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Ancient Emblems, Modern Cuts: Weaving And The State In Southeastern Indonesia, Ian Pollock

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Since antiquity, the peoples of the modern state of Indonesia have used textiles to communicate identity. Lines of male and female descent, clan and caste, allegiance to kingdoms both old and new, religion and spiritual accomplishment, and many other identifying characteristics are encoded into the hundreds of discrete textile traditions that continue to thrive across the archipelago. For the last fifteen years, the Indonesian state has actively engaged with traditional textile culture in ways that co-opt and alter these systems of meaning. The evolving relationship between traditional weavers and the state offers a window onto a nation struggling to reconcile …

Textiles' Treasure From Jericho Cave 38 In The Qarantal Cliff Compared To Other Early Medieval Sites In Israel, Orit Shamir, Alisa Baginski

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

768 textile fragments were discovered at a cave near Jericho, Israel. They display a remarkable variety of materials (silk, cotton, linen, wool and goat-hair) and techniques suggesting their diverse geographical origins. Most significant are the silk fragments made in various techniques, some of them requiring sophisticated looms, and a large group of textiles with S-spun linen warps and Z-spun cotton wefts which is unique to the site. Most of these fragments were parts of clothing (e.g. trousers, tunics, coifs). Others could be recognized as bags, wrappers and strips for tying. Why was such a large quantity of used textiles stored …

The Reluctant Reformer: May Morris’ United States Lecture Tour Of 1909-1910, Natasha Thoreson

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Known in America both as the daughter of beloved British Arts and Crafts leader William Morris and as the talented designer and embroiderer of Morris & Company's sensational Fruit Garden portieres, May Morris arrived in New York in October 1909 to begin a five-month lecture tour of the United States. Bombarded by questions from an excited press relating to her work and the Arts and Crafts movement, Morris was caught off-guard by questions on a topic she did not expect: her thoughts on America's burgeoning women's rights movement. As a woman confidently treading new ground in the textile arts, Morris …

Making (In) Brooklyn: The Production Of Textiles, Meaning, And Social Change, Tali Weinberg

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Brooklyn, NY has become one hotbed of activity for alternative economies defined as small, intimate, and artisanal. This includes emergent practices in "local" and "handmade" textiles?particularly by young women?that have recently caught the attention of scholars. Based on ethnographic fieldwork centered at the new Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn, this paper explores how and why producers of such textiles are inscribing their practices of making and the materiality of textiles with new meanings and intentions as they navigate the systems they seek to change. It further explores how their practices, and their understandings of these practices, are linked to globalized …

Knitting The News And Other Stories, Adrienne Sloane

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Knitting shapes have long been defined by the human form. By moving the context of knitting from clothing geometry to sculpture, knitting becomes a medium with a link to a rich and complex fiber tradition that has the power of history behind it. Aspiring to dissolve the boundaries between craft, art and politics, I knit to rejoin the frayed and unraveled places I see around me. As I work, I am responding viscerally to the constant assault of the unsettling news that pours out of the radio in my studio. To protest recent wars, I have often worked with body …

Textiles And Politics – Dishtowels And Diatribes, Carol D. Westfall

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

When a Dutch curator invited my students and me to join an international group of felt makers to create felt balls for peace, I sent mine to them encased in barbed wire. My life has been marked by war. My Dad fought in the Second World War, my high school colleagues in the Korean War and those who returned joined me as freshmen in college. My husband served in Vietnam and various acquaintances in my hometown of Jersey City, New Jersey served in the first Gulf War and now serve in Afghanistan and Iraq. At age 4, I was so …

Textile Society Of America- Abstracts And Biographies

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

TSA Abstracts and Biographies, September 2012.

Complications Of Total Hip Replacement, Kashif Abbas, Ghulam Murtaza, Masood Umer, Haroon Rashid, Irfan Qadir

Section of Orthopaedic Surgery

Objective: To determine the factors causing complications in unilateral total hip replacement.
Study Design: Analytical study.
Place and Duration of Study: The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, between 2000 and 2010.
Methodology: During the study period, 199 patients underwent elective unilateral total hip replacement at the Aga Khan University Hospital. Patients were divided into two groups on the basis of postoperative complications within 30 days of surgery. Significant factors at 5% significance level on univariate analysis were further analyzed by multivariate logistic regression.
Results: Postoperative complications occurred in 39 patients (19.6%); dislocation being most common in 13 patients (6.5%), followed …

Contents, First Amendment Law Review

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.

