Key to the terrestrial slugs (Gastropoda) of Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada

Three species of terrestrial slugs (Gastropoda) are native to Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada. At least twelve additional species have been accidentally introduced from Europe. Many of the introduced species are now widespread throughout the region; some are commonly found in natural forested habitats. Because of the complexity of the systematics of some of the introduced species, dissection of internal anatomical structures and DNA and other biochemical analyses may be required to distinguish cryptic species. Although this key to the terrestrial slugs of the Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada was developed in 1973, it remains the best tool in identifying the terrestrial slug species of the region. Because it was published in a relatively obscure journal that is not readily available, we are placing it on this web site where it can be readily accessed.published or submitted for publicationis peer reviewe

Make America Over : Rexford Tugwell and his thoughts on Central Planning

The free market system has played a vital role in the American experience. However, Rexford Tugwell, beginning in the 1920s, argued that this theory was flawed and must ultimately be rejected. Any system that encouraged competition among companies instead of cooperation (i.e. businesses working together to increase efficiency) was inevitably destined to fail. Tugwell believed that cooperation was the key ingredient to improving the economy. It was imperative that businessmen, industry workers, farmers, and politicians put aside their personal aspirations of working hard for self-improvement, and embrace the idea that through cooperation a new level of prosperity could be achieved in which society as a whole was benefited and not select groups or individuals. Tugwell\u27s idea of cooperation, while contradictory to the traditional flow of business in America, was a foundational necessity in his planning philosophy. Planning was the only way, according to Tugwell, to guarantee future economic success. Through research and scientific experiments, planning, he insisted, could combat the current insufficiencies and wastefulness of capitalism and replace them with economic growth and material abundance. Tugwell believed that all of society\u27s economic problems could be solved through planning and because of this he tirelessly pursued indoctrinating the ideas and core beliefs of planning into the governing systems

A Management System Approach to Operational Excellence in the Energy Industry

Chevron, an international integrated energy corporation has installed the Operational Excellence Management System (OEMS) to achieve world-class performance in environmental, health, safety, efficiency, and reliability concerns. This management system is fully described in this research. It shares many attributes with the international standard for environmental management systems known as ISO 14001, although the OEMS is designed to include concerns in safety, health efficiency and reliability, in addition to environmental issues. This research investigates the comparability of the OEMS to the international standard. Through direct comparison of requirements of the standard to features of the OEMS it is determined that the OEMS compares favorably with most requirements of the standard. A few areas are identified where improvements to the system would clarify alignment with the standard. Several Chevron business units have had experience with deploying the ISO 14001 system and the OEMS. Leaders in these businesses were interviewed to assess their opinions of the comparability of the systems. In general, each leader felt the OEMS was quite comparable to the ISO 14001 standard and exceeded its requirements in areas. The research also investigates the management system approaches employed by other international integrated energy companies as they are described in their external websites and compares them to the Chevron approach. One company, ExxonMobil, has extensive documentation on their Operations Integrity Management System available on their external website. A comparison of the OEMS with the ExxonMobil system is also included. The ExxonMobil system has been maintained over several years, an external attestation to its conformance to the international standard. The high degree of comparability between the ExxonMobil system and the OEMS indicates that the OEMS could qualify as an ISO 14001 compliant management system

“The cracked pots of humanity”: Post-World War II American Literary Perspectives on Psychiatric Treatment/Containment of Mental Disorders

This thesis examines the ways in which characters in Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and The Bird’s Nest, Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces grapple with the concept of “madness” on individual and societal levels. Each of these Post-World War II novels question whether “madness” is a social construct. Is the person mad, or is society? These three novels, written in an era when inpatient psychiatric care was losing its prominence as a method for treating those deemed insane, reflect the growing trend of deinstitutionalization in the 1950s and 60s, which was most fully realized as a movement in the 1980s and 90s. Infused within the works of Jackson, Kesey, and Toole are also sub-layers of perceptions of “madness.” Relational disconnections – especially those between parents and their children and among significant others – create seeming disruptions in the characters’ perceptions of reality and sanity (and the inverses of each). Also, differences in perceptions of gender and sexuality are prevalent throughout each novel, illustrating the power that hegemonic order has in defining and confining those who do not conform. Thirdly, socioeconomic status and race play vital roles in determining who gets trapped by what Kesey terms “the Combine” and who controls it, or at least thinks they control it. Finally, the uniting element of humor in each work demonstrates the importance of laughter in overcoming the repressive ideologies which seek to entrap the “mad.” Despite the humor contained in these works, serious elements pervade as each novel ends with an “escape” – or, at least an attempt at such. However, for the real-life men and women who were either institutionalized or communally ostracized for their differences, there could never truly be an escape from the repressive confines of the society that labeled them as “mad” and, therefore, “other.

Annual reports of the selectman & other officers of the town of Chichester, New Hampshire for the year ending December 31, 1988 & vital statistics for the year 1988.

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire

Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Chichester comprising those of the selectmen, town officers, agents, school board, treasurer and superintendent for the year ending January 31, 1930.

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire

Annual reports of the selectmen, treasurer and road agents of the town of Chichester together with the reports of the school board, librarian and trustee of trust funds for the fiscal year ending February 15, 1917.

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire

Annual reports of the selectmen, town officers and agents of the town of Chichester together with the report of the school board, treasurer and superintendent for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1922.

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire