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- The age of magicians: periodization in the history of European magic.(Report)
- John Maynard Keynes once described Sir Isaac Newton, perhaps the greatest figure of the scientific revolution, as being "not the first of the age of reason" but "the last of the magicians." (1) Keynes was commenting, among other things, on Newton's fascination with alchemy and the...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- Storm data and unusual weather phenomena
- Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena June 2008 Time...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- Storm data and unusual weather phenomena
- Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena Time ...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- Northern enigma: American images of Canada
- The crashing of planes into the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001, altered instantly American thinking about itself and other states in the world. Gone was the view that the United States was shielded from foreign incursions and problems....
- Research articles 2007-12-22
- Grandma vs. the oil-sands mine
- Eighty-five-year-old grandmothers aren't typically subject to censorship, but Liz Moore is no ordinary grandma. After touring an oil-sands operation in Canada, Moore returned to her home in Colorado and began researching the mining process. Eventually, she spent $3,600 on a website that chronicles the destructive environmental impacts of oil-sands mining....
- Research articles 2007-10-08
- Recent titles in philosophy
- ABOULAFIA, MITCHELL. The Cosmopolitan Self: George Herbert Mead and Continental Philosophy. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2006. 169 pp. Cloth, $29.95; paper, $20.00. ABRAHAM, WILLIAM J. Crossing the Threshold of Divine Revelation. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2006. 212 pp. Paper, $20.00. ADAMS, NICHOLAS. Habermas and...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- Addressing the gaps—promise and performance, synthesis and purity, large-N and small-N: a response to Moore
- In his recent Review Essay, "Synthesis v. Purity and Large-N Studies: How Might We Assess the Gap between Promise and Performance?," Will Moore explores the large issues concerning the gap between the promise and performance of international human rights norms and institutions, the trade-offs between theoretical synthesis and purity, and...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Forbidden fruit in the compound: a case study of migration, spousal separation and group-wife adultery in Northwest Ghana
- ABSTRACT This paper explores the anthropological implications of the notion of adultery by showing how it can improve our understanding of a local debate about descent, migration and local responses to it, among communities belonging to the Dagara of northwestern Ghana. Using a case study of group-wife adultery, that...
- Research articles 2005-09-22
- Alexander Pope and Duke Upon Duke: satiric context, aims, and means
- Alexander Pope and Duke upon Duke: Satiric Context, Aims, and Means by Pat Rogers Duke upon Duke (1720) is a satirical ballad, first firmly attributed to Alexander Pope in 1949 The article considers Pope's aims and methods in the light of new evidence concerning the main target of the...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- Archaeology of Torres Strait turtle-shell masks: the Badu cache
- Abstract: Turtle-shell masks are distinctive Tortes Strait Islander objects that were used during ritual performances, and carefully curated, during ethnographic times. Yet the history of these rituals and their material expressions are poorly understood. The numerous instances of turtle-shell masks collected during the nineteenth century and currently held in museum...
- Research articles 2004-03-22
- Plumbing the depths: Irish realism and the working class from Shaw to O'Casey
- Early in 1899 the seedling Irish Socialist Republican Party held a public meeting to consider what had become a salient question. The minutes record that on 12 February Frederick Ryan 'delivered a lecture entitled "A Word on the Democratic Drama" in the course of which he dealt with and read...
- Research articles 2003-03-22
- Benjamin Moore & Co. sets up in Carol Stream.(Business)
- Benjamin Moore & Co. has chosen Kiferbaum Construction Corp. of Deerfield as general contractor for its 116,468 square feet of leased space at 320 Fullerton Ave. in Carol Stream. Moore is a tenant of Prime Group Realty Trust, the 263,206-square-foot building's owner. Paint manufacturer...
- Research articles 2000-08-12
- Mississippi Bank's Merger Bowls over Banking Analysts.(Originated from Nashville Banner, Tenn.)
- Dec. 9--Rumors had been circulating for weeks that Jackson, Miss.-based Deposit Guaranty Corp. was up for sale, but Monday's $2.7 billion deal with First American Corp. for more than four times its book value still surprised analysts. "There were names all...
- Research articles 1997-12-09
- Moore's Law Reaching Statute Of Limitations
- It turns out that Gordon Moore never predicted that processing power would continue to double every two years. What former Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel co-founder Moore wrote for Electronics Magazine in 1965 was that the costs of electronic components will be sufficiently depressed by demand to allow...
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- Why Can't Boards Get Risk Management Right?
- Presumably, Sir James Crosby was trying to protect the FSA from further embarrassment by stepping down from his job as the regulator's deputy chair. But in resigning, he's brought to light the reason: that he's said to have ignored a red alert from a risk manager while in charge of...
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- Beyond Point Design Evaluation
- Moore's Law implies that computer processor speed has increased by a factor of almost two every year for over three decades, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Perhaps it is time to start employing the computational budget provided by Moore's Law to better contribute to engineering...
- White papers 2001-01-30
- Moore's Law and Electronic Games
- This paper is based on the Moore's Law that observes that the transistor density of a silicon chip will double every two years, allowing a corresponding increase in processor speed. The continuation of Moore's Law through 2010 implies significant more powerful processors by 2010. This in turn will enable the...
- White papers 2004-05-28
- Can The Managed Account Business Cross the Chasm Into The Financial Services Mainstream?
- Today's financial product and service menu has become so mind-boggling that no one can understand it in its entirety, much less articulate it in terms a client would understand. Clearly, a process is needed in order to manage all information in terms that clients can understand so that it is...
- White papers 2002-10-01
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- Moore says Macquarie optimistic about medium-term despite market volatility
- By a staff reporter Macquarie Group Ltd has maintained its cautious outlook for the Australian economy, saying while it expects fewer one-off items in the second half, the investment bank cannot be sure that recent "buoyant" conditions will continue. Chief executive Nicholas Moore said providing guidance, difficult at any time,...
- News items 2009-10-29
- Acquisition of Moore Products Co.(Brief Article)
- Siemens Energy and Automation Inc of Copse Road, Yeovil, Somerset, tel:0193 570 6262, have recently acquired Moore Products Co, which previously operated as Moore Process Automation Solutions. Moore will now operate as Siemens Moore Process Automatio Siemens Energy and Automation Inc of Copse Road, Yeovil, Somerset,...
- Research articles 2000-09-01
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