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Rezension zu Luzerner Namenbuch 3, hg. von Erika Waser, in Zusammenarbeit mit Peter Mulle
No full textLuzerner Namenbuch 3: Habsburg. Die Orts- und Flurnamen des östlichen Amtes Luzern. 1. Teil A–M, 2. Teil N–Z. Hrsg. und bearb. von Erika Waser, in Zusammenarbeit mit Peter Mulle, unter Mitarbeit von Alex Baumgartner, Heidi Blaser und Irene Rettig. Mitarbeit an der Sammlung: Philippe Barth und Ingrid Strassmann. Altdorf: Gisler Druck AG 2014, 1260 S. – ISBN 978-3-906130-87-3, Preis: SFR 149,00 (CH)
Peter M. Mach
No full textabstract: Peter was 12 years old when he heard gunshots and bombing at his village.
“Lost Boys Found” is an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that is collecting, recording and archiving the oral histories of the Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan. The collection is a work-in-progress, seeking to record the oral history of as many Lost Boys/Girls as are willing, and will be used in a future book.Age: 28Region: Upper NileThis picture and bio was donated to the Lost Boys Found project from The Arizona Lost Boys Cente
Joseph Bimeler letter to Peter Kaufmann, June 8, 1844
No full textLetter from J. M. Bimeler (by Christian Weibel) to Peter Kaufmann, acknowledging receipt of Bibles and spelling books and ordering more Bibles. He repeats his statement from his letter of April 31, 1844, of a preference for Bibles that embrace the Apocrypha. The letter also requests a catalog of books on hand at Kaufmann's establishment.
Led by Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Bäumeler) in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left Germany and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar, in which each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole, and in exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. After decades of economic prosperity, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society.
Peter Kaufmann was a German immigrant and intellectual. He arrived first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1820; in 1826 he became professor of languages at the Harmony Society town of Economy, Pennsylvania. In 1827, Kaufmann led the establishment of Teutonia, a utopian community in Columbiana County, Ohio, and published its weekly titled "Teutonia: The Herald of a Better Time." Following this he moved to Canton, Ohio, where he became translator and editor of "Der Vaterlandsfreund und Geist der Zeit" under Solomon Sala. Additionally, Kaufmann wrote a number of books on education, as well as a German almanac. He was also an influential Democrat, counting President Van Buren among his friends, and knew Ralph Waldo Emerson
Effects of habitat fragmentation on microsatellite genetic structure of populations of white -footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in Indiana
No full textStudies of local scale effects of habitat fragmentation on genetic structure have been uncommon until recently. The advent of highly variable molecular markers has made it possible to detect adequate levels of genetic variability at a small geographic scale. In this study, I used microsatellite DNA to determine if there were differences between populations of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in continuous woods and isolated woodlots in terms of within or between population genetic variation. Populations were trapped in pairs that were either 500 m or 2000 m apart. I found significant genetic variation within all populations in terms of number of alleles and heterozygosity estimates, but no significant differences between populations in continuous woods and isolated woodlots. These data suggest that within population levels of genetic variation are similar in the two habitats. I found significant genetic structure at a local geographical scale of 30 km. The amount of genetic differentiation between population pairs was similar in both continuous and isolated habitat. Distance had a marginal effect on genetic differentiation for population pairs at 2000 m over population pairs at 500 m. However, at a larger geographic scale, there was no evidence of isolation by distance. There was no evidence of habitat effects on the amount of genetic differentiation between populations inhabiting agricultural landscapes. Although I did not find isolation by distance at a large geographic scale, there may be local scale isolation by distance effects. With respect to behavioral characteristics of populations, males had significantly higher dispersal tendencies using a genetic based sex-biased dispersal test, although both sexes disperse. Furthermore, aggression levels did not differ between mice in isolated or continuous habitat. These results suggest that P. leucopus have responded positively to habitat fragmentation by maintaining genetic structure and behavioral attributes equivalent to populations in continuous habitat
Behavior of ringed seals diving under shore-fast sea ice
No full textBehavioral studies of pinnipeds have been concentrated in the temperate zone, while the majority of phocid seals breed in high latitude, ice-covered waters. The under-ice movements and behavior of ringed seals, the most ice-adapted of northern pinnipeds, were investigated in 1989-1992. Fifteen ringed seals were captured 1 or more times in nets designed to line seal breathing holes in sea ice. The behavior of seals, diving under shore-fast sea ice, was monitored acoustically during the spring breeding season. Frequent dives with extended periods at depth by subadult and adult seals, including lactating females, were interpreted to be foraging dives. Median dive durations were less than 10.0 min; the maximal observed duration was 26.4 min. The maximal observed dive depth, 222 m, was limited by water depth in the study area. Modal dive depths were between 10 and 45 m for breeding-aged males and between 100 and 145 m for subadult males and post-parturient females. Median dive durations were 4.0 min for adult males and 7.5 min for adult females. Body mass was a better predictor of maximal dive duration (r\sp2 = 0.94) than was age, but maximal durations were shorter than were predicted using measures of oxygen stores and presumed metabolic rates. There was no consistent relationship between light level and the frequency or depth of dives. The allocation of time to descent, foraging, ascent, and surface phases of the diving cycle was examined for 9,778 under-ice dives. Adult males and yearlings of both sexes concentrated their activity within 25 m of the surface, while subadults and adult females spent long periods foraging at depths greater than 100 m. The proportion of the dive cycle spent at the surface decreased and the proportion spent in foraging patches increased with increasing depth contrary to the predictions of a model based on the marginal value theorem. Ringed seals may sacrifice efficient use of oxygen in favor of a risk adverse strategy. When surfacing at breathing holes in the ice, ringed seals are highly vulnerable to predation. They may minimize that threat by returning to the surface with large oxygen reserves
