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An Analysis Of Online News Comments On Children's Racial Perceptions In The U.S., Hsin-Liang Chen, Robin A. Moeller

University Libraries Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper studies how a large online community made sense of a television and online news organization's cosponsored study of children's perceptions of race in the America. 2,906 readers' comments from the CNN special report were collected in December 2010. After classifying these comments, there were four data sets: all comments, negative comments, positive comments, and popular comments (comments with "Like). Wordstat, a contentanalysis software program, was used to analyze the word/phrase frequency of four data sets. The purpose of the content analysis was to identify any similar pattern of word/phrase among the data sets. Of 2,906 comments, 1,745 comments …

The Rise Of Hydraulic Fracturing: A Behavioral Analysis Of Landowner Decision-Making, Jared B. Fish

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

High volume "slickivater" horizontal hydraulic fracturing ("hydrofracking" or 'fracking") is an innovative technology nov widely used to extract natural gas from shale rock. Proponents hail fracking as a way to promote energy independence, bring jobs to economically distressed communities, and mitigate climate change by switching from oil and coal to natural gas. Yet the process has come under increased public scrutiny in recent years as thousands qf reports surfaced linking hydrofracking to groundwater contamination, air pollution, and various maladies. Despite an explosion qf media reports on the potential risks associated with fracking, landowners continue to lease their mineral rights to …

Possible Symbolics 33, Stephen Andrade

Art Space at JWU Library

Professor Steve Andrade is continuously experimenting in a wide range of visual arts and technology. He is an avid researcher in the areas of interactive technology, gaming, modern visual metaphor, archeology, fine arts, Western geology and the sociology of technology space.

When he is not teaching or conducting projects at the University, Professor Andrade can be found traveling or working in his studio (pictured here). His artwork includes digital imaging, graphic art posters, virtual space planning, information graphics, 2d and 3d sculpture, representational sketching, realism, video and his current passion - abstract modern painting with a hint of allegory. He …

Check It Out! Library Newsletter, Fall 2011, Johnson & Wales University - Providence

JWU Library Newsletter - Providence Campus

Johnson & Wales University Library, Providence Campus, Library Newsletter. Issue 1, Fall 2011.

The Connection, Fall 2011, Lindenwood University

The Connection (1989-2017)

Lindenwood University alumni magazine.

Crony Capitalism And Antitrust, Maurice Stucke

Scholarly Works

In August 2011, the United States brought a landmark antitrust lawsuit to prevent the merger of two of the nation’s four largest mobile wireless telecommunications services providers, AT&T Inc. and T‑Mobile USA, Inc. But why are so many elected officials asking the Obama administration to intercede in the Department of Justice’s lawsuit to force a settlement? Why are they approving a merger that would likely lead to higher prices, fewer jobs, less innovation, and higher taxes for their constituents? Does it have anything to do with the money they are receiving from AT&T and T-Mobile?

This Essay examines the recent …

Prism #57, October 2011, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Insider Vol. 11 No. 2 Fall 2011, College Of Arts & Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

No abstract provided.

Behavior Based Threat Assessment As A Tool For The Federal Protective Service In Mitigating Directed Violence, Aaron L. Godbey

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

The popular culture behind law enforcement of protecting and serving is slightly misrepresented because the majority of law enforcement organizations do not have a protective mission but a responsive mission. Select organizations such as the Federal Protective Service (FPS) has more than a responsive, investigative responsibility to the community they police; they also have a responsibility to protect their community from potential criminal and terrorist acts that have not yet happened. Utilizing the newest research from the Department of Homeland Security and their partnership with mental health providers, the United States Attorney"Ÿs Office and scholarly researchers this article provides the …

Teachers’ Perceptions Of Integrating Information And Communication Technologies Into Literacy Instruction: A National Survey In The United States, David Reinking, Amy Hutchison

Publications

In this commentary, we argue that literacy research would be more productive if researchers had a clearer, more nuanced understanding of theory. Specifically, we argue that theory in a practice-oriented field is most fundamentally productive when it provides instrumental guidance for literacy beyond academic understanding about literacy. Premises for that argument are presented, as well as how productivity connects to an instrumental view of theory within the philosophy of science. We provide examples from authoritative sources and relevant studies suggesting that conceptions and uses of theory in literacy research are ambiguous, diffuse, and incoherent. We argue that productivity could be …

Academic Affairs Report, Fall 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of The Provost And Executive Vice President For Academic Affairs.

