U.S. Democracy Promotion from Bush to Obama. EUSpring Working Paper No. 1, April 2015

Throughout the twenty-first century the United States (U.S.) has attempted to balance its traditional national security interests, whilst also seeking to promote the long-term transformation of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) towards democracy based on liberal values. With the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks providing a catalyst for policy change, the U.S. has moved away from its twentieth-century policy of pursuing a regional status quo and instinctively balking at political change. Yet, the U.S. has not abandoned its reliance on autocratic regimes that cooperate on more immediate national security interests such as counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation, and the free-flow energy sources into the global market. Rather, U.S. democracy promotion in the MENA has become incremental by design and is characterized by its gradualist and often collaborative nature. U.S. foreign policy in the MENA is, therefore, depicted by a cautious evolutionary stance rather than supporting revolutionary shifts in power.

US Democracy Promotion from Bush to Obama. EUSpring Working Paper No. 1, 15 April 2015

Throughout the twenty-first century the United States (U.S.) has attempted to balance its traditional national security interests, whilst also seeking to promote the long-term transformation of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) towards democracy based on liberal values. With the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks providing a catalyst for policy change, the U.S. has moved away from its twentieth-century policy of pursuing a regional status quo and instinctively balking at political change. Yet, the U.S. has not abandoned its reliance on autocratic regimes that cooperate on more immediate national security interests such as counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation, and the free-flow energy sources into the global market. Rather, U.S. democracy promotion in the MENA has become incremental by design and is characterized by its gradualist and often-collaborative nature. U.S. foreign policy in the MENA is, therefore, depicted by a cautious evolutionary stance rather than supporting revolutionary shifts in power.

CaCO3, organic carbon, and nitrogen at DSDP Hole 93-603B

Contents of organic carbon and carbonate carbon were determined on the same set of Cretaceous samples from DSDP Hole 603B in three different laboratories in order to assess the degree of comparability of organic carbon and carbonate values obtained by different labs using the same or different methods. We report the results of analyses for organic carbon using two different CHN analyzers, LECO, and Rock-Eval II and for carbonate carbon by CHN (total C minus C after acidification), the carbonate bomb technique, and CaCO3 calculated on the basis of total calcium obtained from X-ray fluorescence and induction-coupled plasma techniques. In addition, total nitrogen was obtained by two different labs using a CHN analyzer, but different bases for calculation were used. The various techniques for organic carbon analysis yielded comparable results, with the exception of those obtained by one of the CHN analyses of acid-treated samples. The calculation of organic carbon values and comparison on a whole-rock basis is very sensitive to errors in determination of carbonate contents, and this factor explains most, but not all, of the disparities between the data sets. The carbonate bomb technique gives CaCO3 values that correspond well with those calculated from total calcium concentrations (XRF and ICP analyses), whereas the CaCO3 calculated from CHN total carbon minus acid-soluble carbon consistently overestimated CaCO3. Total nitrogen and C/N results from the two different CHN analyses are not comparable and are subject to more error than the factor related to error in estimation of CaCO3.

Astrotheology: Exoplanets, Christian Concerns, and Human Hopes

Are there planets beyond our solar system? What may appear quite plausible now had only been a hypothesis until about twenty years ago. The search for exoplanets is driven by the interest in the “habitable” ones among them. Could such planets one day in the far future provide resources or even shelter for humankind? Will we find one day a habitable planet that is even inhabited? These kinds of imaginative speculations drive public interest in the subject. Imagining alien intelligent life in the universe is not at all new. When Ted Peters called for establishing the field of “astrotheology,” he was certainly thinking less of historical precedents than of something analogous to the emerging field of astrobiology. Will astrotheology result in the decentering of humanity in cosmic dimensions? One could also conclude that we are alone, at least for all practical purposes.

1986 University of Michigan Football Team

University of Michigan Football Team, 1904

Top Row: assistant coach William Cole, Ted Stuart, James De Pree, Paul Magoffin, Walter Graham, Harry Patrick,

Middle Row: Hal Weeks, Harry Hammond, Thomas Jefferson Smull, Charles Briggs, Adolph "Germany" Schulz, Jay Mack Love, John Garrels, William Dennison Clark, Walter Rheinschild, Edward Hammond, Walter Becker

Front Row: trainer Keene Fitzpatrick, Tom Hammond, John Curtis, Henry Schulte, captain Willie Heston, , Frank Longman, Charles Carter, coach Fielding Yost, student mngr. Albert H. Montgomery

Seated in front: Fred Norcross

University of Michigan 150-pound football team, 1948

Top Row: Dick Bodycomb, Gus Eaton, Bud Marshall, Tony Cybulski, Herb Taggart, Bob Kash, Burl Selden (ass't coach), Cliff Keen (coach).

Third Row: Gene Kiddon, Gordon Smith, Vaughn Lowther, Jim Coleman, Larry Shaw, James Johnson, Frank Whitehouse, Gene Freed, Everet Knapp, George Sipp, Stan Emerling.

Second Row: Bill Clark, James Richter, Jack Keller, Dave Bradbury Fred Koehn, Hyman Berman, Bill Parshall, Bill Connoly, M. Richard Fleishman, Frank Murphy, Jim Briskin, Leon Hinz.

Bottom Row: John Wilcox, Prentice Ryan, Ed Morey, Jim Costa, Barry Breakey, Jere Ogle, Jim Armelagos, Don O'Connell, Jerry Burns, John Picard, James Sakai, Ted Karmazin.

