This dissertation focuses on the nature of architectural space in the Caddo area of eastern Texas, in the southwestern portion of the Caddo archaeological area. The early European accounts and the archaeological record indicate there was a wide range in size, shape, form, and use of architectural space in the Caddo area. Buildings have a variety of structural attributes and may be found isolated or associated with plazas or earthen mounds. This dissertation is a detailed examination of this architectural diversity. The sites included in this study range from large multi-mound centers that have seen large-scale and long-term research, such as the George C. Davis site, to smaller hamlets and farmsteads. This study includes 265 structures from 31 sites located throughout the Pineywoods, Post Oak Savanna and Blackland Prairie of eastern Texas. This dissertation provides an examination of the structuring of architectural space by Caddo groups living in eastern Texas. Through a detailed examination of documentary, archaeological, and geophysical data, this research examines the nature of the Caddo built environment; how Caddo cultural space was created, maintained, and altered, and how this relates to broader Caddo society. The purpose of this dissertation is to provide descriptions and comparisons of Caddo architecture from eastern Texas to address three interrelated themes: cultural significance of architectural space to the Caddo, physical form of structures and construction attributes, and variation and change. / text

Santrauka Kertinių miško buveinių vaidmuo miško apsaugoje Gintautas Rugaitis Magistriniame darbe nagrinėjamas kertinių miško buveinių svarba miško ekosistemoms. Tyrimams buvo pasirinktas Kurtuvėnų regioninis parkas. Šiame parke yra išskirtos 195 kertinės miško buveinės. KMB inventorizacijoje detalus rūšių tyrimas nebuvo prioritetinis uždavinys. Pagrindinis šio darbo tikslas buvo ištirti vabalų fauną kertinėse miško buveinėse. Vabzdžiai yra viena iš labiausiai pažeidžiamų miško organizmų grandžių. Sprendžiant apie jų įvairovę, gausumą, gausumo pokyčius galima tiesiogiai įvertinti atskirų miško buveinių būklę. Visa tai sudaro sąlygas apibrėžti kokį vaidmenį KMB atlieka miško ekosistemose. Tirtose kertinėse buveinėse aptiktos 166 vabalų rūšys. 11 rūšių priklauso KMB vabalams, 3 iš jų specializuotos. Taip pat rastos dvi Lietuvos Raudonosios knygos rūšys. Apie 60% surinktų vabalų yra tipiški ksilobiontai. Tai yra gyvena arba vystosi medyje, medienos grybuose. Naudojant retų vabalų tyrimų rezultatus sudarytas potencialiai vertingų miško teritorijų žemėlapis. Darbe taip pat nagrinėjamos galimos kertinių miško buveinių apsaugos priemonės ir jų tvarkymo būdai. Atsižvelgiant į atskirų buveinių specifiškumą aptariamos tikėtinos vabalų rūšys, kurios galėtų vystytis tirtose buveinėse. / Summary Woodlands key habitat part in woods protection Gintautas Rugaitis In this scientific work is examining Woodlands key habitat part, importance woods ecosystems. For investigations Kurtuvėnai region park was selected. In this park are excluded 195 Woodlands key habitat. In WKH inventory varios species investigation was not priority object. The basic object in this work was investigation beetle fauna in WKH. Insects are one of the most violate wood organism links. If saluting about they diversity, abundance, abundances changes it's possible to appraise separated woods habitat status. This makes conditions defmition, what part WKH is making wood ecosystems. In examined Woodlands key habitat was discovered 166 beetle species. 11 species are belong to WKH beetle, 3 of them are specialized. Also was found 2 of Lithuania Red book species. About 60% collected insects are typical saproxylic beetle. It means that they live in wood, wood fungus. Using rear beetle researehes results was made potential valuable wood territory map. In work also examining possible woodlands key habitat security measure and they regulations means. Consider in separated habitat specific is discussing possible insects species, which cud develop in examined habitat.

