Selling the Bird : Richard Walton Tully´s the bird of paradise and the dynamics of theatrical commodification

The subject of this essay is a largely forgotten long-run play that had considerable impact on US culture in the first half of the twentieth century. Richard Walton Tully´s romantic drama "The Bird of Paradise" is a perfect example of a serious-minded, commercially successful play that has been erased from our disciplinary memory

Preliminary results from a new study of transverse aeolian ridges (TARS) on Mars

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Hong Kong, la Chine et la démocratie

Analysant l’évolution politique de Hong Kong depuis la crise du SRAS, au printemps 2003, l’article montre que le territoire se situe au confluent de trois transitions majeures (démocratique, économique et culturelle, dans sa dimension de société postcoloniale) dont la conjonction nourrit une crise de la gouvernance. Cette situation facilite la diffusion d’une culture de la mobilisation politique. Inversement, les élections législatives de septembre 2004 ont révélé un réel désenchantement à l’égard des organisations politiques les plus instituées, notamment le Parti démocrate. Un tel sujet soulève celui, plus général, des perspectives de changements politiques dans le reste du continent chinois car, à la complexification de la culture politique locale, s’ajoutent des conflits croissants entre les modèles constitutionnels de Hong Kong et de Pékin. Ainsi, Hong Kong se trouve confronté au défi de devoir résister juridiquement et politiquement au modèle de centralisme démocratique de la Chine populaire sans apparaître comme antipatriote

Feasibility study for a post-manufacturing traceability system between the People’s Republic of China and the European Union:Report for the EU-China Trade Program

This feasibility study for a post-manufacturing traceability system of the quality, safety, authenticity, compliance of the products as well as the manufacturing process and, product ecology and the social involvement of the supply chain highlighted three main observations over which the following immediate needs and improvement actions were identified (...)

Megabarchans on Mars

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Wind-Stress Dust Lifting in a Mars Global Circulation Model: Representation across Resolutions

The formation of Martian dust storms is believed to be driven by dust lifting by near-surface wind stress (NSWS). Accurately representing this dust lifting within Mars Global Circulation Models (MGCMs) is important in order to gain a full understanding of the Martian dust storm cycle. Parameterisations of dust lifting by NSWS exist within several MGCMs; implementations differ but they all follow a similar design, so progress within one model is relevant to the entire field. Few studies have explored in detail how the results of these parameterisations can be affected by changing the horizontal resolution of the model. An accurate parameterisation of dust lifting by NSWS will lift a representative dust mass, reproducing characteristic dust optical depths in the atmosphere. The geographical distribution of the dust lifting by NSWS will also change throughout the year, affecting patterns of dust storm formation and development. Currently, suitable values for dust lifting parameters must be identified at every new model resolution. Resolutions of ~5° latitude x ~5° longitude are often used to model the Martian climate, as thermal tides and long-term weather patterns can be well represented at this resolution. However, smaller scale phenomena (such as near-surface winds driven by local topography) cannot be accurately depicted at this resolution. We use the LMD-UK MGCM to complete multi-year simulations across multiple model resolutions. Our experiments range from ‘low’ resolution ~5° lat x ~5° lon to ‘high’ resolution ~1° lat x ~1° lon. In experiments with fixed, constant lifting parameters, we find that higher resolution simulations lift more dust, but that this trend is asymptotic. At low resolutions, dust lifting increases proportionately with the increase in number of horizontal gridboxes. However, at high resolutions, doubling the number of gridboxes results only in a 30% increase in the total dust mass lifted. Geographical and temporal distributions of dust lifting are investigated, as well as the total dust lifted, in order to assess the optimum parameters for each resolution, and to develop a calibration scheme for this dust lifting across model resolutions. The scheme is verified through comparison with spacecraft observations of dust optical depths and dust storm locations

Adaptive Technology in Special Education: How does it Help our Students?

I conducted my research reflecting the opinions and thoughts of my colleagues. I exposed them to questions about their experience using adaptive technology in their classrooms, what types of adaptive technology they use, how they feel it benefits students with and without disabilities. They briefly talk about the training they may or may not have received on using such devices and how it affects them as the classroom teacher in assisting their students with using these devices. They discussed how using adaptive technology can be useful for students with disabilities as well as students without, as well as how it can “level the playing field”. The participants spoke positively about the use of AT in the classrooms and were very willing to provide feedback. There seems to be a difference in training on adaptive technology depending on what school district, grade level and subject you may teach. It seemed to be the general consensus that adaptive technology in the classroom is not only beneficial for students with disabilities, but can also give students who are not required to use such devices a little insight on how learning can be different for different people. For the most part, the participants have positive things to say about the use of any type of adaptive technology in the classroom that will help students with disabilities perform better in the classroom, as well as motivate them to want to do well