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Contient : 1° Chansons ; « LI CHASTELAINS DE COUCI » ; « BLONDIAUS DE NEELE » ; « LI ROIS DE NAVARE » ; « Mesire GAUTIERS D'ARGIES » ; « MONIOT D'ARRAZ » ; « MONIOT DE PARIS » ; « MONIOT D'ARRAZ » ; « MONIOT DE PARIS » ; « TIEBAUT DE BLAZON » ; « Mestre RICHART DE FURNIVAL » ; « Mesire GAUTIER D'ARGIES » ; « JAQUES D'OSTUN » ; « Le filz mestre BAUDOIN L'ORGUENEUR » ; « LI VISDAME DE CHARTRES » ; « ROBERT DE BLOIS » ; « ROBERT DE RAINS » ; « RAOUL DE FERRIERES » ; « GONTIERS DE SOIGNIES » ; « VIELARS DE CORBIE » ; « BURNIAUS DE TORS » ; « BAUDE DE LA QUARRIERE » ; « AUBIN DE SEZANE » ; « Mesire ROBERT DE MARBEROLES » ; « JEHAN ERARS » ; « PERRIN D'ANGECORT » ; « Mesire RAOUL DE SOISONS » ; « Mesire HUGUE DE BRESIL » ; « LI DUX DE BREBEN » ; « COLARS LI BOTEILLIERS » ; « ROGERT DE CANBRAI » ; « GOBIN DE RAINS » ; « JEHAN ERARS » ; « Mestre RICHART DE SEMILLI » ; « MONIOT DE PARIS » ; « Mestre RICHART DE SEMILLI » ; « MONIOT DE PARIS » ; « GILLE DE MESON » ; « Mestre GILLES LI VINIERS » ; « Mestre SIMON D'AUTIE » ; « ODART DE LACENI » ; « CHANOINES DE ST-QUENTIN » ; « BAUDOIN DES AUTIEUS » ; « Mesire PIERRE DE CREON » ; « LI CHASTELAINS D'ARRAZ » ; « LI TRESORIERS DE LILLE » ; « BAUDOIN DES AUTIEUS » ; « CHARDONS » [de Reims] ; « LA CHIEVRE DE RAINS » ; « SAUVAGE D'ARRAZ » ; « JEHANOT PAON DE PARIS » ; « GILLEBERT DE BERNEVILE » ; « GAUTIER D'ESPINAIS » ; « COLIN MUSET » ; « JAQUES DE HEDINC » ; « PERRIN D'ANGECORT » ; « Mesire JAQUES DE CHISON » ; « RAOUL DE BEAUVES » ; « LI CUENS D'ANJOU » ; « HUITACES DE FONTAINES » ; Chansons dont les noms des auteurs manquent ; « Desconfortez et de joie partiz ». [GAUTIER D'ESPINAUS] ; « Quant voi le douz tens bel et cler » ; « Quant voi le douz tens revenir » ; « Chançon vueil fere de moi ». [PERRIN D'ANGECOURT] ; « Trop est mes maris jalos ». (PERRIN D'ANGECOURT.) ; « Avant hier en un vert pré » ; « Trop par est cist mondes cruaus » ; « Qui à chanter veut entendre » ; « Au conmencier de ma nouvele. amor ». [GAUTIERS D'ESPINAUS, QUESNES DE BETHUNE, ou CHEVALIER] ; « Quant florist la prée ». (GAUTIERS D'ESPINAUS, QUESNES DE BETHUNE, ou CHEVALIER.) ; « Souvent souspire » ; « Par mainte foiz m'ont mesdisanz grevé » ; « Flor ne verdor ne m'a pleü » ; « J'ai fait maint vers de chançon ». [GILLEBERT DE BERNEVILLE] ; La même qu'au Fol. 116 ; « Por le tens qui verdoie ». [GOBIN DE REIMS] ; La même qu'au Fol. 94 ; « Tel nuist qui ne puet aidier » ; « Apris ai qu'en chantant plor » ; « Cil qui chantent de flor ne de verdure ». [EUSTACHE DE REIMS.] ; « Bele dame me prie de chanter ». [LE CHATELAIN DE COUCI] ; « Qui d'amors a remenbrance ». [ROBERT DE MEMBEROLLES, ou GILLES DE VIESMAISONS] ; « Chanter voil un novel son » ; « Amors qui souprent » ; « Quant li dous tens renouvele » ; « En pascor un jor erroie » ; « Au partir d'esté et de flors » ; « Amors est trop fiers chastelains » ; « Chanter me covient pla[ins] d'ire » ; « De mon desir ne sai mon melz eslire ». [BLONDEL] ; « Au tens d'esté que voi vergier florir ». [ROBERT MAUVOISIN] ; « A l'entrant du douz termine ». [GACE BRULE, ou MORISSE DE CRAON.] ; « A la douçor du tens qui raverdoie » ; « Au reperier que je fis de Prouvence » ; « Bien voi que ne puis morir ». [THIBAUT DE BLAZON.] ; « Contre tens que voi frimer ». [GACE BRULE, ou GAUTIER D'ARGIES] ; La même qu'au Fol. 65 ; « Ce fu l'autrier en.I. autre païs ». [QUESNES DE BETHUNE, ou RICHART DE FOURNIVAL] ; « Chanter et renvoisier