Peter Logan: Victorian Fetishism [Audio interview]
No full textPeter Logan is the author of Nerves and Narratives: A Cultural History of Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century British Prose (1997) and, more recently, Victorian Fetishism: Intellectuals and Primitives (2009). On May 15, 2012, Fred Rowland interviewed Peter Logan to discuss Victorian Fetishism, which details the development of ideas about the primitive and how these concepts set the boundaries of culture in Victorian Britain. Drawing from Lucretius, Vico, and Auguste Comte, Peter Logan explains how fetishism – the defining feature of culture’s absence – figured in the works of literary and cultural critic Matthew Arnold, realist novelist George Eliot, and anthropologist Edward Tylor.Temple University. College of Liberal ArtsTemple University. LibrariesEnglishLearning and Research ServicesAudacityAudacit
Der Wahrheitssucher : su Peter Weiss, Dante e l’utopia
No full textThe contribution outlines the utopian dimension of the work and aesthetics of the German-Jewish-Swedish author Peter Weiss (1916-1982), focusing mainly on his "DC-Projekt", the plan of a political rewriting of Dantes' Divine Comedy for the modern stage (1960s). The contribution contends that the medieval poet, called "the truthsearcher" in the posthumous drama "Inferno", is the key figure of the author's utopian concern in his lifelong alternation of autobiographical, poetical and political issues
Typology in pollination biology: lessons from an historical critique
No full textTypological schemes that describe putative floral adaptations for pollinators have played a central role in pollination biology. In 1882 the prominent German botanist and Darwinist Hermann Müller commented critically on a precursor of modern versions of such “pollination syndromes” that had been developed by his Italian colleague Federico Delpino. Delpino also was a self-proclaimed Darwinist, but in fact adhered to teleology— explanation beyond nature. As a consequence he viewed his typology as reflecting a deeper ideal and thus as rigidly true, and rejected as unimportant any visitors to flowers that it did not predict. Although Müller also classified flowers as to pollinators, he considered such schemes to be fallible, and pondered what diversity and variation in floral visitors might mean. Müller’s comments, which we translate here, are of interest given that appeals to teleology have resurfaced from time to time in discussions of pollination syndromes, and more importantly because his warning against taking typological schemes too literally remains valid. Typology is a useful tool in biology, including pollination biology, but care must be taken that it does not replace nature as perceived realit
Narrative support for technical documents: Formalising Rhetorical Structure Theory
No full textBusiness Process Re-engineering (BPR) is an area that requires a lot of technical documents and an important feature of a well-written document is a coherent narrative. Even though computer software has helped authors in many other aspects of writing, support for document narratives is almost non-existent. Therefore, we introduce CANS (Computer-Aided Narrative Support), a tool that uses Rhetorical Structure Theory to enhance the narrative of a document. From this narrative, the tool generates questions to prompt the author for the content of the document. CANS also allows the author to explore alternative narratives for a document. A catalogue of predefined narrative structures for popular types of documents is provided too. Our tool is still in its rudimentary stages but sufficiently complete to be demonstrated
Zechariah 9-14 as the substructure of 1 Peter’s eschatological program
No full textThe principal aim of this study is to discern what has shaped the author of 1 Peter to regard Christian suffering as a necessary (1.6) and to-be-expected (4.12) component of faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ. Most research regarding suffering in 1 Peter has limited the scope of inquiry to two particular aspects—its cause and nature, and the strategies that the author of 1 Peter employs in order to enable his addressees to respond in faithfulness. There remains, however, the need for a comprehensive explanation for the source that has generated 1 Peter’s theology of Christian suffering. If Jesus truly is the Christ, God’s chosen redemptive agent who has come to restore God’s people, then how can it be that Christian suffering is a necessary part of discipleship after his coming, death and resurrection? What led the author of 1 Peter to such a startling conclusion, which seems to runs against the grain of the eschatological hopes and expectations of Jewish restoration ideology?
This thesis analyzes the appropriation of shepherd and fiery trials imagery,
and argues that the author of 1 Peter is dependent upon Zechariah 9-14 for his
theology of Christian suffering. Said in another way, the eschatological program of
Zechariah 9-14, read through the lens of the Gospel, functions as the substructure
for 1 Peter’s eschatology and thus its theology of Christian suffering.
In support of this hypothesis, this study highlights the fact that Zechariah 9-
14 was available and appropriated in early Christianity, in particular in the Passion
Narrative tradition; that the shepherd imagery of 1 Pet 2.25 is best understood
within the milieu of the Passion Narrative tradition, and that it alludes to the
eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14; that the fiery trials imagery found in 1
Peter 1.6-7 and 1 Pet 4.12 is distinct from that which we find in Greco-Roman and OT
wisdom sources, and that it shares exclusive parallels with some unique features of
the eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14; that Zechariah 9-14 offers a more
satisfying explanation for the modification of Isa 11.2 in 1 Pet 4.14, the transition
from 4.12-19 to 5.1-4, why Peter has oriented his letter with the term διασπορά,
and why he has described his addresses as οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ; and finally that 1 Peter
contains an implicit foundational narrative that shares distinct parallels with the
eschatological program of Zechariah 9-14.
We can conclude that 1 Peter offers a unique vista into the way in which at
least one early Christian witness came to understand and to communicate the fact
that Christian suffering was a necessary feature of faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ
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