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The University of Maine

1994

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The Cultural Construction Of The Maine Sporting Camps, March O. Mccubrey Sep 1994

The Cultural Construction Of The Maine Sporting Camps, March O. Mccubrey

Maine History

Maine’s lakes and forests attracted a growing number of urban hunters and anglers after 1880. Attracted in part by the informality and remoteness of the Maine woods, these urban recreationists nevertheless imposed their own sense of order and propriety upon the culture of the sporting camp. Urban “sports “ went “back to nature, ” yet maintained their status - and their social distance - as ladies and gentlemen. ”

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A Cage For John Sawyer The Poor Of Otisfield, Maine, Jean F. Hankins Sep 1994

A Cage For John Sawyer The Poor Of Otisfield, Maine, Jean F. Hankins

Maine History

Each year from 1790 to the end of the Civil War the town’s people of Otisfield wrestled with the dilemma of town relief. Examining this issue from two perspectives - the town taxpayers and the town poor - Jean Hankins sheds light on the politics, the finances, the hardships, the family life, and the burdens of responsibility in Maine's nineteenth-century small towns.

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Beaver, Blankets, Liquor, And Politics Pemaquid’S Fur Trade, 1614-1760, Neill Depaoli Jan 1994

Beaver, Blankets, Liquor, And Politics Pemaquid’S Fur Trade, 1614-1760, Neill Depaoli

Maine History

The trading posts at Pemaquid typified the transactions, administrative phases, and cross-cultural contacts that made up the New England fur trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Using archaeological and documentary evidence, Neill DePaoli explores this important yet volatile industry through several stages, including early informal transactions, a merchant entrepreneurial phase, provincial supervision, and illegal exchanges during the closing years of the fort's significance.

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John Hyslop 1945-1993, John V. Murra Jan 1994

John Hyslop 1945-1993, John V. Murra

Andean Past

No abstract provided.

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Scientific Notes On Paracas Mummy Bundle No. 294, Rebeca Carrion Cachot De Girard Jan 1994

Scientific Notes On Paracas Mummy Bundle No. 294, Rebeca Carrion Cachot De Girard

Andean Past

No abstract provided.

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Early Cotton Textiles From Hacha, Peru, Grace Katterman Jan 1994

Early Cotton Textiles From Hacha, Peru, Grace Katterman

Andean Past

No abstract provided.

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Preface, Monica Barnes Jan 1994

Preface, Monica Barnes

Andean Past

No abstract provided.

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The Life From Death Continuum In Nasca Imagery, Patrick Carmichael Jan 1994

The Life From Death Continuum In Nasca Imagery, Patrick Carmichael

Andean Past

No abstract provided.

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Stylistic Variation In Proliferous Nasca Pottery, Donald A. Proulx Jan 1994

Stylistic Variation In Proliferous Nasca Pottery, Donald A. Proulx

Andean Past

No abstract provided.

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Recent Excavations At Hacha In The Acari Valley, Peru, Roger W. Robinson Jan 1994

Recent Excavations At Hacha In The Acari Valley, Peru, Roger W. Robinson

Andean Past

No abstract provided.

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Towards The Definition Of Pre- And Early Chavin Art Styles In Peru, Henning Bischof Jan 1994

Towards The Definition Of Pre- And Early Chavin Art Styles In Peru, Henning Bischof

Andean Past

No abstract provided.

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A Cache Of Inca Textiles From Rodadero, Acari Valley, Peru, Grace Katterman, Francis A. Riddell Jan 1994

A Cache Of Inca Textiles From Rodadero, Acari Valley, Peru, Grace Katterman, Francis A. Riddell

Andean Past

No abstract provided.

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The Cemetery At Tambo Viejo, Acari Valley, Peru, Jonathan D. Kent, Makoto (Mark) Kowta Jan 1994

The Cemetery At Tambo Viejo, Acari Valley, Peru, Jonathan D. Kent, Makoto (Mark) Kowta

Andean Past

No abstract provided.

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Early Occupations At Gran Pajaten, Peru, Warren Church Jan 1994

Early Occupations At Gran Pajaten, Peru, Warren Church

Andean Past

No abstract provided.

