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The Cutting Edge, November/December 2006, Vol. 16 Issue 6, The Society Of American Fight Directors

The Cutting Edge

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The Cutting Edge, September/October 2006, Vol. 16 Issue 5, The Society Of American Fight Directors

The Cutting Edge

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Art Imitates Life: Violence And The Music Of Metal And Rap, Gordon A. Crews, Angela D. Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Research

The purpose of this presentation is to explore the similar evolution's of Black Metal and Gangsta Rap musical genres. The authors argue the following similarities exist: 1) different cultures and statements being made, but violence is a common thread (outcomes of violence and societal responses), 2) the music and lyrics in both reflect their cultures, histories, and lives, and, 3) there is a strong musical and lyrical expression of violence related to the behavioral expression of violence among the artists and the fans in both genres. Finally, the authors question whether art imitates life or life imitates art.

A Survey On Ontology Mapping, Namyoun Choi, Il-Yeol Song, Hyoil Han

Computer Sciences and Electrical Engineering Faculty Research

Ontology is increasingly seen as a key factor for enabling interoperability across heterogeneous systems and semantic web applications. Ontology mapping is required for combining distributed and heterogeneous ontologies. Developing such ontology mapping has been a core issue of recent ontology research. This paper presents ontology mapping categories, describes the characteristics of each category, compares these characteristics, and surveys tools, systems, and related work based on each category of ontology mapping. We believe this paper provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of ontology mapping and points to various research topics about the specific roles of ontology mapping.

The Cutting Edge, July/August 2006, Vol. 16 Issue 4, The Society Of American Fight Directors

The Cutting Edge

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Oscar Wilde’S Artificiality And The Logic Of Genuine Pluralism, Jeremy Barris

Humanities Faculty Research

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The Fight Master, Spring/Summer 2006, Vol. 29 Issue 1, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

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The Cutting Edge, May/June 2006, Vol. 16 Issue 3, The Society Of American Fight Directors

The Cutting Edge

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The Cutting Edge, March/April 2006, Vol. 16 Issue 2, The Society Of American Fight Directors

The Cutting Edge

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Review Of Choral Music Of Thea Musgrave, Bridge Records, 2004, Vicki Stroeher

Music Faculty Research

Extraordinary music demands extraordinary performance. Unfortunately, in this recording of Thea Musgrave's recent choral works (most composed between 1986 and 1994 ), the music presented here fails to receive fully satisfying realization. Each work, however different, receives the same approach, as though director and chorus understand neither the texts nor their settings. While Musgrave’s craft proves remarkably consistent, the diverse compositional techniques she exploits show an equally remarkable variety. Unfortunately, these performances by Harold Rosenbaum and the New York Virtuoso Singers capture their unity, but not their variety. It is precisely this variety that must drive interpretation.

The Cutting Edge, January/February 2006, Vol. 16 Issue 1, The Society Of American Fight Directors

The Cutting Edge

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Úrsula: Identidad Cultural Afro Y Crítica A La Situación De La Mujer En El Brasil De Mediados Del Siglo Xix, María Cristina Burgueño

Modern Languages Faculty Research

Ursula: Afro Cultural Identity and Criticism to Women’s oppression in Brazil at the middle of the 19th Century

Ursula (1859), by Maria Firmina dos Reis (Brazil, 1825-1917) is one of the Brazilian’s first novels. It is an abolitionist romance written from the author’s perspective as female of Afro descent. In the plot, the appeal of the love story is diminished by the account of actions and stories of the slaves. That account introduces a variety of issues such as race representation and Afro culture in Brazil, slavery, and gender oppression. This one is imposed on the female characters independently of …

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

0744: Scott-Adams Family Genealogy, 1974, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of two binders of family group sheets and pedigree charts of Scott-Adams family, including Mackley/Magli, Ostertag, Kimberly and Phillips families, dating 1516-1974. Locations include England; Switzerland; Germany; Amelia, Lunenberg, Bedford, and Henrico counties in Virginia.; and Pike, Lawrence and Scioto counties in Ohio.

0743: Smith-Riffe Collection, 1930-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a bound manuscript titled, “Smith-Riffe Collection of New River Genealogy and Local History” by Aubrey O. Smith, Winton A. Riffe, and John F. Vallentine. The manuscript contains copies of materials related to the Clay family of southern West Virginia, including newspaper clippings, correspondence, and miscellaneous holograph notes.

