Make Your Job Summer Program: A Report to the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship

Make Your Job Summer Program condenses the material in NFTE's year-long high school curriculum into an intensive two-week course. Over the course of these two weeks, from 9-5 pm each day, students learn about businesses and entrepreneurship while simultaneously designing their business plans. At the end of the program, students present their business plans to a panel of judges to compete for seed money. At two of the 18 sites, NFTE also offered an 8- 10 week version of the program called Startup Summer. Startup Summer is for students who already participated in NFTE during the school year and takes the program a step further by helping them execute their business plans. Students in Startup Summer continue to receive support in launching their businesses into the school year. 378 students participated in the BizCamps and 77 participated in Startup Summer (at the Los Angeles and New York City sites). Although some sites had run NFTE-related summer programs in prior years, other sites were running the summer program for the first time. Two of these BizCamps (Girl Empower BizCamps) served female students exclusively.Our research examines both the impact and implementation of the program and considers:- the types of students who enrolled in the program and why;- how the students experienced the program;- the perceived match between program design and student backgrounds and abilities;- how staff understood the goals and expectations of the program;- the capacities and resources that supported implementation;- the challenges experienced in delivering the program; and- how the program was adapted across sites

Through Their Eyes: A California Indian Art Exhibit

In this project I have demonstrated my professional proficiency by curating an exhibit from conception to completion. During the duration of this project I was required to use diverse museum sciences skillset including collections management, curation, development and design of the exhibit. Curated and built inside the Great Hall at the Dorothy Ramon Learning Center in downtown Banning, ancestral lands of the Serrano, this project displays not only my career skillset but also my proud connection to the California Landscape. As Tongva of the Los Angeles River Basin, I also had the opportunity to showcase the artwork of other California Native Americans as an educational exhibit working to raise awareness of the cultural connections between nature and Native peoples

Representing Us All? Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Orange Is the New Black

Orange Is the New Black is a Netflix television series that began in 2013. The series focuses on the lives of inmates in a fictional women\u27s prison. Television series about prison have focused primarily on men in prison. This thesis will expand upon previous research on representation of minorities in television using a feminist media analysis to examine the first season of the series. I will explore how race, gender, and sexuality are represented within the series. I examine the representations of four characters during the first season. I chose these four characters because they represented different racial groups, sexualities, and gender expressions. I argue that while the series gives visibility to many minority women, the show continues to use harmful stereotypes that perpetuate negative cultural ideologies about minorities

Social workers attitudes toward providing social services to undocumented immigrants

The purpose of this study was to examine social workers\u27 and social work students\u27 attitudes toward providing publicly funded social services to undocumented workers

A client satisfaction survey at Central City Lutheran Mission

This study focused on the association between clients satisfaction with services and the length of time utilizing them. The participants surveyed within this study were from surrounding communities of Central City Lutheran Mission (CCLM) in San Bernardino

