Vocal performance and speech intonation : Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone"

My intention here is to analyze a recorded performance of a single verse of one of Dylan's most popular songs, observing the ways in which intonation details relate to lyrics and performance. The analysis is used as source material for a close reading of the semantic, affective, and "playful" meanings of the performance. This reading is then compared with some published accounts of the song's reception.Note: The Peformance Artistry of Bob Dylan: Conference Proceedings of the Caen Colloquiu

Don’t Get the Epizootus! Challenges and Promises of Modern Rural Health Care

Rural communities face a crisis in terms of access, funding for health care, and the overall health needs of these communities. There are also shortages of health care professionals in rural areas. As national priorities shift away from health care to border security, small towns may be hard pressed to meet their residents’ health care needs. Professional advocacy for rural people to address these issues is recommended

An image of enduring plurality in economic theory: The root -metaphor theory of Stephen C Pepper

This dissertation establishes an image of enduring plurality in economic theory based on four stable and adequate world hypotheses identified by philosopher of science Stephen C. Pepper. According to Pepper\u27s metaphilosophy---a theory of philosophy---a world hypothesis is a conceptual system founded on a root metaphor. A root metaphor serves as a cognitive focal point or image that guides in the transformation of uncriticized, commonsense, evidence into criticized evidence and thought. A description of a world hypothesis is developed using the root-metaphor method, which derives a unique set of structural categories identified with each root metaphor. In Pepper\u27s system, four sets of structural categories define a metatheoretical taxonomy and reflect discrete manners by which theoreticians transform uncriticized, commonsense evidence into criticized evidence in an attempt to explain the world. The four world hypotheses identified by Pepper in the philosophical literature are formism, mechanism contextualism and organicism. Formism is based on the root metaphor or perceptual experience of similarity, mechanism is based on the image of the machine; contextualism. is founded on the idea of the given event; and organicism is founded on the idea of the historical process. A world hypothesis is found to be adequate if it possesses scope and precision. Each world hypothesis is autonomous and possesses a unique ontological perspective, theory of truth, interpretation of time and causality, and mode of scientific explanation. Based on Pepper\u27s root-metaphor theory, this research shows how four major theoretical perspectives or \u27schools of thought\u27 in economics correspond with the four adequate world hypothesis. Formism is associated with critical realism, which, in turn, is considered by some to be consistent with post-Keynesian economics. Mechanism is associated with neoclassical economics, Contextualism is associated with \u27old\u27 institutional economics. Organicism is associated with Mandan economics. As a result, Pepper\u27s metaphilosophical system provides a possible philosophical and pluralist account for the origins of the four major \u27schools of thought\u27 often cited in the economic literature

Stinky Water and Other Ills: Environmental Justice for Rural Services

Environmental justice concerns affect rural communities and the people who are members of them. Social workers’ long-standing involvement in improving living conditions of the people and communities with whom they work make environmental justice an important responsibility. Yet there is a rural-urban divide on topics related to the environment, and rural and urban communities tend to establish different environmental priorities. Rural communities tend to prioritize local conditions and solutions over global and societal ones. Rural people distrust national policies especially those established by governmental as not being responsive to their interest. Some common environmental rural problems are identified. Environmental justice intervention for rural social workers should involve humility in understanding the local culture, judicious use of language, and involvement of local people in environmental assessments and interventions

Abort, Retry, Fail? Why Computer Science is an Essential Part of Every Science Education

Scientists are often woefully unprepared for the rising use of computing in their work, according to research published in a recent edition of Nature [1]. In fact, survey results indicate that 45% of scientists spend more time developing software as part of their work than five years ago, and that 38% of all scientists spend at least one fifth of their time developing software. This is only natural, to assist in experimentation, interface with high tech equipment, or analyze a tremendous volume of measurements and results. The truly frightening part? Nearly all of what these scientists know of software development is self-taught, and they often lack even the base skills and background to realize just how bad they are at it. Formal Computer Science training was simply not a part of their educations. The results? Work is riddled with inaccuracies and errors, precious time and valuable resources are lost, and reputation in the scientific community dwindles as publications are retracted and proven wrong. The costs are staggering and only getting worse with time. The solution, fortunately, is fairly simple: Computer Science must be made an integral part of every science education. Delivering this solution, however, is not without its challenges. What instruction is required? How can it be tailored and made relevant to a variety of scientific disciplines? How can it be packaged and squeezed into already full curricula? How can this be done with already strained instructional resources? This presentation will delve into these and other issues, making the case for Computer Science as an essential part of science education. [1] Z. Merali. Computational Science: … Error … why scientific programming does not compute. Nature 467, 775-777 (2010). Available online at: http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101013/full/467775a.htm

From the Editor

Journal of Contemporary Rural Social Work Volume 1, Number 1 Spring 2009 From the Editor: Michael R. Daley, Ph.D., University of South Alabam

A Conceptual Model for Rural Social Work

As long as social workers have considered rural social work unique from other fields of practice there has been a search to capture the essence of rural social work. Is it a rural-urban dichotomy, is it geographically or community bound, and what are the principles that guide rural practice? Answers to these questions are important to education for future social workers and rural practice. The author examines key issues in rural social work and their influence on rural social work