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Book Review Of 'The Origins Of Himalayan Studies: Brian Houghton Hodgson In Nepal And Darjeeling, 1820-1858' Edited By David M. Waterhouse, Arjun Guneratne

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Conference Abstracts

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Front Cover

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Back Cover, Kevin Bubriski

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Fair Trade Organic Tea Production And Women's Political Futures In Darjeeling, India, Debarati Sen

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Book Review Of 'Power, Participation, And Policy: The "Emancipatory" Evolution Of The "Elite-Controlled" Policy Process' By Katusuhiko Maskai, Kenneth Croes

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Book Review Of 'The Inheritance Of Loss' By Kiran Desai, B.P. Giri

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Book Review Of 'The Dalit Nepali Social Movement' By Yam Bahadur Kisan, Rama Lohani-Chase

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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From The Editor, Arjun Guneratne

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Proposed Amendments To The Constitution Of The Association For Nepal And Himalayan Studies

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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The Texture Of Local Disaster Response: Service Providers' Views Following Hurricane Katrina, John J. Green, Anna M. Kleiner, Jolynn P. Montgomery

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Disasters highlight elements of community vulnerability and resiliency. Effective responses are organized and managed to provide goods and services to survivors while also being supportive of the organizations attempting to meet these needs. Collaboration among local service providers, such as nonprofit, faith-based, and governmental organizations, allows communities to build upon internal and external networks and resources to prepare for and respond to disasters. Using a livelihoods framework, we analyze 139 qualitative field interviews conducted in the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Southeast Louisiana, to learn from the experiences, needs, and recommendations of people working on the front lines of disaster in …

Risk Perceptions After A Coal Waste Impoundment Failure: A Survey Assessment, Stephanie Mcspirit, Shaunna Scott, Duane Gill, Sharon Hardesty, Dewayne Sims

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

In mid October of 2000, a rupture occurred at the bottom of a coal waste reservoir owned by Martin County Coal Corporation (MCCC-Massey). Impounded slurry and sludge materials from the reservoir traveled through underground mine works and burst through two mine portals on opposite sides of the mountain releasing more than 300 million gallons of coal waste into creeks and waterways of Martin County, KY. This paper examines people’s reactions to the Martin County coal waste disaster by examining levels of reported concern and perceptions of risk across the impacted community of Martin County in comparison to similar coal mining …

The Role Of An Education In The Behavioural Sciences Towards Contributing To The Safety Culture Of The Maritime Industry, Carolyn A E. Graham

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Archaeological Inventory, Site Assessment, And Data Management, Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Lmnra) And Parashant National Monument (Para): Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending December 31, 2007, Margaret N. Rees

Archaeology

• Completed subsurface test excavations at Site 26Ck4943. Field work included the excavation of 11 test units and 10 shovel probes, and the recovery of 52 artifacts and 6.0 gallons of feature fill.

• Inventoried 435 acres, documented 13 new sites and conducted condition assessments on 12 other sites.

• Completed a review of all 1,932 ASMIS site records, of which 857 are sites located within LMNRA or PARA, while 1,075 are “Local Resource Types.”

• Gave five presentations on Task Agreement projects at the Three Corners Conference at UNLV.

Re-Evaluation Of The Main Ridge Site And Adjacent Areas: Quarterly Progress Report, October 1 - December 31, 2007, Margaret N. Rees

Archaeology

• Visited the National Administration of Records and Archives in College Park, Maryland to collect additional archival data for the Finder’s Guide.

• Visited the National Museum of the American Indian to collect additional photographs for the Finder’s Guide.

• Submitted Finder’s Guide documenting the results of the archival study.

• Completed an analysis of the variation in Tusayan White Ware ceramics from Main Ridge.

• Attended the Virgin Anasazi Pottery Conference at the Museum of Northern Arizona.

Southern Nevada Agency Partnership Cultural Site Stewardship Program – Program Expansion And Steward Retention: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending December 31, 2007, Margaret N. Rees

Cultural Site Stewardship Program

• An ATV safety class was conducted to certify Clark County site stewards.

• Stewards reported ten major cultural site impacts and nine lesser impacts.

• Technical design for the new CSSP database is 80% complete.

