Caverns: Kentucky Middle School Poetry (Volume 1, 2018)

The editors of CAVERNS: Kentucky Middle School Poetry, volume 1, 2018, are extremely grateful to the talented students, dedicated teachers, and proud parents who made this first volume possible. Poems were solicited from classroom teachers during National Poetry Month, April 2017. The poems were selected for publication after extensive editorial board review, using a rubric adapted from Christine Lewy (2001). Only poems with signed parental/guardian permission letters were published. Students or parents decided whether to publish the poet’s full name or first name and last initial only. The poems were divided roughly into sections by topic: start-and-stop poems, homage, haiku, reflections, and ruminations. Future editions may have different sections. Support for the 2018 edition of CAVERNS: Kentucky Middle School Poetry was provided by the Kentucky Reading Association (KRA) and the Western Kentucky Reading Council of KRA

Viewpoints: Dialogue in Art Education, 1973

VIEWPOINTS is designed, edited & published by students and faculty in the Department of Art, Center for the Visual Arts, College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61761.https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpwksoa/1001/thumbnail.jp

Photographic powers : Helsinki Photomedia 2014

Helsinki Photomedia is a biennial international conference of Photography Studies established in 2012. It was created to fill a void: there was no regular, international forum for photography studies, like Crossroads is for Cultural Studies or ECREA for Media Studies. This was surprising because there had been lots of new activity in the field of photography studies all over the world. In its current state of rapid transformation and diversification photography showed rich cultural potential, and photography research was gaining new importance. Three new referee journals were launched since 2008: Photographies, Photography & Culture, Philosophy of Photography. Books and articles did abound, and the general high tide of photography definitely required new thinking, new methods and new theories. Helsinki Photomedia started in 2012 with a broad theme: Images in Circulation. Over 140 participants coming from 23 countries proved that there really existed a need for a new international venue for presenting and discussing photography research. The three keynote speakers of this conference were Ariella Azoulay, David Bate and Charlotte Cotton. The variety of topics covered in the first conference was impressive. Terms such as 'expanded image', 'Photography 2.0', 'digital ethos' and 'collaborative turn in contemporary photography' appeared in some papers and presentations, indicating a need for a general diagnosis of the current shift. Some raised more specific questions about current developments in photography. There were analyses of metadata, affordance, curating and self-publishing, and so on. New modes of research, such as 'artistic research', were important elements of the first conference. Photographies published a special issue of the conference (Vol. 6 Issue 1, 2013). The second Helsinki Photomedia in March 2014 was run under the theme Photographic Powers. Again, there were around 130 participants, some for the second time. The keynote speakers were Paul Frosh, Jorge Ribalta and Joanna Zylinska. This publication is based on the papers and presentations delivered in the 2014 conference. After a strict referee process 14 articles were selected for publishing. Meanwhile the preparations for the third Helsinki Photomedia conference in March 2016 are well underway. The theme is Photographic Agencies and Materialities and the keynote speakers are Geoffrey Batchen, Annika von Hausswolff and Liz Wells

Case 27-2011: A 17-Year-Old Boy with Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss

Pr e sen tat ion of C a se Dr. Nina Mayer (Medicine-Pediatrics): A 17-year-old boy was seen in the pediatric gastroenterology clinic of this hospital because of abdominal pain and weight loss. The patient had been well until approximately 6 weeks earlier, when intermittent crampy abdominal pain developed. Approximately 3 weeks later, nonbloody diarrhea developed and lasted for a week, associated with one episode of emesis. Thereafter, abdominal pain occurred daily, was predominantly located in the right lower quadrant, radiated to the right flank, and was associated with lower back discomfort, borborygmi, and constipation. During the fourth week of illness, after the diarrhea had resolved, the patient saw his primary care physician. Serum levels of glucose, alanine aminotransferase, and thyrotropin were normal, as were tests of renal function. Tests for tissue transglutaminase IgA antibodies, hepatitis A virus, hepatitis C virus, and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were negative. Results of tests for serum antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) were consistent with past infection; testing was positive for hepatitis B virus surface antibody and negative for hepatitis B surface antigen, indicating immunity or past infection. Other results are shown in Two weeks later, the patient was seen in the pediatric gastroenterology clinic at this hospital. He rated the abdominal pain at 5 on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 indicating the most severe pain. He reported one bowel movement of hard stool daily, and one episode of blood streaking on the stool after straining, with no mucus. He reported that he had lost 18.2 kg during the previous 2 years. The first 11 to 12 kg was intentional; however, during the 6 weeks before this evaluation, additional weight loss had occurred unintentionally. The body-mass index (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) had reportedly decreased from 27.0 (>95th percentile for his age) to 20.5 (25th to 50th percentile). He reported night sweats with chills but no fever. The patient had visited relatives in Haiti approximately 4 years earlier for 1 week; he reported no exposure to persons with respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms while there or recently. Skin tests for tuberculosis were reportedly negative befor

An Analysis of the Legal, Social, and Political Issues Raised by Asbestos Litigation

This Special Project examines the most important issues of the asbestos problem and advocates a congressional solution (1) to relieve the courts of the thousands of present and potential asbestos cases, (2) to protect future claimants\u27 rights to adequate compensation, and (3) to provide for equitable participation by all responsible parties, which, in addition to asbestos manufacturers,include the federal government, insurance companies, and the tobacco industry. The first six parts of the Special Project examine the various issues of asbestos litigation: theories of liability in products liability suits against asbestos manufacturers, causation,defenses, statutory limitations on actions, collateral estoppel, and punitive damages. The Special Project then discusses in parts VIII,IX, and X the methods used by asbestos manufacturers to attempt to spread their liability through asserting insurer liability, the exclusive remedy of workers\u27 compensation, and indemnity and contribution from the United States. Finally, the Special Project evaluates and analyzes recent developments in the asbestos litigation area, including proposals for federal legislative compensation programs and business alternatives available to asbestos manufacturers facing enormous asbestos-related liabilities... This Special Project critically has examined the most important issues concerning the asbestos problem. It has considered the complex legal, legislative, and social questions that society must confront in order to resolve this predicament. Only swift action by Congress in the form of a fair and comprehensive compensation scheme for victims of asbestos-related disabilities will initiate a solution to this difficult and pervasive problem