suel ». [THIBAUT DE BLAZON.] ; « Conmencement de douce seson bele ». [GAUTIER D'ESPINAUS] ; « Amors qui m'a tolu à moi ». [CHRESTIEN DE TROYES] ; « Dame ensi est qu'il me couvient ». [LE ROI DE NAVARRE.] ; « Contre la froidor ». [JACQUES DE CISOING, ou PERRIN D'ANGECOURT] ; « James ne cuidai avoir ». [PERRIN D'ANGECOURT] ; « Il feroit trop bon morir ». [PERRIN D'ANGECOURT.] ; « Amors me plaig plus que de tot » ; « Por moi renvoisier » ; « Ja de chanter en ma vie ». [GAGE BRULE] ; « Car me conseilliez, Jehan, se Dex vos voie » ; « Quant voi la prime florete » ; « Huimain par.I. ajornant » ; « Quant voi la fleur nouvele » ; « Las ! por qoi m'entremis d'amer » ; « Merveilles est que toz jors woil chanter ». « GUILLAUME » [LE VINIER ?] ; « Li chastelains de Couci ama tant » ; « Amors me tient en esperance » ; « Jolif, plain de bone amor » ; « Bien ait l'amor dont l'on cuide avoir joie ». [GACE BRULE.] ; « A ma dame ai pris congié ». [MONIOT D'ARRAS] ; « Quant li boscage retentist ». [JEHAN DE NEUVILLE.] ; « En mai la rosée que nest la flor » ; « James chançon ne ferai » ; « Heneur et bone aventure ». [PERRIN D'ANGECOURT] ; « Quant iver trait à fin » ; « Un petit devant le jor » ; « E! serventois, arriere t'en revas ». [ALART DE CAUS] ; « Por verdure ne por prée ». [GACE BRULE.] ; « Rose ne lis ne ne donnent talent ». [CARDON DES CROISILLES] ; « Mar vit reson qui couvoite trop haut ». [CARDON DES CROISILLES] ; « Je chevauchoie l'autrier ». [MONIOT DE PARIS.] ; « L'autrier tot seul chevauchoie mon chemin ». [RICHART DE SEMILLI] ; « Quant voi blanchoier la fleur » ; « Por le tens qui verdoie ». [GOBIN DE REIMS] ; La même qu'au Fol. 94 et 139 ; « Trop ai longuement » ; « Tot soit mes cuers en grant desesperance ». [EUDES DE LA COURROIERIE.] ; « Je chant par droite reson » ; « Se j'ai du monde la flor » ; « L'autrier m'en aloie » ; « Lasse ! por quoi refusai » ; « Quant-la rosée el mois de mai » ; « Je ne mi woil de bone amor retraire » ; « Trop sui d'amors enganez » ; « Des or mes ne me puis tere » ; « Quant je voi esté venir » ; « De jolif cuer enamoré ». [LE COMTE DE ROUCI, ou MONIOT D'ARRAS.] ; « Le cuer se vait de l'oil pleignant » ; « Quant l'aube espine fleurist ». [JACQUES DE CISOING] ; « Quant mars conmence et fevrier faut » ; « De chanter m'est pris corage ». [RICHART DE SEMILLI] ; « Quant je oi chanter l'aloete ». [MONIOT DE PARIS] ; « Li rosignol que j'oi chanter ». [PIERRE LE BORGNE de Lille] ; « L'autrier chevanchoie delez Paris ». [RICHART DE SEMILLI.] ; « En une praele » ; « Joliveté et bone amor m'ensaigne ». [JEHAN D'ESQUIRI] ; « Au renouvel, du tens que la florete » ; « Par le tens bel » ; « Force d'amor me fet dire » ; « Por mon cuer à joie atrere » ; « Chanterai par grant envie » ; « Au tens pascor ». [JEHAN ERART] ; « Contre le tens que je voi qui repere » ; « M'amors je fui norris » ; « Qui bien aime à tart oublie » ; « Mere au roi puissant » ; « Lonc tens ai usé » ; « Prion en chantant » ; « On doit la mere Dieu honorer » ; « Chanter vos woil de la virge Marie » ; « De la tres douce Marie voil chanter » ; « Mout sera cil bien norris » ; « Fox est qui en folie ». « Li QUENS DE BRETAIGNE » ; « Bernart à vous weil demander » ; « Chanter me fet ma dame que j'aim tant » ; « Nouviaument m'est pris envie » ; « Longuement ai esté pensis » ; « Haute chanson de haute estoire di » ; Chanson anonyme : ; « Je feré chançon novelle » ; 2° « Li Romans du vergier et de l'arbre d'amours » ; 3° « ADANS DE LE HALE »

