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Aetc-Nmc E-News Issue 6, Aetc Staff

AETC-NMC e-News

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2012-2013 Byu Law Review Masthead

Masthead Archive

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The Culture Boundary: How Awareness Informs Teaching Practice, Angela Richardson

MA TESOL Collection

In this paper I discuss the value of exploring student culture through ongoing reflective processes for effective and responsible language teaching. I reflect on my own experience of teaching in a foreign language context for the first time, and discuss how developing cultural awareness helped me move from a place of frustration to understanding, and how a change in attitude and teaching approach impacted my relationships and significantly improved the quality of teaching and learning in my classroom. Using Pat Moran’s ‘Cultural Knowings’ framework as a guide, I reflect on my personal transformation while working in South Korea and report …

Not You/Like You, With You: Toward A Praxis Of Love, Learning, And Liberation In Teaching Efl Writing — On Zombies, De-Colonial Feminisms, And Freire In Efl Contact Zones, Jessmaya Morales

MA TESOL Collection

This paper explores EFL writing as a critical contact zone in which identity and subjectivity are found, denied, contested, de/constructed and occupied. The author opens with an account of a dream, utilized as a metaphor to examine EFL learning through the analytical lens of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed. The paper’s first section is a self-reflexive discussion of Freire’s pedagogy and why his unambiguous analyses of power, subjectivity, and the “banking system of education” are vital to the field of ELT. In the second section, the author discusses subjectivity, identity, and intersectionality as rooted in the work of …

Family Affairs Newsletter 2012-08-01, Zack Paakkonen

Family Affairs newsletter (2004-2016)

FAMILY AFFAIRS was a free, twice-a-month, social activities newsletter for the GLBTQI (gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans/queer/intersex) community, sent out around the 1st and 15th of each month. It covered the State of Maine only. The list was begun and maintained for many years by Jean Vermette in Bangor, and later operated by Zack Paakkonen of Portland. Over the years it evolved from a social activities newsletter into a business directory, classified ad service, and community bulletin board.

Acer Enews 08 August 2012, Acer

ACER eNews Archive 2001-2013

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Remembering Rms Titanic A Century Later, Margaret (Peg) A. Van_Patten Ms.

Wrack Lines

A century after the historic ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean with massive loss of life, the memory still looms large in our imaginations. Marshall Drew, a local artist, was one of the survivors and is remembered by the author. The new Titanic exhibit at Mystic Aquarium offers a way to learn about undersea exploration technology. See this undersea museum as explorer Bob Ballard and the crew first did when they found the remains, and learn about the event, the culture of the time, and the people.

Fulfilling The Promise Of Making A Difference: Creating Guards Of Life With Tpsr, Angela Kishaun Beale

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

Consistently, the literature on minorities in aquatics identifies the challenges surrounding aquatic involvemen among minority populations. This same literature discusses the challenges of minority communities to provide affordable programs to combat these challenges. This reflective narrative describes a unique collaboration designed to provide high quality health and physical activity programs for youth in underserved communities. Health and physical activity professionals (HPE) strive to build collaborative relationships with community-based organizations (CBOs) and underserved school districts through educational experiences necessary for effective teaching and professional commitment. Project Guard: Make A Splash E.N.D. (End Needless Drowning) was one such program. Anchored in a …

Working Together To Get Things Done: Collaborative Learning Training, Christine Baumann Feurt

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

This workbook was created to support “Working Together to Get Things Done,” a two-day training designed to build participant capacity to work collaboratively with people who have different priorities, viewpoints, and knowledge to achieve mutual goals. The training and this workbook are based on Dr. Christine Feurt’s adaptation of the Collaborative Learning methodology described in Working Through Environmental Conflict: The Collaborative Learning Approach (Daniels and Walker 2002).

Honor Roll Of Donors 2012, Lindenwood University

Donor Reports

2012 Lindenwood University donor report.

Dor Bahadur Bista Prize Announcement

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

The Young Political Generation Today, Five Years Later, Amanda Snellinger

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Photo Near Namche Bazaar, Mary Cameron

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Local Democracy In South Asia: Microprocesses Of Democratization In Nepal And Its Neighbours, David Gellner And Krishna Hachhethu, Eds., And Ethnic Activism And Civil Society In South Asia, David Gellner, Ed.; Reviewed By Mallika Shakya, Mallika Shakya

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Reigning The River: Urban Ecologies And Political Transformation In Kathmandu By Anne M. Rademacher; Reviewed By Kelly D. Alley, Kelly D. Alley

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

Understanding Mountain Poverty In The Hindu Kush-Himalayas By Kiran Hunzai, Jean-Yves Gerlitz, And Brigitte Hoermann; Reviewed By John Metz, John Metz

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Writing Style, Stephen J. Langendorfer

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

No abstract provided.

2012 Federal Tax Forms Used By Beginning Farmers And Ranchers, Jc Hobbs

Rural Tax Education

This article provides a list of business and personal tax forms and schedules which farmers and ranchers may experience when filing their annual income tax return. This publication does NOT cover the rules that apply for each of these forms. For a more complete list of forms and publications visit the IRS Forms and Publications website at: http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=232801,00.html for the most current forms and publications.

Time Value Of Money, Warren Lee

Rural Tax Education

The outcomes of most business decisions occur over an extended period of time, often several years. Thus, most decisions should be analyzed using the concept of time value of money. The time value of money is the general universal preference for “a dollar in hand today is worth more than the prospect of receiving a dollar on some future date”.

