Chicago Snapshot 2005-2006: A Year of School Newspapers and Advisers

We took a snapshot of high school newspapers and their advisers in Chicago last year, hoping for a glimpse into the future of student journalism in our city. We surveyed all of the city's high schools, but we focused on four: Morgan Park High School, North Lawndale College Preparatory Charter High School, Chicago International Charter School Northtown Academy and Northside College Preparatory High School. The four are a diverse but representative group in many ways, as you'll see. We found a first-year adviser whose journalism class required current events quizzes and "First Amendment Fridays" - and an experienced adviser who has embraced teaching journalism over English, his original field, because he likes journalism's sense of purpose. We found a strong student-run newspaper that also has established itself online - and a group of students who, with the help of a community newspaper, learned the joys of being published and making money in journalism. So we found good news. We also found change: Advisers at the two charter schools, both new last year, left their positions at the end of 2005-06. That happens altogether too often in Chicago schools, whether they're public, private or charter. And we found disturbing news: Our survey of advisers and journalism teachers found that, when compared to 10 years ago, school newspapers publish less frequently,advisers have less teaching and advising experience, and principals are more likely to review the paper before it's published. A larger percentage of public schools are completely without newspapers now than was the case in 1996. What does the future hold? At best, we found, it's a mixed outlook

Hydrological and geotechnical investigation of a Sparta, New Jersey landslide

On August 13, 2000, a massive landslide occurred in Northern New Jersey following an extreme rainfall event during which 14.1 inches of precipitation fell locally during a 24-hour period. The slide, with an estimated volume of 22,000ft3, traveled up to 1,500ft in a short period. While landslides do occasionally occur along the coastal bluffs of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, slides of this magnitude are uncommon in the glacial soils of the New Jersey Highland section. The investigation of this landslide was compiled through rainfall data and geotechnical data, which was used to determine the triggering mechanism of the landslide. The information supplied herein consists of a hydrological study, a geological/geotechnical study, a topographic survey, and slope stability analyses. The results of the data obtained and analyses performed determined that the triggering mechanism was a result of extreme pore-water pressures developed from the rainfall event and an abrupt change in permeability between two soil strata. This paper takes the results of this information to support the causative factors contributing towards the slope failure

Lo human trafficking a fini di sfruttamento sessuale: meccanismi di cooperazione internazionale nella lotta a un fenomeno poliedrico.

Trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation is one of the most lucrative and extended criminal activities on earth, which has achieved a transnational dimension and currently touches every country. Notwithstanding the international efforts made to fight it, States still remain impotent against this developing threat, being unable to face the new forms and methods of this crime. Because of the continuous evolution of the human trade, stronger links have been made between organized criminal groups and terrorist organizations, which create crime-nets composed by a plurality of knots conducting cross-borders operations. Therefore, international community must cooperate at different levels to elaborate effective tools to be used against human trafficking and, due to the sexual element of the crime, to protect and assist victims. This Thesis aims to highlight the necessity for a common international approach, by reviewing the most relevant legal instruments that have been established since the last century, the Conventions signed within the frame of the UN and the judicial response of International Tribunals

A Comparison of Morphemic Analysis and Whole Word Meaning Instruction on Sixth-Grade Students' Knowledge of Prefixes, Taught Words, and Transfer Words

An eight-day instructional vocabulary study was conducted to evaluate two methods of instruction for prefixed words for two methods, Morphemic Analysis and Whole Word Meaning. Seventy-five sixth-grade students from a rural middle school were part of this study. The Morphemic Analysis and Whole Word Meaning approaches were similar in a number of ways. Instruction consisted of eight lessons, six instructional lessons and two review lessons. Methods were similar in the specific prefixed words taught (24), duration (8 days/8-9 minutes per word), number of exposures (9), and inclusion of the following activities: Example and/or Non-example, Student Examples, Word/Meaning Match, and Word/Example Match. The major differences between the two methods occurred during the introduction of the prefixed words. Morphemic Analysis included a prefix component that focused on grouping prefixes by families, introducing each prefix meaning, and then analyzing the prefixed word by morphemes: root, prefix, and suffix (as needed). The meaning of the prefixed word was derived by combining the meanings of the parts: root, prefix, and suffix. Whole Word Meaning instruction focused on the prefixed word as a whole unit. Meaning for the prefixed word was developed from a Scenario and Question activity. This activity placed the lesson word into a meaningful written context, and a question followed that guided students to infer the word's meaning. Also, a Prompt activity was used to extend the word's meaning beyond the written passage.Analysis of data on the following three measures: 24 prefixes, 24 prefixed lesson words, and 24 untaught prefixed words, revealed students' performance for the two conditions, Morphemic Analysis and Whole Word Meaning. The data revealed that students made a greater gain in prefix knowledge (17%) from Morphemic Analysis instruction. This gain could be attributed to the direct instruction of prefixes, a major component of the Morphemic Analysis method. On prefixed lesson words, Morphemic Analysis and Whole Word Meaning each showed large gains; thus, they could be considered equally effective methods of vocabulary instruction. The data on untaught prefixed words indicated that the Morphemic Analysis group outperformed the Whole Word Meaning group, by an advantage of two mean points (8%). The present study points to the benefits of prefix knowledge and transfer word knowledge for the Morphemic Analysis group. The similar performance by both methods on taught prefixed words was equally interesting and warrants further investigation into the components of effective vocabulary instruction

