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Are All Words Interesting

Word Ways

In the February '77 Word Ways (77-8), Dmitri Borgmann proposed as the keystone of logology that all words are logologically interesting, illustrating with twenty random words. Pamela Brang provided seventeen more examples by the same method (77-163). But thirty-seven out of some half a million words is not proof.

Volume 11, Number 2 (Fall 2004), Peace And Conflict Studies

Peace and Conflict Studies

Abstracts Only

Windows Movie Maker In The English As A Foreign Language Class, Nicolas Gromik

Innovate: Journal of Online Education

No abstract provided.

Development Of Auditory Event-Related Potentials In Young Children And Relations To Word-Level Reading Abilities At Age 8 Years, Kimberly Espy, Dennis L. Molfese, Victoria J. Molfese, Arlene Modglin

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory: Faculty Publications

A relationship between brain responses at birth and later emerging language and reading skills have been shown, but questions remain whether changes in brain responses after birth continue to predict the mastery of language-related skills such as reading development. To determine whether developmental changes in the brain-based perceptual skills are systematically related to differences in word-level reading proficiency at age 8 years, brain event-related potentials (ERPs) to speech and nonspeech stimuli were recorded annually at the ages of 1 through 8 years in a sample of 109 typically developing children. Two measures of word-level reading (one that requires decoding of …

Learning 'Through' Or Learning 'About'? The Ridiculous And Extravagant Medium Of Opera : Gardner's Multiple Intellegences In Pre-Service Teacher Education, Julie White, Mary Dixon, Lynda Smerdon

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

In recent years, pre-service teacher education has attempted to incorporate into programs an understanding of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences as it applies to schools. In this paper the tension between ‘learning about’ multiple intelligences and ‘learning through’ multiple intelligences supports Gardner’s (1993) distinction between ‘understanding’ and ‘coverage’. This paper examines the use of the performing arts in the professional studies component of our teacher education program. During 2002 at The University of Melbourne, a group of education students were offered the opportunity to develop an opera in order to learn about assessment and curriculum. Thirty-seven of the students volunteered …

Can I Call Kimura Crazy? Ethical Tensions In Cultural Defense, Rashmi Goel

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

The Ellison Unitary Model In Conflict Resolution Training, Claire Michele Rice, Deryl G. Hunt

Peace and Conflict Studies

The Ellison Model Executive Mentoring Inclusive Community Building Model (The Ellison Model) is used in training people to initiate and implement inclusive community building (ICB) projects using executives and professionals from a variety of fields and industries to mentor university and pre-college students, all serving as mentors at each succeeding level of function. The model promotes ethical values and inclusion in community development. Participants at ICB conferences receive conflict resolution, relationship management and cultural sensitivity/diversity training through interactive and dramatic techniques. This essay examines the theoretical premises upon which The Model bases its philosophies. Theories examining the nexus between culture …

Cultural And Ethnic Barriers In Conducting Research. Factors Influencing Menarche In The United Arab Emirates, Padmanabhan Badrinath, Saad Ghazal-Aswad, Daniel Parfitt, Nawal Osman

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this cross sectional survey was to study the feasibility of conducting research on issues related to physical and sexual maturation in a predominantly Islamic society and to identify the factors influencing menarche in this multi ethnic community. METHODS: This study was conducted in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE) between January 1999 through to February 1999. Fifteen female secondary schools located in different geographical regions in Al-Ain were chosen in consultation with the District Education Department. All girls aged 12-16-years were selected. Information regarding whether they had attained menarche including month and the year, age at menarche …

The Law And Economics Of Contract Interpretation, Richard A. Posner

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

Contract interpretation is an understudied topic in the economic analysis of contract law. This paper combines simple formal analysis of the tradeoffs involved in interpretation with applications to the principal doctrines of contract interpretation, including the "four corners" rule, mutual mistake, contra proferentum, and what I call the (informal but very important) rule of "extrinsic nonevidence." Gap filling is distinguished, and the relativity of interpretive doctrine to the interpretive medium—jurors, arbitrators, and judges in different kinds of judicial system—is emphasized.

University Reporter - Volume 09, Number 03 - November 2004

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about a partnership between UMass Boston and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the relocation of the Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution to UMass Boston, professor of science education Arthur Eisenkraft, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation's support of the Urban Scholars Program, and other news from UMass Boston.

