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"(Silence)": Scripting [It], Staging [It] On The Page, For The Stage, Clark Lunberry

English Faculty Research and Scholarship

The stage is no place for silence. The silence is no place for a stage. Like a white page upon which it is inscribed, presented as dramatic instruction—"(silence)"—the word is made into a mark, made into a bracketed moment, only to be instantly, noisily transformed into utterance. Mouths closed; the word erased but still seen, fully present and intended to form and function, to speak breathlessly. The speakers stop, pause, silent. On the page or on the stage, this instructed silence nevertheless stealthily expands and fills as a signified absence, inflating into a deliberately, paradoxically evacuated dimension; ink absorbed onto …

2001 Literary Review (No. 15), Sigma Tau Delta

The Greenleaf Review

No abstract provided.

Strong On The Merits And Powerfully Symbolic: The Return Of Blue Lake To Taos Pueblo, Andrew Graybill

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Navigationg The River Of Our Future: The Rio Poco-Grande, William Debuys

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Social Influence On Paranormal Beliefs, Barry N. Markovsky, Shane R. Thye

Faculty Publications

In spite of strong public expressions of skepticism from the scientific community, polls show that more than nine out of ten American adults profess belief in paranormal phenomena. Some scientists view this as a social problem, directing much blame (but little research) at a variety of sources including lack of critical thinking skills, fads, need for transcendent experiences, failure of the educational system, and cultural cycles. Social impact theory provides an alternative focus: it views paranormal beliefs as a natural consequence of social influence processes in interpersonal settings. In this study, subjects in a laboratory experiment were informed that some …

Experience And Legal Ethics Teaching, James E. Moliterno

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Bar Admissions: New Opportunities To Enhance Professionalism, Margaret F. Corneille

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Disease Emergence In Birds: Challenges For The Twenty-First Century, Milton Friend, Robert G. Mclean, F. Joshua Dein

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) conjunctivitis is an example of the rapid geographic spread that can result from disease emergence in naive populations. That event was neither novel nor transient relative to its occurrence or effects. Disease emergence and reemergence are hallmarks of the latter part of the twentieth century (Center for Disease Control 1994, Levins et al. 1994, DaSilva and Laccarino 1999, Gratz 1999). Current examples involving domestic animals include the problems in Europe with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or ‘‘mad cow disease’’) (Brown 2001) and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) (Kitching 1999). Human health has been affected by diseases caused …

The Legislative History Of Mandatory Minimum Penalties Of Imprisonment In Canada, Nicole Crutcher

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Missionaries Extraordinaire: The Vincentians From Saint Mary's Of The Barrens Seminary, Patrick Foley Ph.D.

Vincentian Studies

The history of Saint Mary of the Barrens Seminary is discussed. It was essential to the evangelization of the trans-Mississippi and Southwest. Its importance is exemplified in the life of Jean-Marie Odin. Along with John Timon, he was one of America’s “most renowned Catholic frontier missionaries.” Odin served many roles at the seminary, including as professor, as the college’s president, and as secretary and successor to Joseph Rosati when the latter was the rector. As Saint Mary’s sole priest, Odin went on many mission trips in the area. In 1840, when he became Vice Prefect Apostolic of Texas, there were …

Opus: Spring 2001, Hope College

Opus: 2000-2009

An issue of Opus from spring 2001.

Moving The Baseline: The Contradiction At The Core Of Constitutional Discourse Over State Aid To Parochial Schools, Andrew Stark

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Standing And The Statutory Universe, William W. Buzbee

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

Big Guys, Babies, And Beauty (Review Essay), Nancy Easterlin

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Research View, Spring 2001

Research View

Contents of this issue include:

Publishing Pros: UM researchers publish papers in top science journals

Beetle Battles: The strange world of horned combatants

'Boys Will be Boys': Old adage not good enough anymore

From Mice to Mankind: Seeking molecular remedies for disease

Heartwalk 2001: Griz football's first family heads this year's event

Adventures Down Under: UM professor travels to 'Amazingly Interesting Place'

A Comparative Analysis Of United States And Colombian Tort Law: Duty, Breach, And Damages, Natalia M. Bartels, M. Stuart Madden

Pace International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Septicemia Associated With Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia In A West African Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus Tetraspis Subsp. Tetraspis), N. Beth Harris, Douglas G. Rogers

