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Applied Ethics and Philosophy
Research in English
Members of the English Discipline at Charles Sturt University conduct research into diverse literary forms, incorporating various theoretical and critical approaches. Faculty are committed to a broad range of intellectual and creative projects with special focus on Australian Literature, Children's Literature, Literary Theory, and Creative Writing. For information about specific staff research interests and possible areas of Masters of PhD supervision, please see our individual staff pages.
Areas of research expertise include: Australian literature; Australian children's literature and picture books; colonial and postcolonial writing; pacific literature; literary theory; feminist thought; LGBTI texts and queer theory; literature and ethics; semiotics, semiology, and meaning making; literary education(s); literature and philosophy; literature and theology; creative writing and publishing; Australian poetry and poetics; popular culture; Victorian literature and the 19th Century.
English literature research at Charles Sturt University often has practical links and outcomes. The discipline includes members who are published poets, writers, and/or judges of awards (e.g. The Prime Minister's Literary Award). The University's warm relationship with Booranga Writers' Centre (Wagga Wagga) means that a wide variety of literary practitioners visit the campus each year for residencies, workshops, and readings. The English discipline helps to publish the journal fourW which has been running for almost 25 years and includes contemporary short stories and poetry from Australia and across the globe. Researchers from English at Charles Sturt University have also taken part in readings and panels at writers' festivals around the country.
For more information about pursuing postgraduate studies by research in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, see the Faculty of Arts and Education's Research webpages.
Brown, L. (2014) 'What we (non)believe: reading poems by Charles Wright, John Burnside, and Kevin Hart.' Cordite Poetry Review, no. 48, November 2014.
Brown, L. (2014) '". . . An Asian Dummy with an Aussie Voice": Ventriloquism and Authenticity in Nam Le's The Boat and Tim Winton's The Turning,' JASAL, vol. 14, no. 3.
Brown, L. (2014) 'A Present Absence, an Absent Presence: Reading Kevin Hart's "For Marion, My Sister,"' Antipodes, 28.2 (June 2014), 123-134.
Daylight, R. (April 2014) "The Language Citizen." Journal of Language, Literature and Culture. Vol 61, Issue 1: 60-66.
Daylight, R. (2014) "The difference between semiotics and semiology." Gramma/Γράμμα: Journal of Theory and Criticism. Vol 20: 37-50.
Gibson, S. (2015) 'Love's Negative Dialectic in Henry James's The Golden Bowl', Philosophy and Literature, Volume 39, Number 1, pp. 1-14, Johns Hopkins University Press, DOI: 10.1353/phl.2015.0009
Gibson, S. (2015) 'Malouf's Invisible City: The Intertwining of Place and Identity in Johnno', Queensland Review, Vol 22, Issue 1, pp. 85-95, Cambridge University Press, DOI: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.une.edu.au/10.1017/qre.2015.8
Gibson, S. (2015) 'Stop the Ships: Elysium, Asylum Seekers and the Battle Over Sovereign Borders', Screen Education, Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM), Vol 78, pp.78-85.
Gibson, S. (2015) 'A Perpetual State of Zombie Warfare', Overland Literary Journal, May 12:
Gibson, S. (2015) 'SnapShorts', ArtsHub, Wednesday July 8.
Gibson, S. (2015) 'The Bacchae', ArtsHub, Friday May 29.
Gibson, S. (2015) 'The Brandis effect on regional Australia? Just look at Bathurst,' June 5 2015: The Conversation.
Gibson, S. (2015) True Detective, Breaking Bad and the Simple Truth about Complexity', April 16: The Conversation, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age.
Research in History and Politics
The history/politics staff at Charles Sturt University have a diverse range of research and postgraduate supervision interests and expertise, which are detailed in individual staff profiles. Our research specialisations include:
Imperial and Colonial History
Political and Public Policy History
Biographical History
The history/politics staff publish in a wide variety of media and academic journals. They also serve on many professional committees, journals and editorial boards, actively contribute to local, national and international organisations and make valuable contributions to the rural and regional communities and professions CSU serves. Our research continues to attract a wide range of research partnerships and RHD students and we welcome opportunities to discuss future research collaborations.
O'Sullivan, D. (In Press). Indigenous health: power, politics and citizenship. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
Bishop, R., O'Sullivan, D., Berryman, M. (2010). Scaling up education reform: addressing the politics of disparity. Wellington. NZCER Press.
Van Duinen, J. 'Bodyline, the British World and the Evolution of an Australian National Identity', International Journal of the History of Sport 32, 2 (2015): 250-64.
Van Duinen, J. 'The Borderlands of the British World', Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History 15, 1 (2014). DOI: 10.1353/cch.2014.0008.
Research in Philosophy
The philosophy discipline at Charles Sturt University consists of the following people:
Wylie Breckenridge
DPhil, Oxford, 2007
Primary research interests: Philosophy of Language; Epistemology; Metaphysics; Philosophy of Mind
Representative publications:
Visual Experience: A Semantic Approach (OUP, Forthcoming).
'Arbitrary Reference' (with Ofra Magidor), Philosophical Studies (2012).
Tom Campbell (Emeritus)
PhD, University of Glasgow, 1970
Primary research interests: Political and Legal Philosophy; Business Ethics; Human Rights
Human Rights: A Democratic Way", Archiv fur Rechts und Sozialphilosophy, 146 (2015) 105-119.
"The Australian Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011: A Preliminary Assessment", University of Queensland Law Journal 34:1 (2015) 7-27 (with Stephen Morris).
"Is Democracy a Human Right?", 29(1) International Journal of Applied Philosophy (2015) 7-27.
Steve Clarke
PhD, Monash University, 1995
Primary research interests: Applied Philosophy, Bioethics, Cognitive Science of Religion, Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Science
The Justification of Religious Violence, Malden MA, Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. pp. xii & 259.
'The Reversal Test, Status Quo Bias and Opposition to Human Cognitive Enhancement', Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 2016, 46 (3), pp. 369-386.
'A Prospect Theory Approach to Understanding Conservatism', Philosophia, 2017, 45, (2), pp. 551-568.
PhD, Australian National University, 2007
Primary research interests: Ethical Theory; Metaphysics
'Decision Theory for Agents with Incomplete Preferences' (co-authored with Toby Handfield and Adam Bales). Australasian Journal of Philosophy (2014).
'Rational Capacities' (co-authored with Toby Handfield). Mind (2012).
Matthew Kopec
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2012
Primary research interests: Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Philosophy of Race, Environmental Ethics
'A Pluralistic Account of Epistemic Rationality', Synthese (forthcoming).
'Game Theory and the Self-Fulfilling Climate Tragedy', Environmental Values (2017).
'Clines, Clusters, and Clades in the Race Debate', Philosophy of Science (2014).
Morgan Luck
PhD, University of Nottingham, 2007
Primary research interests: Philosophy of Religion; Ethics in Virtual Environments
Philosophical Explorations of New and Alternative Religious Movements (Ashgate 2012).
'Incommensurability, slight pains and God' International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 75/2 (2014).
'The Gamer's Dilemma: An analysis of the arguments for the moral distinction between virtual murder and virtual paedophilia'. Ethics and Information Technology 11/1 (2009).
Doug McConnell
PhD, Macquarie University, 2014
Primary research interests: Moral psychology, applied philosophy, bioethics
McConnell, D. (2016). Narrative self-constitution and recovery from addiction, American Philosophical Quarterly 53, 307-322.
McConnell, D., Kennett, J. (2016). Reasons, reflection, and repugnance. In S. Clarke and A. Giubilini (Eds.), The Ethics of Human Enhancement: Understanding the Debate. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Graeme McLean
Primary research interests: Epistemology; Philosophy of Religion; Applied Ethics
'Antipathy to God', Sophia (2014).
'The futility of our minds', The St. Marks Review (2014).
'The Problem of Euthanasia', The Review of Practical Philosophy (Guangzhou, China) (in press).
Emma Rush
PhD, University of Melbourne, 2005
Primary research interests: Environmental Ethics; Ethics in Public Life (especially regarding the sexualisation of children); Professional Ethics.
Rush, E. and Anscombe, A.W. (2017) 'What can we do to make changes? – Virginia (Ginni) Hall, AO'. In Pawar, M., Hugman, R., Alexandra, A. and Anscombe, A. W. (Eds.), Empowering Social Workers, Springer, Singapore, pp.87-99.
Fine, C. and Rush, E. (2016) "Why does all the girls have to buy pink stuff?" The ethics and science of the gendered toy marketing debate', Journal of Business Ethics (Online First), doi:10.1007/s10551-016-3080-3.
Rush, E. (2015) 'A Gaitan account of environmental ethics', Environmental Ethics, vol. 37, no. 2 (Summer), pp. 187-206.
Suzanne Uniacke
PhD, Sydney University, 1992
Primary research interests: Applied Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Political and Social Philosophy
'Criminalising Unknowing Defence', Journal of Applied Philosophy (published on- line ahead of print December 2015).
'Responsibility, Expertise and Trust: Institutional Ethics Committees and Science', Humana.mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies, 28 (2015): 169-185.
'Self-Defence, Just War, and a Reasonable Prospect of Success', in Helen Frowe and Gerald Lang (eds.), How We Fight (Oxford University Press, 2014).
Current National and International Competitive Research
Grants Awarded To Centre Members
Dr. S Clarke; Prof J Kennett; Prof J Savulescu
ARC Discovery Grant
2015: $98,000.00
2016: $110,300.00
Administering Institution: Charles Sturt University
Medical professionals sometimes decline to provide particular forms of safe, beneficial and legal health care, on the grounds that provision would go against their consciences. Bioethicists and policy makers have failed to identify legitimate limits to the scope of appeals to conscientious objection in health care. This is in large part because the underlying concept ''conscience" is unclear. This project aims to advance bioethical debate by producing a philosophically and psychologically informed analysis of conscience, and by applying this to discussions about the legitimate limits to conscientious objection in health care. It is expected to result in academic and non-academic publications and enable improvements to Australian health care policy.
