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Linking Mentoring And Electronic Portfolios For Utah Educators, Charles R. Graham, Kathleen Webb, Carol Lee Hawkins, David Harlan May 2003

Linking Mentoring And Electronic Portfolios For Utah Educators, Charles R. Graham, Kathleen Webb, Carol Lee Hawkins, David Harlan

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Starting January 2003 Utah districts are required to provide each entry level teacher with a trained mentor (EYE, 2003). Additionally, each entry level teacher will be required to create a standards-based teaching portfolio to submit to the district as part of the Level 2 licensure process. This paper provides practical information about standards-based electronic teaching portfolios and how the portfolios can be used as a vehicle for mentoring novice teachers.

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Enabling Remote Access To Personal Electronic Medical Records, James K. Archibald, Eric S. Hall, Charles D. Knutson, David K. Vawdrey May 2003

Enabling Remote Access To Personal Electronic Medical Records, James K. Archibald, Eric S. Hall, Charles D. Knutson, David K. Vawdrey

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Millions of people suffer from medical conditions that should be made known to healthcare practitioners prior to treatment. Paramedics and emergency room doctors cannot provide optimal care without sufficient knowledge of a patient’s medical history. Lacking patient information such as allergies, current prescriptions, and preexisting conditions, medical professionals are often forced to either delay treatment or rely on instincts. Medical mistakes in situations like these kill thousands of people and cost an estimated US$37 billion each year in the United States [1]. With the advent of electronic medical records (EMRs), patient information can be stored in computer databases at hospitals …

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Evidence For Survival Of Pleistocene Climatic Changes In Northern Refugia By The Land Snail Trochoidea Geyeri, David Posada, Markus Pfenninger, Frederic Magnin Apr 2003

Evidence For Survival Of Pleistocene Climatic Changes In Northern Refugia By The Land Snail Trochoidea Geyeri, David Posada, Markus Pfenninger, Frederic Magnin

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The study of organisms with restricted dispersal abilities and presence in the fossil record is particularly adequate to understand the impact of climate changes on the distribution and genetic structure of species. Trochoidea geyeri (Soos 1926) is a land snail restricted to a patchy, insular distribution in Germany and France. Fossil evidence suggests that current populations of T. geyeri are relicts of a much more widespread distribution during more favourable climatic periods in the Pleistocene. Results: Phylogeographic analysis of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA and nuclear ITS-1 sequence variation was used to infer the history of the remnant populations of T. …

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Toward A Better Understanding Of The Comparatively High Prostate Cancer Incidence Rates In Utah, Ray M. Merrill, Sterling C. Hilton, Jared D. Sturgeon, Charles L. Wiggins Apr 2003

Toward A Better Understanding Of The Comparatively High Prostate Cancer Incidence Rates In Utah, Ray M. Merrill, Sterling C. Hilton, Jared D. Sturgeon, Charles L. Wiggins

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This study assesses whether comparatively high prostate cancer incidence rates among white men in Utah represent higher rates among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormons), who comprise about 70% of the state's male population, and considers the potential influence screening has on these rates. Methods: Analyses are based on 14,693 histologically confirmed invasive prostate cancer cases among men aged 50 years and older identified through the Utah Cancer Registry between 1985 and 1999. Cancer records were linked to LDS Church membership records to determine LDS status. Poisson regression was used to derive rate …

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Normal Proliferation And Differentiation Of Hoxc-8 Transgenic Chondrocytes In Vitro, Stephania A. Cormier, Maria Alice Mello, Claudia Kappen Apr 2003

Normal Proliferation And Differentiation Of Hoxc-8 Transgenic Chondrocytes In Vitro, Stephania A. Cormier, Maria Alice Mello, Claudia Kappen

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Background: Hox genes encode transcription factors that are involved in pattern formation in the skeleton, and recent evidence suggests that they also play a role in the regulation of endochondral ossification. To analyze the role of Hoxc-8 in this process in more detail, we applied in vitro culture systems, using high density cultures of primary chondrocytes from neonatal mouse ribs. Results: Cultured cells were characterized on the basis of morphology (light microscopy) and production of cartilage-specific extracellular matrix (sulfated proteoglycans and type II Collagen). Hypertrophy was demonstrated by increase in cell size, alkaline phosphatase activity and type X Collagen immunohistochemistry. …

