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Sprawl And The Ideology Of Nature, K. Valentine Cadieux

K. Valentine Cadieux

Fear And Loathing In Library Land, Vickie Mix

Vickie Mix

Special Section: Spatial Order, Scenic Landscapes And Sprawl: Peri-Urban Studies At The Interface Between Landscape And Planning History, Mattias Qviström, K. Valentine Cadieux

K. Valentine Cadieux

For Sense Of 40 Or 50 Missionaries: The Development Of Written Setswana And Colonization Of The Batswana, Stephen Volz

Stephen Volz

Caught Between Chief And Missionary: Tswana Evangelists And European Colonisation, Stephen Volz

Stephen Volz

Renovation And Roadblocks While Protecting The Collection, Vickie Mix

Vickie Mix

Government Publications And Primary Resources For Historical Research: A Selective Bibliography, Vickie Mix

Vickie Mix

Family Members Interacting While Watching Television., Alla Tovares

Alla V. Tovares

The Development Of Academic Preparation In Sport Management: An Historical Description, Alan Kornspan

Alan S Kornspan

No abstract provided.

Compromising The Safety Net: How Limiting Tax Deductions For High-Income Donors Could Undermine Charitable Organizations, Patrick Tolan

Patrick E. Tolan Jr.

President Obama’s recent budget proposals have contemplated reducing the top rate for charitable deductions (and all itemized deductions) to twenty-eight percent. Because America’s largest donors are those in the highest marginal tax brackets, efforts to limit deductibility of charitable donations could have a chilling effect on charitable giving.

In this article the author looks at motivations for charitable donations and specifically at the impact of tax deductibility as a motivating factor. It takes a historical look at the philanthropic surveys and econometric models and examines empirical data concerning impacts of significant changes to the tax code in the 1980s that …

[In Press] Event Marketing Sponsorship Impact: A Test Of Congruency And Engagement In An Ethnic Festival Context, James Pokrywczynski, David Brinker

James Pokrywczynski

No abstract provided.

The Value Of A Looted Object – Stakeholder Perceptions In The Antiquities Trade, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.

Digital Media: Technological And Social Challenges Of The Interactive World, William Walsh

William Walsh

Review of Digital Media: Technological and Social Challenges of the Interactive World.

Student School Engagement Among Sexual Minority Students: Understanding The Contributors To Predicting Academic Outcomes, Kristie Seelman, N. Walls, Cynthia Hazel, Hope Wisneski

Kristie L Seelman

Hierarchical multiple regression is used to examine whether student school engagement predicts grade point average (GPA) and fear-based truancy among 315 sexual minority youth aged 13 to 24 years. Results indicate that student school engagement is a significant predictor of GPA, and this relationship is strongest in the presence of a gay–straight alliance. Having an adult ally at school is associated with a decrease in fear-based truancy, while student school engagement predicts a decrease in fear-based truancy only for youth who have higher levels of subjective fear at school. Implications for future research and for practice among school-based helping professionals …

Space, Place, Site And Locality: The Study Of Landscape In Cultural Anthropology, Robert Rotenberg

Robert Rotenberg

No abstract provided.

Liberia: History Of The Origins Of War And Profiles Of Actors, Emmanuel Kotia

Emmanuel Wekem Kotia

The cause of the civil war in Liberia can be traced to the country’s unresolved ethnic and political differences. The country that was founded on the principles of freedom and democracy , but after one and half centuries, of its existence the country descended into destruction in which both democracy and human rights were compromised. This paper traces the history of Liberia from its establishment to the outbreak of the war in 1989 focusing on some of the causes for contradictions in that long history. In particular, the geo-political profile of the Liberian state is examined with a focus on …

Beyond Genre: Rethinking Music Organization And Recommendation, Jason Neal

Jason R. Neal

No abstract provided.

Transfer And Translation Of Policy, Diane Stone

Diane L Stone

The past two decades have seen a wealth of papers on policy diffusion and policy transfer. In the first half, this paper reviews some of the trends in the literature by looking backwards to the political science diffusion literature, and forwards to the expanding multi-disciplinary social science literatures on policy ‘learning’, ‘mobilities’ and ‘translation’ which qualify many of the rationalist assumptions of the early diffusion / transfer literatures. These studies stress the complexity of context that modifies exports of policy and the need for interpretation or experimentalism in the assemblage of policy. The second half of the paper focuses on …

Cooperative Research Centers And Open Innovation: Policies, Strategies, And Organizational Dynamics Of The New Science And Engineering Management, Craig Boardman, Denis Gray, Drew Rivers

Craig Boardman

No abstract provided.