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Valdivia Figurines And Puberty Rituals: An Hypothesis, Costanza Di Capua Jan 1994

Valdivia Figurines And Puberty Rituals: An Hypothesis, Costanza Di Capua

Andean Past

No abstract provided.

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The Paracas Mummy Bundles Of The Great Necropolis Of Wari Kayan: A History, Richard E. Daggett Jan 1994

The Paracas Mummy Bundles Of The Great Necropolis Of Wari Kayan: A History, Richard E. Daggett

Andean Past

No abstract provided.

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Economic Development In Maine: Strategies And Opportunities, Steven Ballard, Stephanie Seguino, Charles S. Colgan Jan 1994

Economic Development In Maine: Strategies And Opportunities, Steven Ballard, Stephanie Seguino, Charles S. Colgan

Maine Policy Review

Changes in the national and international economies have forced Maine and other states to reexamine their approaches to economic development. No longer are the traditional approaches useful in the context of a global economy. Maine's present and future economic growth requires that the state respond to the realities of this new economic landscape. In this article, Steven Ballard, Stephanie Seguino and Charles Colgan put forth their thoughts and conclusions on the strategies and opportunities upon which Maine's economic development efforts should focus.

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Pricing Issues In Telecommunications, Robert W. Crandall Jan 1994

Pricing Issues In Telecommunications, Robert W. Crandall

Maine Policy Review

Over the last quarter century, significant changes have occurred in telecommunications. The breakup of AT&T and a myriad of technological innovations have sounded the death knell for the theory of telecommunications as a natural monopoly, according to Robert W. Crandall of the Brookings Institute. In the following article, Dr. Crandall assesses a variety of pricing issues that must be addressed by regulators, telecommunications firms and consumers in an increasingly competitive telecommunications market.

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Regulatory Updates: Maine Public Utilities Commission, Land Use Regulatory Commission, Ralph Townsend, Ruth Robinson Jan 1994

Regulatory Updates: Maine Public Utilities Commission, Land Use Regulatory Commission, Ralph Townsend, Ruth Robinson

Maine Policy Review

No abstract provided.

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Electricity Costs And The Maine Economy: Review And Prospects, Charles S. Colgan Jan 1994

Electricity Costs And The Maine Economy: Review And Prospects, Charles S. Colgan

Maine Policy Review

Rising electricity costs over the past several years have set off alarm bells about the possible effects on economic growth in Maine. Efforts to at least reduce the rate of growth of electricity prices have led to charges and countercharges between the state's largest utility and many of the non-utility generators (NUG's), and resulted in major battles in the recent session of the Maine Legislature. In all of the discussion, however, there has been little information about two key questions: How high are Maine's electricity costs relative to other areas, and how sensitive is the Maine economy to changes in …

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Electric Competition And The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Donald F. Santa Jr. Jan 1994

Electric Competition And The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Donald F. Santa Jr.

Maine Policy Review

The pricing of electric power is not only an issue at the state level, it also gathers the attention of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. A major pricing issue now facing FERC involves electric transmission. This reflects increased competition in the electric generation business and is of particular concern in the wholesale electricity market, which is regulated by FERC. As FERC Commissioner Donald F. Santa makes clear in this article, access to transmission lines and the price to be paid for that access are extremely important issues to independent power producers. This article is based on Commissioner Santa's keynote speech …

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Public Policy, Private Profits, Ralph Townsend Jan 1994

Public Policy, Private Profits, Ralph Townsend

Maine Policy Review

No abstract provided.

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Maine’S Gubernatorial Candidates Present Their Positions On Health Care Reform, Jonathan Carter, Susan Collins, Angus King Jan 1994

Maine’S Gubernatorial Candidates Present Their Positions On Health Care Reform, Jonathan Carter, Susan Collins, Angus King

Maine Policy Review

Few issues have dominated the public policy agenda in the last decade as health care reform has in 1994. Although health care reform is stalled in Congress at this writing, it is not an issue that will exit the public stage quickly or quietly. Mainefaces many of the problems that have spurred the national health care debate. The state has made some attempts to address these through public policy. But larger health care issues remain unresolved and the next governor will most certainly play a major role in addressing those issues. Maine Policy Review invited the four major candidates seeking …

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Defense Downsizing: The Economic Impacts In New England, Yolanda K. Kodrzycki Jan 1994

