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A Scenario-Based Review of IPv6 Transition Tools
No full textMomentum for IPv6 transition is on the rise, and many transition tools and techniques are available to ISPs, enterprise networks, and unmanaged networks. From a transitioning perspective, the ISP environment is interesting because the operators migration approaches will define, quite strictly, the extent of IPv6 services that their customers receive. As such, the ISPs (scalable) migration decisions have direct knock-on effects for customers. In the future, customers might require ISPs to offer value-added lPv6 services that not only have performance-based restrictions, but security and mobility considerations, as well
Bilingual life after school? Language use, ideologies and attitudes among Gaelic-medium educated adults
No full textGaelic-medium education (GME) as it exists today started in 1985, when two classes
offering instruction through the medium of Gaelic opened within primary schools in
Glasgow and Inverness. GME grew rapidly throughout the first decade of its
availability, and 1258 students were enrolled in the system by 1995. This thesis
examines outcomes of this system in terms of the degree to which former pupils who
started in GME during this period continue to use Gaelic in their daily lives, and
provides an assessment of their language ideologies and attitudes. The 2011 census
showed a diminution in the decline of Gaelic speakers in Scotland, but marginal
growth of 0.1% was recorded in the number of speakers under the age of 20. Whilst
this growth has been understood by politicians and policy-makers as evidence of the
role of GME in revitalising the language, the census figures give a limited picture of
the actual language practices of reported speakers, the extent to which they use
Gaelic, or of their beliefs, feelings and attitudes regarding the language.
Internationally, little research appears to have been done on the life trajectories of
adults who received a bilingual education through a minority language; that is to say,
on the effect that the bilingual classroom has on such individuals’ relationship to the
language after formal schooling is completed. The first students to receive GME at
primary school are now in their late 20s and early 30s, and prospects for the
maintenance and intergenerational transmission of Gaelic by this group are currently
unknown. The principal research questions of this investigation comprise the
following:
- What role does Gaelic play in the day-to-day lives of former Gaelic-medium
students who started in GME during the first decade of its availability; how
and when do they use the language?
- What sets of beliefs and language ideologies do these Gaelic-medium
educated adults express in relation to Gaelic?
- How do these beliefs and ideologies relate to their actual language practices,
to their attitudes concerning the language, and to future prospects for the
maintenance of Gaelic?
Through a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods, I provide an
assessment of Gaelic use, language ideologies and attitudes among a sample of 130
Gaelic-medium educated adults. A thematic, ethnography of speaking methodology
is employed to analyse qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with 46
informants. Additionally, responses to an electronic questionnaire are evaluated by
statistical analysis using Spearman’s rank order correlation co-efficient to investigate
the relationships between non-parametric variables of reported language use, ability,
socialisation and attitudes. The results are discussed with reference to extensive
research literatures on language, culture and identity, language revitalisation in the
international context, and the perceived limitations of GME which have previously
been identified with regard to the revitalisation of Gaelic
Report on the Mountain Rescue Service Concept
No full textThe purpose of this document is to define the concept of the prototype implementation for the Mountain Rescue service concept. It presents a reference scenario based on an analysis of typical search and rescue operations conducted by Mountain Rescue teams in the English Lake District. This document is the conclusion of 18 months of discussions, analyses and lab/field trials. It is also heavily influenced by the requirements and guidelines defined by workpackages 1, 2 and 3. The Mountain Rescue concept outlined in this document serves as a guide for the final implementation and demonstration that will occur in the final 12 months of the project. However, it is plausible that certain technical issues and/or implementation details may be adapted or altered during deployment trials and testing
Jack Alive / Martin Dead : The Location of the "Author" in Jack London\u27s Martin Eden
No full textThis essay is an attempt to read Martin Eden, Jack Londonʼs autobiographical novel, in terms of the inextricable relationship between the author and the protagonist. Critics have often taken the unbalanced plot and the lack of ironic distance between narrator and character in Martin Eden as the technical weakness of London, but this paper argues that the achievement of this novel owes a great deal to the attachment of London to Martin. The unbalanced structure is a necessary product of the severe struggle of the author to kill his romantic alter ego. // Martin, who aspires to win Ruth Morse, tries to cross class boundaries by making a career of a writer. Even after realizing the emptiness of Ruth, who turns out to be nothing but a typical figure of the bourgeoisie, he somehow persists in loving her. The notion underlying here is that, for Martin, love, career and art are fundamentally inseparable. He objects to the aestheteʼs view of Brissenden on account of his separation of art from career. Martinʼs identity and life consist only in the triunity of love/career/art; the alternative is the repudiation of life. Thus, the unnatural delay of his disappointment in love can be regarded as Londonʼs strategy to set the suicide of Martin as the necessary consequence of the story. // By finishing the story and killing Martin, London finally detaches himself from Martin, reconstructs his self, and, unlike Martin, survives as a professional writer. In this sense, Martin Eden is a story about “writerʼs self-reconstruction.
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Letter from Martin Chizzick
No full textCongratulations to Duane Pearsall for receiving the Enterpreneur of the Year award; note on the letter was written by Pearsall and it mentions that Martin, the author of the letter, died in a airplane accident
Robert Martin Tiffin's Mystery Man Newspaper Articles
No full textAdvertiser-Tribune newspaper clippings featuring a story about Robert Martin (written by Nancy Kleinhenz), a local author from Tiffin (Ohio) who wrote under the pseudonym of Lee Roberts, and two of his short stories. Martin wrote mystery novels in his spare time, creating more than 22 mystery novels. For more information about Robert Martin and a list of books go to http://www.mysteryfile.com/RMartin/JBennett.html
Experiences Using Large Scale Video Walls for Distance Education
No full textWe describe our experiences building and using the Rutgers Videowall, a low-cost telepresence system that has been used teaching 15 courses and colloquia. By relaxing typical spatial telepresence features, such as background continuity, we greatly reduced costs and gained flexibility in the rooms it could be deployed in. The lower costs and room flexibility enabled academic departments to use the wall, in contrast to traditional telepresence systems which remained inaccessible. We found that the Videowall’s spatial distortions did not have a significant impact on useability, as our initial survey results show that students had an overall positive experience.Technical report DCS-tr-72
Hans Martin Schwarz Collection 1934 - 1938
No full textThis collection contains clippings of articles by Hans Martin Schwarz (1917, Hamburg – 2006, New York, better known as Martin Ebon), published between 1934 and 1938 in German-Jewish newspapers on a wide variety of subjects such as sports, emigration, the political situation in Germany, and religious attitudes of the young. It also contains reviews of his books "Einer wie Du und Ich" and "Heiteres, Besinnliches, Nachdenkliches."digitizedHans Martin Schwarz (1917, Hamburg – 2006, New York, better known as Martin Ebon), was a journalist and author. In Germany during the 1930s, he published in a variety of German-Jewish periodicals, primarily the Israelitisches Familienblatt. After immigrating to the United States in 1938, he changed his name to Martin Ebon, and published dozens of books in the areas of world affairs and parapsychology.Processe
Interview with Father James Martin
No full textIn May 2011, the Ignatian Faculty Scholars at Regis University conducted a Skype interview with Father James Martin, S. J., author of The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything. The Scholars had used Father Martin’s book as a text for their year of study, which focused on Ignatian Spirituality, the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm, and teaching and learning at a Jesuit university. The interview was transcribed and is printed below. Father Martin reflects on the book, and responds to questions about the book itself, about finding God in all learners, and about the Church
Benefits of a Classification Scheme of Granitic Pegmatites Based on Petrogenetic Considerations.
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