Thoreau\u27s Civil Disobedience: A Reassessment

Thoreau’s case is easy in one sense and difficult in another. One of the chief attractions of Civil Disobedience, and one of its necessary limitations, lies in its prophetic quality. Recent American history has confirmed Thoreau’s good judgment in abhorring state-supported racism and a questionable war. But in sympathizing with his outrage over these conditions, we are spared the difficult test to our forbearance that arises when others dissent against issues that lack the persuasive moral justification of Thoreau’s case. So in this respect at least, Thoreau presents a comparatively easy case. His case is difficult in that he minimizes the problem which makes civil disobedience interesting in the first place. That is, Thoreau does not present himself as a genuinely loyal citizen for whom civil disobedience is a difficult act fraught with the pain that gives it moral persuasiveness. Thoreau’s solution to the age-old problem of what to do when one can no longer be both a good person and a good citizen is to deny the problem. For Thoreau, one is always an individual before he is a citizen

The equalization of educational opportunities in secondary schools

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University, 1946. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive

A History Of The Louisiana Shrimp Industry, 1867-1961

In the latter half of the nineteenth century the Louisiana shrimp industry began in Barataria Bay when canning and drying operations raised shrimping from a local business venture to a small-scale localized industry. The purpose of this study is to trace the economic development of the industry from 1867 through its various stages of growth to the present. Publications of federal and state conservation agencies and personal interviews provided the principal sources of information for this study. Eighty-six years after its founding the shrimp industry became the most import United States fishery. This was due largely to technological improvements in the production of shrimp and the corresponding growth of initial processed shrimp forms to utilize the increased catch in expanding markets. Shortly after the trawl replaced the seine and led to larger catches, the marketing of shrimp in headless form created new outlets. When offshore discoveries of shrimp expanded production, frozen shrimp became an important marketing form to supply the growing demand throughout the United States. The key to the industry’s future seems to be expansion into new fishing grounds, revitalization of the grounds which have produced sparingly in recent years, and curbing growing imports

FLOURISHING IN THE FIRST YEARS OF TEACHING: DESIGNING A FRAMEWORK FOR NEW TEACHER INDUCTION

This study examines best practices in new teacher induction programs. The purpose of this thesis is to explore recent education research regarding new teacher induction programs in order to offer a synthesis of effective new teacher induction for school leaders. Further, this study critically examined current research on new teacher induction programs to create a framework of outstanding new teacher induction to provide a tool for induction program assessment or implementation

Dissolution Kinetics of Alumina Calcine

Dissolution kinetics of alumina type non-radioactive calcine was investigated as part of ongoing research that addresses permanent disposal of Idaho High Level Waste (HLW). Calcine waste was produced from the processing of nuclear fuel at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC). Acidic radioactive raffinates were solidified at ~500°C in a fluidized bed reactor to form the dry granular calcine material. Several Waste Management alternatives for the calcine are presented in the Idaho High Level Waste Draft EIS. The Separations Alternative addresses the processing of the calcine so that the HLW is ready for removal to a national geological repository by the year 2035. Calcine dissolution is the key front-end unit operation for the separations alternative

Aerosol loading over the South African Highveld

The Highveld region of South Africa contributes substantially to the aerosol loading over southern Africa because of its importance as an industrial, mining and farming base. Aerosols affect climate by absorbing or reflecting incoming solar radiation, and by affecting cloud microphysics, cloud albedo and precipitation. The physical and optical properties of industrial/urban aerosols over the Highveld region of South Africa were analysed during a 32-day winter sampling period (21 May to 21 June) in 2002; a 32-day summer sampling period (21 October to 21 November) in 2002, and a second 32-day winter sampling period (19 May to 19 June) in 2003. Synoptic circulation systems were examined in as far as they affect the horizontal transport of aerosols over the Highveld region. Measurements of aerosol optical thickness (AOT) from the ground to the top of the atmosphere and aerosol size distribution characteristics over the Highveld region were taken using hand-held hazemeters and a CIMEL sun photometer. The AOT observed over the region during the winter 2002 and 2003 sampling periods and during the summer 2002 sampling period indicated high turbidity. In the 2002 winter sampling period, the AOT530nm ranged between 0.05 to 0.7 with an average of 0.14. In the 2002 summer sampling period, the AOT530nm ranged between 0.05 to 0.6, with an average of 0.24. In the 2003 winter sampling period, the AOT500nm ranged between 0.06 to 0.6, with an average of 0.21. The Ångström exponent value had a wide range, 0.8 to 2.4 in the 2002 winter and summer sampling periods and also in the 2003 winter sampling period, indicating that a range of particle sizes was present over the Highveld region. The Ångström exponent values obtained were derived from the influences of Aeolian dust, coarse-mode industrial particles and, to a small extent, fine-mode biomassburning aerosols. Case studies, based on trajectory analysis and meteorology of the sampling area, were made of the aerosols emanating from the township sites during each of the three sampling periods to observe the build-up and dispersion of aerosols at that time

