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0749: Nelson Slade Bond Collection, 1920-2006, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2006

0749: Nelson Slade Bond Collection, 1920-2006, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Nelson Slade Bond had a varied writing career that spanned 70 years. Primarily known for science fiction short stories, Bond also wrote plays, radio and television scripts, newspaper and magazine articles, poetry, public relations material, and books. The collection reflects the author's professional and personal lives consisting of writings, correspondence, business papers and financial records from 1925 to 2005. The collection was donated in four installments during and after Bond’s life from April 2006 to September 2007. The order in which the materials were received is maintained with only minor modifications. Input from Nelson Bond and his family members was …

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Milwaukie Ave Main Street Plan, Sine Adams, Matt Johnson, Lance Lindahl, Kate Marcello, Erin Wilson Jan 2006

Milwaukie Ave Main Street Plan, Sine Adams, Matt Johnson, Lance Lindahl, Kate Marcello, Erin Wilson

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects

This plan provides an analysis of Milwaukie Avenue as a neighborhood Main Street and provides recommendations for its growth and improvement. Methods of analysis included a comprehensive land use and transportation safety inventory, data collection from neighborhood residents and master of urban and regional planning students, comparison to other Main Streets, and feedback from a technical advisory committee. The analysis shows that Milwaukie Avenue has great potential as a Main Street, although improvements in the existing zoning code and transportation infrastructure will greatly benefit its condition. Other features, including Green Streets and elements that provide neighborhood identity, will also improve …

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The Representation Of Christianity In Popular American Films From 2000-2005, Lara T. Sumera Jan 2006

The Representation Of Christianity In Popular American Films From 2000-2005, Lara T. Sumera

Master's Theses

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Less Is More : The Phenomenon Of The Ten-Minute Play In Today's American Theatre, Bryan Martin Jan 2006

Less Is More : The Phenomenon Of The Ten-Minute Play In Today's American Theatre, Bryan Martin

Master's Theses

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York Corpus Christi Cycle Plays : Examined In Light Of The Protestant Reformation, Michelle N. Russell Jan 2006

York Corpus Christi Cycle Plays : Examined In Light Of The Protestant Reformation, Michelle N. Russell

Master's Theses

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The Americans With Disabilities Act And How It Affects Post-Secondary Education, Annette Louise Beck Jan 2006

The Americans With Disabilities Act And How It Affects Post-Secondary Education, Annette Louise Beck

Graduate Research Papers

The Americans with Disabilities Act and how it affects post-secondary education is what this literature review addresses. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prohibits discrimination against someone with a disability in places of employment and public places. In 1973, the United States Congress passed Section 504 and The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was passed in 1990. Both helped solidify regulations regarding discrimination by any entity that receives federal funding including educational institutions. The law requires employers or schools to make a change or adjustment in a work or educational setting, program, or job that makes it …

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Northeastern Illinois University, 2006-2007 Academic Catalog, Northeastern Illinois University Jan 2006

Northeastern Illinois University, 2006-2007 Academic Catalog, Northeastern Illinois University

Course Catalogs

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Frances Trollope (1779-1863), Brenda A. Ayres Jan 2006

Frances Trollope (1779-1863), Brenda A. Ayres

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Den Of Thieves: Appropriating And Applying The Collaborative Ideals Of The Labyrinth Theater Company, Timothy Michael Bambara Jan 2006

Den Of Thieves: Appropriating And Applying The Collaborative Ideals Of The Labyrinth Theater Company, Timothy Michael Bambara

Theses and Dissertations

My goal was to successfully appropriate the collaborative ideals of the LAByrinth Theater Company and incorporate them into my directorial process while working on a collegiate production. I gathered a large amount of information from my visit and contact with the LAB and through personal interviews with the Co-Artistic Director and the Developmental Director. I had seen two of their shows and I was familiar with the quality of production that I had to uphold. I played a lead role in Guirgis' Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train and I was familiar with the rhythm, the dialect and the seriocomic matters …

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The Moderating Effect Of Judge’S Instructions On Victim Impact Testimony In Capital Cases, Judith Platania, Garrett Berman Jan 2006

The Moderating Effect Of Judge’S Instructions On Victim Impact Testimony In Capital Cases, Judith Platania, Garrett Berman

Arts & Sciences Faculty Publications

In this study, we addressed whether victim impact instructions served as a legal safeguard in a capital case involving victim impact testimony. We hypothesized that specific victim impact instructions would moderate the relation between victim impact testimony and death penalty recommendations. One hundred sixty-six participants viewed a simulated videotaped trial in which a victim impact statement was delivered in different emotional conditions. Judge’s instructions were varied as either general instructions or with the addition of specific victim impact instructions. Participant-jurors who heard specific victim impact instructions were less likely to recommend death compared to participants who heard general jury instructions. …

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Lessons Of Vocal Coaching Shakespeare In Hollywood: A Production Analysis, Deborah Thomas Jan 2006

Lessons Of Vocal Coaching Shakespeare In Hollywood: A Production Analysis, Deborah Thomas

