A realistic approach to the rural highway traffic death problem.

On cover: Speed! Public enemy number one.

The strength of the strong /

Publisher's advertisements: p. [2]-[7] at end.

European War pamphlets

A collection of miscellaneous pamphlets on World War I.

International law topics: documents on neutrality and war, with notes, 1915.

Discussions conducted by George Grafton Wilson.

Reports of the Technical Industrial Disarmament Committees.

v. 1 issued separately as T.I.D.C. projects and bound without t.p. or table of contents.

Timidity, how to overcome it, by Yoritomo-Tashi,

1. A mistaken virtue -- 2. How to prevent the growth of timidity -- 3. Timidity and exaggerated self-confidence -- 4. Timidity the enemy of health -- 5. Timidity and family life -- 6. Timidity the parent of envy -- 7. Estheticism and timidity -- 8. Timidity and business -- 9. In praise of audacity -- 10. The acquisition of poise -- 11. The recognition of one's worth -- 12. The right attitude.

Iwo Jima Photo Album, Image 26

Three Marines taking cover amidst rocks, aiming rifles at unseen enemy. One Marine has bayonet attached to rifle. Caption; "Riflemen working over rugged ground. Theirs was the toughest of jobs"

Review of a pamphlet, called "A testimony, and epistle of advice," : lately issued by (or in the name of) "Indiana Yearly Meeting" /

Signed at end: An enemy to creeds.

Copies of proclamations, orders in Council and documents relating to the European war.

Appendices: A. The sixth convention of the Second peace conference held at The Hague in 1907.--B. The Naval prize act, 1864. The Prize court act, 1894. The Prize court (procedure) act, 1914.--C. Sections from the Customs act.--D. The Declaration of London, General report on the Declaration of London, presented to the naval conference.--E. The War measures act, 1914. The Finance act, 1914. The Dominion notes act, 1914.--F. Patents of invention in enemy countries.--G. French moratorium. French contraband.

Evaluation of the impact of natural enemies on Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) populations on commercial Brassica farms

1 Accurate assessment of the impact of natural enemies on pest populations is fundamental to the design of robust integrated pest management programmes. In most situations, diseases, predators and parasitoids act contemporaneously on insect pest populations and the impact of individual natural enemies, or specific groups of natural enemies, is difficult to interpret. These problems are exacerbated in agro-ecosystems that are frequently disrupted by the application of insecticides. 2 A combination of life-table and natural enemy exclusion techniques was utilized to develop a method for the assessment of the impact of endemic natural enemies on Plutella xylostella populations on commercial Brassica farms. 3 At two of the experimental sites, natural enemies had no impact on P. xylostella survival, at two other sites, natural enemy impact was low but, at a fifth site, natural enemies drastically reduced the P. xylostella population. 4 The calculation of marginal death rates and associated k-values allowed the comparison of mortality factors between experimental sites, and indicated that larval disappearance was consistently the most important mortality factor, followed by egg disappearance, larval parasitism and pupal parasitism. The appropriateness of the methods and assumptions made to calculate the marginal death rates are discussed. 5 The technique represents a robust and easily repeatable method for the analysis of the activity of natural enemies of P. xylostella, which could be adapted for the study of other phytophagous pests.

And the beak shall inherit - evolution in response to invasion

The increased demographic performance of biological invaders may often depend on their escape from specifically adapted enemies. Here we report that native taxa in colonized regions may swiftly evolve to exploit such emancipated exotic species because of selection caused by invaders. A native Australian true bug has expanded it host range to include a vine imported from tropical America that has become a serious environmental weed. Based on field comparisons and historical museum specimens, we show that over the past 30-40 years, seed feeding soapberry bugs have evolved 5-10% longer mouthparts, better suited to attack the forest-invading balloon vines, which have large fruits. Laboratory experiments show that these differences are genetically based, and result in a near-doubling of the rate at which seeds are attacked. Thus a native biota that initially permits invasion may rapidly respond in ways that ultimately facilitate control.

JAVÉ, O PASTOR QUE ABRIGA EM BELAS PASTAGENS CONTRIBUIÇÃO EXEGÉTICA SOBRE O SALMO 23

Na América Latina temos pouca bibliografia sobre o Salmo 23. No entanto, contamos com alguns pesquisadores que podem dialogar academicamente com cientistas europeus sobre nosso objeto de estudo. Apesar do grande atrativo deste texto no mundo pastoral de nosso continente, o aporte exegético deste Salmo estava em dívida, o que se tem convertido numa de nossa justificação científica para o estudo do Salmo 23. O Salmo 23 se incrusta dentro do saltério. É poesia hebraica, a que se caracteriza pela repetição do sentido de suas frases. Seu conteúdo está nas entrelinhas pelo uso freqüente de imagens, símbolos e figuras. Por estas e outras razões é difícil assinalar sua data de origem, mas deve ser pré-exílico. Nosso texto revela, como lugar vital, uma comunidade litúrgica. Essa comunidade está localizada no templo de Jerusalém. Ali se encontram, por sua vez, sacerdotes, levitas, intelectuais orgânicos; enfim, pessoas que têm testemunhado de perto a controvérsia de uma pessoa refugiada no templo, a que tem achado no santuário um lugar de amparo. Desde aqui deduzimos que o Salmo 23 foi escrito por alguém de sensibilidade poética, inspirado na vida do asilado. O salmista tem experimentado os cuidados de Javé. Ali, no templo, na área do reino de Javé, seus ameaçadores não podem capturá-lo. Os motivos de perseguição podem sugerir assuntos de dívidas e, ao mesmo tempo, assuntos de justiça. Uma vez no santuário, não carece de nada, porque seu pastor/rei lhe fornece o que precisa, isto é, comida, bebida, proteção, segurança, dignidade e fraternidade. Os agressores são testemunhas do estado de felicidade de seu inimigo, mas não podem fazer-lhe nada. Por isso o salmista, não teme e, na presença de Javé, encontra seu consolo. Javé, como pastor/rei, hospeda a seu protegido. Pela inocência reconhecida do refugiado, nasce o ambiente de festa, porque a comunidade litúrgica celebra a salvação alcançada. As graças recebidas têm para o salmista uma repercussão comunitária, o bem e a solidariedade que experimentou voltarão aos que o circundam, não por obrigação e sim por gratidão. Por assuntos de segurança e agradecimento o salmista deseja permanecer na casa de Javé.(AU)

