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Record of Prisoners Received form for prisoner Gordon Hirabayashi from the United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island, December 28, 1944
No full textThis document is a copy of the Record of Prisoners Received form completed at the United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island in Washington. Gordon Hirabayshi arrived on December 28th of 1944 and was discharged on September 4th of 1945. The form describes his physical characteristics, his crime, his conviction, his sentence length, and other personal information. The original document is housed at the National Archives and Records Administration - Pacific Alaska Region which is located in Seattle.Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi (1918-2012) was an American sociologist and conscientious objector to the Japanese American internment during WWII. Born in the Sand Point area of Seattle, he grew up on the farmland surrounding Kent. In Japan, both of Hirabayashi's parents had become members of Mukyokai, or the "non-church" movement. Teaching Christian principles free from denominational issues, Mukyokai stressed an uncompromising stand against social injustice. When he was a student at the University of Washington, Hirabayashi became a Quaker and involved in social services. Hirabayashi refused to comply with the curfew imposed on Japanese Americans in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and later refused to report for relocation to the internment camps on the grounds that the directives were based solely on race and therefore were unconstitutional.
After the last Japanese were forcibly removed from Seattle, Hirabayashi turned himself in to the FBI and was tried and convicted in the Federal District Court of Seattle. The case ultimately went to the Supreme Court, which ruled that the curfew was constitutional. Hirabayashi was sentenced to serve three months in a minimum security prison in Arizona. No funds were available to transport him, so Hirabayashi spent two weeks hitchhiking to get there. Later, he was tried and convicted of draft resistance and served nine months in the federal penitentiary on McNeil Island. When released, Hirabayashi returned to the University of Washington and received BA, MA and PhD degrees in sociology. Upon completeion of his education, he taught overseas at the American University in Beirut and the American University at Cairo. He retired from the University of Alberta in 1983. In the 1980s Hirabayashi and his legal team brought new evidence about the exclusion order's prejudice to the courts of government misconduct which then overturned his 1943 convictions based on the rarely used argument of coram nobis. In May 2012, four months after his death, Hirabayashi was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Exploring Emptiness: An Investigation of MA and MU in My Sonic Composition Practice
No full textThe commentary investigates Japanese aesthetics of space, silence and emptiness - ma and mu - that informed my compositional practice during the research period 2012 - 2015. The portfolio comprises text compositions and sound installations in which forms of micro events and sustained events are employed. Throughout, the emphasis is on my personal engagement with, and manifestation of emptiness that concerns a particular model of listening and perception.
Chapter 1 discusses six primary research areas: ma and mu, material, text, form, listening and perception. Firstly, I introduce ma and mu by examining noh culture and Zeami's teaching of senu hima (where there is no-action) in the context of my personal approaches to music. The following subjects are then used to contextualise my PhD practice by means of examples from various composers and visual artists. Here, these particular and enigmatic concepts are explored through Japanese art as well as Western contemporary works by Alvin Lucier, Eliane Radigue and those of the Wandelweiser collective.
Part 2 provides contextual commentaries on selected compositions from the portfolio that mostly articulate my aesthetics in relation to the topics covered in Chapter 1. koso koso addresses my methodologies to investigate the essence of senu hima, followed by treow that discusses my approach to materials and the importance of space. I move on to grade two and grade two extended in order to examine text scores, and then, look into Espèces d'espaces 03 and 04 as examples of musical forms that I employ.
Finally, listening and perception are investigated through the compositions gnome and con.de.structuring. Throughout, I describe how my works explore emptiness as a result of my particular emphasis on listening over composing
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
A note on Kim-Ma characterization of the Hilbert ball
No full textThis is an open access article under the CC BY license.[No abstract available]Kortney Rose Foundation, KRF, (2002-070-C00005); National Research Foundation of Korea, NRF* Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (K.-T. Kim), [email protected] (D. Ma). 1 Research supported in part by the grant KRF 2002-070-C00005 from The Korea Research Foundation
Risposta del ragno saltatore Phidippus audax al feromone di aggregazione di Halyomorpha halys.
No full textIl ragno saltatore Phiddipus audax (Araneae: Salticidae) è un predatore opportunista e generalista di molte
specie di invertebrati nel Nord America. In uno studio precedente sull'efficacia delle diverse esche a
feromone per la specie invasiva Halyomorpha halys (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), P. audax è stato trovato in
trappole dotate di esca ma non in quelle di controllo. Tuttavia, mentre i ragni sono presenti nell'habitat tutto
l'anno, sono stati trovati nelle trappole solo a fine stagione. L'esca commerciale era costituita da due bustine
contenenti composti diversi, alcuni prodotti da pentatomidi nordamericani, quindi è possibile che la risposta
sia stata stimolata da questi segnali dato che H. halys è una specie introdotta di recente in Nord America. Gli
obiettivi del presente progetto erano: i) confermare, sia sul campo che nei test con olfattometro in
laboratorio, che la risposta di P. audax all'esca con feromone differiva nel corso della stagione e (ii)
determinare, nei test di laboratorio, se la risposta alle esche differiva in primavera e in autunno. File di
trappole (ciascuna con 4 trappole dotate di feromone e 4 trappole di controllo) sono state disposte in tre
