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The British ‘Bluesman’ Paul Oliver and the Nature of Transatlantic Blues Scholarship
No full textRecent revisionist studies have argued that much of what is known about music known as the blues’ has been 'invented' by the writing of enthusiasts far removed from the African American culture that created the music. Elijah Wald and Marybeth Hamilton in particular have attempted to sift through the clouds of romanticism, and tried to unveil more empirical histories that were previously obscured by the fallacious genre distinctions conjured up during the 1960s blues revival. While this revisionist scholarship has shed light on some previously ignored historical facts, writers have tended to concentrate on the romanticism of blues writing strictly from an American perspective, failing to acknowledge the genesis and influence of transatlantic scholarship, and therefore ignoring the work of the most prolific and influential blues scholar of the twentieth century, British writer Paul Oliver. By examining the core of Oliver’s research and writing during the 1950s and 1960s, this study aims to place Oliver in his rightful place at the centre of blues historiography. His scholarship allows a more detailed appreciation of the manner in which the blues was studied, through lyrics, recordings, oral histories, photography and African American literature. These historical sources were interpreted in accordance with the author’s attitudes to the commercial popular music, which allowed the ‘reconstruction’ of an African American ‘folk’ culture in which the blues became the antithesis of pop. Importantly, this study seeks to transcend dominant discourses of national cultural ownership or ethnocentrism, and demonstrate that representations of African American music and culture were constructed within a transatlantic context. The blues is music with roots in the African American experience within the United States; however, as Paul Oliver’s writing shows, its reception and representation were not limited by the same national, cultural or racial boundaries
A Reading By Poet Mary Oliver
No full textMary Oliver\u27s poetry, with her lyrical connection to the natural world, has firmly established her in the highest realm of American poets. She is renowned for her evocative and precise imagery, which brings nature into clear focus, transforming the everyday world into a place of magic and discovery. As poet Stanley Kunitz has said, Mary Oliver\u27s poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing. Her special gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and consolations. Please join Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver as she shares her joyous, accessible, and intimate observations of the natural world.
Mary Oliver is the celebrated author of more than a dozen books of poetry and prose. With her lyrical connection to the natural world, Oliver\u27s poetry has firmly established her in the highest realm of American poets. Oliver has been honored with the National Book Award for Poetry, the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, among others
"Hi, fellas. come on in." Norman Carlson, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Rise of Prison Fellowship
No full textThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Church and State following peer review. The version of record - Kendrick Oliver; “Hi, Fellas. Come on in.” Norman Carlson, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Rise of Prison Fellowship, Journal of Church and State, Volume 55, Issue 4, 1 December 2013, Pages 740–757 - is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/css05
Application of stochastic differential games and real option theory in environmental economics
No full textThis thesis presents several problems based on papers written jointly by the author and Dr. Christian-Oliver Ewald. Firstly, the author extends the model presented by Fershtman and Nitzan (1991), which studies a deterministic differential public good game. Two types of volatility are considered. In the first case the volatility of the diffusion term is dependent on the current level of public good, while in the second case the volatility is dependent on the current rate of public good provision by the agents. The result in the latter case is qualitatively different from the first one. These results are discussed in detail, along with numerical examples. Secondly, two existing lines of research in game theoretic studies of fisheries are combined and extended. The first line of research is the inclusion of the aspect of predation and the consideration of multi-species fisheries within classical game theoretic fishery models. The second line of research includes continuous time and uncertainty. This thesis considers a two species fishery game and compares the results of this with several cases. Thirdly, a model of a fishery is developed in which the dynamic of the unharvested fish population is given by the stochastic logistic growth equation and it is assumed that the fishery harvests the fish population following a constant effort strategy. Explicit formulas for optimal fishing effort are derived in problems considered and the effects of uncertainty, risk aversion and mean reversion speed on fishing efforts are investigated. Fourthly, a Dixit and Pindyck type irreversible investment problem in continuous time is solved, using the assumption that the project value follows a Cox-Ingersoll- Ross process. This solution differs from the two classical cases of geometric Brownian motion and geometric mean reversion and these differences are examined. The aim is to find the optimal stopping time, which can be applied to the problem of extracting resources
Methylprednisolone Fails to Preserve Pulmonary Surfactant and Blood-Air Barrier Integrity in a Porcine Cardiopulmonary Bypass Model