Defense Downsizing: The Economic Impacts In New England, Yolanda K. Kodrzycki

Maine Policy Review

Yoland R. Kodrzycki reviews the extent of New England’s dependency on defense and various measures of the severity of defense downsizing. The analysis is put in the broader context of the New England economy. Because the economy can provide opportunities or constraints, it is important to understand the general economic environment when designing a defense conversion strategy. This article is excerpted from the author’s remarks at a conference entitled “From Defense to Offense: Converting Maine’s Economy in a Time of Shrinking Military Expenditures,” which took place in Portland on June 13, 1994. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect official …

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The Maine Economic Conversion Project: Promoting A Sustainable Future, Susie Schweppe, Nicholas Karvonides Jan 1994

The Maine Economic Conversion Project: Promoting A Sustainable Future, Susie Schweppe, Nicholas Karvonides

Maine Policy Review

For the past five years, a small, but dedicated group of Mainers has been working on the perplexing and sometimes controversial issue of defense conversion. The Portland-based Economic Conversion Project (ECP), an initiative of the Maine Peace Fund, sees opportunity in the nation’s defense downsizing efforts where others see only adversity. Among other goals, the private, non-profit ECP wants to create a sustainable economy that is more responsive to public need than to the disintegrating military industrial complex. Susie Schweppe and Nicholas Karvonides of ECP recently discussed with Maine Policy Review the status of their project and the challenges confrontingMaine …

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Good Intentions Are Not Enough: How The Peace Movement Hobbled Defense Conversion In Maine [Adams], With Reply How The Peace Movement Encouraged Defense Conversion In Maine [Schweppe], Stephen J. Adams, Susie Schweppe Jan 1994

Good Intentions Are Not Enough: How The Peace Movement Hobbled Defense Conversion In Maine [Adams], With Reply How The Peace Movement Encouraged Defense Conversion In Maine [Schweppe], Stephen J. Adams, Susie Schweppe

Maine Policy Review

No abstract provided.

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Fusing Educational Reform Policy And Action: Assuring The Development Of Local Leaders, George F. Marnik, Gordon A. Donaldson Jr. Jan 1994

Fusing Educational Reform Policy And Action: Assuring The Development Of Local Leaders, George F. Marnik, Gordon A. Donaldson Jr.

Maine Policy Review

School change does not happen in a vacuum. It requires initiative and leadership. Because Maine's educational system features a strong local control component, successful educational change requires development of local leadership. George Marnik and Gordon Donaldson report on the Maine Academyfor School Leaders, an educational leadership development project in which they were involved. Among other things, the researchers learned that successful educational change is not likely to result from a one-size-fits-all state policy. Rather, successful reform occurs "one individual at a time, one school at a time."

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Assessing Maine’S Eram Experiment, Leslie Hudson, Stephanie Seguino Jan 1994

Assessing Maine’S Eram Experiment, Leslie Hudson, Stephanie Seguino

Maine Policy Review

Maine’s utility regulators have occasionally ventured into the uncharted waters of utility regulation reform. Some such efforts have been more successful than others. Leslie Hudson and Stephanie Seguino document the process and outcomes of one such attempt at alternative electric utility regulation, the Electric Revenue Adjustment Mechanism, or ERAM. They endeavor to answer several questions arising from this brief and failed, but interesting regulatory experiment.

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Retail Competition In The U.S. Electricity Industry, John P. Hughes Jan 1994

Retail Competition In The U.S. Electricity Industry, John P. Hughes

Maine Policy Review

The ever-increasing competitive nature of the electric utility business has been lent additional impetus by federal policies that mandate restructuring of the industry. John Hughes, writing from the perspective of large industrial consumers, offers a vision for restructuring the electric utility industry. He frames his vision in response to goals outlines in the California Public Utilities Commission’s proposal to restructure that state’s electric utility industry

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Maine's Defense Dependency And Its Effect On Economic Vitality, Laurie Lachance Jan 1994

Maine's Defense Dependency And Its Effect On Economic Vitality, Laurie Lachance

Maine Policy Review

With the continuing shift to a non-Cold War defense posture, Maine is experiencing its share of economic hardship from the reduction in federal defense spending. In the following article, Maine State Economist Laurie Lachance describes the depth and breadth of Maine's defense dependency and outlines what that portends for the future of Maine's economy.

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