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Letter from Edwin E. Ferguson, Regional Attorney, War Relocation Authority, to Ernest Besig, Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, November 25, 1942
No full textLetter from Edwin E. Ferguson to Ernest Besig, in which Ferguson writes that the San Francisco War Relocation Authority office will be moving to Washington. Ferguson expresses fondness for Besig.The ACLU-Northern California case file records contain legal documents and correspondence pertaining to the case argued before the Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States (1944), challenging the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066
Ferguson Promoted
No full textPhotograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mike Ferguson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Fergison, 6805 N St. Clair, was promoted by Troop 146, sponsored by Grace Methodist Church.
Golf coaches’ perceptions on the role and use of player errors in motor learning: A quantitative survey
No full textThis dataset provides the results of an online quantitative survey of 78 professional golf coaches exploring their perceptions towards the role and use of errors during motor learning and practice. Responses were recorded using a 5-point Likert scale. The dataset is related to the upcoming publication Ferguson, C., Collins, D. & Carson, H. J. (in preparation for submission), ‘Golf coaches’ perceptions of the role and use of player errors in motor learning: A quantitative survey’.
This dataset provides the results of an online quantitative survey of 78 professional golf coaches exploring their perceptions towards the role and use of errors during motor learning and practice. Responses were recorded using a 5-point Likert scale. The dataset is related to the upcoming publication Ferguson, C., Collins, D. & Carson, H. J. (in preparation for submission), ‘Golf coaches’ perceptions of the role and use of player errors in motor learning: A quantitative survey’.
The Professional Judgement and Decision Making approach is well-established within the sports coaching and psychology literature. While recently extended to consider the holistic skill development opportunities (i.e., psycho-motor and psycho-behavioural) afforded by players’ errors in practice, little research has explored how this approach can be effectively operationalised within the sports coaching process. Focusing on golf as an exemplar sport, this study aimed to develop existing applied knowledge on this topic by exploring 78 professional golf coaches’ perceptions on the role and use of player errors in learning, testing coaches’ perceptions when comparing errors for two distinct player populations, and assessing the perceived relevance and utility of the Professional Judgement and Decision Making approach to error utilisation. Findings indicate that coaches recognise the potential benefits and limitations of errors on players’ development but may lack a comprehensive understanding of how to incorporate errors effectively into practice design for holistic skill development. This study highlights the need for further exploration of errors in applied sports coaching environments.Dataset Explanation - this document explains the construction of the survey, highlighting the purpose of each section, as well as how to interpret the participants' responses (i.e., the Likert scale numbered responses
Voices and Faces of Ferguson
No full textThe University of Dayton will debut an interactive photo exhibit Tuesday, Jan. 17, that spotlights the voices and faces of people who stood up during the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in August 2014
Ferguson School District No. 4573
No full textPhotograph - A view of Ferguson School building near Athabasca, Alberta. ATS 24-66-21-W
Ferguson School District No. 4573 - 02
No full textPhotograph - A group of pupils with baseball equipment from Ferguson School. ATS 24-66-21-W
Shining light on the invisible: the faint structures around galaxies in the local volume
No full textThe low surface brightness component that envelops every galaxy - the stellar halo - is a crucial tool for galactic archaeology, as it holds the fossil record of past galactic mergers. Thus far, detailed studies of stellar halos have only been done on the nearest galaxies - Milky Way and M31. To broaden our understanding of galaxy assembly, it is necessary to extend this type of resolved star analysis to galaxies beyond the Local Group. However, this poses many challenges, as it requires deep wide-field observations with large telescopes to map individual stars and star clusters over large areas.
In this thesis, I present an analysis of the stellar halos of two high mass (~1011M☉) galaxies, M81 (D = 3.63 Mpc) and NGC 1052 (D = 19.2 Mpc), and a smaller ultra--diffuse galaxy F8D1 (D = 3.67 Mpc), using state-of-the-art wide-field data from Hyper Suprime-Cam on the 8.2m Subaru telescope and MegaCam on the Canada-France-Hawaii 3.6m telescope (CFHT). I study the stellar halos of these systems out to radii of >60 kpc using red giant branch (RGB) stars and globular clusters (GCs).
The Milky Way analogue, M81, sits at the centre of a small group of galaxies and has two close companions, M82 and NGC 3077 with which it is tidally interacting. In the first chapter, I examine the properties of the M81 stellar halo using RGB star count data from the Subaru telescope. I quantify the shape of the halo and extract star count profiles along several directions. Merging these with a diffuse light profile extracted from deep CFHT g-band observations, I construct a composite surface brightness profile that can be traced over 70 kpc. I use a multi-component model to derive the luminosity and mass of the stellar halo and quantify its radial behaviour. I find that the M81 stellar halo profile shows a shallow slope of -1.6 ± 0.1, similar to that of M31 but in contrast to smaller area studies which suggested a steeper fall-off. I also quantify the metal content [M/H] of the halo using the colours of the RGB stars and find evidence for some asymmetries along different axes, suggesting that the halo may not be well-mixed at the present epoch.
