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Hstr 272e.01: Terrorism - Violence In The Modern World, Richard Drake Jan 2015

Hstr 272e.01: Terrorism - Violence In The Modern World, Richard Drake

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Personalized Movie Database System, Jayaprakash Garaga Jan 2015

Personalized Movie Database System, Jayaprakash Garaga

Technical Library

Personalized Movie Database System (PMDS) is a dynamic web application created for the purpose of viewing basic information about movies such as casting, trailers, ratings etc. It is designed as a one-stop destination for the user to access the movies that are Coming Soon, In Theatres or DVD/Blu-ray/Digital. Besides displaying the ratings from popular websites such as IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes, PMDS allows user to rate the movies. For the movies that are running in Theatres, PMDS displays movie show timings based on the user’s location. For the movies available in DVD/Digital versions, it provides the links to buy/stream them …

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Lawyers On Trial: Juror Hostility To Defendants In Legal Malpractice Trials, Herbert M. Kritzer, Neil Vidmar Jan 2015

Lawyers On Trial: Juror Hostility To Defendants In Legal Malpractice Trials, Herbert M. Kritzer, Neil Vidmar

Faculty Scholarship

In contrast to medical malpractice, legal malpractice is a phenomenon that has attracted little attention from empirically-oriented scholars. This paper is part of a larger study of legal malpractice claiming and litigation. Given the evidence on the frequency of legal malpractice claims, there are surprisingly few legal malpractice cases that result in jury verdicts. There are many possible explanations for this, one of which reflects the perception that lawyers are held in such low esteem by potential jurors that they risk harsh treatment by jurors when they are defendants in legal malpractice trials. Because we could find no empirical evidence …

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A Community Needs Assessment For A Camp Activity Center For People With Disabilities, Jackie L. Main, Melissa A. Klenk, Samantha N. Vandriel Jan 2015

A Community Needs Assessment For A Camp Activity Center For People With Disabilities, Jackie L. Main, Melissa A. Klenk, Samantha N. Vandriel

Community Based

This paper describes a needs assessment of a camp for individuals with disabilities. Utilizing a combination of focus groups and interviews, the needs assessment explores the benefits of additional space and services of an activity center and sensory room, the desire for additional equipment, the value of occupational therapy services, and the potential benefit these additions may have for the surrounding populations within the community. The participants include administrative staff, counselors, campers, and other key informants who maintain knowledge of the topics pertaining to the camp. The results revealed three major themes including marketing, staffing, and indoor space. It was …

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Transforming The Mindsets Of Elementary Students Crosstown Theatre Troupe 2014-2015 Curriculum, Lauren N. Zamiska Jan 2015

Transforming The Mindsets Of Elementary Students Crosstown Theatre Troupe 2014-2015 Curriculum, Lauren N. Zamiska

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

Transforming the Mindsets of Elementary Students is a curriculum designed to teach Elementary schools participating in the Bright Futures Program the art and skills of theatre while incorporating the ideas from Mindset, The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck. This curriculum was created to help students learn to have a growth mindset by taking risks, making choices, learning from mistakes, and looking to the future while learning the art and skills of Life Theatre. This Project is made up of two quarters' curriculums, the process on creating the lessons, and a reflection on constructing the curriculum and implementing …

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2014-15 Uni Strategic Plan Accomplishments, University Of Northern Iowa Jan 2015

2014-15 Uni Strategic Plan Accomplishments, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

A report detailing the progress on the strategic goals within the University of Northern Iowa's strategic plan.

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Graduate And Undergraduate Catalog, 2015-2016, Eastern Washington University, Washington State Library. Electronic State Publications Jan 2015

Graduate And Undergraduate Catalog, 2015-2016, Eastern Washington University, Washington State Library. Electronic State Publications

Course Catalogs

Eastern Washington University's course catalog for the 2015-2016 academic year.

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Introduction To The Special Topic Section On Arts And Consciousness, Dorit Netzer Jan 2015

Introduction To The Special Topic Section On Arts And Consciousness, Dorit Netzer

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Singing And Participatory Spirituality, Paul D. Freinkel Jan 2015

Singing And Participatory Spirituality, Paul D. Freinkel

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

The author describes and examines participatory knowing, participatory spirituality, and psycho-spiritual growth and transformation as experienced by a group of accomplished singers through their singing and the process of learning to sing. In so doing, his study brings rich contemporary research narrative as evidence of the key elements of the participatory revisioning of transpersonal theory. In this article the author reports parts of the results and conclusions of an intuitive inquiry that explored the peak experiences, plateau experiences, and consequent transpersonal growth of nine classically trained singers, including the researcher, and one advanced practitioner of sacred chant. All participants had …

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Book Review: The Heart And Soul Of Psychotherapy: A Transpersonal Approach Through Theater Arts By Saphira Barbara Linden (Editor), Jessica Bockler Jan 2015

