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Gatorland: Survival Of The Fittest Among Florida’S Mid-Tier Tourist Attractions, Dorothy Mays Apr 2009

Gatorland: Survival Of The Fittest Among Florida’S Mid-Tier Tourist Attractions, Dorothy Mays

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A combination of factors in mid-20th century Florida gave rise to a unique form of business: the roadside attraction. A burgeoning middle class, widespread ownership of automobiles, and the new phenomenon of the two-week vacation sent tourists to Florida by the millions. Roadside attractions shared a number of common characteristics, including their dependence on impulse visits, the undercapitalized nature of their operations, and emphasis on a unique or exciting feature. While many of these attractions flourished in the mid-20th century, a series of changes beginning with the Federal Highway Act of 1956 ushered in conditions which would drive …


Language Characteristics Of Individuals With Down Syndrome, Gary E. Martin, Jessica Klusek, Bruno Estigarribia, Joanne E. Roberts Apr 2009

Language Characteristics Of Individuals With Down Syndrome, Gary E. Martin, Jessica Klusek, Bruno Estigarribia, Joanne E. Roberts

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No abstract provided.


Creation Care And The Christian, Jo Ann Davidson Apr 2009

Creation Care And The Christian, Jo Ann Davidson

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No abstract provided.


Book Review. Russell, Charles, Sacred And Profane: Voice And Vision In Southern Self-Taught Art, Jo Farb Hernandez Apr 2009

Book Review. Russell, Charles, Sacred And Profane: Voice And Vision In Southern Self-Taught Art, Jo Farb Hernandez

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No abstract provided.


A New Look At Translation: Teaching Tools For Language And Literature, Anne Fountain, Catherine Fountain Mar 2009

A New Look At Translation: Teaching Tools For Language And Literature, Anne Fountain, Catherine Fountain

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Does translation have a place in the modern language or literature classroom? This article argues that as long as translation is recognized as a distinct skill rather than a path to language acquisition it can and should play a role in language instruction. The rising popularity of Web-based machine translation (WBMT) sites among students points to a need to help foreign language learners better understand the translation process. Along with a discussion of how instructors can minimize inappropriate use of WBMT, the article provides examples of how translation in the proper context can be used productively to teach both language …


Article Review. Everyday Aesthetics By Yuriko Saito, Tom Leddy Feb 2009

Article Review. Everyday Aesthetics By Yuriko Saito, Tom Leddy

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Review Of Three Victories And A Defeat: The Rise And Fall Of The First British Empire, 1714-1783, Michael F. Russo Feb 2009

Review Of Three Victories And A Defeat: The Rise And Fall Of The First British Empire, 1714-1783, Michael F. Russo

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No abstract provided.


Beginning Of Hope, Geoffrey D. Reynolds Feb 2009

Beginning Of Hope, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

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Beginning of Hope is the first of five short articles about the history of Hope College, located in Holland, Michigan.


Reading The Bible After Darwin, Mark A. Throntveit, Alan G. Padgett Jan 2009

Reading The Bible After Darwin, Mark A. Throntveit, Alan G. Padgett

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The historical and scientific accuracy of the biblical witness has become increasingly difficult to maintain in light of the Darwinian revolution. A positive result has been a return to a proper theological reading of Scripture, not as our primary source of technical information but of insight into God’s means of dealing with us and God’s creation.


The Dialectic Of Idolatry And Profanation: On Discerning The Spirit In Congregational Studies, Lois E. Malcolm Jan 2009

The Dialectic Of Idolatry And Profanation: On Discerning The Spirit In Congregational Studies, Lois E. Malcolm

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No abstract provided.


A Rose By Any Other Name: Iconography And The Interpretation Of Isaiah 28:1-6, Rolf A. Jacobson Jan 2009

A Rose By Any Other Name: Iconography And The Interpretation Of Isaiah 28:1-6, Rolf A. Jacobson

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No abstract provided.


Retrieving Martin Luther's Critical Public Theology Of Political Authority For Global Civil Society Today, Gary M. Simpson Jan 2009

Retrieving Martin Luther's Critical Public Theology Of Political Authority For Global Civil Society Today, Gary M. Simpson

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No abstract provided.


The Trinity In Theology And Philosophy: Why Jerusalem Should Work With Athens, Alan G. Padgett Jan 2009

The Trinity In Theology And Philosophy: Why Jerusalem Should Work With Athens, Alan G. Padgett

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Psalm 2, Psalm 8, Psalm 17, Psalm 23, Psalm 90, And Psalm 100., Rolf A. Jacobson Jan 2009

Psalm 2, Psalm 8, Psalm 17, Psalm 23, Psalm 90, And Psalm 100., Rolf A. Jacobson

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No abstract provided.


Tolerance, Democracy And Fundamentalism(S) : Challenges In Time Of Systemic Bifurcations, Guillermo C. Hansen Jan 2009

Tolerance, Democracy And Fundamentalism(S) : Challenges In Time Of Systemic Bifurcations, Guillermo C. Hansen

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No abstract provided.


Characteristics Of Congregations That Empower Missional Leadership: A Lutheran Voice, Terri L. Elton Jan 2009

Characteristics Of Congregations That Empower Missional Leadership: A Lutheran Voice, Terri L. Elton

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No abstract provided.