Rights jurisprudence and the charter : evaluating the changing structure of Canadian federalism /

Abstract . Rights jiirisprudence in Canada dates back as far as Confederation in 1867. Between this date and 1982, the organizing principle of Confederation - federalism - has kept this jurisprudence solely within the supremacy of Parliament, subject to its confines and division of powers. After 1982, however, a new constitutional organizing principle was introduced, when Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau introduced the patriation initiative, touted as the "people's package". Individual rights and freedoms were now guaranteed by the Constitution. Citizens of Canada now had a direct link to the Constitution via the Charter and there were now two significantly different organizing principles within the constitutional order widch created an unstable coexistence. This instability has led to a clash between judicially enforced Charter rights and federalism. The Charter has since had both a nationalizing and centralizing effect on Canadian federalism. This thesis explores the relationship between rights and federalism in Canada fix)m Confederation to present day by comparing the jurisprudence of pre and post Charter Canada. An analysis of Supreme Court's (and its predecessor's, the JCPC) decisions shows the profound effect the Charter has had on Canadian federalism. The result has been an undermining of federalism in Canada, with Parliamentary Supremacy replaced by Constitutional supremacy, and ultimately. Judicial Supremacy. Moreover, rights discourse has largely replaced federalism discourse. Canadians have become very attached to their Charter, and are unwilling to allow any changes to the constitution that may affect their rights as political elites discovered the hard way after the collapse of the Meech and Charlottetown Accords. If federalism is to remain a relevant and viable organizing principle in the Constitution, then governments, especially at the provincial level, must find new and iimovative ways to assert their importance within the federation.

Why are people liberal? : a motivated social cognition perspective

The present dissertation examined why people adopt or endorse certain political ideologies (i.e., liberal or conservative). According to a motivated social cognition perspective (Jost, Glaser, Kruglanski, & Sulloway, 2003a; Kruglanslprime participants with the needs. Therefore, a replication of the analyses from Studies 1 and 2 was conducted on the dispositional needs. Results showed that Need for Inclusiveness, Need for Understanding, and Need for Change were linked with greater explicit and implicit political liberalism. Study 4 examined the effect of manipulated Need for Inclusiveness on participants' endorsement ofpolitical liberalism, independent of conservatism. Participants (n == 43) were randomly assigned to a Need for Inclusiveness or control condition, and completed separate measures of political liberalism and conservatism, and political sophistication. Participants in the Need for Inclusiveness condition reported greater liberalism than those in a control condition; this effect was not moderated by political sophistication. Generally, the findings from this dissertation suggest that there might be other needs underlying political ideology, especially political liberalism. Thus, consistent with others' (Jost, Glaser et aI., 2003a), individuals might adopt political liberalism as a way of gratifying certain psychological needs. Implications and future research are discussed.

