The language of an exploitive economy: centering women’s narratives in William Faulkner’s The sound and the fury AND Language and loss: modernity’s reckoning with failure in William Faulkner’s “A rose for Emily”

In this essay I will be focusing on William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury Jason Compson’s narrative section. Contained in his narration is a violent linguistic system that commodifies women, primarily his sister Caddy Compson and his niece Quentin Compson. His exploitation and monetization of these two women turns them into a currency so they can be bartered. Jason’s patriarchal-phallocentric economy is driven by his need to acquire and hoard money. In the process, the women in Jason’s life become a means for an economic gain. This essay analyzes how Jason exploits Caddy’s desire to mother her daughter even when she’s denied access to her daughter and how Miss Quentin avoids being explicated in her uncle’s exploitive economy. Caddy’s motherhood, sexuality and economic status grant her the ability to freely maneuver through and within Faulkner’s text and Jason’s violent and manipulative tendencies. Miss Quentin is not granted the same freedoms as her mother. Miss Quentin’s stakes in Jason’s economy are much different than Caddy’s, in that she has less to lose because she has already lost her mother and her father has never been present in her life. Miss Quentin rejects her uncle because there is very little left that he can take from her. Caddy’s maneuvering isn’t always successful, but her ability is a hopeful approach to exploring spaces controlled by male speech and perspective. The fabric of Faulkner’s text unravels when Miss Quentin escapes Jason’s “economic game” in her rejection of familiar and familial ties to the Compson family. She avoids ever exchanging with her uncle. When readers and scholars focus on Caddy’s adherence to Jason’s rule of paying to see her daughter, one question lingers: what “moves” does Miss Quentin perform to destabilize Jason’s patriarchal-phallocentric economy that extend to how Caddy performs within her brother’s authoritarian economy? This pursuit of centering Caddy and Miss Quentin’s narratives is achieved through a close examination of how Faulkner’s male-centered narrative works to marginalize his female characters, while close attention to Caddy and Miss Quentin de-centers the male perspective, making the reader inclined to see the two women as subjects who are present in the novel and have a language worth hearing. AND This essay will explore in William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily” the difficultly of considering personal and communal loss beyond symbolic representation. Through patriarchal-phallocentric language Miss Emily is propagated to the status of monument so far as she becomes a contact point for the men of the Southern town of Jefferson to access their past traditions of chivalry, gender, and class. An analysis of Emily Grierson is pivotal for critiquing the story’s mistreatment of her life and her losses. This paper proposes the difficulties of accessing sites of loss and trauma in the life of Miss Emily. This ultimately reveals the traditional gender and class structures that attempt stability through the language of a communal male narrator. How is Faulkner then making Miss Emily represent the loss and struggles of Southern town of Jefferson while simultaneously producing her own conflict with the loss of her father Mr. Grierson and the desertion of her lover Homer Barron? The reader cannot be tricked in feeling remorse for Mr. Grierson’s death because it’s not her father Miss Emily mourns, but the loss of a chance to marry that he prevented her from obtaining. Mr. Grierson is the suppressor of his daughter’s life and he becomes the site for her “working through” loss and trauma. This essay is organized into two parts: first, a close analysis of scenes in “A Rose for Emily” that call for close attention and scrutiny of the male-controlled depictions of Miss Emily as representing the losses endured by the South. Her symbolic status is problematized by her proximity to the story’s investment in desire and time. The second part of this essay, through psychoanalytic and feminist scholarship, attempts to undo the patriarchal-phallocentric structural tendencies of Faulkner’s narrative. These approaches and the scholars doing this work help consider the lacks in “A Rose for Emily” where Faulkner’s treatment of personal experiences does not consider Miss Emily’s unique struggle with loss and trauma as essential to the fabric of a Southern society grappling with loss on a personal and communal scale

Paintings in oils and acrylics

In this group of paintings I have explored a number of possibilities for arranging geometric--essentially architectural--forms in a spacial setting as a vehicle or means for statements about my own experience in life thus far. They are, in a sense, a contemplation of this experience, seen as a series of shifting appearances, of open and closed structures that dissolve and reform as the observer moves within it. To this extent, they are metaphoric statements in which I have attempted to fix as concisely as possible some aspects of my own reality of living stripped of anecdotal content, while allowing the painting as much self-sufficiency as possible as an object with its own presence, its own conditions and implications. In some cases the paintings operate as clearly defined forms caught in a subdued light. Shifts in the direction of a surface or overlaps may create ambiguities in the reading that cause sudden changes in the orientation of forms. Elsewhere, subtle alterations in color or in the texture of the paint condition the position of a space or surface. Linear elements may carry vestiges of representation: parallel lines arranged in expanding or diminishing intervals suggest the fluting of a column; the outer edge of a parallelogram expands to form a labyrinth, while its inside contour encloses a space within which a knife-like form can become a guillotine. But such readings are the personal excursions of the viewer along its pathways