Book Review: The Heart And Soul Of Psychotherapy: A Transpersonal Approach Through Theater Arts By Saphira Barbara Linden (Editor), Jessica Bockler

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Transpersonal Space/Time Through The Arts, Lisa Herman Jan 2015

Transpersonal Space/Time Through The Arts, Lisa Herman

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

As transpersonal researchers and practitioners work to articulate the meaning of transpersonal individually and collectively, I suggest conceptualizing transpersonal space/time as real in a physically felt sense. This embodied knowing is best practiced and expressed through the arts. The premise is situated within a larger field using the term liminal as a parallel meaning construct for transpersonal I present my own work referencing a range of disciplines where scholars and practitioners using the terms liminal, transpersonal and others, artfully express their understanding of extra-ordinary experience. A personal example through creative writing is offered demonstrating the way my body/mind inquiring into …

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Songwriting And Transformation: The Subjective Experience Of Sharing Self Through Song, Hilary F. Beech Jan 2015

Songwriting And Transformation: The Subjective Experience Of Sharing Self Through Song, Hilary F. Beech

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

This qualitative heuristic study explored the subjective experience of transformation resulting from the practice of songwriting in nonclinical populations, through semistructured interviews with 12 songwriters, 6 men and 6 women, aged 35-69. Thematic content analysis yielded 6 top-level themes: Connecting, Communicating, Wellbeing, Affirmation, Personal Growth, and Making A Difference. Subthemes of Connecting reflect a wide variety of transpersonal experiences. The Communicating subthemes capture ways in which songwriting afforded participants a language superior to speech for Expressing Feelings, Sharing Self, and Sending A Message. Participants reported Personal Growth, expressed through subthemes Processing Experience (making meaning of painful material) and Empowerment. Learning …

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Book Review: Art, Culture And International Development: Humanizing Social Transformation By John Clammer, Judy Schavrien Jan 2015

Book Review: Art, Culture And International Development: Humanizing Social Transformation By John Clammer, Judy Schavrien

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Campbell At 21/Sony At 31, Jessica D. Litman Jan 2015

Campbell At 21/Sony At 31, Jessica D. Litman

Articles

When copyright lawyers gather to discuss fair use, the most common refrain is its alarming expansion. Their distress about fair use’s enlarged footprint seems completely untethered from any appreciation of the remarkable increase in exclusive copyright rights. In the nearly forty years since Congress enacted the 1976 copyright act, the rights of copyright owners have expanded markedly. Copyright owners’ demands for further expansion continue unabated. Meanwhile, they raise strident objections to proposals to add new privileges and exceptions to the statute to shelter non-infringing uses that might be implicated by their expanded rights. Copyright owners have used the resulting uncertainty …

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The Role Of The International Committee Of The Red Cross, Rotem Giladi, Steven Ratner Jan 2015

The Role Of The International Committee Of The Red Cross, Rotem Giladi, Steven Ratner

Book Chapters

In the absence of a serious implementation mechanism in the Geneva Conventions, much of the leading responsibility for promoting their observance falls upon the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the 150-year-old institution that is a sui generis hybrid between a Swiss non-governmental organization (NGO) and an international organization. With its secretariat in Geneva and delegations throughout the world, the ICRC is, in many conflicts, the most direct voice for the Conventions. The central role of the ICRC pre-dates the Conventions, for the ICRC has been the driving force behind the codification of international humanitarian law (IHL) since the …

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Normal Editions Workshop Newsletter, 2015, Wonsook Kim School Of Art And Design Jan 2015

Normal Editions Workshop Newsletter, 2015, Wonsook Kim School Of Art And Design

Normal Editions Workshop Newsletter

Annual newsletter for the Normal Editions Workshop, School of Art, Illinois State University.

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L’Identité Libanaise Dans La Mémoire Littéraire De La Guerre Civile, Sarah J. Rockford Jan 2015

L’Identité Libanaise Dans La Mémoire Littéraire De La Guerre Civile, Sarah J. Rockford

Honors Theses

Sampling prominent works of Lebanese literature, this paper seeks to unpack the legacy of the Lebanese Civil War (1975- 1990) in the collective memory and identity of Lebanese.

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Eng 2950 : Transatlantic Literary History: Culture, Literacies, And Technologies I, English Jan 2015

Eng 2950 : Transatlantic Literary History: Culture, Literacies, And Technologies I, English

Approved Course Proposals

No abstract provided.