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Racial Attitudes Among South African Young Adults: A Four-Year Follow-Up Study, Timothy B. Smith, Christopher R. Stones, Anthony Naidoo Apr 2003

Racial Attitudes Among South African Young Adults: A Four-Year Follow-Up Study, Timothy B. Smith, Christopher R. Stones, Anthony Naidoo

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Due to many social changes that have occurred in South Africa since the first democratic elections in 1994, careful scrutiny must be given to the racial attitudes of South Africa’s young adults. Their degree of acceptance of the doctrine of deracialisation and reconciliation represents a hope or a warning in regard to a stable future. A follow up study was thus carried out in order to update data collected in 1995, with the hypothesis that, over time, greater acceptance of other racial groups would be reported. The authors examined the differences among the 180 Xhosa-speaking black, 89 so-called coloured, and …

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Search And Recovery Of The Space Shuttle Columbia: A Geospatial 1st Responder Perspective, Jeffrey M. Williams Apr 2003

Search And Recovery Of The Space Shuttle Columbia: A Geospatial 1st Responder Perspective, Jeffrey M. Williams

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A first person account of the Texas geospatial volunteers and their efforts to recover the remains of the Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew lost over eastern Texas and western Louisiana on February 1st, 2003.

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Genetic Organization And Iron-Responsive Regulation Of The Brucella Abortus 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid Biosynthesis Operon, A Cluster Of Genes Required For Wild-Type Virulence In Pregnant Cattle, Bryan H. Bellaire, Philip H. Elzer, Sue Hagius, Joel Walker, Cynthia L. Baldwin, R. Martin Roop Apr 2003

Genetic Organization And Iron-Responsive Regulation Of The Brucella Abortus 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid Biosynthesis Operon, A Cluster Of Genes Required For Wild-Type Virulence In Pregnant Cattle, Bryan H. Bellaire, Philip H. Elzer, Sue Hagius, Joel Walker, Cynthia L. Baldwin, R. Martin Roop

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Brucella abortus reportedly produces the monocatechol siderophore 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid (2,3-DHBA) in response to iron limitation. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the cloned DHBA biosynthesis locus from virulent B. abortus 2308 and genetic complementation of defined Escherichia coli mutants were used to identify the B. abortus genes (designated dhbC, -B, and -A) responsible for synthesis of this siderophore. Reverse transcriptase PCR analysis of total RNA with dhb-specific primers demonstrated that dhbC, -B, and -A are transcribed as components of an operon, together with dhbE, a functional homolog of the Escherichia coli entE gene. Homologs of the E. coli entD and Vibrio cholerae …

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Interstrain Inhibition In The Sweet Potato Pathogen Streptomyces Ipomoeae: Purification And Characterization Of A Highly Specific Bacteriocin And Cloning Of Its Structural Gene, Xiujun Zhang, Christopher A. Clark, Gregg S. Pettis Apr 2003

Interstrain Inhibition In The Sweet Potato Pathogen Streptomyces Ipomoeae: Purification And Characterization Of A Highly Specific Bacteriocin And Cloning Of Its Structural Gene, Xiujun Zhang, Christopher A. Clark, Gregg S. Pettis

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Strains of the sweet potato soil rot pathogen Streptomyces ipomoeae had previously been divided into three groups based on their ability to inhibit one another during pairwise cocultivation. While group I strains are not antagonistic to members of the other groups, group II and group III strains produce separate substances that are inhibitory to strains outside their respective cognate groups. Here, we purified the group III inhibitory substance from the culture supernatant of a representative strain and found that it consists of a single 10-kDa cationic protein which is bacteriolytic for S. ipomoeae group I and II strains but which …

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Approving Employee Retention And Severance Programs Judicial Discretion Run Amuck, A. Mechele Dickerson Apr 2003

Approving Employee Retention And Severance Programs Judicial Discretion Run Amuck, A. Mechele Dickerson

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Whatever Happened To Palestine?, April Summitt Apr 2003

Whatever Happened To Palestine?, April Summitt

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No abstract provided.