In the second chapter, I present the discovery of a significant ongoing accretion event in the halo of M81. Discovered more than 20 years ago, F8D1 is an ultra-diffuse galaxy that lies 115 kpc in projection to the Southwest of M81. My analysis of the distribution of RGB stars in the surrounding region uncovers a previously unknown giant tidal tail stretching for ≥60 kpc in the direction of NGC 2976 and M81. I quantify the structure of the tail across and along its length, and measure its photometric metallicity. I also use deep CFHT data to extract improved measurements for the main body of F8D1. The distance to NGC 2976 and the main body of F8D1 is estimated via the tip of the Red Giant Branch method to deduce the 3D distribution of the system. Although closer in projection, NGC 2976 was found not to be associated with the stream and was merely projected in the foreground. I found that the tail contains approximately 36% of F8D1’s luminosity, demonstrating that F8D1 is being severely disrupted, likely by M81.
In contrast to the M81 analyses which focus on RGB stars, the stellar halo of NGC 1052 has been studied via its population of GCs in the third chapter of this thesis. Using ugi-band data taken under excellent seeing conditions, I search for new candidate GCs using their photometric and morphological properties. The search criteria are devised by using the properties of a sample of spectroscopically-confirmed GCs in the halo of NGC 1052 and its neighbouring dwarf galaxies. I identify 643 GC candidates using their location in colour-colour space and characterise their spatial distribution, luminosity function and colour distribution. I show that GC candidates in the NGC 1052 stellar halo follow a smooth and shallow radial power law γ = -2.24 ± 0.21 out to ~120 kpc. In the inner stellar halo, the GCs show a striking correlation with faint tidal debris features associated with the ongoing merger between NGC 1052 and NGC 1047. No significant red/blue bimodality was found in the NGC 1052 stellar halo. The GC populations of dark matter deficient ultra-diffuse galaxies NGC 1052-DF2 and -DF4 have distinct properties compared to those of the NGC 1052 halo and hence are unlikely to be associated
Ferguson-Smith, Malcolm: transcript of a video interview (06-Jun-2015)
No full textInterview with Professor Malcolm Ferguson-Smith, conducted by Ms Emma M. Jones, for the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, 06 June 2015, in Glasgow. Transcribed by Mrs Debra Gee, and edited by Professor Tilli Tansey and Mr Alan Yabsley. The project management was undertaken by Mr Adam Wilkinson. Professor Malcolm Ferguson-Smith (b. 1931) is Emeritus Professor of Pathology, University of Cambridge. He graduated in medicine at Glasgow University in 1955 and, while undertaking postgraduate training there in pathology, was introduced to research on sex chromatin under Bernard Lennox. An interest in Klinefelter’s syndrome in 1957 to 1958 led to his appointment as Fellow in Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, in 1959, where he established the first chromosome diagnostic service in the USA, and undertook cytogenetic research into Turner syndrome. Research interests include molecular cytogenetics, karyotype evolution, vertebrate sex determination and comparative genomics. He is joint author of 'Essential Medical Genetics'.The History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group is funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is a registered charity (no. 210183). The current interview has been funded by the Wellcome Trust Strategic Award entitled “Makers of modern biomedicine: testimonies and legacy” (2012-2017; awarded to Professor Tilli Tansey)
FNC: The Experience | Ferguson Plain\u27s Final Storytelling Workshop
No full textArtist and author Ferguson Plain reads his book Eagle Feather: An Honour and tells a story.https://first.fanshawec.ca/firstnationscentre_visualcontent_videos_theexperience/1010/thumbnail.jp
Archaeological and biological examination of “The Mystery Wreck” (8MO143) off Vaca Key, Monroe County, Florida: A Report Submitted to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in Fulfillment of a NOAA Maritime Heritage Program Mini-grant
No full textDuring the summer of 2004, the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research Underwater Archaeology team undertook a project to relocate, assess, and record thirteen of the shipwrecks of the 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet in the Florida Keys. One source of background information that they used was a commercially available videotape entitled “Galleon Hunter,” produced by Don Ferguson. Aside from the 1733 wrecksites, the video features another site, locally known as “the Mystery Galleon,” that was shown to Ferguson by local diver Stefan Sykora. Using location numbers supplied in Ferguson’s video, Roger Smith, Della Scott-Ireton, and Dave McCampbell relocated the site in Hawk Channel, off the city of Marathon. Later, the site further was examined by Smith, Jennifer McKinnon, and Jason Raupp, who made initial sketches, still photos, and video recordings.ReportSubmitte
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