The News Media And The “Clash Of Civilizations”, Philip Seib

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

Communicating Hands: Erps Elicited By Meaningful Symbolic Hand Postures, Tc Gunter, P Bach

School of Psychology

Meaningful and meaningless hand postures were presented to subjects who had to carry out a semantic discrimination task while electrical brain responses were recorded. Both meaningful and control sets of hand postures were matched as closely as possible. The ERPs elicited by meaningless hand postures showed an anteriorly distributed N300 and a centro-posteriorly distributed N400 component. The N300 probably reflects picture-specific processes, whereas the N400-effect probably reflects processing in an amodal semantic network. The scalp-distribution of the N400-effect, which is more posterior than usually reported in picture processing, suggests that the semantic representations of the concepts expressed by meaningful hand …

Evaluating The Federal Communications Commission's National Television Ownership Cap: What's Bad For Broadcasting Is Good For The Country, Stuart Minor Benjamin

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Socio-Cultural, Environmental And Health Challenges Facing Women And Children Living Near The Borders Between Afghanistan, Iran And Pakistan (Aip Region), Iraj M. Poureslami, David R. Maclean, Jerry Spiegel, Annalee Yassi

Journal of International Women's Studies

For hundreds of years, people in the AIP region (the Afghanistan-Iran-Pakistan borders) have been challenged by conflict and political and civil instability, mass displacement, human rights abuses, drought and famine. Given this sad history, it not surprising that in this region health and quality of life of vulnerable groups are among the worst in the world. In spite of national and international efforts to improve health status of vulnerable populations in this region, the key underlying socio-cultural determinants of health and disparities, i.e. gender, language, ethnicity, residential status, and socio-economic status (SES), have not been addressed or even systematically studied, …

Introduction: Private Parties As Defendants In Civil Rights Litigation, Myriam Gilles

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

What's The Matter With Books?, David J. Gunkel

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

No abstract provided.

"The House Was Quiet And The World Was Calm The Reader Became The Book", Burt Neuborne

Vanderbilt Law Review

Professor Neuborne argues that we err in reading the Bill of Rights "in splendid isolation" as a randomly ordered set of clause-bound norms. Instead, he argues that the disciplined order and placement of the thirty-three ideas in the Bill of Rights, especially the six textual ideas united in the First Amendment, reveals a deep contextual structure imposed by the Founders that sheds important light on the meaning of the constitutional text. He argues that the "vertical" order of the first ten amendments, as well as the "horizontal" order of ideas within each amendment, provides important clues to a judge seeking …

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, October 31, 2004, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2004

No abstract provided.

Pencarian Dasar-Dasar Filosofis Bagi Keberadaan Filsafat Nusantara, Ganang Dwi Kartika

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

The meaning of philosophy in Indonesian has become an interesting topics, especially when it is related to another concept, culture. Some Indonesian dictionary writers defined "filsafat" (philosophy) in many ways from different aspects. However, the definitions have not reflected the meaning accuracy, both from the linguistic pattern aspect and from its terminology. Besides that, the definitions, which come from Western, invite another question. If there is Western philosophy, then what about Eastern philosophy, especially Nusantara philosophy? That question is also discussed in this writing.

U.S. Department Of Education Grant To Governors State University Addresses Critical Shortage In Speech-Language Pathologists, Office Of Public Affairs

Press Releases

African American, Latino and other minority children are at risk of being overrepresented in special education classes because of a shortage of culturally knowledgeable and bilingual professionals in speech-language pathology.

A new grant awarded to the College of Health Professions at Governors State University will help change that.

The $788,592 personnel preparation grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services will assist bilingual and culturally competent minorities who are earning their Master’s in Communication Disorders degree through Governors State. The students will meet the Illinois licensure requirements for speech-language pathologists once they graduate from …

Volume 42, Number 10: October 29, 2004, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Ital 4993 Course Proposal 10/28/2004, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Ital 3993 Course Proposal 10/28/2004, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Ital 2993 Course Proposal 10/28/2004, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Ital 1993 Course Proposal 10/28/2004, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 23, Issue 6, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Rangel Promotes New Draft while Candidates Point Fingers -- Holocaust Survivor Delivers Powerful Speech -- SHU Nursing Student Participates in NPCW -- Broaden Your Horizons with Ireland -- Pink Ribbons and Candle Light Mark the Breast Cancer Awareness Vigil -- SHU Gears up for Election -- Mock Accident Shows the Dangers of Drunk Driving -- Alcohol Awareness Speaker Dan Duval Addresses SHU Students -- Voter Registration on the Rise -- Four Perfect Pebbles -- Questioning The Importance of The Comprehensive English Exams -- Can a guy and girl be "just friends"? -- Scare Up With The Best Films …

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, October 27, 2004

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

October 27, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

The Provider System For Children's Mental Health: Workforce Capacity And Effective Treatment, Jane Koppelman

National Health Policy Forum

This issue brief examines two issues that are key to meeting children’s unmet needs for mental health care: ensuring that the provider supply is adequate and that the care delivered is effective. It describes the shortage of qualified providers to address children’s mental disorders, as well its possible causes; it describes how managed care, to a certain extent, drives practice patterns; and it discusses the gray areas in deciding which providers are most qualified to deliver what care. In addition, this paper introduces what is known about evidence-based care in children’s mental health, the extent to which it is being …