The Haunting National Memory of Vietnam A War Where the Losers Write the Story

Due to a stunning defeat in Vietnam, the years following the conflict were full of denial, shame, and silence. The silence in post Vietnam War America was followed by a resurgence of American nationalism in the 1980s at the hands of the United States government, which relied heavily on reshaping the war narrative as a way to designate meaning to American losses and regain the national image of superhero. While the rhetoric of presidents resonated with the American public it failed to mend the deep divides caused during the war period, which is most apparent through the creation of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial in Washington D.C. and the controversy that sparked around it. This paper provides a behind the scenes look at the making of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial, a process which put history on trial as perennial questions like how should a story be told, who should tell it, and what story should be told, were at the forefront of public discourse. Scholarship on public memory insists that one must understand the complex and invariably contested processes that society undergoes when forming devices of commemoration, noting that nation’s histories are rarely unfiltered. Memories are at the core of national identity, even if those memories have acquired unrecognizable mutations. On both an individual and national level, Americans carefully selected and embraced certain narratives from the Vietnam War period that they deemed relevant and worthy. The controversy that arose around the Vietnam Veteran Memorial, the fine attention on behalf of U.S. presidents through their rhetoric, and the scholarship explaining shifts in collective memory all yield significant truths in regards to the United States national identity and democratic processes around writing history for the pedagogy of future generations

Fazendo arte na matemática

Esta palestra tem como objetivo explicitar relações entre Matemática e Arte que podem criar possibilidades de um olhar diferenciado de nossos jovens estudantes – se nos voltarmos para provocá-los a focalizar tais relações – a fim de não perderem sua capacidade de criação em razão diante da forma fragmentada da organização da escola. Nesta perspectiva, procuro movimentos de ordem do conhecimento matemático (escolar) que levem a trabalhá-lo de modo integrado, valorizando a matemática e a arte frente a formação humanística do ser humano. Elaborar o olhar atento do artista dentro da prática matemática se faz cada vez mais necessário para re-encantar os alunos para um melhor entendimento desta ciência tão presente na nossa vida, bem como do mundo e de seus objetos

The effect of zeitgeber (fasting and exercise) on phase advance blood glucose circadian rhythms in endurance athletes

Fasting is usually associated with changes in the metabolic, psychological and physiological responses of athletes; advancing and/or delaying their biological clock and therefore, affecting their sport performance. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Ramadan fasting on blood glucose level, mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR) and skin temperature in 11 experienced endurance athletes. Blood finger-pricking, blood pressure (BP), HR and skin temperature samples were taken every 2 hours over a 24-hr period during the 3 rd or 4 th weeks of Ramadan. A clear within-day variation was revealed in blood glucose concentrations and HR (

Angelo Maria Bandini in viaggio a Roma (1780-1781)

A rich cultural insight of Rome in the second half of the 18th century emerges from the edition of an autograph memoir on the journey from Florence to Southern Italy made by the librarian Angelo Maria Bandini (1780-1781). Lounges, coffees and chocolates, religious rites, curial relations and the reforming action by Pope Pious VI are the backdrop to the meticulous description of Rome as a 'diffused museum'. Bandini, librarian and scholar of the enlightenment century, visits and observes palaces, art galleries, cabinets and churches, paying particular attention to libraries, whose metaphorical sieve gives birth to remarkable pieces and precious curiosities

Annual Site Environmental Report: 2008 (ASER)

This report provides information about environmental programs during the calendar year of 2008 at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, California. Activities that span the calendar year, i.e., stormwater monitoring covering the winter season of 2008/2009 (October 2008 through May 2009), are also included. Production of an annual site environmental report (ASER) is a requirement established by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for all management and operating (M&O) contractors throughout the DOE complex. SLAC is a federally-funded research and development center with Stanford University as the M&O contractor. Under Executive Order (EO) 13423, Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management, and DOE Order 450.1A, Environmental Protection Program, SLAC effectively implements and integrates the key elements of an Environmental Management System (EMS) to achieve the site's integrated safety and environmental management system goals. For normal daily activities, SLAC managers and supervisors are responsible for ensuring that policies and procedures are understood and followed so that: (1) Worker safety and health are protected; (2) The environment is protected; and (3) Compliance is ensured. Throughout 2008, SLAC continued to improve its management systems. These systems provided a structured framework for SLAC to implement 'greening of the government' initiatives such as EO 13423 and DOE Orders 450.1A and 430.2B. Overall, management systems at SLAC are effective, supporting compliance with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements. SLAC continues to demonstrate significant progress in implementing and integrating EMS into day-to-day operations and construction activities at SLAC. The annual management review and ranking of environmental aspects were completed this year by SLAC's EMS Steering Committee, the Environmental Safety Committee (ESC), and twelve objectives and targets were established for 2008. For each objective and target, a work plan, or Environmental Management Program (EMP) was completed and progress reports were routinely provided to SLAC senior management and the DOE SLAC Site Office (SSO). During 2008, there were no reportable releases to the environment from SLAC operations. In addition, many improvements in waste minimization, recycling, stormwater management, groundwater restoration, and SLAC's chemical management system (CMS) were continued during the year. The following are amongst SLAC's environmental accomplishments for 2008: a composting program at SLAC's onsite cafeteria was initiated, greater than 800 cubic feet of legacy radioactive waste were packaged and shipped from SLAC, a chemical redistribution program was developed, SLAC reduced the number of General Services Administration leased vehicles from 221 to 164, recycling of municipal waste was increased by approximately 140 tons during 2008, and site-wide releases of sulfur hexafluoride were reduced by 50 percent. In 2008, no radiological incidents occurred that increased radiation levels or released radioactivity to the environment. In addition to managing its radioactive wastes safely and responsibly, SLAC worked to reduce the amount of waste generated. SLAC has implemented programs and systems to ensure compliance with all radiological requirements related to the environment. Specifically, the Radiation Protection Radiological Waste Management Group developed a training course to certify Radioactive Waste Generators, conducted a training pilot, and developed a list of potential radioactive waste generators to train. Twenty eight generators were trained in 2008. As a best management practice, SLAC also reduced its tritium inventory by at least 95 percent by draining one of its accelerator cooling water systems; with the cooperation of the South Bayside System Authority, the West Bay Sanitary District and the DOE, SLAC discharged the cooling water to the sanitary sewer according to federal regulations and replenished the system with clean water. In 2008, the SLAC Environmental Restoration Program personnel continued work on site characterization and evaluation of remedial alternatives at four sites with volatile organic compounds in groundwater and several areas with polychlorinated biphenyls and low concentrations of lead in soil. SLAC is regulated under a site cleanup requirements order (board order) issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), San Francisco Bay Region in May 2005 for the investigation and remediation of impacted soil and groundwater at SLAC. The board order lists specific tasks and deadlines for completion of groundwater and soil characterization and other remediation activities. All 2008 submittals to the RWQCB were completed and submitted on time

