The True Prevalence of “Sexting”.

This factsheet presents and critiques the findings of recent studies estimating the prevalence of youth “sexting.” The authors contend that research findings to date have been inconsistent and many widely‐publicized studies have been flawed in their design. It is difficult to compare findings and draw clear conclusions due to inconsistent terminology between studies and the inclusion of material not of primary concern to the public and law enforcement, such as text‐only messages, images of adults, or images of youth that do not constitute child pornography under legal statutes. These findings are then often reported in distorted or exaggerated ways by the media, leading to public misperception. The authors present a number of suggestions to future researchers and to journalists wishing to cite statistics on sexting

The First Impression: Perceptions Based on Social Media

The current study investigated factors (i.e., confidence, gender, attractiveness) influencing participant’s perceptions of social media postings. 89 female Psychology 1000 Brescia University College students participated in this study. There were 4 levels of confidence captions: low confidence, average confidence, high confidence, and arrogance. Photos, with captions similar to those that are shown on social media, were of males and females of either low attractiveness, average attractiveness, or high attractiveness. Participants rated favourability and level of confidence of individuals in the captioned photos. Key hypotheses were that arrogant captions would be perceived less favourably by participants than those postings that had lower levels of confidence captions, and that male postings would be perceived more favourably at high levels of confidence than those of females. Although the hypotheses were not confirmed, it was found that confidence level, attractiveness, and gender had some significant effects on perceptions of social media postings. Although these findings were not consistent with previous findings, they may still help provide evidence that this area of research is not yet complete

Marching Straight in Sweden: The Parade of a Queer Swedish Utopia or False Hope?

Sweden is considered to be one of the most open, welcoming countries in the world. Often, the country is viewed as a shining example of inclusion, especially in regards to their support of the LGBTQ+ community. When analyzing various media from the country, however, many questions arise. Are the groups creating these advertisements doing so for the benefit of the LGBTQ+ community? Or are they for boosting sales, tourism, and recruitment? What if these advertisements actually harm the LGBTQ+ community through stereotyping? Through the analysis of Swedish military and corporate images supporting the LGBTQ+ community, Lounsbury explores possible ideas about the dreams and realities of a queer Swedish utopi

Alien Registration- Lounsbury, Lena (Lewiston, Androscoggin County)

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A Girl and the Beats

Australian author Lynnette Lounsbury discusses her love of the Beat authors and the tension that surrounds the interactions between a woman an a generation of writers that were disconnected and disinterested in woman as equals and artists. As a writer she finds her own way to interact as an equal by writing herself into the beat narrative

Cover crop-based no-till for small farms: tradeoffs of termination time, method, and ecosystem services

Agriculture must adapt to and mitigate multiple environmental crises including climate change, overuse of herbicides, and soil degradation. Cover crops are a promising tool to do so because they protect soil from erosion, increase perenniality (i.e. year-round plant cover) and carbon contributions to farming systems, capture, recycle, and fix nitrogen, and suppress weeds through multiple mechanisms. Terminating high-residue cover crops to produce an in situ mulch for no-till production has added benefits of eliminating the need for tillage, protecting soil against extreme precipitation events and drought, and contributing to weed suppression. However, there are few non-chemical ways to terminate cover crops without tillage. We performed three experiments to investigate whether using reusable plastic tarps is an effective strategy to terminate a winter rye (Secale cereale L)- hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) cover crop and suppress weeds for no-till production. In the first experiment, we studied the difference between clear and black plastic tarps as well as roller-crimping to terminate cover crops and found that black plastic tarps are the most efficacious method, providing significant yield benefits (+58%) to a no-till cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) crop compared to clear tarps and roller-crimping alone. In the second experiment, we investigated the effects of tillage and tarping in a factorial combination, with and without weed control, on cabbage yields. We found that no-till cabbage following a cover crop terminated with a black tarp produced greater or equal yields to all other treatments. In some years, the weed suppression provided by this system is significant, but weeding enhanced cabbage yields in all years. In the last experiment, we investigated the effects of termination time and termination method (tarping for 10, 20, or 30 days vs. glyphosate or roller-crimping) on ecosystem services including weed suppression and weed community dynamics, cover crop biomass C and N, mulch provisioning, residue decomposition, and N mineralization. We examine these results in two chapters. The first assesses the effects of termination time and method on weed biomass and community dynamics using a community assembly approach. We found that mulch, which is affected by both termination time and termination method, appears to be a strong driver of weed biomass and community, and that both termination time and method can select for weed species based on periodicity. Finally, we examined the tradeoffs between termination time and method on ecosystem services, planting date, and the larger picture of farming systems and environmental consequences of production systems. Differences of 10-20 days termination time significantly affected cover crop biomass, which ranged from \u3c4 Mg ha-1 at the first termination time at one site to nearly 8 Mg ha-1 at the third termination time at another site. The effects of termination time on cover crop biomass were especially pronounced for the vetch component of the rye-vetch mixture, which doubled between the first and third termination times at both sites. Although cover crop biomass quantity and quality (C:N ratio) were drivers of ecosystem services in these systems, termination method and resulting crop planting dates also played a significant role

Marriage and Relationships

A study of the policies and practices of marriage and family on the Seventh-day Adventist Aboriginal mission station at Mona Mona

Sacre Couer: Deux Verites, une Mensonge

The resurgence of the oral storytelling culture has been well documented in recent years - from travelling versions of The Moth, to the rise of the creative podcast and even the resurgence of audiobooks. The story Sacre Couer: Deux verites, une mensonge, plays with the idea of the old oral game - two truths, one lie. It expresses a historical account connected to place alongside an autobiographical experience and a fictional representation. The three are connected by the spirituality inherent in the location - a cathedral

Haunted: Claws and Teeth

A piece that explores both the concept of haunting as a textual provocateur but also the interaction between the theme and the live performance space – haunting “voiced” as much as “written”. Writers were invited to submit via invitation, but submissions were selected by the Conference creative performance curator. This piece was selected under the sub-genre of “haunted place” and performed in an urban underground space that allowed the writer (as performer) to connect voice with text and space