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Great Plains Research Spring 2010 Front Matter

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Saving the World’s Grasslands: An Introduction Richard Edwards and Richard P. Reading, Guest Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Global Trends in Private Protected Areas and Their Implications for the Northern Great Plains Jeff Langholz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

Book Review: Rewilding The West: Restoration In A Prairie Landscape By Richard Manning, Mace Hack

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Rewilding the West gives a first impression of being the story of an innovative conservation project—creation of a 3.5 million-acre wildlife preserve from both public and private lands, restocked with bison and other traditional Plains wildlife—in the Missouri Breaks of eastcentral Montana. However, Manning only devotes thirteen pages to the project at the end of the book, with a few additional references to it scattered throughout. Instead, he traces the history of the site, from the days of the bison to modern times. In doing so, he provides a fascinating and useful frame of reference for current conservation efforts in …

Review Of Regionalism And The Humanities Edited And With An Introduction By Timothy R. Mahoney And Wendy J. Katz, John E. Miller

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Emerging out of a 2003 conference in Lincoln, Nebraska, organized by the Consortium of Regional Humanities Centers, the sixteen disparate essays included in this engaging volume, ably edited and introduced by Timothy Mahoney and Wendy Katz, testify to the catholicity and vitality of the "new regionalism" in American studies. They both illustrate and justify what has been labeled by some the "local turn" in humanities scholarship. Because of the location of the conference on the border between the Midwest and the Great Plains, half of these essays focus upon those two regions. Each author assumes that place matters-that in addition …

Great Plains Quarterly, Volume 30, Issue 2, Spring 2010, Editorial Matter

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

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Contents

Book Reviews

Book Notes

Notes and News: FREDERICK C. LUEBKE AWARD, CALLS FOR PAPERS, 2010 WILLA CATHER SPRING CONFERENCE, WEB RESOURCES OF INTEREST

Celebrity Culture And The Rise Of The Ordinary: An Interview With Joshua Gamson, David Hoopes, Drew Heverin

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

No abstract provided.

Consuming And Maintaining Difference: American Fans Resisting The Globalization Of Japanese Pop Culture, Laura Beltz Imaoka

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

No abstract provided.

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (Modis) Observations Of Cyanobacteria Blooms In Taihu Lake, China, Chuanmin Hu, Zhongping Lee, Ronghua Ma, Kun Yu, Daqiu Li, Shaoling Shang

Marine Science Faculty Publications

A novel approach was used with data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) to characterize the intense blooms of cyanobacteria (primarily Microcystis aeruginosa) in Taihu Lake, China's third largest freshwater lake. The approach involves first deriving a floating algae index (FAI) based on the medium‐resolution (250 and 500 m) MODIS reflectance data at 645, 859, and 1240 nm after correction of the ozone/gaseous absorption and Rayleigh scattering effects and then objectively determining the FAI threshold value (−0.004) to separate the bloom and nonbloom waters. By definition, the term “bloom” or “floating algae” refers to bloom where cyanobacteria form …

Ex Libris, Spring 2010, West Virginia University. Library.

Ex Libris: The WVU Libraries Magazine

From 1960 to 1977, Dr. Robert F. Munn compiled five bibliographies focusing on the coal industry, Appalachia, and West Virginia publications

On Genocide And The National Interest, James Pattison

Human Rights & Human Welfare

In the second presidential debate, Barack Obama said, in response to a question about the crisis in Darfur, that “when genocide is happening, when ethnic cleansing is happening somewhere around the world and we stand idly by, that diminishes us. And so I do believe that we have to consider it as part of our interests, our national interests, in intervening where possible.” In a similar vein, Michael Abramowitz and Lawrence Woocher highlight how genocide is increasingly being seen as a security threat by the White House.

From The Ritual Year Of The Miraculous Icon On The Greek Island Of Tinos To The Wider Mediterranean, Evy Johanne Håland

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

The Crusades: A Response To Islamic Aggression, John J. O'Neill

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Book Review, W. Reed Smith, Norman C. Rotham, Pedro P. Geiger, Laina Farhat-Holzman

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Selected Demographic Characteristics And Social Interest As Predictors Of Teacher Stress, Barry J. Morales

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of the research was to study stress in teachers in Louisiana by utilizing a descriptive/comparative research design. Hypotheses were tested concerning relationships between each of seven independent variables and the dependent variable (teacher stress). The independent variables were (a) years of teaching experience, (b) educational levels of teachers (college degrees), (c) age, (d) gender, (e) social interest, (f) geographical location (North and South Louisiana), and (g) educational levels of students taught by teachers (elementary, middle, high school). The procedure for choosing the participants involved a sample of convenience whereby superintendents provided access/permission to specific schools. Nine schools (three …

Lebanese Water Resources: A Potential To Alleviate Middle East Water Stress, Basil Mahfouz

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Years of war have left the Lebanese water sector in a very bad shape. This has caused excessive water waste in practically all aspects of water consumption. As Lebanon wastes water, its neighbors are desperately seeking to secure their water needs. Consequently, this paper proposes investing sovereign wealth funds from the oil rich water poor Arab countries to assist in developing an efficient water network to maximize the efficiency of the Lebanese water sector. Such investments would be made for the purpose of creating a large enough water surplus in Lebanon that would eventually be exported to the gulf to …

Cupping The Spark In Our Hands: Developing A Better Understanding Of The Research Question In Inquiry-Based Writing, Bernice Olivas

