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Comprehensive Bibliography of Chadic and Hausa Linguistics, Third Edition
No full textThe Comprehensive Bibliography of Chadic and Hausa Linguistics is an updated, expanded, and corrected edition of the print book published some twenty years ago by Rüdiger Köppe Verlag (Newman 1996). The outpouring of new publications on Chadic and Hausa in the ensuing years created the need for an updated bibliography. The first edition of this online bibliography was published in 2012 at Bayreuth University, the second edition in 2013 at Indiana University (http://hdl.handle.net/2022/16600), and the current third edition in 2015, also at Indiana University. This comprehensive bibliography covers all works written on Chadic and Hausa languages and linguistics dating from 1790 to the present. In addition to published books and articles, the bibliography includes unpublished Ph.D. dissertations and master's theses. The bibliography is international in scope and covers works regardless of the language in which they were written. For example, there are close to a hundred works written in Hausa. Titles of works in languages other than English, French, or German are accompanied by English translations. Russian titles in Cyrillic script are transliterated into Roman script. Book reviews are listed under the entry for the book being reviewed. A new feature of this 3rd edition is the addition of a Book Review Author Index, which indicates all the books that any individual has reviewed. Finally, the bibliography contains a section consisting of obituaries, (auto-) biographical essays, and related works on major scholars, now deceased, who have contributed significantly to Chadic or Hausa linguistics
Towards the tumble resistant microlight
No full textThe tumble mode is a pitching departure from controlled flight which leads to a pitch autorotation that is generally unrecoverable – resulting in vertical ground impact, usually preceded by in-flight breakup (the mechanism for which, surprisingly, can sometimes prevent loss of life). This was identified in work led by the British Microlight Aircraft Association beginning in 1997 as a response to a number of fatal accidents in Rogallo winged microlight aeroplanes, although the tumble is also known to occur to hang-gliders. This paper explains how this class of aeroplane is controlled, and how it has been found that they can enter the tumble mode. The mechanism by which the tumble can be entered is described. This has led to work showing how flight testing can be used to establish and demonstrate resistance to tumble entry – particularly important with increasing number of very high performance flexwings. These flight tests will be explained, together with the significance of the results. Recent accident investigation work has also shown a new mechanism of tumble entry, through partial failure of the A-frame structure and the pitch-trimmer mechanism. Also described is a possible relevance to well known historical accidents to flying wing aeroplanes– specifically the YB-49 and dH-108, and discovered data on the characteristics of the BKB-1flying wing glider; are also described
Interview with Marvin Newman
No full textProf. Marvin Newman grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and South Florida. He received his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University in 1956, then continued his studies at the University’s law school, where he earned his L.L.B. and J.D. degrees, graduating magna cum laude.
With his wife and newborn daughter, Newman moved to Orlando in 1960 and began practicing as an attorney. He joined Rollins in 1961 as an adjunct lecturer in Business Law. His passion for the subject was evident, and within a year, he was teaching classes Monday through Thursday and sometimes on the weekends, while continuing to practice law and devote time to his growing family (the Newmans eventually had four daughters). In 1972 he became a tenured professor in the College of Arts and Sciences.
A popular and dedicated teacher, Prof. Newman received numerous awards over the course of his career, including the Hugh and Jeannette McKean Grant, The Outstanding Professor Award from the Crummer Graduate School of Business, The Rollins Decoration of Honor, and the College’s Distinguished Teaching Award. He introduced a total of 10 courses to the Rollins curriculum, but the one that is dearest to him is “Death and Dying.” This class was immediately popular with students and led to Prof. Newman becoming an internationally recognized scholar on ethical and legal issues related to the terminally ill. He is the author of numerous publications and co-author of several books on this topic, including To Die or Not to Die and Perspectives on Death and Dying.
Prof. Newman retired from Rollins in 2011. Looking back on his teaching career, he said, “I feel that it’s the memories my students will have of me that will count more than the assets that I leave. So it’s been wonderful.
Lesléa Newman, 32nd Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textLesléa Newman is the author of 55 books for adults and children, including the short story collection, A Letter to Harvey Milk, the poetry collection, Nobody\u27s Mother, and the children\u27s classic, Heather Has Two Mommies. Her literary awards include creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation, the James Baldwin Award for Cultural Achievement, and a Parents\u27 Choice Silver Medal. She is the Poet Laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts
Reflections of a Jewish, Lesbian Author
No full textIn this essay, Jewish lesbian author Leslea Newman speaks of the importance of finding one's own identity reflected in works of literature, citing examples of her own work, and recommending the writings of other Jewish lesbian authors of merit
Comprehensive Bibliography of Chadic and Hausa Linguistics, Fourth Edition
No full textThe Comprehensive Bibliography of Chadic and Hausa Linguistics, 4th edition, includes works written on Chadic and Hausa languages and linguistics dating from 1790 to the present. The bibliography contains published books and articles as well as unpublished Ph.D. dissertations and master’s theses. The bibliography is international in scope and covers works regardless of the language in which they were written. For example, there are approximately 500 entries written in French, 300 in German, 125 in Hausa, and 100 in Russian. Titles of works in languages other than English, French, or German are accompanied by English translations. Russian titles in Cyrillic script are transliterated into Roman script. Book reviews are listed under the entry for the book being reviewed. In addition, there is Book Review Author Index that indicates all the books that any individual has reviewed. Finally, the bibliography contains a small section consisting of obituaries, (auto-)biographical essays, and related works on major scholars, now deceased, who have contributed significantly to Chadic and Hausa linguistics. The first edition of this online bibliography was published in 2012 at Bayreuth University. The second edition (2013) and the third edition (2015) were published at Indiana University (http://hdl.handle.net/2022/16600). This is an open access work fully and freely available for education, research, and other scholarly purposes
Muriel Spark as auto-biographer in <i>Curriculum</i> <i>Vitae</i>
No full textExamining Muriel Spark's main aims as an auto-biographer in her work Curriculum Vitae brings important resources in the exploration of the genre of autobiographical writing. This with the theoretical engagement, allows consideration of the critical issues surrounding the roles of author and reader in the construction of the literary self. Spark demands the reader participate in the constructon of textual meaning; overturning the conventions of autobiography, satirising its claims to omniscience and highlighting the impossibility of an authentic voice with regard to the self
The tumble mode - where test pilots fear to tread
No full textFollowing a fatal accident in 1997 and identification of common patterns in several (usually fatal) previous accidents the AAIB (United Kingdom Air Accidents Investigation Branch) asked the BMAA (British Microlight Aircraft Association) to pursue a course of investigation into the tumble mode, which had been attributed as the primary cause of that fatal accident.
The tumble mode is a peculiarity of weightshift controlled aircraft - that is flexwing microlights and hang-gliders. It is a departure from controlled flight leading to a nose-down pitch autorotation: pitch rates of 400°/s are known. When a tumble occurs in a microlight aeroplane, it is rare for the crew to survive and loss of the aircraft is universal
Newman as an Historian
No full textIn this thesis I am attempting to evaluate the historical · writings of John Henry, Cardinal, Newman. Most of the material herein contained may also be found in Jos. J. Reilly\u27s excellent book, Newman as a Man of Letters , however, I have treated some few phrases of Newman\u27s history which that author ignores. The topic of my thesis, Newman as an Historian , though treated at greater length by Reilly, is of merely secondary importance in his volume, consequently there are certain points, small or elementary, which the scope of that work m4de it impossible for h1m to treat. These, then, are the points which I have added. The rest of the matter is original to me only in the sense that an occasional turn of. thought or point of view is my own; however the great mass of material is borrowed
Zevinaella Shalaeva & Newman, 2016, gen. nov.
No full textGenus Zevinaella gen. nov. Type species. Scalpellum rodstromi Boone, 1927. Diagnosis. Arcoscalpellinae with 12 capitular plates (L 2 s absent). Umbones of T, S, C, L 1, CLs apical. Associated with Crinoidea (Echinodermata). Composition. Two species: Zevinaella rodstromi (Boone, 1927) new combination and Zevinaella volentis sp. nov. Remarks. The more or less closely related T. pentacrinarum (Pilsbry, 1907) has not been included in the new genus because its L 2 s are obviously present, its peduncular plates stand in 6 rather than 8 tiers, and it occurs on Neocrinus rather than Stylometra. However, supplementary descriptions of the holotype and additional material of T. pentacrinarum are given below. Distribution. Atlantic, Western-Central: Caribbean. Known depth range 60 to 510 m. Habitat. Crinoid assemblages of outer reef slopes. Etymology. Zevinaella is named in honor of the late Professor Galina Zevina (1926–2002) of Moscow State University (Russia), author of more than a hundred papers and books on barnacles as well as an inspirational, warmhearted teacher and friend, whose untimely death in an automobile accident left a void in cirripedology (cf. Kolbasov et al., 2005).Published as part of Shalaeva, Kate & Newman, William A., 2016, Zevinaella — a new barnacle genus (Scalpellomorpha: Arcoscalpellinae) associated with crinoids (Echinodermata) from the Caribbean, pp. 151-170 in Zootaxa 4072 (2) on page 152, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/25751
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