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Savage ponders where Jordin Tootoo fits in with the Red Wings going forward
by George Malik on 06/11/13 at 01:13 PM ET
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This qualifies as an emptying-out-the-notebook article, but MLive's Brendan Savage offers points regarding Jordin Tootoo's up-and-down season with the Red Wings that are worth repeating.
Tootoo wound up taking a prominent role as a forechecking forward as well as a "shift disturber" and enforcer over the course of 42 games played during his 2013 season capaign with the Wings, but Tootoo only played in one playoff game, and both Wings fans and the team's media corps wondered why a player the team will be paying a total of $4 million over the next two seasons was a healthy scratch.
About thirteen months ago, Tootoo made some Ian White-style comments regarding his future with the Predators after spending the team's first-round series against Detroit in the press box, but this time around, as Savage noted, Tootoo was much more circumspect about his status...
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Red Wings mid-day news: Griffins talk, a matter of interpretation, the 'Howe Trophy' and rambling
by George Malik on 06/11/13 at 12:52 PM ET
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The Grand Rapids Griffins were back on the ice this morning in Grand Rapids, preparing for Games 3, 4 and 5 of the AHL's Calder Cup Final against Syracuse.
The games take place on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, respectively, and if you're wondering about attending, I can tell you that the tickets are being sold through the Griffins' website and from their ticket office for anywhere from $14-36 per game, and the Griffins are not expecting to sell out, so "good seats remain available."
The Syracuse Post-Standard's Lindsay Kramer offers a Griffins-related quip...
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Red Wings overnight report: on Tomas Tatar, free agency and Justin Abdelkader, Arab-American NHLer
by George Malik on 06/11/13 at 04:51 AM ET
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Beware yet again, dear readers: an auto-play highlight clip lurks within:
The Grand Rapids Griffins spent Sunday night and Monday morning busing back to Grand Rapids from Syracuse, New York, where some might argue that a bizarre standard of officiating helped the Griffins take Games 1 and 2 of the Calder Cup Final.
Today, the Griffins will get back on the ice and prepare for Games 3, 4 and 5, which take place on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (respectively) at Van Andel Arena, and their leading playoff scorer, one Tomas Tatar, spoke with the Free Press's Aaron McMann regarding the competitive advantage he's found playing with Joakim Andersson and Gustav Nyquist affords him:
"The big difference is that (other teams) have to be careful about those two," Tatar said. "So I'm not a target anymore. Now they've got to beat around us, and there's open space for me, too. The game is now easier for everybody."
In his stint with the Red Wings this season, Tatar scored four times and added three assists to lead the rookie brigade that included Andersson and Nyquist. He was sent back down to Grand Rapids in mid-March upon Valtteri Filppula's return from injury and has been on a tear ever since.
He was sent down for a couple of reasons. First, the Griffins needed some scoring help given that Nyquist was basically swapped out for him, and second, the team knew that demoting Tatar would light a competitive fire under his ass, because Tatar felt like most Red Wings fans did after witnessing him play at the NHL level this past season--that the NHL is where he belonged:
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A pair of press releases from the Griffins, one from the Crunch, and some 'business of hockey' talk
by George Malik on 06/11/13 at 01:41 AM ET
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This popped up a little late on Monday evening--right before the trophy appeared at 5/3rd Ballpark--but as an FYI, the Calder Cup will be touring Grand Rapids over the next three days...
The American Hockey League's Calder Cup will appear at numerous locations throughout West Michigan this week as the Grand Rapids Griffins prepare to host as many as three straight Calder Cup Finals games against the Syracuse Crunch.
Named for Frank Calder, the NHL's first president and an instrumental figure in forming the AHL, the Calder Cup was first awarded in 1938. It bears the name of the last 20 Calder Cup champions, standing 24 inches tall and weighing 30 pounds. Fans can see the championship trophy at several locations and through various media outlets. Additional locations will be announced through the Griffins' social media pages.
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Syracuse Crunch's owner weighs in on the officiating fiasco
by George Malik on 06/10/13 at 03:19 PM ET
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Well, this was going to happen. In the wake of the controversy regarding officiating during the Grand Rapids Griffins' back-to-back wins over the Syracuse Crunch in Game 1 and Game 2 of the Calder Cup Final, Syracuse Crunch owner James Dolgon made sure to make his voice heard in a conversation with the Syracuse Post-Standard's Lindsay Kramer (in an article titled, "AHL is aware of officiating concerns"):
"Officiating is always a topic of conversation It's tough to say. There's games where you are (concerned) and games where you aren't,'' he said. "I don't think you can make general statements.''
So Dolgon made specific statements. He addressed the fact that 22:13 (or 22:50, depending on how you read the clock)...
"There's nothing you can do about it. They (the AHL) obviously knows everyone is concerned,'' Dolgon said. "That's the way it goes. We train NHL officials. You hope that you are getting the highest quality. Obviously, there are mistakes that are made. You hope they are not repeated.''
And then he lamented the concept that Richard Panik could possibly be called for roughing after seeing Tomas Jurco struggling to jam a puck stuck on the side of the Crunch's empty net into said net, and then skating into Jurco with a heavy hit that sent Jurco flying and hitting the end boards--hard (it was called charging, and neither Dolgon nor Kramer saw it as such):
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No surprise here: Free Press readers name Claude Lemieux the most-hated athlete in Detroit sports
by George Malik on 06/10/13 at 02:49 PM ET
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Somehow, this doesn't surprise me, per the Detroit Free Press:
When it comes to holding a grudge, the Turtle is at the top of the Detroit sports fans' list.
Former NHL forward Claude Lemieux, who played with, among others, the New Jersey Devils and the Colorado Avalanche, beat out his former teammate, Patrick Roy, in our online voting tournament to "crown" the most hated opposing athlete in Michigan.
Lemieux garnered just over 75% of more than 2,230 votes. He is perhaps most notorious around these parts for this cross-check in the 1996 Western Conference finals that literally rearranged Kris Draper's face.
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Red Wings mid-day news: on free agents, buy-outs, the Griffins and the draft
by George Malik on 06/10/13 at 02:36 PM ET
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In what ended up being a massive overnight report, I tried to do my best impersonation of a person who asks people to pay money to discuss free agent forecasts and rumors in handicapping my guesses as to what the Wings will do in the free agent marketplace.
It broke down as follows [cue speculation]: Brunner signs at the last minute, Miller's iffy, Cleary and Filppula leave [as does White], Samuelsson's bought out, Colaiacovo's traded, depending on whether Helm and Bertuzzi return, Eaves and Emmerton might find themselves shipped out of town after the exhibition season for the Tatar/Andersson/Nyquist line's sake, and the team won't sign a UFA defenseman and will instead swing hard at Bickell, Stalberg and Clarkson, if not Horton...and won't sign anybody if they don't get their targets [/end speculation].
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Are the Red Wings the 'best fit' for Jarome Iginla?
by George Malik on 06/10/13 at 12:40 PM ET
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Via Paul, the Calgary Sun's Eric Francis wondered what might happen with one soon-to-be-36-year-old Jarome Iginla if the unrestricted free agent chooses to a) not return to Pittsburgh and b) take half of the $7 million he earned this past season (okay, it was 48 games' worth of $7 million, but still) to make his cap hit more palatable to contending teams.
While most pundits believe that Iginla will either remain with Pittsburgh at a stiff discount, try to latch on with former coach Darryl Sutter in LA, or perhaps explore the option of signing with the cap-strapped team that was #3 on his 3-team, "I will accept a trade to here, here and here" list before the Bruins-thought-they-got-him-but-the-Peguins-did bizarro land trade fandango went down...
The Vancouver Province's Ben Kuzma believes that Iginla should remain in the Eastern Conference...By signing with the Detroit Red Wings:
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Grand Rapids Griffins-Syracuse Crunch Game 2 tailings: citing 'human error' can't excuse officiating
by George Malik on 06/10/13 at 12:34 PM ET
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Last night, I offered my take on the insanity that was the Grand Rapids Griffins' 6-4 win over the Syracuse Crunch, and the mess was bad enough that Greg "Puck Daddy" Wyshynski gave me a plug (many thanks/much appreciated!) while trying to explain what happened over what was somewhere between 22:13 and 22:50 of play (we still don't know exactly how long the second period of last night's game lasted for sure) and three of the four disputed goals of the first two Calder Cup Final games.