Drift dispersal in central Southern Ontario /

Two tills are readily identi-f i able in central Southern Ontario, a very stony, loose deposit o-f variable matrix (Dummer till) and a moderately stony, fissile and compact deposit that is more homogeneous (drumlinized till). The quantity o-f Precambr i an, Paleozoic and Shadow Lake Formation (Paleozoic) rock types were determined and corresponding isopleth maps drawn. The changes in lithology content occurred in the direction o-f transport, there-fore, compositional isopleths o-f till may be considered equipotential lines for the reconstruction of glacier flow paths. Areal gradations of drift lithology indicated that the prime agents of dispersal were ice and glacial meltwaters. The down-ice abundance trend of till components indicated a dispersal pattern showing the concentration of a given lithology type peaking within a few kilometres of the source followed by a rapid decline and thereafter, a more gradual decrease with increasing distance. Within the esker deposits, igneous rocks may form the major component and can extend further onto the limestone plain than in the adjacent till. Evidence is presented that indicates the "style" of dispersal was one in which glacial ice may have been strongly influenced by local bedrock topography and the regional structural trends. The ice tended to follow pre-existing valleys and lows, depositing till composed mainly of local bedrock. Gradations in Paleozoic clast content showed that the local bedrock lithology became the primary till component within 3 km of down-ice transport. Evidence is presented that indicated the last glaciation may have occurred as a relatively thin ice mass, followed by stagnation and recession. No evidence of a lateglacial re-advance was found within the study area. Because of the lack of a contact between the Dummer and drumlinized till, and because of results showing gradation of the Dummer till into the drumlinized till (as indicated by lithology content and grain size), it is suggested that no re-advance occurred.

Commodities and their fetishism

Many pr oblems present themselves in at tempting t o discuss Marx's noti on of the fetish characteristics of commodities. It has been argued that it is one of the central points of Marx's en tir e c or pus. 1 It has also been argued that it i s merely "a brilli an t s oci olog i cal genera lization l ! and, even furth er, that it is an Hi ndependent and separate entity, internally hardly related t o Marx's economic theory" .2 How could such a theory be understo od i n such drastically diff erent ways? Perhaps the clue is to be f ound somewhere in Marx' s discussion of the fetishism of commodities itself. Because of the difficulty in un derstanding fetishism , I intend t o examine what Marx himself has t o say first befor e dealing with any points related to the notion of fetishism. Thus , the first parts of this thesis will c onsist of l ong qu otations and repetition of what Marx has t o say. If a noti on may be called ' central' and yet 'hardly related' t o Marx's wor k at the same time, surely a clear examination of this section is necess ary. Aft er an examination of the initial secti ons of Cae ital ] I intend t G examine the f ollowing : the r e lation of fetishism t o the t he ory of alienati on; how one may regard f etishism as a pr oblem f or philosophy; and how, in f act, the theory of fetishism is of prime imp ortance f or an understan ding of Marx's wr itings. What I want to stress throughout is that with o u~ an understanding of what is inherent in the pr oduction of the commodity causing i t t o be necessarily fetishistic, it is practically imp ossible t o understand much of Marx's other writin gs. A commodity appears, at fir st sight, a very trivial thing and easi ly un derst ood. Itsanalysis shows that it i s , in r eality , a very queer thing , abo unding in ~taphysical s ubtleties and theological nic eties .