Academic Affairs Update

Inside this issue:

-- A Letter from Provost Gloria Gibson
-- Pre-Tenure Fellowship Symposium
-- Focusing on Assessment and First-Year Students
-- Fall Faculty Workshop
-- Reaching for Higher Ground: Community after 9/11 - Spring Events
-- Sustainability and Curriculum Development
-- Office of Academic Advising
-- Cornerstone's Zeitoun Project
-- Student Assessment Pilot
-- The Provost's Diversity Initiative
-- Diversity Fellow Update
-- Congratulations Faculty!

Vol. 87, No. 1 | Fall 2011, Bridgewater College

Bridgewater Magazine

No abstract provided.

Maryland Politics And Government, Herbert C. Smith, John T. Willis

University of Nebraska Press: Sample Books and Chapters

Tucked between the larger commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia and overshadowed by the political maneuverings of its neighbor, Washington, D.C., Maryland has often been overlooked and neglected in studies of state governmental systems. With the publication of Maryland Politics and Government, the challenging demographic diversity, geographic variety, and dynamic Democratic pragmatism of Maryland finally get their due. Two longtime political analysts, Herbert C. Smith and John T. Willis, conduct a sustained inquiry into topics including the Maryland identity, political history, and interest groups; the three branches of state government; and policy areas such as taxation, spending, transportation, and the …

The French Colonial Mind, Volume 1, Martin Thomas

University of Nebraska Press: Sample Books and Chapters

What made France into an imperialist nation, ruler of a global empire with millions of dependent subjects overseas? Historians have sought answers to this question in the nation’s political situation at home and abroad, its socioeconomic circumstances, and its international ambitions. But all these motivating factors depended on other, less tangible forces, namely, the prevailing attitudes of the day and their influence among those charged with acquiring or administering a colonial empire. The French Colonial Mind explores these mindsets to illuminate the nature of French imperialism. The first of two linked volumes, Mental Maps of Empire and Colonial Encounters brings …

Copyright, Fair Use, And The Creative Commons In The 21st Century, Megan Lotts

Articles

As our daily lives become consumed with the World Wide Web and all it has to offer, I question how we view or engage the notion of intellectual property. Is there a better way to share our ideas in our current technological climate without misusing or breaking the laws of Copyright? Is Creative Commons licensing a solution? This paper will briefly look at the World Wide Web and how Copyright law, fair use, and the Creative Commons apply in the 21st century.

Southeastern Alumni Magazine- Fall/Winter 2011, Southeastern University - Lakeland

Southeastern Alumni Magazine

David Grant in India
Alumnus and co-founder of Project Rescue in India, David Grant and his wife Beth recently came and spent a week on the Southeastern University campus.

Latino New Yorkers In The 2008 Presidential Election: The New Americans Exit Poll, Lorraine C. Minnite

Policy Documents

This report focuses on the political attitudes and vote choices of the city’s growing Latino population. An analysis of population flows in New York City since the 9/11 terrorist attacksprovides an important context forunderstanding shifts in turnout and the role immigration is playing in shaping the city’s electorate. These trends, in turn, bear on the continuing diversification of the city’s Latino population, and especially its Latino electorate. The New Americans Exit Poll opens a window onto the diversity of the New York City Latino electorate, and raises questions about the interplay of immigrant political incorporation and Latino identity.

The Rock, Fall 2011 (Vol. 82, No. 1), Whittier College

The Rock

No abstract provided.

Creating A Supportive Culture For Online Teaching: A Case Study Of A Faculty Learning Community, Mei-Yan Lu, Ann Marie Todd, Michael T. Miller

Faculty Publications

This case study describes the creation of a supportive culture for online teaching at a western university that was transitioning to a new learning management system. The case study highlighted the creation of a faculty learning community as one strategy to address the challenge of faculty working through a change process. The faculty learning community provided a space for the development of best practices in teaching, drawing from the pedagogical experiences of teachers from diverse disciplines. The learning community also provided a venue for expanding the technical knowledge level of faculty members with a range of comfort levels with varied …

Regulations Of Hydraulic Fracturing Under The Safe Drinking Water Act, Keith B. Hall

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

For more than 20 years after the 1974 enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act ("SD WA ), the US. Environmental Protection Agency interpreted the SDWA as not applying to hydraulic fracturing. The United States Eleventh Circuit ruled in 1997 that the SDWTA applied to fracturing, but the EPA chose not to consent to that interpretation outside the Eleventh Circuit. Further the EPA continued to take the position that its existing SDWTA regulations did not apply to hydraulic fracturing, and it never promulgated new regulations to cover fracturing. In 2005, the Congress passed legislation that generally is read as applying …

