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Guidebook to murder : a tourist trap mystery
In the gentle coastal town of South Cove, California, all Jill Gardner wants is to keep her store - Coffee, Books, and more - open and running. So why is she caught up in the business of murder? When Jill's elderly friend, Miss Emily, calls in a fit of pique, she already knows the city council is trying to force Emily to sell her dilapidated old house. But Emily's gumption goes for naught when she dies unexpectedly and leaves the house to Jill - along with all her problems ... and her enemies. Convinced her friend was murdered, Jill is finding the list of suspects longer than the list of repairs needed on the house. But Jill is determined to uncover the culprit - especially if it gets her closer to South Cove's finest, Detective Greg King. Problem is, the killer knows she's on the case - and is determined to close the book on Jill permanently.
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Teachers’ Classroom Pedagogy and Perception: In Schools With High Rates of Exclusionary Discipline Practices for African American Students
This study applies critical theory to examine the relationship that exists between teachers and students in the classroom and whether the classroom is a microcosm of social injustice, replicating the inequities between those in a position of power and those that are subject to them. The purpose of the study was to expose gaps in current practices used to manage student behaviors in secondary education to build capacity in staff and improve the perception of school culture to decrease suspensions and expulsions, specifically for African American students as they are disproportionately suspended and expelled from school. Also, this study sought to explore better strategies to reduce the oppressive practices associated with critical theory in education. Using qualitative research strategies by interviewing eleven core and special education, secondary teachers, evidence suggested practices that replicated social injustices in the classroom. Further, document review validated the participants responses. Findings from this study support the assertion that the classroom is a microcosm of social injustices associated with critical theory. Students in classrooms that a free from these injustices and have teachers that utilize pedagogical practices that are inclusive and equitable experience better social and academic outcomes. The study begins to bridge the gap between professional development opportunities that teachers need and what is currently being offered to enhance pedagogical practices that influence school culture as well as the role of teacher and administrator perceptions of equity when working with students.
Dissertation
If the shoe kills
The tourist town of South Cove, California, is a lovely place to spend the holidays. But this year, shop owner Jill Gardner discovers there's no place like home for homicide.
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Relations between the Home Learning Environment and the Literacy and Mathematics Skills of Eight-Year-Old Canadian Children
The home learning environment includes parental activities, attitudes, affect, knowledge, and resources devoted to supporting children’s development, including literacy and mathematics skills. These factors are related to the academic performance of preschool children (aged 3 to 6 years), before formal schooling and possibly beyond. In the present research, we examined the home learning environment of Canadian families as reported by either the mother (n = 51) or father (n = 30) of their Grade 3 child (n = 81; Mage = 8.7 years; range 8 to 9 years of age). Importantly, mothers’ and fathers’ reports of the home learning environment for school children were similar. For literacy, parents’ knowledge of children’s books and attitudes toward literacy were related to children’s vocabulary skills; home literacy was not related to word reading skills. For mathematics, parents’ reports of the frequency of activities such as practicing arithmetic facts and their attitudes toward mathematics were related to children’s arithmetic fluency. Other aspects of the home learning environment (time spent helping with homework, parents’ math anxiety) were not related to children’s performance. These results suggest some continuity between home learning environments and academic skills after children’s transition to school.
Journal Article
Killer green tomatoes
\"The time seems ripe for success as Angie Turner opens her farm-to-table restaurant in her Idaho hometown-until her new tomato supplier is accused of murder and Angie has to pick the real killer...To Angie, nothing tastes more like summer than her Nona's fried green tomatoes. Eager to add the recipe to the menu at the County Seat, she's found the perfect produce supplier-her sous chef Estebe's cousin, Javier. Just one problem: ladies' man Javier's current hot tomato, Heather, has turned up dead, and he's the prime suspect. Somehow, between managing her restaurant and navigating a romantic triangle between Estebe and Ian, the owner/manager of the farmer's market, Angie needs to produce evidence to clear Javier-before this green tomato farmer gets fried . . . \"--Amazon.
