Cultural Intelligence Growth of Guatemala Internship Participants

Like many other forms of knowledge, cultural intelligence (CQ) is acquired or learned. Our study uses the CQ scale as a means of measuring growth in cultural intelligence in students participating in a two-month home-stay in Guatemala. Based on this data, we selected students to interview as a way of discovering specifically in what areas they grew the most and why they think they experienced CQ growth. As a result of these interviews, we have pinpointed three key areas of growth that will be the focus of this post presentation: a shift from extrinsic to intrinsic motivation, a rejection of stereotype-based knowledge of culture, and linguistic growth that empowers students to engage culture

The Deficiencies of Oregon Ballot Measure 110

In 1970, the Federal Government enacted the Controlled Substance Act (CSA), which made certain drugs and substances illegal absent a medical prescription. The control of drugs through the CSA exists to prevent harm to the public. Nonetheless, some cities and states have enacted laws that allow for the benefit of selling or pleasure of using illegal drugs to outweigh the legal ramifications. In November 2020, The Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, also known as Oregon Ballot Measure 110 (Measure 110), made Oregon the first state in the country to decriminalize all drugs. Measure 110 was enacted with the overarching goal to reduce addiction rates and help fight the war on drugs. However, what principles rationalize this heightened degree of decriminalization as a course to lowering addiction rates and combating the war on drugs? This Note provides historic background information on controlled substances, Measure 110, and the laws surrounding controlled substances. It also includes recent news reports, warning letters written prior to the enactment of Measure 110, and a comparison of foreign drug legislation to that of Oregon. While this Note does not discuss the use of psychedelics in therapy, it does include discussion on the implications that have come to pass and are still to come since Measure 110’s enactment, including (1) the effects it has on addicts and relapse concerns; (2) how Brazil and Portugal’s decriminalization laws differ; (3) how it violates public health policy; (4) the increase it will have on crime rates; and (5) its negative impact on juveniles. Finally, this Note discusses alternative measures Oregon could take to assist addicts in the recovery process, incentivize them to stay clean, and lower incarceration rates

The Deficiencies of Oregon Ballot Measure 110

In 1970, the Federal Government enacted the Controlled Substance Act (CSA), which made certain drugs and substances illegal absent a medical prescription. The control of drugs through the CSA exists to prevent harm to the public. Nonetheless, some cities and states have enacted laws that allow for the benefit of selling or pleasure of using illegal drugs to outweigh the legal ramifications. In November 2020, The Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, also known as Oregon Ballot Measure 110 (Measure 110), made Oregon the first state in the country to decriminalize all drugs. Measure 110 was enacted with the overarching goal to reduce addiction rates and help fight the war on drugs. However, what principles rationalize this heightened degree of decriminalization as a course to lowering addiction rates and combating the war on drugs? This Note provides historic background information on controlled substances, Measure 110, and the laws surrounding controlled substances. It also includes recent news reports, warning letters written prior to the enactment of Measure 110, and a comparison of foreign drug legislation to that of Oregon. While this Note does not discuss the use of psychedelics in therapy, it does include discussion on the implications that have come to pass and are still to come since Measure 110’s enactment, including (1) the effects it has on addicts and relapse concerns; (2) how Brazil and Portugal’s decriminalization laws differ; (3) how it violates public health policy; (4) the increase it will have on crime rates; and (5) its negative impact on juveniles. Finally, this Note discusses alternative measures Oregon could take to assist addicts in the recovery process, incentivize them to stay clean, and lower incarceration rates

Letter to Ed Edmonds regarding present for SEAALL President, 1982

A letter from Anne Slaughter Towles to Ed Edmonds discussing a potential present for then-SEAALL President Donald Ziegenfuss

Letter to Claire Engel regarding award of the Lucile Elliott Scholarship, March 4, 1987

A letter from Anne S. Towles to Claire Engel accepting the Lucile Elliott Scholarship awarded to her

I was born too late to believe in your God : The Struggle Against Religion in Ernest J. Gaines\u27s Of Love and Dust and A Lesson Before Dying