The Griffins and Crunch's press weighed in at a mild-to-moderate level on Sunday night, but the Syracuse Post-Standard prefers to save its articles for 7 AM-the-next-day publication dates...
And as we survey this early afternoon's crop of Red Wings-related stories, the Post-Standard's Brent Axe offers both 5 reasons why the Crunch aren't yet crunched and a very blunt assessment of the daffy standard of officiating while pointing out that the Crunch had serious issues with the waved-off goal scored with Brett Connolly in the crease during Game 1, Tomas Jurco's goal in Game 2 and a gaggle of non-calls that the AHL is literally saying are only attributable to "human error":
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Red Wings overnight report: Griffins take Game 2, Wings' brass talks prospects, Kulfan talks UFA's
by George Malik on 06/10/13 at 05:18 AM ET
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Beware, Red Wings fans, auto-play highlight clips lurk within!
The best way to approach the strange tale that is the Grand Rapids Griffins' 6-4 win over the Syracuse Crunch in Game 2 of the Calder Cup Final, having played out over 62:13 of regulation time, involving an awarded goal to Tomas Jurco that may or may not have hit the crossbar and went out, depending on what you saw from a video camera that looked like it was looking out of the window of a hot shower, involving a Francis Pare game-winner that was scored after 20 minutes of second period time had been played, and involving a game-tying 4th goal for Syracuse that initally was stated as having been scored before the team's 3rd goal.
Between the goal-awarding strangeness and the fact that 40 minutes of penalties played out as an 8-4 disparity toward the home team for the first 56...I mean 58 minutes of play, and the fact that those who watched the game on TheAHLLive.com were listening to the Crunch's director of community relations and a scratched player tell the home team's side of the story...
It was hard to figure out exactly what was going on and what was a penalizable offense from the viewer's standpoint, so we're going to go with the Associated Press's recap for a summary of events to start:
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Located near the Puerto Maldonado Airport, the Butterfly House here at Inkaterra is a welcome and information centre for all travellers that pass through our doors. Here you will understand the fascinating transformation of these colourful insects. We caught up with our butterfly keeper at Inkaterra Helmut Rengifo to find out a little bit more about these incredible insects.
1. Tell us a little about your background and how you came to be a butterfly keeper?
I used to work in the "Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana – IIAP" which is an organisation dedicated to Scientific & Technological Research for Development, specialising in the sustainable use of the biological diversity in the Amazonian regions. It develops activities in a decentralised way, promoting the participation of state & private institutions as well as of the civil society. I dedicated myself to studying the local biodiversity, its management as well as the breeding of immature Lepidoptera until I had the opportunity to start working at the Japipì Butterfly House – Inkaterra Butterfly House´s former name - considered one of the best butterfly farms in Peru & was a great opportunity of experience for me.
2. How long has the butterfly house been there? What do you feed the butterflies?
The Butterfly House has been around since 2001 and is under Inkaterra´s management since 2007 onwards.
The butterflies eat as follows: when they are still caterpillars or larvas: their surrounding host plant leaves; when they are adults: fruit juice from ripe fruit, the liquid from their excrements, pollen, flower nectar, liquid produced by any material in decomposition.
3. What does a typical day look like for you here at Inkaterra Butterfly House?
A regular working day at the Butterfly House starts with cleaning followed by feeding hundreds of hungry & voracious caterpillars! Then we have to count the number of caterpillars and check the newly born ones from the night.
In the afternoon we have to place new food for nocturnal caterpillars; then the pupas are hung on the shelves, and the new posturas or butterfly eggs are collected. The day ends with the liberation of the butterflies born that day in the exhibition enclosure.
4. There are around 3,800 species of butterfly here in Peru. Which is your favourite and why?
The Panacea prola, because it is the one I have been doing major research work. It is truly stunning.
5. Have you noticed a change in the number of butterflies in recent years at the Inkaterra Butterfly House?
Yes, we have noted that many of the butterflies we have in the Butterfly House do not lay as many eggs as they used to do. We don´t have a proper answer to this but are observing their comportment on a daily basis.
6. There has been press in the last year in regards to a decreased number of monarch butterflies in South America. How can we help towards increasing the butterfly population?
A possible way to increase the population of these types of butterfly would be to seed host plants from which the Caterpillar usually feeds from, in various places. This way it would be favourable for the Caterpillar to lay its eggs in a place where it can feed, therefore the regular reproductive cycle could continue. If the plants disappear, the butterflies also disappear.
Butterflies are one of our favourite things to see here at Inkaterra. Are they yours too? Share your pictures you've taken of butterflies with us on Twitter or Facebook with hashtag #InkaterraButterfly

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Read Clay Shirky's posts on the Penguin Blog. A revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them, with profound long-term economic and social effects-for good and for ill A handful of kite hobbyists scattered around the world find each other online and collaborate on the most radical improvement in kite design in decades. A midwestern professor of Middle Eastern history starts a blog after 9/11 that becomes essential reading for journalists covering the Iraq war. Activists use the Internet and e-mail to bring offensive comments made by Trent Lott and Don Imus to a wide public and hound them from their positions. A few people find that a world-class online encyclopedia created entirely by volunteers and open for editing by anyone, a wiki, is not an impractical idea. Jihadi groups trade inspiration and instruction and showcase terrorist atrocities to the world, entirely online. A wide group of unrelated people swarms to a Web site about the theft of a cell phone and ultimately goads the New York City police to take action, leading to the culprit's arrest. With accelerating velocity, our age's new technologies of social networking are evolving, and evolving us, into new groups doing new things in new ways, and old and new groups alike doing the old things better and more easily. You don't have to have a MySpace page to know that the times they are a changin'. Hierarchical structures that exist to manage the work of groups are seeing their raisons d'tre swiftly eroded by the rising technological tide. Business models are being destroyed, transformed, born at dizzying speeds, and the larger social impact is profound. One of the culture's wisest observers of the transformational power of the new forms of tech-enabled social interaction is Clay Shirky, and "Here Comes Everybody" is his marvelous reckoning with the ramifications of all this on what we do and who we are. Like Lawrence Lessig on the effect of new technology on regimes of cultural creation, Shirky's assessment of the impact of new technology on the nature and use of groups is marvelously broad minded, lucid, and penetrating; it integrates the views of a number of other thinkers across a broad range of disciplines with his own pioneering work to provide a holistic framework for understanding the opportunities and the threats to the existing order that these new, spontaneous networks of social interaction represent. Wikinomics, yes, but also wikigovernment, wikiculture, wikievery imaginable interest group, including the far from savory. A revolution in social organization has commenced, and Clay Shirky is its brilliant chronicler.
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Clay Shirky teaches at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU, where he researches the interrelated effects of our social and technological networks. He has consulted with a variety of Fortune 500 companies working on network design, including Nokia, Lego, the BBC, Newscorp, Microsoft, as well as the Library of Congress, the U.S. Navy, and the Libyan government. His writings have appeared in the "New York Times," the "Wall Street Journal," the "Times of London," "Harvard Business Review," "Business 2.0," and "Wired," and he is a regular keynote speaker at tech conferences. Mr. Shirky lives in Brooklyn.
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Of course, I say this every time I end up there. One of these days I'll learn my lesson, but I wasn't about to miss out on my friends' celebration dinner.
That aside, however, I really have to say I *hate* the way they run that place. It isn't so much the food (the beef nachos were great, but the tortilla chips were NASTY), and not even necessarily the service, at least, not the service provided by the wait help. It's the restaurant's anti-customer policies that make me hate them EVERY TIME I go there!
So, we had a ginormous group, nearly 40 people, spread across 2 20-person reservations because when Kat made the first ressie, they were all "And no more than 20, right?" Um... sorry, you don't want more customers? Anyway, so we get the bill for our 20 (okay 16 or so on the patio), and, much as we expected, there was gratuity already added. No problem with that, 16% gratuity, fine. But what is a 4% administrative fee???? Wait, that's because we had reservations??? Well, I guess they should always charge me that, because I have serious reservations every time I step foot in that place, if you know what I mean.
But wait! There's more!
As you may or may not know (given how loath they are to give it), TJ's has an AP deal. Not so much a discount as a "deal". Anyway, for two entrees, you are supposed to get a free appetizer (or is it 4 entrees? I can't keep track because of the wierd policy they have there). Anyway, every time I go the answer is different. One time, we brought in a big group -oh yeah, it must be 4 entrees to an appetizer- and we should have gotten 3 free appetizers, so we order 3 appetizers and when the bill comes they charged us for 2 of them - basically saying only 1 free appetizer per party. WHAT???? Um, NO!