Interactions of diploid embryonal carcinoma cells and normal cell mass cells with 2.5 day mouse embryos following aggregation

Spontaneous teratocarcinomas are ovarian or testicular tumors which have their origins in germ cells. The tumors contain a disorganized array of benign differentiated cells as well as an undifferentiated population of malignant stem cells, the embryonal carcinoma or EC cells. These pluripotent stem cells in tissue culture share many properties with the transient pluripotent cells of the early embryo, and might therefore serve as models for the investigation of developmental events ill vitro. The property of EC cells of prime interest in this study is an in vivo phenomenon. Certain EC cell lines are known to be regulated ill vivo and to differentiate normally in association with normal embryonic cells, resulting in chimeric mice. These mice have two genetically distinct cell populations, one of which is derived from the originally malignant EC cells. This has usually been accomplished by injection of the EC cells into the Day 3 blastocyst. In this study, the interactions between earlier stage embryos and EC cells have been tested by aggregating clumps of EC cells with Day 2 embryos. The few previous aggregation studies produced a high degree of abnormality in chimeric embryos, but the EC cells employed had known chromosomal abnormalities. In this study, two diploid EC cell lines (P19 and Pi0) were aggregated with 2.5 day mouse embryos, and were found to behave quite differently in the embryonic environment. P19 containing aggregates generally resorbed early, and the few embryos recovered at midgestation were normal and non-chimeric. Pi0 containing aggregates survived in high numbers to midgestation, and the Pi0 cells were very successful in colonizing the embryo. All these embryos were chimeric, and the contribution by the EC cells to each chimera was very high. However, these heavily chimeric embryos were all abnormal. Blastocyst injection had previously produced some abnormal embryos with high Pl0 contributions in addition to the live born mice, which had lower EC contributions. This study now adds more support to the hypothesis that high EC contributions may be incompatible with normal development. The possibility that the abnormalities were due to the mixing of temporally asynchronous embryonic cell types in the aggregates was tested by aggregating normal pluripotent cells taken from 3.5 day embryos with 2.5 day embryos. Early embryo loss was very high, and histological studies showed that the majority of these embryos died by 6.5 days development. Some embryos escaped this early death such that some healthy chimeras were recovered, in contrast to recovery of abnormal chimeric embryos following Pl0-morula aggregations, and non-chimeric embryos following P19-morula aggregations. This somewhat surprising adverse effect on development following aggregation of normal cell types suggests that there are developmental difficulties associated with the mixing of asynchronous cell types in aggregates. However, the greater magnitude of the adverse effects when the aggregates contained tumor derived cells suggests that EC cells should not be considered the complete equivalent of the pluripotent cells of the early embryo.

The Falkland Islands War of 1982: a legal, diplomatic and strategic evaluation

The Falkland Islands War of 1982 was fought over competing claims to sovereignty over a group of islands off the east coast of South America. The dispute was between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Argentina claims the islands under rights to Spanish succession, the fact that they lie off the Argentine coast line and that in 1833 Great Britain took the islands illegally and by force. The United Kingdom claims the islands primarily through prescription--the fact that they have governed the islands in a peaceful, continuous and public manner since 1833. The British also hold that the population living on the islands, roughly eighteen hundred British descendants, should be able to decide their own future. The United Kingdom also lays claim to the islands through rights of discovery and settlement, although this claim has always been challenged by Spain who until 1811 governed the islands. Both claims have legal support, and the final decision if there will ever be one is difficult to predict. Sadly today the ultimate test of sovereignty does not come through international law but remains in the idea that "He is sovereign who can defend his sovereignty." The years preceding the Argentine invasion of 1982 witnessed many diplomatic exchanges between The United Kingdom and Argentina over the future of the islands. During this time the British sent signals to Argentina that ii implied a decline in British resolve to hold the islands and demonstrated that military action did more to further the talks along than did actual negotiations. The Argentine military junta read these signals and decided that they could take the islands in a quick military invasion and that the United Kingdom would consider the act as a fait accompli and would not protest the invasion. The British in response to this claimed that they never signaled to Argentina that a military solution was acceptable to them and launched a Royal Navy task force to liberate the islands. Both governments responded to an international crisis with means that were designed both to resolve the international crisis and increase the domestic popularity of the government. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was facing an all-time low in popularity for post-War Prime Ministers while Argentine President General Galtieri needed to gain mass popular support so he could remain a viable President after he was scheduled to lose command of the army and a seat on the military junta that ran the country. The military war for the Falklands is indicative of the nature of modern warfare between Third World countries. It shows that the gap in military capabilities between Third and First World countries is narrowing significantly. Modern warfare between a First and Third World country is no longer a 'walk over' for the First World country.

