140 merkin demokratiaa. Kuinka demokratia voi Twitterissä

Twitter on internetissä toimiva lyhytviestipalvelu, joka voidaan lukea osaksi sosiaalista mediaa. Sen käyttäjät voivat julkaista korkeintaan 140 merkin mittaisia viestejä, eli twiittejä, sekä lukea, jakaa ja kommentoida toisten käyttäjien lähettämiä twiittejä. Palvelun piirissä lähetetään tätä kirjoitettaessa kymmeniä tuhansia suomenkielisiä twiittejä päivittäin. Twiitit koskevat usein ajankohtaisia aiheita ja tapahtumia. Tässä tutkimuksessa haetaan vastausta siihen, toteutuuko Twitterissä käytävässä eduskuntavaaliaiheisessa keskustelussa aggregatiivisen, deliberatiivisen tai agonistisen demokratiakäsityksen piirteitä. Normatiivisten demokratiateorioiden operationalisoinnnissa tutkielmassa on käytetty erityisesti Raphael Kiesin deliberatiivisen demokratian operationalisointikehikkoa sekä Lincoln Dahlbergin digitaalisen demokratian positiomallia. Aineistona on Twitterin tietokannasta vuoden 2015 eduskuntavaalien alla suodatettu ja kerätty kokoelma twiittejä (n=870), jotka muodostavat yhteensä 25 kokonaista keskustelua. Analyysimenetelminä on käytetty laadullista, teoriaohjaavaa sisällönanalyysiä sekä kuvailevia kvantitatiivisia menetelmiä. Analyysin johtopäätöksenä voidaan todeta, että kaikkien edellä mainittujen demokratiateorioiden mukaisia piirteitä oli havaittavissa tutkituista keskusteluketjuista. Kokonaisuutena aineistosta havaitut vuorovaikutuksen piirteet muodostavat kuvan keskustelukulttuurista, joka muistuttaa käsitellyistä demokratiaihanteista eniten aggregatiivista, liberaalia demokratiaa. Mainittua normatiivista demokratiakäsitystä tukevat myös Twitterin asettama 140 merkin yläraja viestien pituudelle sekä Twitterin tämän tutkielman kirjoitusvaiheessa julkaisema äänestystoiminto. Merkillepantava huomio on myös se, että osallistujien välistä näkyvää vuorovaikutusta esiintyy Twitterissä vähän suhteessa twiittien kokonaisvolyymiin.

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Contient : 1° « La Nouvelleté du monde » ; 2° « Le Livre de la vilté et misere de la condicion humaine », par « LOTHIERS » ; 3° « Les tres noblez Enseignemens de tous les philosophes » ; 4° « Le Doctrinal aus simples gens, fait et compillé des souverains clers maistres en theologie à Paris » ; 5° Vers contre les péchés capitaux, sept huitains ; 6° « Les Meditacions saint BERNART » ; 7° « La Vie et l'istoire du mauvais riche homme », en vers ; 8° « De la Fauceté du monde », en vers ; 9° « Du Despit du corps » ; 10° « Bon Chatiement », en vers ; 11° « L'Altercacion et disputacion entre l'ame et le corps » [de ROBERT DE LINCOLN] ; 12° « La Vie et l'istoire des.III. mors et des.III. vifs » ; 13° « Un tres bon Chastoiement pour.I. chascun », en vers ; 14° « Le Purgatoire saint Patrice »

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Contient : 1° « Le Livre du chevalier DE LA TOUR, lequel il fist pour l'enseignement des femmes mariées et à marier » ; 2° « Le Romant de Griselidis, marquise de Saluce » [par PETRARQUE] ; 3° Légende de Placidas ou St Eustache ; 4° « L'Altercacion ou Disputacion d'entre l'ame et le corps » [par ROBERT DE LINCOLN], traduction en vers

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Contient : 1° Le Testament « maistre JEHAN DE MEUN, dit CLOPINEL » ; 2° « Liber de disputatione anime et corporis » [par ROBERT DE LINCOLN] ; 3° Le Purgatoire de saint Patrice ; 4° Quelles « choses couvient au vray religieux » ; 5° « Memoire des.IX. paroles... que maistre AUBERT, arcevesque de Coloigne dist... en.I. sermon » ; 6° « L'Ordenance de la messe » ; 7° « La Vie S. Anthoine » ; 8° La Vie de sainte Marguerite

