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Short fiction set in Maine by author Ann Hood.
No full textShort fiction set in Maine by author Ann Hood
Ressenya de: Christin, Rodolphe (2018). Manual del Anti-turismo. València: Fuera de Ruta
No full textEn paraules del seu autor, autodefinit com “un turista més”, aquest és un llibre dirigit, amb mala intenció, als amants dels viatges i del món. El seu objectiu és analitzar el “drama del turisme”, com ell mateix l’anomena. És el turista un destructor marginal? La pregunta ens trasllada a l’univers on els turistes es converteixen en els principals actius de la “món-fàgia”. Literalment, menjar-se el món. El turisme com a consumidor i principal depredador d’una espècie que resulta el món sencer. Partint del principi de racionalització absoluta introduït per Max Weber a l’era científica i tècnica que significà la industrialització de finals del segle XIX i principis del XX, el sociòleg Rodolphe Christin ens planteja un espai convertit en parc, escenificat i modelitzat per la tecnosfera, on el turista assumeix el paper d’espectador-consumidor, i l’hàbitat el d’actor.In the words of its author, self-described as "another tourist", this is a book intended, with a bad intention, for travel lovers and the world. His goal is to analyze the "tourism drama", as he calls it. Is the tourist a marginal destroyer? The question takes us to the world where tourists become the main assets of the "world-phagia". Literally eating the world. Tourism as the main consumer and predator of a species that is the whole world. Based on the principle of absolute rationalization introduced by Max Weber into the scientific and technical era of industrialization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, sociologist Rodolphe Christin proposes a park-turned space, staged and modeled by the technosphere, where the tourist assumes the role of spectator-consumer, and the habitat the actor. Book Review. ISBN: 9788494789724.Ressenya de: Christin, Rodolphe (2018). Manual del Anti-turismo. València: Fuera de Rut
Ann Arbor, Michigan: An Historical Analysis Of Board Of Education Decisions On School Desegregation Issues.
No full textPurpose of the Study. This study focused on the history of the Ann Arbor Public School System's desegregation and school attendance decisions, from the Brown decision to the present. The purpose was to write an historical analysis of Board of Education decisions regarding racial balance and imbalance in Ann Arbor Public Schools. Specifically, the Board of Education, the administration, and the community were studied concerning four historically relevant decisions: (1) The closing of Jones School in 1965; (2) New building sites in the years 1965-1976; (A) Bryant/Clinton; (B) Logan/Northside; (3) Employment practices; i.e., hiring of and placement of minority staff, 1969-1978; and (4) The busing of North Campus children, 1970-1978. Methodology. Background information on school desegregation in three perspectives was first presented. This included historical information, research findings on methods and results of school desegregation, and a study of local Michigan districts which have undergone court-enforced desegregation. Four questions were developed to provide a focus for historical analysis of the Ann Arbor Board of Education's decisions: (1) What was the situational environment in which each decision was made by the Board of Education? (2) How did the community react to the Board of Education's decision? (3) Was the effect of each decision more or less segregation in the Ann Arbor Public Schools? (4) Did choices or options exist to the Board of Education at the time of the decision which would have possibly resulted in a less segregated situation? Findings. In all instances of new school openings, more rather than less segregation followed the Board's decision. The Jones School closing was found to be the last major decision that led to purposeful desegregation. Placement of academic staff, in particular, added to the inbalance in several elementary schools. In the 1977-78 school year, the Michigan State Board of Education categorized Ann Arbor's school system as racially imbalanced, and requested action on the part of local authorities to rectify this situation within 90 days. The Ann Arbor Board's progress toward the achievement of voluntary desegregation has included the appointment of a citizens' committee. The author concludes that the Board's voluntary commitment to take action to improve racial balance is a wise and proper course of action, since possible implications of past actions could be used in a court case against the system.PhDBilingual educationEducationUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/127544/2/8025652.pd
Maria Shevtsova in Conversation with Ann-Christen Rommen, Experiencing the Movement
No full textAnn-Christin Rommen began to work with Robert Wilson in 1983 with The CIVIL warS. Her long collaboration with him since then has included more than thirty productions, most recently her co-direction of Dreamplay (Stockholm, 1998), Woyzeck (Copenhagen, 2000), Peer Gynt (Oslo, 2005), and The Winter's Tale (Berlin, 2005). She also has her own company in Germany, Codanza, which combines contemporary dance and early music, and whose work has been seen in Europe, Asia, and Australia. In this interview with Maria Shevtsova, which began in Oslo on 7 February 2005, Ann-Christin Rommen offers insights into Wilson's working methods, with particular reference to his Oslo Peer Gynt. Maria Shevtsova, Co-Editor of NTQ, is the author of Robert Wilson for the Routledge Performance Practitioners Series (forthcoming 2007)
