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Wildfire Regime Shifts In Temperate Forest Ecosystems: International Symposium In New Zealand, Tomas Veblen, Alan Tepley, Andres Holz

Joint Fire Science Program Research Project Reports

This project consisted of organizing and executing a one-day symposium on “Wildfire Regime Shifts in Temperate Forest Ecosystems” in conjunction with the triennial meeting of the Southern Connection Congress. The VIIth Southern Connection Congress drew together more than 350 environmental scientists and resource managers for its triennial meeting in Dunedin, New Zealand from January 25 to 30, 2013. The Southern Connection Congress (SCC) is a meeting of interdisciplinary researchers and natural resource managers who are interested in the biota and ecosystems of the temperate latitudes of the southern hemisphere. Attendees are from a wide range of research and professional disciplines …

Suffolk Journal, Vol. 72, No. 18, 2/29/2012, Suffolk Journal

Suffolk Journal

No abstract provided.

A View From Melrose, Thomas L. Hellie

Linfield Magazine

An essay by President Thomas L. Hellie: Planning for the Future.

Telling The Dory Story, Laura Davis

Linfield Magazine

Linfield students and faculty spend two years documenting the history of the Pacific City dory fleet to preserve a part of Oregon history.

Field Crops Newsletter - January 2012, Ernest "Ernie" Flint Jr.

Ernie Flint - Mississippi State Extension Reports

Flint's field crops newsletter about row crop agriculture and how well cotton, corn, soybeans, wheat, and peanuts have grown in Mississippi over the past year. Flint also commented on any variety trails that were done and how certain plants reacted to pesticides or herbicides.

Rollins Magazine, Spring 2012, Rollins College Office Of Marketing And Communications

Rollins Magazine

Issue Title: "Psychology of Place"

Rollins Magazine, Fall 2012, Rollins College Office Of Marketing And Communications

Rollins Magazine

Issue Title: "The Political Divide"

Afit Graduate School Of Engineering And Management Catalog 2012-2013, Graduate School Of Engineering And Management, Air Force Institute Of Technology

AFIT Documents

The Graduate Catalog represents the offerings, programs, and requirements in effect at the time of publication.

Applying The Doctrine Of Superior Responsibility To Corporate Officers: A Theory Of Individual Liability For International Human Rights Violations, Brian Seth Parker

UC Law SF International Law Review

With the Supreme Court set to hear Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petrol. Co., a principal means of seeking redress for corporate complicity in egregious international law violations under the Alien Tort Statute hangs in the balance. This Article examines the doctrine of superior responsibility, otherwise known as command responsibility, as a functional theory of liability in filling some of the gaps potentially left by Kiobel or by adding another arrow to the quiver if the Supreme Court refuses to grant corporations immunity. The doctrine of superior responsibility imposes liability on superiors when they knew or should have known about their …

Face-Veil Bans And Anti-Mask Laws: State Interests And The Right To Cover The Face, Evan Darwin Winet

UC Law SF International Law Review

In the past decade, numerous nations have responded to the perceived threat of the Islamic face-veil (niqab) by taking steps to implement laws restricting the right to cover the face in public. France and Belgium have passed general bans. Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and several states of Australia have introduced similar measures. Syria, Egypt and Sweden have all passed laws banning face-veils in public schools. Many other nations and more local governments have considered anti-veil legislation or upheld the denial of basic services to citizens who cover their faces.

This Note begins with a historical approach to the practice …

Taps (2012), Clemson University

Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Consuming The Aesthetic Of The Everyday: A Visual Analysis Of Errol Morris’ “High Life”, HéLèNe De Burgh-Woodman, C Payne

Business Conference Papers

Co-constructed meaning between marketer and consumer is a key dimension of convergent (Jenkins 2006) media. Using “Miller’s High Life” ads (1999-2005) we discuss how content convergence prompts different co-constructed meanings among consumer segments, how “mundane art” is produced and how the marketer/consumer relationship is transformed into a filmmaker/viewer-consumer one. From an interdisciplinary perspective, we discuss the implications of this transformed relationship for marketing.

