481 research outputs found
That shrewd yet visionary voice.
No full textIDRC governor. Introductory speech given for Lester B. Pearson, former politician and diplomat of Canada - the author discusses Pearson's desire for world peace
Seize the day Lester B. Pearson and crisis diplomacy
No full textIn this uniquely insightful and informed account of Lester B. Pearson's foreign policy in the year 1948-1957, his son Geoffrey Pearson places the "Golden Age" of Canadian diplomacy in perspective. Holding the necessary balance between nationalism and realism in a particularly unstable time emerges as Pearson's overriding achievement as Secretary of State for External Affairs. It was a time when Canadian influence was felt around the world, and it culminated with a Nobel Peace Prize for Pearson. The author examines his father's politics in the context of Cold War stand-off, relations with the United States, the pressures for collective security, and the threat of nuclear war. Research into cabinet documents, combined with more personal sources, provides an especially strong picture of the Pearson legacy and its future implications for Canadian foreign policy
Narrative prose generation
No full textAbstractNarrative generation has historically suffered from poor writing quality, stemming from a narrow focus on story grammars and plot design. Moreover, to-date natural language generation systems have not been capable of faithfully reproducing either the variety or complexity of naturally occurring narratives. In this article we first propose a model of narrative derived from work in narratology and grounded in observed linguistic phenomena. Next we describe the Author architecture for narrative generation and an end-to-end implementation of the Author model in the StoryBook narrative prose generation system. Finally, we present a formal evaluation of the narratives that StoryBook produces
Saga of the Whispering Hills - 060
No full textPhotograph - Cast members Lester and Margaret Mapp. Saga of the Whispering Hills, presented by the Athabasca Players for the 75th Anniversary of Athabasca, Albert
Athabasca's 50th Anniversary Celebration
No full textPhotograph - Contestants in the Beard contest at Athabasca's 50th Anniversary Celebration, Athabasca, Alberta. Back row: Steve Berezan, Tony Schinkinger, Walt Talmey, Melvyn Smith, Buster Bissell, Buster Overacher, Nap Gullion, Albert Bury, Rev Jack Gibbons, Glen Osment. Front row: Lester Girden, Allan Minns, Bill Baerwald, K. Grandlund, Ken Jones, Earl Schmelzle, and Paul Harm
Saga of the Whispering Hills - 084
No full textPhotograph - Cast members in the Ethnic Parade: Charles and Rose-Alice Patry (French), Lester and Margaret Mapp (American Negro), Alec Hay and Joan Knight (Scottish). Saga of the Whispering Hills, presented by the Athabasca Players for the 75th Anniversary of Athabasca, Alberta
Investigation of the interaction between corticomuscular coherence, motor precision and perceived difficulty in wrist flexion and extension
No full textIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Recently, behavioural (motor precision) differences were reported between isometric wrist flexion and extension. Neurophysiological as well as clinical differences have also been reported between these antagonistic movements. Corticomuscular coherence (CMC), i.e. the frequency specific temporal coupling between the electroencephalogram (EEG) and electromyogram (EMG) recorded during isometric force production, reflects the functional connectivity between cortex and muscle. A single muscle (flexor digitorum superficialis) study suggests a positive correlation between 15-35 Hz (beta) CMC and motor precision of the muscle. Yet, no study has simultaneously compared CMC and motor precision between wrist flexion and extension. Task perceived difficulty, which is a perceptual variable, may influence both motor precision and CMC, but has not been studied yet. The main aim of the present study was to investigate the interaction between CMC, motor precision and perceived difficulty in isometric wrist flexion and extension tasks
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF TRANS-PERP HOONO
No full textI. B. Pollack, I. M. Konen, E. X. J. Li and M. I. Lester, J. Chem. Phys. 119 (19), 9981 (2003).Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of PennsylvaniaPeroxynitrous acid (HOONO) is a significant secondary product of the three-body reaction, one of the most important processes in the chemistry of the lower atmosphere. We have photolytically generated HOONO in a pulsed supersonic expansion and determined the structure of the trans-perp (tp) conformer of HOONO using high-resolution () infrared action spectroscopy. Recent improvements in the production of HOONO and reduction of IR laser intensity to avoid power broadening have revealed extensive rotational band structure associated with the OH overtone transition of tp-HOONO at (origin), which was previously hidden in the Subsequent analysis of the rotational band structure has yielded the ground and excited vibrational state rotational constants from a least-squares fit. Furthermore, the OH overtone transition dipole moment has been derived from the relative intensities of spectral lines arising from a- and c-type transitions. The spectral data is best simulated with a Lorentzian linewidth (at 4 K), which is attributed to lifetime broadening. Both the rotational constants and transition dipole moment are in good accord with ab initio values, confirming the spectroscopic identification of tp-HOONO. These quantities enable us to predict the spectral appearance of tp-HOONO under various experimental conditions, including atmospheric conditions
IDENTITY PRESENTATION IN STORIES OF PAST AND PRESENT: AN ANALYSIS OF MEMOIRS BY AUTHORS OF THE 1.5 GENERATION OF VIETNAMESE AMERICANS
Full text linkThis paper investigates how authors of the 1.5 generation of Vietnamese Americans represent their identity in their memoirs. The analysis shows that the condition under which each author came to the United States, either as an anticipatory or an acute refugee, influences the way each memoir is constructed in terms of timeline and content. In particular, this study shows that the authors choose different themes such as conversion, imagined space and food to talk about the process of adaptation in the new world. Along with the themes, either linear or disruptive timeline is deployed as a way to represent their refugee condition. Together, they constitute a diverse and unique identity representation of the 1.5 generation of Vietnamese Americans
Ethical Investigations
No full textiii, 39 p.This paper does not pretend to be a definitive treatise on
the topic; but the author does hope that any insights in its pages
will aid the philosophical community reach unanimity concerning what
is actually the case in the world. Truth, lucidity, and coherence
are the purposes of philosophical debate; we here claim none of these
absolutely, only to a degree commensurate to philosophical development
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