scholarly journals ‘The pine tree, my good friend’: The other as more‐than‐human

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Alerby ◽  
Åsa Engström
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Good Friend ◽  
Pine Tree

scholarly journals The History of Archaeological Investigations at The Jamestown Mound Site (41SM54), An Archaeological Conservancy Preserve in Smith County, Texas

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy K. Perttula
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
East Texas ◽  
Open Area ◽  
Circular Pattern ◽  
Pine Tree ◽  
History Of ◽  
Clay Cap ◽  
Sabine River

The Jamestown Mound site (41SM54) is an Archaeological Conservancy (TAC) preserve in northern Smith Country, Texas in the northeastern part of the state. The Jamestown site is one of the largest Caddo mound centers in East Texas, with seven recorded mounds and an associated village area of unknown extent and internal complexity. It is also one of the four premier mound centers in the Sabine River basin, the other three being Hudnall-Pirtle (41RK4), a TAC preserve, Pine Tree Mounds (41HS15), also a TAC preserve as of 2006, and Boxed Springs (41UR30), and was obviously an important civic and ceremonial center for the prehistoric Caddo peoples that lived there and in surrounding communities. Unfortunately, at the present time very little is known about the archaeological record preserved at the Jamestown site, or the exact locations of several of the smaller mounds on the preserve. Here, I summarize the history of archaeological research at the Jamestown site. This article is intended to be a companion piece to the report to be submitted to the TAC on the results of on-going remote sensing activities at the Jamestown preserve. The Jamestown preserve covers approximately 18 acres of pasture divided into two tracts by a north-south running fence. It is a large prehistoric Caddo mound center, with multiple mounds, roughly arranged in a circular pattern, with an open area (or plaza) between the mounds. The largest mound (Md. A) (measuring ca. 43 m in diameter and 4 m in height, is situated in the southwestern side of the circle of mounds. Mounds B-E (15-20 m in diameter and 40 cm-1 m in height) are probably mounds built over houses with a clay floor and a clay cap. The exact locations of Mounds D and E within the TAC preserve are not currently known. Md. A is known to have two levels of burned structural remains in the upper mound fill.

Quadroppia (Coronoquadroppia) sezeki sp. n. (Acari: Oribatida), a new soil mite from Turkey

Biologia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Şule Baran ◽  
Nusret Ayyildiz
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Pine Forest ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
The Other ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Pine Tree ◽  
Soil Mite

AbstractA new soil mite species, Quadroppia (Coronoquadroppia) sezeki sp. n., is described. Adult mites were recorded from moss under a pine tree from a pine forest. The new species differs from the other species of the subgenus by bearing epimera III+IV with a wide key hole shaped inner border and the shape of frontal appendage of rostrum. The morphological features of the new species are also compared with those present in closely related species.

scholarly journals Lessons learned from an entrepreneurial career in workforce learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Clark
Keyword(s):  
Full Text ◽  
Instructional Methods ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Other ◽  
Good Friend ◽  
Short Time Period ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Getting Lost ◽  
Short Time

Excerpt: Life and TradeoffsWhen I returned from a three-week tour of Spain, a good friend asked: “How did you like traveling on a tour rather than on your own?” My response reflected one of my life’s lessons learned: “It was a tradeoff. From La Familia Sangrada to the local saffron farm, we were able to experience the unique wonders of Spain in a short time period. No waiting in line to get tickets. No getting lost. No unpleasant surprises. On the other hand, if you wanted to sleep in later or spend another day in a place you loved—too bad.” In short, like many of life’s decisions and paths, there were tradeoffs.Just as there is no one set of instructional methods that are universally effective for all learners in all contexts, likewise the paths I have taken are not necessarily routes and decisions that will work best for you. [Download the full-text and read more...]

The Indian Provenance of a Medieval Exemplum

Traditio ◽  
1944 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 499-502
Author(s):  
Alexander H. Krappe
Keyword(s):  
Pure Water ◽  
The Other ◽  
Good Friend ◽  
Water Issues

