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The Spirit and the Gifts: Dako, Benjamin Morrell and Cargo in the Vitiaz Trading Area, New Guinea
The Spirit and the Gifts: Dako, Benjamin Morrell and Cargo in the Vitiaz Trading area, New Guinea Jennifer Blythe McMaster University James Fairhead, University of Sussex ABSTRACT In 1830 an American trader, Benjamin Morrell, abducted Dako, the son of a prominent leader from Uneapa Island in the Bismarck Sea, took him to New York and, four years later, returned him to Uneapa. Dako‘s encounter with America and his return provides insight into the region half a century before colonization, and in particular into local mytho-practical knowledge at that time. This enables us to discern subsequent transformations. Myths concerning an origin spirit and guardian of the dead, Pango, which then dominated Uneapa cosmology have since ‗disappeared‘. This, we argue, is not because Pango has been superseded or suppressed, but because the parallel ‗white‘ world over which the mytho- practical Pango presided has become ever more manifest as Uneapa has been drawn into a colonial, post-colonial and globalised world. Today, Pango refers predominantly to white people. Islander‘s experience of American ‗Pango‘ was a shocking event at the time, but we show how trading with Pango established transformatory possibilities for reciprocal trading relations with the dead which remain the concern of today‘s Cult movement on the island. Cargo cult. Uneapa, Vitu Islands, mythology, first contact, Benjamin Morrell, Dako INTRODUCTION: THE MORRELL-DAKO EPISODE AS EVENTFUL HAPPENING Since Lawrence‘s (1964) classic study of a Melanesian ‗cargo cult‘, many writers have interpreted these movements as indigenous modes of engagement with super-ordinary beings and the dead, albeit transformed by colonial and post-colonial experience. -
Magazine 2012 EDITORIAL
Magazine 2012 EDITORIAL This past year has been no exception to the busyness and talent filled years of St Helens. When starting out with the challenge of creating this magazine, we wanted to capture the enthusiasm, vibrancy and passion of this year, including also our support for the “Because I am a girl” campaign, so focusing particularly on the “power” of the girl. Our vision for this year’s magazine was to incorporate every aspect of school life and combine these strands in a way that would reflect the character of the school, and the girls and staff that make it. We felt very strongly that every girl, who wished to be, should be included, in order that this would be a personal reflection, for everyone, of 2012. So we have included whole year pages, in order that all girls are featured and also have a say in how their year is represented. We have had not only the editorial team, but representatives from every form, designing the layouts and forming the content of these pages, so that there would be a genuine student feel to the magazine. We are conscious, also, of retaining the balance between reflecting the present moment in time and styles of today, yet also moulding something that will withstand the test of time. Despite work being temporarily lost, the school network shutting down, creating a larger more complex magazine in a much shorter time period, the team has risen to these challenges in true St Helens spirit. But none of this would have been possible without the smiles, support and guidance of Mr Drew - we thank you for everything you have helped and encouraged us to achieve. -
The Weddell Sea: an Historical Retrospect Dr
This article was downloaded by: [University of New England] On: 22 January 2015, At: 04:23 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Scottish Geographical Magazine Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsgj19 The Weddell Sea: An historical retrospect Dr. Wm.S. Bruce Published online: 30 Jan 2008. To cite this article: Dr. Wm.S. Bruce (1917) The Weddell Sea: An historical retrospect, Scottish Geographical Magazine, 33:6, 241-258, DOI: 10.1080/14702541708554307 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14702541708554307 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Taylor & Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in the publications on our platform. However, Taylor & Francis, our agents, and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor and Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to or arising out of the use of the Content. This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. -
Silas Enoch Burrows and the Search for Sir John Franklin
