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Department Of Chemistry News For Alumni And Friends, Decemember 2008, Illinois State University, Department Of Chemistry Dec 2008

Department Of Chemistry News For Alumni And Friends, Decemember 2008, Illinois State University, Department Of Chemistry

Chem Letter

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Department of Chemistry

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News Notes Of The Department Of Chemistry, 2008-16, Illinois State University, Department Of Chemistry Dec 2008

News Notes Of The Department Of Chemistry, 2008-16, Illinois State University, Department Of Chemistry

News Notes of the Department of Chemistry

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Department of Chemistry

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Fama Et Memoria: Portraits Of Female Patrons In Mosaic Pavements Of Churches In Byzantine Palestine And Arabia, Karen C. Britt Dec 2008

Fama Et Memoria: Portraits Of Female Patrons In Mosaic Pavements Of Churches In Byzantine Palestine And Arabia, Karen C. Britt

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Women And Leadership Positions: Social And Cultural Barriers To Success, Josephine Kiamba Dec 2008

Women And Leadership Positions: Social And Cultural Barriers To Success, Josephine Kiamba

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

Women continue to aspire for leadership positions in all spheres of governance in both the public and private sector. However it has not been easy. The paper will examine the many challenges women still face in taking leadership positions with specific reference to African women. Included in the paper are the barriers related to culture and cultural expectations, the choice and/or balance between work and family, and women’s own fear of success.

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Drawing From The Wells Of Culture: Grace Onyango And The Kenyan Political Scene (1964-1983), Phoebe Musandu Dec 2008

Drawing From The Wells Of Culture: Grace Onyango And The Kenyan Political Scene (1964-1983), Phoebe Musandu

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

This paper examines the career of Grace Onyango in a bid to recover the history of independent Kenya’s most prominent female politician. To find success as a politician, Onyango had to have an understanding of the interplay between her ethnic culture, the cultures of those with whom she interacted as well as the dynamics of newly independent Kenya’s local and national politics.

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The Autonomy Of Ugandan Women’S Organizations: How It Matters In Creating And Maintaining A Dependable Democracy, Caroline Tushabe Dec 2008

The Autonomy Of Ugandan Women’S Organizations: How It Matters In Creating And Maintaining A Dependable Democracy, Caroline Tushabe

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

For African nations “independence” from colonial rule seemed a long-awaited time that would re-establish and/ or introduce democracy. In 1962 Uganda embraced “independence” from colonial rule with both arms. However, practices of poor governance, increased political instability and economic uncertainties slowly and steadily eroded women’s hard work which sustained the nation during the regimes of Idi Amin (1971-79) and Obote II (1980-84). When Uganda finally returned to democratic systems of government, quotas were reserved for women without any acknowledgement of women’s previous participation both in private and public spaces. Though there are now more women in government positions, the system …

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A Puppet On A String: The Manipulation And Nationalization Of The Female Body In The “Female Circumcision Crisis” Of Colonial Kenya, Sara Boulanger Dec 2008

A Puppet On A String: The Manipulation And Nationalization Of The Female Body In The “Female Circumcision Crisis” Of Colonial Kenya, Sara Boulanger

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

In pre-colonial Kenya, women shared power and ownership, and conducted many important social and cultural ceremonies, in particular initiation. But with Britain’s colonial takeover of Kenya at the beginning of the twentieth century, and the steadily growing power of colonial rulers and growing status of missionaries, came a total restructuring of society’s gendered norms. By the 1920s, Christianity had created a divide among Kikuyu-speaking people in colonial Kenya over several issues. This study focuses on one of those: the circumcision of girls and young women and legislation passed in relation to the practice. Basing her study largely on documents in …

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Accessing Housing Finance In South Africa: The Role Of Women Activism, Catherine Ndinda, Ufo Okeke-Uzodike Dec 2008

Accessing Housing Finance In South Africa: The Role Of Women Activism, Catherine Ndinda, Ufo Okeke-Uzodike

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

Women’s history in South Africa is replete with examples of exclusion, discrimination, and marginalization. The transition to democracy in 1994 and inclusion of gender equality in the post-apartheid constitution in 1996 were seen as steps in the right direction towards addressing women’s oppression and creating gender equity in accessing housing finance. The subsequent formulation of policies and institutions meant to achieve gender equality put women’s concerns in the public domain. However women’s access to capital and housing finance in particular remain challenges in accessing improved housing. An exploration of women’s position with regard to housing finance points to the ways …

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Still Seeking For Something": The Unspeakable (Loss) In "Passing" By Nella Larsen, Agnieszka Mrozik Dec 2008

Still Seeking For Something": The Unspeakable (Loss) In "Passing" By Nella Larsen, Agnieszka Mrozik

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

The paper analyzes Nella Larsen’s Passing (1929) through the lens of the theory of melancholy from Freud to Butler. Examining the dynamic relationship between Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry, two protagonists of Larsen’s novella, I attempt to demonstrate that under the surface of clearly expressed racial tensions, focused upon the dilemma of passing, there is a more deeply hidden problem - the one of gender identity and sexual desire.