Find out more about this project
Research in Social Work and Human Services
Guided by the vision and mission of Faculty of Arts and Education and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Charles Sturt University Social Work and Human Services discipline aims to undertake a broad range of research activities that contribute to social justice, human rights and well being; and be a leading researcher in the social work and human services sector, as reflected in our vision statement:
Informed action for social justice and human rights.
CSU Social Work and Human Services research scholars are committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge that:
enhances the well-being of individuals, families, communities at local, regional, national and international levels by focusing on human dignity and worth, human relationships and environmental sustainability;
helps to understand and address complex human needs and problems, with a human rights perspective, in dynamic contemporary contexts – local-global, societal and ecological;
influences the formulation and implementation of effective and efficient policies, plans and programs that address social and economic inequalities at local and global levels;
informs and improves their educational approaches/models, learning and teaching and professional practice and development.
Some areas of expertise, doctoral supervision and recent publications:
Ecological social work
Ethics, theory and philosophy of social work
Gerontology and healthy ageing
Health, workplace health, mental health and reproductive health
International social work
Qualitative methodology
Professional identity, practice and field education
Rural social work
Community and social development, social policy
Bell, K. (2017). Ageing in rural areas. In Bernoth, M. & Winkler, D. (Eds.) Healthy ageing and aged care*. Oxford University Press, ch.7. *The text was nominated and shortlisted for the 2017 Educational Publishing Awards - http://edpubawards.com/announcing-24th-educational-publishing-awards-shortlist/
Mlcek, S. & Bell, K. (2017). Developing global perspectives and respectful knowledge through international mobility programs. InT. Hall, T. Grey, G. Downey & M. Singh (Eds.)The Globalisation of Higher Education - Developing Internationalised Education in Research and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan.
Appleby, K., Bell, K. & Boetto, H. (2017). Climate change adaptation: community action, disadvantaged groups and practice implications for social work. Australian Social Work, 70(1): 78-91.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0312407X.2015.1088558
Moorhead, B., Bell, K. & Bowles, W. (2016). Exploring the development of professional identity with newly qualified social workers. Australian Social Work, 69(4): 456-467. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SsP46QnpFVamQvMfefr3/full
Bell, K., Moorhead, B., and Boetto, H. (2016). Social work students' reflections on gender, social justice and human rights during a short-term study programme to India, International Social Work; 60(1): 32- 44. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0020872814559559
Boetto, H. & Bell, K. (2015). Environmental sustainability in social work education: An online initiative to encourage global citizenship. International Social Work (Special issue – Climate change) 58(3): 448-462. http://isw.sagepub.com/content/58/3/448.abstract?etoc
Cash, B., Hodgkin, S. & Warburton, J. (2013). Till death us Do part? A critical analysis of obligation and choice for spousal caregivers. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 56(8): 657-674.
Cash, B., Hodgkin, S. & Warburton, J. (2016). Practitioners' perspectives on choice for older spousal caregivers in rural areas. Australian Social Work, 69: 283-296.
Crowther, A, Kornhaber, R., Velander, F., Drummond, S. & Cleary, M. (2017). Exploring the motivation for body piercing: a pilot study. Issues in Mental Health Nursing (in press).
Dellemain, J., Hodgkin, S., & Warburton, J. (2017). Time, terrain and trust: Impacts of rurality on case management in rural Australia. Journal of Rural Studies, 49: 50-57. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.11.006
Duncombe, R. (2016). What system participants know about access and service entry and why managers should listen. Australian Health Review https://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH16036
Healy, J., Tillotson, N., Short, M., & Hearn, C. (2015). Social work field education: Believing in supervisors who are living with disabilities. Disability and Society, 30(7): 1087-1102.
Hearn, C., Short, M., & Healy, J. (2014). Social work field education: Believing in students who are living with a disability. Disability and Society, 29(9): 1343-1355.
Hyde, B., Bowles, W. & Pawar, M. (2015). 'We're still in there' – consumer voices on mental health inpatient care: Social work research highlighting lessons for recovery practice. The British Journal of Social Work, 45 (Supp. 1): 62-78. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcv093
Jones-Mutton, T., Short, M., Bidgood, T., & Jones, T. (2015). Field education: Off-site social work supervision in rural, regional and remote Australia. Advances in Social Work & Welfare Education, 17(1): 83-97.
Pawar,M., Hugman, R., Alexabdra, A. and Anscombe, A. W. (Eds.) (2017). Empowering social workers: Virtuous practitioners. Singapore: Springer.
Midgley, J. & Pawar, M. (Eds.) (2017). Future directions in social development. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Pawar, M. & Anscombe B. (2015). Reflective social work practice: Thinking, doing and being. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
Pawar, M. (2014). Water and social policy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Pawar, M. (2014). Social and community development practice: New Delhi: Sage.
Pawar, M. (2015). Action research on social work. Knowledge creation and dissemination from the Global South. British Journal of Social Work, 45(4): 1357-1364, doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcv043
Schineanu, A. & Velander, F. (2016). Vulnerabilities and abuse. In Bernoth, M. & Winkler, D. (Eds.). Healthy ageing & aged care. Oxford University Press. pp. 160-179.
Short, M. (2015). The Anglican Church of Australia and engagement with people living with disabilities. St Mark's Review, 232(July 2): 123-138.
Short, M. (2015). Three Anglican Churches engaging with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Sydney: Bush Church Aid. Link https://www.bushchurchaid.com.au/content/three-anglican-churches-engaging-with-people-from-culturally-and-linguistically-diverse-backgrounds/gjp8js
Short, M., & Healy, J. (2017). Writing 'with' not 'about': Examples in co-operative inquiry In Gair, S. & Luyun, A.V. (Eds.), Sharing qualitative research: Showing lived experience and community Narratives. London: Routledge.
Short, M., Broughton, G., Short, M., Ochala, Y., & Anscombe, B. (2017). Connecting to belonging: A cross-disciplinary inquiry into rural Australian Anglican Church engagements with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Journal of Contemporary Religion. 32(1): 119-133.
Velander, F. & Schineanu, A., (2014), Culturally secure community development. In Goel, K., Pulla, V. & Francis, A. (Eds.), Community work: Theories, experiences and challenges. Niruta Publications, Bangalore, India. ISBN 978-81-923326-7-3
Key External Grants
Pawar, M.S., Hugman, R.P; Alexandra, A. & Anscombe, A.W., 2014-16. Virtuous practitioners: Empowering social workers – Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant, DP140103730, $220,130.
Naden, N. & Short, M., 2016. Australian Research Theology Foundation inc – Conference proceedings: Aboriginal Evangelical Christian Theology and History $4000.
Research in Sociology
Sociologists at Charles Sturt University have a diverse range of research and postgraduate supervision interests and expertise, which are detailed in individual staff profiles. Collectively, we specialise in qualitative social research that is theoretically informed by a range of theoretical approaches - including critical theory, feminism, Marxism and post-structuralism - and clusters around five specialisations:
a. Environmental Sociology - critical animal studies; environmental justice; governance; water
b. Health - mental health; community well-being; health professions; rural health
c. Law & Politics – inequality; political economy; globalisation
d. Rural Sociology - amenity migration; agri-food; biosecurity; culture; GLBTQ & alternative lifestyles; social inclusion
e. Social Institutions & Work – gender; health & well-being; media; military; science & technology studies; sustainable & ethical livelihoods; workplace bullying
CSU sociologists serve on many professional committees, journals and editorial boards, actively contribute to local, national and international organisations and make valuable contributions to the rural and regional communities and professions CSU serves. Our research continues to attract a wide range of research partnerships, grants, fellowships, and awards and we welcome opportunities to discuss future research collaborations. You may contact us individually using the email addresses listed in our staff profiles.For more information about pursuing postgraduate studies by research in the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, see the Faculty of Arts and Education Research webpage.
Bridges, D., Neal-Smith, J. & Mills, A. (Eds.) (2014). Absent Aviators: Gender issues in aviation. London: Ashgate.
Bridges, D. (2014). "Women pilots in the Australian Defence Force: Weighed down by gender discrimination?" in Mitchell J. Absent Aviators: Gender issues in aviation. Ashgate.
Wadham, B., Bridges, D., Mundkur, A. & Connor, J. (2016). War-Fighting and Left-Wing Feminist Agendas: Gender and Change in the Australian Defence Force. Critical Military Studies, Published online http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23337486.2016.1268371
Bridges, D. Drake, G., North, R., Houlbrook, M. & and Mears, J. (2015). "The 'write' conditions: How to overcome writing for publication barriers through academic development." Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education 17(2), 23-38.
Lazarsfeld-Jensen, A., & Bridges, D. (2014). "Gaining a new respect for the other guys: scripted scenarios for inter professional education in paediatric emergencies." Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 11(2).
Lazarsfeld-Jensen, A., Bridges,D., & Carver, H. (2014). "Graduates welcome on-road: A culture shift in ambulance preceptorship made clear through retrospective analysis." Focus on Health Professional Education, 16(1).
Burmeister, O. K., Islam, M. Z., Dayhew, M. & Crichton, M. (2014). "Interagency communication of private mental health data." 25thAustralasian Conference on Information Systems. Auckland, New Zealand.
