242 research outputs found
Snacks 41 -- Educational Change Advocate Ian Jukes!!!
No full textIncludes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "Snacks 4 the Brain! - Podcasts - Snacks 41 -- Educational Change Advocate Ian Jukes!!!" Jukes argues that our school systems are woefully inadequate for the 21st century's digitally savvy kids.Vanderbilt University. Medical Cente
Elliot Merrick (1905-1997)
Get PDF... Elliot Merrick, Labrador author and traveler, died on 22 April 1997, less than three weeks before his 92nd birthday. Toward the end of his life, he would joke that he was so old that he\u27d become "historical". In fact, he was one of the last surviving links with pioneer Labrador - a place that makes the present-day Labrador of jet overflights and nickel mines seem like another country. ... Elliot Merrick made no contribution to science; his trips did not result in new maps being drawn up, and he did not make any major or even minor archaeological finds. But his books about Labrador will live on to enthral future generations of readers with the magic of the North
Snacks 31 -- David Warlick!
No full textIncludes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "Snacks 4 the Brain! - Podcasts - Snacks 31 -- David Warlick!" Scott Merrick interviews David Warlick, a North Carolina educator, educational technology specialist, programmer and author. Podcasting in education, and in particular Warlicks' "Connect Learning" podcast series, are among the topics of discussion, as are science education and the implications of young people's use of MySpace.Vanderbilt University. Medical Cente
Merrick a novel
No full textAt the center of Anne Rice's new novel is the beautiful, unconquerable Merrick, a child--a witch with the power and magical knowledge of a Medea and a Circe. She is a Mayfair of New Orleans, descendent of a family rich in its French and Spanish past, steeped in the age-old tradition of voodoo. Into this strange and exotic world comes David Talbot, hero, storyteller, adventurer, almost-mortal vampire, a visitor from another realm of the dark world. In her mesmerizing new novel, the author of the Vampire Chronicles & the saga of the Mayfair witches demonstrates, once again, her gift for spellbinding storytelling & the creation of myth & magic. Now, in a magnificent tale of sorcery & the occult, she makes real for us a hitherto unexplored world of witchcraft. At the center is the beautiful, unconquerable witch, Merrick. She is a descendant of the gens de couleurs libres, a caste derived from the black mistresses of white men, a society of New Orleans octaroons & quadroons, steeped in the lore & ceremony of voodoo, who reign in the shadowy world where the African & the French--the white & the dark--intermingle. Her ancestors are the Great Mayfair witches, of whom she knows nothing--and from whom she inherits the power & magical knowledge of a Circe. Into this exotic New Orleans realm comes David Talbot, hero, storyteller, adventurer, almost-mortal vampire, visitor from another dark realm. It is he who recounts Merrick's haunting tale--a tale that takes us from the New Orleans of past & present to the jungles of Guatemala, from the Mayan ruins of a century ago to ancient civilizations not yet explored. Anne Rice's richly told novel weaves an irresistible story of two worlds: the witches' world & the vampires' world, where magical powers & otherworldly fascinations are locked together in a dance of seduction, death, & rebirth
Hall of Fame 2022, Group Photo
No full textBrianna Berry, Devin Williams, Ella Endorf, Grace Dragna, Ian Pigg, Jon\u27na Bailey, Katelin Hayward, Madison Gordon, Matt Knerr, Merrick McCoolhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/halloffame/1090/thumbnail.jp
Quantitative Data Analysis: CRASAR Small Unmanned Aerial Systems at Hurricane Ian
Get PDFThis paper provides a summary of the 281 sorties that were flown by the 10
different models of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) at Hurricane Ian, and
the failures made in the field. These 281 sorties, supporting 44 missions,
represents the largest use of sUAS in a disaster to date (previously Hurricane
Florence with 260 sorties). The sUAS operations at Hurricane Ian differ
slightly from prior operations as they included the first documented uses of
drones performing interior search for victims, and the first use of a VTOL
fixed wing aircraft during a large scale disaster. However, there are
substantive similarities to prior drone operations. Most notably, rotorcraft
continue to perform the vast majority of flights, wireless data transmission
capacity continues to be a limitation, and the lack of centralized control for
unmanned and manned aerial systems continues to cause operational friction.