This time, they said because we had reservations, we didn't get the AP deal, so no free appetizers. Because we.... what?!?!?!?
So word to the wise: for heaven's sake do not give the restaurant any notice that you're coming, because they'll reward that favor with a 4% administrative fee AND refuse to honor their AP deal.
Not that that's any different from any other time - I have not ONCE gone there that there weren't issues with the AP deal. They flat out do not want to honor it. One wonders why they offer it in the first place if they're just going to piss off the customers they attract with it.
Rest assured, I will NOT be going to Tortilla Joe's again. Unless I'm having "water" and the event is as compelling as last night's.


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Whether it's for fresh, nutritious eggs and delicious roast chicken dinners or the natural fertilizer and pest control they provide, there are plenty of reasons you may want to have a flock of chickens on your property.
According to a university study, an adult standard hen eats about 84 pounds of feed per year. Bagged feed at a farm supply store currently costs about 35 cents per pound, so feeding one hen for a year will cost close to $30. The number of eggs each bird lays varies depending on her breed, age, and your management choices, but you should get 200 to 250 eggs per year. So, in the end, you'll spend between $1.40 and $1.90 on feed per each dozen eggs. This expense is further offset by the added value of using the hen in your stock pot after her egg-laying days have passed.
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The 26-year-old Scot missed the midweek defeat to Leicester and was instead expected to be recuperating following an operation to repair cartilage damage.
"He's going for an operation on Wednesday with a cartilage tear," said boss Danny Wilson after Tuesday night's defeat.
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O'Brien has been a regular starter for the Reds this season, making 30 appearances and scoring three goals.
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The Universal Notebook: The Class of '67 at 60: Games, dancing optional
Back in 1967, I was way too cool to bother with anything as Mickey Mouse as a high school yearbook or class ring. I'm sure I must have gone to the senior prom, but I honestly don't remember it. So why is it that 42 years later I'm spending a lot of my free time trying to track down my old Westbrook High School classmates to alert them to the off-year reunion a bunch of us are planning?
Class reunions are usually held every five or 10 years, but, when the women who organized the first five or six reunions ran out of steam, a bunch of us guys volunteered to take charge of the 40th in 2007. It never happened.
Since then a handful of our buddies have died, so this winter Pete, Skip, Eddie, Rob, Tom, Nancy and I decided, what the heck, who says you can't have a 42nd reunion? And it does seem like an auspicious year, as most of the Class of '67 turn 60 this year. So "67 At 60" is being held this Aug. 8 at Keeley the Katerer.
Updating a mailing list that's at least 12 years – and in some cases 32 years – out-of-date has proven to be a formidable task. The Internet has helped some, but we're at the point in our lives when people begin to retire and move away, kids are grown and out of the house, parents are often no longer living, and if a woman has divorced, remarried, changed her name, then what?
There were 222 in our graduating class plus another 30 or so who were once in our class. We're trying to find them all. After a couple of months of sleuthing, there are still about 80 classmates among the missing. You'd think with an attorney, a retired police officer, a journalist and a retired phone company lineman on the case, we'd have done better than that, but these sexagenarians are elusive characters. That's why I'm writing this now instead of waiting to report on the event itself. I'm hoping someone who hasn't been contacted for an updated address will see this and get in touch. And that gets back to my original question – why am I doing this?
I suppose there is a sappy element of nostalgia involved, but you'd be surprised what a kick it is to talk with people you haven't seen in 20, 30, 40 years, people you once saw every day for years and years, people who remember you when. I'm only in regular contact with one of my high school classmates, but that doesn't mean I'm not interested in whatever became of good ol' Whatshisname.
Knowing from past experience that you can't have a meaningful conversation with dozens of old friends in three or four hours, I have been having my reunion one phone call at a time as I manage to find people. I've talked to Sandy and Barbara, nurses in Massachusetts; Jimmy, a papermaker in Michigan; Martha, a cosmetician in Minnesota; Don, an engineer in Tennessee; and a whole lot of folks who still live around greater Portland. Strange how you can live in the same general vicinity and exist in completely different orbits.
And ultimately, I suppose, that's why you do it. To reconnect. Not just for yourself, not to relive phantom glory days, not to recapture a fleeting lost youth, but for all those classmates who'd like a chance to see one another again briefly before it's too late. The reunion itself will be a low-key affair – buffet, background music, cash bar, just sit and visit. At our age, party games and dancing are definitely optional.
The one person I'm most anxious to find is Sandra C., who called me back in 2006 to give me her new address in case we got the 40th together. I passed her information on to Pete, keeper of the cards, who entered it in a computer that, alas, he no longer has.
So Sandra, give me a call. We've lost your file card, can't remember your married name and we wouldn't want you to miss the big event.


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French, Elizabeth (University of Oregon, September 29, 2014)[more][less]Conley, David French, Elizabeth 2014-09-29T17:46:24Z 2014-09-29T17:46:24Z 2014-09-29 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18369 The purpose of this study is to examine the evidence underlying the claim that scores from CampusReady, a diagnostic measure of student college and career readiness, are valid indicators of student college and career readiness. Participants included 4,649 ninth through twelfth grade students from 19 schools who completed CampusReady in the 2012-13 school year. The first research question tested my hypothesis that grade level would have an effect on CampusReady scores. There were statistically significant effects of grade level on scores in two subscales, and I controlled for grade level in subsequent analyses on those subscales. The second, third and fourth research questions examined the differences in scores for subgroups of students to explore the evidence supporting the assumption that scores are free of sources of systematic error that would bias interpretation of student scores as indicators of college and career readiness. My hypothesis that students' background characteristics would have little to no effect on scores was confirmed for race/ethnicity and first language but not for mothers' education, which had medium effects on scores. The fifth and six research questions explored the assumption that students with higher CampusReady scores are more prepared for college and careers. My hypothesis that there would be small to moderate effects of students' aspirations for after high school on CampusReady scores was confirmed, with higher scores for students who aspired to attend college than for students with other plans. My hypothesis that there would be small to moderate relationships between CampusReady scores and grade point average was also confirmed. I conclude with a discussion of the implications and limitations of these results for the argument supporting the validity of CampusReady score interpretation as well as the implications of these results for future CampusReady validation research. This study concludes with the suggestion that measures of metacognitive learning skills, such as the CampusReady survey, show promise for measuring student preparation for college and careers when triangulated with other measures of college and career preparation. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Assessment College and career readiness Noncognitive Assessment Survey Validity The Validity of the CampusReady Survey Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership University of Oregon
MacFarland, Katherine Dana (University of Oregon, September , 2010)[more][less]MacFarland, Katherine Dana 2010-11-10T02:10:52Z 2010-11-10T02:10:52Z 2010-09 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10830 xvii, 141 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. This study considers the role of the forest ecosystem in Trinity County, California's economy. I seek to better understand the natural resource-based economy of a national forest-proximate community by creating a framework that describes the resource flows into and out of Trinity County and guides ecosystem services valuation within the County. Thus, this study examines the monetary benefits that ecosystem functions create through delivery of goods such as water, energy, and timber and also estimates the value of services, such as recreation, carbon sequestration, and amenity value. Finally, this study examines how money is spent to maintain the ecosystem functions that create these goods and services, such as who pays to maintain water collection and filtration capacity or habitat. Ultimately, this study offers insight into opportunities and limitations for ecosystem services valuation at the county level, and considerations for future attempts to value ecosystem services. Committee in Charge: Cassandra Moseley, Chair; John Bliss; Trudy Cameron en_US University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management, M.C.R.P., 2010; Biotic communities -- Economic aspects -- California -- Trinity County Forest ecosystems Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Trinity County, California Thesis