Silas Enoch Burrows and the Search for Sir John Franklin Douglas Wamsley Silas Enoch Burrows (1794-1830), a Stonington-born merchant, established a successful international shipping business operating from the cities of New York, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Montevideo among others. With his financial success, he became known for his generous charitable acts and, as a man of the sea, he took a particular interest in the aid of shipwrecked mariners. After Sir John Franklin’s expedition ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were lost in the Arctic, Burrows befriended Lady Jane Franklin, the missing navigator’s wife, who was determined to ascertain the fate of her missing husband and his crew. Through the public and private relationships established by Burrows over the years, Burrows managed to assist Lady Franklin in a meaningful way in obtaining assistance in the search for her husband. This article examines circumstances that led to the involvement of Silas Burrows in the search for Sir John Franklin and his efforts on behalf of Lady Franklin. ____________________________________________________________________________ The protracted and frustrating search for the missing Arctic expedition commanded by the British explorer Sir John Franklin in the mid-19th century captured international attention. With the recent discovery of Sir John Franklin’s ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, there has been a renewed interest in the expedition’s fate. Franklin’s ships departed England in May 1845 to much fanfare. After no word had been received from the expedition by 1849, Lady Jane Franklin, the lost explorer’s wife, made an impassioned appeal directly to President Zachary Taylor seeking the assistance of the U.S. -
Thomas Stevenson, Civil Engineer, 22.07.1818 – 08.05.1887
Thomas Stevenson, Civil Engineer, 22.07.1818 – 08.05.1887 Thomas Stevenson was the youngest son of engineer Robert Stevenson 1771-1850, designer of the Bell Rock and Isle of May Lighthouses, and the brother of engineers Alan and David Stevenson. Between 1854 and 1886, Thomas designed over thirty lighthouses with both his brother David and nephew David Alan Stevenson. Thomas Stevenson’s greatest achievement was the designing of a revolving light which earned him an international reputation. In addition to his innovative work as a lighthouse and harbour engineer, Thomas Stevenson invented the Stevenson screen used in meteorology as a shelter to shield meteorological instruments to enable accurate weather measurements to be taken. Thomas married Margaret Isabella Balfour and their only son, Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson, was born in 1850. At about the age of eighteen, Robert changed the spelling of his middle name to Louis (pronounced Lewis). Expected to follow in his father’s footsteps and to join the family engineering business, R L Stevenson enrolled as an engineering student at Edinburgh University in November 1867. R L Stevenson spent the month of July 1868 in Anstruther observing as part of his engineering training, the work being carried out by the family firm of D & T Stevenson on Anstruther Harbour. He lodged with carpenter Baillie Brown in Cunzie House, Crail Road, opposite St Adrian's Church. A plaque on the side of the house records his stay. Stevenson wrote later: ‘though I haunted the breakwater by day, and even loved the place for the sake of the sunshine, the thrilling seaside air, the wash of waves on the sea-face, the green glimmer of divers’ helmets far below, the musical clinking of the masons, my one genuine preoccupation lay elsewhere’. -
1944 All-American Girls Baseball League
HISTORY MAKER BASEBALL 1944 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League One of the top movies of 1992 was the film “A League of Their Own,” starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Rosie O’Donnell and Madonna, a story about a women’s professional baseball league formed during World War II. The movie was a critical and commercial success, earning glowing reviews, topping the box office by its second week of release, and earning over $150 million in ticket sales. The catch phrase, “There’s no crying in baseball!”—uttered by Rockford Peaches manager Jimmy Dugan (played by Hanks) made the American Film Instutute’s list of Greatest Movie Lines of All-Time, and the film itself was selected by the Library of Congress in 2012 for preservation in the National Film Registry, as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.” Interestingly, when the film opened in ’92, relatively few of the people who saw it knew that it was based on an actual, real-life league—many thought it was complete fiction. But the fictionalized account portrayed in the movie was, in fact, based on a very real story. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed in 1943 out of concern that with so many players serving in World War II, big league baseball might be forced to suspend operations. The idea was that perhaps women could keep the game active and on the minds of baseball fans until the men could return from the war. The new league was bankrolled by big league owners, conducted nation-wide tryouts to stock its four inaugural teams with talented women players, and began competitive play in the spring of ’43—just as the movie’s screenplay detailed. -
