Bonds away : baseball mythology and the 2007 home run chase

In 2007, Barry Bonds hit his 75 6th home run, breaking Hank Aaron's all-time record for most home runs in a Major League career. While it would be expected that such an accomplishment would induce unending praise and adulationfor the new record-holder, Bonds did not receive the treatment typically reserved for a beloved baseball hero. The purpose of this thesis is to assess media representations of the 2007 home run chase in order to shed light upon the factors which led to the mixed representations which accompanied BOlTds ' assault on Aaron's record. Drawingfrom Roland Barthes ' concept of myth, this thesis proposes that Bonds was portrayed in predominantly negative ways because he was seen as failing to embody the values of baseball's mythology. Using a qualitative content analysis of three major American newspapers, this thesis examines portrayals of Bonds and how he was shown both to represent and oppose elements from baseball's mythology, such as youth, and a distant, agrarian past. Recognizing the ways in which baseball is associated with American life, the media representations of Bonds are also evaluated to discern whether he was portrayed as personifYing a distinctly American set of values. The results indicate that, in media coverage of the 2007 home run chase, Bonds was depicted as a player of many contradictions. Most commonly, Bonds' athletic ability and career achievements were contrasted with unflattering descriptions of his character, including discussions of his alleged use of performance-enhancing substances. However, some coverage portrayed Bonds as embodying baseball myth. The findings contribute to an appreciation of the importance of historical context in examining media representations. This understanding is enhanced by an analysis of a selection of articles on Mark McGwire 's record-breaking season in 1998, and careful consideration of, and comparison to, the context under which Bonds performed in 2007. Findings are also shown to support the contemporary existence of a strong American baseball mythology. That Bonds is both condemned for failing to uphold the mythology and praised for personifYing it suggests that the values seen as inherent to baseball continue to act as an American cultural benchmark.

List tracing Details of Water Race to go through the Lands of Phelps, Clendinnan, Sanderson, Butler, and Chase

List (4 pages of printed material) tracing the details of the water race to go through the lands of Phelps, Clendinnan, Sanderson, Butler and Chase. This includes a copy of the following: the authority dated Dec. 22, 1829; a letter of encouragement dated Oct. 24, 1833; a transfer from Dittrick, Adams and others to the Welland Canal Company dated Dec. 6, 1834; a lease from the Welland Canal Co. to Adams and others dated Nov. 28, 1834 and the terms of the indenture dated May 24, 1847.

Karen Horney : introducción al nuevo Psicoanálisis.