Fitzpatrick, Kathleen Kristin, 1974- (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2002)[more][less]Fitzpatrick, Kathleen Kristin, 1974- 2006-02-16 2006-02-16 2002 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/2269 30 p. This report is the result of a preliminary literature review to understand the state of the value-added forest products industry in Oregon and how it has changed over the last two decades. The first section describes the overall trends in Oregon's forest product industry as a whole over the last two decades, particularly looking at the relative changes in the primary and secondary wood products industries. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes are used to provide a basic understanding of these trends at the State level, as well as for Lake, Klamath, Jackson and Josephine Counties. The second section includes some general information concerning markets for value-added wood products. The final section identifies questions and next steps for further research to gain a more complete picture of opportunities in the value-added industry in Oregon. Attached as an appendix is the literature review of sources used in this report and other documents related to the value-added industry. 601901 bytes application/pdf en_US Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon EWP Working Paper ; No. 9 (Winter 2002) The value added forest products industry in Oregon preliminary research Working Paper
Hayes, Matthew (University of Oregon, 2012)[more][less]Unno, Mark Hayes, Matthew Hayes, Matthew 2012-10-26T04:01:29Z 2012-10-26T04:01:29Z 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12399 The Tokugawa period (1600-1868) brought significant social, legislative, and institutional change to Japan, including peace and stability that pervaded much of early modern society. Life in these new social conditions was experienced under the authoritative and ideological influence of the shogunal regime, which sought to order society in a way reflective of administrative ideals. However, while control over Tokugawa inhabitants existed to a certain degree, there were also instances of geographical and social release from such control through engagement in religious pilgrimage and ritual. Practices such as these allowed some citizens to move around, through, and perhaps beyond the modes of confinement established by authorities. This release, which is illuminated by considerations of social and ritual theory, leaves us with a nuanced picture of Tokugawa life and indicates that relatively fluid portions of society may have maneuvered within the boundaries of the hegemonic structure. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Buddhism Danka Pilgrimage Ritual Society Tokugawa Varieties of Control and Release in Tokugawa Religion Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Vehicular Vernacular: The Mid-Century Airstream as a Case Study in Preservation, Nostalgia and Subculture FormationBezirdjian, Melina Carla (University of Oregon, March , 2011)[more][less]Bezirdjian, Melina Carla 2011-06-15T18:26:18Z 2012-03-06T18:41:15Z 2011-03 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11269 xiii, 119 p. : ill. (some col.) Airstream brand travel trailers from the 1950s and 60s have developed a subculture dedicated to their preservation and use. This subculture serves as a case study for how nostalgia, defined in a postmodern context, may promote preservation and creative communion with the past. After examining criticisms of preservation's focus on material integrity, the discussion focuses on the need to factor user-based relationships into historic preservation. A postmodern reexamination of nostalgia defines it not merely as a longing for the past but also as a form of social critique which seeks to mitigate modernity with the past. Mid-century Airstream preservation reflects a desire to revive specific, positive values of the past in order to ameliorate the future and form temporal continuity. For the mid-century Airstream subculture, nostalgia fosters both restoration and recreation, allowing for an iconic emblem of the past to function in the present rather than fade into obsolescence. Committee in charge: Dr. Leland Roth, Chairperson; Elizabeth Carter, Member en_US University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, Interdisciplinary Studies Program: Historic Preservation, M.S., 2011; Airstream trailers Nostalgia Historic preservation Vehicular Vernacular: The Mid-Century Airstream as a Case Study in Preservation, Nostalgia and Subculture Formation Mid-Century Airstream as a Case Study in Preservation, Nostalgia and Subculture Formation Thesis
Ray, Megan (University of Oregon, October 10, 2013)[more][less]Raymer, Michael Ray, Megan 2013-10-10T23:19:40Z 2013-10-10T23:19:40Z 2013-10-10 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13430 We look at the problem of verifying optical entanglement for two types of states relevant to quantum information processing. One type occurs in Hong-Ou-Mandel interference and is relevant to quantum computing. The other type is time frequency entanglement which is useful for quantum key distribution. For these types of states the conventional methods of entanglement verification do not work well, and we develop new criteria and methods to verify entanglement of such states. Explicitly, one method takes into account the possible multimode character of two photons, while the other method takes into account the missing data that occur due to the finite range of detectors. This dissertation includes previously published and unpublished co-authored material. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. cryptography entanglement quantum information quantum key distribution quantum optics Verifying Optical Entanglement Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Physics University of Oregon
Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopic Investigations of Carboxylic Acid- Containing Polyelectrolytes at the Oil-Water InterfaceRobertson, Ellen (University of Oregon, September 29, 2014)[more][less]Guenza, Marina Robertson, Ellen 2014-09-29T17:39:43Z 2014-09-29 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18318 The boundary between two immiscible fluids is an important location for the adsorption and assembly of polyelectrolytes. A good description of the fundamental properties of polyelectrolytes at such interfaces is a prerequisite to understanding a multitude of important phenomena in biological, environmental, and industrial systems. This dissertation examines the molecular-level details involved in the adsorption and assembly of carboxylic acid-containing polyelectrolytes at the oil-water interface. Vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy, a surface-selective spectroscopic technique, was used to obtain vibrational spectra of oriented polyelectrolytes at the carbon tetrachloride-water interface. Studies that vary both polyelectrolyte and solution conditions are presented that identify the factors that dictate whether or not polyelectrolytes will adsorb to the oil-water interface and that describe the specifics of the adsorption process. First, the role of the position of ionizable groups along the polyelectrolyte backbone is examined. This is accomplished through studies of syndiotactic poly(methacrylic acid) (sPMA) and isotactic poly(methacrylic acid) (iPMA). Both sPMA and iPMA rapidly adsorb to the interface as highly ordered layers, but only sPMA is able to accumulate to the interface over time. Studies exploring the role of polyelectrolyte charging are presented next. Molecular weight studies of sPMA as a function of pH show the effect of the number of charges per polyelectrolyte chain on interfacial adsorption and assembly. Results show that charge accumulation on polymer chain segments plays a major role in polyelectrolyte behavior at the oil-water interface. Subsequently, studies of both iPMA and sPMA with Ca2+ and K+ are presented to demonstrate the influence of the presence and identity of ions on polyelectrolyte interfacial behavior. These ions only induce the adsorption of iPMA to the oil-water water interface under solution conditions when it is not normally surface active. The identity of the cation is important to the adsorption process. Lastly, studies of two different peptoid polymers emphasize the role of intermolecular interactions between adsorbed polymer chains in polyelectrolyte interfacial assembly. It is shown that favorable electrostatic interactions between negatively charged carboxylate and positively charged amine groups are important in ordered monolayer assembly. This dissertation includes both published and unpublished co-authored materials. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. charged macromolecules fluid interfaces Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopic Investigations of Carboxylic Acid- Containing Polyelectrolytes at the Oil-Water Interface Electronic Thesis or Dissertation 2015-09-29 Ph.D. doctoral Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Oregon
Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopic Investigations of Sulfur Dioxide Adsorption to Atmospherically Relevant Aqueous SurfacesOta, Stephanie Tomoko, 1978- (University of Oregon, June , 2011)[more][less]Ota, Stephanie Tomoko, 1978- 2011-09-01T23:45:31Z 2011-09-01T23:45:31Z 2011-06 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11544 xv, 108 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) Aqueous aerosol surfaces are an important platform for chemical reactions through which gases are transported in the atmosphere. The chemical complexity of aqueous aerosols is well-established, but many questions remain about the molecular nature of their surfaces, particularly with respect to the uptake of gases. The pollutant sulfur dioxide, SO2, has been implicated in environmental phenomena such as acid rain, climate change, and cloud formation. SO2 is fundamentally interesting because it forms spectroscopically identifiable complexes with water at aqueous surfaces. This dissertation aims to understand how temperature and aqueous composition impact the formation of surface complexes between water and SO2. Vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy (VSFS), a surface specific technique, is used to probe the vibrational modes of water and small organic molecules, investigating changes to the overall orientation, bonding environment, and structure of interfaces when aqueous surfaces are exposed to SO2. SO2 adsorption to water at tropospherically relevant temperatures (0--23 °C) is examined first. The results show enhanced SO2 surface affinity at colder temperatures, with most of the topmost water molecules showing evidence of binding to SO2 at 0 °C compared to a much lower fraction at room temperature. Surface adsorption results in significant changes in water orientation at the surface but is reversible at the temperatures examined. The surface and vibrational specificity of these studies can be used to distinguish between the effects of surface adsorption compared to bulk accommodation. This distinction is utilized to demonstrate that SO2 complexation is independent of solution acidity, confirming that bulk absorption is unnecessary for surface adsorption to occur. Finally, the impact of the organic species succinic acid and formaldehyde on the formation of surface SO2 complexes is examined. These experiments indicate that SO2 surface complexation occurs primarily with water but that surface active organic species may interact with gases under certain circumstances, namely when the organic species are more chemically reactive towards the gas. These studies have important implications for atmospheric chemistry and the uptake of gases, particularly in the complex aqueous environments expected in the troposphere. Committee in charge: Dr. Paul C. Engelking, Chair; Dr. Geraldine L. Richmond, Advisor Dr. Jeffrey A. Cina, Member; Dr. Thomas R. Dyke, Member; Dr. Alan D. Johnston, Outside Member en_US University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Chemistry, Ph. D., 2011; Chemistry Sulfur dioxide Surface science Vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopic Investigations of Sulfur Dioxide Adsorption to Atmospherically Relevant Aqueous Surfaces Thesis