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Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes, Chris J. Goertzen Mar 2003

Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes, Chris J. Goertzen

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No abstract provided.

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Nonlinear Equations And Wavelets, A. Ludu, R. F. O'Connell, J. P. Draayer Feb 2003

Nonlinear Equations And Wavelets, A. Ludu, R. F. O'Connell, J. P. Draayer

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Wavelet-inspired approaches for localized solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations (NDPE) were presented. A multi-scale similarity analysis was used which gives specific relations between the velocity, amplitude and width of localized solutions of nonlinear differential equations. This approach does not need the explicit form of the exact solutions.

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Web Mining For Web Personalization, Magdalini Eirinaki, M. Vazirgiannis Feb 2003

Web Mining For Web Personalization, Magdalini Eirinaki, M. Vazirgiannis

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Web personalization is the process of customizing a Web site to the needs of specific users, taking advantage of the knowledge acquired from the analysis of the user's navigational behavior (usage data) in correlation with other information collected in the Web context, namely, structure, content, and user profile data. Due to the explosive growth of the Web, the domain of Web personalization has gained great momentum both in the research and commercial areas. In this article we present a survey of the use of Web mining for Web personalization. More specifically, we introduce the modules that comprise a Web personalization …

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Stat5a Promotes Adipogenesis In Nonprecursor Cells And Associates With The Glucocorticoid Receptor During Adipocyte Differentiation, Z. Elizabeth Floyd, Jacqueline M. Stephens Feb 2003

Stat5a Promotes Adipogenesis In Nonprecursor Cells And Associates With The Glucocorticoid Receptor During Adipocyte Differentiation, Z. Elizabeth Floyd, Jacqueline M. Stephens

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The differentiation of adipocytes is regulated by the activity of a variety of transcription factors, including peroxidase proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-γ and C/EBPα. Our current study demonstrates that ectopic expression of STAT5A, such as that of PPAR-γ and C/EBPα, promotes adipogenesis in two nonprecursor fibroblast cell lines. Using morphologic and biochemical criteria, we have demonstrated that STAT5A and the combination of STAT5A and STAT5B are sufficient to induce the expression of early and late adipogenic markers in BALB/c and NIH-3T3 cells. Yet, the ectopic expression of STAT5B alone does not induce the expression of adipocyte genes, but enhances the induction of …

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Transcriptional Initiation Under Conditions Of Anoxia-Induced Quiescence In Mitochondria From Artemia Franciscana Embryos, Brian D. Eads, Steven C. Hand Feb 2003

Transcriptional Initiation Under Conditions Of Anoxia-Induced Quiescence In Mitochondria From Artemia Franciscana Embryos, Brian D. Eads, Steven C. Hand

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In response to anoxia, embryos of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana are able coordinately to downregulate metabolism to levels low enough to permit survival for several years at room temperature. In addition to dramatic decreases in free ATP levels and heat production, intracellular pH drops from 7.8 to 6.3 overnight. Use of isolated mitochondria to study transcriptional responses to anoxia offers several advantages: (1) the localized nature of transcript initiation, processing and degradation, all of which may be followed in organello; (2) the relatively simple cis- and trans-machinery involved and (3) the ability to provide relevant physiological treatments in vitro. …

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Localization And Characterization Of Phenamil-Sensitive Na+ Influx In Isolated Rainbow Trout Gill Epithelial Cells, Scott D. Reid, G. S. Hawkings, F. Galvez, G. G. Goss Feb 2003

Localization And Characterization Of Phenamil-Sensitive Na+ Influx In Isolated Rainbow Trout Gill Epithelial Cells, Scott D. Reid, G. S. Hawkings, F. Galvez, G. G. Goss