In the reign of the emperor Otto (the story does not say which of the four monarchs of that name is meant) there lived a certain priest whose conduct was not of the most edifying. As a result his parishioners were extremely scandalized, and one of them gave up going to Mass. Now it so happened that, as this man was walking in the fields one Sunday, while Mass was being celebrated, he was befallen by a terrible feeling of thirst. He discovered a rivulet of pure water, from which he at once drank to quench his thirst. But the more he drank, the more his thirst grew, and he decided to follow the streamlet to its source, there to drink his fill. As he proceeded, an old man of majestic appearance met him and said: “My friend, whither are you going?” The man explained his case, and the old man pointed out to him the spring-head of the rivulet. Then he added: “But why, my good friend, are you not at church?” The other then complained of the evil priest and his ways. To which the old man returned: “Suppose what you say is true. Observe this fountain, from which so much excellent water issues, and from which you have lately drunk.” He looked in the direction pointed out and beheld a putrid dog with its mouth wide open, and its teeth black and decayed, through which the whole fountain gushed in a surprising manner. The man regarded the stream with great terror and confusion of mind, ardently desirous of quenching his thirst but apprehensive of poison from the fetid and loathsome carcass, with which, to all appearance, the water was imbued. “Be not afraid,” said the old man, “because you have already drunk of the rivulet; drink again, it will not harm you.” He followed this bidding and this time did quench his thirst. Then the old man drove home the lesson: “Just as this water, gushing through the mouth of a putrid dog, is neither polluted nor loses aught of its natural taste or color, so is the celebration of the Mass by a worthless priest.” With these words he disappeared; but the good man henceforth went punctually to Mass.

scholarly journals XVIII. An account of an uncommon large hernia, in a letter from Dr. George Carlisle, to the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, F. R. S

1766 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 133-141
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Good Friend ◽  
Dead Body ◽  
Outward Appearance ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The Right

My Lord, When I shewed you the drawing of an uncommon large hernia at Rose, you were pleased to say, you should be glad to have the history of it, and of what occurred in examining the body after death, in order to communicate it to the Royal Society: from that time I determined to draw out the case, but have been prevented by various other engagements, till now, that I take the liberty to present it to your Lordship; and shall be extreamly rejoiced if it prove agreeable to you, and the learned body; with it I inclose an outline of the drawing, Tab. VII. Fig. 1. and an explanation, which may make the description more intelligible. I was sorry, that for want of a proper draftsman, my good friend the captain being out of town, I could not have the situation of the stomach, with the other parts left in the abdomen, taken; but my painter was so squeamish, it was with difficulty we got the outward appearance taken from the dead body.

scholarly journals Russian-Chinese Relations: Temporary Companions or Anti-American Entente?

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 116-124
Author(s):  
G. V. Mirzayan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Good Friend ◽  
Russian Foreign Policy ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
General Opinion

Today, China is perhaps one of the leading Russian partners in the international arena. However, there is still no general opinion in Russia about what kind of partner it is. Some call him a good friend, a pillar of Moscow, almost a Savior against the background of the Russian-Western conflict. Others position China as an aggressive predator interested in maximising Russia’s weakness, either for further plunder or further absorption — even territorial. Still, others urge not to rush from extreme to extreme. China is not Russia’s friend. Our interests are too different — not contradictory, but different. On the other hand, it is precise because of the absence of such contradictions that China is not an enemy. We have practically nothing to share — we do not threaten each other. So, China is more of an opportunity. Cooperation with Beijing (to which we are so pushed by Washington) will strengthen Russian foreign policy, balance its Western direction. However, all the positive aspects of such cooperation will be only manifested if Moscow does not forget its national interests. And, he would not sacrifice them for a ghostly friendship — or a ghostly conflict.

scholarly journals Documentation of Ceramic Vessels and Projectile Points from the C. D. Marsh Site (41HS269) in the Sabine River Basin

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy K. Perttula
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Projectile Points ◽  
Pine Tree ◽  
Marsh Site ◽  
Ceramic Vessels ◽  
European Trade ◽  
Mussel Shells ◽  
The One ◽  
Sabine River

