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Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter, Vol 32, No. 1
No full text“New Play Based on Novel and Film of Sinclair Lewis’s Free Air,” by John Loch, Rosemount Area Arts Council
“The Filming of the Silent Movie of Sinclair Lewis’s Free Air,” by John Loch, Rosemount Area Arts Council
“George Macy’s Readers Club (1941-1943) and Sinclair Lewis,” by Shaun F. Richards, Finger Lakes Community College
“Lost Boundaries“
“Making Her Way in the Big City: Carrie Meeber in Sister Carrie and Una Golden in The Job,” by Sally E. Parry, Illinois State University
“Favorite Books by Our Members”
“Literary Legends: Poll of Minnesotans Reveals Sinclair Lewis as the State’s Favorite Author of All Time”
“The (Self-) Importance of Being American: A Lesser-Known Lewis Essay on the American Expatriate Artists in 1920s Paris,” by Shaun F. Richards Finger Lakes Community College
In Memoriam: Benjamin R. Beede and Robert Gottliebhttps://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/slsn/1093/thumbnail.jp
What can be done about America's economic troubles?
No full textQuestions by R.C. Hoiles and answers by Upton Sinclair in a controversy on planned economy.Mode of access: Internet
Edenophorus stuckenbergi Sinclair 2002, sp. n.
No full textEdenophorus stuckenbergi sp. n. (Fig. 10) Etymology: Named in honour of the collector, Brian R. Stuckenberg, who has collected innumerable other new taxa from South Africa. Holotype male labelled: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape: ‘ Sevenweekspoort / Laingsburg Dist / West. Cape Prov / 19–22 Sept 1959 / B. & P. Stuckenberg [head, left wing missing] [all caps]’ (NMSA). Recognition: This species is distinguished by the absence of cell dm, pale legs, and male terminalia with sharp, blade-like setae arising from the cerci, and with the epandrial lobe strongly bent at mid-length. Description: Male: Head: Missing in holotype. Thorax: Dusted entirely with grey pruinescence. Thoracic setae generally short, slender, pale, reduced to numerous rows: Acr biserial; at least 9 dc, uniserial, gradually increasing in length posteriorly with prescutellar dc stout, similar to pprn; inter-alar setulae scattered, extending to wing base; 2 pprn (lower directed anteriorly, upper directed dorsomedially) and several short setulae; 1 ph; 3 npl, upper shortest; 1 pal; 4 sctl, inner pair stouter and twice length of outer pair. Antepronotum with 2 pairs of short, pale setae; upper half of anepisternum obscured by pin; precoxal bridge with 2 setae above fore coxa. Legs: Pale yellow (concolorous with halter), apical tarsomeres darker. Fore coxa with with several stout, long, lateral pale setae; segments clothed in fine pale setulae, lacking modified setae. Wings (length 1.6 mm): Stigma indistinct. Venation similar to other species, except crossvein dm-cu absent; M vein reduced in strength, medial fork U-shaped, petiole or stem slightly shorter than fork; M 1 not strongly arched towards wing margin, nearly parallel with R 4+5. Halter yellow. Abdomen: Lightly dusted greyish brown, concolorous with scutum. T8 broad, one-half length of preceding tergite; S8 divided into pair of rounded, lateral sclerites, not articulated with T7. Terminalia (Fig. 10): Held upright, cercus anterior; partially retracted into segment 8. Cercus thickly sclerotised, with 3 stout apical setae and posterior row of 4 blade-like, pointed setae. Epandrium with finger-like lobe projected dorsally, sharply bent at mid-length. Hypandrium reduced to series of slender sclerites; hypandrial bridge broad, with greatly expanded, horizontally projected gonocoxal apodemes. Phallus with enlarged basal sperm chamber; ejaculatory apodeme inverted Y-shaped, broad, stout, articulated at base of chamber, subequal to onehalf length of terminalia. Postgonite tapered to small rounded apex, extended ventrally to near base of phallus. Female: Uncertain (see Remarks). Additional material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: 1 female, Nieuwoudtville Area, Calvinia District, 14.x.1964, B.