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a personal narrative of my experience as vocal coach on a production of Ken Ludwig's Shakespeare in Hollywood directed by BT McNicholl and performed in the Raymond Hodges Theatre of Virginia Commonwealth University in November 2005. Chapter one covers my identification of the play's vocal and aural challenges; what I did to prepare for those challenges; the research I gathered on 1930s Hollywood prototypes for the play; an examination of Shakespearean verse, especially that in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and how Ludwig synthesized Shakespeare's verse with that of his own.Chapter two is divided into an account of …

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Psychology And The Theatre: A Qualitative Experiment In Actor Training, Megan Rebecca Brown Jan 2006

Psychology And The Theatre: A Qualitative Experiment In Actor Training, Megan Rebecca Brown

Theses and Dissertations

Psychology and theatre have a remarkable amount in common. In using the basic concepts and theories of psychology, actors can develop more concrete, logical approaches to characters. This thesis is a summation of the course I developed, "Psychology and the Theatre," which was an attempt to teach students introductory psychology and then experiment with translating those concepts to character analysis and stage performance. Students were taught eight units of psychology: Sensation, Perception, and Memory; Learning; Motivation and Emotion; Development; Freud and Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality; Adlerian Individual Psychology; Love and Social Cognition; and Psychological Disorders. Students were given reading quizzes …

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Successful Social Movements And Political Outcomes: A Case Study Of The Women's Movement In Italy: 1943-48, Francesca Luciana Rubino Jan 2006

Successful Social Movements And Political Outcomes: A Case Study Of The Women's Movement In Italy: 1943-48, Francesca Luciana Rubino

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This thesis examines the definition of civil society, social movements and success and then analyzes these variables through a historical case study. It looks at the role of two women’s groups in Italy from 1943-48 as they worked to achieve three political goals (women’s suffrage, greater representation in politics, and the new constitution). The thesis will look at whether the variables necessary to social movement success were present in the movement in helping Italian women in the movement who mobilized and organized to achieve their said goals and objectives. It will conclude with remarks as to the lessons learned from …

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Rodrigo's Roundelay: Hernandez V. Texas And The Interest-Convergence Dilemma, Richard Delgado Jan 2006

Rodrigo's Roundelay: Hernandez V. Texas And The Interest-Convergence Dilemma, Richard Delgado

Articles

In this chronicle Rodrigo meets with his mentor before a party and the two discuss celebratory jurisprudence Their discussion focuses on Hernandez v Texas as a milestone for Latino civil rights After discussing the historical background against which the Supreme Court decided the case they conclude that the groundbreaking decision arrived as a result of concerns in high circles over Latin American communism and peoples movements and the risk of the same in the United States

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Vantage Point - Show Notes - 2006, David Unumb Jan 2006

Vantage Point - Show Notes - 2006, David Unumb

Vantage Point Documents

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An Authors' Rights-Based Copyright Law: The Fairness And Morality Of French And American Law Compared, Jean-Luc Piotraut Jan 2006

An Authors' Rights-Based Copyright Law: The Fairness And Morality Of French And American Law Compared, Jean-Luc Piotraut

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Full Issue, Digressions Jan 2006

Full Issue, Digressions

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Non-Intrusive Subscriber Authentication For Next Generation Mobile Communication Systems, Philip Maurice Rodwell Jan 2006

Non-Intrusive Subscriber Authentication For Next Generation Mobile Communication Systems, Philip Maurice Rodwell

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

The last decade has witnessed massive growth in both the technological development, and the consumer adoption of mobile devices such as mobile handsets and PDAs. The recent introduction of wideband mobile networks has enabled the deployment of new services with access to traditionally well protected personal data, such as banking details or medical records. Secure user access to this data has however remained a function of the mobile device's authentication system, which is only protected from masquerade abuse by the traditional PIN, originally designed to protect against telephony abuse. This thesis presents novel research in relation to advanced subscriber authentication …

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Rules Were Not Meant To Be Broken: Alleviating The Tension Between Privacy And Discovery In Medical Record Disputes, Anna C. Schumaker Jan 2006

Rules Were Not Meant To Be Broken: Alleviating The Tension Between Privacy And Discovery In Medical Record Disputes, Anna C. Schumaker

Valparaiso University Law Review

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Consuming Brazil: Afro Brazilian Religion As A Base For Actor Training, Corey Justin Roberts Jan 2006

Consuming Brazil: Afro Brazilian Religion As A Base For Actor Training, Corey Justin Roberts

Theses and Dissertations

Actor training, like the theatre in Brazil, has historically been a middle and upper class pursuit that followed European models, namely Stanislavski's system. Yet within Brazil there is a wealth of diverse cultures that are inherently theatrical and well suited for application in actor training. In this study I explore one such culture, the Afro Brazilian religion Umbanda. First, I examine its formation to illuminate how the religion itself performed (or served as a site for cultural interaction) throughout history. Then, I explore the practice of the religion both apart from and in relation to the theatre and Stanislavski's system. …

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Seeking A "Context" To Understand The Body: An Analysis Of "The Vagina Monologues" As A Counterpublic Sphere, Amber Davisson Jan 2006

Seeking A "Context" To Understand The Body: An Analysis Of "The Vagina Monologues" As A Counterpublic Sphere, Amber Davisson

Iowa Journal of Communication

"The Vagina Monologues," has impacted hundreds of audiences across the country and sparked an international movement. This article looks at the rhetorical conventions of the texts in order to understand its success and its relationship to the V-Day Movement. The main argument is that the play, in combination with the movement, has created what Fraser (1994) calls a counterpublic sphere; and, in doing so, has provoked a dialogue about the body that has been nurtured within the sphere of the movement and cross engaged the public sphere to give women a new language to "speak" the vagina.

