Davy Crockett, American comic legend;

Anecdotes and woocuts selected from the Crockett almanacs (1835-1856) cf. Editors̓ note.

Paragraphs on art /

"This is the second in a series of brief personal credos ... gathered from speeches made at various times ... "--colophon.

Dietetic manual.

Spiral binding.

Guide to the dissection of the horse,

Spiral binding.

Water supply assessment for Kaskaskia River watershed development : phase I technical report /

"This document was prepared for the Kaskaskia River Basin Water Supply Planning Committee to aid their development of a plan for meeting the future growth of water supply demands within the basin." -- pg. iii.

Researches on the evolution of the stellar systems ...

v. 1. On the universality of the law of gravitation and on the orbits and general characteristics of binary stars.--v. 2. The capture theory of cosmical evolution, founded on dynamical principles and illustrated by phenomena observed in the spiral nebulae, the planetary system, the double and multiple stars and clusters and the star-clouds of the Milky way.

Domino's Farms Master Plan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1984

[Conceptual Sketch of Linear Site Plan], untitled. Red ink sketches on white spiral paper, 8 1/2 x 11 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Subterranean Urban Systems Study, Graham Foundation Grant, 1971-1974

[Conceptual Sketch], untitled. Ink sketch on spiral notebook paper, 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Subterranean Urban Systems Study, Graham Foundation Grant, 1971-1974

[Conceptual Sketches], untitled. Ink sketches on spiral notebook paper, 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Subterranean Urban Systems Study, Graham Foundation Grant, 1971-1974

[Conceptual Sketches], untitled. Ink sketches on spiral notebook paper, 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Subterranean Urban Systems Study, Graham Foundation Grant 1971-1974

[Conceptual Sketches], untitled. Digital image only of blue ink sketches on spiral notebook paper, initialed, 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches

Futures dreaming outside and on the margins of the western world

In this article, we challenge the hegemony of western science fiction, arguing that western science fiction is particular even as it claims universality. Its view remains based on ideas of the future as forward time. In contrast, in non-western science fiction the future is seen outside linear terms: as cyclical or spiral, or in terms of ancestors. In addition, western science fiction has focused on the good society as created by technological progress, while non-western science fiction and futures thinking has focused on the fantastic, on the spiritual, on the realization of eupsychia-the perfect self. However, most theorists assert that the non-west has no science fiction, ignoring Asian and Chinese science fiction history, and western science fiction continues to 'other' the non-west as well as those on the margins of the west (African-American woman, for example). Nonetheless, while most western science fiction remains trapped in binary opposites-alien/non-alien; masculine/feminine; insider/outsider-writers from the west's margins are creating texts that contradict tradition and modernity, seeking new ways to transcend difference. Given that the imagination of the future creates the reality of tomorrow, creating new science fictions is not just an issue of textual critique but of opening up possibilities for all our futures.

Australia Telescope Compact Array H I observations of the NGC 6845 galaxy group

We present the results of Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) H i line and 20-cm radio continuum observations of the galaxy quartet NGC 6845. The H i emission extends over all four galaxies but can only be associated clearly with the two spiral galaxies, NGC 6845A and B, which show signs of strong tidal interaction. We derive a total H i mass of at least 1.8 x 10(10) M-., most of which is associated with NGC 6845A, the largest galaxy of the group. We investigate the tidal interaction between NGC 6845A and B by studying the kinematics of distinct H i components and their relation to the known H ii regions. No H i emission is detected from the two lenticular galaxies, NGC 6845C and D. A previously uncatalogued dwarf galaxy, ATCA J2001-4659, was detected 4.4 arcmin NE from NGC 6845B and has an H i mass of similar to5 x 10(8) M-.. No H i bridge is visible between the group and its newly detected companion. Extended 20-cm radio continuum emission is detected in NGC 6845A and B as well as in the tidal bridge between the two galaxies. We derive star formation rates of 15-40 M-. yr(-1).

Willingness to speak out about gay law reform: Some cause for optimism

We examined the extent to which people's private attitudes to gay law reform are influenced by the attitudes of others. Ninety-six university students were told that they were either in a minority or in a majority relative to their university group on their attitudes to gay law reform. Contrary to a number of assumptions made in the social psychological literature, participants who supported gay law reform were more prepared to act in line with their attitudes than were those who opposed gay law reform. Furthermore, anti-gay law reform participants appeared to reassess their attitudes when they were told they were in a minority; in contrast, pro-gay law reform participants were Unaffected by the group norm. This suggests that anti-gay law reform attitudes are softer and more easily influenced than are pro-gay law reform attitudes. The implications of these results for activists are discussed. (C) 2004 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

Cluster cannibalism and scaling relations of galactic stellar nuclei

Recently, very massive compact stellar systems have been discovered in the intracluster regions of galaxy clusters and in the nuclear regions of late-type disk galaxies. It is unclear how these compact stellar systems - known as ultracompact dwarf (UCD) galaxies or nuclear clusters (NCs) - form and evolve. By adopting a formation scenario in which these stellar systems are the product of multiple merging of star clusters in the central regions of galaxies, we investigate, numerically, their physical properties. We find that physical correlations among velocity dispersion, luminosity, effective radius, and average surface brightness in the stellar merger remnants are quite different from those observed in globular clusters. We also find that the remnants have triaxial shapes with or without figure rotation, and these shapes and their kinematics depend strongly on the initial number and distribution of the progenitor clusters. These specific predictions can be compared with the corresponding results of ongoing and future observations of UCDs and NCs, thereby providing a better understanding of the origin of these enigmatic objects.