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Eighth Blackbird: Scintillating Centenarians, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 1534, Gary Porras

Combined Interviews

Gary Porras, founder of Garick Electric Group, was born in Camargo, Mexico on March 17, 1949. He grew up in that same city and started to work on his parent’s farm at the age of 5. Later they went to Chihuahua, Mexico where he studied elementary school and worked as a collector and delivery boy. He wanted to be a missionary so he attended a seminary during his middle school years and only stayed there for two years and decided to leave this life because he did not agree with many of the beliefs taught there. Then he remembers that …

The Role Of Neuroinflammation In Regulating The Age-Related Decline In Neurogenesis, Adam D. Bachstetter

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Adult neurogenesis, is a lifelong process by which relatively few cells are added into two restricted regions of the brain. Integration of the cells into the existing neuronal circulatory, with the unique properties involved in the maturation of these cells, is possibly critical to the acquisition and retrieval of new memories. With the chronological aging of the organism a process of cellular senescence occurs throughout the body; a portion of which is independent of primary alterations to the stem cells; instead, it appears to be dependent on the environment where the cells reside, and is in part regulated by inflammation. …

Multi-Functional Composite Materials For Catalysis And Chemical Mechanical Planarization, Cecil A. Coutinho

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Composite materials formed from two or more functionally different materials offer a versatile avenue to create a tailored material with well defined traits. Within this dissertation research, multi-functional composites were synthesized based on organic and inorganic materials. The functionally of these composites was experimentally tested and a semi-empirical model describing the sedimentation behavior of these particles was developed.

This first objective involved the fabrication of microcomposites consisting of titanium dioxide (TiO₂) nanoparticles confined within porous, microgels of a thermo-responsive polymer for use in the photocatalytic treatment of wastewater. TiO₂ has been shown to be an excellent photocatalyst …

Roxie Lee Mccray Johnson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Around The Web…

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

In case you are interested in reading more from writers we’ve referenced recently or on topics we’ve been tracking lately, here are a few recommendations from this week.

The New York Times ran a set of commentaries yesterday on “what the Chinese want from Obama,” including commentaries by Michael Meyer and Daniel Bell(links to their previous pieces at China Beat).

Meyer writes about Clinton’s visit to China, and the power she has to shift discussions in China (and the U.S.) about China’s desire for an “American lifestyle”:

Yet as modernizing Chinese cities emulate America’s car-friendly designs — and often employ …

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, February 22, 2009

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, Canada

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf Finding Aid

Danielle Breisach, Flute, Danielle Breisach

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• DANIELLE BREISACH, Flute
• Helen Lukan, Piano

Danielle Breisach is a candidate for the Master of Music degree majoring in performance. She received her bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University.

St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, February 22, 2009

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Landover Hills, MD

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin Finding Aid

Unlv Graduate Wind Quintet, Farah Zolghadr, Mark Runkles, Thomas James Kmiecik, Brian Marsh, Bryce Nakaoka

Orchestra

Program listing performers and works performed

Self-Promotion Saturday

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

You can find a new interview with Jeff Wasserstrom at Shanghai City Weekend, in anticipation of the Shanghai International Literary Festival. You can find interviews with many other authors, including James Fallows and Cecelia Chang. There’s also an interview with Wang Gang, the author of the very interesting-sounding novel English (about which CB was previously unaware). Here is a short excerpt from the interview with Wasserstrom (much more at City Weekend):

CW: What’s one question you’d like to be asked at SILF? I’d love it if someone asked me: “If you could bring back to life, for a day, two …

Family Affairs Newsletter Poll 2009-02-21, Jean Vermette

Family Affairs newsletter (2004-2016)

FAMILY AFFAIRS was a free, twice-a-month, social activities newsletter for the GLBTQI (gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans/queer/intersex) community, sent out around the 1st and 15th of each month. It covered the State of Maine only. The list was begun and maintained for many years by Jean Vermette in Bangor, and later operated by Zack Paakkonen of Portland. Over the years it evolved from a social activities newsletter into a business directory, classified ad service, and community bulletin board.

39th Annual Wku Student Research Conference, Student Research Council, Western Kentucky University

Student Research Conference Select Presentations

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Music Department Presents The Seventh Annual Single Reed Day, Featuring, Faculty Clinicians, Ann Marie Bingham, Clarinet, Edwin Bingham, Saxophone, And, Guest Artists, Nathan Nabb, Saxophone, Donald Williams, Clarinet, Ann Bingham, Ed Bingham, Nathan Nabb, Donald Williams

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Fascinatin’ Facts

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Harper’s has just put its famous “index” feature online and it is (thrill of thrills) searchable. Of course, this has spawned a host of postings around the web about what the index has covered over the years. Among those are a few China watchers.

Shanghaiist notes that there has been only one substantive mention of “Shanghai” in the twenty-five years of the index (there are two hits for the word “Shanghai,” but one is for Shanghai Tang).

