Constructing ‘suspect’ communities and Britishness: mapping British press coverage of Irish and Muslim communities, 1974–2007

There exist many parallels between the experiences of Irish communities in Britain in the past and those of Muslim communities today. However, although they have both been the subject of negative stereotyping, intelligence profiling, wrongful arrest and prejudice, little research has been carried out comparing how these communities are represented in the media. This article addresses this gap by mapping British press coverage of events involving Irish and Muslim communities that occurred between 1974 and 2007. The analysis shows that both sets of communities have been represented as ‘suspect’ to different degrees, which the article attributes to varying perceptions within the press as to the nature of the threat Irish and Muslim communities are thought to pose to Britain. The article concludes that a central concern of the press lies with defending its own constructions of Britishness against perceived extremists, and against abuses of power and authority by the state security apparatus

Current outlook: sustained growth, sustained inflation

A report on the May 4, 1990 meeting of the Fourth District Economists' Roundtable, at which participants predicted a stronger long-term growth rate for the national economy through 1991 and an inflation rate of about 4 percent.Economic conditions - United States

The economic outlook: growth weakens, inflation unchanged

A summation of the forecasts of 27 economists made at the January 26, 1990 meeting of the Fourth District Economists' Roundtable, with major emphasis on the inflation outlook, GNP growth, and capital spending.Economic conditions - United States ; Inflation (Finance)

The issue of 'impairment':an analysis of diverging discourses used to represent the d/Deaf population in America

Reference terms used to refer to d/Deaf individuals in America have long been a point of contention within the d/Deaf population. Although this population in its majority prefers to be regarded as members of a cultural and linguistic minority mainstream society often opts for a different view, one that associates them as a disabled, or ‘impaired’ group. It can be argued that the ubiquitous use of the term ‘impaired’ in classifying the d/Deaf population is one of the ways in which existing power relations are maintained, constraining the opportunities of those considered ‘impaired’. d/Deaf individuals, as well as advocates and allies of the d/Deaf community, believe that the association with the disabled community and classification as ‘impaired’ promotes the same agenda popular years ago: one where d/Deaf people need the help of hearing people to compensate for their impairment and where the ultimate goal should be to mend said impairment in order to participate in society as a ‘normal’ person would (Lane, 1995; 1999). This paper presents a small-scale textual analysis that is used to determine to what degree these beliefs are true. The analysis presented in this paper reveals elements suggesting the existence of divergent discourses surrounding the use of the reference terms ‘hearing-impaired’ and ‘d/Deaf’. Conducted within the framework of critical discourse analysis, this small-scale research study employs systems of Systemic Functional Grammar (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2014), including social actor representation (van Leeuwen, 1996) and transitivity, as the means for discourse analysis. Findings will show the discursive strategies in which the term ‘hearing-impaired’ is used and the extent to which the discursive use of this label supports the ideology that Deafness is deficiency

Characterizing the Requirement of the Cmi/Trr COMPASS-Like Complex During Drosophila Development

The MLR family of COMPASS-like complexes are histone methyltransferase complexes that are associated with the activation of gene enhancers. In D. melanogaster, Cara mitad (Cmi, also known as Lpt) and Trithorax related (Trr) are central subunits of a complex orthologous to mammalian Lysine methyltransferase 2 C and D (KMT2C and KMT2D, also known as MLL3 and MLL2/4) that catalyze H3K4 monomethylation. Previous studies have demonstrated that mutations in these genes are associated with cancer and developmental disorders, but the mechanisms by which these alterations contribute to disease states are unknown. The Cmi-containing COMPASS-like complex and orthologous vertebrate complexes have been identified as necessary co-regulators of multiple critical developmental signaling pathways, and knockout experiments have demonstrated that these complexes are necessary for development and viability. My research shows that Cmi has a distinct expression pattern in developing tissues, and the knockdown abrogates normal developmental patterns in both the embryo and ovary. Ubiquitous shRNA mediated knockdown of Cmi in the embryo results in early embryonic lethality, and shRNA expressed in certain ovary tissues results in reduced egg-laying efficiency and incomplete ovary development. By elucidating the embryogenesis stage at which the COMPASS-like complex performs its function as well as its requirement in the female germline, future experiments aimed at revealing gene targets can be narrowed to these key developmental periods

The Viability of Cancerous vs. Non-cancerous Cells

This article was published in the Fall 2009 issue of the Journal of Undergraduate Researc