0752: Charles Edward Viers Collection, 1889-2004, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of personal papers and materials related to Mr. Charles Edward Viers. The collection is divided into three series: Series 1: Papers, Series 2: Photographs, and Series 3: Items. Series 1 primarily covers legal documents relating to deeds and oil and gas contracts (found in the lockbox in Series 3), clippings related to Viers receiving the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal in 1996, teaching documents such as contracts and two report cards, Viers’ Marshall transcripts, Viers’ military papers and a small amount of correspondence from 1945 and 1995-1996, and Civil War discharge papers and an arrest of …

0746: Mckibben Family Record, 1935, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of four pedigree charts beginning with Joseph McKibben (deceased 1801). Included are 4 sequential blueprint sheets with the family genealogy prepared by Hugh L. McKibben of Sewickley, Pennsylvania in 1935 for the annual McKibben reunion. The first sheet begins with Joseph McKibben and fourth sheet goes to the seventh generation of McKibbens, bringing it to the then present day of 1935.

0755: John Pritchard Collection, 1864-1865, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a tintype photograph with the following inscription: “(Tintype) Tintype picture of our family and father in Civil War uniform.” Tissue paper enclosed with the tintype contained the note "Elmer Pritchard's Fathers Picture". Also included in the collection are copies of the family’s family bible records as well as scanned copies of John A. Pritchard’s military records.

From Orthodoxy To Heresy: A Theological Analysis Of Sonnets Xiv And Xviii, Timothy J. Burbery

English Faculty Research

The commentary on Milton's eighteenth sonnet ("On the Late Massacre' in Piedmont") is rich and extensive. Kester Svendsen's often cited 1945 essay, the first close reading of the poem; ushered in many other interpretations of its biblical imagery, as well as speech-act analyses, reader- response discussions, and at least one Foucaldian study. Yet even though a religious conflict inspired the sonnet, and although numerous interpreters have paid close attention to the work's biblical texture, no sustained theological account of the poem has been offered. The present essay seeks to fill that gap by examining the work in light of two …

Shirking No Danger: The Civil War Diary Of Robert C. Thompson, Robert C. Thompson, Jack L. Dickinson, Marshall University Special Collections

Manuscripts

The Civil War diary of this Tennessee farm boy who was a soldier in the 41^st Tennessee Infantry, CSA, is interesting for several reasons. It starts with his experiences in a POW camp a few months after his capture at Ft. Donelson, Tenn., in Feb. 1862. It relates the joy of being exchanged and returning to his unit. The remainder of the diary accounts his unit’s marching and skirmishing across Mississippi. He was a very detail-oriented person, and recorded the dates he mailed letters to his wife and the dates he received answers. As a lieutenant of his company, …

The Fight Master, Fall/Winter 2006, Vol. 29 Issue 2, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

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0754: John M. Mossman Photograph Collection, 1911-2004, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Collection of photographs from the Mossman family. One CD rom disk with photos of Maurice Edwin Mossman entitled WW I and Paris 1918-1919. Other photos include the 1937 flood, the Mud River flood, site of the Huntington Mall, and the Huntington Band competition in 1948 and 1949.

0749: Nelson Slade Bond Collection, 1920-2006, Marshall University Special Collections

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Nelson Slade Bond had a varied writing career that spanned 70 years. Primarily known for science fiction short stories, Bond also wrote plays, radio and television scripts, newspaper and magazine articles, poetry, public relations material, and books. The collection reflects the author's professional and personal lives consisting of writings, correspondence, business papers and financial records from 1925 to 2005. The collection was donated in four installments during and after Bond’s life from April 2006 to September 2007. The order in which the materials were received is maintained with only minor modifications. Input from Nelson Bond and his family members was …

0745: Bokair Family Papers, 1916-1971, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection consists of paper materials related to the Bokair family, especially Ellen Kathryn Bokair. Items include student newspapers, concert programs, and other memorabilia related to Huntington High School during the mid-1950s, as well as letters to Ellen Kathryn from Job’s Daughters and the American Business Women’s Association. Information on other members of the Bokair family is minimal and includes a wedding invitation, report cards, a ceremony pamphlet, letter, and a newspaper article. While the collection spans the years, 1916-1971, the bulk of items date from the 1950s and 1960s.

The Problem Of Comparing Different Cultural Or Theoretical Frameworks: Davidson, Rorty, And The Nature Of Truth, Jeremy Barris

Humanities Faculty Research

In comparing very different cultural, theoretical, or methodological standpoints, the nature of truth itself becomes a problem. If the standpoints have different conceptions of truth, a comparative approach that respects both involves the contradiction of conflicting legitimate claims to truth. But if we reject this contradiction, we eliminate the possibility that standpoints can have legitimately different conceptions of truth. And with that we reject the sense of a genuine comparison in this respect, rather than a reading of one framework in the light of the other. Davidson and Rorty have mounted especially powerful arguments against the very sense of this …

Freedom. – What If? – Still Unknown. – The Actor, Victor Fet

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

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