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Hare, Roger C. Oral History Interview, Greg Beam Aug 2000

Hare, Roger C. Oral History Interview, Greg Beam

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

Roger Hare was born in Houlton, Maine on December 27, 1927. His parents were Hilda Porter and Donald Hare. He grew up in Houlton and attended Monticello Elementary and Middle School and Houlton High School. When he was seventeen, he contracted tuberculosis and spent two years at a sanitarium in Hebron. After that he went to work for the Maine Turnpike in 1947 as one of the first toll collectors. He worked for the International Association of Machinists as a field staff person for twenty-four years and as a union representative for forty years.


Canonical Quantum Gravity In The Vassiliev Invariants Arena: I. Kinematical Structure, Cayetano Di Bartolo, Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Griego, Jorge Pullin Aug 2000

Canonical Quantum Gravity In The Vassiliev Invariants Arena: I. Kinematical Structure, Cayetano Di Bartolo, Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Griego, Jorge Pullin

Faculty Publications

We generalize the idea of Vassiliev invariants to the spin network context, with the aim of using these invariants as a kinematical arena for a canonical quantization of gravity. This paper presents a detailed construction of these invariants (both ambient and regular isotopic) requiring a significant elaboration based on the use of Chern - Simons perturbation theory which extends the work of Kauffman, Martin and Witten to four-valent networks. We show that this space of knot invariants has the crucial property - from the point of view of the quantization of gravity - of being loop differentiable in the sense …


Canonical Quantum Gravity In The Vassiliev Invariants Arena: Ii. Constraints, Habitats And Consistency Of The Constraint Algebra, Cayetano Di Bartolo, Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Griego, Jorge Pullin Aug 2000

Canonical Quantum Gravity In The Vassiliev Invariants Arena: Ii. Constraints, Habitats And Consistency Of The Constraint Algebra, Cayetano Di Bartolo, Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Griego, Jorge Pullin

Faculty Publications

In a companion paper we introduced a kinematical arena for the discussion of the constraints of canonical quantum gravity in the spin network representation based on Vassiliev invariants. In this paper we introduce the Hamiltonian constraint, extend the space of states to non-diffeomorphism-invariant 'habitats' and check that the off-shell quantum constraint commutator algebra reproduces the classical Poisson algebra of constraints of general relativity without anomalies. One can therefore consider the resulting set of constraints and space of states as a consistent theory of canonical quantum gravity.


August 21, 2000 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham Aug 2000

August 21, 2000 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.


Low-Mass Spectroscopic Binaries In The Hyades: A Candidate Brown Dwarf Companion, I. Neill Reid, S. Mahoney Aug 2000

Low-Mass Spectroscopic Binaries In The Hyades: A Candidate Brown Dwarf Companion, I. Neill Reid, S. Mahoney

Dartmouth Scholarship

We have used the HIRES echelle spectrograph on the Keck I telescope to obtain high-resolution spectroscopy of 51 late-type M dwarfs in the Hyades cluster. Cross-correlating the calibrated data against spectra of white dwarfs allows us to determine heliocentric velocities with an accuracy of ±0.3 km s−1. 27 stars were observed at two epochs in 1997; two stars, RHy 42 and RHy 403, are confirmed spectroscopic binaries. RHy 42 is a double-lined, equal-mass system; RHy 403 is a single-lined, short-period binary, P∼1.275 d. RHy 403A has an absolute magnitude of MI=10.85, consistent with a mass …


Bjc Today Aug 2000

Bjc Today

BJC Today

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Making The Transition From Special To Academic Librarianship, Philip Barnett Aug 2000

Making The Transition From Special To Academic Librarianship, Philip Barnett

Publications and Research

The transition from working in either a special library or corporate information center to an academic library requires some adjustments. The least adjustment is the change from chemical information specialist to chemistry librarian in a dedicated chemistry library primarily used by advanced chemistry students and chemistry faculty. Most librarians, however, must either serve in multidisciplinary science libraries, or become science specialists in single campus libraries. In such situations librarians may face new responsibilities. Generally, librarians teach more in academic libraries, often to novice library users. They may teach credit bearing chemical information courses. Some academic librarian positions carry faculty rank …


August 21, 2000, The Daily Mississippian Aug 2000

August 21, 2000, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.


Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 5, No. 3 August 20, 2000, Barry Strassler Aug 2000

Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 5, No. 3 August 20, 2000, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2000

No abstract provided.


Hidden Power Drains: Trends In Residential Heating And Cooling Fan Watt Power Demand, Florida Solar Energy Center, John Proctor Aug 2000

Hidden Power Drains: Trends In Residential Heating And Cooling Fan Watt Power Demand, Florida Solar Energy Center, John Proctor

FSEC Energy Research Center®

This paper compiles power draw, air flow, and static pressure measurements of residential air handlers taken during nine separate field tests of space conditioning systems in Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, and Canada. The field tests show that air handler devices do not meet basic performance standards and that the interactions between components combine to further degrade overall system efficiency. The findings support conclusions from previous research in Canada that called for a systems approach to improving air handler efficiency. This study reports that fan power consumption in U.S. air conditioners is about 40% higher than estimates used in the DOE …


August 19, 2000 (Pages 4339-4418), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Aug 2000

August 19, 2000 (Pages 4339-4418), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 30 (2000)

No abstract provided.


The Myth Of The Texas Miracle In Education, Walt Haney Aug 2000

The Myth Of The Texas Miracle In Education, Walt Haney

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

I summarize the recent history of education reform and statewide testing in Texas, which led to introduction of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) in 1990-91. A variety of evidence in the late 1990s led a number of observers to conclude that the state of Texas had made near miraculous progress in reducing dropouts and increasing achievement. The passing scores on TAAS tests were arbitrary and discriminatory. Analyses comparing TAAS reading, writing and math scores with one another and with relevant high school grades raise doubts about the reliability and validity of TAAS scores. ...


Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/41 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Aug 2000

Education Policy Analysis Archives 08/41 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Myth of the Texas miracle in education / Walt Haney.


Fermentation Strategies For Recombinant Protein Expression In The Methylotrophic Yeast Pichia Pastoris, Wenhui Zhang, Mehmet Inan, Michael M. Meagher Aug 2000

Fermentation Strategies For Recombinant Protein Expression In The Methylotrophic Yeast Pichia Pastoris, Wenhui Zhang, Mehmet Inan, Michael M. Meagher

Papers in Biochemical Engineering

Fermentation strategies for recombinant protein production in Pichia pastoris have been investigated and are reviewed here. Characteristics of the expression system, such as phenotypes and carbon utilization, are summarized. Recently reported results such as growth model establishment, application of a methanol sensor, optimization of substrate feeding strategy, DOstat controller design, mixed feed technology, and perfusion and continuous culture are discussed in detail.


Commonwealth Times 2000-08-18 Aug 2000

Commonwealth Times 2000-08-18

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.


United States V. Geevers Aug 2000

United States V. Geevers

2000 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey


Ibpp Research Associates: Mexico, Salvador Plascencia Aug 2000

Ibpp Research Associates: Mexico, Salvador Plascencia

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article is an interview conducted by IBPP Research Associate, Mr. Gil Grein, with Salvador Plascencia, an executive assistant/buyer living in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The interview covers conditions in Tijuana as well as opinions about the Vicente Fox administration.


The Psychology Of Espionage: Contemporary Commentary, Ibpp Editor Aug 2000

The Psychology Of Espionage: Contemporary Commentary, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides commentary on some of the common personnel security and counterintelligence criteria employed to minimize espionage within a political organization. The article takes as a point of departure "Security and Motivational Factors in Espionage" by Mr. Terry Thompson in the July 2000 The Intelligencer.


Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Aug 18, 2000, A-State Faculty Senate Aug 2000

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Aug 18, 2000, A-State Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

Meeting minutes for the Faculty Senate held on August 18, 2000.


Day, John Oral History Interview, Andrea L'Hommedieu Aug 2000

Day, John Oral History Interview, Andrea L'Hommedieu

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

John Day was born in Portland, Maine on May 15, 1941 and grew up in Harrison, Maine. He attended Bridgton High School and the University of Maine at Orono, where he graduated in 1963, majoring in Journalism and Political Science. In 1963 he began working for the Bangor Daily News. In 1971 he replaced Kent Ward as BDN correspondent covering the state house in Augusta. In 1978 he was sent to Washington D.C. where he was the first full time Maine reporter to be sent to Washington. He covered Edmund S. Muskie during his tenure as Secretary of State, …


Trends. The Psychology Of Human Lie Detectors: Research At The 2000 American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Ibpp Editor Aug 2000

Trends. The Psychology Of Human Lie Detectors: Research At The 2000 American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses theories pertaining to the psychology of human lie detectors as presented by James Forrest and Robert Feldman (both of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst) at the 2000 American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention.