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Can Public Debt Enhance Democracy?, Clayton P. Gillette Dec 2008

Can Public Debt Enhance Democracy?, Clayton P. Gillette

William & Mary Law Review

This Essay draws on historical and current examples to examine the extent to which public creditors can enhance democracy by monitoring public officials in a manner that compensates for the failures of the government debtor's constituents to monitor public officials. Creditors and constituents may share significant interests, depending on the structure of security arrangements for public debt and the identity of the debtors. Where interests overlap, the capacity of creditors to overcome collective action problems suffered by constituents may transform creditors into surrogates for constituents. Whether creditors are willing to play this role, however, may depend on the existence of …

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Imperial And Imperiled: The Curious State Of The Executive, Saikrishna B. Prakash Dec 2008

Imperial And Imperiled: The Curious State Of The Executive, Saikrishna B. Prakash

William & Mary Law Review

In the last four decades, the presidency has been characterized both as the "imperial presidency" as well as the "imperiled presidency. "From an originalist perspective, both camps have elements of truth on their side. When it comes to the conduct and initiation of wars, modern Presidents exercise powers that rival those the Crown possessed in England. Presidents claim the power to start wars, notwithstanding Congress's power to declare war. Moreover, Presidents insist that they have the sole right to determine how the armed forces will wage all wars, even though Congress clearly has considerable power over the armed forces. Law …

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Energy Efficiency In An Educational Setting, Soma Ghosh Dec 2008

Energy Efficiency In An Educational Setting, Soma Ghosh

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

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Climate Change, Ivana George Dec 2008

Climate Change, Ivana George

Bridgewater Review

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"Absolutely Part Of What We Should Be Doing": Kevin Curry, Water Filters And The International Mission Of The Modern University, Andrew C. Holman Dec 2008

"Absolutely Part Of What We Should Be Doing": Kevin Curry, Water Filters And The International Mission Of The Modern University, Andrew C. Holman

Bridgewater Review

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U.S. Naval Strategy In The 1980s, John B. Hattendorf, Peter M. Swartz Dec 2008

U.S. Naval Strategy In The 1980s, John B. Hattendorf, Peter M. Swartz

Newport Papers

This volume is designed to complement and extend the previously published history of The Evolution of the U.S. Navy’s Maritime Strategy, 1977–1986, and to present publicly for the first time the detailed changes and developments that occurred during the decade in the five (now declassified) official versions of the strategy and three directly associated unclassified public statements by successive Chiefs of Naval Operations that were made in the years between 1982 and 1990.

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Comparative Trends In Organising The Local Administration: An Analytical Study, Abdulrazzaq Ibrahim Al-Sheikhli Dec 2008

Comparative Trends In Organising The Local Administration: An Analytical Study, Abdulrazzaq Ibrahim Al-Sheikhli

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Local administration and systems of local governance are not modern human innovations; rather, they have been inherent to humanity since ancient times. It is observed that small villages emerged long before the establishment of formal states or the crystallization of the modern concept of the state. Historically, residents of these villages and cities would convene periodically to manage their communal affairs and resolve collective challenges, providing the earliest evidence of the application of direct democracy within a single society. Consequently, local governance is considered the primary source and origin from which modern states derived not only their systems but also …

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Shawnee Community College Online Course Catalog, Helen M. Dunn Dec 2008

Shawnee Community College Online Course Catalog, Helen M. Dunn

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

Shawnee Community College, a rural community college in the southernmost portion of southern Illinois, needed an avenue to provide accurate catalog information to prospective students, current students, faculty and staff, and the community. The implementation of such a catalog was becoming more critical with the expansion of program offerings to include degrees sought through online means alone. The SCC Online Catalog project was chosen by the institution to provide a solution to the current catalog situation and a project plan was formed. After identifying platform options, the project team and the identified key stakeholders chose to utilize ASP.NET 2.0 along …

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Full Issue, The Mcnair Team Dec 2008

Full Issue, The Mcnair Team

McNair Scholars Research Journal

No abstract provided.