& P. Stuckenberg (NMSA). Remarks: The female specimen is not included in the type series, although it is possibly conspecific based on the wing venation. A male from this locality would help to clarify the identity of this specimen. ZOOGEOGRAPHY Distribution Although based on very few records, this genus exhibits a common empidoid distribution in South Africa. It is primarily confined to east and south of the Great Escarpment, and to the Cape Fold Belt (Fig. 11). Similar patterns are also illustrated in Smith (1969) and Sinclair (1996). The genus occurs in two widely separated areas, though this may be a collecting artefact. The two species in KwaZulu-Natal were found at the same place, and in midwinter (June/July), when collecting of Diptera is not normally undertaken. The locality has been visited frequently over many years in spring and summer by numerous Diptera collectors. The two known localities for E. knysna are damp sites within indigenous forests. The other species of the SW Cape come from completely different habitats. Both E. spinosus and E. nigricans were found in the Pakhuis section of the Cederberg Range, an area with a rich Fynbos montane shrubland flora and no forest. Edenophorus stuckenbergi was also from montane sites with Fynbos. The dipteran fauna of Fynbos is rich in endemics, and the influence of the winter-rainfall regime is marked, with most of the insect fauna emerging in early spring when the flora comes into flower (Stuckenberg, pers. comm.). The type locality of E. simplex in southern Namaqualand is very different. This locality is in a highly distinctive region known as the Knersvlakte. It is an arid terrain of sandy flats and low, rounded hills; rainfall usually is less than 150 mm per annum, and the flora is low, shrubby, and dominated by succulents with a very high level of endemicity.Although the type locality was stated to be at the confluence of two rivers, these in fact are dry sandy watercourses that rarely and then only briefly have water in them (Stuckenberg, pers. comm.). Gondwanan taxon The rarity of Edenophorus, with only 14 specimens obtained in over 40 years of intensive collecting of flies in many parts of South Africa, suggests small, highly localised populations, with the adult stage limited to brief periods. Nevertheless, the mid-winter presence of adults in the Karkloof suggests a relict status. This scenario is similar to the apparently gondwanan rhagionid genus Atherimorpha White, in which some species have been found only in winter, including one collected by the author together with E. hiemalis. On the basis of the above discussion, and given its proposed sister-group relationship with the clade Empidadelpha + Empidini + Hilarini (see Phylogenetic relationships), Edenophorus should be classified as a gondwanan element. It is unrelated to any other African or palearctic Empidinae, and Empidadelpha is presently known only from Chile, New Zealand and Australia.Published as part of Sinclair, Bradley J., 2002, Revision of the South African endemic genus Edenophorus Smith (Diptera: Empididae), pp. 109-122 in African Invertebrates 43 on pages 120-122, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.766603
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Destination 2010: regional economic strategy for the East Midlands 2003-2010
No full textDestination 2010 is the second regional economic strategy for the East Midlands. The strategy is a high level framework that sets out a vision for the East Midlands economy in 2010 and provides a blueprint for economic development activity in the region for the period 2003-2010
Correlated hyperfine interactions in amorphous Cr72-xFexC17Si8Al3 alloys
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Teaching together: School/university collaboration to improve social studies education
No full textMarsha Alibrandi (with C. Beal, A. Wilson, A. Thompson, R. Hagevik, B. Mackie, V. Owens, and N. Sinclair) is a contributing author, Students reclaim their community’s history: Conducting interdisciplinary research with technological applications .