Cutting Costs: An Assessment Of Vote By Mail, Dari Sylvester, Nathan Monroe

Dari E. Sylvester

No abstract provided.

Basil Bernstein's Theory Of The Pedagogic Device And Formal Music Schooling: Putting The Theory Into Practice, Ruth Wright, Hildegard Froehlich

Ruth Wright Dr

This article describes Basil Bernstein's theory of the pedagogic device as applied to school music instruction. Showing that educational practices are not personal choices alone, but the result of socio-political mandates, the article traces how education functions as a vehicle for social reproduction. Bernstein called this process the recontextualization of knowledge: From its point of inception, originally conceived knowledge undergoes changes through selection and filtration processes, eventually becoming curriculum--a relay for certain social and cultural values. Gaps in the recontextualization process allow teachers to place their own individual stamp upon the learning and teaching that occur in their classroom. Teacher-pupil …

Properties Of Predication (Canadian Journal Of Linguistics 57(2)), Ileana Paul

Ileana Paul

No abstract provided.

Recent Ground Penetrating Radar Discoveries At Marj Rabba, Israel, Yorke Rowan, Thomas Urban, Morag Kersel

Morag M. Kersel

No abstract provided.

Swine Flu: Mexico’S Handling Of A/H1n1 In Comparative Perspective, Sophal Ear

Sophal Ear

No abstract provided.

Young Professionals As Ambivalent Change Agents In New Orleans After The 2005 Hurricanes, Renia Ehrenfeucht, Marla Nelson

Renia Ehrenfeucht

After the 2005 hurricanes, newcomers arrived in New Orleans to help rebuild the city. The influx of one identifiable group, young professionals and postgraduates, raised hopes and concerns that New Orleans would gentrify. Based on semistructured interviews with 78 young and mid-career professionals, this paper examines how the young professionals approached an ambivalent situation where they were working to rebuild a better city while retaining its distinct cultural qualities, given that their presence itself contributed to the cultural change. They reconciled these tensions with an appreciation for localism that, for newcomers in particular, was expressed through knowing and responding to …

Addressing Emerging Security Threats In Post-Gaddafi Sahel And Ecowas Response To The Malian Crises, Emmanuel Aning, Frank Okyere, Mustapha Abdallah

Emmanuel Kwesi Aning

This policy paper examines the broader impact of post-Gaddafi security challenges on West African states, with particular emphasis on the Sahelian regions. This will be juxtaposed against the old insecurities serving as long time precursors. As the first major unintended consequence of the Libyan crisis, we discuss the events leading to the Malian coup d’état and its implications on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Finally, the paper analyzes the options for international engagement, focusing on the UN, EU, AU and ECOWAS.

Class Identity In Cross-Cultural Perspective: Vocabularies Of Motives And The Opacity Of Hidden Transcripts, Kristine Munoz

Kristine Muñoz

No abstract provided.

City Of New Orleans: Ibm Smarter Cities Challenge (Video), Michelle Thompson

Michelle M. Thompson

Dr. Michelle Thompson reflects on the IBM technical assistance to improve technology for the City of New Orleans, LA.

Net Superoxide Levels: Steeper Increase With Activity In Cooler Female And Hotter Male Lizards, Cissy Ballen, Mo Healey, Mark Wilson, Michael Tobler, Erik Wapstra, Mats Olsson

Mark R Wilson

"Ectotherms increase their body temperature in response to ambient heat, thereby elevating their metabolic rate. An often inferred consequence of this is an overall upregulation of gene expression and energetic expenditure, and a concomitant increased production of reactive oxygen species (e. g. superoxide) and, perhaps, a shortened lifespan. However, recent work shows that this may be a superficial interpretation. For example, sometimes a reduced temperature may in fact trigger up-regulation of gene expression. We studied temperature and associated activity effects in male and female Australian painted dragon lizards (Ctenophorus pictus) by allowing the lizards to bask for 4 h versus …

Business Libguide, Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson

Subject guide for researching business topics using the resources of the Sturgis Library.