Natura ed origini della Bibliografia: una prospettiva disciplinare per la contemporaneità

The paper proposes the study of Bibliotheca Universalis of Conrad Gessner through the typology of information sources used by the author in its composition and its bibliographical representation in relation to written culture available at the time. On that basis, the paper proposes to measure the degree of 'universality' of the work in view of the desired goal and the instruments at their disposal. For this, it prepares a route review of the sources used by Gesner ranging from publishing catalogs, library catalogs, and also actual references, sources obtained, most often over trips made by the author. Stands thus in the reconstruction of this Gesner route research, the relevance of his bibliographic project, based on the principle of recording the written heritage, to classify it and identify what still needed to be made public. It develops also a discussion that aims to show affinities and parallels between the needs of a 'semantic' construction information in our times and the actuality of Gesnerian method therefore.L’articolo propone lo studio della Bibliotheca Universalis di Conrad Gesner per mezzo della tipologia delle fonti di informazione usate dall’ autore nella sua composizione e della loro rappresentatività bibliografica in relazione alla cultura scritta disponibile all’ epoca. Con questa base, propone la misurazione del grado di ‘universalità’ dell’ opera nella prospettiva della meta desiderata e degli strumenti a sua disposizione. Per questo, se elabora un percorso di revisione delle fonti usate da Gesner, che variano tra cataloghi editoriali, cataloghi di biblioteche oltre che bibliografie propriamente dette, fonti ottenute, nella maggior parte dei casi, durante i viaggi fatti dall’ autore. Si distacca, in questo modo, nella ricostituzione di questo percorso di ricerca di Gesner, l’ attualità del suo progetto bibliografico, che si basa nel principio di registrare il patrimonio scritto, di classificarlo e identificare quello che ancora bisognava rendere pubblico. Inoltre, si sviluppa una discussione che espone le affinità e i parallelismi tra le necessita di una costruzione ‘semantica’ dell’ informazione oggigiorno e l’ attualità, a questo fine, del Metodo Gesneriano

Natureza e origem da Bibliografia: uma perspectiva disciplinar para contemporaneidade

The paper proposes the study of Bibliotheca Universalis of Conrad Gessner through the typology of information sources used by the author in its composition and its bibliographical representation in relation to written culture available at the time. On that basis, the paper proposes to measure the degree of 'universality' of the work in view of the desired goal and the instruments at their disposal. For this, it prepares a route review of the sources used by Gesner ranging from publishing catalogs, library catalogs, and also actual references, sources obtained, most often over trips made by the author. Stands thus in the reconstruction of this Gesner route research, the relevance of his bibliographic project, based on the principle of recording the written heritage, to classify it and identify what still needed to be made public. It develops also a discussion that aims to show affinities and parallels between the needs of a 'semantic' construction information in our times and the actuality of Gesnerian Method therefore.O trabalho propõe o estudo da Bibliotheca Universalis de Conrad Gesner através da tipologia de fontes de informação utilizadas pelo autor em sua composição e de sua representatividade bibliográfica em relação à cultura escrita disponível na época. Com base nisso, propõe medir o grau de ‘universalidade’ da obra na perspectiva da meta desejada e dos instrumentos a sua disposição. Para isso, se elabora um percurso de revisão das fontes utilizadas por Gesner, que variam entre catálogos editoriais, catálogos de bibliotecas e, ainda, bibliografias propriamente ditas, fontes obtidas, na maioria das vezes, ao longo de viagens realizadas pelo autor. Se destaca assim, na reconstituição desse percurso de pesquisa de Gesner, a atualidade de seu projeto bibliográfico, fundamentado no princípio de registrar o patrimônio escrito, de classificá-lo e identificar aquilo que ainda precisava se tornar público. Desenvolve-se, ainda, uma discussão que visa mostrar afinidades e paralelismos entre as necessidades de uma construção ‘semântica’ da informação nos nossos tempos e a atualidade do Método Gesneriano para tanto

Una tappa a Modena per incontrare Muratori. Il bibliotecario estense nelle memorie dei ‘grandturisti'

Per i viaggiatori del Grand Tour, la maggior parte dei quali giungevano in Italia con specifici interessi di tipo storico e letterario, Muratori rappresentava una personalità da incontrare necessariamente; sono passate in rassegna nel contributo piccole ma incisive testimonianze a supporto della persistenza della fama del Muratori