Here you'll find writing on various topics.
Nonfiction
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Shadow Epidemic?
Introduction Many people recognize the term “mad cow disease,” yet few can explain what danger this brain disease of cattle has to humans and fewer still understand the politics at work behind this epidemic. Mad cow disease-bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE-has been tentatively associated with a fatal brain disease in humans, yet there are many [...]
Posted by Ben on November 4, 1999
http://www.swordbilled.com/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy-shadow-epidemic/
Die Fotografie: Auffassung, Kunst, Fakten Die kleine Figur meines Vaters von Peter Henisch
An essay on the significance of photography in Peter Henisch’s Die kleine Figur meines Vaters.
Posted by Ben on October 27, 2001
http://www.swordbilled.com/die-fotografie-auffassung-kunst-fakten-die-kleine-figur-meines-vaters-von-peter-henisch/
Disassembling Oppositional Culture: cooperation & monkeywrenching the system
A (half-hearted) attempt to identify cultures by their oppositional or cooperational elements; and an attempt to step away from the oppositional elements.
Posted by Ben on May 27, 2003
http://www.swordbilled.com/disassembling-oppositional-culture-cooperation-monkeywrenching-the-system/
If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo Calvino (an Analysis)
Does over-analyzing literature destroy our enjoyment of it? An analysis.
Posted by Ben on June 2, 1998
http://www.swordbilled.com/calvino/
Kinetics Study of Friedel-Crafts Reactions Using NMR Techniques (PDF)
Kinetics Study of Friedel-Crafts Reactions Using NMR Techniques (PDF)
Posted by Ben on August 25, 1998
http://www.swordbilled.com/kinetics-study-of-friedel-crafts-reactions-using-nmr-techniques-pdf/
Lewiston High School Science Fair
Lewiston High School Science Fair Procedurals (PDF) Lewiston High School Science Fair Organizing Report, 2001 (PDF) Lewiston High School Science Fair Organizing Report, 2002 (PDF)
Posted by Ben on May 8, 2002
http://www.swordbilled.com/lewiston-high-school-science-fair/
Migratory Birds and the Legislative Landscape of the United States
The goal of this paper is to act as a review of wetland science and legislation in answering the question of how adequately the needs of migratory birds are met by current legal measures. First I will present a very brief history of wetland-related legislation in the U.S. in order to provide a background for [...]
Posted by Ben on December 8, 2001
http://www.swordbilled.com/migratory-birds-and-the-legislative-landscape-of-the-united-states/
Naturbuhne am Atlantik (a translation)
This is basically a rough-and-tumble translation of the Stern article, “Naturbühne am Atlantik,†originally found here. Fine beaches, steep ravines, clear seas and luxuriant forests besides: Nature has it all figured out in Maine. The U.S. state in the northeast lures both the active traveler and the retiring tourist. For two weeks the “Friendship V†[...]
Posted by Ben on April 21, 2004
http://www.swordbilled.com/naturbuhne-am-atlantik-a-translation/
On the significance of Olympe de Gouges
A critique of Olympe de Gouges’ response to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen Note: you can view a side-by-side comparison of the DRMC and de Gouges’ Declaration of the Rights of Woman here Ben Newcomer, 26-Oct-2000 In a move of arguable historical significance, Olympe de Gouges, daughter of a butcher and wife [...]
Posted by Ben on October 26, 2000
http://www.swordbilled.com/on-the-significance-of-olympe-de-gouges/
Shadows – Identification – Gaia : Identifying Shadows with Gaia?
INTRODUCTION In their article, “The West’s Shadow Ecologies,” MacNeill, Winsemius, and Yakushiji present the idea that any community’s impact on the environment is determined by its population, consumption, and rate of material flow (per unit of economic activity), which often extends in a shadow ecology into many other communities and locations. This allows communities and [...]
Posted by Ben on April 8, 2002
http://www.swordbilled.com/shadows-%c2%bb-identification-%c2%bb-gaia-identifying-shadows-with-gaia/