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Percoll density-gradient separation, combined with peanut lectin agglutinin (PNA) binding and magnetic bead separation, was used to separate dispersed fish gill cells into sub-populations. Functional characterization of each of the sub-populations was performed to determine which displayed acid-activated phenamil- and bafilomycin-sensitive Na+ uptake. Analysis of the mechanism(s) of 22Na+ influx was performed in control and acid-activated (addition of 10 mmoll-1 proprionic acid) cells using a variety of Na+ transport inhibitors (ouabain, phenamil, HOE-694 and bumetanide) and a V-type ATPase inhibitor (bafilomycin). We found that cells migrating to a 1.03-1.05 g ml-1 Percoll interface [pavement cells (PVCs)] possessed the lowest rates …

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Utilization Of Algal And Bacterial Extracellular Polymeric Secretions (Eps) By The Deposit-Feeding Brittlestar Amphipholis Gracillima (Echinodermata), D. L. Hoskins, S. E. Stancyk, Alan W. Decho Feb 2003

Utilization Of Algal And Bacterial Extracellular Polymeric Secretions (Eps) By The Deposit-Feeding Brittlestar Amphipholis Gracillima (Echinodermata), D. L. Hoskins, S. E. Stancyk, Alan W. Decho

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Like many deposit-feeding organisms, the burrowing brittlestar Amphipholis gracillima feeds on particulate organic matter in surface sediments. Microbial exopolymeric secretions (EPS) are carbohydrate-enriched polymers produced by microalgae and bacteria that bind aggregates and form dense biofilms near the sediment-water interface. EPS are assimilable by some benthic infauna and may be utilized as a significant carbon source. EPS are absorbed by some deposit-feeders, including a holothurian, and may be supplemental sources of nutrition. The burrowing brittlestar A. gracillima is a deposit-feeder that was used in a mass balance approach to model the incorporation of radiolabeled EPS by bottom feeders. Brittlestars were …

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Analyzing E.M.B.A. Student Feedback, Ernest A. Capozzoli, David E. Gundersen Jan 2003

Analyzing E.M.B.A. Student Feedback, Ernest A. Capozzoli, David E. Gundersen

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The results of an executive Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program assessment are analyzed and interpreted against the backdrop of increasing competition between universities to attract and retain qualified students. The public education environment is currently in a turbulent state. This turbulence is in part caused by such factors as: reductions in public funding for higher education due to constrained state budgets, student expectations, requirements imposed by accrediting bodies, and other outside constituencies requesting more accountability. The pressure to hold education institutions accountable is increasing at a rapid rate. To provide a measure of accountability and quantify program quality, education …

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Book Review For Achieving Success Through Social Capital, Clive Muir Jan 2003

Book Review For Achieving Success Through Social Capital, Clive Muir

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Book Review of Achieving Success Through Social Capital by Wayne Baker. San Francisco" Jossey-Bass, Inc. 2000. 256pp.

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Building Literacy For Knowledge Economies: Reading And Writing About Trends And Issues In Business Week, Clive Muir Jan 2003

Building Literacy For Knowledge Economies: Reading And Writing About Trends And Issues In Business Week, Clive Muir

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Knowledge economies require highly skilled workers to perform complex, information-based tasks with minimum supervision. Yet, studies in Canada and the United States show that even college educated workers often lack the information literacy skills necessary to perform their jobs. In this session, we will discuss how reading and writing about business trends and issues can help to improve business students’ analytical and critical thinking abilities.

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Professional Competencies For Reference And User Services Librarians, Jo Bell Whitlatch Jan 2003

Professional Competencies For Reference And User Services Librarians, Jo Bell Whitlatch

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Sphericules And Fragments: Minding The Gaps, Ted M. Coopman Jan 2003

Sphericules And Fragments: Minding The Gaps, Ted M. Coopman

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Michael McGee exemplified the scholar embracing all tools and ideas, the fragments that make up our existence, in exploring and explaining our world. I argue that bridging the gaps that separate these fragments, or what Gitlin (1989) called sphericules, is the essence of what constitutes public scholarship. Starting from Habermas' (1989) description of the public sphere I explore how interdisciplinarity holds the keys to bridging the gaps between publics. I supported this with a discussion of the history of academe in America and the brief survey of the new infrastructures being built to expand our fields of exploration and the …