The Lab Report, Volume 05, Issue 08, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Darlene Fedele Teaching at Ferrum College
• We Have Achieved Our Fundraising Goal!
• Guest Profile: Lisa Schlesinger
• Guest Profile: Brett Neveu
• Formation of the New Works Advisory Board
• Plane Talk at SkyPilot Features Hollins Playwrights
• Shifting Gears by Jeri Weiss at Fronkensteen
• Young Actors Studio Commissions Samantha Macher
• Hollins Playwright Wins Monologue Competition
• The Muse Factory by Robert Plowman Workshopped
• Clinton Johnston Directs Night of the Iguana
• Sandbox Radio Features Work by Elizabeth Heffron
• Short Plays at SkyPilot Include Hollins Playwrights
• From the Director: Who's a Starving Artist?

Harding Magazine Spring 2012 (Homecoming Excerpt)

Theatre Programs and Posters

Snippet from the Spring 2012 Harding Magazine, highlighting 5 events that visitors shouldn't miss during Homecoming, October 25-27, 2012.

2011-2012 - Undergraduate Curriculum Council Annual Report, Undergraduate Curriculum Council, East Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Conversation With Noam Chomsky About Social Justice And The Future, Chris Steele

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

Leading intellectual Noam Chomsky offers historical perspectives, insight and critique regarding recent social movements. His views on the Occupy movement, in particular, resonate with some key themes in Jesuit higher education. An interview with Chomsky, conducted by Chris Steele, centers on seven questions, presented here in both text and video, that can be used to spark reflection and discussion in university classrooms.

2011-2012 Financial Summary, Morehead State University. Budget & Financial Planning Office.

Morehead State University Financial Summaries Archive

2011-2012 Financial Summary of Morehead State University.

Statement, Winter 2012, Office Of Alumni Relations. Morehead State University

Morehead State Alumni Association Publications

Statement Magazine of Morehead State University from Winter of 2012.

2012 Nsu Fact Book, Office Of Institutional Research

NSU Fact Book

This 20th edition of the Nova Southeastern University Fact Book reflects an expanding body of data and information that provides perspective on the university’s character, growth, and accomplishments.

The 2012 Fact Book includes narrative, numeric, and graphic representation of the university, including history, characteristics, and development of the institution. Data are presented in both tabular and graphic formats to provide pertinent detail, and general trends are highlighted.

Notes On Contributors

Short Story

No abstract provided.

Stuff Happens Colonialism, Archaeology, And National Identity Formation, Faith Lobdell

Theses & ETDs

When the United States and its allies invaded Iraq in 2003, there was a great deal of looting and damage to Iraq's cultural heritage. This caused a great deal of controversy and international condemnation of the failure of pre-war planning agencies and committees to take the possibility of such negative consequences into account. My thesis explores some of the history of the use of archaeology for political purposes, both colonial and national, in attempting to answer the dual questions of why the preservation of cultural heritage is an important issue and for whom.

American Hybridity In The Music Of George Gershwin, Brendan Rivers

Theses & ETDs

The goal of this document is to provide a useful analysis of the hybridity in George Gershwin's music, and by doing so show that the composer deliberately and consciously applied this hybridity in an attempt to assert his own assimilationist attitudes, as well as to portray what he believed to be the multicultural potential of the United States. In addition to the analyses provided in the document, many examples of contemporaneous and modern responses to Gershwin's music are presented. These examples all respond to hybrid elements in Gershwin's music in various ways. Many of these responses are quite critical of …

The American War Of Unification, 1961-1865, Wesley M. Decker

Theses & ETDs

This thesis has been a long time in the making, and reflects, to a certain extent, my divided focus as a history student at New College. It draws heavily on research from both U.S. and European history � two disciplines that are not often made to work together. I have attempted in the following pages to compare the experience of the American Civil War � a period of profound political transformation � to Europe's experience with national unification movements. My analysis combines a close reading of primary documents with a review of the relevant secondary source material. In the category …