Validity and Utility of Wargaming
Validity and Utility of Wargaming December 10th, 2017 (updated April 2018) MORS Wargaming Special Meeting October 2017 Working Group 2 Stephen Downes-Martin (Working Group Chair) Michael Anderson, Gil Cardona, Thomas Choinski, Rebecca Dougharty, John Hanley, Frederick Hartman, John Lillard, Roger Meade, Keith Morris, Peter Perla, Merle Robinson, Vincent Schmidt, Gary Schnurrpusch, Bill Simpson, Eugene Visco, Timothy Wilkie Any errors, misrepresentation or misinterpretation in this document of the data produced by the Working Group are the sole responsibility of Stephen Downes-Martin. The authors maintain joint rights to the contents of this document, except for specific sections written by individuals and so marked to which sole rights belong to the specific authors. This Page Deliberately Blank Contents – Validity and Utility of Wargaming Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... 1 Mission and Objectives ............................................................................................................. 3 Process ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Working Group Members ......................................................................................................... 7 Characteristics of Benign and Malign Games ........................................................................... 9 Team A: Benign Games ................................................................................................................................... -
Cachalot 59 2Nd Draft
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE SOUTHAMPTON MASTER MARINERS’ CLUB March 2016 Boatsteerer’s Locker The Minutes of the AGM & M.C. Meetings for your perusal are in folders at the foot of our Notice Board and also Fellow Cachalots on the new Computer (donated by Clive Robinson) in the library. 2016 Sea Pie Supper. This was held again at St. Mary’s Here we are again the first Cachalot Newsletter of the Stadium which proves to be a very popular choice and we New Year and looking back briefly over the past year. managed to squeeze in 529 Cachalots and Guests. We welcomed The Management Committee meets at least four times a the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, The High Sheriff of year and tries to prepare for future years in order to keep the Club Hampshire, The Sheriff of Southampton and Stowaways Lord alive and well. The Committee is always open to suggestions from West, Capt Sir Malcolm Edge and Dame Mary Fagan amongst the members that may be of benefit to the Club and a help to our honoured guests. increase membership. Our Speaker Captain Chris Wells, Master of ‘Queen Clubrooms. We are still fortunate in having the use of Mary 2’, gave an interesting but long address to the audience and our rooms which are dependent upon the landlords and their use I take full responsibility for not briefing him properly as to timing of the building. The Seafarers Centre’s Manager has changed and and contents. Phil. Gilbert is the new incumbent having taken over from Steve The Southampton Shipowners Association donated an Hubbert; we wish Phil. -
Wendell-1989.Pdf (4.725Mb)
19S9 INDEX page Appropriation Accounts 16-20 Balance Sheet 13-15 Board of Assessors Report 12 Board of Health Report 29-30 Board of Selectmen Report 7-9 Building Inspector Report 36 Conservation Commission Report 31 Finance Committee Report 32 Fire Department Report 27-28 Franklin County Commissioners Report. 33-34 Franklin County Cooperative Plumbing & Gas Inspector Report 38 Franklin County Cooperative Wiring Inspector Report 37 Franklin County Solid Waste Management District Report .... 35 Franklin County Technical District Chairman Report 75-76 Franklin County Technical District Superintendent/Director Report . 77-78 Mahar Regional School Principal Report 54-67 Mahar Regional School District Committee Report. 68-71 Mahar Regional School District Treasurer Report 72-74 Shared Administrative Assistant Report 10-11 Swift River School Report 50-53 Tax Collector Report 21-25 Town Clerk Report 39-48 Town Officials - Elected 2-3 Town Officials - Appointed 4-6 Treasurer Report '^^ Veteran Department Report 26 Cover photo... Ed Judice /1983 Bowen ' s Pond 1 TOWN OFFICIALS - ELECTED TERM OFFICE HOME BOARD OF SELECTMEN 544-3395 Michael Idoine, Chair 87- 90 544-2623 Theodore Lewis 88- 91 544-3329 Margaret Culley 89- 92 544-2020 BOARD OF ASSESSORS 544-3395 Gail Bardsley 87-90 Jessie Wetherby 88-91 544-6451 Douglas Tanner 89-92 544-2067 TOWN CLERK 544-6682 Anna M.C.B. Hartjens 87-90 544-6052 TAX COLLECTOR Judith A. Wilder 87-90 544-8617 544-8617 TREASURER Carolyn U. Manley 88-90 fill vacancy 544-7028 BOARD OF HEALTH 544-3395 Sharon Gensler 88-90 544-6347 David Walsh, Chair. -