No full textBACKGROUND: Pulmonary inflammation after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has been linked to respiratory dysfunction and ultrastructural injury. Whether pretreatment with methylprednisolone (MP) can preserve pulmonary surfactant and blood-air barrier, thereby improving pulmonary function, was tested in a porcine CPB-model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: After randomizing pigs to placebo (PLA; n = 5) or MP (30 mg/kg, MP; n = 5), animals were subjected to 3 h of CPB with 1 h of cardioplegic cardiac arrest. Hemodynamic data, plasma tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha, ELISA), and pulmonary function parameters were assessed before, 15 min after CPB, and 8 h after CPB. Lung biopsies were analyzed for TNF-alpha (Western blot) or blood-air barrier and surfactant morphology (electron microscopy, stereology). RESULTS: Systemic TNF-alpha increased and cardiac index decreased at 8 h after CPB in PLA (P < 0.05 versus pre-CPB), but not in MP (P < 0.05 versus PLA). In both groups, at 8 h after CPB, PaO(2) and PaO(2)/FiO(2) were decreased and arterio-alveolar oxygen difference and pulmonary vascular resistance were increased (P < 0.05 versus baseline). Postoperative pulmonary TNF-alpha remained unchanged in both groups, but tended to be higher in PLA (P = 0.06 versus MP). The volume fraction of inactivated intra-alveolar surfactant was increased in PLA (58 +/- 17% versus 83 +/- 6%) and MP (55 +/- 18% versus 80 +/- 17%) after CPB (P < 0.05 versus baseline for both groups). Profound blood-air barrier injury was present in both groups at 8 h as indicated by an increased blood-air barrier integrity score (PLA: 1.28 +/- 0.03 versus 1.70 +/- 0.1; MP: 1.27 +/- 0.08 versus 1.81 +/- 0.1; P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Despite reduction of the systemic inflammatory response and pulmonary TNF-alpha generation, methylprednisolone fails to decrease pulmonary TNF-alpha and to preserve pulmonary surfactant morphology, blood-air barrier integrity, and pulmonary function after CPB
Biography of Mary Jane Oliver
No full textTypescript of a sketch biography about Mary Jane (Oliver) Barlow, who came came from England around 1851 and with her husband, Oswald Barlow, helped to settle Saint George. Author unknown, but copied on January 13, 1937 by Virginia M. Lee of the Federal Writers Project, WPA, at Ogden, Uta
Konfliktvermeidung und Konfliktbeilegung in der Südzone des Nordischen Kreises und Polen
No full textJutta Kneisel, Anna K. Loy, Oliver Nakoinz und Stefanie Schaefer-Di Maida formulieren ein Modell, das verschiedene Stufen der Eskalation und der Deeskalation von Konflikten unterscheidet, und untersuchen für die Südzone des Nordischen Kreises sowie für Polen, wie die Deeskalationsstufen in der materiellen Kultur der Bronze- und frühen Eisenzeit – von einzelnen Objekten bis hin zur Umgestaltung von Landschaften – Ausdruck fanden
A conversation between Sandy Oliver of Isleboro, cookery author and columnist, a
No full textA conversation between Sandy Oliver of Isleboro, cookery author and columnist, and Melissa Kelly, author, chef, and founder of Primo restaurants in Rockland, Tucson, and Orlando. Oliver is updating Marjorie Mosser\u27s Good Maine Food, and Kelly is updating Marjorie Standish\u27s Cooking Down East . They share their thoughts on traditional Maine food, vegetable gardening, using local and seasonal food, and raising livestock for food
Rehearsing the Mirror: The Gaze as Thought in “Capadocia”, by Mariana Oliver
No full textEl ensayo “Capadocia”, de Mariana Oliver, propone una reflexión sobre la mirada como forma de pensamiento. A partir de una poética de la observación, Oliver convierte la imagen en un dispositivo de conocimiento que vincula percepción y lenguaje. Este artículo examina cómo, en Aves migratorias, la autora desarrolla una escritura híbrida que conjuga elementos narrativos, cronísticos y reflexivos para explorar la tensión entre superficie y profundidad, tanto en el plano espacial como en el epistemológico. La mirada, entendida no solo como acto físico sino como proceso intelectual, permite a Oliver contrastar la visión del pasado con la del presente y articular una crítica a la superficialidad de la mirada contemporánea, representada por el turismo performativo y la fotografía como simulacro. En este marco, “Capadocia” se configura como un ensayo que piensa desde lo visible, donde la observación se convierte en un modo de conocimiento y en una ética del mirar.
Mariana Oliver’s essay “Capadocia” offers a reflection on vision as a form of thought. Through a poetics of observation, Oliver transforms the image into a cognitive device that links perception and language. This article analyzes how, in Aves migratorias, the author develops a hybrid form of writing that combines narrative, chronicle, and reflective elements to explore the tension between surface and depth, both spatially and epistemologically. Vision, understood not only as a physical act but also as an intellectual process, enables Oliver to contrast past and present ways of seeing, articulating a critique of contemporary superficiality embodied in performative tourism and photography as simulacrum. Within this framework, “Capadocia” emerges as an essay that thinks through the visible, where observation becomes both a mode of knowledge and an ethics of seeing
Socially Engaged: The Author\u27s Guide to Social Media
No full textToday\u27s successful author needs a strong online presence, but how do you choose which social media platforms work best for your books while building your readership?
Marketing professor Tyra Burton and international bestselling author Jana Oliver tackle tough Social Media questions with real-world examples and insights to help you build your brand and expand your fanbase.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/facbooks2014/1009/thumbnail.jp
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