An assessment of analytical methods and their biases in the determination of major elements in rock analysis.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 40-07, page: . Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1978

Marshall University Music Department Presents a Senior Recital, Larry Talerico, Trumpet, Dianna Shinn Berry, Trumpet, Katherine Farley, Piano

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A Landslide in Glacial Soils of New Jersey

On August 13, 2000, a massive landslide occurred in Northern New Jersey following an extreme rainfall event during which at least 381mm (15 in) of precipitation fell during a 4-day period. The composite earth slide-earth flow, with an estimated volume of 22,800 m3 (29,821 yd3) traveled up to 365 m (1200 ft) in a short period. While landslides do occasionally occur along the coastal bluffs of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, slides of this magnitude are uncommon in the glacial soils of the New Jersey Highlands section, where the slide occurred. A geotechnical investigation was undertaken to identify the causative factors of the slide. Soils within the rupture zone were found to be distinctly stratified in a direction parallel with the ground slope, which averaged 15% to 20%. The soil profile consisted of an Upper Till overlying a more compact Lower Till. A rupture surface developed at the stratigraphic contact between the two tills, with the Upper Till failing in translation. A significant factor in the location of the rupture surface was the density difference between the Upper and Lower Tills (averaging 16.11 kN/m3 (102.5 lb/ft3) and 20.44 kN/m3 (130 lb/ft3), respectively). Grain size analyses confirmed that the dominance of silt and sand in the Upper Till made it especially prone to sliding. Land use of the site was also a factor, since the rupture occurred on a hay field that was within a residential subdivision in the early stages of construction. The beneficial effects of root reinforcement were especially evident around the rupture scar, since headward and lateral migration of the slide were arrested by a bordering forest. Analyses suggest that the main trigger of the landslide was groundwater perching at the contact between the two tills leading to excess pore pressure which caused failure. Two other conditions contributing to elevated groundwater pressure were a small topographic swale and outcrops of low permeability granite bedrock directly above the rupture zone. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of the implications of the Sparta landslide on the burgeoning development of Northern New Jersey

Description of an advanced practice nursing consultative model to reduce restrictive siderail use in nursing homes

Researchers have demonstrated that the use of physical restraints in nursing homes can be reduced, particularly where advanced practice nurses (APNs) are utilized. We examined the link between APN practice, siderail reduction, and the costs of siderail alternatives in 273 residents in four Philadelphia nursing homes. The majority of participants were cognitively and physically impaired with multiple co-morbidities. APNs recommended a total of 1,275 siderail-alternative interventions aimed at reducing fall risk. The median cost of siderail alternatives to prevent falls per resident was $135. Residents with a fall history experienced a significantly higher cost of recommendation compared to non-fallers. Findings suggest that an APN consultation model can effectively be implemented through comprehensive, individualized assessment without incurring substantial costs to the nursing home. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 30: 131–140, 2007Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/56001/1/20185_ftp.pd

The Personality of a “Good Test Taker”: Self-Control and Mindfulness Predict Good Time-Management When Taking Exams.

Much prior research has linked trait self-control and trait mindfulness with improved performance on overall academic metrics such as GPA. The present research expands on this literature by linking self-control, mindfulness, and closely related personality constructs to differences in the way students manage their time while taking exams. Students at two large public universities (total n = 362) completed scale measures of self-control, mindfulness, and their use of time when taking timed examinations. The results suggest that trait self-control (r = .174) and trait mindfulness (r = .311) are statistically significant predictors of effective time management while taking timed exams