
No full textHypogeophis montanus sp. nov. (Figs. 1–7; Table 1) Holotype. BMNH 2005.1824, adult male, collected from Congo Rouge, Mahé island, Seychelles (04°38’43.6” S, 55°26’03.3” E, ca. 718 m /asl) by D.J. Gower, R.G. Kamei, S.T. Maddock and M. Wilkinson on 20 March, 2015. Paratypes (n = 6). BMNH 2005.1823, male, same collection data as for holotype. BMNH 2005.1822, male, collected from Congo Rouge, Mahé island (04°38’43.6” S, 55°26’02.2” E, ca. 729 m /asl) by D.J. Gower, R.G. Kamei, S.T. Maddock and M. Wilkinson on 20 March, 2015. BMNH 2005.1820 and 2005.1821, males, collected from Congo Rouge, Mahé island (04°38’43.9” S, 55°26’02.9” E, ca. 731 m /asl) by J. Labisko and S.T. Maddock on 24 March, 2013. BMNH 2005.1926, male and 2005.1927, sex not determined, collected from Morne Seychellois, Mahé island (04°38’43” S, 55°26’33.2” E, ca. 729 m /asl) by R.M. Bristol, D.J. Gower, S.T. Maddock, J.W. Streicher and M. Wilkinson on 19 September, 2015. Diagnosis. A Hypogeophis with 76–78 vertebrae. Differs from its most similar congener H. brevis (71–75 vertebrae: Maddock et al. 2017) additionally in having a relatively smaller head (see below). Differs from H. pti (67–69 vertebrae: Maddock et al. 2017) additionally in having tentacular apertures relatively further from the eye (E-TA/E-N 0.77–0.87 versus 0.50–0.63 in known specimens). Differs from H. rostratus (> 95 vertebrae: Parker 1958) most obviously in being much smaller (maximum known total length 400 mm), and in having secondary annular grooves on most primary annuli (versus on posteriormost primary annuli only). Identification. The new taxon is a species of Hypogeophis because (following the generic diagnosis provided by Wilkinson et al. 2011) it is an indotyphlid with eyes not covered by bone, tentacular grooves covered by bone and mesethmoid not exposed dorsally between frontals (data from microCT scans, not shown). In external morphology the new species differs from species of the other Seychelles genera (Praslinia, Grandisonia) in having a small pointed head and far anterior tentacular apertures, anterior to the mouth (on that part of the snout projecting beyond the lower jaw). Description of holotype. Some meristic and morphometric data are given in Table 1. Male; condition good; c. 6 mm ventral incision into coelom c. 25 mm anterior to vent, another c. 3 mm incision c. 50 mm anterior to vent; mouth preserved slightly open; constriction of body c. 50 mm anterior of vent caused by field tag string; shallow, broad midventral groove on most of venter, more apparent on anterior half of body; small sections of few scale pockets opened dorsally. Slightly dorsoventrally compressed, body width uniform throughout except for narrower anterior third and posteriormost few mm. Head small, distinctly narrow in dorsal view; head length a little less than midbody width, head width much less than body width (less than half of midbody width). In dorsal view head strongly V-shaped, sides straight and converging substantially from back of head to just behind anterior limit of mouth (up to level of TPs), in front of this parallel sided rostrum ends in narrowly rounded snout tip. In ventral view lower jaw and upper lip more broadly rounded than snout, upper jaws visible from CMs forwards. In lateral view upper lip slightly concave (apex closer to eye than TP), lower lip slightly downturned. Snout very prominent in lateral view, projection anterior to mouth approximately two thirds as long as upper lip. Eyes slightly inset from edges of head in dorsal view (by distance not more than half diameter of eye), approximately halfway between snout tip and back of head; clearly visible; much larger than TAs, larger than TPs. TAs oval, centres slightly below imaginary lines between nares and CMs; slightly closer to imaginary lines between eyes and nares than to underside of snout; distinctly closer to nares than to lip. In lateral view, CMs slightly closer to bottom than top of head. Nares subcircular, approximately equidistant in lateral view from top, bottom and tip of snout; not visible in dorsal or ventral views. TPs visible in dorsal and ventral views, TAs not visible dorsally. TPs approximately equidistant between snout tip and anterior of mouth. As far as could be determined, all teeth are bicusped. Outer tooth rows longer than inner rows on both upper and lower jaw. PMs extend only a short distance posterior to choanae. No diastema between vomerine and palatine teeth. Palate only slightly concave transversely, generally pale; tongue unattached anteriorly, tip rounded, no