A Brief History of the Mathematics Curricula in the United States

This paper provides a historical overview of how the mathematics curricula has evolved from Colonial times to modern-day America. This paper offers a historical perspective of how math has been taught and how historical events, such as the Great Depression and World War II, affected mathematics education in the United States. It also discusses how the value of math education has changed and how different views of mathematics affected what was taught in the classroom. Government legislation and its effects, both positive and negative, are also addressed. The purpose of this paper is not to critique the way that math has been taught, but rather to provide valuable insight into the development of mathematics education and its dynamic nature

The effect of growth regulating compounds on isolated stem sections

Recently, plant physiologists have witnessed what in all probability will be a milestone in understanding plant growth. This is due to observations that growth is regulated by hormone-like chemical compounds, referred to as plant growth substances. It is with several of these growth regulating substances that the present investigation was concerned. The first growth substance discovered was "auxin". Fritz Went (1926), using the coleoptile of an oat seedling, discovered the presence of a certain growth promoting factor. After the removal of the tip of the coleoptile, Went placed the excised tip on a block of agar. He then discarded the tip, removed the tip of a second coleoptile, and placed the block of agar to one side of the stump of this plant. The fact that the seedling bent away from the agar block side indicated growth had occured more rapidly under the block. This led Went to conclude that the coleoptile tip produced a hormone that influenced plant growth

A method for the determination of the ingredients of several dietary supplements by liquid chromatography

The category of products known as dietary supplements covers a wide range of products including multivitamins, herbal supplements and energy drinks. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is a common analytical technique for pharmaceuticals. This study presents an HPLC method for the quantitation of several ingredients in dietary supplements Lentra, Prolent, and Somni-TR. Photodetection by polydiacetylene is another quantitative method. Polydiacetylenes have two optical states, a "red" and a "blue" state, and an irreversible transition can be triggered from the blue to the red state by the binding of an analyte to the polymer. The potential usefulness of PDA lies in its ability to act as both receptor and transducer. In this study, attempts were made to synthesize several diacetylene monomers which could be used in PDA thin films or vesicles. These attempts included several different chain lengths and functional groups

The Greening of Historic Places: Finding Common Ground Between Historic Tax Credits and LEED Certification

The number of LEED certified historic buildings continues to increase as the use of the LEED rating system becomes more wide-spread. This increase has led to the need to understand the impact of the LEED rating system on historic buildings. This thesis focused on the study of projects involving the rehabilitation of historic buildings using federal historic tax credits and seeking LEED certification. The decision to only evaluate federal historic tax credit projects was made in order to have a means of measuring the impact on the historic character of the building. All projects using federal historic tax credits must adhere to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Rehabilitations, a set of guidelines for the proper treatment procedures to insure the protection of the historic integrity of the built environment. The LEED certification serves as a means to judge the quality of green design employed in the rehabilitation. For each of the ten identified projects the national register nomination, federal historic tax credit application, and LEED scorecard was evaluated to identify commonalities and relationships that exist between the two independent processes. The evaluation yielded an ideal building and project profile for projects seeking federal historic tax credits and LEED certification, commonalities in LEED points earned, and the investigation of relationships that exist between the two processes. These findings will serve to inform both the preservation and green building communities of physical characteristics, project types, how dual certification projects earn LEED points, and an understanding of the relationships that exist between federal historic tax credit and LEED certification processes

The songs we love to hate: a pedagogical analysis of Twenty-four Italian songs and arias