Crichton, M. (2017). "Jack and the DJ". SoFi: a sociological fiction zine. Edition 1, June. https://sofizine.wordpress.com/latest-edition/
Crichton, M. and Burmeister, O. (2017). "The ethics of eMental Health in Australia's Western Murray Darling Basin." Australian Community Psychologist (In Press)
Crichton, M. (2016). "Endurance: Stories of drought." Rural Society 25(3), 268-270.
Gray, I. and Crichton, M. (2014). "Replacing trains with coaches: Implications for social inclusion in rural New South Wales." Journal of Social Inclusion, 5(2), 89-113.
Higgins, V. & Larner, W. (Eds.) (2017). Assembling Neoliberalism: Expertise, practices, subjects, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Sikder, M.J.U. & Higgins, V. (2017). "Remittances and social resilience of migrant households in rural Bangladesh." Migration and Development 6(2), 253-275.
Higgins, V. & Larner, W. (2017). Introduction: assembling neoliberalism, in V. Higgins and W. Larner (eds), Assembling Neoliberalism: Expertise, practices, subjects, New York: Palgrave Macmillan: 1-19.
Larner, W. & Higgins, V. (2017). Conclusion: awkward assemblages, in V. Higgins and W. Larner (eds), Assembling Neoliberalism: Expertise, practices, subjects, New York: Palgrave Macmillan: 305-312.
Enticott, G. & Higgins, V. (2017). Mapping neoliberalism: animal health and the spatial practices of disease management, in V. Higgins and W. Larner (eds), Assembling Neoliberalism: expertise, practices, subjects, New York: Palgrave Macmillan: 171-193.
Hernández-Jover, M., Higgins, V., Bryant, M., Rast, L. and McShane, C. (2016). "Farm biosecurity practices and the management of emergency animal disease among commercial beef producers in Australia." Preventive Veterinary Medicine 134, 92-102.
Richards, C. & Higgins, V. (2016). "Trade liberalisation and Australian biosecurity: opportunities and challenges under the 'Shared Responsibility' approach." Farm Policy Journal 13(3), 1-9.
Higgins, V., Bryant, M., Hernández-Jover, M., McShane, C. & Rast, L. (2016). "Harmonising devolved responsibility for biosecurity governance: The challenge of competing institutional logics." Environment and Planning A 48(6), 1133-1151.
Higgins, V., Dibden, J. & Cocklin, C. (2015). "Private agri-food governance and greenhouse gas abatement: Constructing a corporate carbon economy." Geoforum 66, 75-84
Higgins, V., Dibden, J., Potter, C., Moon, K. & Cocklin, C. (2014). "Payments for ecosystem services, neoliberalisation, and the hybrid governance of land management in Australia." Journal of Rural Studies 36, 463-474.
Masterman-Smith, H. (2013). "Rural workers and environmentally sustainable livelihoods in Australia." Rural Society, 22(3), 196-207.
Masterman-Smith, H., Rafferty, J., Dunphy, J. & Laird, S.G. (2016). "The emerging field of rural environmental justice studies in Australia: Reflections from an environmental community engagement program." Journal of Rural Studies, 47, 359-368.
Ragusa, A.T. (2014). (Ed.) Rural lifestyles, community well-being and social change: Lessons from country Australia for global citizens. UAE: Bentham Science.
Ragusa, A.T. (2017). "Rurality's influence on women's intimate partner violence experiences and support needed for escape and healing in Australia." Journal of Social Service Research, 1-26. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2016.1248267
Ragusa, A.T. & Ward, O. (2016). "Caught in the web: Male Goths using online ICTs to transcend rural reality." Communication, Politics and Culture, 49(2), 1-24.
Crampton, A. & Ragusa, A.T. (2016). "Exploring perceptions and behavior about drinking water in Australia & New Zealand: Is it risky to drink water, when & why?" Hydrology, 3(1), 8-22, DOI:10.3390/hydrology3010008
Ragusa, A.T. & Ward, O. (2016). "Unveiling the male corset: Goth masculine gender performance in rural Australia." Men & Masculinity, DOI: 10.1177/1097184X15613830
Ragusa, A.T. & Groves, P. (2015). "Stigmatisation and the social construction of bullying in Australian administrative law: You can't make an omelette without cracking an egg." University of New South Wales Law Journal, 38(4), 1507-1528.
Ragusa, A.T. & Bousfield, K. (2015). "It's not the test, it's how it's used! Critical analysis of public response to NAPLAN and My School Senate Inquiry." British Journal of Sociology of Education.
Crowther, A.J. & Ragusa, A.T. (2014). "A dose of our own therapy: Using research findings to challenge mental health nurses to embrace contemporary practice realities." Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 35, 756-760, ISSN: 0161-2840 print/1096-4673 online, DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2014.915900
Laird, S., Wardell-Johnson, A., & Ragusa, A.T. (2014). "Exploring the human-
environment connection: Rurality, ecology and social well-being." Rural Society, 23(2),114-116. DOI:10.5172/rsj.2014.23.2.114.
Crampton, A. & Ragusa, A.T. (2014). "Perceived agricultural runoff impact on drinking water." Journal of Water and Health, 12(3), 484-491.
Bousfield, K. & Ragusa, A.T. (2014). "A sociological analysis of Australia's NAPLAN and My School Senate Inquiry submissions: The adultification of childhood?" Critical Studies in Education, 1-16.
Friel, S., Hattersley, L. & Townsend, R. (2015). "Trade and access to healthcare." Annual Review of Public Health 36.
Bradley, J., Townsend, R. & Eburn, M. (2015). "Empowering paramedics under mental health legislation in the ACT." Australasian Journal of Paramedicine 12(4).
Arnold, B. & Townsend, R. (2015). "Workplace drug testing: a matter of procedure rather than privacy principles?" Privacy Law Bulletin 12(10).
Townsend, R. (2015). "Law and the emergency setting" (3rd ed) in Textbook of Advanced Emergency and Trauma Care'. Edited by Curtis and Ramsden. Elsevier.
Higgins, V. & Bryant, M., 2014-16, Social Factors Influencing Technology Adoption in the Rice Industry - Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, $129,000.
Hernández-Jover, M., Higgins, V., Toribio, J-A. & Singh, M., 2017-19, Investigating Drivers of Biosecurity Engagement and Approaches for Improving this Engagement among Egg Producers in Australia – Australian Egg Corporation Limited, $221,000.
Hernández-Jover, M., Higgins, V., Woodgate, R., Taylor, M., 2015-17, Biosecurity in the Peri-Urban Area of Sydney: Social Research Study – New South Wales Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development, $98,958.
Masterman-Smith, H., Rafferty, J., Sheahan, M. & Laird, S. 2014-15, Commonwealth Department of Education (Higher Education Participation and Partnerships program - Creating Sustainable Communities theme) $800,000.
Crampton, A., Ragusa, A., & Cavanagh, H. 2013-14, Office for Learning & Teaching Grant - Exploring the role of technology in fostering sense of belonging in students studying by distance, $50,000.
Applied Ethics and Philosophy are well-established areas of research excellence at CSU. Research in these areas is mainly conducted by philosophers within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. However, researchers with expertise in these areas are located in more than one School and Faculty.
Ethics is a branch of philosophy concerned with moral concepts and principles of conduct, and with critical evaluations of moral right and wrong. Applied ethics brings the methods of philosophical inquiry to bear on issues of practical concern with the aim of providing insight into these issues and to how they might best be resolved. Every area of philosophy can be concerned with practical issues and with questions that are relevant to global and national affairs, to law, to the professions, to education, to literature and art, and to everyday life.
Research at CSU in applied ethics is grounded in the methodology and intellectual standards of academic philosophy and interacts with philosophical research. It is appropriately informed by relevant research in science, social science, and the humanities and includes external collaborations, and engagement with the professions and the community.
Research in applied ethics and philosophy make a distinctive and important contribution to each of the three overlapping interdisciplinary research spheres of CSU's research narrative:
Resilient People: Areas of research include the ethics of procreation; procrastination and practical irrationality; the ethics of medical treatment of vulnerable groups such as children; ethics and human enhancement; and ethical issues in research and in health care, including moral and regulatory challenges of experimental therapies, difficulties facing medical research ethics committees, and conscientious objection in the delivery of health care.
Sustainable Environments: Research examines a range of issues arising from the nature and value of the natural and the artificial environment and our relationship with them. These include issues of justice and responsibility in relation to possession of, access to, and exploitation of land, water, and other (renewable and non-renewable) natural resources; examination of the virtues relevant to our interaction with the natural environment; and ethical issues in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Flourishing Communities: Research includes conceptual and ethical issues generated by the phenomena of war, terrorism, crime, civil disobedience, corruption, and technology. These include the nature and application of Just War Theory; morality and self-defence; the principles of criminal liability; the ethics of punishment and civil disobedience; the justification of the use of force; the ethics of terrorism and counter-terrorism; and ethical issues of anti-corruption systems and cyber-security and IT use. Research also includes philosophical issues of belief, intention, language and individual and collective action and responsibility, and their relevance and application in a range of practical contexts.
Research Projects in Applied Ethics and Philosophy
The projects outlined in this document are areas of research focus. They do not cover the full range of research in applied ethics and philosophy at CSU.
Research projects: Projects are conducted in a supportive research environment. A number of projects are currently externally funded.
Publications: Emphasis is placed on publications in international peer-review journals and by leading academic publishers. Outputs also include reports to professional bodies. Click here for details of recent publications.
Research seminars: Regular research seminars are held at CSU Wagga Wagga and CSU Canberra (linked by video conference). Participation by video conference is also possible from other CSU campuses.
Alongside the regular research seminar program we hold regular work-in-progress seminars that provide CSU staff and postgraduates with opportunities to discuss draft work.
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Final Thoughts: I am sooo happy they made a plastic cape version of this important scene. To think I could have been stuck with only that ugly PooPoo Cloth Version. UGHH. Nice face sculpt but still not quite Carrie.