Municipal fiscal Health

Seminario internacional financiamiento de ciudades metrópolis Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá 2014

Financiamiento de gobiernos metropolitanos

Gobernanza

Agenda del Seminario internacional sobre Alternativas de Financiamiento de Ciudades

Gobernanza

St. Catharines Garrison Club correspondence 1899

Correspondence to the St. Catharines Garrison Club from the 19th battalion, Lincoln Regiment related to club meeting space, 1899, signed by John S. Campbell.

Brock University Coat of Arms

The armorial bearings for Brock University, or more simply the University Coat of Arms, or crest, was designed in a large part by Presdent Gibson, assisted by other members of the Board of Governors (A preliminary design can be seen here). The Coat of Arms was granted to Brock University on March 17th, 1965. The Coat of Arms consist of an eagle, taken from General Brock’s own arms, displayed against a scarlet background - one of the official colours of Brock University. Immediately above it on a chief argent is displayed a maple-leaf (for Canada), a scallop shell (from the Lincoln and Welland regiment), and a trillium (for the province of Ontario). An open book fronts the eagle representing learning and knowledge. The crest itself is made up of a torch symbolizing learning, surrounded by a serpent for wisdom, with two calumet or North American pipes of peace, to symbolize Canada, friendship and agreement. The supporters consist of a beaver on the dexter side, emblematic of Canada and representing work and industry in learning. On the sinister side, a brock or badger (also in commemoration of General Brock) represents tenacity of purpose. The motto 'Surgite' is visible just below the arms.

A Study of role conflict, role ambiguity, locus of control, job satisfaction and participation in decision making among front-line vocational service workers for mentally retarded adults

This study was an investigation of individual and organizational factors, as perceived by front-line vocational service workers from Adult Rehabilitation Centres (ARC Industries) for mentally retarded adults. The specific variables which were measured included role conflict/role ambiguity (role factors), internal/external locus of control (individual differences), job satisfaction with work and supervision (job attitudes) and participation in deci~ion making (organizational factor). The exploration of these constructs was conducted by means of self-report questionnaires which were completed by sixty-nine out of a total of ninety front-line employees. The surveys were distributed in booklet form to nine distinct rehabilitation facilities from St. Catharines, West Lincoln, Greater Niagara, Port Colborne, WeIland, Fort Erie, Hamilton, Guelph and Brantford. The survey data was evaluated by the statisti.cal Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) which used the Pearson Product Moment Correlation procedure and a compar~son of means test. A comparison of correlation coefficients test was also conducted. This statistical procedure was calculated mathematically. The results obtained from the statistical evaluation confirmed the prediction that self-reported measures of participation in decision making and satisfaction (work and supervision) would be negatively correlated with role conflict and role ambiguity. As well, the speculation that perceived satisfaction (work and supervision) would be positively correlated with participation in decision making was empirically supported. Internal and external locus of control did not contribute to a significant difference in r~sponses to role perceptions (conflict and ambiguity) , satisfaction (work and supervision) or the correlational relationship between participation in decision making and satisfaction (work and supervision). Overall, the findings from this study substantiated the importance of examining employee perceptions in the workplace and the interrelationships among individual and organizational variables. This research was considered a contribution to the general area of occupational stress and to the study of individuals in work organizations.

Effectiveness of instructional strategies based on schema theory on attention deficit disorder children

A review of the literature reveals that there are a number of children in the educational system who are characterized by Attention Deficit Disorder. Further review of the literature reveals that there are information processing programs which have had some success in increasing the learning of these children. Currently, an information processing program which is based on schema theory is being implemented in Lincoln County. Since schema theory based programs build structural, conditional, factual, and procedural schemata which assist the learner in attending to salient factors, learning should be increased. Thirty-four children were selected from a random sampling of Grade Seven classes in Lincoln County. Seventeen of these children were identified by the researcher and classroom teacher as being characterized by Attention Deficit Disorder. From the remaining population, 17 children who were not characterized by Attention Deficit Disorder were randomly selected. The data collected were compared using independent t-tests, paired t-tests, and correlation analysis. Significant differences were found in all cases. The Non-Attention Deficit Disorder children scored significantly higher on all the tests but the Attention Defici t Disorder children had a significantly higher ratio of gain between the pretests and posttests.

