The Junk Palace

This is an account of the introduction of an idea into a school curriculum, its problems, success and eventual development. The idea was to make a building, a process which might have the effect of integrating such things as art, music, drama, philosophy-the possibilities in such an open-ended situation being endless-a building constructed by pupils into and through which they could develop over the two summers of 1969/70.The school is a co-educational comprehensive unit of 1300 pupils. The school has no 6th Form, students continuing their education do so at the 6th Form College or College of Technology. It does, however, have a 'non-academic' 6th Form made up of students gaining further qualifications, the 6th Form college of the comprehensive system being selective at 4 '0' Levels; some of these students. took an active part in this work. The fully comprehensive stream had during 1969/70 risen to only the 3rd Form of the school, the 4th and 5th and 6th years were still classified as ";secondary modern";

Full realization of ergodic IRS entropy in SL2(Z) and free groups

We show that any a-priori possible entropy value is realized by an ergodic IRS, in free groups and in SL2(Z). This is in stark contrast to what may happen in SLn(Z) for n>2, where only the trivial entropy values can be realized by ergodic IRSs

Monitoring Western Australia\u27s rangelands

Rangelands, native pastures used for grazing domestic livestock, occupy about 100 million hectares or 40 per cent of Western Australia, extending from the tropical grasslands of the Kimberley to the arid shrub steppe of the Nullarbor Plain. The rangelands are characterized by highly variable seasonal conditions. Carrying capacity can fluctuate dramatically from year to year. Grazing management requires a tactical approach from one season to the next because of the great variation in the capacity of the land to support stock. Rangeland monitoring provides pastoralists with objective information on these changes to assist their management decision making. The Western Australian Rangeland Monitoring System (WARMS) is being developed for this purpose

Toward an Operational Definition of Islamophobia

Abstract concepts such as Islamophobia invite operational definitions that prescribe courses of inquiry that eschew the abstract in favor of the concrete. Ideally, such inquiry renders a concept more intelligible by providing conceptual clarity and by prescribing a research agenda. In our view, inquiries regarding Islamophobia should confront 1) how Muslims are identified, or misidentified, 2) whether Islamophobia is a phobia, prejudice, or both, and 3) how Islamophobia must be narrated

Virginia Technology and Engineering Education Association 1978-2018: Celebrating Six Decades of Progress

(First Paragraph) Technology and engineering education in Virginia and the nation is coming to a crossroads. Recent growth in state directives, new courses, and ever-changing funding for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education influences the supply of Technology Education teachers, leading to what some say is a dire future for our profession and association. This history is gathered to emphasize the importance and value of what we teach in Virginia public schools. It also captures who was involved with the association leadership over the years

A Joint Junior Recital

This is the program for the joint junior recital of tenor Ron Walker, baritone George Stevenson, pianist Lynda Goff, and baritone Arthur Morris. Dian Ray accompanied Walker; Peggy Gullage accompanied Stevenson; and Dora Ann King accompanied Morris. The recital took place on May 7, 1964

European Starlings

European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris, Sturnidae) are native to Europe, southwest Asia, and North Africa and have successfully established populations on every continent but Antarctica (Rollins et al. 2009). In 1890 and 1891, a member of the American Acclimatization Society, Eugene Scheiffelin, released 100 starlings into New York City’s Central Park, with the objective of introducing all the birds mentioned in the plays of William Shakespeare to North America (Cabe 1993). He was successful, as 16 pairs survived and reproduced prolifically. Starlings reached the Mississippi River in 1928 and were observed on the West Coast in 1942. In a little over a century, the United States (U.S.) starling population grew to approximately 200 million (Feare 1984; Cabe 1993; Johnson and Glahn 1994), but has now declined to about 140 million (Jernelov 2017). They now inhabit all of North America. Their range extends southward to the Bahamas, Central America, the Yucatan Peninsula, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Cuba. There are no subspecies in North America. Genetic analysis indicates that all starlings in North America descended from the New York City colony (Cabe 1993). Outside their native range, starlings are considered to be one of the most destructive invasive bird species worldwide, nominated by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, a science and policy network under the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, to the “100 World’s Worst” invaders (Lowe et al. 2004; Rollins et al. 2009)

European Starlings

European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris, Sturnidae) are native to Europe, southwest Asia, and North Africa and have successfully established populations on every continent but Antarctica (Rollins et al. 2009). In 1890 and 1891, a member of the American Acclimatization Society, Eugene Scheiffelin, released 100 starlings into New York City’s Central Park, with the objective of introducing all the birds mentioned in the plays of William Shakespeare to North America (Cabe 1993). He was successful, as 16 pairs survived and reproduced prolifically. Starlings reached the Mississippi River in 1928 and were observed on the West Coast in 1942. In a little over a century, the United States (U.S.) starling population grew to approximately 200 million (Feare 1984; Cabe 1993; Johnson and Glahn 1994), but has now declined to about 140 million (Jernelov 2017). They now inhabit all of North America. Their range extends southward to the Bahamas, Central America, the Yucatan Peninsula, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Cuba. There are no subspecies in North America. Genetic analysis indicates that all starlings in North America descended from the New York City colony (Cabe 1993). Outside their native range, starlings are considered to be one of the most destructive invasive bird species worldwide, nominated by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, a science and policy network under the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, to the “100 World’s Worst” invaders (Lowe et al. 2004; Rollins et al. 2009)