1975 University of Michigan Baseball Team

Top Row: Dan Damiani, Bob Wasilewski, Dave Chapman, Craig McGinnis, Mark Weber, Jim Berra, Bill Stennett

Middle Row: Lary Sorensen, Dick Walterhouse, Greg Lane, Mark Grenkoski, Ted Mahan, Bill Haslerig, Mike Parker, Mark Grinnell, Chuck Rogers

Front Row: asst. coach Doug Swiss, Craig Forhan, Jeff James, coach Moby Benedict, Pete Ross, Randy Hackney, Tom Joyce

1977 University of Michigan Baseball Team

Top Row: Tom Owens, Jim Capoferi, Dan Cooperrider, Dave Chapman, Scott Anderson, Chris Martucci, Steve Perry, John McEldowney, trainer Al Green

Middle Row: Mike Bryant, Steve Howe, Rick Leach, Mike Parker, bob Wasilewski, Craig McGinnis, Bill Stennett, George Foussianes

Top Row: Jim Berra, Greg Lane, Ted Mahan, coach Moby Benedict, Mark Grenkoski, Steve Seyferth, asst. coach Pete Ross, mngr. Frank Young

1988 University of Michigan Baseball Team

Top Row: ?, John Ansted, Chris Gagin, Doug Kaiser, Ross Powell, ?, Dan Ruff, Stacy Katlin, Matt Morse, Ass't coach Ted Mahan, trainer Rex Thompson, ?

Middle Row: ?, ass't coach John Young, Kourtney Thompson, Mike Grimes, Greg Haeger, Jeff Tanderys, John Locker?, Tim Lata, Chris Starr, Phil Price, Rich Samplinski, ass't coach Chuck Froning, head coach Bud Middaugh

Front Row: Dave Peralta, Chris Lutz, Mike Gillette, Rick Leonard, Tom Brock, Steve Finken, Mike Ignasiak, Eddie Woolwine, Bill St. Peter, Darrin Campbell, Jim Abbott, Jim Durham

1989 University of Michigan Baseball Team

Top Row: student mngr. John Rutherford, student trainer Steve Fitch, Dave Everly, Dave Julier, Brian Korson, Jason Pfaff, Andy Fairman, Tracy Piehl, Todd Marion, Matt Morse, Steve Buerkel, trainer Kim Hart, student mngr. Mike Gaynor

Middle Row: asst. coach John Young, asst. coach Ted Mahan, Todd Winston, Dan Ruff, Greg Haeger, Kirt Ojala, Rick Leonard, Russell Brock, Jeff Tanderys, Eric Persinger, Mike Matheny, Tim Flanelly, asst. coach Chuck Froning, coach Bud Middaugh

Front Row: John Locker, Greg McMurtry, Tim Lata, Mike Grimes, Doug Kaiser, Dave Peralta, Jim Durham, Kourtney Thompson, mngr. Ed Turek, Phil Price, Ross Powell, Stacey Katlin, Chris Gagin

1990 University of Michigan Baseball Team

Top Row: groundskeeper Erich Keil, Chris Michalek, Scott Winterlee, Matt Copp, Bryan Santo, Ron Buff, Toby Brzoznowski, Eric Persinger, Derek Matthison, Joe Mooney, Pat Maloney, Scott Schorer, Scott Timmerman, student trainer Earl Wenk, student manager Kevin Lewis

Middle Row: trainer Kim Hart, grad. Asst. Ed Turek, asst. coach Ted Mahan, Todd Konuszewski, Mike Matheny, Dave Julier, Steve Buerkel, asst. coach Ace Adams, coach Moby Benedict

Front Row: Russell Brock, Jeff Tanderys, Da ruff, Brian Korson, Stacey Katlin, co-captain Phil Price, coach Bill Freehan, co-captain Kirt Ojala, Rick Leonard, Greg Haeger, Dave Everly, Matt Morse, Jason Pfaff

1991 University of Michigan Baseball Team

Top Row: groundskeeper Erich Keil, John Ellison, Kevin Crociata, Bubba Wyngarden, Chris Newton, Matt Copp, Scott Winterlee, Scott Timmerman, Brian Feldman, trainer Rex Thompson

Middle Row: grad. asst. Ed Turek, asst. coach Ted Mahan, Bryan Santo, Terry Woods, Toby Brzoznowski, Eric Persinger, Nate Holdren, Matt Idoni, Dennis Konuszewski, Eric Heintschel, Pat Maloney, asst. coach Ace Adams

Front Row: Andy Fairman, Russell Brock, Jason Pfaff, Tim Flannelly, Joe Mooney, Dan Ruff, coach Bill Freehan, Mike Matheny, Jeff Tanderys, Dave Everly, Steve Buerkel, Todd Winston, Todd Marion

1980 UM Track Team

Top Row: trainer Len Paddock, Dave Walmroth, James Ross, Darold Gholston, Mike Brown, Mike Kilpela, James Henry, Brian Diemer, Phillip Wells.

3rd Row: Craig Camp, Shelby Johnson, Andrew Bruce, Ron Affoon, Steve Brandt, Michael Petsch, Mike Finn, Mark Pruente, Rodney Feaster, Mike Lamping.

2nd Row: asst. coach Kent Bernard, Sam Angell, Butch Woolfolk, Michael Shea, Marshall Parks, Neil Fairclough, Scott Koepke, Dan Beck, Bill Weidenbach, Mark Poelman, Bill O'Reilly, distance coach Ron Warhurst.

Front Row: Gary Hicks, Tim Thomas, Mike Lattany, Ted Dobson, Dan Heikkinen, Coach Jack Harvey, Greg Thomas, Mike Boehmer, Calvin Williams, Kevin Robbins, Dave Lewis.

Driver's enhanced vision systems (DEVS). Final report.

Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City International Airport, N.J.