The impact of a training program in phonological awareness on children's early writing

This study examined the effects that a training program in phonological awareness had on the early writing skills of children in a Grade One class in the Lincoln County Separate school system. The intent of the training program was to provide consistent and systematic practice in the manipulation of the phonological structure of language. The games and activities of the training program were related to a framework of developmental phonological skills and practised in a group setting during an unstructured period of the regular classroom schedule. The training program operated three days in a six-day cycle for approximately twenty minutes a day, from November until mid-March. All children were tested at the outset and conclusion of the study to determine level of functioning in letter identification, word recognition, verbal intelligence, phonological awareness and spelling. Results of the pre-tests and post-tests were compared to determine differences between the experimental and control groups over time. In addition, a systematic analysis of the children's writing looked at the development of the spelling of regular and irregular words. The results of this study provided strong support for the hypothesis that the treatment group would progress through the stages of early writing development more quickly than children without such training. On the basis of differences between the groups over time, it was evident that training in phonological awareness had a direct positive effect on the spelling of regular words for children during the early stages of writing. The training program did not have a significant effect on the spelling of irregular words. Test results evaluating phonological awareness indicated a significant difference within each group over time but no significance between the groups during the experimental period. It would appear that the results of these tests reflect maturational changes in the child rather than causal effects of the training program. Nor did the effects of the training program transfer significantly to other aspects of language. Although some of the hypotheses considered were not supported by the study, the results do indicate that children during the early stages of writing development can benefit from a training program in phonological awareness. The theoretical direction for effective programming as a result of this study is discussed. The educational implications of training phonological awareness concurrent to beginning efforts in writing are considered.

The influence of familial smoking behaviours on adolescent smoking behaviours

The ability to identify adolescents who are at risk for becoming smokers may prove useful in developing effective smoking prevention programs. The purpose of this stUdy was to assess the importance of familial smoking behaviours on adolescent smoking patterns. The results were based on responses to The Grade 7 Lincoln County Smoking Survey designed by Chudzik and Partington (1994), and are a part of the "Peer Assisted Learning Program· (PAL) presented by the Niagara Regional Health Services Department, with the cooperation of a local Board of Education (Region of Niagara). The results indicate that 12% of the total group of 450 Grade 7 student respondents were current smokers at the time the data were collected (13% males and 11% females), while more than 37% of individuals indicated that they had tried smoking previously. Of the individuals who were classified as smokers, 11% reported that they smoked because their parents smoked, but only 6% reported that they smoked because their siblings smoked. More concerning, however, is the finding that 4% of smokers reported that they felt pressured to smoke by their relatives. In a society that is becoming increasingly concerned about health, it is also alarming to observe that only 50% of the respondents within this sample reported that there were no smokers (parents/siblings) in their homes. The results also indicate that 33% percent of respondents had grandparents who continued to smoke, and 53% of respondents indentified other relatives who continued to smoke.

Oath of Allegiance to King George III

Transcript (original spelling and grammar retained): We the Commissioned Officers belonging to the Second Regiment of Lincoln Militia - Do sincerely promise and swear that we will be faithful and bear true allegiance to his Majesty King George, and heirs will defend to the utmost of our power against all traitorous conspiracies and attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his Person, Crown or Dignity; and we will do our utmost endeavours to disclose and make them known to his Majesty, His Heirs and successors, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies and attempts, which we shall know to be against Him or them. So help us God. Thomas Clark - Lt. Col. David Secord - Major John Crysler - Capt James Macklin - Capt John [Ross] - [Captain] [Abraham] Bowman - Lieut Gilbert McMicking - Quartmaster John [Misiner] - Ensign Robert Campbell - Capt John [Couke] - Ensign Nicholas Smith - Lieut I certify that the officers who have here [subscribed] the oath took it before me at Chippawa 4 Sept 1812 Thomas Dickson JP