McNair Scholars Research Journal

This article serves to highlight the unique position the research question holds in inquiry-based research writing. Inquiry-based educational theories (see Dewey; 1910, Bruner; 1962, Ballenger; 1997) contend that learning begins with the act of questioning. Research writing remains especially challenging for many first- year college students (see Larsen; 1982, Carroll; 2002, Alsup; 2002). The author conducts a two part study of writing inquiry-based research writing samples and concludes that the inquiry-based research question should be treated as text in its own right and as such should be approached through process writing. Students should be encouraged to pre-write, draft, and revise …

Fire Smoulders In The Veins: Toyen's Queer Desire And Its Roots In Prague Surrealism, Karla Huebner

Art and Art History Faculty Publications

This essay explores Toyen’s development of queer themes and places it in the context of her Prague origins. It first looks at its place within the Prague group’s early erotica, then considers early Czech surrealism in relation to interwar Czech sex reformism, feminism, and homoerotic activism, and finally examines how Toyen’s production of artworks can be seen as enacting her queer desire in a tangible form. In closing, it relates Czech surrealist theory and practice to French surrealist ideas. The article also shows how inter-war Czechs participated in the struggle for sexual minority rights.

Ruffner Roots And Ramblings, Vol. 13, Issue 2, Ruffner Family Association

Ruffner Roots & Ramblings

No abstract provided.

Integration, Inquiry, And The Hopeful Search For Truth, Thomas S. Hibbs

BYU Studies

Over the past five to ten years, a strange discontent has bubbled up out of the nation's leading universities. If I had to put my finger on the source of this discontent-- and this is out of Harvard, Yale, Princeton-- I'd say that leading administrators at many institutions are confronting the perplexing realization that universities seem unable to be universities. Universities seem unable to gain and implement the self-understanding of what they are as an institution, the purpose of what they do in the classroom with their students, and what they hope to form in their students and to produce …

Optimization And Modeling Of Bio-Oil Production From Palm Shell By Pyrolysis Using Response Surface Methodology, F. Abnisa, W.M.A.W. Daud, S. Jaya Narayan

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Renewable energy is beneficial energy choice, more environmentally friendly, available in a wide variety of sources and capable regenerate within a short period of time. It is potential to replace fossil fuels as a dominant energy source. In this context, biomass appears as one important renewable source of energy. Biomass is the largest source in the world, available in several categories and easy to find in the surrounding environment. It is the only renewable energy source that can provide liquid fuels. In Malaysia, various types of biomass sources can be found easily, one of them is palm shell. Palm shell …

Enrollment Report, Spring 2010, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Enrollment Reports (2004-2019)

Enrollment Report for Spring 2010 for Illinois State University

Internal Displacement: Recent History, Visions For The Action Ahead, Mayela Calderon

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This research project is meant entirely to highlight the suffering of millions of people around the world outside of their homes and inspire the addressing of this. Internally displaced people face human rights violations on all levels starting from political representation all the way to their basic needs and when their national government who has the primary responsibility, is either unable or unwilling to do something about this, it is up to the international community and civil society to ensure these rights are being fulfilled. The mainstreaming of this topic is essential to pressure influential actors to mobilize and achieve …

Understanding The New Tennessee Small Business Investment Company Credit Act: Stimulating Economic Growth At The Intersection Of Free Market Capitalism And Government Intervention, Brian Krumm

Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law

No abstract provided.

Ant 4442 Urban Life And Culture, Lance Arney

Service-Learning Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Pages News, Volume 18, No. 1, April 2010, Stephen T. Jackson, Dan Charman, Louise Newman

PAGES

Contents: Inside PAGES -- New on the PAGES bookshelf -- PAGES calendar -- A taste of the YSM proceedings issue -- National PAGES -- Special Section: Peatlands: Paleoenvironments and Carbon Dynamics – Editorial -- Peatlands: Paleoenvironments and Carbon Dynamics -- Science Highlights -- Peatland archives of late-Holocene climate change in northern Europe -- Using peatland archives to test paleoclimate hypotheses -- Peatlands as a model system for exploring and reconciling chronologies -- Peatland records of solar activity -- A multi-proxy high-resolution approach to reconstructing environmental change -- Stable isotopes and organic geochemistry in peat -- Peat cellulose isotopes as indicators …

The Power Of Promises: Rethinking Indian Treaties In The Pacific Northwest, Gray H. Whaley

Publications

No abstract provided.

Narratives, Images And Objects Of Piety And Loss In Brittany, Maura Coughlin

English and Cultural Studies Journal Articles

How can material culture studies offer new perspectives on the study of late-19th-century art in France? How can the work of contemporary artists animate a collection of historical and locally specific objects? This paper takes up these questions by a close reading of an installation in St.-Brieuc, along with the collections of two ecomuseums in Brittany and several other historical sites in terms of a politics of display and commemoration. It further engages the collections in a dialogue about historical sites, photographs and paintings of religious ritual in late-19th-century Brittany that focus upon everyday rituals of memory and mourning.

Csbs Kudos, April 2010, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Kudos

Contents:

-- Kudos to:
-- In other news...
-- Student and Alumni news...
-- CSBS Distinguished Alumni Day
-- Iowa Space Grant Consortium

As If Equity Mattered - Common Themes And Enduring Issues In The Symposium, David L. Feldman, Michelle Whitman

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

The Virtual Reservation: Land Distribution, Natural Resource Access, And Equity On The Yurok Forest, Lynn Huntsinger, Lucy Diekmann

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Keeping Up With The E. Coli: Considering Human-Nonhuman Relationships In Natural Resources Policy, Mrill Ingram

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.