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010 – debiutancka płyta amerykańskiego zespołu Ulysses. Płyta została zarejestrowana w wersji monofonicznej i ukazała się w 2004 r.

Spis utworów
 Push you away – 3:08
 Television – 4:05
 Glacier – 2:44
 The falcon – 2:25
 Change – 3:26
 Burning you – 3:07
 Frustrated – 2:15
 Castles in Spain – 2:26
 Evening star – 3:09
 Her silver veil – 3:50

Muzycy
 Robert Beatty – instrumenty elektroniczne
 John Ferguson – instrumenty perkusyjne, chórki
 Ben Fulton – bas
 Robert Schneider – gitara, śpiew

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The U.S. Border Patrol Consequence Delivery Team receive the Secretary's Award for Excellence at the Department of Homeland Security Secretary's Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2017. The team was honored for developing the Sector Web Application portal, which helps to significantly reduce data entry errors. Official DHS photo by Jetta Disco.


BURBERRYannounced today that its sales for the second half of 2009 rose seven per cent against the previous year, driven by the performance of its standalone stores.
"With a stronger finish to the year than we had anticipated in both retail and wholesale, we now expect Burberry to deliver adjusted profit before tax in the year just finished slightly above current market consensus," Burberry ceo Angela Ahrendts said. "Looking forward to 2010/11, while the pace and level of the global economic recovery remain unclear, we remain confident that our strategies will continue to build momentum in the business.
Burberry attributed its positive results to "strong full price sell-through of spring/summer ranges" whilst admitting the still sluggish American market hampered further growth. Burberry also outlined its plans for the coming year.
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Gillian Lock-Bowen: Essex Coast and Estuaries
From Zaha Hadid to Julie Mehretu
Essex has approximately 460 miles of coast comprised of mudflats, salt marshes, intertidal zones, off shore sand banks, 19 islands and much more. And then, there is its intense, expansive, wild, challenging beauty which activates and engages every sensory modality.
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Mehretu, Black Ground (deep light), ink and acrylic on canvas, 2006, 182.9 x 243.8 cm
In contrast to Zaha Hadid, for whom architecture was the driving passion and focus of her work, for Julie Mehretu, architecture – and compressed urban environments – are a point of departure for dynamic, explosive forays into her imagination.
The images Mehretu generates are highly complex rational maps. They do not demonstrate the violent aftermath of a destructive nuclear explosion but they do emphasis a ferocious force capable of separating out each and every component of the material world.
Mehretu appears to both reference and blow the boundaries of the dynamism of the Futurists, the geometric abstraction of Malevich and the scale of Abstract Expressionist colour field painting.
In her intensely worked canvases, Mehretu creates new narratives using abstracted images of cities, histories, wars and geographies. Her complex and frenetic mark making provides a way of signifying social agency – hard won control.
Mehretu's canvases overlay and juxtapose architectural features such as columns, façades and porticoes with geographical schema such as charts, building plans and city maps and architectural renderings.
Mehretu presents her convoluted maps from multiple perspectives – aerial, cross-section and isometric. Her paintings present a vortex of visual events in which gridded cities are flattened and blown apart as though snatched up by a nuclear wind. The fact that the urban spaces are seen as grids rather than sealed blocks as they would appear in a photograph means that we can seen through physical time. See the video link below in which – for Out of Sync Mehretu elaborates on her painting Beloved (Cario), 2013 in their Art in Focus series available on You Tube:
https://youtu.be/a2Y1PtHXQEo
Mehretu's explorations of time via palimpsests of history – including geological time and a phenomenology of the social – draw us into a dynamic visual articulation of contemporary experience; a depiction of social behavior and the psychogeography of space.
Psychogeography is associated with the European Situationist International (SI) organization of social revolutionaries made up of artists, intellectuals, and political theorists from 1957 to its dissolution in 1972. Guy Debord defined psychogeography in 1955 as "the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals." (Sadie, 1992, The Most Radical Gesture)
Mehretu, Mural,, 2009, Goldman Sachs, Mahattan http://www.nbcews.com
When discussing her work, Mehretu explains her impulse to explore psychogeographies (springing from her movement from Ethiopia – the country of her birth – to her home in New York and all places and periods of time which arrest her political, social and creative imagination):
I am interested in ways to picture or map [civilization] … weaving in and out of functioning, resistance, understanding… I am interested in the potential of 'psychogeographies', which suggests that within an invisible and invented creative space the individual can tap a resource of self-determination and resistance… This impulse is a major generating force in my drawing and my larger conceptual project as a painter. (Mehretu, 2003, Drawing into Painting, p. 13 – 14)
I found this statement fascinating as when I reflected on my decision to base my current project on Essex University, I thought about the following 'psychogeographies' which have added rich and complex nuances to my work:
Memories – new personal experiences of people – tutors, lecturers, people who became friends (I gained my first degree at Essex);
Memories and renewed fondness of place – built environment (reinforced by attending lectures celebrating the 50 th anniversary of the earliest buildings – 1965, New Brutalism – the paternoster lift in the distinctive library I love with views over the lake – silence, concentration, intellectual challenge, access to numerous ideas about human life and the world we inhabit and continue to explore and thereby create. The Hex restaurant, the lecture theatre block, the sports hall in which I sat examinations);
Fondness for the landscape – Wivenhoe Park – (in 1816 John Constable was commissioned to paint Wivenhoe Park by his patron Major-General Rebow) – lakes, trees, wildlife – especially the gaggles of geese walking possessively across the landscape a reminder of the Theropod dinosaurs from which they evolved during the Mesozoic Era;
Memories one year course (Continuing Studies) in Psychoanalysis – Feud and Jung – questions about self, socialization, society;
Ongoing Mythology Reading Group – I began to draw comparisons between mythological quests and journeys with university courses – personal, time-limited quest/challenge for a specific, socially recognized purpose – hardship/deferred gratification;
Contemporary architecture – palimpsest and reconfiguration (e.g. Silberrad Building partially blocks the view of the lake from the library; one lake was redesigned and is partially built over; an iconic stairway in the library (nick named "The Cloisters") was removed to create space for a new vision of the library extension – plans met with huge protest, media coverage and failed application to get the stairwell listed to prevent obliteration); and
Reminders when researching the university buildings that in the 1960s and 80s Essex University was synonymous with radical student protest and that their unrest was associated with the Brutalist architecture of the 1960s in which they lived and studied.
The Albert Slowman Library, Essex University, Photograph by Gillian Lock-Bowen, 2016
For a discussion of the significance of the architecture of Essex University on the experience of its students between Professor Jules Lubbock and Dr William Whyte, click on the following link:
Mehretu, Beloved (Cairo), ink and paint on canvas, 2013, 10 x 24 ft
During Mehretu's elaboration of Beloved (Cairo) , 2013, she explains that the reason she works within the language of abstraction is that there is no clear image of what perspective is; it is more about an in between place which is made manifest when abstract marks overlay architectural drawings (which are presented in multiple perspectives):