The law of the sea: the United States, Canada and the deep seabed

The Falkland Islands War of 1982 was fought over competing claims to sovereignty over a group of islands off the east coast of South America. The dispute was between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Argentina claims the islands under rights to Spanish succession, the fact that they lie off the Argentine coast line and that in 1833 Great Britain took the islands illegally and by force. The United Kingdom claims the islands primarily through prescription--the fact that they have governed the islands in a peaceful, continuous and public manner since 1833. The British also hold that the population living on the islands, roughly eighteen hundred British descendants, should be able to decide their own future. The United Kingdom also lays claim to the islands through rights of discovery and settlement, although this claim has always been challenged by Spain who until 1811 governed the islands. Both claims have legal support, and the final decision if there will ever be one is difficult to predict. Sadly today the ultimate test of sovereignty does not come through international law but remains in the idea that "He is sovereign who can defend his sovereignty." The years preceding the Argentine invasion of 1982 witnessed many diplomatic exchanges between The United Kingdom and Argentina over the future of the islands. During this time the British sent signals to Argentina that ii implied a decline in British resolve to hold the islands and demonstrated that military action did more to further the talks along than did actual negotiations. The Argentine military junta read these signals and decided that they could take the islands in a quick military invasion and that the United Kingdom would consider the act as a fait accompli and would not protest the invasion. The British in response to this claimed that they never signaled to Argentina that a military solution was acceptable to them and launched a Royal Navy task force to liberate the islands. Both governments responded to an international crisis with means that were designed both to resolve the international crisis and increase the domestic popularity of the government. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was facing an all-time low in popularity for post-War Prime Ministers while Argentine President General Galtieri needed to gain mass popular support so he could remain a viable President after he was scheduled to lose command of the army and a seat on the military junta that ran the country. The military war for the Falklands is indicative of the nature of modern warfare between Third World countries. It shows that the gap in military capabilities between Third and First World countries is narrowing significantly. Modern warfare between a First and Third World country is no longer a 'walk over' for the First World country.

Isolation and characterization of genomic DNA sequences that enhance the stability of plasmid DNA in mammalian cells /

The ease of production and manipulation has made plasmid DNA a prime target for its use in gene transfer technologies such as gene therapy and DNA vaccines. The major drawback of plasmid however is its stability within mammalian cells. Plasmid DNA is usually lost by cellular mechanisms or as a result of mitosis by simple dilution. This study set out to search for mammalian genomic DNA sequences that would enhance the stability of plasmid DNA in mammalian cells.Creating a plasmid based genomic DNA library, we were able to screen the human genome by transfecting the library into Human Embryonic Kidney (HEK 293) Cells. Cells that contained plasmid DNA were selected, using G418 for 14 days. The resulting population was then screened for the presence of biologically active plasmid DNA using the process of transformation as a detector.A commercially available plasmid DNA isolation kit was modified to extract plasmid DNA from mammalian cells. The standardized protocol had a detection limit of -0.6 plasmids per cell in one million cells. This allowed for the detection of 45 plasmids that were maintained for 32 days in the HEK 293 cells. Sequencing of selected inserts revealed a significantly higher thymine content in comparison to the human genome. Sequences with high A/T content have been associated with Scaffold/Matrix Attachment Region (S/MAR) sequences in mammalian cells. Therefore, association with the nuclear matrix might be required for the stability of plasmids in mammalian cells.