Vibrational sum-frequency spectroscopy investigations of carboxylic acid based surfactants and polymers at the oil-water interfaceBeaman, Daniel Keith, 1978- (University of Oregon, September , 2010)[more][less]Beaman, Daniel Keith, 1978- 2011-05-06T00:49:02Z 2011-05-06T00:49:02Z 2010-09 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11148 xv, 116 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. Aqueous solutes next to hydrophobic interfaces arc prevalent in a multitude of chemical and biological systems throughout the world. Their presence ranges from environmental processes such as soil and water remediation to biological processes such as ion transport, membrane formation, and enzyme activity. In these and other examples, the interface is an integral part of the system. Understanding these chemically complex systems requires that a molecular level picture be built as a starting basis. In this dissertation, vibrational sum-frequency spectroscopy (VSFS), a surface selective non-linear optical technique, is used to obtain a fundamental understanding of the interfacial properties of carboxylic acid based surfactants and polymers at the oil-water interface. Interfacial studies of the solvating environment around a carboxylate headgroup surfactant are presented first. By utilizing different VSFS polarization schemes, the carboxylate vibrational stretching region was used to monitor the headgroup environment. Results showed the oil-water interface provides a unique environment for adsorption and structuring, and distinct differences exist from the air-water and solid-water interface. With the information gained in the first study, the binding of metal ions to carboxylate headgroups is investigated using VSFS. Mg 2+ , Ca 2+ , Mn 2+ , Ni 2+ , Cu 2+ , and Zn 2+ were used to perturb the headgroup vibrations to further our understanding of the types of interactions and the binding strength between the ion and headgroup. The results show each ion to have a different interaction characteristics with the strongest being bi-dentate in nature and the weakest having ionic character. The final work presented involves moving VSFS studies towards macromolccular assemblies at the oil-water interface to model inherently complex biomolecular systems. These studies present adsorption structure and dynamics of poly(acrylic-acid) as a function of pH, molecular weight, concentration, and the presence of mono and divalent salts. Poly(acrylic-acid) was found to have ordered adsorption characteristics that were highly dependent on the pH and the presence of aqueous salts. This dissertation includes unpublished co-authored materials. Committee in charge: Thomas Dyke, Chairperson, Chemistry; Geraldine Richmond, Advisor, Chemistry; John Hardwick, Member, Chemistry; Jeffrey Cina, Member, Chemistry; 1. Andrew Berglund, Member, Chemistry; John Conery, Outside Member, Computer & Information Science en_US University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Chemistry, Ph. D., 2010; Vibrational sum-frequency Carboxylic acids Surfactants Polymers Oil-water interface Physical chemistry Vibrational sum-frequency spectroscopy investigations of carboxylic acid based surfactants and polymers at the oil-water interface Thesis
Vibrational wave packets: Molecular state reconstruction in the gas phase and mixed quantum/semiclassical descriptions of small-molecule dynamics in low-temperature solid mediaChapman, Craig Thomas, 1980- (University of Oregon, March , 2010)[more][less]Chapman, Craig Thomas, 1980- 2010-08-05T00:31:43Z 2010-08-05T00:31:43Z 2010-03 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10584 xiv, 195 p. : ill. (some col.) A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. We explore the reconstruction of B-state vibrational wave packets in I 2 from simulated two-color nonlinear wave packet interferometry data. As a simplification of earlier proposals, we make use of different vibrational energy ranges in the B-state--rather than different electronic potential surfaces--for the short-pulse preparation and propagation of both target and reference wave packets. Numerical results from noisy interferograms indicate that experimental reconstruction should be possible with high fidelity (>0.99). Time-resolved coherent nonlinear optical experiments on small molecules in low-temperature host crystals are exposing valuable information on quantum mechanical dynamics in condensed media. We make use of generic features of these systems to frame two simple, comprehensive theories that will enable the efficient calculation of their ultrafast spectroscopic signals and support their interpretation in terms of the underlying chemical dynamics. Both treatments rely on the identification of normal coordinates to unambiguously partition the well-structured guest-host complex into a system and a bath and expand the overall wave function as a sum of product states between fully anharmonic vibrational basis states for the system and approximate Gaussian wave packets for the bath degrees of freedom. The theories exploit the fact that ultrafast experiments typically drive large-amplitude motion in a few intramolecular degrees of freedom of higher frequency than the crystal phonons, while these intramolecular vibrations indirectly induce smaller-amplitude--but still perhaps coherent--motion among the lattice modes. The equations of motion for the time-dependent parameters of the bath wave packets are fairly compact in a fixed vibrational basis/Gaussian bath (FVB/GB) approach. An alternative adiabatic vibrational basis/Gaussian bath (AVB/GB) treatment leads to more complicated equations of motion involving adiabatic and nonadiabatic vector potentials. Numerical tests of the FVB/GB are presented. We consider two bilinearly coupled harmonic oscillators with varying coupling strengths and initial conditions and show that the mixed quantum/semiclassical theory compares favorably with the exact results. Linear absorption spectra and wave-packet interferometry signals calculated using the theory are presented. This dissertation includes previously published coauthored material. Committee in charge: David Herrick, Chairperson, Chemistry; Jeffrey Cina, Advisor, Chemistry; Thomas Dyke, Member, Chemistry Michael Kellman, Member, Chemistry; Hailin Wang, Outside Member, Physics en_US University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Chemistry, Ph. D., 2010; Wave packets Molecular state reconstruction Gas phase Solid media Physical chemistry Quantum physics Molecular physics Vibrational wave packets: Molecular state reconstruction in the gas phase and mixed quantum/semiclassical descriptions of small-molecule dynamics in low-temperature solid media Molecular state reconstruction in the gas phase and mixed quantum/semiclassical descriptions of small-molecule dynamics in low-temperature solid media Thesis
Psiropoulos, Brian (University of Oregon, October 10, 2013)[more][less]Spillman, Deborah Psiropoulos, Brian 2013-10-10T23:19:14Z 2013-10-10T23:19:14Z 2013-10-10 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13423 This project begins by asking why so many realist novels of the Victorian period also exhibit tropes borrowed from the eighteenth-century gothic romance—its locales, characters, and thematics. While theorizations of realism and of the gothic are plentiful, most studies consider them to be essentially opposed, and so few attempts have been made to explain why they frequently coexist within the same work, or what each figural mode might lend to the other. This dissertation addresses this deficit by arguing that gothic hauntings interpolated into realist fictions figure socio-economic traumas, the result of uneasy, uneven historical change. Realism's disinterested, empiricist epistemology made it ideal for examining relationships between individuals and social processes, especially the marketplace and public institutions against and through which the modern subject is defined. The gothic's emphases on hidden forces and motives, therefore, became the ideal vehicle for novelists to express anxieties surrounding the operation of these social and economic processes, especially the fear that they are somehow rigged or malevolent. The gothic mode is by definition historiographical, and its haunting returns stage conflicts between the values of a despotic past and those of an ostensibly enlightened present. Realism, often understood as the investigation of social reality, also develops within its narrative a causal model of history. This is required for the sequence of events it narrates to be understandable in their proper contexts and indeed for whole meaning(s) to emerge out of the sum of disparate incidents depicted. Gothic materialist texts, therefore, are obsessed with time and its changes and especially how aspects of competing forms of bureaucracy and modes of capital and exchange determine and confront the modern subject. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Gothic Historicism Realism Victorian Victorian Gothic Materialism: Realizing the Gothic in Nineteenth-Century Fiction Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of English University of Oregon
Huether, Joy, 1985- (University of Oregon, May , 2011)[more][less]Huether, Joy, 1985- 2011-08-26T00:59:52Z 2011-08-26T00:59:52Z 2011-05 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11515 ix, 82 p. : music While musical styles from various parts of the world intermingled in the early twentieth century, Heitor Villa-Lobos sought to promote Brazilian music throughout the classical music world. Instead of presenting only Brazilian styles, Villa-Lobos, in an attempt to showcase the international adaptability of Brazil's musical culture, developed a style all his own, which was a combination of his classical training in the western tradition and his first-hand experience with both Brazilian popular and Native Brazilian music. Much of his music manifests these influences, but his music for solo guitar, Brazil's national instrument, also features new techniques and timbres. This thesis examines the interaction of the various styles and techniques used in his <italic>Cinq Preludes</italic> for solo guitar. Committee in charge: Jack Boss, Chairperson; Steven Rodgers, Member; David Case, Member en_US University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, School of Music and Dance, M.A., 2011; Music Brazilian music Cinq preludes Guitar Villa-Lobos, Heitor Villa-Lobos's Cinq Preludes: An Analysis of Influences Thesis