Docket Entry 16985 - Consent Decree (Sub. 00-Sp-1, Docket Entry 30) Aug 2000

Docket Entry 16985 - Consent Decree (Sub. 00-Sp-1, Docket Entry 30)

Dockets & Filings: U.S. v. Washington (70-cv-9213)

No abstract provided.


Consequences Of Dominance-Mediated Habitat Segregation In American Redstarts During The Nonbreeding Season, Peter P. Marra, Richard T. Holmes Aug 2000

Consequences Of Dominance-Mediated Habitat Segregation In American Redstarts During The Nonbreeding Season, Peter P. Marra, Richard T. Holmes

Dartmouth Scholarship

Several species of migratory songbirds exhibit a distinct form of habitat segregation while on their Neotropical wintering grounds in which males and females occupy different habitat types. In the American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), that sexual habitat segregation is a result of behavioral dominance of older males. In that study, we examined whether such dominance behavior and the resulting differential habitat segregation has consequences for the condition or survival of excluded individuals. We quantified the physical condition and survival of redstarts (both males and females) occupying two habitat types that differed in the proportion of males and females present …


Docket Entry 16986 - Transcript Of Proceedings Before The Honorable Barbara Jacobs Rothstein United States District Judge (Sub. 00-Sp-1, Docket Entry 31) Aug 2000

Docket Entry 16986 - Transcript Of Proceedings Before The Honorable Barbara Jacobs Rothstein United States District Judge (Sub. 00-Sp-1, Docket Entry 31)

Dockets & Filings: U.S. v. Washington (70-cv-9213)

No abstract provided.


August 18, 2000, The Daily Mississippian Aug 2000

August 18, 2000, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.


Glassman, Caroline Oral History Interview, Greg Beam Aug 2000

Glassman, Caroline Oral History Interview, Greg Beam

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

Caroline (Duby) Glassman was born on September 13, 1922 in Baker, Oregon, and grew up on a cattle ranch outside of Baker. Her father, Charles, was a Democrat, and her mother, Caroline, was a Republican. After graduating from a one room school house, she went to Eastern Oregon University in La Grande. At the age of 18 she began law school at a university in Salem, Oregon. After graduating, she worked as a title insurance attorney for about a year and then traveled around the country taking positions such as legal secretary, medical secretary, and magistrate for the court. She …


United States V. Cepero Aug 2000

United States V. Cepero

2000 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania


United States V. Miller Aug 2000

United States V. Miller

2000 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey


Simulation Based Dimensionless Waterflood Performance Curves For Predicting Recovery, Michael David Dunn Aug 2000

Simulation Based Dimensionless Waterflood Performance Curves For Predicting Recovery, Michael David Dunn

Engineering

Predicting waterflood recovery with simulation based dimensionless performance curves has advantages over the more traditional approaches in certain applications. This work discusses the advantages of the type curve approach in moderately mature fields where high resolution history matches are required. The method also has advantages when uncertainty analyses is important. The dimensionless type curve methodology can be applied to many different fields. A case study of a large, complex field is presented to show how the curves are created and how they can be applied. In this field, a study of the geology and stratigraphy indicated that reservoir continuity, permeability …


Temporal Patterns Of Migration, Molt, And Fat Storage Among High-Latitude Passerine Migrants, Anna-Marie Benson Aug 2000

Temporal Patterns Of Migration, Molt, And Fat Storage Among High-Latitude Passerine Migrants, Anna-Marie Benson

Biological Sciences

Aspects of migration, fattening, and molt in trans-continental passerine migrants were examined during spring and autumn migration in Fairbanks, Alaska (64°50’ N, 147°50’ W). From 1992-1998, 25,718 birds of 18 species were banded. Based on median dates of spring and autumn passage, species-level estimates of the duration of breeding range occupation ranged from 48 to 129 days. Adults departed significantly later than immatures in 11 of the 18 species examined and significantly earlier than immatures in only one species, the Alder Flycatcher. Adults had significantly higher fat scores than immatures in most species, but these differences were attributable to the …