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Icann, Cultural Imperialism, And Democratization Of Internet Governance, Brian Gailey

Honors Projects in Communication

Internet Governance has largely been managed by the United States government since its burgeoning in the 1990’s. The government has since entrusted and charged internet technical tasks and functions to ICANN. The organization along with the United States government has been the subject of heavy criticism for its inadequate international representation. Many interpret US hegemony over the internet as culturally imperialistic. The following paper explores the some of the advantages and disadvantages to multilateral Internet governance. Firstly, it will evaluate ICANN’s ability to both democratize their internal decision-making and internationalize the web by better serving foreign Internet end-users. Next, the …

Academic Gateway, Spring 2009, San Jose State University Library

Library Gateway

No abstract provided.

Library News, Spring 2009, San Jose State University Library

Library News

No abstract provided.

Concept Maps In The Science Classroom, Paul T. Lubberts

Mathematical and Computing Sciences Masters

Science curriculums are often contain concepts and vocabulary that students are expected to memorize through reading and listening to lectures. Unfortunately rote learning is often short term without a complete understanding. Concept maps are designed to use a cognitive structure of hierarchical organization with more general concepts occupying higher levels and more specific concepts at lower levels. The map is a diagram that represents conceptual and verbal knowledge in graphical and visual forms. Prior studies have shown concept maps are a meaningful learning tool and an alternative to rote learning when students work cooperatively in small groups. The study investigated …

Anthropology Major And Minor Approval, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Class Notes, Liberty University

April/May 2009

No abstract provided.

College Of Health And Human Services International Service Learning Program: Gales Point, Belize, Jordan Norris, Carrierobin Menapace

Impact Belize

No abstract provided.

The Advocate Spring 2009, University Of Tennessee College Of Law

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

Que Ondee Sola - April 2009, Xavier Luis Burgos

Que Ondee Sola

Student publication founded in 1972, articles include: The Call for a Latina/o Cultural & Resource Center, Victor Ortiz Latino & Latin American Studies Program, Christina Gomez Sociology Department, Lawrence P. Frank Provost, Paul E. Schroeder Rodriguez Foreign Languages & Literatures, Teresita Diaz Proyecto Pa'lante & Project Success, Movimiento Cultural Latino Americano, The Real Pirate of the Caribbean: Cofresi, An Educational Event at NEIU: Matthew Rodriguez, Ivan Sanchez Nuyorican Writer, Triunfa el FMLN en El Salvador

Conflicts, Occupation, And Music-Making In Palestine, Chuen-Fung Wong

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Bard Free Press, Vol. 10, No. 6 (April 2009), Bard College

Bard Free Press - All Issues (2000-2018)

No abstract provided.

Treated Differently In Life But Not In Death: The Execution Of The Intellectually Disabled After Atkins V. Virginia, Penny White

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

Israel's Mizrahim: "Other" Victims Of Zionism Or A Bridge To Regional Reconciliation?, Franklin Hugh Adler

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Civil Society, Democracy, And Peace, Terry Boychuk

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Wku Scholar, Office Of Sponsored Programs, Western Kentucky University

WKU Scholar

No abstract provided.

Tennessee Law Spring 2009, University Of Tennessee College Of Law

Tennessee Law

No abstract provided.

How "Weak" Mindreaders Inherited The Earth, Cameron Buckner, Adam Shriver, Stephen Crowley, Colin Allen

Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Carruthers argues that an integrated faculty of metarepresentation evolved for mindreading and was later exapted for metacognition. A more consistent application of his approach would regard metarepresentation in mindreading with the same skeptical rigor, concluding that the "faculty" may have been entirely exapted. Given this result, the usefulness of Carruthers’ line-drawing exercise is called into question.

Towards An Understanding Of Antonin Artaud’S Film Theory: The Seashell And The Clergyman, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

A study of an avant-garde artist’s theory through the frames of the first surreal film: The Seashell and the Clergyman, made in 1927.

