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An essay about the Francis Paudras Collection on Bud Powell by Peter Pullman
No full textThis is an essay about the Francis Paudras Collection on Bud Powell written by Peter Pullman, a jazz scholar and author of Wail: The Life of Bud Powell (Brooklyn: Bop Changes, 2012).One image file (pdf)This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Powder Diffraction Tells You What Your Material Really Is: Case Studies
No full text157 pg.Powder diffraction is a useful tool for examining a number of materials that do not form single crystal for a variety of reasons. Unlike with single crystals, structure determination with powders is not a routine task. In order to demonstrate the ability and efficacy of powder diffraction and its contribution to the understanding the correlation of structures and properties, a series of compound will be presented from a wide range of types of materials: polymorphic materials, cocrystals, metal organic frameworks and magnetic materials. Each of these represent the forefront of the ability of powder diffraction, as they all introduce complications through large numbers of independent molecules and/or disorder. Two families of materials will be presented in detail, coordination polymers containing pyrazine and HF2- and Prussian Blue analogs, that were investigated with powder diffraction. The bifluoride ion, HF2-, contains a two-coordinate H-atom exhibiting the strongest known hydrogen bond. This was used to form materials of the form, Ni(HF2)(pyz)2]X (X = PF6-, SbF6-). These materials are quasi-1D magnets, with magnetic pathways along the biflouride ion. Two polymorphs of the PF6- version were found and have different magnetic behavior, directly related to the structure. Additionally a number of compounds of novel and unknown composition were found and determined, Ni2F2(pyz)3(H2O)4(BF4)2 and NiF(pyz)1.5(H2O)2 TaF6. Cs2MnII[MnII(CN)6] has the archetypal fcc Prussian blue structure, with the cations in the cubic voids. Substitution with smaller alkali ions lead to structural distortions and a marked increase in ordering temperatures. On the other hand, substitution of larger cations, NMe4+ drives a rearrangement of the Mn-CN-Mn network and produce several previously unobserved MnII coordination geometries and a unexpected structure.Advisor(s): Stephens, Peter W. Committee Member(s): Deshpande, Abhay ; Fernandez-Serra, Maria Victoria ; Dooryhee, Eric.Stony Brook University Libraries. SBU Graduate School in Department of Physics. Charles Taber (Dean of Graduate School)
Peter Kean\u27s Letterbook, July 29, 1809- June 11, 1810
Get PDFVarious letters written by Peter Kean from Albany and Elizabeth Town to business partners and friends. Some of the letters deal with the management and sales of his property in South Carolina and Georgia while some are personal correspondence. The majority of the letters are written from Elizabeth Town, NJ with some on the earlier ones being written from Albany, NY.
Recipients Include: William Palmer, Robert Barnwell, William Jay, William Stephens, Richard W. Habersham, J. V. Henry, James M. Wayne, John Barnwell, Jacob Southerland, Maria, John Faucheraud Grimke, Bleeker & Biquri
Peter Karvaš in the Context of Existentialism
Get PDFThe article reflects dramatic work of Peter Karvaš in the context of existentialist philosophy. It points to the connection between the social situation and the author´s topic choice, emotional engagement and approach to characters. In the article the author defines the basic features of existentialist philosophy in the work of Peter Karvaš providing analysis of selected extracts. In particular the article deals with the issue of how male characters react to the same situation and their motives behind the reaction. The article also reveals subjective view of Karvaš on social events and their impact on people and Karvaš himself
Joel-Peter Witkin: faces of fantasy
No full textThe article contains two parts. In the first, the Author describes the theoretical background for analysing the photographs by an American controversial artist – Joel-Peter Witkin; the analysis is carried out in the second part of the paper. The realistic, authenticity-oriented visions of W. Benjamin, R. Barthes or S. Sontag are confronted with Witkin’s creativeness spirit – clearly manipulating in matters of the order of reality (and its rules of appearance) and photographical stuff. This attitude is supported by François Soulages’ views on aesthetics
Peter Brannon papers, W.0009
No full textAbstract: Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, and other materials created by Peter A. Brannon, highlighting his career as a pharmacist, an anthropologist, and an archivist.Scope and Content Note: This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, and other materials created by Peter A. Brannon, highlighting his career as pharmacist, anthropologist, and archivist. Included are Brannon's incoming and outgoing correspondence; family documents; legal and financial documents; two diaries; manuscripts on a variety of subjects, including banking in Alabama, the spelling of "Tuscaloosa", the history of pharmacy, and "John Bascom," a racehorse from Alabama; a typed manuscript of an untitled novel; a handwritten journal documenting his archeological collections and expeditions between 1905 and 1907; a handwritten list of selected ordinances from Lowndesboro, Alabama in 1866; correspondence between Alabama archivist Peter Brannon and researchers J. Edward Smoot and William Henry Holt relating to Pasqual Luciani and Marshal Ney, French soldiers who reportedly immigrated to America after Napoleon's defeat in 1814; and legal documents, correspondence, receipts, and newspaper clippings created by or related to the institutions and residents of Russell County, Alabama.Biographical/Historical Note: Peter A. Brannon (1882-1967) was a pharmacist and archivist. He received his PhD from Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1900 and worked as a pharmacist in Alabama and Georgia from 1900-1910. After 1910, he began a career at the Alabama Department of Archives and History, working as a curator, archivist, and finally serving as the third director of the institution from 1955-1967. Brannon was a member of the national and state Anthropological Society, the Alabama Library Association, the Sons of the American Revolution, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans.Source: Alabama Author Database
