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MaRBLe uncensored: An experience report of the MaRBLe adventure
No full textMarble: Maastricht Research-Based Learning, program for excellence. It sounds interesting, intriguing and challenging. Well, it really is all of that and more. Overall it is lots of fun! In the present article I will provide you with an overview of what Marble is. I will describe the different steps of the program, from ups to (occasional) downs. Furthermore, I will briefly explain my Marble study and results. When I first heard of Marble I did not quite know what it entailed. It did, however, sound tempting enough for me to find out more about it. Marble offers highly motivated and excellent students with research affinity the chance to improve their skills during an intensive research program. In a nutshell, you set up a study under supervision of an expert in the field, exchange and discuss ideas with fellow students, learn in depth about research skills and develop these skills yourself. If you want to apply, there are some requirements you should take into consideration. First, you need a grade point average of 7.0 and you have to write a letter of motivation. Please do not be discouraged if your GPA is slightly under 7.0. Strong motivation can squeeze you in anyway. I believe motivation and enthusiasm might be equally, if not more important than GPA. However, I am not the one deciding whether you may enroll. Secondly, you should be interested in research. If you are planning a career in research, or maybe strive for a PhD, Marble would be a great opportunity to develop and elaborate your research skills. Considering my ignorance when it comes to statistics I thought I would never be admitted when I applied. Our Marble coordinator Arie van der Lugt\u27s enthusiasm was contagious, though, and eventually I went home with an overload of motivation and self-esteem. Arie appeared to be an excellent captain of the Marble ship; committed and inspiring with a bunch of humour. Now that I was officially admitted, the next step was to think of a topic and to contact a supervisor
Marble Hall, Nightingale Road, Derby, Derbyshire: Archaeological Building Record (OASIS ID: waterman2-173739)
No full textThis scheme of archaeological building recording has been undertaken by Waterman Energy, Environment & Design Ltd (Waterman) for Derby City Council. This scheme of building recording pertains to a building called Marble Hall. The Site is located in Nightingale Road, Derby; centred on National Grid Reference: 436396,333561. The building is Grade II listed (List Entry Number: 1393116) and was formerly the street-fronting facade building of the Rolls-Royce main works at Nightingale Road. Marble Hall (also known as 'The Commercial Block') is the only remaining building of the factory complex after clearance of the Site. Marble Hall will be refurbished as part of a wider regeneration scheme for the Site.
The aim of this programme of recording is to provide a long-term sustainable record of Marble Hall prior to its redevelopment. The building is considered significant as the most prominent, and only remaining structure, of the former Rolls-Royce plant in Nightingale Road, Derby.
The record aims to: provide an outline history of the building, to set its historical context within the wider Site; assess the significance of Marble Hall; record the external elevations of Marble Hall and; Record the interior spaces within Marble Hall
Employment Recession and Recovery in the 50 States: A Further Update
No full textPrivate-sector Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth ratios and employment recovery rates following the Great Recession are calculated for the 50 states, as well as Census regions and divisions. GDP growth rates measure the ratio of state private sector GDP in 2012 to that in 2007. States with 2012 private-sector GDP levels above their 2007 levels have GDP growth ratios greater than one, while those with private-sector GDP lower than their 2007 levels have ratios below one. Employment recovery rates measure the percentage of each state’s private-sector job losses during the recession that have been recovered as of June 2013. The nation’s private-sector GDP growth ratio is 1.026, and its employment recovery rate is 81.7 percent.This is the third in a series of reports measuring how private-sector employment has changed in the 50 states during the Great Recession and the subsequent recovery.This report was published as Issue Paper Number 36, July 2013, in Rutgers Regional Report
Employment Recession and Recovery in the 50 States
No full textThe goal of this paper is to provide a report of record of the employment performance of the 50 states during the Great Recession and the ensuing recovery period. The analysis presented here uses U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data to consistently measure the changes in private-sector jobs over the course of the employment cycle from July 2003 through June 2011, a period covering economic expansion, recession, and recovery.The nation lost 8,838,000 private-sector jobs over the 25-month period from January 2008 to February 2010, a rate of loss of 7.6 percent. In the job-recovery period from February 2010 through June 2011, the nation regained 2,230,000 private-sector jobs, a rate of increase of 2.1 percent and a recovery of 25.2 percent of all the private-sector job losses of the recession.The first part of this report measures the private-sector employment performance of each of the states and regions of the country. It also measures the shares of each state and region of the national job losses and job gains during the various phases of the employment cycle.The second part of the report measures the duration of the employment recession, the number of private-sector jobs lost, and the rate of job decline for each state. It then measures the duration of the job-recovery period, the number of private-sector jobs gained, the rate of private-sector job gain, and the percentages of job losses that have been recovered for each state. These rates and durations of decline and recovery are compared with the analogous national rates.Rutgers Regional Report Issue Paper 28This report was published as Issue Paper Number 28, September 2011, in Rutgers Regional Report