Negotiating With Separatist Terrorists, Dottie Bond

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

It is in the interest of this thesis to investigate why governments negotiate with separatist terrorists, and why those negotiations succeed or fail. The four cases analyzed in this thesis include: Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, (1983-2009); Russia and the Chechen Republic, (1994-2009); Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, (1993-1994); and Great Britain and the Irish Republican Army, (1985-2009). In this study, four basic questions are addressed: When and why do governments agree to negotiate with separatist terrorists? Is negotiation a viable solution to ending historic ethnic conflicts? Are certain peace agreements and negotiation strategies more …

Gallaudet Today Volume 39 Number 1 Spring 2009, Todd Byrd

Gallaudet Today

No abstract provided.

Silence Like Scouring Sand, Kathleen Dean Moore

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

It’s not easy to find silence in the modern world. If a quiet place is one where you can listen for fifteen minutes in daylight hours without hearing a human-created sound, there are no quiet places left in Europe. There are none east of the Mississippi River. And in the American West? Maybe twelve. One of these is in the temperate rainforest along the Hoh River in Olympic National Park.

Reviews, Marvels & Tales Editors

Marvels & Tales

Stars and Keys: Folktales and Creolization in the Indian Ocean. By Lee Haring with translations by Claude Ricaud and Dawood Auleear.
Review by Ana C. Cara.

Cinderella in America: A Book of Folk and Fairy Tales. Compiled and edited by William Bernard McCarthy.
Review by Carl Lindahl.

Haunted Halls: Ghostlore of American College Campuses. By Elizabeth Tucker.
Review by Bill Ellis.

Haunting Experiences: Ghosts in Contemporary Folklore. By Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, and Jeannie Banks Thomas.
Review by Adam Zolkover.

Red Riding Hood and the Wolf in Bed: Modernism’s Fairy Tales. By Ann Martin.
Review by …

The View From Ventress - 2009, University Of Mississippi. College Of Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Newsletters

Special Section: The Great Debate. College takes leading role in hosting the Presidential Debate of 2008.

Stony Brook Press, V. 30, N. 11, Stony Brook University. Stony Brook Press.

Stony Brook Press

v. 30, n. 11, v.:ill. ; 38 cm (original analog pub.)

Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua62/3 April Newsletter, Wku Small Business Development Center

University Organizations

Newsletter created by the WKU Small Business Development Center.

Prism #38, April 2009, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

This Constitution: Constitutional Indexicals As A Basis For Textualist Semi-Originalism, Christopher R. Green

Notre Dame Law Review

Debate over proper methods of constitutional interpretation is interminable, in part because the Constitution seems not to tell us how it should be interpreted. I argue here that this appearance is misleading. The Constitution repeatedly refers to itself with the phrase “this Constitution,” and claims to make itself supreme law of the land. Debates over what should be supreme for constitutional interpretation can be resolved if but only if, we have a sufficiently-detailed understanding of what the Constitution is. I consider seven possibilities for what might be the interpretively-supreme “Constitution”: (1) the original expected applications;(2) the original ultimate purposes;(3) the …

Insincere Utterances And Gaze: Eye Contact During Sarcastic Statements, Jason A. Williams, Erin L. Burns, Elizabeth A. Harmon

Psychology and Child Development

Anecdotal evidence suggests that speakers often gaze away from their listeners during sarcastic utterances; however, this question has not been directly addressed empirically. This study systematically compared gaze-direction of speakers in dyadic conversation when uttering sincere and sarcastic statements. 18 naive participants were required to recite a series of contradictory statements on a single topic to a naive listener, while at the same time conveying their actual opinion about this topic. This latter task could only be accomplished through prosodic or nonverbal communication by indicating sincerity or insincerity (sarcasm) for the various statements and allowed examination of gaze across the …

Insider Vol. 10 No. 1 Spring 2009, College Of Arts & Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

A Publication for Friends of the College of Arts and Sciences