Nativists in Newark: Radical Protestant Reaction to the Appointment of a Catholic Bishop

Abstract: The appointment of the first Roman Catholic bishop of Newark in 1853 led to ferocious criticism from the city’s newspapers, street preachers, and visiting Catholic dissidents. The visceral anti-Catholic, anti-Vatican rhetoric in Newark foreshadowed the Know Nothing movement’s successes in 1854, the high tide of antebellum nativism in the northeast.

Response of Residential Property Values to the Replacement of Limited-Stop Bus Service with Bus Rapid Transit: An Analysis of New York City's Bx12 Select Bus Service

This research investigates the relationship between bus rapid transit (BRT) and property values within 5 and 10 minute walking times of stations. A before and after difference-indifferences model is used to determine whether the values of residential properties already served by limited-stop bus service are impacted by an upgrade to Select Bus Service (SBS). Assessed values of residential properties for intervention and control areas from periods before and after the announcement of SBS (2005 & 2007) and before and after the beginning of service (2007 & 2009) are used to estimate the capitalization effects of SBS. Results suggest that SBS has only resulted in marginal improvements to quality of service and that residential properties within immediate proximity to Bx12 SBS stations are not more highly valued relative to control area properties during either period of analysis

The training of managers as coaches : inspiring excellence in self-management.

The purpose of this study was to develop, deliver and evaluate the effectiveness of a management development program aimed at improving capability to coach others in a way that inspired excellent performance and enhanced self-management. Eleven manufacturing middle managers completed this intensive six month program which combined group training sessions, one-on-one coaching and self-directed study. Pre and post questionnaires were used to measure the impact of the program. These included: a questionnaire based on Manz and Sim\u27s (1987) work describing the behavior of leaders of self-managing teams, a measure taken from Hackman\u27s (1986) studies of team effectiveness and leadership and Carew and Parisi-Carew\u27s (1988) PERFORM questionnaire which assessed group performance and functioning. A series of T-test analyses were used to determine pre and post study differences in subordinate and boss ratings of the participants\u27 behavior. Qualitative measures, including evaluation questionnaires and case studies were also used to understand the participants\u27 experience of the program and changes in their thinking and behavior. The program produced important changes in the managerial style and practices of the participants. This was shown in boss and subordinate reports of increased uses of coaching style, greater sensitivity to interpersonal relations, increased self-control and greater encouragement of initiative and self-managing behavior by the participant managers. The T-test analyses provided limited statistically significant results supporting these reported changes. Self-evaluations from the participants showed major shifts in their awareness of the impact of their emotional states and use of language on others both at work and at home. This shift in their view of themselves as individuals, managers and coaches resulted in a sense of personal empowerment to improve their own performance and help others to do the same. This study demonstrates that management education for leaders of self-managing individuals and groups requires a new paradigm that emphasizes understanding oneself as a prerequisite to leadership effectiveness. It also shows how training managers in understanding an interpretive theoretical framework and language-as-action is powerful for changing behavior and producing inspiring management coaches

Dynamic refractometer

A refractometer computer controls the rotation of a rotary plate upon which are mounted a prism optically coupled via an optical window to a spectroscopic cell holding a resin exhibiting a dynamic refractive index during photocuring. The computer system positions the prism and spectroscopic cell relative to a visible light laser which illuminates the prism-resin interface at selected incidence angles. A photodetector mounted on the plate generates a signal to the computer proportional to intensity of an internally reflected light beam. A curing light is selectively transmitted through the prism and into the photocurable resin. The refractometer determines the intensity of the internally reflected beam a selected incidence angles and determines the effective refractive index curve of the resin at an uncured state and, optionally, at a completely cured state. Next, an amount of uncured resin and selected optical components to be joined by the resin is placed in the spectroscopic cell and irradiated with the UV light. The refractometer is fixed at a selected incidence angle and measures the intensity of an internally reflected light beam of light throughout the cure cycle. The refractometer determines the resin's refractive index of the polymeric mixture by means of extrapolation of a horizontal shift in the effective refractive index curve of the resin from an uncured state to a selected point in the cure cycle

An inconvenient truth: More rigorous and ecologically valid research is needed to properly understand cognitive bias in forensic decisions

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