Instead of just the architectural language delineating the space, the characters and swarms actually develop and create the space. The architectural language serves as a marker to the type and the history of the space, but the characters make the space and break it down. They actually complicate the space in the painting. For example, a bunch of dashes or marks will enter the painting a certain way and then another group of marks enters it another way to completely contradict that. (Mehretu, interview with Lawrence Chua, Bomb 91, Spring 2005.)
I identify strongly with Mehretu's experience of mark making as equivalent to creating characters which appear to express their intent as they develop and during the evolution of a drawing. For example, I feel compelled to situate marks of a specific type in areas on the ground where they intend to roam and inhabit; or I have a sense that they insist on being brought from the background to the foreground thereby over writing other marks which gives rise to a new and insistent dialogue between these competing, or co-operative characters, which begin to populate and determine the ground upon which they play out their palimpsestic performance.
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I am currently developing a range of works based on specific sections of the Essex coast made remarkable by geographical features - islands, saltmarshes, mudflats, creeks and estuaries; and architecture - industrial, Ministry of Defence, and Essex Coast vernacular.
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King Crimson - ReconstruKction of Light - DVD 5.1 surround review
We sadly have come to the final two releases in the 40th Anniversary Series of King Crimson albums. This 1 CD + 1 DVD-A edition of their 2000 album ReconstruKction of Light is the fourteenth release to receive the deluxe edition with 5.1 surround sound mixes. However this version differs quite a bit from the previous ones, featuring a "re-imagined" edition of the album with all drums replaced by Pat Mastelotto followed by the entire album remixed by Don Gunn to integrate these changes, thus the updated name from its original "The ConstruKction of Light." For high resolution and surround enthusiasts, the DVD-A features new mixes both in stereo audio and lossless 5.1 surround sound, the later mixed by David Singleton. Plus, as a bonus, the complete ProjeKct X album "Heaven & Earth" is included! This edition follows the form factor of the earlier releases and is presented in a double digipak format inside a slipcase.
Please note that serious collectors may want to consider picking up the comprehensive Heaven and Earth box set, which contains 24 discs in a limited-edition box set chronicling King Crimson from 1997 to 2008. This set contains 18 CDs of studio & live material from 1997 to 2008, including 3 CDs featuring a re-imagining of The ConstruKction of Light, an extended stereo mix of The Power to Believe and the Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With and Level 5 mini albums. There are 3 Blu-ray and 2 DVD-Audio discs of studio and live material, plus another Blu-ray of concert material which contains video. I mention this lavish set since it contains The ReconstruKction of Light, with the new stereo and 5.1 mixes as described above. Also, there is an idealized set list drawn from the NY run of gigs from KC's 2008 Tour, containing approximately 10 hours of audio/video tour footage. Plus, the super deluxe box set contains "The Power to Believe," the fifteenth and final album in the anniversary series to be available in both surround and stereo too. While this is the set I have, I will not be reviewing this larger box set, as it is simply too large! Instead I will focus on the two studio albums that have been mixed in surround sound audio.
I first pulled out my compact disc copy of The ConstruKction of Light to recall why it became so imperative to record all new drums parts and ditch the electronic "V" drums Pat Mastelotto had laid down some 20 years ago. Simply put this radical change by King Crimson to use electronic drums lacked dynamic punch, which should be so apparent even to novice ears when listening to the newly laid down acoustic drum parts on Reconstrukction of Light. Some purists may find this new version off-putting, as the drums are not a duplicate of the original tracks, rather musically they are unique, redefining the entire characteristics of the songs. What used to be very mechanical as been given life, while still producing an utterly backward-looking album, containing a heavy-handed nod to previous Crimson songs
So, now basically in a 'drumatic' way, fans not only have a semi-new album from this legendary band, but another KC 5.1 mix to immerse themselves with. The DVD contains MLP 48kHz / 24-bit and DTS surround sound, along with MLP and PCM stereo. This decrease in sampling rate came as a bit of a surprise given all of the earlier releases featured 96kHz / 24-bit audio. Of course, a change in audio engineers, studios, and equipment likely resulted in these differences. But as we know, it still all comes down to sound quality.
Singleton does provide an immersive 5.1 experience placing alternate guitars in the back channels shooting across the rears creating an extremely open feeling. Drums and guitars reverberate from the front to the back speakers yielding a deep soundstage that fully encompasses the sweet spot. Both founder and guitarist Robert Fripp along with guitarist Adrian Belew sound smooth and vibrant as their parts reflect across the soundstage. Gritty vocals seemingly penetrate from all directions while keyed between the front channels. In a nearly quad fashion, I noticed limited action from the center channel, which has become my preference for surround mixes.
The newly cut acoustic drums really add snap to the album, particularly the snare that makes great use of dynamics with Mastelotto's soft to loud touch. Cymbals shimmer and the kick has a dramatic thump, all incredible improvements over the dull and lifeless electronic drums heard on the original album. Check it out for yourself, the original stereo mix is available in PCM on the DVD.
The surround mix is by no means stagnant across all the songs, listeners will hear solos soar from the back channels, and the center channel distinctly comes to life on FraKtured with an additional guitar part that counterbalances the already arpeggiated parts.
While the recording is clean, I did find the mix to be a bit splashy and the bass somewhat muddier than I would like. The lossy DTS surround layer lacks some of this heaviness at the bottom and may be a preferred surround listening choice if the thin and compressed codec suits your ears. Furthermore, with Gunn having mixed the stereo layer, his engineering style doesn't dig in as deep on the lows, making the stereo mix a nicely balanced version for those who find the surround version to be a bit bottom heavy too. I checked out both the MLP and PCM stereo codecs of the 2019 mix and noticed no effective difference.
The original album mixes from 2000 is also presented as both MLP and PCM along with a PCM stereo edition of the ProjeKctX album "Heaven and Earth," the later which will rattle your walls and let your neighbors know you are at home.
Naturally, the anniversary edition of The ReconstruKction Of Light is a must have for all King Crimson collectors, surround enthusiasts, and progressive rock fans seeking a heavier new millennium sound. This is absolutely not the place to start with King Crimson, and is very heavy compared to much of their earlier works. The music thrives on power and demands listening at high volumes. A true wall of sound from the masters of progressive rock.
1 CD + 1 DVD-A with 48kHz / 24-bit 5.1 and stereo mixes. Also available on Blu-ray in 48k/24b along with tons of additional material as part of a super deluxe edition titled Heaven and Earth.
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Staff at Sidmouth's Donkey Sanctuary were 'incredibly sad' to discover one of its tractors was stolen at the weekend.
Police are investigating the theft of the John Deere 6220 Loader Tractor, registration number WA06 FVO, which was taken between 3.30pm on Saturday, November 25, and 9am the following morning.
The vehicle has a bucket on the front and a new scraper on the back.
Annie Brown, the charity's interim director of rescue and rehoming said: "We're incredibly sad that someone has chosen to target the Donkey Sanctuary – our charity provides vital care to rescued donkey and relies entirely on donations from members of the public.
Anybody that has information regarding the stolen tractor is urged to contact Devon and Cornwall Police on 101 quoting the crime number CR/102901/17.