Ofrecer una ligera visión de lo que es el nuevo Psicoanálisis de Karen Horney. Explica el ambiente desde diferentes perspectivas psicológicas, analiza a la persona en su ambiente, estudia la obra de Karen Horney, examina el pensamiento de Freud, expone la relación entre cultura y neurosis y realiza una valoración crítica de Karen horney. 1) Las consecuencias pedagógicas que se pueden deducir de la obra de Horney, han de ser forzosamente de naturaleza formal. En efecto, dicha autora no ha escrito sobre educación, ni ha intentado hacerlo expresamente. Somos nosotros quienes a partir de su obra eminentemente antropológica, podemos sacar consecuencias que informen un pensamiento sobre educación. 2) Desde un punto de vista teórico, podemos deducir que desde el momento en que el psicoanálisis renuncia al biologismo freudiano está incidiendo en el terreno estrictamente educativo. Desde el momento en que renuncia a explicar el perfeccionamiento o la destrucción humana de forma inespecífica y por lo tanto universal se abre la puerta a la educación. Y esto, porque al renunciar a lo biológico a lo universal, se entra de lleno en algo sumamente personal, que llamamos proyecto propio y que pertenece a lo educativo. 3) El nuevo psicoanálisis renunciando a lo instintivo y por lo tanto a aquello que el hombre tiene de común con el animal entra en la consideración humana de la persona, no genéticamente determinada y en consecuencia imposible de ser cambiada sino moldeable y abierta a múltiples influencias. La barrera infranqueable, que teóricamente al menos supone para la terapia la afirmación freudiana, de que no se puede cambiar lo que está condicionado por la biología, es igualmente insalvable, si la referimos a la educación. 4) Si el hombre neurótico está condicionado biológicamente también y por la misma causa lo está el normal. Si el neurótico en esta consideración no puede curarse tampoco el normal podrá perfeccionarse. aunque, también en pura lógica, podría afirmarse que el neoanálisis determina al hombre por el ambiente, no hay que esforzarse en probar que esta determinación es de naturaleza completamente distinta. Tan diferente, que colocando al hombre en el otro extremo del péndulo, lo abre a toda influencia exterior, y por tanto también a la relación pedagógica. Porque si el hombre acaba siendo neurótico, en último análisis por condicionamientos ambientales, puede llegar a su más alta perfección. Esto es ni más ni menos, afirmar rotundamente, en primer lugar la posibilidad humana de ser educado, y en segundo lugar colocar a la educación misma en un lugar privilegiado. 1) La educación en su posibilidad y urgencia se coloca en el centro de la obra horniana. Educación que es posible y necesaria, no solamente en los primeros años, sino en la vida entera de la persona. El ambiente rodea a la persona desde su nacimiento hasta la muerte. Lo educa y lo deforma. La flexibilidad de la persona adulta es admitida por Horney y su optimismo sobre la educabilidad es grande. 2) No podemos pedir a Horney que filosofe sobre la educación. Pero en este terreno, el haber puesto de relieve la importancia que para el desarrollo humano, neurótico y normal, tiene el propio proyecto de realización personal, coloca a nuestra autora, en una línea pedagógica, que no coloca como fin de la educación el perfeccionamiento de las potencias sino que pone en el centro de la misma el desarrollo de la naturaleza. 3) Un hombre que tiene en su poder su destino puede educativamente, conseguir mucho más que un adiestramiento. La perfección de la misma persona en su consideración integral. A esta consideración nos lleva la obra de Horney. Conclusión de gran valor para una filosofía y una praxis educativa.

The puppy chase.

La historia se centra en torno a Max y su familia. A Dizzy, el cachorro de Max, le encanta correr. Indicado principalmente para niños que no están haciendo los avances esperados en la lectura y tienen la necesidad de consolidar sus habilidades antes de convertirse en lectores con fluidez.

Entre la reproducción y el cuestionamiento de la concepción heteronormativa de familia: el caso Karen Atala (Tema Central)

Se desarrolla el estudio de un caso de carácter paradigmático, por ser el primero en el que la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos trata sobre la orientación sexual con relación al ejercicio de derechos humanos. Me pregunto ¿en qué medida el discurso jurídico en el caso Karen Atala refuerza y/o cuestiona la heteronormatividad de la concepción tradicional de familia? Para responder esta pregunta analizo la sentencia de la Corte Suprema de Chile, la demanda presentada por la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) ante la Corte Interamericana, la sentencia de la Corte Interamericana y algunos Amicus Curiae presentados ante la CIDH y la Corte Interamericana por diversas personas integrantes de organizaciones no gubernamentales e instituciones académicas.

Selection of candidate coding DNA barcoding regions for use on land plants

An in silico screen of 41 of the 81 coding regions of the Nicotiana plastid genome generated a shortlist of 12 candidates as DNA barcoding loci for land plants. These loci were evaluated for amplification and sequence variation against a reference set of 98 land plant taxa. The deployment of multiple primers and a modified multiplexed tandem polymerase chain reaction yielded 85–94% amplification across taxa, and mean sequence differences between sister taxa of 6.1 from 156 bases of accD to 22 from 493 bases of matK. We conclude that loci should be combined for effective diagnosis, and recommend further investigation of the following six loci: matK, rpoB, rpoC1, ndhJ, ycf5 and accD.