Metal music as critical dystopia : humans, technology and the future in 1990s science fiction metal

Metal Music as Critical Dystopia: Humans, Technology and the Future in 1990s Science Fiction Metal seeks to demonstrate that the dystopian elements in metal music are not merely or necessarily a sonic celebration of disaster. Rather, metal music's fascination with dystopian imagery is often critical in intent, borrowing themes and imagery from other literary and cinematic traditions in an effort to express a form of social commentary. The artists and musical works examined in this thesis maintain strong ties with the science fiction genre, in particular, and tum to science fiction conventions in order to examine the long-term implications of humanity's complex relationship with advanced technology. Situating metal's engagements with science fiction in relation to a broader practice of blending science fiction and popular music and to the technophobic tradition in writing and film, this thesis analyzes the works of two science fiction metal bands, VOlvod and Fear Factory, and provides close readings of four futuristic albums from the mid to late 1990s that address humanity's relationship with advanced technology in musical and visual imagery as well as lyrics. These recorded texts, described here as cyber metal for their preoccupation with technology in subject matter and in sound, represent prime examples of the critical dystopia in metal music. While these albums identify contemporary problems as the root bf devastation yet to come, their musical narratives leave room for the possibility of hope , allowing for the chance that dystopia is not our inevitable future.

Zero-sum problems in finite cyclic groups

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate some open problems in the area of combinatorial number theory referred to as zero-sum theory. A zero-sequence in a finite cyclic group G is said to have the basic property if it is equivalent under group automorphism to one which has sum precisely IGI when this sum is viewed as an integer. This thesis investigates two major problems, the first of which is referred to as the basic pair problem. This problem seeks to determine conditions for which every zero-sequence of a given length in a finite abelian group has the basic property. We resolve an open problem regarding basic pairs in cyclic groups by demonstrating that every sequence of length four in Zp has the basic property, and we conjecture on the complete solution of this problem. The second problem is a 1988 conjecture of Kleitman and Lemke, part of which claims that every sequence of length n in Zn has a subsequence with the basic property. If one considers the special case where n is an odd integer we believe this conjecture to hold true. We verify this is the case for all prime integers less than 40, and all odd integers less than 26. In addition, we resolve the Kleitman-Lemke conjecture for general n in the negative. That is, we demonstrate a sequence in any finite abelian group isomorphic to Z2p (for p ~ 11 a prime) containing no subsequence with the basic property. These results, as well as the results found along the way, contribute to many other problems in zero-sum theory.

Death anxiety and experiences of transcendence : peak experiences of skydivers

Terror Management Theory (TMT) suggests that human beings battle to protect ourselves from the potential terror resulting from the juxtaposition of our need for selfpreservation and our unique human ability to realize that we cannot avoid death. Over 150 studies have shown that when people are primed with the awareness of mortality they grasp onto their cultural world view more tenaciously than when they are primed with another unpleasant stimulus (i.e., show "cultural world view defense"). Applying the principles ofTMT, the first purpose of the present research was to examine whether the amount of peak experiences reduce the tendency to show cultural world view defense (an indicator of unconscious death fear) after a death prime. The second purpose was to examine a new model of implicit spirituality, by testing proposed relationships between implicit spirituality, peak experiences and intrinsic religiosity, and by testing whether peak experiences and/or intrinsic religiosity mediate the relationship between implicit spirituality and conscious and/or unconscious death fears. Skydivers were chosen as the primary participants for this research because of their unique characteristics in the context of TMT research. Previous research suggests that veteran skydivers have peak experiences as they skydive, and I assumed that their peak experiences would not be influenced by intrinsic religious beliefs. Novice skydivers may have their implicit spirituality brought forth because of their proximity to possible death. The willingness of both groups to place themselves close to death allowed their reactions to unconscious and conscious death fears to be assessed in a real setting. Novice skydivers' proximity to death made them an ideal group to study to see whether intrinsic religiosity mediated the relationship between their implicit spirituality and conscious and/or unconscious death fears. One hundred and twenty-five people participated in this research: 38 veteran and 46 novice skydivers, as well as 41 people who accompanied them to the drop zone. Of these, 23 veterans, 19 novices, and 22 friends returned a follow-up packet of questionnaires three weeks later. As expected, the veterans' unconscious death fear scores remained stable from pre-jump to post-jump (after the death prime), and three weeks later, whereas the novices' scores increased, but only marginally. As predicted, the novice skydivers' implicit spirituality was significantly higher than the veterans' and was negatively correlated with their conscious death fear, which was not mediated by their intrinsic religiosity. Only the novices' follow-up (trait) implicit spirituality correlated negatively with their pre-jump unconscious death fear. Among both groups of skydivers, there were significant relationships between implicit spirituality and peak experiences, and although the novices were significantly higher on peak experiences after the jump, peak experiences did not mediate the relationship between implicit spirituality and unconscious death fear for either group. In both groups follow-up intrinsic religiosity correlated with implicit spirituality. Peak experiences and intrinsic religiosity were not related with one another, suggesting that these are different ways of accessing an implicit spirituality. Results imply that implicit spirituality was brought forth (in the case of novice skydivers who were consciously close to death) and can be accessed through both peak experiences and intrinsic religiosity.

