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Wither The Fruited Plain: The Long Expedition And The Description Of The "Great American Desert", Kevin Z. Sweeney

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The view from Pikes Peak is breathtaking. Situated where the Great Plains meets the Rocky Mountains, one feels as if the whole nation is laid out before you. It is the perfect vantage point from which to write an inspirational anthem to the environmental magnificence of the United States. In the summer of 1893, Katherine Lee Bates, a Wellesley College English professor, sat on the summit of Pikes Peak, inspired by the panorama to pen the words to "America the Beautiful." Her poem was set to the tune "Materna" by Samuel Augustus Ward two years later to become one of …

Pre-Colonial Criminal Justice In West Africa Eurocentric Thought Versus Africentric Evidence, David Dalgleish

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

Through the process of Eurocentric pro-colonialist propaganda people have been, and continue to be, led to assume that the European colonialists brought criminal justice and law and order to Africa. This article challenges those assumptions by using the work of scholars of African history to highlight the existence of criminal justice systems in Africa, in particular pre-colonial West Africa. In the context of a modern society dedicated to removing the tenets of discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, this work will hopefully inspire other criminologists to continue to address this under-researched area of criminology, and reassess how historical criminal justice …

Taxi Cab Geometry: History And Applications!, Chip Reinhardt

The Mathematics Enthusiast

We will explore three real life situations proposed in Eugene F. Kraus e's book Taxicab Geometry. First a dispatcher for Ideal City Police Department receives a report of an accident at X = (-1,4). There are two police cars located in the area. Car C is at (2,1) and car D is at (-1,-1). Which car should be sent? Second there are three high schools in Ideal city. Roosevelt at (2,1), Franklin at ( -3,-3) and Jefferson at (-6,-1). Draw in school district boundaries so that each student in Ideal City attends the school closet to them. For the third …

By Cyann Zoller And Ihekwoaba Onwudiwe, Cyann Zoller, Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

No abstract provided.

Solidarity: War Rites And Women's Rights, Elisabeth Armstrong, Vijay Prashad

Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Proceedings: Abstracts Of Papers, 83rd Annual Meeting Of The Virginia Academy Of Science

Virginia Journal of Science

Abstracts of the papers presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, May 17-20, 2005, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Crossing Borderlands: The Face Of Chicana Border Literature, Irene Ruiz

McNair Scholars Research Journal

Chicana literature details the trials and tribulations of Chicana life at the borderlands of the United States and Mexico. In particular it focuses on different challenges Chicana women face at the borderlands they must cross. While borderlands are usually represented as physical, many are not. Using Sandra Cisneros’ Women Hollering Creek, Denise Chavez’s Loving Pedro Infante, Maria Amparo Escandon’s Esperanza’s Box of Saints, and Alicia Gaspar de Alba’s, The Mystery of Survival, I will explore several common themes that relate to Chicana identity and the struggles that they must go through to overcome these barriers. I will examine the Chicana …

The Bridge, Spring 2005, Roger Williams University Alumni Association

Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

No abstract provided.

Geography Newsletter, Spring 2005, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Geography.

Geography Newsletter

Inside this issue:

-- Geography Faculty 2004-05
-- Dr. Philip W. Suckling Resigns After 14 Years as Geography Head
-- Dr. Dave May to Serve as Interim Head
-- Dr. Ramanathan Sugumaran Promoted to Associate Professor
-- Alex Oberle Appointed to Geography Faculty
-- GeoTREE Center to be Established at UNI's Department of Geography
-- Iowa Map Room
-- National Science Foundation Equipment Grant
-- Midwest Transportation Center's UNI Transportation Scholars Program
-- Geographic Information Science B.A. Major Underway
-- New Geography Secretary: Mrs. Janette McCulley
-- 2004 M.A. Geography Graduates
-- 2004 B.A. Geography Graduates
-- Alumni Album
-- …

Daily Eastern News: April 01, 2005, Eastern Illinois University

April

No abstract provided.

The Compass Rose Vol. Xix, No. 1, University Of Texas At Arlington Library Special Collections & Archives

The Compass Rose

The purpose of The Compass Rose is to raise awareness of Special Collections' resources and to foster the use of these resources. The newsletter also reports significant new programs, initiatives, and acquisitions of Special Collections. The issues included here are scans of print newsletters from the 1990s and 2000s. Current issues and posts of The Compass Rose can now be accessed on the UTA Libraries Compass Rose Blog.

