817 research outputs found
Shane and Hannah Burcaw
No full textShane Burcaw is the author of the bestselling memoir, Laughing at My Nightmare, which was shortlisted for the ALA Excellence in Nonfiction Award. He has also published the essay collection Strangers Assume that My Girlfriend Is My Nurse and is at work with his wife Hannah on a collection of stories about interabled couples. His blog, Laughing At My Nightmare, about the humor of living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, has over half a million followers and he and his wife’s You Tube channel, Squirmy and Grubs, has nearly 1 million subscribers
Shane: Tourette
No full textShane Fistel is a talented sculptor and painter. He also suffers from Tourette's syndrome, that often-misunderstood condition that historically has been misdiagnosed as insanity and even demonic possession. In this program, neurologist/author Oliver Sacks explores his unique friendship with Shane. Together, they travel to the Charcot Library at the Salp?tri?re in Paris to learn more about Tourette's syndrome. This condition, first described in 1885 by Jean-Martin Charcot's colleague Gilles de la Tourette, is a neurochemical disorder. Due to its influence, Shane?a charismatic individual totally lacking in social inhibitions?feels compelled to act in ways that others find antisocial and threatening
Interview: Shane Homan (Monash University)
No full textShane Homan is Associate Professor in media and cultural studies at Monash University, Australia. With a PhD from Macquarie University (1999), he has also taught at the Universities of Western Sydney and Newcastle. His research and publications in popular music studies over the past decade have mainly focused on the Australian and global music industries and cultural industries policy, but also youth and popular music. He is the author of The Mayor's a square: live music and law and order in..
Interview: Shane Homan (Monash University)
No full textShane Homan is Associate Professor in media and cultural studies at Monash University, Australia. With a PhD from Macquarie University (1999), he has also taught at the Universities of Western Sydney and Newcastle. His research and publications in popular music studies over the past decade have mainly focused on the Australian and global music industries and cultural industries policy, but also youth and popular music. He is the author of The Mayor's a square: live music and law and order in..
Strengthening health information librarianship in Africa through associations and partnerships: personal reflections in memory of Shane Godbolt
No full textThis paper describes the significant roles Shane Godbolt played in promoting partnerships and collaborations and strengthening the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA). It presents the personal reflections of each author about Shane, the part she played in their professional and personal lives as well as Shane\u27s vital support for AHILA and AHILA members during her lifetime
mshaneburns/ObsAstro: Initial Production Release of ObsAstro
No full textThis is the first release of ObsAstro repository to accompany the textbook A Practical Guide to Observational Astronomy by M. Shane Burns. Please send comments, corrections, and suggestions to the author
Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It\u27s Killing Us
No full textShane Claiborne is a prominent speaker, activist, and best-selling author who worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta and founded The Simple Way, a faith community in inner-city Philadelphia that has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world. He heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks who are committed to living as if Jesus meant the things he said. Shane is a champion for grace, which has led him to jail advocating for the homeless, and to places like Iraq and Afghanistan to stand against war. And now grace fuels his passion to end the death penalty
Guerre Révolutionnaire, Counter-insurgency, and U.S. Domestic Extremism
No full textThere is no shortage of academic literature regarding U.S. military veterans and their susceptibility to domestic extremist recruitment. However, this essay identifies a new potential culprit: military doctrine itself. Around 2006, amidst a deteriorating situation in Iraq, the U.S. military looked to history for innovative ideas on how to address a deteriorating counter-insurgency conflict. Unfortunately, they drew from several dubious historical examples, most notably, the documents crafted by French theorists during and after their 1954-1962 war in Algeria. We theorize that by heavily citing these French theorists without considering their conspiratorial underpinnings known as guerre révolutionnaire, the resulting product (FM 3-24, Counter-insurgency) inadvertently legitimized guerre révolutionnaire’s philosophies to U.S. military members. With the rise in domestic extremist groups correlating with FM 3-24’s publication, we examined whether guerre révolutionnaire’s concepts were present in modern extremist rhetoric. While it was not possible in this introductory study to establish a direct relationship between FM 3-24 and the rise in U.S. domestic extremism, we find that 1) guerre révolutionnaire’s tenets are present in U.S. extremist rhetoric, 2) there are subtle differences in rhetorical attitudes between veteran and non-veteran domestic extremists within their respective groups, and 3) previous concerns regarding the improper use of history for doctrine appear valid. Finally, we consider these results in the context of future studies regarding FM 3-24’s effects and the need for an interdisciplinary approach
Guerre Révolutionnaire, Counter-insurgency, and U.S. Domestic Extremism
No full textThere is no shortage of academic literature regarding U.S. military veterans and their susceptibility to domestic extremist recruitment. However, this essay identifies a new potential culprit: military doctrine itself. Around 2006, amidst a deteriorating situation in Iraq, the U.S. military looked to history for innovative ideas on how to address a deteriorating counter-insurgency conflict. Unfortunately, they drew from several dubious historical examples, most notably, the documents crafted by French theorists during and after their 1954-1962 war in Algeria. We theorize that by heavily citing these French theorists without considering their conspiratorial underpinnings known as guerre révolutionnaire, the resulting product (FM 3-24, Counter-insurgency) inadvertently legitimized guerre révolutionnaire’s philosophies to U.S. military members. With the rise in domestic extremist groups correlating with FM 3-24’s publication, we examined whether guerre révolutionnaire’s concepts were present in modern extremist rhetoric. While it was not possible in this introductory study to establish a direct relationship between FM 3-24 and the rise in U.S. domestic extremism, we find that 1) guerre révolutionnaire’s tenets are present in U.S. extremist rhetoric, 2) there are subtle differences in rhetorical attitudes between veteran and non-veteran domestic extremists within their respective groups, and 3) previous concerns regarding the improper use of history for doctrine appear valid. Finally, we consider these results in the context of future studies regarding FM 3-24’s effects and the need for an interdisciplinary approach
Evaluating the impact of gate strategies on a container terminal's roadside network using microsimulation: the Port Newark/Elizabeth case study
No full textIntermodal Marine Container Terminals (IMCTs) are experiencing consistent growth in container volumes and are under pressure to come up with strategies to increase their capacity to accommodate the increasing demand. In addition to the deterioration of the performance of terminal and drayage operations, the environmental effect from idling trucks has been starting to emerge as a serious problem. Different solutions have been proposed to address the issue and reduce the amount of externalities from drayage operations including new technologies, operational strategies and financial mechanisms. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a simulation model capable of modeling a number of different gate strategies, using real world data, and evaluate the possible benefits that different operational improvements may have in reducing congestion in the vicinity of the terminals. For the purpose of the thesis the Port of Newark/Elizabeth in New York and New Jersey was selected to evaluate the roadside impacts of the two most common operational strategies (a gate appointment system and extended gate hours) using dynamic microsimulation. Several demand shifting scenarios were tested for a base year and future years and an extensive sensitivity analysis was performed based on the output of these simulations. Results from the sensitivity analysis were used to determine the percentage of truck demand that would theoretically need to be shifted to off peak weekday or weekend hours in order to maintain an efficient level of service on the roadway network at the Port Newark/Elizabeth for each simulated year.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Patrick Shane Doughert
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