Tim Johnson did a search for “China” and shares some of the entries from the past three years, with the source of the …

American Commemorative Panels: Civil Rights Pioneers, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Civil Rights Pioneers Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, and information about the Civil Rights Pioneers. First issued February 21, 2009.

Emily Riggs, Soprano, And David Ballena, Piano, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Interview No. 1531, Roberto Torres

Combined Interviews

Roberto Torres, owner of the eponymous certified public accounting firm, here shares his experiences both as a successful professional and El Paso business owner. Born in El Paso in 1951 to Gustavo and Carolina Torres, young Roberto was strongly influenced by his father’s entrepreneurial aspirations. After graduating from Jesuit High School, Torres attended the University of Texas at El Paso, earning an accounting degree in 1974. Gaining valuable experience, Torres spent many years working for large accounting firms. Throughout his early career he learned to understand the field’s unique climate and perfected his both his accounting and interpersonal skills. In …

Wesley Travis Perkins

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Mrs. Willie Mae Prigeon

African American Funeral Programs

Mrs_Willie_Mae_Prigeon.pdf - Funeral program for Mrs. Willie Mae Prigeon

Time Machine: Dear Us Presidential Candidates…, Robert A. Kapp

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

February, 2009: we are in the early days of a new Administration, and the Internet and print media bulge with messages of advice to the new President and the new Secretary of State about how to deal with China. Some of the missives are Olympian. Others are avuncular. They serve multiple purposes, and seek to reach multiple audiences.

Reading them, I was reminded of one of my own exercises of a similar nature, in the fall of the year 2000. Eight long years; so much has happened. Then, we were only a couple of months beyond the huge political battle …

Baby With The Bathwater Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

John Bowab Studio Theatre, Smith Center for the Arts

Baby with the Bathwater by Christopher Durang

February 20-22, 2009

The Guild Players Touring Company Presents: The Sandwalk Poster, Providence College

Promotion Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

The Sandwalk

February 20, 2009, 8pm

Doris Wylee-Becker, Piano, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Baby With The Bathwater Playbill, Providence College

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

John Bowab Studio Theatre, Smith Center for the Arts

Baby with the Bathwater by Christopher Durang

February 20-22, 2009

Director, Brandon Ferretti

Lighting Designer, Peter Hurvitz

Sound Designer, Paul Perry

Scenic Designer, Marc Francis

Technical Director, Craig Schultz

Costume Designer, Elizabeth Curtis

Cast: Amberly Glitz – Helen; Stephan Mirando – John; Sarah Randles – Mrs. Willoughby, Kate, Nanny; Aisha Stewart – Cynthia, Angela, Miss Pringle, Susan; Conor Leary – Young Man

Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1863), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1863. Travel diary kept by Nancy Disher Baird, Bowling Green, Kentucky of a trip to Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia in the summer of 1990.

The Wizard Of Oz (February 20-21, 27-28, 2009), L. Frank Baum

Student Theatre Programs

Program for The Wizard of Oz (February 20-21, 27-28, 2009).

End-To-End Available Bandwidth Estimation And Monitoring, Cesar Dario Guerrero Santander

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Available Bandwidth Estimation Techniques and Tools (ABETTs) have recently been envisioned as a supporting mechanism in areas such as compliance of service level agreements, network management, traffic engineering and real-time resource provisioning, flow and congestion control, construction of overlay networks, fast detection of failures and network attacks, and admission control. However, it is unknown whether current ABETTs can run efficiently in any type of network, under different network conditions, and whether they can provide accurate available bandwidth estimates at the timescales needed by these applications.

This dissertation investigates techniques and tools able to provide accurate, low overhead, reliable, and fast …

Book Review: Shoeless Joe And Ragtime Baseball, Scott D. Peterson

Communication Faculty Publications

As Harvey Frommer indicates in the new introduction to this old tale, some stories will never go away and the 1919 Black Sox scandal is one of them. In Saying It's So, Daniel Nathan argues that this particular tale has been retold every generation because it is so central to America's culture and history. Instead of letting it go, we've got to dust it off and tell it again (and again) in the form of non-fiction, fiction, and film. Frommer's book, which was recently reissued just 16 years after its last release, focuses on the life and times of …

In Search Of Our Brains: On Teaching "Proust Was A Neuroscientist" By Jonah Lehrer, Marianne Rogoff

Collected Faculty Scholarship

"I have always wanted to teach a semester of freshman English using a single text, moving students via rich allusions out beyond it for further reading according to their individual interests. Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer is a collection of essays linking contemporary findings in neuroscience with visionary knowledge dreamed up by writers and artists a hundred years ago. Concepts like Walt Whitman's poetic "body electric" and Virginia Woolf's psychological "stream of consciousness" are proven to have physical origins in our brains and bodies. I created a whole course around the book in Fall '08 at California College …