The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Environment edited by Louise Westling

Randy Lee Cutler reviews The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Environment, edited by Louise Westlin

Rejoinder

[Excerpt] Most of Randy Barber and Andrew R. Banks\u27 response to our analysis of the District 100 model exaggerates our arguments, then goes on to attack the exaggerated versions

Exact Algorithms for Maximum Clique: a computational study

We investigate a number of recently reported exact algorithms for the maximum clique problem (MCQ, MCR, MCS, BBMC). The program code used is presented and critiqued showing how small changes in implementation can have a drastic effect on performance. The computational study demonstrates how problem features and hardware platforms influence algorithm behaviour. The minimum width order (smallest-last) is investigated, and MCS is broken into its consituent parts and we discover that one of these parts degrades performance. It is shown that the standard procedure used for rescaling published results is unsafe.Comment: 40 pages, 14 figures, 10 tables, 12 short java program listings, code afailable to download at http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~pat/maxClique/distribution

[Book Review of] \u3cem\u3eMedicine and Religion: Strategies of Care,\u3c/em\u3e edited by Donald W. Shriver, Jr.

An early morning view west on Lindell Boulevard, with Davis-Shaughnessy Hall on the left. The street has been prepared for the return motorcade of Pope John Paul II. (27 January 1999) [Photo by Randy R. McGuire, Assistant SLU Archivist. Original photo identification number is PHO 3.355.3

The Lia Fund: An Adventure in Philanthropy

Randy Lia Weil made two highly unusual decisions about the $5 million she left to be donated after her death. The first was that she appointed 14 people she knew and trusted to select the organizations and individuals who would receive funding. Most of them were lifelong activists with decades of passionate dedication to environmental, cultural and social justice issues. The second unusual thing was that she left no instructions for how or to whom they should give her bequest. She trusted them to decide.This would prove to be an adventure and a discovery, and not without its challenges for the participants. Everyone sincerely wanted to be a responsible grantmaker and do what Randy would have wanted. But it was a complex journey to turn a group of passionate individuals into a group of effective funders. Before they could make any grants, they had to agree on their mission, vision, and values. They also had to decide how they would operate and make decisions in a way that honored Randy and the values that led her to choose them. It was a tall order.After spending a year planning to establish the Foundation, The Lia Fund awarded grants to 107 organizations from 2007 to 2013. Most of the grants ranged from$5,000 to $25,000. In total the Foundation gave away$5 million. This is the story of what The Lia Fund did, how they did it, and what they learned. It describes the impact of this type of grantmaking on some of the most important issues of our time. It also looks at what foundations and individual donors might learn from this adventure in philanthropy

Interview with Randy Buffon

Randy Buffon is a man in his late fifties who is married to a woman, and is also attracted to men. He and his wife have been married for over thirty years and share three children. Randy only recently came out to his wife as being attracted to the same sex in 2016. Randy was born in 1962 in Santa Cruz, California, and has moved to several different states throughout his life. He attended and received his undergraduate degree from San Jose State University. Randy and his wife currently live in Monterey County where he works in boat retail as the VP of Planning Replenishment and Merchandise Operations. Since coming out to his wife, she and Randy have become increasingly involved in the LGBT community. In our interview, Randy often discussed his path to self-acceptance.https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/ohcma_lgbtq/1004/thumbnail.jp

Feu de Joie Performance Description

Statement of Work by Randy & Berenicci. Collected material from Feu de joie by Randy and Berenicci