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Speaker & Gavel

Complete digitized issue (volume 13, issue 4, Summer 1976) of Speaker & Gavel.

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Speaker & Gavel

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Speaker & Gavel

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Speaker & Gavel

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The Colors Of Madeleine #2: The Cracks In The Kingdom, Melissa Heaton

Children's Book and Media Review

The royal family of Cello has vanished and Princess Ko, the only royal left, is trying to stay calm and run the government in her family’s absence. It’s discovered that the royals are trapped in a parallel world. Princess Ko calls on some teens with unique talents to help her find her family. Elliot Baranski, a local farm boy, has a connection to the World. He knows of a secret crack where he has been communicating with a girl named Madeleine Tully. Elliot and Madeleine work together to find the royals and bring them back to Cello.

Hop Up! Wriggle Over!, Loretta Farnsworth

Children's Book and Media Review

The picture book Hop Up! Wriggle Over! depicts the day of a large family of assorted Australian animals. They wake up their mother figure, a koala, and eat breakfast and go to the park. Then they are picked up by their father figure, a kangaroo, and go home, eat dinner, and go to bed. The actions throughout the book are depicted through pictures and simple words. Waking up is summarized as “Hop up! Wriggle over! Wakey, wakey. Hungry!” The entire book consists of this style of broken phrases, most without punctuation. The last page includes the names of all the …

Various Positions, Lisa Packard

Children's Book and Media Review

Fourteen-year-old Georgia eats, sleeps, and breathes ballet. When she is accepted into one of the most prestigious academy's in Toronto, she couldn't be more thrilled. There's just one problem: she's having strange feelings about her ballet instructor, Roderick Allen. As she is training more intensely for a coveted lead role in a ballet, she becomes more and more obsessed with Roderick and fantasizes about having sex with him. On top of her confusing feelings, her parents are acting strange and won't help her understand what's going on. Georgia does the unthinkable and kisses Roderick. By the time Georgia tells the …

Magellan: Over The Edge Of The World, Emilee Bell

Children's Book and Media Review

Failure after failure drives Ferdinand Magellan to forsake his native Portugal and fly under Spanish colors in the name of fame, fortune, and exploration. Political intrigue sows doubts of the feasibility of his quest, but eventually, Magellan becomes commander of an armada aiming to find a faster route to the Spice Islands. On the sea, Magellan finds no respite. Mired in the center of Portugal-Spanish political conflict, Magellan maneuvers through ocean storms while diplomatic tempests never wane. One by one, the Armada de Molucca sheds men and ships as a result of storms, scurvy, mutinies, and conflicts with natives until …

Crow Smarts: Inside The Brain Of The World's Brightest Bird, Kristie Hinckley

Children's Book and Media Review

Crows are usually thought of as dark, creepy animals, but the findings of Gavin Hunt, a scientist who studies New Caledonian crows, give a different picture. Crows are actually the world’s brightest birds. They use tools, like humans, and creatively capture their prey. The author and photographer make readers feel like they’re in New Caledonia studying crows. Next time readers hear crows communicating, they might think twice about their obnoxious sound, and more about what it might mean.

The Elephant Thief, Cynthia Frazier

Children's Book and Media Review

Who would have ever thought that ‘Boy’—a filthy street orphan, pickpocket, and thief—would end up becoming an Indian Prince named Dandip? All because of a wager between rival zoo owners, an elaborate scheme was hatched with ‘Boy’ dressed up in a fancy Indian costume riding an elephant named Maharaja. Newspapers started carrying the story and soon, everyone in England knew about the ‘Prince’ and his elephant and lined the streets as the duo trekked 200 miles from Scotland to England. Boy liked having clean clothes and good food to eat, and he was starting to know how to communicate with …

All My Stripes: A Story For Children With Autism, Megan Hall

Children's Book and Media Review

All My Stripes tells the story of Zane, a young zebra with autism. The story begins when he comes home and tells his mom about the horrible day he had. Zane did not want to paint like the other students, did not know how to talk to them, and drew differently than them. He feels misunderstood and does not like how everyone only sees his autism stripe. But in talking with his mom, Zane learns that his autism is just one of his many stripes. Zane’s mother helps him see the many other talents and abilities he has. Zane has …

The Word Collector, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Some people collect bugs or coins or stamps. Jerome collects words. Big words, small words, dreamy words, sad words - he has all types of words in his collection. One day, when he is transporting his well-organized collection of words, he trips and the words get all mixed up together. This gets him thinking, and he starts experimenting with words, writing poetry and songs that touch people and help him communicate more completely. Filled with the knowledge of words that he has and the joy that it brings him, Jerome decides to set his collection of words to the wind, …