Unh: The Magazine Of The University Of New Hampshire, Fall 2012, Unh Magazine

UNH Magazine

Archived version of web content originally found at https://unhmagazine.unh.edu/pastissues.html

Elected Judges And Statutory Interpretation, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl, Ethan J. Leib

University of Chicago Law Review

This Article considers whether differences in methods of judicial selection should influence how judges approach statutory interpretation. Courts and scholars have not given this question much sustained attention, but most would probably embrace the "unified model," according to which appointed judges (such as federal judges) and elected judges (such as many state judges) are supposed to approach statutory text in identical ways. There is much to be said for the unified model—and we offer the first systematic defense of it. But the Article also attempts to make the best case for the more controversial but also plausible contrary view: that …

Public Choice And Law's Either/Or Inclination (Reviewing Why The Law Is So Perverse By Leo Katz), Saul Levmore

University of Chicago Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Banner - V. 147, No. 9 - (September 2012), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Not Bad by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: Reality Check by Rebecca Jordan Heys / 8 - IMHO: Getting Ready for Church by Calvin Seerveld / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - News: Colorado Church Responds to Theater Shooting / 17 - Frequently Asked Questions / 18 - Negotiating Coffee Time: Introverts at Church by Otto Selles / 20 - Leadership: Peanut Butter to Potblessings: A Guide to Finding a New Church Home by Brian Pikkaart / 22 - Bringing the Seminary to You by Nathan Bierma and Peter Choi …

Gerald A. Notaro Collection Of St. Pete Pride Archives : A Collection Guide, Amber Thessen, Gerald A. Notaro

Special Collections and University Archives Legacy Finding Aids: All Items

Gerald A. Notaro, librarian emeritus at USF St. Petersburg, donated his collection of photographs and ephemera from St. Pete Pride, an annual event in the Grand Central District that has grown into one of the largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) celebrations in the southeastern United States. The rich collection of photographic images documents St. Pete Pride events in the early 2000s. Notaro donated these items on 15 March 2012, shortly before his retirement from the USFSP faculty.

The Ecology Of Vocation, Terri L. Elton

Faculty Publications

Those who care about the future of the church have a vested interest in both the quantity and the quality of candidates preparing for ministry in this generation and into the next. And it is easy to see those pastors as the product of a series of independent and individualized decisions. A college student, for example, meets with her pastor to discuss her future. Or an engineer sits at the kitchen table with his wife asking if they have the money for him to quit his job and head off to seminary. The future of ministry does indeed depend on …

'Land Of Kami, Land Of The Dead': Paligenesis And The Aesthetics Of Religious Revisionism In Kobayashi Yoshinori's 'On Yasukuni', James Mark Shields

Faculty Contributions to Books

In 2005, Japanese manga artist and conservative provocateur Kobayashi Yoshinori published a graphic work entitled Shin gōmanizumu sengen special: Yasukuniron (Neo-Gōmanism Manifesto Special: On Yasukuni), which tackles the much-debated ‘problem’ of Yasukuni Shrine, the militaristic religious complex that has become a lightning-rod for debates regarding Japanese historical memory – especially with regard to the military expansionism in East Asia that led to the Asia-Pacific War (1931–45). Frequently overlooked in discussions of Yasukuni, however, are a number of complex issues related to its religious doctrines – in particular, the interpretation of Shinto presented at Yasukuni and the dominant ideology of Japan’s …

Bulletin Ninth District Ny September 2012

Bulletin of the Ninth District Dental Association

The Bulletin of the Ninth District Dental Association is published four times annually in the months of March, May, September and November. It is distributed to all Association members from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester in the state of New York.

The Bulletin keeps our members up-to-date on NDDA activities as well as on a variety of topics important to the profession.

What Galileo's Telescope Can't See, James K.A. Smith

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

No abstract provided.