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Literature As A Vehicle Of Memory: The Nazi Past In East German Literature, Anastasia Hayes-Stoker Dec 2008

Literature As A Vehicle Of Memory: The Nazi Past In East German Literature, Anastasia Hayes-Stoker

McNair Scholars Research Journal

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Students In The News: A Study Of The Black Sheep Effect, Rhonessia Johnson Dec 2008

Students In The News: A Study Of The Black Sheep Effect, Rhonessia Johnson

McNair Scholars Research Journal

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After Twelve Years: The Impact Of The Personal Responsibility And Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (Prowra) Of 1996 On The Quality Of Life For Women And Children In Poverty, Ranita Norwood Dec 2008

After Twelve Years: The Impact Of The Personal Responsibility And Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (Prowra) Of 1996 On The Quality Of Life For Women And Children In Poverty, Ranita Norwood

McNair Scholars Research Journal

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Full Issue, No Author Dec 2008

Full Issue, No Author

Verbum

This is the full issue of Volume 6, Issue 1 of Verbum, published in Fall 2008 by the REST Club at St. John Fisher College. Articles from this issue are available as separate PDFs at http://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/verbum/vol6/iss1/

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Pyrosequencing Analysis Of The Trichodiene Synthase 5 (Tri 5) Gene From The Members Of The Genus Stachybotrys, Tineace Taylor Farrow Dec 2008

Pyrosequencing Analysis Of The Trichodiene Synthase 5 (Tri 5) Gene From The Members Of The Genus Stachybotrys, Tineace Taylor Farrow

Theses (Pre-2016)

This research will focus on multiple isolates of Stachybotrys species from culture collection companies which will be studied in an attempt to determine the presence of the Trichodiene synthase 5 (Tri5) gene, an enzyme involved in the early stages of the biosynthesis of trichothecenes. Using general primers, the Tri5 gene will be amplified by customized PCR technique. The amplicons will be sequenced using a new multiple sequence technique personally designed. Stachybotrys is a genus of filamentous fungi belonging to the class of anamorphic ascomycetes (Kirk et al, 2001). The genus has a single well-known species, Stachybotrys chartarum. S. chartarum was …

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Review — Giddings, Ida: A Sword Among Lions; Ida B. Wells And The Campaign Against Lynching, Cyprian Davis O.S.B. Dec 2008

Review — Giddings, Ida: A Sword Among Lions; Ida B. Wells And The Campaign Against Lynching, Cyprian Davis O.S.B.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Canons And Customs In Colonial Zimbabwe: Jesuits And African Marriage Practices, C. 1890-1967 (Part 2), Nicholas M. Creary Dec 2008

Canons And Customs In Colonial Zimbabwe: Jesuits And African Marriage Practices, C. 1890-1967 (Part 2), Nicholas M. Creary

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

In this second installment Creary treats the question between African marriage customs and canonical marriages in church. This resulted in an attempt to modify the one in accepting parts of the other.

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The Sources And Meaning Of The Conversion Of Claude Mckay, Cecilia Moore Dec 2008

The Sources And Meaning Of The Conversion Of Claude Mckay, Cecilia Moore

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

In this paper, delivered during the 2007 annual meeting at Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Moore discusses the conversion experience of the controversial Jamaican poet and novelist Claude McKay. An influential artist of the Harlem Renaissance, McKay was a troubled and complex man. The spiritual journey of this former agnostic is moving and inspirational.

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Racial Reconciliation In Christian Ethics: Toward Starting A Conversation, Bryan Massingale Dec 2008

Racial Reconciliation In Christian Ethics: Toward Starting A Conversation, Bryan Massingale

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

In this article, delivered originally in 1998 at Marquette University, the author confronts the reality of racism by introducing the need for racial reconciliation. Addressing such issues as social structures and evangelical approaches to the question of race, Massingale ends with a critique of the approach of Catholic theologians and ethicists to racial justice. In the end, Massingale remarks that for Catholics the legacy of slavery continues to hinder an openness to the reality of Africans and African Americans in the Church and in society.

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Cover And Front Matter, Black Catholic Theological Symposium Dec 2008

Cover And Front Matter, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Cover, table of contents, administrative information

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The Implications Of Critical Race Theory (Crt) On Two Significant Findings Of A Study Of Black Catholics On The Social Frontier, Robert Bartlett Dec 2008

The Implications Of Critical Race Theory (Crt) On Two Significant Findings Of A Study Of Black Catholics On The Social Frontier, Robert Bartlett

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Delivered during the 2007 meeting at St. Meinrad Archabbey, Bartlett discusses the use of Critical Race Theory (CRT) on qualitative research projects involving marginalized persons, particularly African American Catholics in predominantly white parishes. He concludes that CRT calls us to action to end racism. That call must be heard especially by Catholic Church leadership.

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1807-2007: Whose Bicentennial And Whose Abolition?, Cyprian Davis O.S.B. Dec 2008

1807-2007: Whose Bicentennial And Whose Abolition?, Cyprian Davis O.S.B.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

This paper, the keynote address of the 2007 annual meeting at Saint Meinrad Archabbey and Seminary, delineates the events leading to the 1807 abolition of the slave trade in Great Britain and traces the roots and significance of this historic event for the Church. Davis demonstrates that the complex relationship between the Church and slavery continues to shape the experiences of Catholics today.

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