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

A 17-year-old male captive West African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis subsp. tetraspis) died 1 month after fighting with a penmate. Abrasions were present on the head and mandible. Necropsy revealed a vegetative valvular lesion of the left atrioventricular valve, miliary foci of necrosis in the endocardium and myocardium, multiple duodenal and rectal ulcers, and serous atrophy of body fat. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia was isolated in pure culture from lung, liver, and kidney. Gram-negative bacilli were seen histologically in the valvular lesion and in foci of necrosis in the myocardium, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidney, and intestine. Septic thrombi in multiple …

Region Of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Latency-Associated Transcript Sufficient For Wild-Type Spontaneous Reactivation Promotes Cell Survival In Tissue Culture, Melissa Inman, Guey-Chuen Perng, Gail A. Henderson, Homayon Ghiasi, Anthony B. Nesburn, Steven L. Wechsler, Clinton J. Jones

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

The latency-associated transcript (LAT) is the only abundant herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) transcript expressed during latency. In the rabbit eye model, LAT null mutants do not reactivate efficiently from latency. We recently demonstrated that the LAT null mutant dLAT2903 induces increased levels of apoptosis in trigeminal ganglia of infected rabbits compared to LAT⁺ strains (G.-C. Perng, C. Jones, J. Ciacci-Zarella, M. Stone, G. Henderson, A. Yokht, S. M. Slanina, F. M. Hoffman, H. Ghiasi, A. B. Nesburn, and C. S. Wechsler, Science 287:1500–1503, 2000).The same study also demonstrated that a plasmid expressing LAT nucleotides 301 to …

Molecular Phylogenetics Of Western North American Frogs Of The Rana Boylii Species Group, J. Robert Macey, Jared L. Strasburg, Jennifer A. Brisson, Vance T. Vredenburg, Mark Jennings, Allan Larson

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Phylogenetic relationships among frogs of the genus Rana from western North America are investigated using 2013 aligned bases of mitochondrial DNA sequence from the genes encoding ND1 (subunit one of NADH dehydrogenase), tRNA^Ile, tRNA^Gln, tRNA^Met, ND2, tRNA^Trp, tRNA^Ala, tRNA^Asn, tRNA^Cys, tRNA^Tyr, and COI (subunit I of cytochrome c oxidase), plus the origin for light-strand replication (OL) between the tRNA^Asn and tRNA^Cys genes. The aligned sequences contain 401 phylogenetically informative characters. A well-resolved phylogenetic hypothesis in which the Rana boylii species group ( …

Solution Structure Of B. Subtilis Acyl Carrier Protein, Guang-Yi Xu, Amy Tam, Laura Lin, Jeffrey Hixon, Christian C. Fritz, Robert Powers

Robert Powers Publications

Background: Acyl carrier protein (ACP) is a fundamental component of fatty acid biosynthesis in which the fatty acid chain is elongated by the fatty acid synthetase system while attached to the 4’-phosphopantetheine prosthetic group (4’- PP) of ACP. Activation of ACP is mediated by holo-acyl carrier protein synthase (ACPS) when ACPS transfers the 4’-PP moiety from coenzyme A (CoA) to Ser36 of apo-ACP. Both ACP and ACPS have been identified as essential for E. coli viability and potential targets for development of antibiotics.

Results: The solution structure of B. subtilis ACP (9 kDa) has been determined using two-dimensional and three-dimensional …

Impacts Of Supplemental Feeding On The Nutritional Ecology Of Black Bears, Steven T. Partridge, Dale L. Nolte, Georg J. Ziegltrum, Charles T. Robbins

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Black bear (Ursus americanus) damage to managed conifer stands during the spring in the U.S. Pacific Northwest is a continuing management concern. Because bear damage to managed conifers may reflect the limited availability of nutritious foods, supplemental feeding has been used to decrease damage. Highly palatable, pelleted feed is provided ad libitum from April until late June when berries ripen and such damage stops. We examined black bear use of supplemental feed during the spring and summer of 1998 and 1999 in western Washington. Bears were captured in areas where supplemental feed was provided and in control areas …

Compound Drc-1339 Concentrate- Feedlots

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

DRC-1339 is a slow-acting avicide registered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) Wildlife Services (WS) program for the control of blackbirds, starlings, pigeons, crows, ravens, magpies, and gulls. Only WS certified applicators, or persons working under their direct supervision, can apply this avicide. WS has five DRC-1339 products registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use for bird problems that cannot be resolved by Starlicide Complete (EPA Reg. No. 67517-8) or other commercially available products. The Compound DRC-I 339 Concentrate-Feedlots (1339-FL) registration provides alternate baits for controlling blackbird and starling problems at feedlots and allows …

