154 research outputs found
Profile of Rhea Cote Robbins, a native of Waterville and author of Wednesday\u27s
No full textProfile of Rhea Cote Robbins, a native of Waterville and author of Wednesday\u27s Child. Robbins is winner of the 1997 Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Chapbook Contest for Non-fiction, and is currently co-editing an anthology of Franco-American women\u27s writing
Examining Urban Poor Voices: Displacement and Resettlement of Informal Settlers in Metro Manila
Full text linkThe study investigates the politics surrounding the development induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR) of the urban informal settlers in the Philippines, following the government’s implementation of its flood management program after Typhoon Ondoy had brought destruction to the country in 2009. While previous literature has clarified the structural marginalization of the urban poor under neoliberalism and their organized struggle against the situation in the city, this study examines their individual agency in an informal settler community along Manggahan Floodway in Pasig City in response to their forced eviction and resettlement. Through an ethnographic study, I argue that: (1) despite the threat of eviction in the Manggahan Floodway community, the informal settlers responded differently to DIDR according to the impact of eviction threats to their family’s well-being (material and nonmaterial) and social capital; (2) the urban poor who relocated themselves maintained amicable relationships despite their disagreement and antagonism over different strategies for housing; and (3) those who opted for in-city housing tacitly negotiated the community regulations that aimed to transform them into “good and responsible citizens” and produce new urban informality
Don\u27t Bug Me: Everything Young Kids Need to Know about Coronavirus--In Verse!
No full textA story in verse for young children (3-8) about coronavirus. Narrated by the author, Rhea Paul. Press the Slide Show button at the top of the screen, then in the menu that appears, hit Play from Beginning all the way to the left
Dr. Ishmael Reed, Featured Presenter, Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts & Humanities 2020 Afrofuturism Conference
No full textDuring the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts & Humanities 2020 Academic Conference, Rhea Posey and Nulieta John spoke with author, poet, and activist Dr. Ishmael Reed about Afrofuturism. Dr. Reed, a featured presenter at the conference, is a poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor, and publisher, and is the author of Mumbo Jumbo (1972), a groundbreaking novel that captures the ideological challenge offered by Afrofuturism. File format: mp4 video file. Clip length: 2:08. Courtesy of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (P.E.C.). All rights reserved
Agency and Everyday Politics of the Urban Poor : Development-induced Displacement and Resettlement in Metro Manila, Philippines
No full textAgency and Everyday Politics of the Urban Poor : Development-induced Displacement and Resettlement in Metro Manila, Philippines
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Examining Urban Poor Voices: Displacement and Resettlement of Informal Settlers in Metro Manila
No full textThe study investigates the politics surrounding the development induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR) of the urban informal settlers in the Philippines, following the government’s implementation of its flood management program after Typhoon Ondoy had brought destruction to the country in 2009. While previous literature has clarified the structural marginalization of the urban poor under neoliberalism and their organized struggle against the situation in the city, this study examines their individual agency in an informal settler community along Manggahan Floodway in Pasig City in response to their forced eviction and resettlement. Through an ethnographic study, I argue that: (1) despite the threat of eviction in the Manggahan Floodway community, the informal settlers responded differently to DIDR according to the impact of eviction threats to their family’s well-being (material and nonmaterial) and social capital; (2) the urban poor who relocated themselves maintained amicable relationships despite their disagreement and antagonism over different strategies for housing; and (3) those who opted for in-city housing tacitly negotiated the community regulations that aimed to transform them into “good and responsible citizens” and produce new urban informality
Go for Orbit: One of America’s First Women Astronauts Finds Her Space
No full textFormer astronaut and one of the first six women accepted by NASA, Rhea Seddon, M.D., is a veteran of three space shuttle flights, a national speaker, and an awardwinning author. She served as a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle flights in 1985 and 1991 and as Payload Commander in charge of all science activities on her final flight in 1993. After leaving NASA in 1997, Dr. Seddon was the Assistant Chief Medical Officer of the Vanderbilt Medical Group in Nashville for 11 years. She then became a founding partner of LifeWings Partners LLC which teaches teamwork to healthcare. She has also served as the president of a large women’s charitable group in Murfreesboro. Her 2016 autobiography, Go for Orbit, was awarded the Independent Book Publishers Association Ben Franklin Gold Award for Best Autobiography/Memoir. She will talk about her experiences with the space shuttle program and the inspiration, aspiration, and imagination it takes to be an astronaut
Quality of life and stress in active and sedentary university males
No full textThis study explored the impact of exercise levels on stress, psychological and physiological components, and quality of life in university males. A total of 51 students (age: 20.31±2.01) were recruited and participated in three trials over the course of the semester. Participants were divided into active and sedentary groups based on a physical activity level survey. Each trial consisted of a urine sample measuring cortisol for physiological stress and the completion of the quality of life and psychological surveys. A one-way repeated measures ANOVA across time showed no significant difference in cortisol levels by group. Pearson product correlations showed significant negative relationships (-0.334 to -0.710, p0.05) at each time point between perceived stress and quality of life, but no relationship was found between perceived stress or quality of life and cortisol levels. The results indicate male students may have difficulty assessing their physiological stress levels. The lack of difference in stress, quality of life, or cortisol levels between the groups indicates exercise may not be an attenuating factor for university males. More psychophysiological research on this population should be completed to explore other stress and quality of life factors
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