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Reasons Parents Exempt Children From Receiving Immunizations
School nurses are on the front lines of educational efforts to promote childhood vaccinations. However, some parents still choose to exempt their children from receiving vaccinations for personal reasons. Studying the beliefs of parents who exempt vaccinations allows health care workers, including school nurses, to better understand parental concerns which may, in turn, help prepare school nurses for effective communication with these parents. The objective of the study was to explore personal beliefs of parents living in Utah, who exempted their children from receiving vaccinations. A cross-sectional, descriptive design was implemented. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 287 parents responding to an open-ended question about why they exempted their children from receiving at least one vaccination. The qualitative data included parental comments, concerns, or suggestions regarding childhood vaccinations. Five categories were identified regarding reasons for personal exemptions: parental perceptions, health care systems issues, chronic disease concerns, immune system concerns, adverse reaction concerns and other reasons not classified. The number of parents refusing childhood vaccinations remains relatively low; however, despite public health efforts, the percentage increases each year.
Journal Article
One potato, two potato, dead
Angie Turner's restaurant, The County Seat, is conveniently located near a first-class farmers market-so her menu is full of fresh ingredients. But a visiting culinary professor has just had a taste of something very unhealthy.
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The Effects of Thin Layer Sand Renourishment on Tidal Marsh Processes: Masonboro Island, North Carolina
The objective of this study was to determine if the placement of dredged material on sediment-starved back barrier marshes in southeastern North Carolina could offset submergence without negatively affecting function. Clean sediment was placed in thickness from 0 to 10 cm on deteriorated and non-deteriorated marsh plots. Original stem densities were greater in non-deteriorated plots (256 stems m-2) compared to deteriorated sites (149 stems m-2). By the second growing season (after sediment additions), stem densities in the deteriorated plots (308 stems m-2) approached levels in the non-deteriorated plots (336 stems m-2). Sediment additions to both non-deteriorated and deteriorated plots resulted in a higher redox potential with plots receiving the most sediment exhibiting the highest Eh values. In deteriorated plots, placement of dredged material had the greatest effect on plant density, but also affected soil oxidation-reduction potential and sediment deposition (or mobility). Following sediment placement, substrate texture and composition incrementally returned to prefill conditions due to a combination of bioturbation and sedimentation. Where infaunal differences occurred, they were generally less abundant in deteriorated plots, but responses to sediment addition were variable. Sediment addition had little effect on the non-deteriorated plots, suggesting that the disposal of certain types of dredged material in marshes may be useful to mitigate the effects of marsh degradation without adversely affecting non-deteriorating marsh.
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Who moved my goat cheese?
\"With three weeks until opening night for their restaurant, the County Seat, Angie and her best friend and business partner Felicia are scrambling to line up local vendors--from the farmer's market to the goat dairy farm of Old Man Moss. Fortunately, the cantankerous Moss takes a shine to Angie, as does his kid goat Precious. So when Angie hears the bloodcurdling news of foul play at the dairy farm, she jumps in to mind the man's livestock and help solve the murder\"--Back cover.
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The Effects of Thin Layer Sand Renourishment on Tidal Marsh Processes: Masonboro Island, N.C
The objective of this study was to determine if the placement of dredged material on sediment-starved back barrier marshes in southeastern North Carolina could offset submergence without negatively affecting function. Clean sediment was placed in thickness from 0 to 10 cm on deteriorated and non-deteriorated marsh plots. Original stem densities were greater in non-deteriorated plots (256 stems m super(-2)) compared to deteriorated sites (149 stems m super(-2)). By the second growing season (after sediment additions), stem densities in the deteriorated plots (308 stems m super(-2)) approached levels in the non-deteriorated plots (336 stems m super(-2)). Sediment additions to both non-deteriorated and deteriorated plots resulted in a higher redox potential with plots receiving the most sediment exhibiting the highest E sub(h) values. In deteriorated plots, placement of dredged material had the greatest effect on plant density, but also affected soil oxidation-reduction potential and sediment deposition (or mobility). Following sediment placement, substrate texture and composition incrementally returned to prefill conditions due to a combination of bioturbation and sedimentation. Where infaunal differences occurred, they were generally less abundant in deteriorated plots, but responses to sediment addition were variable. Sediment addition had little effect on the non-deteriorated plots, suggesting that the disposal of certain types of dredged material in marshes may be useful to mitigate the effects of marsh degradation without adversely affecting non-deteriorating marsh.
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