Texte remanié : Thèse de doctorat : Philosophie : Los Angeles : 1980. / Chronol. Bibliogr. p. 377-385. Index.

Texte remanié de: Dissertation--Linguistics--Frankfurt am Main. 1978. / Bibliogr. p. 213-223. Index.

Akademisk avhandling--Litteraturvetenskap--Göteborg, 1981. / Bibliogr. p. 143-145. Résumé en allemand. On a joint un résumé en anglais.

Prince Rupert is situated on Kaien Island, where sufficient level land is found to allow the construction of a city. Rugged micro-topography makes building difficult and has affected the pattern of land use. Topography also imposes controls upon the amount of land suitable for agriculture in Prince Rupert's hinterland. Prince Rupert's climate though mild is wet and unpleasant, discouraging settlement unless some enticement is offered in terms of higher wages, larger profits or favourable employment. The Bulkley Valley, the largest single area topographically suitable for agriculture within the mainland section of Prince Rupert's hinterland is marginal climatically for agricultural production. The soils of Prince Rupert's interior hinterland do not seem likely to support more than 2000 farms. Graham Island seems to offer the best possibilities for large-scale agricultural settlement in the future. The Prince Rupert Forest District has a total of 23,583 million fbm of timber on productive areas of which 19,780 million fbm is found within the coastal section. The estimated sustained annual yield on the coast is 280 million fbm of which 195 million fbm is being cut at present to be processed largely in Vancouver mills. It is suggested that the establishment of sawmills near Prince Rupert would probably be successful. The fishing industry, especially the halibut fishery, has provided the mainstay for Prince Rupert's economy since the city's inception. The major fisheries are extremely well developed and an increase in their importance seems unlikely. Of the 1,954,430 h.p. of hydro power available within 160 miles of Prince Rupert only 2.5% is developed, due in large part to the lack of development of the other resources of the district. The Aluminum Company of Canada's Kitimat project will mark the first large scale use of this resource. Prince Rupert was founded to serve as the Pacific coast terminal of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. It was planned from its inception. The street plan was laid out so that the greatest advantage could be taken of favourable topographic features. The plan was unsuccessful because the city never grew sufficiently to fit the scale of the plan. From 1909 to 1925 construction of various pieces of large-scale port equipment went on. These were to provide for the trade with the Orient which Prince Rupert was expected to capture since it was 500 miles closer to the Orient than any other North American port. The trade never materialized because of the poverty of the Orient, the lack of settlement along the line of the G.T.P.R. and the nature of the resources tapped by the railway. Over expansion of the city and the cost of construction on difficult terrain forced the city into bankruptcy in 1933. This represented a disastrous readjustment of the city to the realities of its environment. The outlook at present is much brighter. The resources of Prince Rupert's hinterland are in much greater demand and their utilization is beginning. The development of the resources will give a firm base to the city's growth and the cycle of "boom and bust" is unlikely to occur again. / Science, Faculty of / Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of / Graduate

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of a unique experiment by the Rugby Football League, to apply the American professional team sports model to its game, making it the first British sport ever to attempt this. It investigates the economic, financial and social changes, which have occurred within the sport of rugby league, since the introduction of the 'Super League'. The adoption of the American professional team sports model is based on increasing the uncertainty of outcome of games in order to ensure profit maximisation of the clubs. This has raised a number of issues, pertaining to both the game of rugby league itself, the difference between American and British sport, and the ever increasing effect of television revenues and mass media on sport. The adaptation of the model by rugby league officials has resulted in decisive changes to the way the game is played and how the Rugby Football League is run. A change to three divisions from two, the introduction of a 'Super League' copying football's Premiership and a switch from the traditional winter game to a summer season has taken place. Also critical has been the move from terrestrial to satellite television and the effect of this move on network externalities that could influence the long-term future of the game. The £87million financial investment from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation provided the catalyst for change, in exchange for the five-year exclusive broadcasting rights to the game. The American model was utilised in order to try and financially stabilise the league through the process of profit maximisation. The need for equilibrium within the league also led to the utilisation of various restrictive controls, all of which are common-place in the United States. After critically evaluating the relevant literature, attention is turned to testing the effect of the experiment of applying the American model to British Rugby League. A five-strand approach has been adopted using data both pre and post, the introduction of Super League, utilising nine, case study-clubs throughout the study. Firstly, any change in uncertainty of outcome was examined using the standard deviation of Win/Loss percentage adapted from the approach by Noll (1988) and Scully (1989). Demand for the live matches through attendance figures and broadcasting demand, using audience viewing data were examined. The third strand examines whether the predicted outcome of the American model, and increases in revenue and profit, have been achieved. Finally, two social surveys were carried out on three major stakeholder groups, club officials, players and supporters. The results indicate that the application of the American Professional Team Sports model to rugby league did not achieve the predicted outcome of increased uncertainty, attendance and ultimately, revenue. The reasons for this can be explained by the partial implementations of the model and non-market factors, which appear to be much more significant within British Rugby League than in American sports. The over-riding results suggest that regardless of structural or organisational changes, rugby league is destined to remain a northern minority sport.

A growing controversy at the interface of philosophy and cognitive science concerns the question of where cognition is located. In the paper “The Extended Mind” (1998), the book Supersizing the Mind (2008) and many other publications, Andy Clark contends that cognitive processes do not only occur in the head but also physically extend into the environment. In contrast and critical response to Clark, Adams/Aizawa (2008) and Rupert (forthcoming) hold that cognition is an entirely brain-bound affair. In the present thesis, I will argue that Clark’s extended cognition hypothesis as well as Adams/Aizawa’s and Rupert’s brain-bound accounts should be rejected because they lack plausibility and are cognitive-scientifically gratuitous. However, even though I dismiss Adams/Aizawa’s and Rupert’s specific brain-bound views, I will reach a conclusion similar to theirs: contra Clark, cognition remains an internal phenomenon.

"Race" has been used to identify difference among people of different origins. In early twentieth century Canada, a British ideal for civilization dominated and it was into this archetype that new immigrants were thrust. The remarkable progress of this society, heralded by western expansion, can be seen in the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Prince Rupert was created as the western terminus of the GTPR and was designed to fulfil the needs of a rapidly expanding Canadian frontier. Prince Rupert was a wholly planned community and firmly embedded in the dominant mores and norms of a British Canada. Prince Rupert, however, was not settled solely by people of British descent. Many continental Europeans, "Asians", and Native persons contributed to the emergence of this new city. "Race" was a common tool to differentiate peoples and define their experience of one another. The dominant British discourse excluded many of the new settlers. Interestingly, what was meant by "White" should not be conflated with British, because the boundary of "white" shifted to encompass continental Europeans if threatened by and obviously non-"white" other. Similarly, other groups s hould not be considered homogenous and treated as having had a shared common experience in Canada. Exploring how these diverse peoples co-existed in Prince Rupert means shifting the focus away from individual experiences and instead putting the emphasis on the process of racialization. Simply put, racialisation is the act of racialising people -- determining who they are based on race as a system of classifying human difference. It is a process because it involves the transmission of ideas over time and in a specific place; engaging people on many different fronts. This thesis will utilise the idea of "sites", ephemeral moments, and places -- real or perceived -- where exchanges took place regarding ideas concerning race. These sites are physical, spatial, economic, cultural, social and ideological. How the process of racialisation developed over time will be demonstrated by the use of sites in Prince Rupert British Columbia. / Graduate

Tesis de doctorado--Sagrada teología, especialización mariología--Roma--Pontificia facultas theologica Marianum, 1993. / Présentation en italien. Bibliogr. p. 36-43. Index.

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