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Detecting Threats From Constituent Parts: A Fuzzy Signal Detection Theory Analysis Of Individual Differences, Ida Van De Car Jan 2015

Detecting Threats From Constituent Parts: A Fuzzy Signal Detection Theory Analysis Of Individual Differences, Ida Van De Car

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Signal detection theory (SDT) provides a theoretical framework for describing performance on decision making tasks, and fuzzy signal detection theory (FSDT) extends this description to include tasks in which there are levels of uncertainty regarding the categorization of stimulus events. Specifically, FSDT can be used to quantify the degree to which an event is 'signal-like', i.e., the degree to which a stimulus event can be characterized by both signal and non-signal properties. For instance, an improvised explosive device (IED) poses little threat when missing key elements of its assembly (a stimulus of low, but not zero, signal strength) whereas the …

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Le Début De La Désillusion Américaine Envers L’Europe Et Le Droit International, 1914-1946 [The Onset Of American Disillusionment With Europe And International Law: 1914-1946], Mark Weston Janis Jan 2015

Le Début De La Désillusion Américaine Envers L’Europe Et Le Droit International, 1914-1946 [The Onset Of American Disillusionment With Europe And International Law: 1914-1946], Mark Weston Janis

Faculty Articles and Papers

Many date the disillusionment of the United States with the international law and organization project to sometime after World War II. Actually, widespread American disillusionment with international law and organization began in 1914 with the outbreak of World War I. Many Americans became convinced that European civilization had failed to emerge from the excesses of state sovereignty and militarism. This essay illustrates the onset of American disillusionment with Europe and with international law and organization between 1914 and 1946.

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Tha 30022 : Advanced Scenic/Lighting Lab Ii, Theatre Jan 2015

Tha 30022 : Advanced Scenic/Lighting Lab Ii, Theatre

Approved Course Proposals

No abstract provided.

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Tha 2190g : Introduction To The Theatre, Honors, Theatre Jan 2015

Tha 2190g : Introduction To The Theatre, Honors, Theatre

Approved Course Proposals

No abstract provided.

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Tha 30002 : Advanced Performing Lab Ii, Theatre Jan 2015

Tha 30002 : Advanced Performing Lab Ii, Theatre

Approved Course Proposals

No abstract provided.

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Tha 3757g : Contemporary World Theatre, Theatre Jan 2015

Tha 3757g : Contemporary World Theatre, Theatre

Approved Course Proposals

No abstract provided.

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The Theater's Many Enemies, Logan Connors Jan 2015

The Theater's Many Enemies, Logan Connors

Faculty Journal Articles

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Queer Provisionality: Mapping The Generative Failures Of The Transborder Immigrant Tool, Alison R. Reed Jan 2015

Queer Provisionality: Mapping The Generative Failures Of The Transborder Immigrant Tool, Alison R. Reed

English Faculty Publications

Alison Reed investigates the border- and boundary-crossing performance of Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0’sTransBorder Immigrant Tool (TBT), an incomplete cell phone program that offers GPS, guidance, and poetry to those attempting to cross into the United States across the Mexico/US border. Reed suggests a provocation-based performance of “queer provisionality,” revealing the aesthetics of oppressive power structures by juxtaposing them to social utopias. Interrogating the national neoliberal project of both US liberalism and US conservatism, Reed’s essay is also a transcription of the performances launched around TBT, the social and political machinery set into motion by Electronic Disturbance Theater’s failed utopian project.

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Nlrb Elections: Ambush Or Anticlimax?, Jeffrey M. Hirsch Jan 2015

Nlrb Elections: Ambush Or Anticlimax?, Jeffrey M. Hirsch

Emory Law Journal

The National Labor Relations Board¿s (NLRB) new election procedures represent a comprehensive reform of its representation process. As is the case for many broad reforms, the new rules have prompted significant criticisms and accolades. Many employers have decried the new rules as implementing an unfair ¿ambush¿ election process that will deprive employees of needed information and employers of their right to express their views about unionization. In contrast, unions have largely applauded the new rules as an improvement on an election system that they view as stacked against them. The truth appears far less monumental. Although the NLRB¿s new rules …

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What Is The Relationship Between Adolescent Adjustment And Distress From Ostracism?, Taylor A. Nelson Jan 2015

What Is The Relationship Between Adolescent Adjustment And Distress From Ostracism?, Taylor A. Nelson

Honors Capstones

This investigation examined the relationship between adolescent adjustment and distress from ostracism. Specifically, it looked at whether peer victimization and maternal consulting about peer relationships moderate the relationship between adolescents' overall depression and distress from ostracism. Several questions were of interest. First, is the relationship between adolescents' overall depression and distress from ostracism moderated by maternal consulting? It was hypothesized that higher levels of overall depression in conjunction with higher levels of consulting will be related to lower levels of distress. Second, is the relationship between adolescents overall depression in distress from ostracism moderated by victimization? It was hypothesized that …

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Undergraduate Catalog, 2015-2016, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Jan 2015

Undergraduate Catalog, 2015-2016, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

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Obituaries - Volume E And F, Rowan County Historical Society Jan 2015

Obituaries - Volume E And F, Rowan County Historical Society

Rowan County Histories Collection

Obituaries of Rowan County, Kentucky. Volume E and F. Compiled circa 2015.

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