plicae, narial plugs large and prominent with clearly delimiting grooves medially. Choanae subcircular to broadly oval, interchoanal distance a little more than the width of each choana; choanal valves not deeply set, visible. C2 slightly thicker than first PA; C1 thinner than C2, thicker than back of head. In lateral view C1 approximately same length as first PA, distinctly shorter than C2. NG1, NG2 and NG3 clearly marked and complete except for narrow but distinct NG3 midventral gap. NG1 and NG2 largely orthoplicate, NG3 slightly posteriorly bowed ventrally. One TG clearly indicated on C2, halfway between NG2 and NG3, extends across most of dorsum. AGs inconspicuous to naked eye, slightly clearer posteriorly; conspicuous throughout under microscope. All PAGs complete (except perhaps last few). SAGs on all PAs, dorsolaterally on first PA, ventrolaterally on third PA, SAGs become complete on lateral apex on 20th PA, middorsally complete on 17th PA, midventrally complete on 22nd PA. No substantial regional variation in lengths of PAs. Each AG with irregular row of closely packed, pale, small and larger glands posterior to narrow darker band, darker band thicker posteriorly; larger pale glands on posterior annuli longer, more dense on ventral surface. Posterior edges of annuli increasingly raised far posteriorly, thin whitish line appears between darker band and paler glands on the middle 50% of the body. Posteriorly (within 15 AGs from TT) four rows of scales in pockets as deep as approximately three quarters the length of a PA at this point; anteriorly (15 PAGs behind collar region) two scale rows in pockets no deeper than one quarter the length of a PA. All observed scales oval, wider than long. Terminal cap approximately one and a half times length of posteriormost PAs. Posteriormost AG restricted to dorsum, approximately level with front of disc surrounding vent. No AGs on venter behind front of disc; last AG anterior to disc on venter midventrally incomplete. Terminus bluntly rounded, much more so than head; inconspicuous, narrow, shallow, longitudinal left of midline terminal groove behind disc onto posteroventral surface of TT. Denticles of vent slightly everted; disc approximately subcircular, with 11 (six posterior, two lateral, three anterior) approximately bilaterally symmetrical denticulations, those anterior and lateral longest; single large papillus on base of each anterolateral denticulation. Disc boundary difficult to discern, interpreted here as not extending beyond partly everted denticulations surrounding vent. Body brown to brown-grey in preservative, uniform along length, notably paler ventrally with transition lying more dorsolaterally than laterally. Disc and denticulations entirely pale, whitish. Head greyish brown dorsally, paler posteriorly (than centrally) where no paler than adjacent body. Conspicuous pale patches broadly encircle eyes and extend forwards as eye-tentacle stripe, fading out halfway to TP on right, extending as narrow stripe to TP on left. ST unpigmented, whitish dorsally; underside of rostrum whitish anteriorly, greyish posteriorly. Nares in pale spots; TPs pale. Pale upper and lower lip lines. Broad pale regular stripes on lateral and ventrolateral surfaces of mandibles continuous with pale lips. In life (Fig. 4), holotype dark brown, darker posteriorly and dorsally. Head paler brown and with whitish patches. Macroscopically, annular grooves marked above by whitish thin line anterior to row of large whitish glands, these glands fewer, smaller laterally. Variation among paratypes. Six paratypes, condition generally good except for some dehydration of skin causing some wrinkling. Small piece of body wall missing ventrally at approximately midbody in BMNH 2005.1927; head strongly flexed upwards, skin damaged on left upper lip of BMNH 2005.1820; left side of snout strongly squashed in BMNH 2005.1823. Paratypes agree with description of holotype presented above with following exceptions (see Table 1 for variation in quantitative characters). Sides of rostrum less parallel, more anteriorly converging in dorsal view in BMNH 2005.1927 and 2005.1821. Anterior of upper lip and of lower jaw more broadly rounded than ST in ventral view in BMNH 2005.1821 and especially 2005.1926. Upper lip in lateral view only very slightly concave in some specimens (e.g. BMNH 2005.1821, 2005.1823, and 2005.1926). In dorsal view eyes not separated from sides of head in BMNH 2005.1927, separated by distance approximately diameter of eye in BMNH 2005.1820, other paratypes similar to holotype (eye separated