Viral viewers: Examining the role of parasocial interaction on local TV news web site visitors' loyalty and commitmentMapaye, Joy Chavez, 1974- (University of Oregon, September , 2010)[more][less]Mapaye, Joy Chavez, 1974- 2011-05-09T21:52:34Z 2011-05-09T21:52:34Z 2010-09 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11158 xiv, 203 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. The purpose of this research is to advance understanding of mediated relationships in the form of parasocial interaction (PSI) in local television news branding efforts, particularly the influence of PSI on loyalty and commitment outcomes. This research is the first of its kind to attempt a test of both the TV PSI construct and Web PSI construct and their applicability to local news in the digital age. As part of this examination, the study introduces the concept of viral viewers. Motivated in part by affect, these viewers are willing to promote the station and its content across media platforms. Viewing and visiting characteristics leading to TV station and Web site loyalty and commitment are also identified. This study uses an online survey to explore three research questions and four hypotheses. The population of interest is visitors to local television news Web sites. Television stations in the Pacific Northwest were solicited to take part in the study. Six participating stations posted the survey on their Web sites. Data were collected from 277 respondents. Regression models showed Web PSI, station usefulness/quality, and TV PSI are all statistically significant predictors of loyalty and commitment. Web PSI has the largest beta coefficient when compared to the contribution of other variables. Hierarchical multiple regression also found that station usefulness/quality, site usefulness/quality, TV PSI, and Web PSI partially mediated the relationship between viewing and visiting characteristics and loyalty and commitment. The study concludes that local TV stations must be mindful of producing good content with viral potential in order to acquire help from viral viewers. Furthermore, news personalities remain important to overall brand strategy. This research fills three significant gaps in the literature surrounding local TV news research. First, it brings research on parasocial interaction into the digital age, advancing the application of the TV and Web parasocial constructs. Second, this study reconceptualizes notions of audience and promotion by introducing the concept of viral viewers. Third, it brings together scholarship regarding branding and local TV news, providing a systematic analysis of branding's role in local TV stations' multi-platform news strategy. Indexing (document details) Committee in charge: Kim Sheehan, Chairperson, Journalism and Communication Scott Maier, Member, Journalism and Communication; Biswarup Sen, Member, Journalism and Communication; David Boush, Outside Member, Marketing en_US University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, School of Journalism and Communication, Ph. D., 2010; Viral viewers Web sites Parasocial interaction Loyalty Local TV news Commitment Television news Marketing Journalism Communication Web studies Television viewers Viral viewers: Examining the role of parasocial interaction on local TV news web site visitors' loyalty and commitment Examining the role of parasocial interaction on local TV news web site visitors' loyalty and commitment Thesis
Stroo, Sara (University of Oregon, October 3, 2013)[more][less]Sen, Biswarup Stroo, Sara 2013-10-03T23:36:24Z 2013-10-03T23:36:24Z 2013-10-03 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13316 This thesis interrogates the website BlueServo.net through a neoliberal framework with a focus on surveillance theory. BlueServo is a site that registers users as "Virtual Deputies" and allows them to file reports with U.S. Border Patrol on activity observed through camera feeds trained on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Employing textual analysis of the site and its attendant Facebook page, four thematic categories emerge for analysis: Labor, Entertainment, State, and Social Sorting. This thesis concludes with a discussion of the site in relation to reality TV and video game culture and the future of increasingly sophisticated and widely accessible digital surveillance as applied to social minorities. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. BlueServo Immigration Nationalism Neoliberalism Surveillance The Virtual Deputy: Digital Surveillance and Neoliberal Governmentality Electronic Thesis or Dissertation M.S. masters School of Journalism and Communication University of Oregon
Masud, Md. Raihan (University of Oregon, June , 2011)[more][less]Masud, Md. Raihan 2011-08-05T00:57:46Z 2011-08-05T00:57:46Z 2011-06 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11476 xi, 51 p. : ill. (some col.) Conducting field studies for human centric research often demands a significant amount of time and effort. Virtual Environments (VE) can be a potential alternative to reduce such requirements and help scale the field studies. However, we may experience a performance difference between (1) a virtual trial, and (2) a field trial of the same study. To learn under what circumstances a VE can successfully replace a field study and when it fails, this thesis describes a route-following experiment that compares the participants' performance between a simple VE and a field setup. The experiment results unveil that there is a significant difference in performance between a physical and a virtual setup for more challenging navigational tasks, whereas no significant difference is observed for simpler tasks. This finding encourages us to replace a less challenging field study with a simple VE, and explore the possibilities for a complex one. Committee in charge: Dr. Stephen Fickas, Chairperson; Dr. Christopher Wilson, Member en_US University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Computer and Information Science, M.S., 2011; Computer science Error recovery Human centric Route following Virtual environments Virtual reality Virtual Environments for Human Centric Research Thesis
Andrews, Steven J., 1971- (University of Oregon, June , 2011)[more][less]Andrews, Steven J., 1971- 2011-09-28T00:01:11Z 2011-09-28T00:01:11Z 2011-06 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11582 x, 161 p. : col. ill. Rhetorical communication ("figures") in advertising are "artful deviations", analogous to bold or italicized text, which use style as their persuasive tool over message content. The present research built on theories of visual persuasion that conceive of visuals as sophisticated and nuanced systems of meaning transfer, unlike most traditional persuasion theories based on verbal processing that treat visuals as simple, non-discursive stimuli that merely evoke basic mood responses. Previous research suggests that in the context of visual persuasion the traditional components of information processing: attention, perception, elaboration, and memory retrieval are not applicable and visual information transfer depends almost entirely on the processing experience. While it was known that rhetoric is usually more well-liked and more memorable than plain language, this dissertation expanded the theoretical understanding of the mechanisms of how visual rhetoric in advertising engages the consumer and elicits more favorable judgments compared to both figurative and non-figurative verbal stimuli. Processing fluency research suggests that the brain automatically responds with positive emotion toward easy, pleasant, or novel processing experiences regardless of stimulus content. These types of processing experiences are early signals to the brain of successful completion of a mental task. In a series of four experiments, visual rhetorical ad stimuli elicited overall higher ratings than verbal rhetorical or verbal literal ad stimuli of equivalent message content on scales measuring mental involvement/engagement with the ad, attitude toward the ad, and perceptions of the ad's honesty/trustworthiness regardless of the processing experience as operationalized by stimulus exposure. At longer exposure durations judgments of visual rhetorical ads differed due to interactions between processing experience and sensitivity to the rhetorical figure's persuasive intent, whereas at 1-second exposure subjects exhibited universally high ratings based mostly on processing ease with relatively sparse deliberation about the stimulus content. Subjects exhibited high certainty about their attitudes toward the visuals at all exposures, but the positive experience of "processing ease" at 1-second exposure produced the most accessible favorable judgments as evidenced through reaction time measures. Future research should examine in more depth the potential for visual persuasion with rhetoric to evade resistance particularly when processing resources are constrained. Committee in charge: David M. Boush, Chair; Lynn R. Kahle, Member; Joan L. Giese, Member; Julianne H. Newton, Outside Member en_US University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Marketing, Ph. D., 2011; Marketing Social sciences Persuasive tools Advertising Rhetoric Visual communication Visual rhetoric in advertising: How consumers cope with a pleasant experience How consumers cope with a pleasant experience Thesis
Kim, Gina (University of Oregon, October 17, 2014)[more][less]Lin, Jenny Kim, Gina 2014-10-17T16:15:35Z 2014-10-17 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18530 This thesis aims to reexamine images of Korean women as signs that represent the intertwined imperial and patriarchal masculine desires as depicted in the Female Figure Paintings of Korean artist Yi Yu-tae (1916-1999): Women: Wisdom, Impression, Sentiment (1943) and A Pair of Figures: Rhyme and Research (1944). Existing interpretations of both works are problematic because they see the depictions of women in the paintings as representative of Korean women in 1940s. By investigating the Pacific War time gender hegemonies, like the "Wise Mother, Good Wife" rhetoric that opposed that of the "New Woman," and exploring Japanese Imperial Orientalism towards Korea, this study will provide an alternative reading of Yi's two Female Figure Paintings. By demonstrating how male psyches were projected on women during this period of Korean history, this thesis aims to offer a feminist understanding of Yi's images of women. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Female Figure Paintings Gender and Art Joseon Art Exhibition Korean Art War Propaganda Art Yi Yu-tae Visualizing Colonial Beauty: Female Figure Paintings of Yi Yu-tae, 1943-1944 Electronic Thesis or Dissertation 2016-10-17 M.A. masters Department of the History of Art and Architecture University of Oregon