One of the most significant legacies of the housing collapse, which triggered the Great Recession of 2008-11, was the undermining of confidence Americans had in the venerable single-family home. For generations, owning a single-family suburban home was a linchpin of most Americans' retirement and savings strategies. The fracturing of that doctrine coincided with the demographic rise of the millennials into the housing market. These factors combined to shift capital flows to center-city rental housing at a pace city planners could only fantasize about for decades.
While this newfound prosperity in our urban centers is exciting news for policymakers long frustrated by the post-World War II decline of these downtowns, it has brought some unintended consequences. The pace of investment in these neighborhoods has driven up the cost of space for all property types at extraordinary rates. This has been good news for those of us in real estate with significant exposure to the affected markets; however, there is another side to that coin. For many residents and institutions that have historically been located in or near center-city neighborhoods, the market is now pushing them aside at alarming rates.
Continuum was formed in 1997 around the belief that the failed urban development policies of post-war America had caused intolerable long-term stresses on our center cities, their citizens and the broader regional environments. By the early 1990s, the complex set of regulations, tax subsidies and design doctrine that accumulated to drive the great American suburb had resulted in a systemic shift of investment capital away from center cities and their historic infrastructures to the green fields of these new suburban regional centers. Since 2010, however, center-city neighborhoods in all 30 of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas gained significant market share over their suburban counterparts. Gentrification is now the new crisis city leaders are urgently mobilizing resources around. Metro areas from Los Angeles to Denver are rushing to raise new tax dollars to provide more housing assistance to low- and median-income residents.
This abrupt shift in prosperity is having a broad range of unintended consequences. One particularly unexpected effect has been the backlash against artists and cultural enterprise spaces (such as art studios and galleries), which are now seen by some vulnerable communities as the tip of the spear for fresh waves of gentrification.
It is an ironic consequence given that during the decades of decline in American urban centers, employers moved out, retailers abandoned their downtown flagships, and even the churches relocated to new mega facilities on the urban edge, but artists and the institutions that support them steadfastly remained committed to the urban cores. In many situations the leadership of the signature art museums and performing arts organizations became essential drivers of the booster network for these center cities. Their employees also found reasonably priced housing in city neighborhoods and were engaged in neighborhood activism. Over the years Continuum has been a significant supporter of these institutions—and we are now confronting the realization that our business success is severely hampering their ability to continue to prosper.
From our early days as a mission-focused development firm, we saw an essential link between a robust cultural economy, neighborhood stability, and real estate value. One of our earliest projects included a new Museum of Contemporary Art for the City of Denver. My wife and I donated a piece of land to the Museum in an up-and-coming neighborhood, around which Continuum went on to develop multiple projects. In the early 2000s we funded a new contemporary art space called the Lab at Belmar, embedded in the center of a 100-acre neighborhood we transformed from a broken regional shopping mall to a new 30-block precinct in Lakewood, Colorado.
As an organization we continue to find ways to support our local arts communities; for example, we recently opened the new Hotel Born at Union Station in Denver and commissioned more than 700 original works of art from Denver artists for the building.
None of these efforts is enough, however, to stem the generation-long effects which will result if we as a society allow the diasporization of these important creative thinkers and enterprises within our communities. We at Continuum think of ourselves as human ecologists and understand the value that diverse and politically courageous voices bring to the governance of our center cities. We are committed as an enterprise to working towards more equitable housing solutions for all constituencies in our society, but we see the challenge for artists as becoming particularly complex. Over the last couple of years, this issue hit a flash point in the Boyle Heights neighborhood in Los Angeles, where artists and gallerists were aggressively harassed when they entered that neighborhood in pursuit of more affordable spaces. Some members of this historically Latino working-class neighborhood decided they needed to send a clear message to the artists, some of whom ultimately closed their studios and galleries.
The link between neighborhoods rich in cultural enterprise and rising real estate values has become a foundational principle of real estate investing. New arts districts spring up in rural towns from Oregon to Georgia; suburban communities in Kansas City are onto the trend as well. The strategy has become a key economic revitalization tool for any aspirational community in search of a marketing message. The challenge for center cities is that the romantic notion of the bohemian creative seeking out a cheap space in an overlooked ghetto is a trite memory of an era gone by. Maintaining a healthy population of creatives is something no big city mayor or civic booster can take for granted. And now, instead of the artists living peacefully amongst an underserved population linked in common neighborhood advocacy, they are viewed by those same communities as the leading edge of the bourgeoisie who will follow.
Over the past 18 months, Continuum has been doing research on new ownership vehicles for real estate projects that are designed to create long-term rent security for their occupants. We are interested in establishing a new capital platform that can bring a more holistic solution to these complex societal challenges. We believe the existing capital and ownership vehicles driving this current transformation of our communities need to be reconsidered in a manner which allows more of the wealth created by the escalating values of these neighborhoods to remain in the local communities. It is our hope that through these new vehicles we can offer long-term neighborhood stability both to the artists and to the historical residents.
We expect to launch our first projects under this model in early 2019. Inherent in this model is a mechanism which would slow the rate of rent growth in high-value areas in perpetuity. The enterprises will be funded with tax-exempt debt instruments and include investments by a network of social impact investors. While our initial focus will be for members of our creative communities, over time we expect this vehicle can be extended to address other key populations such as teachers and other essential service providers in our cities.
Cities are dynamic ecologies. Stresses and opportunities shift constantly. The physical framework of our cities has deep impact, not only on the environmental footprint of our habitat but also on the social cohesion of our populations. We believe it is essential that our settlements are conceived and regulated in ways that ensure all its residents have reasonable access to jobs, education and cultural enrichment in order to maintain a healthy and durable community. It is our belief that the private sector should lead the path to these outcomes–after all, our investments depend on healthy and resilient neighborhoods to grow in value.
Mark Falcone is Founder and CEO of Continuum Partners, LLC in Denver. Since its inception Continuum has successfully completed more than $2 billion of development and established itself as a national leader of complex, mixed use urban infill projects.
 Foot Traffic Ahead 2016 – The Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis at George Washington University.


