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The Impact Of Musical Background, Choral Conducting Training And Music Teaching Style On The Choral Warm-Up Philosophy And Practices Of Successful High School Choral Directors, Bradley C. Olesen

Open Access Dissertations

The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) Examine successful choral director beliefs about warm-ups and their successful practices in conducting warm-ups, and (b) examine the relationship of musical background, choral training and music teaching style of high school choral directors upon these beliefs and practices. Subjects were 365 high school choral directors from 28 states. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, multivariate analysis of variance and multiple regression. Results indicated choral director's beliefs and practices differ as a function of musical back-ground, demographic characteristics, choral conducting training, and music teaching styles. Specifically, warm-up beliefs were predicted by …

Trade And Geography In The Economic Origins Of Islam: Theory And Evidence, Stelios Michalopoulos, Alireza Naghavi, Giovanni Prarolo

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

This research examines the economic origins of Islam and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries, virtual countries and ethnic groups, exhibit highly unequal regional agricultural endowments. Second, Muslim adherence is systematically larger along the pre-Islamic trade routes in the Old World. The theory argues that this particular type of geography (i) determined the economic aspects of the religious doctrine upon which Islam was formed, and (ii) shaped its subsequent economic performance. It suggests that the unequal distribution of land endowments conferred differential gains from trade across regions, fostering predatory behavior from the poorly endowed ones. In such an environment …

June 10-11, 2010 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Regular/Special Sessions, Board Of Trustees, Central Washington University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes for the Regular/Special Sessions of the Board of Trustees at Central Washington University, June 10-11, 2010.

Eastern Washington University Commencement Program, 2010, Eastern Washington University

Commencement Programs

Program for Eastern Washington University's spring commencement in 2010

The Climatic Niche Diversity Of Malagasy Primates: A Phylogenetic Perspective, Jason M. Kamilar, Kathleen M. Muldoon

Dartmouth Scholarship

Background:

Numerous researchers have posited that there should be a strong negative relationship between the evolutionary distance among species and their ecological similarity. Alternative evidence suggests that members of adaptive radiations should display no relationship between divergence time and ecological similarity because rapid evolution results in near-simultaneous speciation early in the clade's history. In this paper, we performed the first investigation of ecological diversity in a phylogenetic context using a mammalian adaptive radiation, the Malagasy primates.

Methodology/Principal Findings:

We collected data for 43 extant species including: 1) 1064 species by locality samples, 2) GIS climate data for each sampling locality, …

Western News, June 10, 2010 , Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Enyedi, Luderer selected for dean posts; New e-mail service being introduced; Service anniversaries for June; On Campus with Ruth DeYoung.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 36, June 10, 2010

Central Florida Future

Students seek credible jobs; Uncover Thursdays; On the red carpet; Plus: Breaking the mold; Typecast; UCF near second in PECO funding; Student starts sustainability program.

Walking Box Ranch Planning And Design Quarterly Progress Report: Period Ending June 10, 2010, Margaret N. Rees

Walking Box Ranch

• UNLV has purchased weather equipment, established a weather station at the ranch, and has begun collecting weather data and conducting preliminary research. The station collects hourly data on temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, and insolation that is transmitted wirelessly to UNLV and captured and projected on the PLI WBR website. A database of weather information will be maintained for further analysis. Research quantifying solar insolation at the ranch will be conducted.
• UNLV has begun preparing informational brochures that will be available to the public at the ranch in the future and will provide information on biology, geology, anthropology, and …

Bowers, Joseph P. (Fa 269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 269. Paper: Analysis of Brooks Campbell written by Joseph P. Bowers for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Parel-Sewell, Amethel (Fa 280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 280. Paper: "Genres of Children's Folklore Found in Advertisements of Three Popular Magazines..." written by Amethel Parel-Sewell for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Wsu Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, June 10-11, 2010

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on June 10-11, 2010.

John Jay College Performance Goals And Targets Year-End Results: 2009-2010 Academic Year, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

No abstract provided.

Volume 47, Number 42: June 09, 2010, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Independent - Jun. 8, 2010, Victoria A Tullock

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.

Interview With Dr. Roger Ray: Rollins Alumnus And Professor Of Psychology, Roger Ray, Wenxian Zhang

Oral Histories

Roger Dean Ray came to Rollins College in 1969 to teach psychology. Over his tenure, he has authored numerous publications and engaged in many experimental projects. Eventually, Ray became the head of the Department of Psychology and the founding director of the Quantitative Learning and Teaching Center at Rollins.