Book description: This book provides preservice, beginning, and experienced social studies teachers with provocative ideas for and a realistic look at the challenges of developing curriculum through collaboration between elementary/secondary teachers and university professors. The book begins with an introductory essay by the editors.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/education-books/1037/thumbnail.jp
Roederiodes Coquillett 1901
No full text<i>Roederiodes</i> Coquillett <p> <i>Roederiodes</i> Coquillett, 1901: 585. Type species, <i>R. junctus</i> Coquillett (original designation).</p> <p> <i>Roederioides</i> (error).</p> <p> <b>Recognition.</b> Adult <i>Roederiodes</i> are distinguished from other clinocerine genera by the broad gena and long, slender labrum, small labium and geniculate female cercus. Pupae are readily identified by the long and elevated face and labral sheath and U-shaped labellar sheath. Larvae are characterized by four elongate caudal processes. The genus name is masculine.</p> <p> <b>Redescription.</b> See Sinclair (1995).</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This genus occurs in all geographical regions except Australasia and now includes 25 described species (Appendix). Sinclair & Harkrider (2004) removed and transferred five species to <i>Clinocerella</i> Engel, but this decision was subsequently revised and now only the following three former species of <i>Roederiodes</i> are assigned to <i>Clinocerella</i>: <i>gereckei</i> (Wagner & Horvat, 1993), <i>siveci</i> (Wagner & Horvat, 1993), <i>wagneri</i> (Pusch, 1996). The other two species, <i>Roederiodes macedonicus</i> Wagner & Horvat, 1993 and <i>R. montenegrinus</i> Wagner & Horvat, 1993 remain in <i>Roederiodes</i> on the basis of mouthparts and male terminalia.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> In the New World, the genus is rather widespread from the Northwest Territories of Canada, south to Costa Rica. In North America, the genus is surprisingly absent from the Pacific Northwest (British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Washington), Alberta and Montana, despite focussed collections of aquatic associated empidids by a number of Dipterists over the past 100 years.</p> <p> <b>Biology.</b> The immature stages of <i>Roederiodes</i> were first illustrated, described and reared by Needham & Betten (1901) from larvae collected among black fly (Simuliidae) pupal cases in rapids in New York State, whereas pupae were collected from within empty black fly pupal cases. The larvae and pupae were later described in detail by Sinclair & Harkrider (2004). Adults are usually observed in small clusters on branches and boards positioned above fast flowing water, often in spray zones (Needham & Betten 1901; Sinclair & Harkrider 2004; pers. obs.). Needham & Betten (1901) reported that these clusters of male and female flies remained, even if the wood was lifted and were readily collected for closer study. The substrate below these clusters was wet with a thin gelatinous mass of minute eggs. Sinclair & Harkrider (2004) found <i>R. wirthi</i> Chillcott eggs among simuliid eggs scraped from rocks, which were observed when brought into the lab. Upon hatching, the empidid larvae readily feed on newly emerging black fly larvae. In the lab, <i>R. wirthi</i> larvae were mostly fed with chironomid larvae. Adults have been collected among swarming black flies, and it is assumed that both larvae and adults are predators of simuliids (Chillcott 1961).</p> <p> Adults of <i>Roederiodes</i> are believed to overwinter. This is based on the observation of males and females of <i>R. distinctus</i> Chillcott in Colorado (S.J. Fitzgerald 2020, pers. comm.). Adults were collected from November to February from depressions which formed air pockets on the bottom of medium-sized emergent rocks above the water surface in a small shallow creek. Adults were found clustered in the air pockets in groups of about three to fifteen. In October, May and July, when Colorado temperatures are still mild, these clusters were not observed and adults were collected in the splash zone of mid-creek rocks (S.J. Fitzgerald 2020, pers. comm.). These winter clusters are believed to be a behaviour in response to low air temperatures. The author has collected adult specimens of <i>R. recurvatus</i> Chillcott in streams in Quebec in mid-April. These adults were only collected by dip-net in early spring conditions and no adults were observed in flight. Based on the observations from populations in Colorado, it is hypothesized these early spring collections in Quebec represent overwintering adults. Elsewhere in Quebec, adults have been trapped in emergence traps from June to September (Harper 1980; Landry & Harper 1985).</p>Published as part of <i>Sinclair, Bradley J., 2023, Revision of New World species of Roederiodes Coquillett (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae), pp. 336-364 in Zootaxa 5301 (3)</i> on page 338, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.3.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8030504">http://zenodo.org/record/8030504</a>
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Epigenome Changes Due to Aging and Reconstitution to a Youthful State Using Targeted and Generic Means
No full textThe inescapable burden of aging more and more for each passing year often feels like a sinister payment owed for experiencing ever more life. A slow march towards guaranteed frailty and dysfunction, each additional year of old age brings our tissues and cells further away from the optimal function they experienced in youth. We may, however, be at the precipice of a new revolution in humankind, where aging is no longer measured in additional years survived, but by changes in one’s epigenetic profile. Furthermore, this profile may very well be reprogrammable, enabling a return to the proper form and function experienced in more youthful years.