A Semiotic Analysis Of Ritual, Place, & Costume In The Performance Art Of Nate Hill, Juliana Hardesty

Theses & ETDs

Combining semiotic analysis with theater anthropology and performance theory, I seek to unpack the work of contemporary American performance artist Nate Hill. His character-based acts "Death Bear" and "Punch Me Panda" attempt to render service unto the people of New York City, both on its streets and in their homes. This creates an interesting dialectical relationship in his work to space and place--a relationship I explore in order to argue for the efficacy of his services in producing spontaneous cathartic moments for the public. I also attempt to update/modify typologies regarding ritual process and liminal space as established by Richard …

Bowing Down To All Human Suffering Schillerian Ideals In The Robbers And Dostoevsky's Crime And Punishment, And The Role Of Female Characters As Carriers Of True Moral Value, Daniela Rizzo

Theses & ETDs

Dostoevsky and Schiller produced works which reflected not only national identity but also the political and social climate of their time. Dostoevsky's relationship with Schiller is crucial in understanding some of his most celebrated works. Schiller's idealistic heroes paved the way for Dostoevsky to expand and expose their intricate, but problematic moral fabric. The female characters in Schiller's The Robbers and Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment embody sacrifice, agape, and a strong sense of morality that is rationalized and lacking in the male characters. Without the presence of these women the male protagonists could never reach "redemption". The comparison of these …

Practice Makes Perfect The Theory And Praxis Of Boal's Theatre Of The Oppressed, Ashlyn King

Theses & ETDs

This thesis was divided into two main portions: a written thesis, and a practical/performative portion. The written thesis explores the work of Augusto Boal, who developed the Theatre of the Oppressed, the influences that shaped his work, and current adaptations of his activist theatrical technique. I also explored the praxis of Boal's techniques in a month-long Theatre of the Oppressed-style workshop conducted during the New College ISP period in January of 2012. The written thesis includes three chapters. The first considers the genesis and implications of Boal's theory, including the relationship of his work to the Pedagogy of the Oppressed …

In Search Of Lost Caregivers Gender, Sexuality And The Body In Proust's Recherche, Emily Adams

Theses & ETDs

Findings were mixed and difficult to interpret. T-tests demonstrated greater use of aggressive humor in males than females but multiple regression analyses did not find this effect; furthermore, no differences arose between men and women in their use of self-deprecating, affiliative, or self-enhancing humor. Correlations demonstrated relationships between 2D:4D ratio and aggressive humor use but multiple regression analyses did not find this effect; furthermore, no relationships were found between 2D:4D ratio and any of the other humor types. Lastly, no relationships were found between gender role score and humor type use.

Another Verse An Experiment In Interactive/Digital Poetics, Michael Floering

Theses & ETDs

This thesis is a supplement to my senior project. For my senior project I composed a performance, Another Verse: An Experiment in Interactive/Digital Poetics, and a piece of software, Outerverse.net, which is used in the performance. Outerverse.net is a multiplayer game/performance geared towards the spontaneous generation of poetic texts. It can be accessed online at any time. Another Verse is a physically-situated performance, during which attendees write poems together using Outerverse.net. The first performance of Another Verse took place on March 19th, 2012 from 4 to 6 PM. A second performance took place on April 10th from 3 to 5 …

Peaking In Paradise An Exploration Of The Television Series Twin Peaks, Megan Lyons

Theses & ETDs

In 1990, David Lynch (prominent film auteur) and Mark Frost (prolific television producer/writer) premiered what was Lynch's first experiment in television serials and Frost's most experimental television series yet. Airing during prime time ABC, the series' hour and a half long pilot episode was an immediate sensation, inspiring at-home detectives and internet message boards almost instantly. The series is a sublime marriage of Lynch's surrealistic film techniques, the forever captivating and winding yet slightly empty soap opera, and the classic detective mystery. The show's cult following still thrives now, twenty-plus years later, and the series is regarded as one of …

Vol. 87, No. 2 | Winter 2012, Bridgewater College

Bridgewater Magazine

No abstract provided.