Digital Germany: Virtual Archives, Powerful Portals, Wise Wikis, Richard Hacken

Faculty Publications

Presented in the Winter 2006-2007 issue of the Global Resources Newsletter, the German-North American Resources Partnership issue. Online portals and digital gateways into focused subject and area studies are both boons and blessings. For German Studies but even more extensively, for all disciplines relevant to the German-North American Resources Partnership this past year has seen explosive growth in the preparation, expansion, proofing, and proclamation of virtual libraries, scholarly digital projects, and multidisciplinary portals. German digital scholarship has reached a maturity that calls for the types of systematic registry and centralized access that are vital to researchers from Aachen to Zzyzx.

2007 Winter Boise State University Commencement Program

Commencement Programs

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Council On Academic Affairs Minutes, Dec 20, 2007, Eastern Kentucky University

Council on Academic Affairs

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Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 42 No. 1, Winter 2008, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

The Place For Athletics
At a time when college sports scandals abound and the Academy is rethinking the proper place for athletics within the world of higher education, HCM recently sponsored a forum on this complex and challenging subject. Read the transcript of this discussion and discover what the future might hold for Crusader sports.
Moderated by Clark V. Booth ’61
Photographs by Patrick O’Connor

Flashback: The Bard of Linden Lane
Jesuit, College administrator and ardent booster for alma mater, Rev. Michael J. Earls of the Class of 1896 brought national attention to Holy Cross when he hosted G.K. Chesterton’s …

Commencement Convocation Program, St. Petersburg Campus, December 18, 2007, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

USF St. Petersburg Graduations and Commencements

Regional Chancellor's Award for Civic Leadership: Roy Harrell

Commencement Convocation Program, St. Petersburg Campus, December 18, 2007, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Regional Chancellor's Award for Civic Leadership - Roy Harrell; Outstanding Graduate - Brenda Mettetal

Worldview Construction: International Relations Concepts Embedded In Elementary Social Studies Textbooks, Louise Massey Strauss

Open Access Dissertations

Early civic education is crucial for worldview formation compatible with living in an increasingly interdependent world. In U.S. public schools, social studies is the locus of civic education. Social studies textbooks are the container of civic subject matter and teachers are its transmitters. Traditionally, civic education has been linked with national identity creation. In this study, educators are challenged to stimulate a complementary cosmopolitan identity because of social, political, and economic globalization trends and transition to an Information (and instant communication) Age. Using the social constructivist perspective, a content analysis model was developed for multi-state study of elementary social studies …

Commencement Convocation Program, Lakeland Campus, December 17, 2007, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Outstanding Senior - Tara Crum; Distinguished Service Award - Commissioner Jack Myers

Illinois State University, One Hundred And Forty-Seventh Annual Commencement, December 16, 2006, Illinois State University

Commencement Programs

Normal, Illinois
Illinois State University
One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Annual Commencement
December 16, 2006

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Graduate, December 15, 2007, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

President's Fellow Medallion - David Ward

Commencement Convocation Program, Tampa Campus, December 15, 2007, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Outstanding Senior - Amanda Day; Global Leadership Award - Carol Bellamy and Juan Vázquez; King O'Neal Scholars - Michelle Denise Frey and Steven Martin Wilson

158th Commencement, Winter

Commencement Programs

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Louisiana Intech Professional Development: Middle School Administrators' Perceptions Of Change As Related To Student Achievement, Diane R. Mason

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

School accountability requires administrators and policymakers to implement sound programs that sustain school improvement. Hundreds of Louisiana teachers participate in Louisiana Integration of Technology (INTECH) professional development as a strategy to change instructional practice and improve student achievement. The purpose of this quantitative research study was to investigate the Louisiana INTECH professional development model as an impetus for school change and increased student achievement. The study employed a survey and an ex-post facto, causal-comparative design to address the questions: 1) Do middle school administrators perceive the Louisiana INTECH professional development model as an impetus for school change? 2) Does the …

A Description Of A Gifted Program In A Rural Mississippi County School District Through The Perceptions Of Its Student Participants, Theresa Young Dumas

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to describe a gifted program in a rural Mississippi county school district through the perceptions of its student participants. This study consisted of a total of 19 participants. Thirteen participants in this study were students in grades 7-8 who were currently enrolled in the gifted program and six participants were students in grades 11-12 who had previously been enrolled in the gifted program. The researcher interviewed each focus group on two separate occasions using a tape recorder to record the participants’ responses. Each focus group interview lasted about one hour. This study used qualitative …