from sides of head by distance less than diameter of eye). In most paratypes (all but BMNH 2005.1823) C2 not thicker than C1 or back of head. In BMNH 2005.1926 C1 approximately as long as first PA. NG1 and NG2 with slight anterior bow ventrally in 2005.1927; NG3 orthoplicate in 2005.1821 and 2005.1927. NG3 complete in 2005.1823, 2005.1926, and 2005.1927, widely incomplete in 2005.1822. Three TGs on C 2 in BMNH 2005.1821. TG faint in 2005.1822. In 2005.1820 and 2005.1821 SAG on first PA is possibly complete middorsally, though SAGs middorsally incomplete on next few PAs. The conspicuousness of the darker and paler lines associated with AGs is variable across the sample. Terminal cap variable, a little over one (BMNH 2005.1820 and 2005.1821) or approximately two (2005.1822) times length of posteriormost PAs. Middorsal part of posteriormost AG approximately level with centre of vent in BMNH 2005.1821, otherwise generally level with somewhere on anterior half of disc surrounding vent. No AGs ventrally incomplete immediately anterior to vent in BMNH 2005.1823, two ventrally incomplete in 2005.1822 and 2005.1926, three in 2005.1820. Colour in preservative generally a little darker and more grey than holotype except paler, browner in BMNH 2005.1820. Only BMNH 2005.1820 resembles holotype in having relatively pale dorsum of head posteriorly. Head more grey than body in most specimens, same colour in BMNH 2005.1927 and 2005.1927, browner and paler than body in 2005.1821–1823. Pale stripe only halfway from eye to TA on left of BMNH 2005.1821. Pale ST with pigmented blotches in BMNH 2005.1926, flecks in 2005.1927. Rostrum more extensively pale in BMNH 2005.1820, 2005.1823. The two Morne Seychellois (and smallest known) specimens were a darker, less reddish brown than the other types in life. Etymology. The specific epithet is in reference to the restricted, high elevation distribution of the species, known only from above 700 m, on the highest mountains in the Seychelles. For nomenclatural purposes the specific epithet is considered to be a noun in apposition. Suggested ‘common’ names. Montane Mahé caecilian; montane hypogeophis (English), leverdter nwanr montanny (Creole). Distribution, natural history, and conservation. Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. is known only from Morne Seychellois National Park on the island of Mahé, from elevations of ca. 718–731 m on Morne Seychellois (ca. 729 m) and nearby Congo Rouge (ca. 718–731 m). The former site is ca. 180 m below the highest peak in the Seychelles (Morne Seychellois, 905 m). The two sites are less than 1 km apart. The seven type specimens were collected during approximately 14 person hours of dedicated fieldwork in 2015 (Morne Seychellois) and 2013 and 2015 (Congo Rouge) above 700 m. We did not find specimens of H. montanus sp. nov. between 450 and 550 m during approximately 19 person hours of digging between Casse Dents and Congo Rouge in February and March 2013 and February 2014, during approximately two person hours of digging between 460 and 610 m on Morne Seychellois in September 2015, during four person hours of digging at ca. 612 m near the peak of Trois Frères in September 2015, during 100 minutes of digging at ca. 650 m near the peak of Morne Blanc in March 2015, or during approximately 18 person hours of digging at Mares aux Cochon (ca. 430 m) and along the path (ca. 290–410 m) leading up to Mares Aux Cochons from the Chemin le Niol road in March 2013, January and February 2014, and March and September 2015. Other than the H. brevis found at ca. 612 m near Trois Frères reported by Maddock et al. (2017), the only other caecilians we found during fieldwork between 600 and 703 m between 2013 and 2015 were three Grandisonia alternans (Congo Rouge and Morne Blanc) and one G. sechellensis (Congo Rouge). We found no species of caecilians other than H. montanus sp. nov. above 705 m. At Congo Rouge (loam soil, 3.04 pH) and Morne Seychellois the type specimens were dug from soil 350 m (the lowest known elevation for H. brevis: Maddock et al. 2017) and perhaps only occurring> 700 m. There is only ~ 1km 2 of land above 700 m elevation in the Seychelles, and it is possible that H. montanus sp. nov. has one of the smallest distributions of any extant caecilian species. Although the known range of H. montanus sp. nov. lies entirely within a national park, this range is very small and includes probably only a single threat-defined location. Thus, if there is any evidence of decline in extent or quality of habitat or declines in numbers of individuals