The New Stigma Of Relocated Public Housing Residents: Challenges To Social Identity In Mixed-Income Developments, Mark L. Joseph

Faculty Scholarship

Public housing residents have long experienced stigma as members of an urban “underclass.” One policy response is the creation of mixed-income developments; by deconcentrating poverty and integrating residents into communities in which their residences are indistinguishable from neighbors, such efforts might reduce stigma associated with residency in traditional public housing. Through in-depth interviews with 35 relocated public housing residents and 184 field observations at three mixed-income developments in Chicago, we find this is not the case. Stigma associated with living in public housing is ameliorated, yet residents report that their experience of stigma has intensified in other ways. The negative …

Usd Magazine Fall 2012, University Of San Diego

University of San Diego Magazine (1992- )

Point of View; Contents; Around the Park; Torero Athletics; Welcome Back; Show me the Bunny; Two Plus Two; Alumni Update; Torero Notes; Changemaker

September 2012 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Access For All: A Review Of “Law Libraries, Government Transparency, And The Internet,” A Presentation By Daniel Schuman Of The Sunlight Foundation At The All-Sis Meeting, July 22, 2012, Susan David Demaine

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Attendees at the ALL-SIS Breakfast and Business Meeting at the AALL Annual Meeting had the pleasure of hearing from Daniel Schuman of the Sunlight Foundation speak on “Law Libraries, Government Transparency, and the Internet.” The Sunlight Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase access to federal government information resources through advocacy and the development of information technology tools.

Ce 680 Syllabus: Counseling Practicum, Veronica Johnson

Counselor Education Syllabi

To enhance the counseling skills and conceptualization processes acquired through direct counseling experience, supervision and classroom interaction. The course is designed to prepare counselors for the upcoming internship experience and development as independent professional counselors. The evidence provided through the quality of the course requirements, demonstration of maturity, personal insight and professional presentation as appropriate to the counseling profession, will determine the course grade. The Counselor Education Program requires students to complete a supervised counseling practicum. Forty of those clock hours must be direct service work with appropriate clients. The remaining 110 hours provide opportunities to gain experience in the …

Parkinson's Disease In The Mouse: Valid And Invalid Models For Future Use, Jennifer Aeling, Matthew Weber, Richard Deyo

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

“Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting approximately 1% of elderly Americans that results from progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons. Common motor symptoms of PD include resting tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia or akinesia and postural instability” (Zesiewicz et al., 2009). “Almost all patients with PD have non-motor and neuropsychiatric features, including sleep disturbances, compulsive and impulsive behaviors, autonomic dysfunction and psychosis” (Fernandez, 2012). In the years to come, as the average age increases the amount of PD patients will also increase due to the late onset of most PD cases. As the amount of PD cases caused by environmental factors …

Metabolic Effects Of Bedtime Pistachio Consumption For 6 Weeks In Overweight Persons, Ashley Anderson, Melanie Anderson, Janel Jacobson, Mackenzie Popko

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Benthic Invertebrate Trophic Community Composition At The Onset Of A Flood Pulse, Michael Bistodeau, Michael Delong

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.

Prolonging The Structural Integrity Of Poly-Lactic Acid Based Composites, Zachary Block, Maryam Grami

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

The scope of this research is to evaluate the effect oil based polyurethane has on Poly-Lactic Acid (PLA) when used as thin protective film against degradation, and how PLA performs when used as matrix material in a natural fiber composite. Course woven jute fabric (burlap) is being used as natural fiber reinforcement. PLA is synthesized from corn starch which makes the polymer biodegradable, but the amount of degradation is dependent on the conditions the material is subjected to. Panels of plain PLA and PLA reinforced with burlap were prepared through the use of a hot press and steel die. The …

Female Neutrophils Produce Less Neutrophil Extracellular Traps In Response To The Escherichia Coli Hemolysin Than Male Neutrophils, Melissa Brown, Nicole Aulik

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) have been estimated to cost the U.S. approximately 1.6 billion dollars in health care costs. The majority of UTIs affect women more than men where fifty to sixty percent of women will experience a UTI in their lifetime. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli is the leading cause of UTIs. When uropathogenic E. coli is incubated in human urine, E. coli produce significantly more of the hemolysin, an RTX toxin that can lyse a wide variety of cell types. Up regulation of the hemolysin is believed to be important in E. coli colonization of bladder and kidney epithelial cells. …

Influences Of Physical Chemistry On The Abundance Of Phytoplankton In Different Slackwater Habitats, Joshua Denzer, Michael Delong

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.

Relationship Between Phytoplankton Chlorophyll Concentration And Fish Community Structure In Slackwaters Of A Large River, Katherine Donlin, Michael Delong

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.