BELEZA, SEDUÇÃO E MORTE: Uma leitura exegética de Judite 16,1-12

O cântico de Judite 16,1-12, síntese da parte em prosa do livro, faz memória da ação do Deus de Israel em favor dos oprimidos, libertando-os do poder dos impérios opressores. No centro do poema (v. 5), situa-se a ação do Todo-poderoso por mão de fêmea. A vitória de Judite é uma ironia não só à guerra, mas também às mulheres. Por um lado, as armas utilizadas pela mulher, para matar o comandante-em-chefe beleza do rosto, perfumes, veste festiva, sandália, diadema nos cabelos , são aparentemente insignificantes diante do poderio do exército inimigo, o que representa a vitória dos fracos sobre os fortes. Por outro, numa sociedade patriarcal e androcêntrica, beleza e sedução são consideradas como armas essencialmente femininas. Assim, enquanto a narrativa diverte a audiência, ela adverte aos homens que a mulher bela é perigosa, e, por sua causa, até o general mais poderoso pode perder a cabeça. Entre os séculos 4 a.C. e 2 d.C., há muitas narrativas judaicas que ressaltam o perigo de se olhar para uma mulher bela. No contexto dos movimentos sociais de resistência do período helenista, a literatura historiográfica acentua o protagonismo dos homens, enquanto a ação da mulher como protagonista só aparece no campo da ficção, e ainda para reforçar a atuação masculina. Ler Judite 16,1-12 a partir da ótica de gênero nos desafia a compreender os mecanismos que continuam expropriando o corpo e o desejo de mulheres e homens. É um convite para entoarmos novos cânticos, pautados por relações entre iguais, numa vivência solidária e de reciprocidade.(AU)

Exploration of metaphors used by Indonesian legislators and political elites in the Indonesian sociopolitical domain

This thesis examines the ways Indonesian politicians exploit the rhetorical power of metaphors in the Indonesian political discourse. The research applies the Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Metaphorical Frame Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis to textual and oral data. The corpus comprises: 150 political news articles from two newspapers (Harian Kompas and Harian Waspada, 2010-2011 edition), 30 recordings of two television news and talk-show programmes (TV-One and Metro-TV), and 20 interviews with four legislators, two educated persons and two laymen. For this study, a corpus of written bahasa Indonesia was also compiled, which comprises 150 texts of approximately 439,472 tokens. The data analysis shows the potential power of metaphors in relation to how politicians communicate the results of their thinking, reasoning and meaning-making through language and discourse and its social consequences. The data analysis firstly revealed 1155 metaphors. These metaphors were then classified into the categories of conventional metaphor, cognitive function of metaphor, metaphorical mapping and metaphor variation. The degree of conventionality of metaphors is established based on the sum of expressions in each group of metaphors. Secondly, the analysis revealed that metaphor variation is influenced by the broader Indonesian cultural context and the natural and physical environment, such as the social dimension, the regional, style and the individual. The mapping system of metaphor is unidirectionality. Thirdly, the data show that metaphoric thought pervades political discourse in relation to its uses as: (1) a felicitous tool for the rhetoric of political leaders, (2) part of meaning-making that keeps the discourse contexts alive and active, and (3) the degree to which metaphor and discourse shape the conceptual structures of politicians‟ rhetoric. Fourthly, the analysis of data revealed that the Indonesian political discourse attempts to create both distance and solidarity towards general and specific social categories accomplished via metaphorical and frame references to the conceptualisations of us/them. The result of the analysis shows that metaphor and frame are excellent indicators of the us/them categories which work dialectically in the discourse. The acts of categorisation via metaphors and frames at both textual and conceptual level activate asymmetrical concepts and contribute to social and political hierarchical constructs, i.e. WEAKNESS vs.POWER, STUDENT vs. TEACHER, GHOST vs. CHOSEN WARRIOR, and so on. This analysis underscores the dynamic nature of categories by documenting metaphorical transfers between, i.e. ENEMY, DISEASE, BUSINESS, MYSTERIOUS OBJECT and CORRUPTION, LAW, POLITICS and CASE. The metaphorical transfers showed that politicians try to dictate how they categorise each other in order to mobilise audiences to act on behalf of their ideologies and to create distance and solidarity.