Like Sisters: Emma Moves In, Amanda Durrant

Children's Book and Media Review

Normally, Emma loves every single moment with her twin cousins, Natalia and Zoe. But things change when Emma's mom and Natalia and Zoe's mom decide to fix up their mom's old house and transform it into a bed and breakfast. Emma has a hard time adjusting to living with so many people, attending a new school, and making new friends. Plus, she misses her dad, who had to stay behind and tie up some lose ends. When the twins' friend who doesn't seem to like Emma ends up in their English class group project, they figure out how to make …

Amy The Red Panda Is Writing The Best Story In The World, Loretta Farnsworth

Children's Book and Media Review

Amy the red panda starts composing a story, but then the letters explode and declare that she is writing the best story in the world. Before she can resume telling her story, however, her friends gather around and begin making suggestions. Upset at being unable to tell her story, Amy tears down the words. Her best friend, Mervin the sloth, helps cheer her up, and she finishes by writing “Amy and Mervin had a fun day.” The rest of their friends reappear to compliment the sentence and request another story.

A Blackthorn Key Adventure: The Assassin's Curse, Tessa Mcmillan

Children's Book and Media Review

King Charles II invites Christopher and Tom to a party, where Christopher stumbles upon a poisoned guest and is attacked by an assassin. Acting quickly, Christopher and Tom save Charles and the king’s sister, Minette. Charles asks Christopher, Tom, and Sally to join Minette’s entourage to Paris so they can stop the assassins. Once in Paris, the three friends learn the origin of the curse on the French royal line. Christopher realizes the curse is being resurrected by a group of servants and nobles who want the Templar treasure for themselves. The mastermind servant over the assassination attempts flees, but …

The Mesmerist, Tessa Mcmillan

Children's Book and Media Review

Ever since Jessamine Grace’s father was killed, she and her mother have earned a living working as spiritualists for London’s elite. Their work is a sham until one job causes Jessamine to actually receive deadly messages from the supernatural cult, Mephisto. Realizing Jessamine has the gift of mesmerism, communicating and interacting with the dead, her mother takes Jessamine to Balthazar, a half-faerie man who heads a small league of gifted youth dedicated to thwarting Mephisto and other evil forces. While Jessamine is training with Balthazar’s league, Jessamine’s mother is killed by Mephisto’s ghouls. Jessamine joins in the fight against Mephisto’s …

The Mesmerist, Rachel Aedo

Children's Book and Media Review

Haunted by the echo of “Ashes, ashes, we all fall down,” Jessamine Grace discovers her powers as a mesmerist. She is able to read the thoughts of others and communicate with the dead. This is a gift inherited from her father, who died facing the greatest necromancer to have ever lived. When this same evil rises again, Jess rallies with other powerful children to defeat the threat before London is decimated by a plague spread by rats.

Through With The Zoo, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Goat is done with the petting zoo. Everyday there are so many little hands and arms and faces wanting to play. It's too much! He can see that other animals in the zoo have their own places with a little bit of distance between their pen and the people moving by. Goat leaps the fence and tries living with a koala and an elephant, but is not comfortable in their enclosures either. Finally, he finds a peaceful shade tree and is happy until night comes. In a change of heart, Goat decides that being alone isn't always what he wants. …

I Love You For Miles And Miles, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

A parent’s love is longer than the longest train, taller than the tallest crane, and steadier than the steadiest tugboat. No matter where a child goes in the world, the parent will always love them. A parent's love stretches for miles and miles. Using the vehicle of 'things that go,' this book communicates the precious love that a parent has for their child.

Draw The Line, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Two boys are drawing lines when they accidentally bump into each other. What if, instead of two separate lines, they make one big one? They do and magic happens. They play with the line, and it’s all fun and games until one boy accidentally pulls the other one down. He laughs, making the boy who fell mad. The angered boy yanks the line hard in retaliation. They pull and tug until suddenly the line snaps, creating a rift between them. After a few moments, the boys walk towards the end of the rift and find a way to turn the …

Captain, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Fifteen-year-old Billy joined the army and is being sent off to fight the Turks in Gallipoli. On the way there, he meets a boy named Captain and his donkey, Hey-Ho, who are in the service corps and are sent along with Billy’s platoon. They move from battle to battle, experiencing the horrors of war, but amidst all the fighting, Captain and Hey-Ho are always there providing relief to the troops, especially Billy. Captain and Billy develop a close friendship as they are both far underage. Two years later, fatigued and delusional, Billy accidentally shoots Captain and it almost destroys him. …

We Are ... Marshall, December 12, 2018, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

Neuroethics Guiding Principles For The Nih Brain Initiative, Henry T. Greely, Christine Grady, Khara M. Ramos, Winston Chiong, James Eberwine, Nita A. Farahany, L. Syd M. Johnson, Et. Al.