Employment Recession and Recovery in the 50 States: An Update
No full textJob recovery rates are calculated for all 50 states. The rate measures the percentage of a state’s private-sector employment losses during and after the recession that have been recovered as of June 2012. As a benchmark for comparing individual states, the national private-sector job recovery rate is 49.3 percent.Public-sector employment (federal, state, and local) increased well into the national recession. It was affected by numerous factors (federal countercyclical spending, deep tax-revenue declines for state and local governments, and varying political responses at the state and local levels in terms of tax increases versus service reductions).This report was published as Issue Paper Number 30, August 2012, in Rutgers Regional Report
The economic and fiscal impacts of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey, a macroeconomic analysis
No full textThis report estimates the macroeconomic and fiscal impacts of Hurricane Sandy on the economy of New Jersey using the R/ECON™ forecasting model of the state’s economy. The model consists of more than 250 quarterly time-series equations and 30 employment sectors.The analysis takes into account both the economic losses resulting from the hurricane and the offsetting positive economic impacts associated with recovery and reconstruction spending in the months and years following the storm.However, the estimates of impacts depend upon the restoration expenditures actually being made. If the funds for these restoration and recovery expenditures are not made available, the offsetting positive impacts to the economy will not occur and the New Jersey economy will be significantly damaged. See Section 3 for estimates of the negative impacts if restoration expenditures are not made.This report was published as Issue Paper Number 34, January 2013, in Rutgers Regional Report
Penny and Her Marble
No full textOne day, Penny finds a marble in Mrs. Goodwin’s lawn. No one is watching, so she takes it and races home. Penny loves how smooth, shiny, and blue the marble is. She hides it in her dresser drawer. Penny see Mrs. Goodwin looking around on her lawn and is worried. Penny can\u27t stop thinking about the marble she took. Penny is so distracted and nervous that nothing is fun anymore. She even dreams about Mrs. Goodwin and the marble! In the morning, Penny decides to return the marble to its spot. When she does, Mrs. Goodwin comes out to tell Penny that she had found the marble in her garden and left it there on the grass hoping that Penny would pick it up. Finally, Penny is back to her normal self again, happy and using her imagination. Penny and Her Marble is the third book in the Penny series by best-selling author, Kevin Henkes. This book is perfect for beginning readers with its short chapters and simple text. Children can read this book in order, as part of the Penny the Mouse series, or they can read it on its own. Illustrations are included on every page spread. The illustrations never take up the entire page, giving readers just a small glimpse into Penny’s world. Parents and teachers reading this book to small children could easily teach them about honesty, applying Penny’s experience with guilt to a child’s experience. Children will learn that it’s always worth it to be honest and good feelings come when people tell the truth
Chapter 5: Overview of intervention approaches, methods, and targets
No full textEvaluating & Enhancing Children's Phonological Systems, Third Edition contains clinical applications as well as research results for evidence-based practice. Students and speech-language pathologists will gain the knowledge and skills needed to plan and implement an optimal intervention program for an individual with highly unintelligible speech. The updated 2025 third edition includes a complete guide to the Hodson Cycles Approach, including how to adapt for special populations, and bilingual/multilingual clients. *Please note that this updated information is available in the 3rd edition (maroon) and is not included in the previous editions (turquoise)
Where artifice meets nature. The marble ornaments of the Lady Chapel in the antwerp Jesuit church
No full textKnown as the “marble temple”, the Jesuit church from Antwerpen displayed an interior decoration the wealth of which was unique at the time in the Southern Netherlands. Woodwork, gilts, stuccoes but especially colored marbles were associated to create a perfectly coherent whole. Together, sculpture, painting, and architecture were united to enhance a sensation of immersion of the faithful in the sacred space. This communication aims for the study of a specific feature of the visual rhetoric developed by the Jesuits: the marble treatment of the Mary Chapel’s ornamentation. Implemented in panels, frames, and other sculpted ornaments, the marble reveals a tension between a reference to nature and an exaltation of the artifice. One will specifically consider the white marble which permits a naturalistic and skillful rendering. Polished to the extreme, this material shows an organic vitality which paradoxically contributes to its fading and gives the illusion of life and of various materials. Often attributed to Italian Mannerism, this tendency also has to be replaced in the Flemish tradition of naturalistic treatment of matter, but also in the context of sacred art developed by the Jesuits in the Southern Netherland
Marble Motion Lab
No full textQuestions, comments or suggestions about this model may be sent to Dr. Leigh Little, [email protected], The College at Brockport.In this lab you will be recording the distance a marble travels over a period of time with a TI-83 CBR and TI-83 Plus Silver. Upon completion of this lab and analysis of the data, you will be able to determine the average speed of the marble over a given time interval and the average distance the marble traveled during the time period.SUNY BrockportLesson Plan
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