The goal of this research was to better understand epigenetic changes due to aging, followed by attempting to reverse those changes in a tightly targeted manner. The first aim of the study was to evaluate genomic regions most affected by epigenetic drift over time, to better understand if the epigenome truly changes with age and to what degree. The second aim was to understand how global cellular reprogramming with OSK, a promising candidate for some types of aging reversal, changes the epigenetic profiles of young and old cells. The third and most ambitious aim was to perform a tightly targeted remapping of an old epigenome to a more youthful epigenome, and vice versa, showing the ability to both reverse and advance epigenetic age in a precise fashion. This is the first demonstration of this ability as known to the author and suggests the feasibility of highly controllable age reversal. This study covers H3K27 tri-methylation, H3K4 mono-methylation, and R-loops, as discussed shortly
A Phenomenology of Campus Radio Landscapes: Place, Design, and Resiliency in Canada
No full textThrough a method and the theory of phenomenology, the author seeks an understanding about the role of design in the Canadian campus radio environment, where broadcasting spaces and radio stations contribute to meaning of belonging for campus radio people. In a real-world research approach that transcends disciplinary boundaries, the everyday experiences, practices, and perceptions of people who access campus stations and shape broadcasting spaces is investigated. Case study procedures are carried out across the campus radio network as well as with two embedded cases that the author has had personal involvement with as a radio volunteer —CJSW in Calgary, Alberta, and CHMA in Sackville, New Brunswick. This dynamic contributes to the ‘bracketing’ of knowledge and is also considered as evidence of the phenomena. Throughout, genius loci and environmental design play a central role in a theoretical model called Ethereal Place, where ‘being’ and ‘becoming’ is analyzed as a meaningful spatial and cultural experience in the campus radio landscape. While weaving together in-depth current and historic findings, the author engages with over 150 participants collecting multiple place-based narratives. A final phenomenological ‘narrative tapestry’ reveals synthetic values and a ‘sense of spirit’ about campus radio places that is also shared throughout the network. The author discusses what is unique about campus radio places in Canada—the campus radio station is a community gathering nexus which manifests as meaningful in the broadcasting space. In conclusion, the role of design in the campus station and broadcasting space is argued as significant for place-based resiliency within contextual sustainability parameters for the future development of campus radio in Canada
. 68 (2007) septiembre-diciembre. Historias. Revista de la Dirección de Estudios Históricos
No full text- Una nota sobre el coleccionismo de libros por Sinclair Lewis. - Orozco en Nueva Inglaterra por Lewis Mumford. - Génesis de la noción de buen gobierno y de las ideas ilustradas sobre un orden mundial cosmopolita por Anthony Pagden. - 1809. Las relaciones entre los indios y los criollos de la ciudad de Valladolid de Michoacán, en el intento de formar una junta soberana de la provincia por Martha Terán. - El Sur ante la nación. Orígenes del estado de Guerrero: de la consideración cardinal al concepto cultural por Jesús Guzmán. - Militar o político: la imagen del presidente durante la Revolución por Marion Gautreau. - Francisco J. Múgica y su candidatura frustrada a la presidencia de México en 1940 por Anna Ribera Carbó. – El México de Calles: entre la espada y la pared. Entrevista de Magdalena Mondragón al Gral. Plutarco Elías Calles por Martha B. Loyo - El Códice de la Cruz-Badiano y su extensa familia herbaria por Guillermo Turner R. - El niño inventado por Marcela Dávalos. - La relación fragmentada por Pablo Escalante Gonzalbo. - Los de afuera en México por Gerardo Necoechea. – Crestomanía por José Mariano Leyva
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