the new species would qualify for at least Endangered status on the IUCN Red List. Given that there is no immediate prospect of estimating or monitoring population numbers, H. montanus sp. nov. might currently qualify for Near Threatened status. Paratype BMNH 2005.1821 has a small pit or foramen laterally on the collar region, close to NG2 and on both sides (Fig. 3d). This feature is in the approximate position where external embryonic or foetal gills or larval spiracles are found in other caecilian species. Among teresomatan caecilians, only the Ethiopian Sylvacaecilia grandisonae (Taylor, 1970) and some other indotyphlids of the Seychelles are known to have a larval stage (see San Mauro et al. 2014). BMNH 2005.1821 lacks other features typical of larval caecilians such as labial folds, tail fins and lateral line organs (see e.g. Wilkinson 1992). We do not think that the features in BMNH 2005.1821 are genuine spiracles because when gently probed they do not seem to pass through to communicate with the buccal cavity, and they are much narrower than unambiguous spiracles observed in other caecilians. We suggest that these features in BMNH 2005.1821 are instead developmental anomalies, perhaps incompletely ‘healed’ gill scars. The same specimen also has a more upturned and softer snout tip than in the other types, perhaps indicative of additional anomalous developmental features. None of the other known specimens of Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. has a spiracle-like feature or any other external characteristics of larvae. In preservation BMNH 2005.1821 is 81 mm in total length, no shorter than BMNH 2005.1823 collected sympatrically and at the same time, and substantially longer than BMNH 2005.1926 (66 mm) and 2005.1927 (43 mm). We predict that H. montanus sp. nov. is oviparous, as are all Seychelles caecilians for which reproductive mode is known, but there is little basis for predicting whether it has biphasic or direct development. Morphometric and genetic differentiation of Hypogeophis montanus. The principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) of all morphometric characters separates all three nominal diminutive species of Seychelles caecilian (Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov., H. brevis and H. pti) from one another (Fig. 6a). Hypogeophis pti does not overlap in the PCoA with either H. montanus sp. nov. or H. brevis. Although not overlapping in the PCoA plot there is a close proximity between the smallest H. montanus sp. nov. specimen (BMNH 2005.1927) and some of the smallest H. brevis specimens (Fig. 6a). There is no correlation between elevation and number of vertebrae within H. brevis (Fig. 6b) supporting our interpretation of H. montanus sp. nov. as not simply a higher elevational form of H. brevis. Overall head size (ST-NG1 and WH) in H. montanus sp. nov. is relatively small in comparison to both H. brevis and H. pti, though there is overlap (Fig. 6c, d). The position of the TA is in a somewhat intermediate position in Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. when compared with H. brevis and H. pti (Fig. 6e). Genetic variation is substantial between H. montanus sp. nov. and the two species it most resembles phenotypically, H. brevis and H. pti. Curiously, the lowest mean genetic distance (16s) between H. montanus sp. nov. and any other Seychelles caecilian is with the morphologically distinct (and not obviously closely related) Grandisonia alternans (5.6%). For the partial 16s sequences that we generated there is a mean group p -distance of 14.9% between the sampled H. montanus sp. nov. and H. brevis and a mean of 18.8% between H. montanus sp. nov. and H. pti. The 16s phylogenetic tree supports a sister relationship between H. montanus sp. nov. and H. brevis, though with only moderate support (Fig. 7a). Other relationships within this 16s tree are generally weakly supported. Analysis of the nuclear data (Fig. 7b) supports the separation of all three of the diminutive, superficially similar species, H. montanus sp. nov., H. brevis, H. pti, and the closer phylogenetic relationship between the two former, Mahé species.Published as part of Maddock, Simon T., Wilkinson, Mark & Gower, David J., 2018, A new species of small, long-snouted Hypogeophis Peters, 1880 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) from the highest elevations of the Seychelles island of Mahé, pp. 359-375 in Zootaxa 4450 (3) on pages 361-369, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/144482
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