Heyer, David, 1979- (University of Oregon, December , 2011)[more][less]Heyer, David, 1979- 2012-04-18T01:18:00Z 2012-04-18T01:18:00Z 2011-12 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12152 xxv, 492 p. : music This study applies Schenkerian theory to Chet Baker's jazz improvisations in order to uncover the melodic, harmonic, and contrapuntal hallmarks of his style. Analyses of short excerpts taken from multiple recorded improvisations reveal Baker's improvisational vocabulary, which includes recurring underlying structures that Baker embellishes in a wide variety of ways and places in a wide variety of harmonic contexts. These analyses also explore other traits (rhythmic, timbral, etc.) that appear in Baker's improvisations throughout his career. The dissertation culminates in three illustrative analyses that demonstrate the ways in which Baker constructs single, unified improvisations by masterfully controlling the long-range voice-leading tendencies of his improvised lines. As he weaves his vocabulary into these lines, he creates improvisations that unfold in a way that is logical, satisfying in the fulfillment of expectations, and motivically cohesive on multiple levels of structure. Committee in charge: Steve Larson, Co-Chair; Jack Boss, Co-Chair; Stephen Rodgers, Member Anne Dhu McLucas Member; George Rowe, Outside Member; Timothy Clarke, External Contributing Member en_US University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Music and Dance, Ph. D., 2011; rights_reserved Music Communication and the arts Baker, Chet Jazz analysis Jazz improvisation Jazz vocabulary Motivic coherence Schenkerian theory Vocabulary, Voice Leading, and Motivic Coherence in Chet Baker's Jazz Improvisations Thesis
Poppen, Marcus (University of Oregon, January 14, 2015)[more][less]Lindstrom, Lauren Poppen, Marcus 2015-01-14T15:58:38Z 2015-01-14T15:58:38Z 2015-01-14 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18734 Working within the National Longitudinal Transition Study (NLTS) theoretical framework, the purpose of this study was to explore the effects of individual characteristics, in-school experiences, post-school experiences, and contextual factors on Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) closure status among 4,443 young adults with disabilities who had received and completed services from Oregon VR between 2003 and 2013. This study analyzed extant data from the Oregon Rehabilitation Case Automation System (ORCA), an integrated case management database that collects and tracks demographic characteristics, service records and employment data on each individual who receives services from VR. Four logistic regression models were developed using Hosmer, Lemeshow, and Studivant's model building approach to test the effects of individual characteristics, in-school experiences, post-school experiences, and contextual factors on VR closure status. Seven risk factors were identified that decrease the probability of young adults with disabilities achieving a positive VR closure status: (1) being female; (2) having a primary disability of mental illness; (3) having a primary disability of traumatic brain injury; (4) having an interpersonal impediment to employment; (5) receiving Supplemental Security Income at application; (6) closing VR services during federal fiscal year (FFY) 2008; and (7) closing VR services during FFY 2009. Five protective factors were identified that increase the probability of young adults with disabilities achieving a positive VR closure status: (1) participation in the Oregon Youth Transition Program; (2) earning at least a high school completion certificate by closure; (3) receiving a higher number of VR services; (4) closing VR services on or below the median number of days to closure; and (5) closing VR services during FFY 2004. These findings support the hypothesis that individual characteristics, in-school experiences, post-school experiences, and contextual factors are predictors of positive VR closure status among young adults with disabilities. Further, these results provide evidence that transition services and supports provided to young adults with disabilities receiving services from VR can help them to achieve positive VR closure status. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Employment Logistic Regression Special Education Transition Vocational Rehabilition Young adults Vocational Rehabilitation: Predicting Employment Outcomes for Young Adults with Disabilities Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences University of Oregon
Donnelly, Taylor (University of Oregon, 2012)[more][less]Wheeler, Elizabeth Donnelly, Taylor Donnelly, Taylor 2012-10-26T03:58:09Z 2012-10-26T03:58:09Z 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12366 Fiction and drama have engaged with madness across the epistemes of the American twentieth century. Given the prominence of the subject of madness, both historically and literarily, we need a unified methodology for analysis and action. As a subfield of disability studies, "mad studies" deals specifically with representations of mental distress rather than physical otherness, examining how "madness" enables writers to convey certain meanings or produce certain stories. In minor characters, these meanings are infused into characters' actantial function within the symbolic model of disability: madness works as a device for plot, psychological depth (of other characters), and thematic resonance. Onstage, these meanings transform as they inhabit the social/political/cultural model of disability rather than the medical or symbolic models. Realistic, expressionistic, and musical theatre across the twentieth century have all found ways to stage not only "madness," but also the social responses and contexts that construct it, while simultaneously giving audiences formal opportunities to sympathize with the so-called mad characters. Mad protagonists follow particular plot patterns prompted by the temporal, existential, or hermeneutic mystery posed by madness. Male madness narratives often engage with the legitimizing etiology of war, freeing them from the temporal mystery - "what caused this to happen?" - and allowing them to address the existential mystery - "what is this like?" - through formal experimentation. Female madness narratives, grappling with a medical discourse that emphasizes endogenous causality for women, retort to such discourse by emphasizing a broader temporal plot. Offering more possible answers to "what caused this to happen" than doctors do, female madness narratives show that subjective experience exists within a social, as well as a biological, framework. Yet, popular as fictions remain, in recent years, the genre of memoir has eclipsed them. Madness memoir engages in a real-world context with the central linguistic challenge of madness. Memoirists' use of metaphor to convey recalcitrant experiences of distress not only engages with existential and hermeneutic mystery (what is it like, and what does it mean), but suggests a way forward for intersubjective understanding that sympathizes without co-opting, allowing for meaningful communication and political action across differences. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Madness Mental illness Metaphor Narrative structure Vogue Diagnoses: Functions of Madness in Twentieth-Century American Literature Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
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Doctoral students at the finance and economics division typically specialize in financial economics.
The first year of the program is dedicated to core courses that include a two-semester microeconomics sequence, a two-semester econometrics sequence, and one-semester courses in accounting and finance. During the second year the students take required courses in corporate finance and asset pricing – and a one-semester course in macroeconomics.
Students are encouraged to begin developing thesis proposals during their second year. During the second and later years they are also encouraged to participate in a wide range of workshops and seminars on current research. Faculty research interests cover most aspects of financial economics. They include asset pricing, corporate finance, continuous-time models in finance, information economics, economics of resources and the environment, econometric models in finance, international finance, the intersection of macro economics, and finance and banking. For more information on courses please see our sample coursework page.
For more information, visit the Finance and Economics Division.
The economics department offers a math camp intended for the entering doctoral class a month prior to the first year. Participation is an excellent preparation for the first year course work.
Elective courses will be offered to augment the required ones. The offerings may change from one year to the next.
Additional Requirements
In May of their first year the students will take the certification exams in microeconomics and in econometrics. To take the certification exams the students will have to complete at least six courses.
A student who performs well in the first year courses but fails a certification exam will be given a second chance to pass it in late August or early September. A student who fails the certification exam for a second time will be asked to leave the doctoral option. He will be given an option to complete a second year of coursework at the end of which he will receive a Master degree if he performs well in his courses.
At the end of their second year the students take the field exam in finance.
In late May or early June of their second year the students will take a finance field exam. A student who fails that exam will be given a second chance in late August or September. A student will be given at most two opportunities to write the finance field exam.
To take the field exam the students will have to take at least twelve courses in their first two years of studies. To receive a Columbia degree (a Master or a PhD) the students will have to complete successfully sixteen courses if he entered the program with a Master degree. If he did not enter with a Master degree he will have to complete at least twenty courses.