Department of Humanities Publications

Neuroscience presents important neuroethical considerations. Human neuroscience demands focused application of the core research ethics guidelines set out in documents such as the Belmont Report. Various mechanisms, including institutional review boards (IRBs), privacy rules, and the Food and Drug Administration, regulate many aspects of neuroscience research and many articles, books, workshops, and conferences address neuroethics. (Farah, 2010; https://bioethicsarchive.georgetown.edu/pcsbi/studies.html; http://www.neuroethicssociety.org/annual-meeting). However, responsible neuroscience research requires continual dialogue among neuroscience researchers, ethicists, philosophers, lawyers, and other stakeholders to help assess its ethical, legal, and societal implications. The Neuroethics Working Group of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Brain Research through Advancing Innovative …

Latino Policy Institute At Rwu Selects Marcela Betancur As New Director, Edward Fitzpatrick

Featured News Story

Betancur brings experience in housing, education, civil liberties and workforce development to a role that “has never been more needed”.

Conversion Of Pa 611 Public Administration Theory And Practice, Jonathan Anderson

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

This project focused on converting PA 611 Public Administration Theory and Practice into an online course suitable for certification by the California State University Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) program. http://courseredesign.csuprojects.org/wp/qualityassurance/qlt/

Following three workshops and one on one work with Instructional Designer Gary Johnson, PA 611 was converted utilizing the course alignment and accessibility requirements of QLT. Each module is structured to have learning goals, readings, videos and assignments aligned with the Course learning outcomes.

Understanding The Social Media Fandom Of The Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding Show, Kevin Magee

Sport Management Undergraduate

The sport of bodybuilding has become one of the leading enterprises in using social media as the headlining avenue of marketing and promoting for the events they host. Social media marketing is used to reach marketing goals ranging from consumer care to advertising to commerce. The problem with this is that there is no knowledge about how the fans interact and engage with certain types of posts that are published throughout the Mr. Olympia show by the Mr. Olympia official Instagram account. This project gathered data on both what was posted through the official Mr. Olympia Instagram account and how …

Faculty Senate Minutes December 2018, Uno Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official minutes of the Faculty Senate Meetings at the University of Nebraska - Omaha (UNO) for Academic year 2018-2019. The Faculty Senate supports faculty governance and believes that shared governance is essential to creating productive and rewarding environment for faculty and students. The Faculty Senate is a representative body of members elected by the faculty of the various academic departments and units of UNO. The Faculty Senate features representation from each academic college, Criss Library , and Omaha-base University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL) colleges.

State Of Practice In Accessible Instructional Material Policy In Public Post-Secondary Settings, Veronica Mcgowan

Administrative Issues Journal

For many students, easy access to instructional materials is an expectation of course enrollment. However, for students with disabilities, obtaining instructional materials may involve hurdles such as transcription, captioning, and requesting a braille or large-print version. In order to explore themes related to accessibility and services for students with disabilities, the goal of this study was to examine the similarities and differences between publicly communicated policies related to accessible instructional materials in public post-secondary educational settings. To that end, this study consists of website-provided accessible instructional materials policy of 60 higher educational institutions, representing five American geographic areas and four …

Universities Can Learn Too: Extracting The Value Stram From Small-Dollar Transactions, Richard J. Palmer, Mahendra Gupta, James Brandt

Administrative Issues Journal

Based on survey responses of 350 colleges and universities in North America in 2017, we find that the majority of benefits from purchasing card use are falling to a minority of card-using educational institutions. This study examines the extent to which p-card programs at colleges and universities in North America “fail to launch,” and presents an outline for program selfassessment, identifies common obstacles in implementing a successful p-card program, and provides a roadmap to rehabilitate a languishing p-card program.

Overcoming Employer Perceptions Of Online Accounting Education With Knowledge, Rhonda J. Richards, Robert Stevens, Lawrence Silver, Stephanie Metts

Administrative Issues Journal

Accounting education is moving toward an online learning environment. While many universities teach in the face-to-face environment, or at least offer that option, there are also many universities offering online accounting education. Attitudes and intentions of potential employers of accounting students need to be understood by academics as well as by university students. Accreditation and training can play a key role in effective online accounting education. The purpose of this study was to identify and examine factors that have a significant impact on employer perceptions of online accounting education. A survey was developed from literature review and interviews and then …