Compound Drc- 1339 Concentrate-Staging Areas (Epa Reg. No. 56228-30)

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

DRC-1339 (3-chloro-4-methyl benzenamine HCI, Chemical Abstract Service Reg. No. 7745-89-3) is a slow- acting avicide that is registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the control of several species of pest birds including blackbirds, starlings, pigeons, crows, ravens, magpies, and gulls. Technical DRC-1339 (Starlicide Technical, EPA Reg. No. 602-1 34) contains 97 percent DRC-1339. DRC-1339 was developed jointly by Ralston Purina, Inc., Purina Mills, Inc., and the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) of the U. S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Service's (WS) program.

M-44 User Tips

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

CONTENTS:

The M-44 Sodium Cyanide Ejector Mechanism
M-44 Cyanide Capsules
Capsule Storage
Sealants
Carrying Capsules for Use in the Field
Checking Capsules
Ejectors
Stakes
Driving Stakes
Keeping Dirt and Sand Out
Safety
Antidote Kits
Sources of Information

A Histological Approach To Taphonomy: The Freeze-Thaw Cycle And Water Immersion, William A. Souchick

Masters Theses

Previous taphonomic studies have failed to fully study how freeze-thaw cycles, fresh water immersion and salt water immersion affect bone microstructure. Knowledge of how these environs modify bone can help narrow post mortem interval estimations or allow medico legal investigators to differentiate between perimortem damage and damage caused by the surroundings. To date, previous studies of water immersion and freeze-thaw cycles have failed either to relate their findings to forensic taphonomy or to address how bone microstructure was modified. This study was conducted to determine how bone was modified by freeze-thaw cycles and water immersion and to apply the findings …

The Death Penalty, Mandatory Prison Sentences, And The Eighth Amendment's Rule Against Cruel And Unusual Punishments, Jamie Cameron

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

The text of section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibit cruel and unusual punishment in language that is similar but not identical. Still, in considering constitutional restrictions on punishment, the deviations of the Supreme Court both focus on the concept of gross disproportionality between the offence committed and the state’s response. Despite the appearance of similarity, this article maintains that differences in the American law of sentencing explain why Canada ought not follow or adopt the United States approach to minimum sentences.

Latimer: Something Ominous Is Happening In The World Of Disabled People, H. Archibald Kaiser

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Although the Latimer decision breaks no new substantive ground, it has created a furore over the application of the mandatory minimum sentence for murder. This article maintains that, despite the pre-existing need to examine the complex range of issues in mandatory sentences, the Latimer case provides a wholly inapposite base for revisiting this sanction. The Supreme Court of Canada properly rejected the accused's attempt to invoke the defence of necessity, as well as some procedural contentions. The Court also determined that the mandatory minimum sentence for murder was not cruel and unusual punishment as applied to the accused. The reaction …

Barrens Memoir By John Timon, C.M. (1861), John Timon C.M., John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D.

Vincentian Studies

John Timon gives his account of Congregation’s development in the United States from the mission’s beginning until 1847. The narrative is largely focused on Timon’s own work and ends when he becomes bishop of Buffalo, New York. He recounts the growth of the foundation at the Barrens, his mission trips with Jean-Marie Odin in the surrounding area, and their 1824 trip through Arkansas. He recalls many conversions, including those of condemned men, his successful public defenses of Catholicism against anti-Catholic Protestant ministers, and the acquisition of the Congregation’s property and foundation of the parish in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Much attention …

The Sacred And The Mundane: Images Of Deity In Ordinary Objects In The Lower Rio Grande Valley Of Texas, Monica Delgado Van Wagenen

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

This thesis focuses on "iconotheophanies" or images of deity in ordinary objects. It further looks at the people who recognize and believe in iconotheophanies, specifically those of Mexican descent. This study hypothesizes that the Virgin of Guadalupe narrative, which emphasizes the appearance of images on objects, sets a pattern for Mexicans and Mexican-Americans to recognize the sacred in their own lives. Juan Diego, as the main character in the story, demonstrates a theoretical profile of five characteristics of individuals most likely to recognize iconotheophanies. These characteristics are: low level of acculturation, low socioeconomic status, male gender, older age, and increased …

Arden 2001, John Kocian

The Arden

An amalgamation of creative student works. Items contained include, but are not limited to, art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, and other avenues of creative composition.