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Melville & his circle the last years
No full textHerman Melville is a towering figure in American literature - arguably the country's greatest nineteenth-century writer. Revising a number of entrenched misunderstandings about Melville in his later years, this is a remarkable and unprecedented account of the aged author giving himself over to a life of the mind. Focusing exclusively on a period usually associated with the waning of Melville's literary powers, William B. Dillingham shows that he was actually concentrating and intensifying his thoughts on art and creativity to a greater degree than ever before. What sustained Melville during that final period of ill health and near-poverty, says Dillingham, was his "circle," not of close friends but of works by a number of writers that he read with appreciative, yet discriminating, affinity, including Matthew Arnold, James Thomson, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Honore de Balzac. Dillingham relates these readings to Melville's own poetry and prose and to a rich variety of largely under-appreciated topics relevant to Melville's later life, from Buddhism, the School of Pessimism, and New York intellectual life to Melville's job at the ever-corrupt customs house, his fear of disgrace and increased self-absorption, and his engagement with both the picturesque and the methaphorical power of roses in art and literature. This portrait of the great writer's final years is at once a biography, an intellectual history, and a discerning reading of his mature work. By showing that Melville's isolation was a conscious intellectual decision rather than a psychological quirk, Melville and His Circle reveals much that is new and challenging about Melville himself and about our notions of age and the persistence of imagination and creativity
AN IMMEDIATE FIT AND ADJUSTABLE TRANSTIBIAL PROSTHETIC SYSTEM; A PROSPECTIVE FEASIBILITY AND EFFICACY STUDY
No full textINTRODUCTION
Limb loss rates globally are rising and there is a large unmet need for an affordable and accessible prosthetic system for this growing US and International population. The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to assess the feasibility and utility of a novel immediate fit modular prosthetic system (IFIT Prosthetics, LLC™ prosthesis) for transtibial amputees.
Abstract PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cpoj/article/view/32025/24442
How to cite: Dillingham T.R, Kenia J, Shofer F.S, Marschalek J. AN IMMEDIATE FIT AND ADJUSTABLE TRANSTIBIAL PROSTHETIC SYSTEM; A PROSPECTIVE FEASIBILITY AND EFFICACY STUDY. CANADIAN PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS JOURNAL, VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2, 2018; ABSTRACT, POSTER PRESENTATION AT THE AOPA’S 101ST NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, SEPT. 26-29, VANCOUVER, CANADA, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v1i2.32025
Abstracts were Peer-reviewed by the AOPA 2018 National Assembly Scientific Committee
The Political Economy of Immigration Restriction in the United States, 1890 to 1921
No full textAnti-immigrant forces almost succeeded in passing restrictive legislation in 1897, but their plan did not ultimately materialize for another twenty years. During that time 17 million Europeans from among the poorest nations came to the United States. This paper explores the economic and political forces that propped the door open for those twenty years, as well as the factors that eventually shut it Economic downturns and their consequent unemployment almost always brought demands for restriction. The flood of immigrants eventually did result in large negative effects on the wages of native-born workers. But the political clout of immigrants was strengthened by the reinforcing nature of their flows. Cities having large numbers of the foreign born received a disproportionate share of immigrants during the 1900 to 1910 period. After 1910, however, immigrant flows were diluting. This factor and the negative impact of immigrants on native wages were important in the passage of restrictionist legislation, although the rural heartland of America was pro-restriction from the l890s.