Playing [With] Multiple Roles: Readers, Authors, And Characters In "Who Is Blaise Zabini?", Anne Collins Smith Jan 2009

Playing [With] Multiple Roles: Readers, Authors, And Characters In "Who Is Blaise Zabini?", Anne Collins Smith

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Fans who produce fan works in genres such as fiction, music, and music video take on dual roles in the process, as readers of the original canon and as creators of their own products. These roles -and more- are creatively explored in the Parselmouths' wizard rock composition "Who Is Blaise Zabini?". Like many works of fan fiction, the Parselmouths' songs move beyond a reader's ordinary role, taking on an authorial role to generate new characters and events in the Harry Potter universe. What makes this particular work unusual is that at the same time that they are adopting the roles …


From The Bodies Of Bees: Classical And Christian Echoes In Surat Al Nahl, Andrew Foster Jan 2009

From The Bodies Of Bees: Classical And Christian Echoes In Surat Al Nahl, Andrew Foster

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Speaking Into Silences: Autoethnography, Communication, And Applied Research, Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D. Jan 2009

Speaking Into Silences: Autoethnography, Communication, And Applied Research, Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D.

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In 2004, two articles in the Journal of Applied Communication Research (Ashcraft & Tretheway, 2004; Goodall, 2004) celebrated the merits of auto- and narrative ethnography, methods of research grounded in lived experience and evocative modes of representation that seek to engage readers emotionally, aesthetically, ethically, and politically. Despite these and other persuasive calls for auto- and narrative ethnographic works, few have been published in communication journals. More than four years ago, JACR offered readers arguments for this kind of scholarship, yet no full-length autoethnography appeared in its pages—until now. This article, a prelude to its companion essay, “Body and Bulimia …


Revelation's Visionary Challenge To Ordinary Empire, Craig R. Koester Jan 2009

Revelation's Visionary Challenge To Ordinary Empire, Craig R. Koester

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No abstract provided.


Confessions, Ecumenism, Ethnicity: A Lutheran Charism, Dirk G. Lange Jan 2009

Confessions, Ecumenism, Ethnicity: A Lutheran Charism, Dirk G. Lange

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No abstract provided.


God, Civil Society, And Congregations As Public Moral Companions, Gary M. Simpson Jan 2009

God, Civil Society, And Congregations As Public Moral Companions, Gary M. Simpson

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No abstract provided.


Body And Bulimia Revisited: Reflections On "A Secret Life", Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D. Jan 2009

Body And Bulimia Revisited: Reflections On "A Secret Life", Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D.

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In 1996, the author published “A Secret Life in a Culture of Thinness: Reflections on Body, Food, and Bulimia” (Tillmann-Healy, 1996), an account of her struggle with binging and purging from ages 15 to 25. She came to understand bulimia as a communicative act, expressing fear, anxiety, and grief. From 25 to 35, her recovery from bulimia involved learning to “purge” emotion through other forms of communication (e.g., dialogue, writing, and teaching). At 35, separation and divorce pose the greatest challenge to the author’s 10-year recovery, yet she does not return to bulimic expression. This article invites readers to sense …


Review Of The Frodo Franchise: The Lord Of The Rings And Modern Hollywood, By Kristin Thompson, Carol A. Leibiger Jan 2009

Review Of The Frodo Franchise: The Lord Of The Rings And Modern Hollywood, By Kristin Thompson, Carol A. Leibiger

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No abstract provided.


Policing Miscarriage: Infertility Blogging, Rhetorical Enclaves, And The Case Of House Bill 1677, Clancy Ratliff Jan 2009

Policing Miscarriage: Infertility Blogging, Rhetorical Enclaves, And The Case Of House Bill 1677, Clancy Ratliff

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No abstract provided.


Does Heisenberg Uncertainty Apply To God?: A Reliable Model Of Divine Foreknowledge, Alan G. Padgett Jan 2009

Does Heisenberg Uncertainty Apply To God?: A Reliable Model Of Divine Foreknowledge, Alan G. Padgett

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No abstract provided.


"Some Rights Reserved": Weblogs With Creative Commons Licenses, Clancy Ratliff Jan 2009

"Some Rights Reserved": Weblogs With Creative Commons Licenses, Clancy Ratliff

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No abstract provided.


Trying On—Being In—Becoming: Four Women’S Journey(S) In Feminist Poststructural Theory, Donna Kalmbach Phillips, Gennie Harris, Mindy Legard Larson, Karen Higgins Jan 2009

Trying On—Being In—Becoming: Four Women’S Journey(S) In Feminist Poststructural Theory, Donna Kalmbach Phillips, Gennie Harris, Mindy Legard Larson, Karen Higgins

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This is the narrative of four women in academia spanning a ten-year relational journey. As a performance collaborative autoethnography, it explores and presents theories of subjectivity and transitional space. Through journals, emails, and dialogue we are trying on, being in, and becoming feminist poststructural thinkers/inquirers/teacher educators. In our work, we explore: How has theory changed our subjectivity, lived experiences and relationships, and moved us from comfortable spaces of knowing to uncomfortable places of becoming? In a series of poetry and performance narratives, we chart our own linked journey(s) in pursuing these questions. As autoethnographers, we grapple with meanings …


Embodied Discourses Of Literacy In The Lives Of Two Preservice Teachers, Donna Kalmbach Phillips, Mindy Legard Larson Jan 2009

Embodied Discourses Of Literacy In The Lives Of Two Preservice Teachers, Donna Kalmbach Phillips, Mindy Legard Larson

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This study examines the emerging teacher literacy identities of Ian and A.J., two preservice teachers in a graduate teacher education program in the United States. Using a poststructural feminisms theoretical framework, the study illustrates the embodiment of literacy pedagogy discourses in relation to the literacy courses’ discourse of comprehensive literacy and the literacy biographical discourses of Ian and A.J. The results of this study indicate the need to deconstruct how the discourse of comprehensive literacy limits how we, as literacy teacher educators, position, hear and respond to our preservice teachers and suggests the need for differentiation in our teacher education …


Why Do That?, Lex Runciman Jan 2009

Why Do That?, Lex Runciman

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This essay offers one poet's view on why he chooses to write poetry.