The strange mixtures of opposites in the south often provide a fast-moving culture not easily recognized or categorized. The opposition to Christianity does not often deal specifically with Jesus Christ, the New Testament, or other Christian philosophies. Rather, the Christianity in conflict is usually symbolized by the church, a preacher, or other Christian rituals and traditions. Thus, it is the system of Christianity that is in conflict with many of the characters’ freedom, not necessarily the philosophy of Christianity. The struggles against religion in Ernest J. Gaines’s writings Love and Dust and A Lesson Before Dying are displayed through character beliefs and experiences

Advanced control signal processor module design, fabrication, and test, phase V Final report

Design, fabrication, and testing of inverter module for closed loop advanced control signal processor - thin film circuit, and conformal coating and encapsulatio

Linseed oil and its oxidation products.

Linseed oil is the oil from the plant linum usitatissiumum. It is not a new oil, for we read that the Greeks and Romans used it, not as it is used today, but as a food, and it is still used for that purpose in some countries, especially in Russia, Poland, and Hungary. The oil was first introduced into the United States during the nineteenth century, and in 1810 there were two hundred eighty three linseed oil mills in only fourteen states. In those days the process of obtaining the oil from the seed was tedious, and the yield was poor, for the oil was extracted by means of the old-fashioned mill stones. After the demand for linseed oil increased, oil had to be imported from foreign fields. Up until 1861 the output was one million gallons per year. Prior to that time the largest portion of the seed was grown and used for the fiber, with the seed regarded as a by-product, but now the fiber itself is only a by-product, and the plant is grown for the seed. After 1865 the production of flax moved west from the middle states, where all of the yield of the United States had been grown. The demand increased greatly from year to year. In 1870 the industry received a great stimulus when the old mill stones used for pressing were replaced by rolls, and in ten years the yearly crop was quadrupled. All the seed is now grown west of the Alleghanies, and the states in the east still send to India and Russia for seed

Evaluating seed blended refugia in field corn in the Southern U. S.

Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), a pest of cotton that also occurs in field corn, is commonly controlled through the use of foliar-applied insecticides or transgenic crops expressing Bt genes. To prevent the selection of resistant populations, refuge systems have been implemented into the agroecosystem. Historically, structured refuge compliance among growers has been low, leading to the commercialization of seed blended refugia. To test the viability of seed blended refugia in the southern U.S., field studies were conducted in Mississippi and Georgia during the 2016, 2017, and 2018 growing seasons. To quantify adult H. zea emergence from structured and seed blended refuge options, emergence traps were utilized. Kernel damage and moth emergence timings were recorded. Various percentages of stand loss ranging from 0% to 50% were also simulated to determine yield effects in unprotected seed blended refugia. Lastly, H. zea feeding and emergence in a two-gene field corn variety expressing Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2 were compared to non-Bt field corn. When compared to a structured refuge, H. zea adult moth emergence from seed blended refugia did not significantly differ. Kernel damage was not different between seed blended treatments and structured refuge treatments. Moth emergence timings were not significantly delayed between the structured refuge and seed blended refuge treatments. Significant yield losses were observed when stand loss was simulated at various levels in field corn, suggesting that there is an opportunity to see yield losses in an unprotected seed blended refuge field corn landscape. Kernel damage did not significantly differ between field corn expressing Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2 and non-Bt field corn, possibly due to H. zea resistance to the Cry genes. However, there was a significant difference in emergence from two-gene expressing field corn and non-Bt field corn. This suggests that there may be high pupal mortality in two-gene corn plots. Based on these data, seed blended refuge could be a viable option to replace structured refuge strategies in the southern U.S., however, if left unprotected, yield loss could be observed in a case of high boring insect pressure. The significant loss of refuge plants can also compromise refuge effectiveness

Letter to Ed Edmonds providing SEAALL documents, May 5, 1982

A letter from Anne Slaughter Towles to Ed Edmonds enclosing several documents relating to SEAALL administration