EdTech Innovator Chase: Rewarding Faculty Innovation through badges

Each semester we celebrate our college EdTech Innovators– everyone who’s using technology to explore new pedagogical approaches. We applaud early adopters for developing best practices, because maybe they’re doing something nobody else has. Those who innovate in the most EdTech areas and (most importantly!) help their colleagues level up, compete for the epic win. The EdTech Innovator Chase, a gamified activity (digital badges) was created to showcase faculty innovations in teaching practices.

A Pollen Chase Experiment; Examining Varying Levels of Embryonic Inbreeding Depression

A pollen chase experiment was performed upon three Costa Rican populations of Witheringia solanacea to examine the breakdown of genetically enforced self incompatibility (SI) and the extent of embryonic inbreeding depression. Self-pollen was applied in the bud, with outcross pollen applied one day later, and outcross pollinations at both intervals as a control. A variety of responses were found among the populations. BOHS readily accepted self pollen and suffered from very low inbreeding depression. Monteverde and Las Cruces both have lower fruit set with self-pollination precedence indicating that bud pollinations can overcome the self-incompatibility response and that embryonic death due to inbreeding depression causes fruit failure. The treatment:control fruit set is higher for the Las Cruces plants indicating stronger SI response Self-precedence seeds from the Las Cruces plants are likely to be outcrossed. Self-precedence seeds from Monteverde are likely selfed.

Effects of self-, chase and mixed self/cross-pollinations on pistil longevity and fruit set in Ceiba species (Bombacaceae) with late-acting self-incompatibility

Background and aims Late-acting self-incompatibility (LSI). in which selfed flowers fail to form fruits despite apparently successful growth of the pollen tubes to the ovules, is a contentious and still poorly understood phenomenon. Some studies have indicated pollen tube-pistil interactions, and major gene control. Others favour an early acting inbreeding depression explanation.Methods Experimental pollinations, including selfs (in a subsample of which the style was cut before pollen tubes reached the ovary), chase self/cross-pollinations, crosses, and mixed self/cross-pollinations were used to study floral/pistil longevity and effect on fruit set and seed yield in two Ceiba species known to have LSI.Results Self-pollinations, including those with a cut style, had extended floral longevity compared with unpollinated flowers. Chase pollinations in which cross-pollen was applied up to 3 h after selfing set fruits, but with reduced seed set compared with crosses. Those with cross-pollen applied at 4 and 8 h after self-pollination all failed to set fruits. Flowers subjected to 1 : 1 and 2 : 1 self/cross-pollinations all produced fruits but again with a significantly lower seed set compared with crosses.Conclusions Extended floral longevity initiated with self-pollen tubes growing in the style indicates some kind of pollen tube-pistil interaction. Fruit set only in chase pollinations up to 3 h implies that self-pollen tubes either grow more slowly in the style or penetrate ovules more slowly on arrival at the ovary compared with cross-tubes. This agrees with previous observations indicating that the incidence of penetrated ovules is initially lower in selfed compared with crossed pistils. However, the low seed yield from mixed pollinations indicates that self- and cross-pollen tubes arrive at the ovary and penetrate ovules more or less simultaneously. Possible explanations for these discordant results are discussed. (C) 2004 Annals of Botany Company.

A nação diáspórica japonesa em Brazi-Maru, de Karen Tei Yamashita

From a reading of the novel Brazil-Maru by Karen Tei Yamashita, this article focuses mainly on discussing about Japanese colonies’formation in Brazil, as well as the reasons that stimulated Japanese immigrants to invest their efforts in the process of this new undertaking. Some peculiarities between nucleous in the countryside of the state of São Paulo and Esperança’s community formation of this novel will be discussed and compared in the present work. The theoretical supports about the concept of Nation by Ernest Renan and the concept of Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson compose the theoretical basis for understanding the constitution of Japanese diasporic nation in Brazil.