Born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1941, Ray earned his B.A. in mathematics and psychology from Rollins College. He then studied at the University of Wisconsin for two years before completing his Ph.D. in general experimental psychology at the University of Tennessee in 1969.

While at Rollins College, Ray engaged in …

Risky Business: The Credit Crisis And Failure (Part Ii), Olufunmilayo B. Arewa

NULR Online

No abstract provided.

Interview With Ms. Connie Holt: Director Of Student Services Of The Hamilton Holt School, Connie Holt, Wenxian Zhang

Oral Histories

Connie Holt became a member of the Rollins community in 1985, as both a student of the Hamilton Holt School and a staff member in the registrar’s office. After several years, she took a staff position with the Holt School. Over the course of twenty-five years, Holt dedicated her time and service to the school and helped transform it to its present state.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Holt studied music for three years as an undergraduate at California Western University. In 1988, she completed her bachelor of arts degree at Rollins College in anthropology-sociology and went on to earn …

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for June 3-10, 2010. Vol 85, No. 9.

A Time To Choose: Finitude, Freedom, And Eternity In Dante's Commedia And Lewis's Great Divorce, Matthew Swift

Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016

Many scholars rightly note the use of Dantean imagery and ideas in The Great Divorce, but they do not focus primarily on the relationship between Lewis’s and Dante’s presentations of some central themes. Dante, like Lewis, is deeply concerned with human nature and decisions, especially as they relate to eternity. I propose that Lewis’s The Great Divorce presents views on the intertwining issues of finitude, freedom, and eternity, views which closely reflect those presented by Dante in his Commedia. An examination of each author’s full treatment of these three themes is beyond the scope of this paper, but …

How Class Works -- 2010 Conference Program, Celia Patricia Vera, Michael Zweig

2010 How Class Works Conference

Conference Program.

Undergraduate Curriculum And Academic Policy Committee Minutes, June 3 And 10, 2010

Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee meetings held on June 3 and 10, 2010.

The Pan American (2010-06-03), Brian Silva

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 66, No. 28

Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 34, June 3, 2010

Central Florida Future

Kilbride defends $20,000 salary; Uncover Thursdays; Goooooal!; Plus: Ramen redux; UCF grad receives mentor honor; FIEA students reveal game on iTunes.

Daily Eastern News: June 03, 2010, Eastern Illinois University

June

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2010-06-03 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2010

No abstract provided.

Volume 16, Number 2: April/May 2010

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 The Vice Provost for University Libraries reflects on Google’s recent experience in China. • A new digital collection of 19th-century Spanish women’s magazines is now available to researchers. Page 3 Collector Gary Wait donates a treasure trove of juvenile literature from the 19th century to the Northeast Children’s Literature Collection at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. Page 4 The Map and Geographic Information Center offers a new internship program, where students earn three academic credits and work eight hours a week while developing advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and digitization skills. Page 5 Associate Professor of Anthropology …

Easterner, Vol. 61, No. 30, June 2, 2010, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner is a year end review of the 2009-2010 academic year. It contains the editor's list of stories of the year, use of the Student Technology Fee, Faculty of the Year winner Jerry Galm, Student of the Year winner Summer Hess, accessibility issues at Louise Anderson Hall, an interview with Associated Students (ASEWU) president Justin Terry, a student production of "Betty's Summer Vacation", the Jiu-Jitsu club, a hike led by EPIC Adventures to Mount Starlight, and the women's track team's success.

Tooth Chipping Can Reveal The Diet And Bite Forces Of Fossil Hominins, Paul J. Constantino, James Jin-Wu Lee, Herzl Chai, Bernhard Zipfel, Charles Ziscovici, Brian R. Lawn, Peter W. Lucas

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

Mammalian tooth enamel is often chipped, providing clear evidence for localized contacts with large hard food objects. Here, we apply a simple fracture equation to estimate peak bite forces directly from chip size. Many fossil hominins exhibit antemortem chips on their posterior teeth, indicating their use of high bite forces. The inference that these species must have consumed large hard foods such as seeds is supported by the occurrence of similar chips among known modern-day seed predators such as orangutans and peccaries. The existence of tooth chip signatures also provides a way of identifying the consumption of rarely eaten foods …

The Guardian, June 2, 2010, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Book Reviews

The Open Court

No abstract provided.