Florence P. Dolmage estate papers, 1878, 1945-1946

In 1852 Robert Dolmage (ca. 1821-1889) a merchant of Palermo, Halton County, Ontario married Frances Palmer of Toronto. Together they had four daughters: Carrie, Fanny, Laura and Florence. The family resided in Halton County until they moved to Grimsby, Ont. after 1871 and before 1881. Robert Dolmage died in 1889 and his wife, Frances died in 1904. After Robert’s death the family continued to reside in the family home on Main Street in Grimsby, Ont. and the business interests were looked after by Claude A. Boden. Mr. Boden became one of the prime beneficiaries of Florence Palmer Dolmage’s estate after her death in 1945. Florence Dolmage was buried in Queen’s Lawn Cemetery on July 7, 1945. As she was the last remaining member of this family her estate was dispersed to extended family members as well as charitable organizations. At this time, no information is known about the connection between the Dolmage and Sillett families.

Niagara Lodges of the Loyal Orange Association of British America

The Loyal Orange Association of British America is a Protestant fraternal society. The Loyal Orange Association originated in Ulster, Ireland during the late eighteenth century. Its purpose was to promote Protestant rights and privileges. The association was exclusively Protestant, fraternal, democratic, and benevolent. Orange principles were brought to Upper Canada by Protestant Irish settlers after 1815. The first Canadian Orange Lodge was formally established in Brockville, Leeds County, 1830. By the late 19th and early 20th century, the Loyal Orange Association of British North America had gained considerable popularity and political influence. Many prominent politicians, including several prime ministers, were members. Orangemen were particularly concerned with issues such as separate school funding, language rights, immigration, religious freedom and conscription. Further, they demanded the execution of Louis Riel and opposed the Jesuits Estates settlement. Administrative sketch courtesy Archives of Ontario.

Agnes Ethelwyn Wetherald fonds

An accomplished poet, writer and journalist, Ethelwyn Wetherald’s works were present in all Ontario readers for school children. Among her most notable works are; The Indigo Bird, The Red-Winged Blackbird, and The Pasture Field. The above poem Legacies is one of her most famous works and appears on her gravestone. Wetherald was born in 1857 as the sixth child out of an eventual eleven. Although born in Rockwood Ontario, she spent most of her life in Fenwick (Pelham Township), Ontario, where she died in 1940. Wetherald used her surroundings as her inspiration and focused on nature. She has been coined a nature poet and journalist. Wetherald received her education at both the Friends boarding school in Union Springs, N.Y. and at Pickering College in Pickering Ontario. After her schooling she wrote numerous articles for the Toronto Globe under the pen name Bel Thistelwaite, derived from her Grandmother’s name. These articles lead to a position as Women’s editor of the Globe and later she was part of the Advertiser’s editorial staff in London Ontario. Wetherald continued writing after she was finished with the papers and published six volumes of poetry between 1895 and 1931. Her work was not only known amongst school children, but also attracted the attention of Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada in 1907 and Sir Wilfred Laurier, Prime Minster of Canada in 1911. In 1921 she published a book entitled Tree Top Morning, which she dedicated to her daughter Dorothy Rungeling who also became an author. Recently Rungeling published Life and works of Ethelwyn Wetherald 1857-1940 : with a selection of her poems and articles about her mother. Rungeling, Dorothy W., Life and works of Ethelwyn Wetherald