I. Opera Role: April 4, 2014, 7:30 p.m., Aycock Auditorium. Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) II. Solo Recital: April 13, 2014, 5:30 p.m., Recital Hall. “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten” from Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78 (Johann Sebastian Bach); “Wenn des Kreuzes Bitterkeiten” from Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99 (Johann Sebastian Bach); “?????,” “? ???????, ????? ?????,” “???????” from ????? ?????? (Six Duets), op. 46 (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky); “La pesca” from Soirées musicales (Gioacchino Rossini), “Le gittane” from Péchés de vieillesse (Gioacchino Rossini); Pavane, op. 50 (Gabriel Fauré), El desdichado (Camille Saint-Saëns); Chanson Espagnole (Claude Debussy); “Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes,” “Die grüne Hopfenranke,” “Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel,” “Wenn so lind dein Aug emir,” “Am Donaustrande, da steht ein Haus,” “Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen,” “Schlosser auf! Und mache Schlösser,” “Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe,” “Es bebet das Gesträuche” from Liebeslieder Walzer, op. 52 (Johannes Brahms) III. Solo Recital: October 17, 2015, 3:30 p.m., Recital Hall. “O kühler Wald,” “Dein blaues Auge,” “Der Jäger,” “Heimweh II,” “In stiller Nacht” from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33 (Johannes Brahms); Zigeunerlieder, Op. 55 (Antonín Dvorák); “Chanson d’avril,” “Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe,” “Vieille Chanson,” “Ouvre ton coeur” (Georges Bizet); Three Mountain Ballads (Clifford Shaw) IV. D.M.A. Research Project. THE SONGS WE LOVE TO HATE: A PEDAGOGICAL ANALYSIS OF TWENTY-FOUR ITALIAN SONGS AND ARIAS. Despite its widespread use in voice studios across the United States, no comprehensive pedagogical study of Twenty-Four Italian Songs and Arias exists to date. This document combines data from a 2017 survey of 282 US voice teachers with the author’s own analysis of the collection to provide an analysis of each song’s pedagogical value and a guide to the use of the collection as a whole. [This abstract has been edited to remove characters that will not display in this system. Please see the PDF for the full abstract.]]]> 2018 Twenty-four Italian songs and arias of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Songs, Italian $x Analysis, appreciation Singing$x Instruction and study English http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Taylor_uncg_0154D_12623.pdf oai:libres.uncg.edu/25207 2019-02-26T09:05:55Z UNCG Preliminary notes on bat activity and echolocation in northwestern Argentina Kalcounis-Rüppell, Matina C. NC DOCKS at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro <![CDATA[We recorded echolocation sequences to examine activity of bats in 4 biomes of northwestern Argentina during August 1997 (early southern spring). Our aims were to evaluate the level of bat activity among the four biomes and to preliminarily investigate whether the acoustic structure of echolocation signals conformed to general predictions. We sampled bat activity in sites representing high Andean Puna desert, lowland Chaco thornscrub, lowland Monte desert, montane Yungas forest and montane Chaco thornscrub. No bats were recorded in the Puna, while of the other biomes the least to the most active were: Monte desert, Yungas forest, lowland Chaco thornscrub and montane Chaco thornscrub. Our preliminary results suggest that echolocation signal structure differed among the biomes. In general, signals recorded from bats in Yungas forest were of relatively high frequency whereas signals recorded from bats in Monte desert were of relatively long duration. We show that bats in the less complex biomes tend to be less active. The results of this short-term, preliminary study highlight the high level of bat activity in the Chaco and the opportunity for further study of the bat community in northwestern Argentina

Anti-SPARC Oligopeptide Inhibits Laser-Induced CNV in Mice

It is known that SPARC gates VEGF-A signal transduction towards KDR, the primary angiogenic VEGF receptor. We sought to determine whether inhibition of SPARC activity using anti-SPARC peptide could inhibit laser-induced CNV by promoting binding of VEGF-A to FLT-1. We created anti-SPARC L-peptide and retro-inverso anti-SPARC D-peptide. Anti-SPARC peptides or PBS were injected intravitreally one day before or after laser induction. Intravitreal injection of anti-SPARC L-peptide one day before laser induction promotes Flt-1 phosphorylation and inhibited laser-induced CNV and anti-SPARC D-peptide had no effect. Injection one day after laser injury did not affect size of laser-induced CNV. Inhibition of SPARC activity could be complementary to existing anti–CNV therapy

Solid-State Nanopore Analysis of Diverse DNA Base Modifications Using a Modular Enzymatic Labeling Process

Many regulated epigenetic elements and base lesions found in genomic DNA can both directly impact gene expression and play a role in disease processes. However, due to their noncanonical nature, they are challenging to assess with conventional technologies. Here, we present a new approach for the targeted detection of diverse modified bases in DNA. We first use enzymatic components of the DNA base excision repair pathway to install an individual affinity label at each location of a selected modified base with high yield. We then probe the resulting material with a solid-state nanopore assay capable of discriminating labeled DNA from unlabeled DNA. The technique features exceptional modularity via selection of targeting enzymes, which we establish through the detection of four DNA base elements: uracil, 8-oxoguanine, T:G mismatch, and the methyladenine analog 1,N6-ethenoadenine. Our results demonstrate the potential for a quantitative nanopore assessment of a broad range of base modifications

Sequence-Specific Recognition of MicroRNAs and Other Short Nucleic Acids with Solid-State Nanopores

The detection and quantification of short nucleic acid sequences has many potential applications in studying biological processes, monitoring disease initiation and progression, and evaluating environmental systems, but is challenging by nature. We present here an assay based on the solid-state nanopore platform for the identification of specific sequences in solution. We demonstrate that hybridization of a target nucleic acid with a synthetic probe molecule enables discrimination between duplex and single-stranded molecules with high efficacy. Our approach requires limited preparation of samples and yields an unambiguous translocation event rate enhancement that can be used to determine the presence and abundance of a single sequence within a background of nontarget oligonucleotides