This work continues by documenting the failures, both human and technological
made in the field and concludes with a discussion summarizing potential areas
for further work to improve sUAS response to large scale disasters.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, 3 table
Athabasca School District No. 839 (1944) - 03
No full textPhotograph - Teacher Alice B. Donahue and her classes, grades three, four and five, at Athabasca Public School, Athabasca, Alberta. Front row, left to right: Allen Fix, Ron Garton, Auld Galloway, Suzanne Godel, Esther Johnson, Don Lewis, Clarence Reid, unknown, Roger Ottewell. Second row, left to right: Shirley Gullion, unknown, Delphine Armstrong, Raymond Eherer, Ruth Armstrong, Ian Merrick, unknown, Ernie Semaka, unknown. Third row, left to right: Robin Wright, unknown, Ron Brant, Georgina Grumbeau, unknown, Dorothy Barrett, unknown, Dan Puhach. Fourth row, left to right: unknown, unknown, unknown, Charles Fix, Malcolm Sutherland, John Stark, Don Ward. Fifth row, left to right: Dale Lahey, Glenda Lewis, Doreen Stark, unknown, Rita Patry, Alice Donahue, unknown, Marselle St. Jean, Eva Potvin, unknow
Wireless Network Demands of Data Products from Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems at Hurricane Ian
Get PDFData collected at Hurricane Ian (2022) quantifies the demands that small
uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), or drones, place on the network communication
infrastructure and identifies gaps in the field. Drones have been increasingly
used since Hurricane Katrina (2005) for disaster response, however getting the
data from the drone to the appropriate decision makers throughout incident
command in a timely fashion has been problematic. These delays have persisted
even as countries such as the USA have made significant investments in wireless
infrastructure, rapidly deployable nodes, and an increase in commercial
satellite solutions. Hurricane Ian serves as a case study of the mismatch
between communications needs and capabilities. In the first four days of the
response, nine drone teams flew 34 missions under the direction of the State of
Florida FL-UAS1, generating 636GB of data. The teams had access to six
different wireless communications networks but had to resort to physically
transferring data to the nearest intact emergency operations center in order to
make the data available to the relevant agencies. The analysis of the mismatch
contributes a model of the drone data-to-decision workflow in a disaster and
quantifies wireless network communication requirements throughout the workflow
in five factors. Four of the factors-availability, bandwidth, burstiness, and
spatial distribution-were previously identified from analyses of Hurricanes
Harvey (2017) and Michael (2018). This work adds upload rate as a fifth
attribute. The analysis is expected to improve drone design and edge computing
schemes as well as inform wireless communication research and development.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figure
Polarization in the Supreme Court Nomination Processes of Merrick Garland, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh
No full textabstract: Political polarization is the coalescence of political parties -- and the individuals of which parties are composed -- around opposing ends of the ideological spectrum. Political parties in the United States have always been divided, however, in recent years this division has only intensified. Recently, polarization has also wound its way to the Supreme Court and the nomination processes of justices to the Court. This paper examines how prevalent polarization in the Supreme Court nomination process has become by looking specifically at the failed nomination of Judge Merrick Garland and the confirmations of now-Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. This is accomplished by comparing the ideologies and qualifications of the three most recent nominees to those of previous nominees, as well as analysing the ideological composition of the Senate at the times of the individual nominations
Dealing with a social externality - alcohol and health
No full textPublic awareness of illness resulting from the harmful consumption of alcohol is increasing. Public-health reaction has been to determine types of health problems, treatments and interventions. Work is continuing at international and national levels, supported by research leading to policy and cooperative public-health developments. The proportionality of the response by the alcoholic beverages industry has been questioned. The business risks are wide ranging principally due to a less than fully professional managerial response to existing concerns and pressure for more general interventions. The Australian wine industry response to this form of externality has been to meet regulatory requirements. It also cooperates with national market interventions, but as far as possible on a ‘self-regulatory’ basis. Their approach is similar to that taken by the international alcohol and tobacco industries consisting of a low-level contribution. The opportunity to create a more holistic strategy to improve both public-health and business outcomes is examined including identification of variables towards a cost–benefit analysis. The differentiated situation of ‘small and medium’ enterprises is considered. Failing any new initiatives, by the industry, more general interventions can be expected starting in 2013. Why would an industry ignore such risks?Ian Powrie, Brian O'Neill, John Merrick, Sophie Powri
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