It is generally accepted that if you were offered a choice of two alternatives, a gift of $1,000 today or a gift of $1,000 on some future date, such as one year from now, you would elect to receive the …

Deafdigest: Mid-Week Edition, August 1, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Mid-Week 2012

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Identifying Neurotransmitter Spill-Over In Hippocampal Field Recordings, Emily Stone, Katie Hoffman, Michael P. Kavanaugh

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

A model of synaptic and extra-synaptic excitatory signaling in the hippocampus is presented. The model is used to analytically evaluate the potential contributions of homosynaptic and heterosynaptic glutamate spill-over to receptor signaling during an electrophysiological experiment in which glutamate transporters are pharmacologically blocked. Inhibition of glutamate uptake selectively prolongs the decay kinetics of the second field excitatory postsynaptic potential evoked by paired pulse stimulation of Schaffer collateral axons in area CA1. The model includes AMPA and NMDA glutamate receptors, and the removal of glutamate by transporters and diffusion. We establish analytically that the prolongation cannot be caused by local …

Chasing Until The Wheels Fall Off: Developing A Typology Of High-Risk Police Pursuits In Georgia, Lee Miller Wade

Dissertations

The goal of this research project was to examine the potential variables associated with high-risk police pursuits in the state of Georgia. The objectives of the research project were to develop a typology of high-risk pursuits, ascertain the usage of pursuit termination techniques, and inform on the current status of pursuits amongst accredited agencies in the state of Georgia. The Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police (GACP) initiated data collection of pursuits among accredited agencies as a result of the decision in Scott v. Harris 2007. A sample of 2,155 pursuit reports from 2007 to 2009 was analyzed using descriptive …

The Cultural Complex Of Innocence: An Examination Of Media And Social Construction Of Missing White Woman Syndrome, Sarah Land Stein

Dissertations

This study examined the etiology and promulgation of the sociological phenomenon known as missing white woman syndrome. It was hypothesized that missing white woman syndrome may not be entirely attributable to racial disparity as has been claimed in the past. Rather, citing the work of Dr. Carl Jung, the researcher believed that missing white woman syndrome may be partially explained by a concept known as a cultural complex. The cultural complex that was hypothesized for purposes of this study is one related to innocence: That is, as a western society, we have been culturally overexposed to the blonde, Caucasian female …

Self Similar Optical Fiber, Zheng-Xuan Lai

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Dissertations

This research proposes Self Similar optical fiber (SSF) as a new type of optical fiber. It has a special core that consists of self similar structure. Such a structure is obtained by following the formula for generating iterated function systems (IFS) in Fractal Theory. The resulted SSF can be viewed as a true fractal object in optical fibers. In addition, the method of fabricating SSF makes it possible to generate desired structures exponentially in numbers, whereas it also allows lower scale units in the structure to be reduced in size exponentially. The invention of SSF is expected to greatly ease …

Exploiting Data Locality In Dynamic Web Applications, Paul Talaga

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Dissertations

The Internet has grown from a static document retrieval system to a dynamic medium where users are both consumers and producers of information. Users may experience above-average website latencies due to the physical distances information must travel. Because user satisfaction is related to a website's responsiveness, e-commerce may be hindered and prevent online businesses from reaching their full potential.

This dissertation analyzes how temporal and relational dependencies in web applications limit their ability to become distributed. Two contributions are made, the first showing the location of data inside a datacenter influences the web system's performance, and secondly, that relaxing strict …

Development Of A Novel Statistical Method And Procedure For Material Characterization And A Probabilistic Approach To Assessing The Hygrothermal Performance Of Building Enclosure Assemblies, Jianhua Zhao

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Dissertations

In this research, a systematic approach was introduced to establish a high quality and comprehensive material database. The method was applied to a great number of materials in different material categories. The database provides a solid base for hygrothermal simulation and further research.

A method was developed to derive the generic material from the material cluster comprising specific materials with similar characteristics. A novel approach was developed by using the generic material to extrapolate less incomplete material data set to full data set that is suitable for the hygrothermal simulation. The approach extends the material database, and hence enhances the …

Court Of Public Opinion: How The Convicted Perceive Mass Media Have Affected Their Criminal Trials And Personal Lives, Marti Cecilia Howell-Collins

Mass Communications - Dissertations

This paper is designed to provide insights into a neglected aspect of crime news effects. This mixed-qualitative methods study explores what effects convicted criminals report experiencing in the wake of media coverage of their alleged crimes and trials. There are two primary areas of focus in this study: What effects inmates perceive media coverage has had on their cases and how they feel they have been personally affected by media coverage of their alleged crimes and subsequent trials.

Impact, Fall 2012, San Jose State University, Connie L. Lurie College Of Education

Impact (College of Education)

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Checkouts By Patron Type: August 2012, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Borrowing by patron type - August 2012

Endoplasmic Reticulum Involvement In Yeast Cell Death, Nicanor Austriaco

Biology Faculty Publications

Yeast cells undergo programed cell death (PCD) with characteristic markers associated with apoptosis in mammalian cells including chromatin breakage, nuclear fragmentation, reactive oxygen species generation, and metacaspase activation. Though significant research has focused on mitochondrial involvement in this phenomenon, more recent work with both Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe has also implicated the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in yeast PCD. This minireview provides an overview of ER stress-associated cell death (ER-SAD) in yeast. It begins with a description of ER structure and function in yeast before moving to a discussion of ER-SAD in both mammalian and yeast cells. Three examples of …