Peter Singer and Christian ethics. On Charles Comosy’s attempt to find grounds for cooperation
No full textW artykule zostanie przedstawiona ciekawa próba wykazania, że różnice stanowisk między Peterem Singerem a szeroko rozumianą etyką chrześcijańską są mniejsze, niż by się mogło wydawać. Pogląd ten przedstawił w swojej książce pt. Peter Singer and Christian ethics. Beyond polarization Charles Camosy, katolicki etyk z USA. Celem jego pracy było wykazanie, że Peter Singer i etycy szukający inspiracji w myśli chrześcijańskiej mogą pracować razem w wielu kwestiach i że przedstawianie tych stanowisk jako radykalnie przeciwnych jest błędne. W niniejszym artykule tok rozumowania Camosy’ego będzie zreferowany i poddany krytycznej refleksji. Rzetelna praca badawcza, jakiej podjął się Camosy dla udowodnienia swoich tez, jest nowatorska i wiele wnosi do zrozumienia istoty sporu. Metoda, którą się posłużył, może wyznaczyć nowy standard dla dialogu między współczesnymi systemami etycznymi. W ostatniej części artykułu zostanie jednak zasugerowane, że autor marginalizuje pewne nieusuwalne trudności w sporze między etyką chrześcijańską a najbardziej znanym australijskim bioetykiem. Do takich trudności należy, jak się wydaje, radykalnie różne rozumienie pojęcia „osoba” oraz niechęć etyki chrześcijańskiej do pragmatycznych kompromisów w obszarze moralności.This paper presents an interesting attempt to show that the differences between Peter Singer and Christian ethics are smaller than they appear to be. This view was presented in Peter Singer and Christian ethics. Beyond polarization by Charles Camosy, a Catholic thinker from the US. Camosy wanted to prove, that Peter Singer and ethicists looking for the inspiration in Christian thought can cooperate on many issues and to present their positions as radically polarized is incorrect. This paper is focused on the critical presentation of Camosy’s argument. The research he conducted to support his thesis is useful for understanding the whole discussion between Peter Singer and Christian ethics. His method could be a new standard of discussion between different ethical approaches. In the last part of this paper, it will be suggested, that the author has marginalized some unavoidable obstacles, which make a dialogue between Christian ethics and the famous Australian bioethicsist very difficult. Among them, understanding the notion of person, as well as the reluctance of Christians to pragmaticly compromise in the field of ethics are worth noticing
Sarpong, Bishop Peter, Christianity and African Culture
No full textThis recording features a lecture presentation by Bishop Peter Sarpong, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kumasi. In the lecture, he discusses the relationship between Christianity and traditional African religions. He explains the role of intermediary spirits. Bishop Sarpong also discusses ideas of life after death in African religious traditions. There is also a discussion on African literature included in the recording.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
MICROWAVE SPECTRA AND GEOMETRIES OF C2H2…AgI and C2H4…AgI
Get PDFA chirped-pulse Fourier transform microwave spectrometer has been used to measure the microwave spectra of both and . These complexes are generated via laser ablation at 532 nm of a silver surface in the presence of and either or and argon and are stabilized by a supersonic expansion. Rotational (, , ) and centrifugal distortion constants ( and ) of each molecule have been determined as well the nuclear electric quadrupole coupling constants the iodine atom ( and ). The spectrum of each molecule is consistent with a structure in which the metal atom interacts with the -orbital of the ethene or ethyne molecule. Isotopic substitutions of atoms within the or subunits are in progress and in conjunction with high level textit{ab initio} calculations will allow for accurate determination of the geometry of each molecule. These to complexes are put in the context of the recently studied ,footnote{S.Z. Riaz, S.L. Stephens, W. Mizukami, D.P. Tew, N.R. Walker, A.C. Legon, Chem. Phys. Let., , 1-12 (2012)} OCAgI,footnote{S.L. Stephens, W. Mizukami, D.P. Tew, N.R. Walker, A.C. Legon, J. Chem. Phys., , 064306 (2012)}, and .footnote{D.M. Bittner, D.P. Zaleski, S.L. Stephens, N.R. Walker, A.C. Legon, Study in progress.}Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-05T20:06:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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Movie adaptations of Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Peter Jackson’s ecranizations
No full textThe article mainly concerns the adaptation of Tolkien’s prose directed by Peter Jackson – their creation and reception. It will also explain the issue of accusations of racism against Tolkien and his works. The author traced, among others, the history of early adaptations of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings”, examined the history of the creation of Peter Jackson’s films set in Middle-earth, their dialogue with Ralph Bakshi’s film, and the changes they introduced to the plot of the books
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