Teknik Embouchure Mouthpiece Trompet Pada Siswa Dengan Struktur Gigi Tidak Rata di SMK N 2 Kasihan

Teknik embouchure mouthpiece trompet merupakan teknik yang mencari di mana posisi mouthpiece trompet di embouchure seseorang. Embouchure adalah bentuk dari otot-otot yang berada di daerah wajah, yang ada di dalam gigi dan lidah kita dalam membentuk suara di instrumen tiup. Mouthpiece trompet adalah bagian dari trompet yang ditiup pemain dengan mulutnya. Fungsi mouthpiece adalah untuk membantu memfasilitasi getaran yang diperlukan untuk menghasilkan suara pada trompet. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pendekatan studi kasus melalui kegiatan wawancara serta analisis deskriptif. Fokus dalam penelitian ini mengetahui teknik embouchure mouthpiece trompet dari siswa kelas X di SMK Negeri 2 Kasihan. Hasil dari penelitian ini terdapat kendala teknik embouchure mouthpiece trompet pada struktur gigi tidak rata adalah sulit menjangkau register nada tinggi, sulit menggetarkan bibir, cenderung menekan bibir sehingga dapat menimbulkan rasa sakit pada bibir, rasa sakit pada gigi, luka, hingga bekas pada bibir, dan juga dapat membuat pemain jadi mudah lelah. Teknik yang digunakan oleh siswa dengan struktur gigi yang tidak rata, adalah kebebasan memilih posisi embouchure, melipat bibir atas dan bawah kedalam, menekan mouthpiece secara berlebihan, dan menggunakan bentuk embouchure yang tidak konvensional

Tank Farm WM-182 and WM 183 Heel Slurry Samples PSD Results

Particle size distribution (PSD) analysis of INTEC Tank Farm WM-182 and WM-183 heel slurry samples were performed using a modified Horiba LA-300 PSD analyzer at the RAL facility. There were two types of testing performed: typical PSD analysis, and setting rate testing. Although the heel slurry samples were obtained from two separate vessels, the particle size distribution results were quite similar. The slurry solids were from approximately a minimum particle size of 0.5 mm to a maximum of 230 mm-with about 90% of the material between 2-to-133 mm, and the cumulative 50% value at approximately 20 mm. This testing also revealed that high frequency sonication with an ultrasonic element may break-up larger particles in the WM-182 and WM-183 tank from heel slurries. This finding represents useful information regarding ultimate tank heel waste processing. Settling rate testing results were also fairly consistent with material from both vessels in that it appears that most of the mass of solids settle to an agglomerated, yet easily redispersed layer at the bottom. A dispersed and suspended material remained in the "clear" layer above the settled layer after about one-half an hour of settling time. This material had a statistical mode of approximately 5 mm and a maximum particle size of 30 mm

MEMAKNAI HIDUP SEBAGAI PERSIAPAN MENYONGSONG KEMATIAN YANG BAIK BERDASARKAN PEMIKIRAN SENECA

Hidup manusia merupakan perjalanan untuk membangun makna sampai pada akhir hayat. Hidup bermakna menjadi bentuk persiapan menyongsong saat kematian yang tidak terduga datangnya dan sering menggelisahkan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengeksplorasi pengalaman para lansia dalam memaknai hidupnya sebagai persiapan menyambut kematian yang baik. Penelitian kualitatif ini menggunakan metode wawancara mendalam untuk mengumpulkan data-data penting. Instrumen untuk menggali data berupa pertanyaan-pertanyaan dirumuskan berdasarkan kerangka pikir Seneca. Responden yang dipilih untuk menggali data adalah empat lanjut usia (lansia) yang berusia antara 65 sampai 83 tahun. Mereka berdomisili di Sleman, Yogyakarta. Pendekatan Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) dipilih sebagai kerangka analisis data tentang pengalaman para lansia mengisi hari-hari di masa lansia. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa para lansia memaknai hidup mereka melalui kegiatan sehari-hari. Dengan mengisi kegiatan-kegiatan positif di hari tua, para lansia lebih merasakan bahwa hidupnya diberkati. Kehadiran orang lain juga sangat berpengaruh terhadap tingkat kebahagiaan para lansia. Praktik hidup yang baik, sikap lepas bebas dan kehadiran orang lain menjadi wujud nyata memaknai hidup sebagai persiapan menyongsong kematian yang baik