I am a community support worker who supports people with intellectual disabilities to live full lives with dignity in the community. This is a role that can trace its heritage to the 1980s when large institutions in BC closed in favour of community group homes. Current scholarship suggests that the requisite full lives promised at the time the institutions closed have not materialized in the years since. Further, this scholarship suggests that it is the community support worker who has failed to deliver on important social goals. As a worker I can attest that I do at times feel unsettled in my work, like my mere presence is problematic, as if I fail by showing up. Based on the premise that I can learn about the worker of present by looking at how she was first imagined, in this genealogical study I explore how the community support worker of the 1980s was produced in archival documents of groups involved in the development of community group homes after the closure of Woodlands in New Westminster, BC. My findings suggest that the community support worker role served many interests, and that her purpose was not solely trained to the social needs of the people she supported. A confluence of economic rationalities, family concerns, and regulatory demands shaped her as an invisible domestic idealized as a temporary solution to a problem that was expected to dissipate through the increased independence of people with disabilities, and the participation of a welcoming community that steps up to help when needed. The ongoing presence of the worker calls into question her original mandate. / Graduate / 0630 / 0452 / pcambiazo@telus.net

Thesis (D. Min.)--Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, 1994. / Abstract. Includes copy of the Counselor manual for the camp. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 137-138).

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Ce travail s’attache à étudier les conséquences qu’ont eu les contacts entre Britanniques et populations amérindiennes sur le mode de vie de ces deux populations dès leur première rencontre. L’idée reçue veut que seuls les Britanniques aient laissé (et lourdement) leur empreinte sur le sol et les peuples qu’ils ont rencontrés à leur arrivée sur le nouveau continent. Or le sujet est ici plutôt celui d’une influence réciproque dans une certaine mesure, au vu de données archéologiques, historiques et ethnohistoriques. Les angles d’étude choisis sont les habitudes et comportements liés directement ou non à l’alimentation (comment se procuraient-ils leur nourriture, comment la cuisinaient-ils, la partageaient-ils, quels liens sociaux découlaient de ces procédés,… ?), les différences culturelles et les rapports aux autres (autres tribus, colons originaires d’autres nations européennes…) qu’ils soient amicaux ou hostiles, diplomatiques ou économiques. / This study investigates the consequences that contacts between British people and Native American populations had on their respective ways of life. There is a widespread cliché in people’s minds according to which only British people would have had (heavily) left their marks on the North American ground and peoples that they encountered. Nevertheless, and contrarily to this idea, we shall tackle here their reciprocal influence, that is the way in which Native tribes also deeply impacted British colonists’ everyday life in the New World. We were able to witness such an influence thanks to archaeological, historical and ethnohistorical evidence. Various angles of study were chosen for this paper: the cultural habits and behaviors directly or indirectly linked to food (how did people have access to food supplies? How were foodstuffs prepared or cooked? Were food and/or meals shared? Which social links and practices -if any- derived from such habits?...). We shall also have to present to the audience what Native people’s connections and attitudes towards other tribes, or colonists from different European nations, were. And these could have been friendly, diplomatic, economical or even hostile relationships, implying political management and thinking ahead of taking actions, which was commonly omitted in the past.

De tätortsnära skogarna är en viktig resurs för samhället. Flera studier visar på att den kan ha positiva effekter, både på den psykiska och fysiska hälsan vid människors vistelser i naturen. Samtidigt finns ett stort behov av en hållbar skötsel i dessa tätortsnära skogsområden och det krävs en dialog mellan nyttjare och brukare för att kunna utföra skötselåtgärder i dessa områden.

4 pp. / This is part of a series of publications on climate change and forests/woodlands / Climate change may have dramatic effects on Arizona's forests and woodlands. Wildfires and insects may become of greater concern. Plant species will likely shift in elevation to adapt to the warming conditions.

4 pp. / Climate Change and Variability in Southwest Ecosystems Series / Several environmental factors are changing, including the global rise in atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global warming. These environmental changes portend needed changes in the future management of forests in the Southwestern U.S. Therefore, University of Arizona Extension Agents organized a Workshop in Sedona, AZ, in February, 2005, targeted at Southwest forest managers. This paper presents facts from one of the presentations at that workshop and summarizes what the direct effects of the increased CO2 concentrations are likely to be on future tree growth. It is expected that the growth of most trees will be stimulated by the higher CO2 concentrations but variations in response among species will alter competition among species. The fact sheet also speculates about what the implications may be for future forest management. This research benefits the forest industry, as well as the many consumers of forest products.

4 pp. / Southwest forests are complex systems that are influenced by climate variability. Wildfires naturally occur in these forests and woodlands, but with an increasing population, land management decisions are becoming more difficult. This publication is a result of discussions from the "Workshop on Climate Variability and Ecosystem Impacts" that was sponsored by UA Cooperative Extension in February 2005. It provides a summary of the current situation, a summary of climate change science for land management, and a brief description of suggested future research in climate science as it relates to forests and woodlands.