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Fall/Winter 2015: At the Intersection of Faith and Healing
Finding Space to Practice Faith
Daliha Aqbal (NHS'08, MS'12, M'17) writes about Georgetown's supportive, interfaith community, and how her own faith is helping her through medical school.
A Thread of Hope
Lauren Kingsland, a professional artist with the Lombardi Arts and Humanities Program, created the prayer flag project to benefit patients, family members and staff.
Faith in the Lab
Most of the research happening at Georgetown University on any given day is taking place at the Medical Center. How does the Jesuit, Catholic tradition impact the pursuit of biomedical research on...
An Education Framed By Faith
Faculty offer perspectives on teaching health and medicine with faith in mind.
At the Intersection of Faith & Healing
How do Catholic, Jesuit values shape Georgetown's medical education, research and patient care?
Putting Faith & Healing Into Practice
Alumna Jennifer Walter, MD (M'07), reflects on spirituality and patient care...
Flight surgeon Rebecca Blue, MD (M'08), credits a great deal of her success to her experiences at Georgetown...
Remembering Richard Joseph McCooey
Restaurateur Richard J. McCooey, founder of Georgetown neighborhood institutions 1789 restaurant and The Tombs, died August 6. He was 83. A well-known figure in the Georgetown community and...
Club Spotlight: The Alumni Club of Los Angeles
By Na'Tasha Jones, Managing Editor, Georgetown Alumni Georgetown's alumni clubs serve as beacons for alumni around the world, offering a way to connect, learn from and grow the Hoya community in each...
Medical Spotlight: William A. Longo, M.D. (M'77)
Retired Surgeon "The uniqueness about my experience at Georgetown was the broad range of exposure to a myriad of illnesses in a variety of settings. From the suburbs surrounding Arlington Hospital,...


Upper Arlington Area Chamber of Commerce has recently published the 2010 Membership Directory and Buyers' Guide. Whether you are looking for products and services for personal or professional use, we're confident you'll find just what you need.
Meeting the needs of the business community is what we're all about at the Upper Arlington Area Chamber of Commerce. The staff and board of trustees are continually creating new ways to help our members survive these challenging economic times. From advocacy and educational programming to networking and marketing opportunities, the chamber is your strategic partner in developing and enhancing your business.
It's been said many times that people do business with people they know and trust. There's no better way to develop strong relationships than by using this directory to connect with fellow members. By utilizing the products and services of other members, everybody wins.
On behalf of the chamber staff and board of trustees, I wish you much success in 2010.
Deborah O. Taylor is the board chair of the Upper Arlington Area Chamber of Commerce.


Holiday Gossip is the perfect name for this table runner which features beautiful red Cardinals sitting on pine branches. What a perfect way to bring the outdoors in for the holiday season or all winter long. Graced with wool applique branches, cardinals, and pine cones . The pine needles are done with wool or acrylic yarn. Pattern designed by Joan of Bits and Pieces by Joan. Finished table runner is 60" x 13 1/2".


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Florida Group Petitions for Weapons Ban, Long-Gun Registration
By Savannah Edgens
A group named Ban Assault Weapons Now (BAWN) is collecting petition signatures to place on the November 2020 general election ballot a proposed amendment to the Florida constitution banning semiautomatic weapons.
To qualify the proposition for the ballot, BAWN must submit 766,200 verified voter signatures to the state's Division of Elections (DOE) by February 1, 2020.
BAWN submitted, and the elections department validated, 10 percent of the signatures required in June to meet the threshold for a mandatory review of BAWN's proposed ballot language by the Florida Supreme Court on February 4, 2020.
If BAWN gathers enough signatures to place the measure on the ballot and it withstands legal challenges, the initiative will amend the state constitution if approved by at least 60 percent of those voting in the November 2020 election.
'Attempting to Scare the Public'
The proposition is titled "Prohibits possession of defined assault weapons." The ballot summary defines an assault weapon as "any semiautomatic rifle or shotgun capable of holding more than ten (10) rounds of ammunition … in a fixed or detachable magazine."
That is not the correct definition, says Lennie Jarratt, a government relations project manager at The Heartland Institute, which publishes Budget & Tax News.
"An assault weapon is a weapon with select-fire capabilities, meaning they can be set to fire a single round per trigger pull, a burst of rounds per trigger pull, or they can be fully automatic," Jarratt said. "Automatic weapons have been highly regulated since 1934 and banned from civilian ownership if manufactured after 1986."
The ballot measure is attempting to equate semiautomatic weapons with automatic weapons, says Jarratt.
"This ballot measure is attempting to change the definition and equate a semiautomatic weapon, which only fires a single bullet with each trigger pull, with fully automatic weapons," Jarratt said. "They are attempting to scare the public instead of inform the public."
Calls It Unconstitutional
The Florida measure would effectively ban the sale of all semiautomatic rifles that accept a detachable magazine or another feeding device, says Jarratt.
"While it is possible to limit the detachable magazine to 10 rounds or fewer, it is impossible to limit a rifle from accepting a detachable magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds," Jarratt said.
The initiative would violate the rights of Floridians guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, says Jarratt.
"With this new definition, they are attempting to circumvent the Second Amendment," Jarratt said. "If passed, this amendment will assuredly be ruled unconstitutional. Unfortunately, it will cost tremendous amounts of money and years in courts to reach the U.S. Supreme Court."
'We Are Talking About Rights'
If the proposition appears on the November 2020 ballot, it will motivate people on both sides of the question to vote, says Dave Workman, senior editor of Gun Mag at the Second Amendment Foundation.
"The 2020 election is also an election for president," Workman said. "I anticipate a very heavy turnout of voters in Florida, on both sides of the issue. So, this is not going to be a runaway election one way or the other. We are talking about a constitutionally protected right that really should not be up for a popularity vote."
Ultimately, the ballot question is about individual rights, says Workman.
"That's the unfortunate part about this," Workman said. "We aren't talking about guns. We are talking about rights. We have to zealously protect all of our rights. I think you're going to see in 2020 that as this campaign unfolds, you're going to see people coming out of the woodwork to protect their rights. These are people who may not vote all the time and just want to be left alone, but when you light their fire, you've got to be prepared to burn."
Attorney General Petitions Court
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody argued in a July 26 filing with the Florida Supreme Court the title and ballot summary of the proposition are misleading because they do not disclose that "the amendment would ban the possession of virtually every semi-automatic long-gun."
Moody further argues the proposition violates the single-subject requirement for citizen initiatives because owners of "defined assault weapons" acquired before the amendment takes effect would be required to register their firearms.
Savannah Edgens ([email protected]) writes from Gainesville, Florida.
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, "Petition to the Supreme Court of Florida," Filing #93257401, July 26, 2019: https://heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/petition-to-the-florida-supreme-court-for-a-written-opinion-on-initiative-petition
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Savannah Edgens writes from Gainesville, Florida.
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The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) independence from external political influence is crucial to the agency's mission of protecting consumers, 10 groups told a court today in an amicus brief filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The groups are Public Citizen, Americans for Financial Reform, Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Action, National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA), National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), National Consumers League, National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), Tzedek DC and U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund (U.S. PIRG Education Fund).
In the case, Deputy CFPB Director Leandra English is seeking a preliminary injunction allowing her to serve as acting director of the CFPB while litigation over the lawful acting director – herself or U.S. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney – proceeds. In their amicus filing, the groups explain that the public has a strong interest in English serving as the acting director while the court further considers the legal issues.
"The National Consumers League believes it is clear where the public interest lies in this case. The CFPB is an independent federal consumer protection agency, and any new director of the Bureau must be nominated and approved by the Senate for this specific job before taking the reins at the CFPB. In the interim, the CFPB must be led by an acting director dedicated to the agency's mission and its independence," said Sally Greenberg, executive director of the National Consumers League.
The organizations' amicus brief is here.


