Far-infrared measurements of trace gases

A better detector system was developed for far infrared spectroscopy by usng cryogenic technology to cool bolometric detectors to approximately 0.4K. Technical assistance was provided to two submillimeter infrared balloon experiment (SIBEX) flights which demonstrated the diagnostic capability of far IR emission spectroscopy. It is estimated that more than a hundred spectral emission features were detected which are not due to the main emitting gases O3, O2, and H2O. The trace species sources for many features still remain unidentified and the spectra obtained during the SIBEX flights present a new source of information on stratospheric composition

Crises and the Myth of the Money Supply

Money, credit and capital are three fundamental economic terms that every high school student, at least, should understand. Yet we live in a society that does not treasure clarity about itself. Power prefers obscurity. So not only do few high school students understand these concepts, but few PhDs in economics do either. If you learn anything from this article, at least I hope you will understand these three. If you already know, or think you do, what money, credit and capital are (readers of this journal should know these), perhaps nonetheless you will be somewhat surprised by the simplicity, clarity and power of my treatment of these basic concepts. Most importantly, understanding these better makes it much easier to understand why economic crises occur. These are not primarily caused by errors in government policy, but by the process of capitalist competition between bears and bulls, involving the conflicting interests of creditors and debtors. Strategic power in a capitalist economy rests with those who advance and withdraw credit at the highest levels

Symposium Review of "The Amish" by Donald Kraybill, Karen Johnson-Weiner, and Steven Nolt

Summary by Megan Bogden; Review by Steven Reschly; Review by Benjamin Zeller; Review by Tom Coletti; Authors' Reply by Donald Kraybill, Karen Johnson-Weiner, and Steven Nol

Tunable far infrared studies of molecular parameters in support of stratospheric measurements

Lab studies were made in support of far infrared spectroscopy of the stratosphere using the Tunable Far InfraRed (TuFIR) method of ultrahigh resolution spectroscopy and, more recently, spectroscopic and retrieval calculations performed in support of satellite-based atmospheric measurement programs: the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME), and the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY)

The Move from \u3cem\u3eIs\u3c/em\u3e to \u3cem\u3eGood\u3c/em\u3e in Environmental Ethics

Moves from is to good—that is, principles that link fact to value—are fundamental to environmental ethics. The upshot is fourfold: (1) for nonanthropogenic goods, only those moves from is to good are defensible which conceive goodness as goodness for biotic entities; (2) goodness for nonsentient biotic entities is contribution to their autopoietic functioning; (3) biotic entities also function “exopoietically” to benefit related entities, and these exopoietic benefits are on average greater than their own goods; and (4) the most general is-to-good principles that are defensible (and hence the ones of greatest importance for environmental ethics) concern a realm of nonanthropogenic goodness that encompasses both living and nonliving nature

Faith Development Theory and a Developmental Approach to Spiritual Formation for the

The Church has a strong vision of the beginning of a life of faith as men and women come to Christ, but it lacks a framework and language to articulate the continued development, growth, and formation of faith over a lifetime. The result is a group of leaders and followers who lack direction to facilitate a deeper participation in and formation of life with God. The external tools provided by the church do not quench the questions of their inward reality. This leads to identifying faith as doing and believing the right things, on one hand, or becoming disillusioned on the other. This paper will explore the work of James Fowler’s Faith Development Theory as a way to understand how faith develops over time, through a series of transitions and stages, inviting a deeper embodiment that is supported by the larger community of faith. Embodiment believes everyday realities of life are the very place to participate in and with God’s work. This was the conviction of Saint Benedict of Nursia in the formation of his Rule and monastic communities, as well as in the formational and theological writings of N.T. Wright and Dallas Willard. The goal of this dissertation and the subsequent artifact is to help readers participate with God in the ongoing development and formation of their faith. Four companions of formation are offered to assist in this effort and awareness: engaging story, silence and solitude, understanding symbols and spiritual direction, and the place of community. The artifact for this dissertation is a curriculum designed to provide a process that honors different stages of faith and aids those in the local church to participate with God in their ongoing development and formation

A Brief Intervention for Head Coaches: Using Motivational Interviewing for Athletes Who Use Alcohol

There have been a host of studies performed documenting that college students engage in alcohol consumption to a degree that is dangerous to their health and well-being (Brenner, Metz, & Brenner, 2009; Harris et al., 2010; Leichleiter et al., 1998; Martens, O'Connor-Dams, & Paiement-Duffy, 2006). Many other studies indicate that college athletes indulge in a higher level of alcohol consumption than their non-athletic peers (NCAA, 2006; Williams, Jr. et al., 2008). There is a continuing culture of excessive consumption of alcohol by college athletes. When reading the headlines about a collegiate athlete who dies because of misusing alcohol, one might ask how the issue continues to be such a problem, and what can be done about it. As a result of data from a study (Nolt et al., 2013) highlighting head coaches' confidence and self-efficacy regarding the issue of alcohol consumption by athletes, an interventional study was developed to address what appears to be a lack of confidence and self-efficacy on the part of collegiate head coaches to address and intervene with athletes who misuse alcohol. Presented in this dissertation are data, which quantified a lack of confidence and self-efficacy of collegiate head coaches to address the issue of athletes who consume alcohol to the detriment of their health and well-being, as well as data from the resulting training which is the subject of this current study. Results affirm that an interventional training which includes alcohol use education combined with motivational interviewing technique successfully increases head coach confidence and ability to conduct a brief intervention with an athlete who drinks.Kinesiolog

Oral History Interview Metadata Form

A form created as part of the Oral History in the Liberal Arts (OHLA) Great Lakes College Association (GLCA) Andrew Mellon grant project