"Views of European Races among the Research Staff of the US Immigration Commission and the Census Bureau, ca. 1910"
No full textThis paper discusses support for, and opposition to, racial classification of European immigrants among high-level researchers at both the United States Immigration Commission of 1907-11 (the Dillingham Commission) and the Census Bureau during those same years. A critical distinction must be made between the Commission members-political appointees who mostly supported some form of restriction at the time of their appointment-and the top research staff, whose views were remarkably wide ranging. Moreover, even staff members committed to a racialized outlook-such as Daniel Folkmar, author of the Commission's infamous Dictionary of Races and Peoples-deserve a closer look than historians have given them; for example, Folkmar and his superior on the staff had requested commentary from Franz Boas, who was then emerging as the most prestigious academic critic of racial theories (theories that assume group differences in behavior arise from biological endowments). Another feature of the narrative concerns the surprising number of staff who transferred from the Commission to the Census Bureau to work on the 1910 Census. Debates continued at the Bureau as well, this time over how to present the results of the new "mother tongue" question, which had been introduced to the Census questionnaire in response to pressure for a European "race" question. Indeed, Folkmar was also the chief author of the Census Bureau report on the mother-tongue data.
Environmental Management Planning and the Special Area Management Process
No full textWithin coastal areas, growing numbers of resource users, increasingly divergent resources use demands, and loss of indigenous resources combine to exert tremendous pressures on these areas. The Narrow River is a unique estuary located on the coast of southern Rhode Island. The estuary has experienced a decline in water quality over the last 20 years, primarily attributable to poor development practices and improper disposal of on-site sewage. Increasing levels of development have begun to bring about further changes in the watershed, including alteration of scenic values, conversion and loss of wildlife habitat, additional sources of pollution inputs and increasing conflict between conservation and development interests. The watershed environment environment, the unique oceanographic and biological characteristics of the estuary, and the probable sources of pollution inputs are discussed. The natural interrelationships of the estuarine system imposes specific limitations on how the watershed may be developed without damage or significant impairment of its resources. Despite several studies in the past recognizing the value and significance of the estuary and its resources, local and state management programs have been ineffective in preserving these values, or minimizing conflicts over proper approaches to development within the watershed. In 1985, a new approach to management of the watershed was initiated by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, aimed at developing a long range, comprehensive plan for the estuary. The process, Special Area Management Planning was designed to address shortcomings in other, more traditional planning and regulatory approaches, including the failure of regulatory programs to consider cumulative impacts, the lack of responsiveness of permit standards to unique circumstances, the lack of predictable policies on resource use in planning programs due to varying input by different governmental authorities, and a lack of integration of policy and management mechanisms throughout the governance system. The SAM Plan was organized with the purpose of addressing these problems through a watershed level assessment of natural conditions, providing increased specificity to pertinent regulatory programs, and integrating policies concerning resource use among the various participants. The framework of management authorities is described, and shortcomings inherent in the design of the system discussed. The majority of problems at the root of the inability to carry out stated goals within the Narrow River watershed arise from organizational problems. These are examined in the context of the statutory authorities available to municipal and state governmental bodies in Rhode Island, the exercise of those authorities, and the structure of the regulatory and planning programs. These are also examined in comparison to the resource management issues generated by the natural characteristics of the estuary. The Special Area Management Planning process is discussed and analyzed in its ability to integrate policies concerning the management of the estuary, and effectuate stated resource protection goals within the watershed. A descriptive model is presented, and the design, conduct and results of the SAM Planning process compared with its elements. Conclusions are drawn about the strength of the process, and its ability to address the problems of multijurisdictional coastal management
France versus Spain in Florida, 1562-1564 (Prize essay)
No full textThis essay was awarded a first prize in the Irving Bacheller-Florida Historical Society essay contest for Florida high school students, held at Rollins College under the direction of Alfred J. Hanna, on February twenty-second last. Its author, Donald Jaegar, is a student of Dade City High School. The other prize winners were: Thelma Baker of Orlando, Pyrle Dillingham of Delray Beach, and Laura Belle Fisher of Tampa. These three wrote on The Conquistadores of Florida, 1513-1561
Technical writing versus technical writing
No full textTwo terms, two job categories, 'technical writer' and 'technical author' are discussed in terms of industrial and business requirements and standards. A distinction between 'technical writing' and technical 'writing' is made. The term 'technical editor' is also considered. Problems inherent in the design of programs to prepare and train students for these jobs are discussed. A closer alliance between industry and academia is suggested as a means of preparing students with competent technical communication skills (especially writing and editing skills) and good technical skills
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