The finance field exam typically covers the following courses:
- Foundations of asset pricing
- Corporate finance
- Asset pricing theory
- Empirical asset pricing
- Empirical corporate finance
Application Deadlines
Master of Science in Marketing
For Fall 2016 Entry:
Available: August 1st, 2015
Deadline: January 4th, 2016
Master of Science in Financial Economics
For Fall 2016 Entry:
Available: August 1st, 2015
Deadline: January 4th, 2016
Master of Science in Management Science and Engineering
For Fall 2016 Entry:
To be determined
Available 8/1/15
Sept 2016
Deadline: 01/05/16
MS Marketing
Deadline: 01/04/16
MS Financial Economics
Deadline: 01/04/16
Doctoral Program News
Young Alumni Balseiro wins George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award
At the 2014 Informs national meeting, Santiago Balseiro was honored for his work in "Competition and Yield Optimization in Ad Exchanges". We congratulate Santiago on his accomplishment.Read More Here
Ethan Rouen wins Deloitte Doctoral Fellowship in Accounting
The Deloitte Foundation has awarded $25,000 grants to 10 top accounting Ph.D. candidates through the Deloitte Foundation's annual Doctoral Fellowship program. Given to students who plan to pursue academic careers upon graduation, the award will support the 2015 recipients' final year of coursework and the subsequent year to complete their doctoral dissertation.
Honigsberg featured in Ideas at Work
The August issue of Ideas at Work features research that doctoral candidate Colleen Honigsberg led in conjunction with Sharon Katz.Read More about Colleen
Wazlawek featured in Ideas at Work
Abbie Wazlawek's joint research with Professor Daniel Ames is featured in the June 24th, 2014 edition of Ideas at WorkRead More about Abbie
Ethan Rouen featured in Ideas at Work
Ethan Rouen's joint research with Professor Dan Amiram is featured in the May 15th, 2014 edition of Ideas at WorkRead More about Abbie
Rivas Wins Fellowship
The PhD program is proud to congratulate Miguel Duro Rivas, who was awarded the Nasdaq Educational Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.Read More about Miguel
Wong wins Deloitte Fellowship
We are proud to announce that Yu Ting (Forester) Wong is one of the recipients of the 2014 Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship in Accounting.Read More About Yu Ting
The PhD Program Congratulates John Yao
PhD student John Yao was a finalist in the 2013 M&SOM (Manufacturing & Service Operations Management) student paper competition.Read More About John
Honigsberg Named Postdoctoral Fellow
The PhD program is proud to congratulate Colleen Honigsberg, who was named the Postdoctoral Fellow in Corporate Governance at the Millstein Center at Columbia Law School in October 2013Read More about Colleen
Check Application Status
Once you've submitted your application, you can login and track your status by using the link below.Check Status
Top Ten Doctoral Program Questions
Here are the most frequently asked questions about the Doctoral Program.
- How long does the Doctoral Program take to complete?
The Program takes a minimum of four years to complete. Most students complete the process in five years.
- Do I need a masters degree or business background to pursue a doctorate?
We do not require a business undergraduate degree or masters to apply or be accepted to our Doctoral Program. We have had several students from degree programs including: Economics, Statistics, Psychology, Sociology, Mathematics, and Engineering, among others.
- Is a Doctoral Degree right for me?
Unlike an undergraduate or master level program, where individual courses are incorporated with a highly structured learning experience, the doctoral education places an emphasis on self-directed learning and close relationships with a select few faculty in a particular area of specialization. Programs typically involve intense reading of academic journals and writing original research. Doctoral students usually grow close relationships with their faculty mentors. These advisors work closely with the students to define a course of research and help provide guidance in the dissertation process.
- What can I study at Columbia Business School's Doctoral Program?
You can study in one of our five divisions: Accounting, Decision, Risk and Operations, Finance and Economics, Management, or Marketing. A more nuanced understanding of these fields can be seen in the areas of expertise of the Business School's faculty research.
- Do you offer distance learning or a part time program?
Unfortunately our Doctorate is available only as a full time, in residence program.
- How do I apply?
Apply using our online application. We ask that you do not send any documents directly to the School, all materials can be submitted online. Please comply with the posted application deadlines, being sure to include all required components of the application.
- How many students will you accept this year?
The aim of our Program is to accept 23 students per year (Accounting: 4, DRO: 4, Finance: 6, Management: 5, Marketing: 4).
- Does the Doctoral Program have specific prerequisites?
While we have no prerequisites for application, students with limited quantitative backgrounds may benefit from taking accounting, mathematics, econometrics and statistics before enrolling. We encourage you to explore each Division's requirements before applying the Analytical thinking and quantitative tools have a significant influence on success in the program.
- Is the doctoral program appropriate for career improvement as a business consultant or manager?
No, the goal of the Doctoral Program is to place graduates in academic institutions as top researchers and instructors. If you have a different goal in mind we encourage you to investigate our MS Programs which combine the Doctoral level coursework in a masters package.
- Are students offered financial support?
A full financial aid package is offered to most admitted students, this includes tuition, fees, and stipends. Our living stipend is provided in the form of a fellowship. Students are not required to secure jobs as teaching or research assistants. However, most students do during their careers as a way to supplement their funding package.
Profiles: PhD Students
Matt Stephenson
When asked about why he chose Columbia Business School Matt says: "It's easier to stand on the shoulders of giants if you're passing them in the halls."
Shiri Melumad
When asked about the Program's sense of community Shiri says: "There is a tight-knit community amongst the marketing students, and the relationships I have formed have been both professionally and personally rewarding.
Nea Gnepa
"I chose Columbia because I wanted to receive a state-of-the-art education from a renowned university."


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The Texas redistricting mess, which with a Supreme Court ruling looked to be moving in the direction of Republicans, could bounce back. The SCOTUS only ruled on which interim maps to use while a lawsuit from minority groups against the maps worked out by the legislature made its way through the courts. The underlying court case has yet to be decided. But there are new indications that Texas attorneys will settle on this issue, in a big win for the minority groups.
The Texas state attorneys defending the state's GOP-drawn redistricting plans from court challenges have reached out to settle litigation, according to sources in the state. The settlement would give minority groups and Democrats what they've been demanding from the start: more heavily minority, Democratic-leaning House seats.
The result would likely mean at least four more Texas Democrats in Congress as of next year, a good start on the 25 or so seats Democrats need to win to retake control of the House.
"They're backed up against the wall and have to come to some agreement and it'll be awfully favorable on our end," said one of the plaintiffs in the case.
Another plaintiff agreed. "It's clear they know they're in a vulnerable position and that's why they want to settle," he said.
This could merely be humblebraggging on the part of the plaintiffs. But if it comes to pass, the maps will have substantially more opportunity for Latino districts, and the belief is that Democrats could capture those districts (though they lost at least a couple of them in 2010). A quick settlement would even sidestep the Supreme Court ruling, with the maps agreed to without another process of drawing from a three-judge panel.
This has a major impact on who will win the House of Representatives in November. Four votes, when 25 are needed for a Democratic takeover, represents quite a swing. What do Republicans get out of it? Largely an avoidance of embarrassment:
In exchange for a map that would give minorities and Democrats what they want, the agreement would allow Republicans to keep the state's primary on April 3, saving the state money and making it more likely its presidential primary will be early enough to matter. Texas has already had to move its primary back once because of the ongoing court cases. They would also avoid having two federal courts label their plans intentionally discriminatory.
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- Figure out the spacing and mark then drill the holes for the buttons, use a 9/64" drill bit
- Solder up all the buttons onto the perf-board, all the buttons should have 1 lead wired in parallel, that will be ground.
- Sold a wire to the other button's lead, and connect that using the headers/housings to the controller.
- Insert the perfboard button assembly into the holes and secure with tape or hotglue.
Bezel Artwork:
- Done in colored vinyl and printed decals art is in the ZIP file.
- The buttons on the bottom are optional, but are used in conjunction with a QuickKey Adapter. Which is a HID keyboard, with each of the 9 buttons on the bezel linked to a hotkey. Such as Minimize, maximize, show desktop, open TouchScreen Launcher, Close Program, Alt+Ctrl+Delete(open task manager) and more.
- The button decals were printed and laminated, the artwork is available in the ZIP file.
Keyboard Flip Down Door:
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- Applied the decals to the painted Masonite. This was done in colored vinyl and printed decals.
- Installed the Push In to open style cabinet latches from the hardware store, one for each side, but I glued the metal contact part on rather than screwing them. Used Liquid Nails for that.
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