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The character that is for Don Parritt in the play is based on a young man who had the name, Donald Vose. Donald was the son of a woman who was involved in Anarchist movements. As a young man, in 1914 Donald was able to tell the police about the movement of the Anarchist to the police. This resulted in the anarchist becoming infuriated. His actions were considered to be a betrayal of the whole movement and to his mother who was a member of the Anarchist movement. In the creation of the play, the writer tried to combine the story from Donald to the experiences of the character who was Don Parritt. Like the character that he played Don was faced with many issues in relation to his mother relations. Don was in need of his maternal attention and this resulted in him facing challenges as he was growing up (Eugene, et al 35). The problems of addition that he faced resulted in him having attention problems and the relations that existed.
Another thing that happened in the life of the Don was that he was desperate after a failed marriage. This resulted in him attempting to have a suicide. The writer of the play attempted suicide at Jimmy who was the priest. The author of the play tries to unintentionally reveal the primary personality complexities. The character of Don is a complex and as it is played nothing has to be lost for the essence of the play. The experience that Don has which are almost related to the experience of Donald who he plays helps the character to come out more clearly.
As the youngest of the other members of the cast, he enters the play as a complete stranger to the setup. The only persons that he is familiar with are Larry and Hugo. The relationship that he was able to forge with Larry may sound like a soap opera but was an important one. Since Larry loved Don's mother since he was a young boy then the relationship between the two was still able to continue to grow (O'Neill and Michael 106). There was a point in which Parritt was wondering if Larry was even his dad. Although as the play continue we come to find out that Larry was not actually the father of Parritt but just a friend who was close to him. When Parritt is in need of help he turns to Larry for help as he believes since he is a father finger he would be able to help him. In the play, we find out that Larry on his part does not want anything to do with the kid's problems although it is no what Parritt may be needing from him.
In terms of his character it can be found out in the play that Parritt is shifty and shady. This may be due to the reason that he is a stranger or just a young kid. In the play, Parritt may come out a young man who is untrustworthy but the writer, O'Neill tries to put the play in a way that the reader can be able to sympathize with him. In the beginning, it can be seen that Parritt may be wanting help from Larry. However, as the play goes on he is able to admit that he sold out his own mother. This shows that Parritt would go after material things over the betrayal of his mother. The author of the play is able to show clearly the deep human psyche. The young man needs to hear from another source that he has done something wrong and that he does not deserve to live. When he comes to Larry he is seeking redemption although at the back of his mind he knows that he has done something wrong. According to the timeline of the play, he finally hears what he needs to hear that he does not deserve to live. This results in Parritt committing suicide.


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Port Arthur LNG Export project receives FEIS
Sempra Energy today announced it received the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct the Port Arthur LNG natural gas liquefaction-export project in Jefferson County, Texas, as well as the Texas and Louisiana connector pipeline projects that will deliver natural gas to the new export facility.
"Today's positive review of our Port Arthur liquefaction-export project and new pipeline projects by the FERC represents a significant step forward as we remain focused on becoming North America's premier infrastructure company," said Carlos Ruiz Sacristán, president and CEO of Sempra North American Infrastructure Group. "We appreciate the support we've received from regulators and the supporters in Texas and Louisiana. We look forward to delivering a world-class project that will create jobs and support the local economy for decades to come."
The proposed Port Arthur LNG project is expected to include two natural gas liquefaction trains capable of processing approximately 11 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) liquefied natural gas (LNG), up to three LNG storage tanks and associated facilities and new natural gas transmission pipelines in Texas and Louisiana.
The FEIS is the final step in the environmental review process before FERC can proceed to issue an order approving the project.
Last month, Port Arthur LNG and the Polish Oil & Gas Company signed a definitive 20-year sale-and-purchase agreement for LNG from the Port Arthur LNG as part of Sempra Energy's long-term goal of exporting 45 Mtpa of North American LNG to meet the global demand. The agreement is subject to certain conditions, including Port Arthur LNG making a final investment decision.
Last year, Port Arthur LNG selected Bechtel as the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contractor for the project, subject to reaching a definitive agreement. In June 2017, Port Arthur signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Korea Gas Corporation for potential participation in the Port Arthur LNG project.
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Bill Ayers is an American elementary education theorist and a leader in the counterculture movement who opposed US involvement in the Vietnam War. He is known for his 1960's radical activism and his current work in education reform, curriculum and instruction.
In 1969, he co-founded the Weather Underground, a terrorist group which was self-described as a "communist revolutionary group with the intent to overthrow imperialism", that conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings (including police stations, the US Capitol Building, and the Pentagon) during the 1960's and 1970's in response to US involvement in the Vietnam War.
"It's amazing where the paranoid mind can take you."
"Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really at."


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Beverly Loan Company purchases and makes loans on contemporary art of all kinds, and prides themselves on the ability to work with a variety of medium, ranging from canvas to sculpture. Beverly Loan Company takes every precaution to store valuable art prints and paintings so they'll be in the same condition as when they were brought it in; and on some occasions will store artworks in a secure climate controlled off-site location to ensure their well-being. While Beverly Loan appreciates all styles of art, they most commonly see modern and contemporary art in the forms of photographs, lithographs, serigraphs, and even sculptures.
Most of the art that is purchased or loaned against arrive already framed, however when clients ask how to store their art, Beverly Loan is happy to provide their customers with the basics of storing artwork. Dealing with art valued at thousands to millions dollars, the Pawn Shop to the Stars has a strong understanding of how to correctly handle and store these items. When your art is not in our temperature controlled, secure vaults and you want to store your artwork at home, it is important to know these basic rules.
Its best that you keep your prints and photographs in a dark location, as UV rays from natural and artificial light can damage the art. It's also best to keep prints in a location that will not get too humid, or too dry. Basement and attics usually have extreme temperatures, it's best to keep them in a part of the house that receives heat in the winter and air-conditioning in the summer.
A Mylar sleeve is the option that many museums and libraries use to store their prints, it's also the easiest and most cost effective choice for storing your prized artwork. It's important to store lithographs flat, preferably horizontal, and on an acid free backing board. If you think you'll be handling your art on a regular basis, it's not a bad idea to get white cotton gloves. Photographs in particular, can react strongly to the acids and salts found naturally on our hands.
While it's always best to have professionals manage and store your art, these few tips will help if that is not an option for you. And of course, Beverly Loan is always available when you need a loan against you're high-end modern and contemporary art, especially from household named artists, such as Ruscha, Picasso, Hirst, Warhol or Lichtenstein. When inquiring to Beverly Loan Company about your extraordinary art, it's best to provide them with photographs of your pieces, along with any provenance or documentation.
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Why Franchise with Papa John's?
Leading pizza franchise, Papa John's, has announced the appointment of its new UK managing director: Liz Williams. Williams, who has more than 20 years' experience in the food industry, will now be responsible for UK operations including overseeing the success of the Company's network of more than 400 franchised stores throughout the country.
Leading pizza franchise, Papa John's, has opened in Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland. Former pizza delivery driver turned Franchisee, Siddhartha Chirumamilla (Sid), now runs multiple Papa John's in the South East of England and also several in Scotland, including Rutherglen, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy and now Dunfermline.


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This issue, we have invited light artists GNI projects to reveal what inspires their work.
The London based duo consists of Ingo Kalecinski and Graham Rollins (also architectural lighting designers at DPA and LDI respectively, Masters of Lasers and Light Collective collaborators...) who have built up a CV of beautifully detailed and unique installations over the last few years. They take their inspirations from many sources throughout their lives, building a palate of influence that acts as their physical and emotional tool kit for the designs they create.


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NZQA approves micro-credentials
NZQA has announced the implementation of micro-credentials as part of New Zealand's regulated education and training system.
Content: Micro-credentials, also known as badges, nano-credentials and nano-degrees, are stand-alone products that enable learners to access specific knowledge and skills in a cost-effective and time-efficient way. At 5 to 40 credits, they are smaller than qualifications.
NZQA is currently reviewing the New Zealand Qualifications Framework. One aim of the review is to enable the framework to allow for the recognition of other types of learning, like micro-credentials. This will ensure the new framework reflects the evolving nature of work, globalisation and the impact of digital technologies.
The move reflects the disruption we're seeing in education delivery and potential for further online delivery.
While many jobs will always require full qualifications, there is a growing number of cases where micro-credentials might be more appropriate, as people require new up-to-date skills to keep pace with the changing workforce.
A micro-credentials system allows learners to 'future-proof' themselves by accessing a wide range of education and training options.
In August 2017, NZQA undertook a micro-credential pilot project with a range of organisations, which revealed a high degree of interest in the concept from a range of individuals and organisations in New Zealand.
For more information, please visit the NZQA website.