Significance Testing of Site 41KM225, Kimble County, Texas

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted significance testing excavations at site 41KM225, ﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭtion of the site is in TxDOT’s right-of-way (ROW) of Farm-to-Market (FM) 2169 on the northern bank of Johnson Fork, a tributary of the Llano River. SWCA performed the investigations under General Services Contract No. 575XXSA007, Work Authorization No. 575 20 SA007, and Texas Antiquities Permit 4183. The final report was written under Work Authorization No. 575 25 SA007. In the course of the investigations, SWCA conducted shovel testing, hand excavations, special sampling, and other documentation at the project area. The site is located in the walls of eroding road cuts along FM 2169. Although cultural material was more visible in the east wall, this portion of the site had been impacted by erosion and the construction of a cedar oil processing mill, located just outside the ROW boundary. As the possibility of more intact prehistoric subsurface cultural material was located on the western side of the roadway, hand excavations were initialized on this side. In all, approximately 3.38 m3 were excavated at the site. In addition to the hand excavations, the testing project excavated five shovel tests to define the site limits within the ROW and investigate a feature. The testing determined that the site contains one cultural component, designated Analytical Unit 1 (AU 1), in an alluvial and colluvial setting. AU 1 spans the deposits from the ground surface to a gravel lens at around 70 cm below surface. AU 1 contains one burned limestone rock feature; debitage, two projectile points, lithic tools, and one charcoal sample were also recovered in the excavation units. One projectile point was also found on the ground surface. One radiocarbon sample was submitted for assay, but the results were inconclusive. Thus, the best data to establish a period(s) of occupation were typological. Although none of the points could be decisively typed, they share characteristics with a Pedernales point, an Early Triangular point, and a Paisano point. The Pedernales point dates to the middle Late Archaic (3,300–2,300 B.P.), and the Early Triangular point dates to the end of the Middle Archaic (5,700–5,500 B.P.). The point recovered from the surface is undiagnostic, but bears some similarity to a Trans-Pecos Paisano point (Transitional Archaic, 2,150–1,350 B.P.), but only a few of the defining characteristics are present. Artifact recovery was sparse, with only two pieces of organic material preserved. Although the site contains one analytical unit with prehistoric cultural material in an observable natural stratum, the soil compression and bioturbation have mixed the assemblages and associated cultural components. This mixing has compromised the integrity of the cultural deposits; and they cannot be subdivided into separate occupation periods subject to specific research questions. Additionally, the ratio among artifact classes recovered from the site is low (burned limestone, some lithic tools, but almost no organics), and the potential data yield to answer specific research questions is marginal. SWCA recommends that the portion of 41KM225 within the road ROW is not eligible for National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) listing under Criterion D, 36 CFR 60.4, and is not eligible for State Archeological Landmark (SAL) designation under Criteria 1 and 2 of the Rules of Practice and ﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭﾭmended for the portion of the site within the APE. Portions of the site outside of the ROW have not been fully evaluated

Cultural Resources Survey of Four Frio County Bridges, Frio County, Texas

Cultural resources investigations were conducted by SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) on behalf of TCB INC. and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for four proposed bridge replacements in Frio County, Texas. The investigations were conducted under Texas Antiquities Permit 4402. The cultural resources investigations were designed to identify and evaluate any archaeological sites eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or that might warrant designation as a State Archeological Landmark (SAL). The proposed undertaking entails the replacement and rehabilitation by TxDOT of four bridge crossings that include: 1) two bridges along Peck-Bush Road at San Miguel Creek; 2) one bridge along Applewhite Lane at Mustang Creek; and 3) one bridge along Andy Sadler Road at Live Oak Creek. SWCA investigations included a background literature and records review and an intensive pedestrian survey of the project area. All individual project locations were limited to existing right-of-ways. The area of potential effects for the four bridge replacements typically consists of 100 m along each approach with a typical vertical depth of 4 feet. Work near the bridge crossings may entail cutting the banks at the crossing to a depth of 10 feet for a distance of 25 feet from the existing edge of the banks. The background literature and records review revealed that no archaeological sites have been documented within or immediately adjacent to the bridge replacement project areas. Only the Applewhite Lane at Mustang Creek crossing has any previously recorded sites (41FR25, 41FR40, and 41FR44) within 1.5 miles of the project area. The current proposed project will not impact any of the previously recorded sites. SWCA’s intensive survey did not encounter any evidence of cultural materials on the surface or subsurface at any of the three project areas. Therefore, no cultural resources will be affected by the proposed projects. Additionally, a visual inspection was conducted for the portions extending beyond 25 feet beyond the ROW along both sides of the road in each of the project areas. Aside from an isolated flake and a few possible burned rocks outside the Peck-Bush Road at San Miguel Creek APE, no cultural materials were observed. In accordance with 36 CRF 800.4, SWCA has made a reasonable and good faith effort to identify archeological historic properties within the APE of the proposed undertaking. The proposed replacement of the four bridges in Frio County will impact previously disturbed areas with no significant cultural properties. Thus, the proposed project will not affect any cultural resources. As no properties were identified that meet the criteria for listing in the NRHP according to 36 CFR 60.4 or for designation as an SAL according to 13 TAC 26.12, SWCA recommends no further archaeological investigations for these project areas. No artifacts were collected. Therefore, nothing was curated

