Sustaining the West: Cultural Responses to Canadian Environments edited by Liza Piper & Lisa Szabo-Jones

Review of Sustaining the West: Cultural Responses to Canadian Environments

Feminist Philosophy of Disability: A Genealogical Intervention

This article is a feminist intervention into the ways that disability is researched and represented in philosophy at present. Nevertheless, some of the claims that I make over the course of the article are also pertinent to the marginalization in philosophy of other areas of inquiry, including philosophy of race, feminist philosophy more broadly, indigenous philosophies, and LGBTQI philosophy. Although the discipline of philosophy largely continues to operate under the guise of neutrality, rationality, and objectivity, the institutionalized structure of the discipline implicitly and explicitly promotes certain ontologies, epistemologies, and methodologies as bona fide philosophy, while casting the ontologies, epistemologies, and methodologies of marginalized philosophies as mere simulacra of allegedly fundamental ways of knowing and doing philosophy and thus rendering these marginalized philosophies more or less expendable. This article is designed to show that legitimized philosophical discourses are vital mechanisms in the problematization of disability

Long Run Neutrality of Money in Mexico

The Fisher-Seater (FS) methodology is used to investigate long run money neutrality with respect to real GDP and real output in ten selected industries in Mexico. Size distortions and low power of the FS test, issues first raised by Coe and Nason (2003, 2004), are addressed using the Coe-Nason bootstrapping procedure. The evidence indicates that long run money neutrality can be rejected for real GDP and for up to five of the ten industrial sectors studied. These findings indicate that the effects of monetary policy are likely to differ across sectors even in the long run.money neutrality, Fisher-Seater Test, bootstrapping.

Long Run Neutrality and Superneutrality of Money: Aggregate and Sectoral Tests for Nicaragua

The Fisher-Seater (1993) methodology is applied to Nicaraguan data to test for long run neutrality and superneutrality of money. Real GDP and real output in six broadly defined sectors are I(1), while the money supply is I(2). These orders of integration imply that money is neutral with respect to both aggregate and sectoral output. However, superneutrality is rejected for real GDP as well as for all six sectors. Results of the superneutrality tests suggest that inflation driven by money growth imposed real costs on the private sector while the government sectorMonetary neutrality, superneutrality, Nicaragua

Keeping p53 in Check: A High-Stakes Balancing Act

How do regulatory switches achieve high sensitivity within the noisy cellular milieu? Loewer et al. (2010) now use single-cell microscopy to demonstrate that alternative posttranslational modifications allow the tumor suppressor p53 to differentiate between benign breaks in DNA during the cell cycle and deleterious damage caused by mutagens

REVIEW: Carroll County, Georgia Pioneers: Sketches of Early Settlers of Carroll County, Georgia and Their Descendants Selected from Nineteenth-century Biographical Sources

Review of the non-fiction book Carroll County, Georgia Pioneers: Sketches of Early Settlers of Carroll County, Georgia and Their Descendants Selected from Nineteenth-century Biographical Sources, compiled by Myron Wade House

Satisfaction with social and residential environments of adults with mental retardation in supported independent living and group homes

The philosophy that has permeated Ontario’s policies and planning in the realm of adults with mental retardation has been that of integration into the community. Community based residences vary greatly in terms of size, type, and care given; however they generally fall in the category of the “least restrictive alternative”. The present study is focused on the similarities and distinctions between two of these alternatives, and in the satisfaction experienced by the consumers in these two programs themselves: community group homes and supported independent living programs. In the present study interviews with 40 adults with mental retardation were conducted. Twenty adults resided in community group homes, while 20 were clients of supported independent living programs. Clients were asked to answer questions based on the Halpern, Close and Nelson (1986) survey of independent living programs in the U.S., regarding five areas of their lives. They were also asked to provide information concerning their social support according to the Arizona Social Support Interview Schedule (Barrera, 1981). These interviews were used to provide a comparison between findings of satisfaction and levels of concern within the two residence types. Some authors had urged caution with respect to independent community living programs for these populations, due to concerns about social isolation, residential quality, increased vulnerability and so on. Results indicated that there were few differences between the two residence populations. Those differences that were found primarily favoured the independent living group, and included level of independent social skills, satisfaction with programs and residence, and supportiveness of one aspect of the client’s social network. However, residents in supported independent living programs continued to show considerable dependence on counselors for many aspects of their functioning. Overall, the participants in this program reported very similar attitudes and levels of satisfaction to those in the similar programs studied by Halpern et al. (1986). The relative lack of differences between programs has differing implications for each of them. While it shows that people in both programs are not isolated in the community, it also demonstrates that people in both programs rely on their counselors as the person turned to in the time of need. It is necessary to break this cycle if people are to be truly independent. The results of this study confirm the need to diversify clients’ social support networks beyond program staff

REVIEW: Southern Bedtime Stories

Review of the memoir Southern Bedtime Stories, by Tim McWhorter

Anti-gay violence at the University of Saskatchewan : occurrences, mental and physical health consequences, and perceived effectiveness of support services

The present research documented the occurrence of anti-gay harassment and violence at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S), examined the mental and physical health consequences of this form of victimization, and assessed participants' use and perceptions of student support services to provide insight into the U of S campus climate for homosexual students. In Study 1, self-report questionnaires and telephone interviews with current or former U of S students indicated that anti-gay discrimination, harassment, and violence affects members of the U of S gay community adversely. Verbal harassment was the most common anti-gay behavior reported. Mental and physical health consequences of this victimization were: depression, anxiety, fear, isolation, helplessness, nausea, and fatigue. There was substantial under utilization of U ofS support services, partially due to a fear of secondary victimization. Friends, family, and significant others were the most relied upon sources of support for dealing with an anti-gay experience. Study 2 examined heterosexual students' attitudes toward gay men and lesbians and their perceptions of the U of S campus climate for homosexual students. Male and female students held somewhat positive attitudes toward gay men and lesbians; however males had significantly less positive attitudes toward both gay men and lesbians than females. Also, students held significantly more negative attitudes toward gay men than toward lesbians. The heterosexual students observed few overt signs of anti-gay attitudes on campus, but felt that the chance of an anti-gay attack on campus was likely. It is concluded that the U of S campus climate is perceived as potentially threatening for gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals. Implications of the findings are discussed, including the impact of a non-affirming environment on the identity development of U of S students. Future directions for research and recommendations for an evaluation of support services for gay sensitivity, a homosexuality education campaign, and institutional policy reform are presented

Pacifism in Churches of Christ in Western Canada During World War 2 and the Influence of Nashville Bible School

Jacobs, Shelley L. (2006) Pacifism in Churches of Christ in Western Canada During World War 2 and the Influence of Nashville Bible School, Restoration Quarterly: Vol. 48 : No. 4. This repository hosts selected Restoration Quarterly articles in downloadable PDF format. For the benefit of users who would like to browse the contents of RQ, we have included all issue covers even when full-text articles from that issue are unavailable. All Restoration Quarterly articles are available in full text in the ATLA Religion Database, available through most university and theological libraries or through your local library’s inter-library loan service