Exploring Form and Meaning in Agha Shahid Ali’s Ghazal “Tonight”

The formal qualities of poetry often reflect the time and culture in which the poem is written. Blank verse not only reflects a natural cadence of the English language, but also enables, to some degree, the “freethinking tendencies” that defined many poets’ relationship with God and institutional religion throughout in the 17th century (Gerber 249). The Japanese haiku, in which form and theme are intrinsically connected, reflects the Japanese ideology of the interconnectedness of nature. Agha Shahid Ali, a Kashmiri poet who writes exclusively in English, often uses form to complicate this notion. Ali was born into a wealthy Muslim household in Kashmir. He attended an Irish Catholic school and a Hindu University. His parents were religiously tolerant and provided Ali with the space and encouragement to pursue his poetic aspirations from a young age (Benvenuto 262). The conflicts between the religious and cultural tolerance within in his household, and the religious and cultural conflicts that have plagued Kashmir’s history are a source of tension throughout much of Ali’s poetry. Specifically, in his poem “Tonight,” Ali uses form and allusions to express the complexities of cultural, religious, and national identities of people from conflicted societies like Kashmir

A Perspective on How to Improve Undergraduate Research Education in the Physical Sciences at USC

My years at the University of South Carolina have been some of the most challenging and edifying periods of my life. I have been blessed by having a great professional and chemistry mentor in Dr. John L. Ferry who has helped me engage in scientific research in a meaningful way. As I watched other chemistry students, in particular, struggle with understanding what research really was and even how to understand the results and methodologies of it I felt that this was a huge issue that could be rather simply fixed. I have been privileged to apply for and receive a Magellan Fellowship that helped and encouraged me do my own research but that was basically the only outlet I saw in which my peers were doing real research and not just lab work in the name of research (i.e. simple lab duties that did not contribute to the intellectual field of the discipline of chemistry, or require further exposure to it). I believed that such exposure to and understanding of scientific research would be very beneficial to both students as they graduate and the university. So, I set on a mission to gather and review research that has been on such topics and to evaluate the specifically scientific (by that I mean physical sciences and engineering) research program at USC and compare it to the metrics and specifics that have been determined to be consistently part of top tier undergraduate research programs. During this process I learned a lot about university administration of such an endeavor. My study and proposal in the next several pages is far from a perfect plan for the university because, though I have learned a lot, I surely do not know as much as the administrators and tenured faculty that are involved in such high level decisions. My main hope is that the faculty and administration will read what I have to say, learn how their actions are perceived by at least one involved student, and then evaluate my suggestions for improvements

Ureteroscopic laser treatment of upper urinary tract neoplasms.

BACKGROUND: Endoscopic management of upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma has assumed an important role in diagnosis and treatment. The introduction of small diameter rigid and flexible ureteroscopes has permitted access to the upper tract. Biopsy techniques have been developed for accurate diagnosis, and the addition of lasers has given the urologists an excellent tool for treatment. METHODS: Medical literature available relative to the endoscopic laser treatment of upper tract neoplasms has been reviewed. RESULTS: Ureteroscopic treatment has been characterized by good success with high recurrence rates, both in the upper tract and in the bladder. Bladder recurrence rates are similar to those seen after surgical treatment of upper tract tumors. Surveillance has been ureteroscopic since the other diagnostic options are inadequate. The holmium and neodymium:YAG lasers are the devices most commonly used now for the endoscopic treatment of upper tract tumors. CONCLUSION: Ureteroscopic treatment of upper tract neoplasms usually with ablation and resection using the neodymium and holmium: YAG lasers is a current acceptable procedure. This should be considered as one of the options in tumor treatment

Early Child Development in Social Context: A Chartbook

Reviews more than 30 key indicators of health and development for children up to age 6, as well as social factors in families and communities that affect these outcomes. Offers practical suggestions for health practitioners and parents

Research students exhibition catalogue 2013

This exhibition catalogue showcases the work of current UCA research students at various stages of their research journey. The theme of the exhibition and the one day conference is time - place - space and through their practice the research students examine these concepts and realities

Lithofacies, Geochemical Trends, and Reservoir Potental, Thirteen Finger Limestone, Hugoton Embayment, Kansas

The Amoco Rebecca K. Bounds core from Greeley County, KS was described and sampled for various analyses including conodont biostratigraphy, total organic carbon (TOC), x-ray diffraction and x-ray fluorescence to determine reservoir depositional setting, reservoir potential and establish the chronostratigraphic and lithostratigraphic boundaries of the Atokan Stage in western Kansas. The base of the Thirteen Finger Limestone (Atokan/Morrowan boundary) is placed at a prominent exposure surface at 5017.5 feet. Immediately above this surface is a thin coal followed by marine shale and limestone. The top of the Thirteen Finger Limestone (Atokan/Desmoinesian boundary) is chosen as the exposure surface at 4939.7 feet. The 83 feet of Atokan strata contains limestones (70%) separated by fossiliferous dark gray shale (10%) or black shales (20%) with few macroinvertebrates. Seven prominent flooding surfaces and two hardgrounds help define Atokan high-frequency cycles that consist of dark shale (initial flooding) that transitions upward to shallower-water limestone. The dark gray-black uranium-rich shales are higher TOC (up to 9.7% in noncarbonaceous shale), have higher transition metal content and few normal marine invertebrates. The conodonts recovered from the Thirteen Finger Limestone are upper Atokan, but the size of core prevented sampling of the entire interval and confident determination of chronostratigraphy. Atokan limestones are dominantly dense wackestones and packstones with average matrix porosity and permeability values of 0.8% and 0.1 md, respectively. However, these limestones contain numerous open- and healed-vertical fractures that may provide the pore network necessary to produce oil and gas.Boone Pickens School of Geolog

Spotted Locoweed on the Henry Mountains

Spotted locoweed (Astragalus lentlginosus, var. wahweapens) also known as freckled or Wahweap Milkvetch is characterized by blue leguminous flowers, purple speckled seed pods, and leaves resembling those of garden pea. The plant is poisonous to cattle, sheep and horses. It grows on gravely clay loam semi-desert benches and swales supporting desert shrubs and sparse stands of juniper

Does weight status influence associations between children\u27s fundamental movement skills and physical activity?

This study sought to determine whether weight status influences the association among children\u27s fundamental movement skills (FMS) and physical activity (PA). Two hundred forty-eight children ages 9-12 years participated. Proficiency in three object-control skills and two locomotor skills was examined. Accelerometers objectively assessed physical activity. Body mass index was calculated to determine weight status. Correlations between physical activity and FMS proficiency were evident among boys and girls. No significant interaction was apparent when examining FMS proficiency scores, PA variables, and weight status. Future studies should examine a broader range of skills and types of activities to better characterize this relationship and to inform the promotion of movement skill proficiency and PA. <br /