The Minister. A one-act opera in six scenes.

Synopsis and libretto, privately recorded first performance, and score

William McTaggart : landscape, meaning and technique

This thesis alms to provide an interpretation of McTaggart's work within a discussion of critical discourse in British art, referring In particular to the relative values of content and technique, in the second half of the nineteenth century. The first section contains an overview of the critical approaches to McTaggart's work from early career to the present day, centred upon how the notion of "impressionist" has been applied to McTaggart. This Is followed by an examination of some of the broad determinants of McTaggart's career, such as patronage and his relationship with Academic establishment. Section II deals with content In landscape art, looking first at the status of landscape In British art. It examines how content was dealt with in Scottish landscape painting prior to McTaggart, and how McTaggart's choice of painting locations addressed traditions of Scottish landscape. The notion of the "poetic" landscape Is advanced as an appropriate Interpretation of McTaggart's approach. Within this, specific Influences upon McTaggart, such as that of J.E. Millais and 3.C. Hook, are studied. In Section III, the Issue of technique Is examined. Again, McTaggart's work is set within a framework of critical values, outlining the importance of technique in critical debate in the late nineteenth century. The extent to which McTaggart may have come Into direct contact with French Impressionism and contemporary colour theory Is questioned and the way in which the concepts of "Impressionism", "effect", "finish" and "unity" were discussed, and the extent to which they can be applied to McTaggart's work, are appraised. The concluding section suggests that, despite apparent polarisation of form and content in critical debate, the fusion of technique and subject was still an important aesthetic standard. The inter-relation of content and technique in McTaggart's landscape art is examined within two case studies

The Paradox of Reading Disabilities: Assessing Creative Potential in Children at-risk for Reading Disabilities

This study explores the profiles of children who are at-risk for reading disabilities on both traditional reading-based tasks and measures of creativity. Twenty-six (26) children referred to the Learning Disabilities Association of Niagara Region were administered a series of reading-based measures, as well as measures of creativity and creative thinking. It was hypothesized that children at-risk for reading disabilities may be predisposed to characteristics aligned with creative thinking. Results of the study indicated that children at-risk for learning disabilities demonstrated phonological awareness abilities that were statistically significantly discrepant from their creative thinking skills. The sample of children in this study often demonstrated significantly below average phonological processing skills and creativity skills that were within average limits. In several cases, participants had creativity skills that were well above average. Such findings hold important implications for policy and practice around supporting children with reading disabilities

And the parade marched on

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. I hate the rain. I hate being homeless even more. But being homeless in the rain is a monstrosity

Ctrl‐Alt‐Recycle: E‐waste and the intersections between culture and technology

The information and telecommunication revolution has led to a very real change in the behavior of people in developed nations, specifically their increasing dependency on technological tools. We not only use these electronics for work and communication, but they have also become an essential part of our culture and a source of daily entertainment for many people all over the world. But what are the results on the environment of people constantly upgrading and replacing their computers and cell phones? For example, where do discarded electronics end up? Further how has over-consumption in our society—at both the personal and industry level—contributed to the multiplying of electronic waste? In addition, especially in North America, are consumers' attitudes influencing the burgeoning of this waste? Are most people aware of what happens to their rejected phones and computers or are they detached from and indifferent to the increasingly critical problems surrounding the disposal of their end-of-life tools? In this paper I explore what electronic waste is and its dimensions. As well as going deeper into the intersections between culture and technology and how these connections in turn contribute to the quandary of electronic waste. Using research from scholarly journals, statistics, and analysis, I cover the avenues in which culture and electronic waste overlap. Further, I explore the issue of electronic waste and how it is inherently affected by our culture, our attitudes and our lifestyle

Prospectus for Decreasing Lab Specimen Errors

Abstract It has been estimated that \u3e160,000 adverse patient events occur each year in the United States because of patient or specimen identification errors involving the laboratory (Sandhu, et. al 2017). The overall effect of specimen labeling errors often leads to patient safety issues related to medication errors, misdiagnosis, and delays in care (Sandhu, et. al 2017). The Women’s Clinic (WC) an outpatient clinic located within a larger northern California acute care facility had noted a significant increase in the number of lab years in the last year. This clinic sees on average four hundred patients and collects hundreds of specimens daily. In the time from October 2018 to April 2019, the lab error rate on average has been around 8 errors per month. The purpose of this project is to implement education for the medical assistant staff to learn how to focus on the goal of the following: properly label lab specimens, use the right culture medium for specific labs, to properly close the lab specimen containers, and place the specimen in the proper bin (pathology vs laboratory) for both pick up and processing. With the plan to reinforce the education on correct laboratory specimen collection, labeling and processing with resulting in, a 50% decline of the lab error rate and substantial cost-savings