The S-Aux-O-V-Other Syntagm In Atlantic, George Tucker Childs

Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

As the largest language phylum in the world and the most geographically widespread (Williamson & Blench 2000), Niger-Congo understandably exhibits some variation at all grammatical levels. Basic word order stands as no exception to this generalization, and there have been partisans for both an SOY and an SVO reconstructed word order. Gensler 1994 attempts to reconcile the two by claiming that neither proposal is correct; he suggests that both SOY and SVO are derived from Proto-Niger-Congo *S-AUX-O-V-Other. Because of the pattern's "quirkiness" (being found virtually nowhere else in the world) and because it is so widely attested in geographically widely …

Science And Environmental Decision Making: The Potential Role Of Environmental Impact Assessment In The Pursuit Of Appropriate Information, Joseph F. Dimento, Helen Ingram

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Water Transfer Between North And South Carolina: An Option For Policy Reform, David Franck, Jeffrey Pompe

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Restoration Policy And Recent Books And Articles On The Topic: Humpty Dumpty And Restoration Policy, Peter Lavigne

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Forging Identity: Mexican Federal Frontier Schools, 1924–1935, Andrae Marak

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Brazil's Agricultural Trade War: Success And Failure On The Southern Route To Antarctica, Becky L. Jacobs

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

Regionally Isolated Populations Of An Imperiled Caribbean Coral, Acropora Palmata, Iliana B. Baums, Margaret W. Miller, Michael E. Hellberg

Faculty Publications

The movements of larvae between marine populations are difficult to follow directly and have been the subject of much controversy, especially in the Caribbean. The debate centres on the degree to which populations are demographically open, such that depleted populations can be replenished by recruitment from distant healthy populations, or demographically closed and thus in need of local management. Given the depressed state of many tropical reef populations, the understanding of these movements now bears critically on the number, placement, and size of marine reserves. Most genetic analyses assume that dispersal patterns have been stable for thousands of generations, thus …

Spring 2005, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

Spring 2005 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 40 pages

Volume 88, Number 2

Black River Watershed Management Plan, Erin M. Fuller

Masters Theses

The Black River Watershed encompassses 287 square miles in Allegan and Van Buren Counties in southwestern lower Michigan. The confluence of the North, Middle, and South branches is approximately 2.5 miles upstream of the City of South Haven, where the river empties into Lake Michigan. The Black River Watershed Management Plan was created with input from a variety of stakeholders, from local organizations to state agencies. Input from these stakeholders, field work, and previous water quality studies all helped determine water quality concerns in the Black River Watershed. Stakeholders input also was used to determine goals and objectives that would …

Louisiana: Hot And Spicy, Christine L. Day, Jonathan O. Knuckey, Charles D. Hadley

Political Science Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Did Jerusalem Relocate?, John K. Hord

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Review Of Women Writing Latin, From Roman Antiquity To Early Modern Europe, Edited By Laurie J. Churchill, Phyllis R. Brown, And Jane E. Jeffrey, Catherine Conybeare

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Instruction Cost Report, Spring 2005, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Shows the costs associated with running the University of Northern Iowa broken down by college and department

2005 Abstract Book, Undergraduate Research Forum

Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Forum Abstract Books

No abstract provided.

Spring 2005

Perspectives

No abstract provided.

Residential Adjustments Of Elders: Perspectives Of Elders And Their Adult Children, Alison S. Gottlieb, Elizabeth Johns, Francis G. Caro

Gerontology Institute Publications

While elders tend to prefer to “age in place,” they often have reason to consider residential alternatives. Declining health and loss of social supports invite elders to consider modifying their homes or moving to other settings that are less demanding and more supportive. Residential adjustments of elders are often a family issue. Among middle-aged adults, worry about the safety of aging parents in their residential environments is widespread. Also common is frustration among adult children about their difficulties in persuading parents to make recommended residential adjustments.

We conducted a qualitative study on residential decision-making based on focus groups and qualitative …

Assessment Of Sediment And Nutrient Loadings In The Davis Creek Watershed, Southwestern Michigan Using The Swat Model, Peter Kibowen Kimosop

Masters Theses

The Davis Creek Watershed has been impaired for many years by nonpoint source pollution. A recent modeling research on the watershed simulated both nutrient and sediment movements for the single storm events. This study simulates the movement of sediments and nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) in the watershed continuously using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) for assessing water quality in the watershed. Multiple databases for climate, soil types, DEM, land use and agricultural management practices were used to derive inputs for the SWAT. Subsequently, the SWAT model was run for the period of 1998-2004. The simulated results show that …

First Experiences With Object Lessons In Nineteenth-Century Brazil: Origins Of A Progressive Pedagogy For The Brazilian Primary School, Karl M. Lorenz, Ariclê Vechia

Education Faculty Publications

This paper describes the methodology of Object Teaching and relates how its appearance in Brazil was a transnational phenomenon that achieved its maximum articulation in 1886 with Rui Barbosa’s translation of Norman Calkins’ Primary Object Lessons. It begins with an overview of primary school teaching in Brazil in the second half of the 19th century, followed by discussion of Barbosa’s ideas on promoting change in the schools. Central to the exposition are the ideas contained in a report that Barbosa submitted to the National Assembly in 1882, in which he proposed a new organization of primary school education, suggestions for …