A total of at least eight Caddo burials were excavated at the C. D. Marsh site on Eight Mile Creek, a southward-flowing tributary to the Sabine River, by Buddy C. Jones in 1959-1960. This includes Burial 1, an historic (dating after ca. A.D. 1685) Nadaco Caddo burial; European trade goods found with this burial include two small silver disks. The other burials (Burials 2-8) are part of an earlier Caddo cemetery that is thought to be associated with the ca. A.D. 1350-17th century Pine Tree Mound community along the Sabine River and its tributaries. Jones suggests that these latter burials are from a ca. A.D. 1200-1500 Caddo cemetery. According to Jones and notes on file at the museum, Burials 2-8 are located ca. 120 m east-southeast from the one Historic Caddo burial at the site. The burials were placed in extended supine position in north-south oriented pits in rows, with the head of the deceased at the southern end of the burial and facing north. Funerary offerings included ceramic vessels and mussel shells. In this article, we describe eight ceramic vessels in the Gregg County Historical Museum collections from Burials 1, 4, and 7, as well as projectile points from habitation contexts at the C. D. Marsh site; the location of Burial 7 relative to Burial 4 is not known. There are also six other ceramic vessels from the ca. A.D. 1200-1500 burials at the site that are unassociated funerary objects in the Gregg County Historical Museum collections. This includes one vessel each from Burials 5 and 8; the provenience of the other vessels at the site is unknown. One of the unassociated funerary object ceramic vessels at the C. D. Marsh site is a Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl. Such vessels would not be expected in a ca. A.D. 1200-1500 Caddo cemetery, and although this type of fine ware is commonly seen on post-A.D. 1600 Titus phase sites in the region, it is rarely found in association with European trade goods. Therefore, it may represent a burial from a third temporal component (ca. A.D. 1600-1685) at the site.

Stromatoporoids from the Famennian (Devonian) Wabamun Formation, Normandville oilfield, north–central Alberta, Canada

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (03) ◽  
pp. 411-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin W. Stearn
Keyword(s):  
Patch Reef ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
North Central ◽  
Biotic Crisis

Stromatoporoids are the principal framebuilding organisms in the patch reef that is part of the reservoir of the Normandville field. The reef is 10 m thick and 1.5 km2in area and demonstrates that stromatoporoids retained their ability to build reefal edifices into Famennian time despite the biotic crisis at the close of Frasnian time. The fauna is dominated by labechiids but includes three non-labechiid species. The most abundant species isStylostroma sinense(Dong) butLabechia palliseriStearn is also common. Both these species are highly variable and are described in terms of multiple phases that occur in a single skeleton. The other species described areClathrostromacf.C. jukkenseYavorsky,Gerronostromasp. (a columnar species), andStromatoporasp. The fauna belongs in Famennian/Strunian assemblage 2 as defined by Stearn et al. (1988).

D. The Line Spectrum of Pulsating Variable Stars

1967 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 207-244
Author(s):  
R. P. Kraft
Keyword(s):  
Variable Stars ◽  
The Other ◽  
Line Spectrum ◽  
Afternoon Session ◽  
Empirical Information ◽  
Pulsating Variable Stars ◽  
Almost Continuous ◽  
Informal Approach

(Ed. note:Encouraged by the success of the more informal approach in Christy's presentation, we tried an even more extreme experiment in this session, I-D. In essence, Kraft held the floor continuously all morning, and for the hour and a half afternoon session, serving as a combined Summary-Introductory speaker and a marathon-moderator of a running discussion on the line spectrum of cepheids. There was almost continuous interruption of his presentation; and most points raised from the floor were followed through in detail, no matter how digressive to the main presentation. This approach turned out to be much too extreme. It is wearing on the speaker, and the other members of the symposium feel more like an audience and less like participants in a dissective discussion. Because Kraft presented a compendious collection of empirical information, and, based on it, an exceedingly novel series of suggestions on the cepheid problem, these defects were probably aggravated by the first and alleviated by the second. I am much indebted to Kraft for working with me on a preliminary editing, to try to delete the side-excursions and to retain coherence about the main points. As usual, however, all responsibility for defects in final editing is wholly my own.)

C. The Continuous Spectrum of Pulsating Variable Stars

1967 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 177-206
Author(s):  
J. B. Oke ◽  
C. A. Whitney
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Spectrum ◽  
Variable Stars ◽  
Velocity Fields ◽  
The Other ◽  
Line Spectrum ◽  
Direct Information ◽  
Thermodynamic Structure ◽  
Diagnostic Interpretation ◽  
Pulsating Variable Stars ◽  
The Continuum

Pecker:The topic to be considered today is the continuous spectrum of certain stars, whose variability we attribute to a pulsation of some part of their structure. Obviously, this continuous spectrum provides a test of the pulsation theory to the extent that the continuum is completely and accurately observed and that we can analyse it to infer the structure of the star producing it. The continuum is one of the two possible spectral observations; the other is the line spectrum. It is obvious that from studies of the continuum alone, we obtain no direct information on the velocity fields in the star. We obtain information only on the thermodynamic structure of the photospheric layers of these stars–the photospheric layers being defined as those from which the observed continuum directly arises. So the problems arising in a study of the continuum are of two general kinds: completeness of observation, and adequacy of diagnostic interpretation. I will make a few comments on these, then turn the meeting over to Oke and Whitney.

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