The Interpretation Of Surface Easements In Severance Deeds As A Limit On Hydraulic Fracturing Practices, Rachel Heron, Justin S. Duclos, Shaun A. Goho

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

Hydraulic fracturing has driven a boom in natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale. While providing a growing source of domestic energy, this boom also raises signicant environmental concerns. Many of the impacts of hy draulic fracturing predominantly affect the inhabitants of the property where the drilling occurs. Yet when those inhabitants own only the surface estate, they have relatively little influence over whether and how the drilling occurs and will not profit from the gas extraction. This article provides a jurisdictional case stud4 set in West Virginia to assist in understanding the nuances relevant to an interpretation of the …

Reconsidering The Use Of Forced Pooling For Shale Gas Development, Lindsey Trachtenberg

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

Hydrocarbons can be produced more efficiently ihen neighboring landowners work in cooperation, rather than in competition. Yet market failures often make it difficult for landovners and the well operators iwith whi om they contract to reach agreements for the cooperative development of hy drocarbon reservoirs. Therefore, some states have enacted forced pooling provisions, vhich allow states to compel cooperative development under certain criteria. While forced pooling is generally acceptable for traditional oil and gas resources, state legislatures and regulators should reassess their forced pooling provisions as they are applied to shale gas resources. Based on the unique characteristics of shale …

Semantic Annotation And Search For Resources In The Next Generation Web With Sa-Rest, Ajith H. Ranabahu, Amit P. Sheth, Maryam Panahiazar, Sanjaya Wijeratne

Kno.e.sis Publications

SA-REST, the W3C member submission, can be used for supporting a wide variety of Plain Old Semantic HTML (POSH) annotation capabilities on any type of Web resource. Kino framework and tools provide support of capabilities to realize SA-RESTs promised value. These tools include (a) a browser-plugin to support annotation of a Web resource (including services) with respect to an ontology, domain model or vocabulary, (b) an annotation aware indexing engine and (c) faceted search and selection of the Web resources. At one end of the spectrum, we present Kino^E (aka Kino for Enterprise) which uses NCBO formal ontologies and …

Mechanisms Of Neuronal Death Induced By Environmental Toxicants In Murine Cortical Culture, Travis Rush

Dissertations (1934 -)

This study was directed at examining the neurotoxic mechanisms of several classes of environmental toxicants implicated in neurodegenerative disease. Primary cortical cultures were exposed to organophosphorus pesticides, heavy metals and the cyanobacterial toxin, beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA). Several components relating to neuronal injury were assessed in each study and novel aspects are described.

The main action of organophosphorous insecticides is generally believed to be the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase. However, these compounds are now recognized to inhibit many other enzymes and cause neuronal death through a variety of mechanisms. I found that exposure to chlorpyrifos or diazinon caused concentration-dependent neurotoxicity that could not …

The Sun And The Sea, Debbie Knubley

The Prairie Light Review

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, Comparative Civilizations Review

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Foundations, Amy Cagle, Jackie Hudson, Jack Mccarty, John P. Rush, Mississippi State University Foundation

Mississippi State University Foundation Foundations Newsletter

This document is an issue of Foundations.

Ssrc Annual Report 2011, Jordan Lear, Laura R. Walton, Jillian Garrigues, Marissa Humphrey, Melanie Peoples, Ashlee Sheffield, Cameron White

SSRC Annual Reports

An organization's annual report should be a reflection of the accomplishments and efforts of its people during the previous year. This annual report is no different in that regard as it highlights an impressive list of publications, presentations, funding awards and individual accomplishments from the SSRC.

The Women Of Lockerbie, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

By Deborah Brevoort

Productions took place September 30 to October 8: All performances at 7:30pm, except October 2 at 2:00pm, 2011

Droughtscape, Fall 2011, Kelly Smith

DroughtScape: Quarterly Newsletter of the National Drought Mitigation Center (2007–2023)

Drought Preparedness Community Options

Drought Likely to Persist, Intensify Across South

Database Will Help Planners Find Options

Impacts: Ag Losses, Fire, Water Restrictions

NDMC Welcomes International Visitors

New Drought Impact Reporter Online

Sim-Drought, Available Now at Select Agencies