Significance Testing of Site 41SS164, San Saba County, Texas

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted significance testing excavations at site 41SS164, San Saba County, Texas on behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The tested portion of the site is in TxDOT’s right-of-way (ROW) of County Road (CR) 228 on the eastern bank of Richland Springs Creek, a tributary of the San Saba River. SWCA performed the investigations under General Services Contract #575XXSA007, Work Authorization #575 21 SA007, and Texas Antiquities Permit 4156. The final report was written under General Services Contract #577XXSA002, Work Authorization #577 05 SA002. In the course of the investigations, SWCA conducted backhoe trenching, hand excavations, special sampling, and other documentation at the project area. As the ROW on the eastern side of the CR 228 bridge is extremely narrow, all trench and hand excavations were conducted in the roadway after the removal of the gravel roadbed and several layers of fill. In all, approximately 3 m3 were excavated by hand at the site, beginning at the transition point between the fill layers and layers containing cultural material, or just above it. In addition to the hand excavations, the testing project included two backhoe trenches excavated perpendicular to each other. As an additional element of the investigations, SWCA excavated one 50-x-50-cm column sample to assess the site’s potential artifact recovery and potential cultural layers. The testing determined that the site contains one intact cultural component, designated Analytical Unit 1 (AU 1), in an alluvial setting. A second deposit containing cultural material above AU 1 was determined to be part of an ambiguous interface fill deposit and not an in situ component. AU 1 contains two burned sandstone rock features, debitage, bone, a dart point, lithic tools, and two charcoal samples. The radiocarbon samples yielded widely disparate dates; one is interpreted as an intrusive sample, and the other found in Feature 2 dated to the Late Archaic. A Pandale dart point dating to the Early/Middle Archaic (8,800–4,000 B.P.) was also found in Feature 2 within AU 1. The deposits appeared to be highly compressed. Geomorphological investigations of the east-west backhoe trench revealed a steady downward slope of cultural material in both AU 1 and the ambiguous interface fill deposit as one approached Richland Springs Creek. Thus, although cultural material was encountered at various depths within the site area, it was identified as one cultural component. Artifact recovery was sparse, with modest amounts of organic material preserved. Although the site contains one analytical unit with prehistoric cultural material in an observable natural stratum, the sloping stratigraphy and complex soil deposition makes it difficult to subdivide the component into more than one occupation period subject to specific research questions. Geomorphic analysis suggests a level of compression in the component. Additionally, the quantity and diversity of cultural material recovered from the site indicates the potential data yield to answer specific research questions is marginal. SWCA recommends that the portion of 41SS164 within the road ROW is not eligible for National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) listing under Criterion D, 36 CFR 60.4, and is not eligible for State Archeological Landmark (SAL) designation under Criteria 1 and 2 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure for the Antiquities Code of Texas, 13 TAC 26.8. Data recovery investigations are not recommended for the portion of the site within the ROW. Portions of the site outside of the ROW have not been fully evaluated

A Case of Unintentional Isopropanol Poisoning via Transdermal Absorption Delayed by Weekly Hemodialysis

BACKGROUND Isopropanol toxicity is the most common reported toxic alcohol ingestion in the United States and is well known to emergency physicians. Most toxicities result from unintentional ingestion of rubbing alcohol; however, an under-recognized mechanism of unintentional toxicity is transdermal absorption. Additionally, hemodialysis effectively removes isopropanol and its metabolites from circulation, so that in patients receiving regular hemodialysis, the manifestation of toxicity can be delayed. CASE REPORT A 67-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease secondary to insulin-dependent type II diabetes on once-weekly hemodialysis presented to the Emergency Department via the Emergency Medical Service with acute encephalopathy, severe hypoglycemia, and hypothermia. Her daughter found her confused and lethargic, smelling of acetone, and with a bottle of rubbing alcohol in her hand. The patient had been topically applying large quantities of rubbing alcohol for several months as a home remedy for cramps and adamantly denied any oral ingestion. She had missed several hemodialysis appointments over the previous month. Upon arrival, the patient was confused, profoundly hypoglycemic, and hypothermic. Additional laboratory examination revealed an elevated plasma osmolality, osmolar gap, isopropanol level, and acetone level. She was treated supportively with glucose-containing fluids and external warming and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. Hemodialysis was resumed, and the patient was discharged 3 days after admission with stable blood glucose, regular body temperature, and baseline mental status. CONCLUSIONS Our report is unique as it presents both an under-recognized mechanism of isopropanol toxicity (transdermal absorption) and an uncommon presentation of chronic exposure with manifestations of toxicity delayed by regular hemodialysis