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    In memoriam - James S. Wolf

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    The Poet Who Caps Our Being

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    The article reviews two books On the Raft With Fr. Roseliep, by James Liddy and Honeysuckle, Honeyjuice: A Tribute to James Liddy, edited by Michael S. Begnal

    The Life and Legacy of James I, King of England

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    As the first member of the Stuart line to hold the Kingdoms of England, Ireland, and Scotland under his suzerainty, the life and reign of King James I was always going to mark a serious turning point in the histories of the lands under his control. The Tudors, who had dominated English politics, religion, and culture since the end of the War of the Roses, had been extinguished with the death of the childless Queen Elizabeth I. Their successors, the Stuarts, would find that their personal rule over the British Isles would mark some of the most defining moments in not only British political, cultural, and religious history, but that of the wider Western world as well. James I, the progenitor of this impactful tenure, would have a lasting influence on the reigns through both his life and his work. A monarch of scholarly persuasion, James I has left the historical record a number of personal works on political philosophy, theology, and proper monarchical conduct. Not content merely to rule while others debated political theory, James I was a very active and important participant in many of the philosophical debates over the role of a monarch in a commonwealth that raged through the early modern period in Europe. While the importance and impact of James I’s political philosophy can be seen immediately in his own reign, the ideas which he advanced and the lessons he imparted to his heirs clearly set the stage for the next hundred years of British history. Although the early Jacobean era often seems to be overlooked in the historical records in favor of the events surrounding the English Civil War, it is imperative to understanding James I’s life and legacy in order to explain the tumultuous events that would follow. James I’s prolificity as a writer has left contemporary historians with a number of important literary works and primary sources that help the chart both his personal history and the history of the kingdoms which he ruled. Chief among these documents are James I’s Basilikon Doron, The Trew Law of Free Monarchies (hereafter referred to as “The True Law of Free Monarchies” or “The True Law”), and his speech to Parliament in 1603. These three works each present primary source evidence of James I’s importance as a historical figure and, taken together, they are providential in understanding many of the dominant political, religious, and cultural issues of the Stuart era. By combining James I’s own words and works with more contemporary historical analyses of his reign and the context in which he was acting, the significance of James I’s life and legacy becomes truly apparent

    Interview with Marlon James

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    Marlon James is the author of three novels, most recently A Brief History of Seven Killings, which won the coveted Man Booker Prize in 2015. He is also the writer behind John Crow’s Devil, published 2005, and The Book of Night Women, published 2009. Since 2007, James has been a professor of creative writing at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He has also written for numerous publications, including The New York Times. During his visit to Butler University as part of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series, James took the time to speak with Manuscripts staff member Julian Wyllie

    James S. Carpenter

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    An obituary for Iowa contractor James S. Carpenter

    Connected Citizens Detroit: A Snapshot of Civic Engagement

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    This report was commissioned by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement, to share insights from the "Detroit Civic Engagement Showcase & Learning Conference," which took place in September 2012

    James Dean : eine Bibliographie der Bücher zu Person und Karriere

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    Die vorliegende Ausgabe der Medienwissenschaft / Kiel enthält eine geringfügig erweiterte und bis 1994 aktualisierte Neuedition der kleinen Dean-Bibliographie, die zuerst als „James Dean: A bibliography of books about his life and career“ in: Film Theory (26, 1990, S. 41-46) erschien

    The Rhetoric(s) of St. Augustine\u27s Confessions

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    In this essay, I offer a sympathetic reading of the rhetoric(s) of Augustine’s Confessions. First, as a historian of rhetoric I am interested in what Augustine’s narrative can tell us about the theory and practice of rhetoric in the late classical period and the early Christian era. From this perspective, I am interested in exploring what Augustine discloses about the rhetoric he learned in the provincial Roman schools, and taught at Carthage, Rome, and Milan. Second, I am interested in Augustine’s own work on rhetoric, especially his De Doctrina Christiana, most of which he composed during the period right before he began the Confessions. In particular, I am interested in how the rhetorical ethics that emerges from Augustine’s formal treatment of Biblical exegesis and preaching, and which distinguishes Augustine’s rhetoric from that of his classical predecessors, can illuminate our interpretation of the Confessions. Finally, I am interested in exploring how the Confessions itself works as a rhetorical text— that is, as a discourse addressed to an audience for the purpose of influence. In particular, I am interested in exploring the specific pastoral functions served by Augustine’s narrative

    Oxygen Uptake During High-Intensity Running: Response Following a Single Bout of Interval Training

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    Elevated oxygen uptake ((V) over dot O-2) during moderate-intensity running following a bout of interval running training has been studied previously. To further investigate this phenomenon, the (V) over dot O-2 response to high-intensity exercise was examined following a bout of interval running. Well-trained endurance runners were split into an experimental group [maximum oxygen uptake, (V) over dot O-2max 4.73 (0.39) l.min(-1)] and a reliability group [(V) over dot O-2max 4.77 (0.26) l.min(-1)]. The experimental group completed a training session (4 x 800 m at 1 km.h(-1) below speed at (V) over dot O-2max, with 3 min rest between each 800-m interval). Five minutes prior to, and Ih following the training session, subjects completed 6 min 30 s of constant speed, high-intensity running designed to elicit 40% Delta (where Delta is the difference between (V) over dot O-2 at ventilatory threshold and (V) over dot O-2max; tests 1 and 2, respectively). The slow component of (V) over dot O-2 kinetics was quantified as the difference between the (V) over dot O-2 at 6 min and the (V) over dot O-2 at 3 min of exercise, i.e. Delta(V) over dot O2(6-3) The Delta(V) over dot O2(6-3) was the same in two identical conditions in the reliability group [mean (SD): 0.30 (0.10) l.min(-1) vs 0.32 (0.13) l.min(-1)]. In the experimental group, the magnitude of the slow component of (V) over dot O-2 kinetics was increased in test 2 compared with test 1 by 24.9% [0.27 (0.14) l.min(-1) vs 0.34 (0.08) l.min(-1), P < 0.05]. The increase in Delta(V) over dot O2(6-3) in the experimental group was observed in the absence of any significant change in body mass, core temperature or blood lactate concentration, either at the start or end of tests 1 or 2. It is concluded that similar mechanisms may be responsible for the slow component of (V) over dot O-2 kinetics and for the fatigue following the training session. It has been suggested previously that this mechanism may be linked primarily to changes within the active limb, with the recruitment of alternative and/or additional less efficient fibres
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