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Genetic Music, Ryan Becker Jan 2006

Genetic Music, Ryan Becker

Theses

Algorithmic music composition has long been an active area of research in computer science, but the need for a human element only recently began to be more widely acknowledged. Interactive Evolutionary Computing (IEC), made popular by Karl Sims, effectively solves many high dimension problems, like music composition, involving creative and subjective elements. This work applies several Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Genetic Programming (GP) approaches, inspired by Karl Sims, to algorithmic music composition. The implementation of these IEC algorithms is described and their effectiveness compared.

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Web-Based 3-D Theatre Seating Charts And Ticket Reservation Application, Patrick Henstebeck Jan 2006

Web-Based 3-D Theatre Seating Charts And Ticket Reservation Application, Patrick Henstebeck

Theses

Seating charts for theatres and stadia have always been an important part of buying tickets to a staged event, despite offering little information about the view from any particular seat. While the internet has increased the potential to provide this information, most official arena websites and online ticket brokers still only provide the standard two-dimensional diagram whose detail is limited to the approximate location of each section and which offers no guidance as to the height or slope of the section, nor any warning of any obstructing objects that would depreciate a seat s true value. The few three-dimensional models …

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Civil Liberties For Urban Believers V. City Of Chicago: A Defining Case For The Substantial Burden Test Under The Religious Land Use And Institutionalized Persons Act Note, Noelle V. Crisalli Jan 2006

Civil Liberties For Urban Believers V. City Of Chicago: A Defining Case For The Substantial Burden Test Under The Religious Land Use And Institutionalized Persons Act Note, Noelle V. Crisalli

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

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2006-2007 Lindenwood University Undergraduate Course Catalog, Lindenwood University Jan 2006

2006-2007 Lindenwood University Undergraduate Course Catalog, Lindenwood University

Course Catalogs

Lindenwood University Undergraduate Course Catalog

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2006-2007 Lindenwood University Graduate Course Catalog, Lindenwood University Jan 2006

2006-2007 Lindenwood University Graduate Course Catalog, Lindenwood University

Course Catalogs

Lindenwood University Graduate Course Catalog

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Designer Trials, Elizabeth Thornburg Jan 2006

Designer Trials, Elizabeth Thornburg

Journal of Dispute Resolution

This article is a thought experiment, or maybe a nightmare, about the intersection of freedom of contract and the trials that have not vanished. Could contracting parties effectively agree in advance of a dispute that any litigation of the case will comply with certain rules? Would such an agreement be enforced even in a contract of adhesion? If so, parties with sufficient bargaining leverage could design away many of the characteristics of litigation that they find unappealing without the need to resort to private processes. The result: a designer trial with the procedural deck stacked in favor of the party …

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Your Revolution: The Federal Communications Commission, Obscenity And The Chilling Of Artistic Expression On Radio Airwaves, Nasoan Sheftel-Gomes Jan 2006

Your Revolution: The Federal Communications Commission, Obscenity And The Chilling Of Artistic Expression On Radio Airwaves, Nasoan Sheftel-Gomes

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

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The Navy As The Ultimate Guarantor Of Freedom In 1940?, Anthony John Cumming Jan 2006

The Navy As The Ultimate Guarantor Of Freedom In 1940?, Anthony John Cumming

Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses

The widely held public view that Britain was saved from invasion during 1940 because the RAF denied the Luftwaffe control of the air is challenged here. Although the heroism of `the few' is not in question, the ability of Fighter Command to act as a serious physical barrier to German plans is refuted with the Luftwaffe holding the initiative between 24 August and 6 September and its ability to bomb Britain by night for months virtually unopposed. Archival and other evidence show that even without adequate fighter cover, the Royal Navy retained considerable potential to resist German air attacks on …

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Liberty Horses (A Novel): Narrative And Cultural Analysis In Postmodern English And American Texts, David James Humphrey Jan 2006

Liberty Horses (A Novel): Narrative And Cultural Analysis In Postmodern English And American Texts, David James Humphrey

Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses

This thesis comprises an original work of fiction, entitled Liberty Horses, and a commentary which explores and compares postmodern English and American fiction, locating my own creative writing practice in that field of contemporary writing. My original work of fiction, Liberty Horses, is divided into two parts, being `Part One: Liberty Horses' and `Part Two: Dreamland'. The critical section of this thesis is divided into three chapters. Chapter One, `American Postmodernism', shows how American writers, such as Richard Brautigan, William Gaddis and Don DeLillo, continually re-interpreted American fiction in regard to its Anglo-American tradition and explored the nature of Consumerism …

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