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Toward A Lutheran "Delight In The Law Of The Lord": Church And State In The Context Of Civil Society, Gary M. Simpson Jan 2003

Toward A Lutheran "Delight In The Law Of The Lord": Church And State In The Context Of Civil Society, Gary M. Simpson

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Environmental Sovereignty Discourse Of The Brazilian Amazon: National Politics And The Globalization Of Indigenous Resistance, Anne Marie Todd Jan 2003

Environmental Sovereignty Discourse Of The Brazilian Amazon: National Politics And The Globalization Of Indigenous Resistance, Anne Marie Todd

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This analysis explores the connection between globalization and national identity in cultural expressions of environmental sovereignty. Competing claims to resources in the Brazilian Amazon reflect changing notions of state authority and the role of indigenous citizens in protection of biodiversity. The debate between Brazilian state governments and the Yanomami Indians and seringueiros (Brazilian Rubber Tapper communities) illustrates the complex interaction of national identity and expressions of local culture in a global ecological context.

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Practicing Attention In Media Culture, Mary E. Hess Jan 2003

Practicing Attention In Media Culture, Mary E. Hess

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Progress And Opportunities In Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Transgender Health Communications, Laurie A. Drabble, J. Keatley, G. Marcelle Jan 2003

Progress And Opportunities In Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Transgender Health Communications, Laurie A. Drabble, J. Keatley, G. Marcelle

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This article describes elements of effective health communication and highlights strategies that may best be adopted or adapted in relation to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations. Studies have documented the utility of multidimensional approaches to health communication from the macro level of interventions targeting entire populations to the micro level of communication between health care provider and consumer. Although evidence of health disparities in LGBT communities underscores the importance of population-specific interventions, health promotion campaigns rarely target these populations and health communication activities seldom account for the diversity of LGBT communities. Advances in health communication suggest promising direction …

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Introduction: The Law, Technology & The Arts Symposium: Copyright In The Digital Age: Reflection On Tasini And Beyond, Craig Allen Nard Jan 2003

Introduction: The Law, Technology & The Arts Symposium: Copyright In The Digital Age: Reflection On Tasini And Beyond, Craig Allen Nard

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Introduction tp The Law, Technology & The Arts Symposium: Copyright in the Digital Age: Reflection on Tasini and Beyond, Cleveland, Ohio.

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Pointing The Finger Of Blame: News Media Coverage Of Popular-­Culture Culpability, Erica Scharrer, Lisa M. Weidman, Kimberly Bissell Jan 2003

Pointing The Finger Of Blame: News Media Coverage Of Popular-­Culture Culpability, Erica Scharrer, Lisa M. Weidman, Kimberly Bissell

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In the 1990s, three relatively high-profile tragedies occurred in which popular media products (including movies, recorded music, television talk shows, the Internet, tabloid newspapers, and video games) were argued to be the primary cause. This study analyzes the discourse surrounding the culpability that was placed on popular culture in major newspaper coverage of the car crash that killed Princess Diana, the murder associated with the “Jenny Jones” show, and the shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. The analysis reveals patterns in the assignment of blame—and relatively more rarely of exoneration—of popular culture, interpreting why and how popular culture …

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Authenticity In The Skateboarding World, Becky Beal, Lisa Weidman Jan 2003

Authenticity In The Skateboarding World, Becky Beal, Lisa Weidman

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The purpose of this chapter is to illustrate the values and norms that constitute legitimacy, or authenticity, in the skateboarding world. Both authors spent a considerable amount of time with the skateboarding world in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Lisa Weidman worked at a skateboarding magazine for several years, and Becky Beal did an extensive ethnographic study of skateboarders. Using our experiences and research, we describe the characteristics that skateboarders and the industry use to identify an authentic skateboarder. The first section, on the skaters' perspective, is based primarily on Beal's interactions with skateboarders; the second section, on the …

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