diversi agroecosistemi nel sud dell'Ontario (CA), da giugno a novembre 2019. Le trappole sono state
controllate settimanalmente e la loro posizione ruotata. Come visto nello studio precedente, molti individui
di P. audax sono stati catturati verso l’autunno. Indipendentemente dalle trappole a feromone, i ragni sono
stati catturati a mano in diversi siti, portati in laboratorio e allevati in condizioni naturali fino a quando non
sono stati utilizzati nei test con olfattometro a Y, sia d'estate che d'autunno. Sono stati condotti cinque diversi
test di scelta: i) aria in entrambe le braccia, ii) aria in un braccio ed esca commerciale completa nell'altro, iii)
aria in un braccio e bustina 1 nell'altro, iv) aria in un braccio e bustina 2 nell'altro e v) bustina 1 in un braccio
e bustina 2 nell'altro. I ragni sono stati tenuti a digiuno per 48 ore, collocati all'interno dell'olfattometro e
osservati per 10 minuti. Non ci sono state evidenze di preferenza durante l'estate mentre in autunno i ragni
mostravano una maggiore preferenza per entrambi i componenti delle esche a feromone. I risultati indicano
che P. audax mostra una chiara risposta stagionale, rispondendo ai segnali chimici solo in autunno,
suggerendo cambiamenti fisiologici in risposta alle condizioni ambientali come la riduzione del fotoperiodo
e della temperatura. Phiddipus audax sverna come subadulto o adulto e si nutre di H. halys, quindi una
risposta stagionale ai segnali chimici, in particolare quelli d’aggregazione, di potenziali prede assicurerebbe
la disponibilità di fonti alimentari sia in autunno che in primavera
Localized physical vapor deposition via focused laser spike dewetting of gold thin films for nanoscale patterning
No full textFocused laser spike (FLaSk) excitation has been demonstrated as a reliable technique for the patterning of micro-to-nanoscale features locally by thermocapillary shear of thin films. Recent work on polymer thin films has revealed that overlapping laser scans can leverage coupled thermal and fluid effects to create subwavelength patterns. Compared to polymeric films, metallic thin films possess both a lower melt viscosity and higher surface tension. Here we investigate overlapping effects in the dewetting of ~15 nm gold thin films on borosilicate and quartz glass substrates with a 532 nm continuous wave laser. During this process, FLaSk initiates capillary and thermocapillary dewetting simultaneously. Further, the low oxidation potential and high vapor pressure of gold lead to non-equilibrium vaporization during heating. Since the parameters of overlapping scans control the amount of material that is heated and to what temperature it is heated, selection of laser power, scanning distance, writing speed, and numerical aperture results in particles with different sizes and spacing deposited on the writing substrates or a positioned superstrate through a laser-induced localized physical vapor deposition (LILPVD) process. If the laser parameters are selected within a specific working range, uniform or periodic particle distributions can be repeatably deposited in this fashion, which can then be used as seeds for nanomaterial growth. In addition, if the substrate melts during FLaSk, the viscous forces of the liquid-on-liquid dewetting broadens the range of patterning conditions by resisting the motion of the gold leading to more uniform particles over a large range of parameters.Peer reviewe
Ma Huan (original author), Wan Ming (ed.) Ming chaoben " Yingya shenglan " jiaozh
No full textPtak Roderich. Ma Huan (original author), Wan Ming (ed.) Ming chaoben " Yingya shenglan " jiaozh. In: Archipel, volume 71, 2006. Autour de la peinture à Java. Volume II. pp. 240-244
Geochemistry and U-Pb Geochronology of the 1450-1425 Ma Large Igneous Province of Eastern Laurentia and 2480-780 Ma Large Igneous Provinces of Western Laurentia
No full textMesoproterozoic magmatism that is exposed on the eastern and western margins of Laurentia (North America) are interpreted to be parts of large igneous provinces (LIP). The western margin between Kimberley (British Columbia) and Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming), and the eastern margin between Labrador City and coastal Labrador are herein referred to as western Laurentia (WL) and eastern Laurentia (EL), respectively. WL intraplate magmatism was previously divided into two LIPs the: 1) ca. 1460 Ma Moyie-Purcell LIP (MPL) which consists of the i) Purcell lavas in the USA, ii) Moyie sills of the Belt-Purcell basin iii) dykes of the Tobacco Root Mountains and 2) the ca. 780 Ma Gunbarrel LIP. The MPL is composed of tholeiitic basalts, and associated with the world class Sullivan Pb-Zn deposit. EL consists of basalts of the non-mineralized Michael-Shabogamo Gabbros (MSG).This research demonstrated that at least 17 geochemical groups are present in WL of which some belong to additional previously unrecognized events. Seven geochemical groups belong to the ca. 1460 Ma MPL; 1 with the ca. 780 Ma Gunbarrel LIP, 2 with a 1590-1550 Ma Mammoth-Western Channel LIP (MWCL); 2 with ages of 2480, and 1420 Ma; and 5 undated mafic pulses. The MWCL is similar to contemporaneous volcanic rocks within the South Australia craton, which was adjacent to NW Laurentia ca. 1590 Ma. This study proposes a shared 1590 Ma plume and LIP magmatism between Laurentia, and South Australia cratons.The MSG of EL are subalkaline basalts enriched in P2O5 and K2O and are shown to represent a single event with 2 pulses based on new U-Pb ages. Each pulse is defined by a distinct [P2O5*1000]/Zr (P/Zr) ratio: 1) a high P/Zr group at ca. 1425-1435 Ma; and 2) a low P/Zr group at ca. 1435-1450 Ma. Enrichment of P2O5 and K2O is due to melting of a metasomatized subcontinental lithospheric mantle with melting facilitated by a slab window
CHARM OF AUTHOR INTERVENTION:NARRATIVE THEORETICAL ANALYSIS ON MILAN KUNDERA’S WORKS
No full textArticle discusses the narrative of "interference" theory. The discussion with the author’s intervention and then gives a detailed and profound discussion. The author uses four ways to carry out the intervention, such as "deliberate go away, having no intention of sneaking, into the intention of the highlights, at random creative". This article talks about the creation of a detailed narrative analysis and has a further exploration about the effect of narrative. Under such theory frame and the synthesis, this article is attempting a utilization of the narrative theory to the text explanation
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