Analysing Author Self-citations in Computer Science Publications
No full textIn scientific papers, citations refer to relevant previous work in order to underline the current line of argumentation, compare to other work and/or avoid repetition in writing. Self-citations, e.g. authors citing own previous work might have the same motivation but have also gained negative attention w.r.t. unjustified improvement of scientific performance indicators. Previous studies on self-citations do not provide a detailed analysis in the domain of computer science. In this work, we analyse the prevalence of self-citations in the DBLP, a digital library for computer science. We find, that approx. 10% of all citations are self-citations, while the rates vary with year after publication and the position of the author in the list as well as with the gender of the lead author. Further, we find that C-ranked venues have the highest incoming self-citation rate, while the outgoing rate is stable across all ranks
I remember living at Seabrook, 1945-1953
No full textIn this "I remember" memoir, Ann Mariko Lowe recalls life at Seabrook, which introduced her to many new experiences, including Halloween traditions. She remembers the living conditions in the dorms at Seabrook, where there was little privacy, and poor facilities. Afterwards, her family moved to the apartments, where they were able to form close bonds with other Japanese families. This was especially helpful with expenses. Ann also played basketball at the Community Center, attended Bible study classes, and was a student at Seabrook School. The Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center has been soliciting current and past residents of Seabrook Farms for an "I remember" project. Residents are asked to create narratives regarding their experiences at Seabrook Farms. These memories help preserve the history and multi-cultural heritage of Seabrook Farms
Women as Physicians
No full text"The following communication by Ann Preston, M.D., Professor of Physiology and Hygiene in the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, appeared in the "Medical and Surgical Reporter" of May 4th, 1867. Through its forcible utterances, the lamented author "being dead yet speaketh;" and it has been deemed proper in the present epoch of the College history to republish it, in this form, with the accompanying information." Ann Preston was a member of the first graduating class of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1852. She became the first woman dean of the College in 1866
Mary Ann Cox Index: Royal Society Collection
No full textBurton-Wood: in a series of letters, by a lady (Mrs. - Cox nee Wight), London (printed for the author by H.D.Steel) 1783, vol.11
(octovo vol, leather bound)
Enclosed: note The book Burtonwood was written by the mother of
Mary Ann Cox who ran the first coach from Hobart to Launceston.
It was passed on to me by her grand-daughter Miss Dora Clerk of Malahide.
I also am a grand-daughter of Mrs. Cox. Joan Harvey
(John Edward Cox m. Mary Ann Halls
V.D.L. 1821 J.E.C. started Hobart-Launceston coach) - (note - Mrs.
Harvey's identification of the author of the volume was based on family
tradition although not confirmed - no details are known of John Edward
Cox's parents)
Poems by C(harles) Best c 1847 - 1849
Includes poems to Miss Wilmot (Georgiana Wilmot, - Mrs. C. Butler)
and Mary Wilmot.
Enclosed: note by Joan Harvey
Article on Mrs. Mary Ann Cox 1950.
A pioneer career woman (on coach service between Hobart - Launceston)
from "Woman's Day" Aug. 21, 1950 (news clipping)
R.S. 14
Researching Alaska with Ann Fienup-Riordan, Willie Hensley, and Katie Ringsmuth
No full textAnn Fienup-Riordan, Willie Hensley, and Katie Ringsmuth share insights on how to connect, research, and uncover Alaska's past. Their individual interests, projects, approaches, and challenges researching Alaska will be highlighted. Katie Ringsmuth: National Park Service historian (UAA History Department); Ann Fienup-Riordan: anthropologist, author, and oral historian; Willie Hensley: Inupiaq activist, leader, author (UAA College of Business)
Application of back-propagation artificial neural network (ANN) to predict crystallite size and band gap energy of ZnO quantum dots
No full textHerein, the crystallite size and band gap energy of zinc oxide (ZnO) quantum dots were predicted using artificial neural network (ANN). Three input factors including reagent ratio, growth time, and growth temperature were examined with respect to crystallite size and band gap energy as response factors. The generated results from neural network model were then compared with the experimental results. Experimental crystallite size and band gap energy of ZnO quantum dots were measured from TEM images and absorbance spectra, respectively. The Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) algorithm was used as the learning algorithm for the ANN model. The performance of the ANN model was then assessed through mean square error (MSE) and regression values. Based on the results, the ANN modelling results are in good agreement with the experimental data. © 2017 Author(s)
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