2018 Game Notes UMASS LOWELL Softball SCHEDULE #AESB Tournament - GM 5 FEBRUARY 16 Fri
2018 Game Notes UMASS LOWELL Softball SCHEDULE #AESB Tournament - GM 5 FEBRUARY 16 Fri. vs. #10 Tennessee L, 1-4 16 Fri. vs. Missouri L, 4-9 17 Sat. vs. Florida Atlantic L, 0-4 17 Sat. vs. Marshall L, 2-4 18 Sun. vs. Oakland L, 3-5 vs. 23 Fri. vs. Missouri State L, 1-2 23 Fri. vs. Alcorn State W, 4-3 24 Sat. at Louisiana Tech L, 0-6 No. 2 UMass Lowell (19-26) 24 Sat. vs. Saint Louis W, 3-2 (8) 25 Sun. vs. South Dakota L, 4-5 No. 3 Stony Brook (24-20) MARCH 10 Sat. vs. Illinois L, 0-11 (6) Date: May 10, 2018 11 Sun. vs. Illinois L, 3-4 Time: 1:30 p.m. 11 Sun. at #23 Mississippi State L, 1-9 (6) 11 Sun. at #23 Mississippi State L, 0-11 (5) Site: Vestal, N.Y. (Bearcats Sports Complex) 16 Fri. at Fordham L, 2-5 Watch: AmericaEast.tv 16 Fri. vs. Seton Hall W, 10-8 17 Sat. vs. Holy Cross W, 6-0 Stats: SidearmStats.com/Binghamton/Softball 17 Sat. vs. Detroit Mercy L, 5-8 RIVER HAWKS SEAWOLVES 24 Sat. at Sacred Heart W, 3-1 (8) Record .......................................... 19-26 Record .......................................... 24-20 24 Sat. at Sacred Heart L, 1-4 Streak .................................................L4 Streak ...............................................W2 25 Sun. at Quinnipiac L, 1-2 Last 5|10 ................................... 1-4 | 6-4 Last 5|10 ................................... 4-1 | 6-4 25 Sun. at Quinnipiac W, 9-0 (5) Head Coach .......... Danielle Henderson Head Coach ................Megan T. -
Download: Wake Forest College Alumni News [October 1943]
OCTOBER VOL. XIII 1943 NO.1 INTRODU CING: "Campus and Classroom Echoes of Old College Days." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OTHER FEATURES : $7,000,000 Enlargement Program Announced; Sons and Daughters of Alumni Enrolled; With the Colors; New Members of Alumni Association; The 1916 Basketball Team; Paschal's History of W.F.C.; Four Alumni Receive Notion -wide Recognition; Football; Questions and Answers on Christian Education. October l"Sne WAKIC FOREST COLL EGE A L t' ~l;\'1 ;\' ~~ W S Pa ge Two CAMPUS AND CLASSROOM ECHOES OF OLD COLLEGE DAYS Tlr. l'>h•drl to n frr•hman "Shut th<' S ikr•>: "l>or• tm·. I ""Pi'"'" it 1~ill lw By JASPER L. MEMORY, JR . '21 door." right lwre> nf '\akt• Forf'"l t: T'm l'P~i-.: Th" fn·,hmnn kir·kr•rl it shut. t!• t'P<l. .'·on kn ow, fo t· the B .. \. d r•gt·er·." O lrl Sli"k; "That\ right, nsro ,l'ntll' "Bt·rt lll·rn, tbi> ntot'lltng I'll bnn• to nw..;r inlc>llig-Put Pncl." !!in• yon what !lw ll nl,,· Spirit rlin·r·ts llr. HPid: " WnkP F or est is ll l' itlw r a me to say; this P\'ening I'll hP better kincll'r_gu r·tr-11 . a n·f CJ rma tor· ,v. nnr uu Stncl,.nt ull Tlr. '' L. Pot<•nt\ hiol pt'<'llllrerl. '' nq,lu1nngP.·· o~y r•lu~': " .. hut. lloC'!or. I nm Plltitled llr. Kitt·hi11: "You llCNln't PX!J N 'f el·er,Y tu my opinion." WISDO!U AND WIT llr. -
Inventory Acc.10706 Business Records of Robert Stevenson
Acc.10706 Revised June 2016 Inventory Acc.10706 Business Records of Robert Stevenson & Sons, Civil Engineers National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-623 3876 Fax: 0131-623 3866 E-mail: [email protected] © National Library of Scotland These papers, purchased by the National Library of Scotland, contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners. The arrangement is as follows: 1-68 LETTERBOOKS 69-72 LETTERBOOKS ON LIGHTHOUSE BUSINESS 73-88 INCOMING LETTERS 89-124 REPORTS 125-136 MEMORANDUM BOOKS 138-149 FINANCIAL BOOKS 150-152 SPECIFICATIONS 153-167 MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO LIGHTHOUSES 168-170 MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO HARBOURS 171-175 MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO RIVERS AND CANALS 176-189 MISCELLANEOUS 190-219 PAPERS OF ROBERT STEVENSON 220-222A PAPERS OF ALAN STEVENSON 223-227 PAPERS OF DAVID STEVENSON 228-269 PAPERS OF THOMAS STEVENSON 270-273 PAPERS OF JOHN GRAY, WS 274-520 MAPS AND PLANS (kept at Map Library) 521-571 PRINTED ITEMS 572-652 ADDITIONAL PLANS AND DRAWINGS (kept at Map Library) 653-654 PHOTOGRAPHS 655-663 ADITIONAL PAPERS 664-683 ADDITIONAL PLANS AND DRAWINGS ((kept at Map Library) Letterbooks (outgoing letters) 1.