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Elizabeth Tudor: Reconciling Femininity And Authority

Elizabeth Tudor succeeded to England\u27s throne during a time when misogynist societal ideology questioned the authority of a female monarch. Religious opposition to a woman ruler was based on biblical precedent, which reflected the general attitude that women were inferior to men. Elizabeth\u27s dilemma was reconciling her femininity with her sovereignty, most notably concerning her justification for power, the issue of marriage and succession, and the conflict over the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. The speeches Elizabeth presented to Parliament illuminate her successful solidification of her authority from a feminine gendered position. She established and reinforced her status through figurative language that presented her femininity as favorable to ruling England, ultimately transcending her womanhood to become an incarnation of the state. Elizabeth\u27s speeches reflect her brilliance at fashioning herself through divine and reciprocal imagery, which subsequently redefined English society, elevating her to the head of a male-dominated hierarchy. By establishing her position as second to God, Elizabeth relegated all men to a status beneath hers. Elizabeth\u27s solution to the perceived liability of her gender was to recreate herself through divine imagery that appropriated God\u27s authority as her own. She reinforced her power through a reciprocal relationship with Parliament, evoking the imagery of motherhood to redefine the monarchy as an exchange rather than an absolute rule

The Role of NCAA Division I University Athletic Departments in the Transition of Their Career-Ending Injured Athletes Out of Sports

The NCAA and member institutions claim the responsibility to support and protect collegiate athletes with a priority on their well-being (NCAA, 2014). Although the NCAA provides financial assistance to selected career-ending injured athletes, university athletic departments define the assistance they offer their athletes who obtain career-ending injuries before their athletic eligibility is up (NCAA, 2014). Therefore, there are no universal policies, procedures, or standards in place to ensure that each injured athlete’s well-being is supported and protected during this traumatic life event (Walsh, 2013). Due to the lack of knowledge on written policies and procedures enforced by athletic departments when an athlete sustains a career-ending injury (Rohrs & Paule-Koba, 2014), this research study investigated the current written policies and procedures related to handling the situation and transition of an athlete obtaining a career-ending injury enforced in the 2014-2015 student-athlete handbooks of 23 Division I NCAA university athletic departments from the B1G and MAC conferences. Using thematic textual analytic procedures (Braun & Clarke, 2006), findings revealed written policies used to guide the majority of NCAA Division I athletic departments’ handling of athletes with career-ending injuries were inadequate, and discovered scarce, inconsistent written procedures enforcing adherence to these policies. The majority of written policies focused on the renewal and non-renewal of athletic aid. Findings implied there is more the NCAA and its institutions can do to fulfill their mission in providing career-ending injured collegiate athletes with consistent protection and support for their overall well-being during their transition out of sport. Implications included increased mandates enforced by the NCAA and educating sport administrators, coaches, and athletes on the transitional process out of competitive sports due to a career-ending injury. Keywords: career-ending injury, college athletics, sport administration, sport retiremen

Exploring the Sources of Financial Literacy

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The Homosexual Male Gaze: Normalizing Homosexuality through the Use of Heteronormative Narrative Techniques in Film

An examination of the use of Mulvey’s “male gaze” by a homosexual character in the 2017 adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. Explores the potential of the use of this heteronormative narrative technique in the normalization of homosexuality in film and society.

Biotic Pest Damage Of Green Alder (Alnus Fruticosa ): Susceptibility To A Stem Disease (Valsa Melanodiscus) And Functional Changes Following Insect Herbivory

Thesis (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010Since the late 1990s, researchers have been predicting that a warming climate will lead to higher levels of plant disease damage. This appears to be the current trend in the boreal region; however, the level of complexity inherent to plant-pest interactions makes it difficult to make predictions across plant-pest systems. This study focuses on a boreal shrub in Alaska, Alnus fruticosa, which is currently a host to several insect and fungal pest species that are either already at epidemic status or have recently achieved epidemic status on other Alnus species in Alaska. Against the backdrop of a warming boreal forest, the overall aim of my study was to evaluate the response of A. fruticosa to two types of pest damage: the stem canker disease Valsa melanodiscus (anamorph Cytospora umbrina) and defoliation damage from insect leaf chewers. Our results indicate that, despite pest-related damage to the sapwood or leaf area, alders have physiological mechanisms in place to maintain homeostasis or recovery following disease damage. At the leaf-level, alders adjusted photosynthesis and stomatal conductance to cope with disease, despite decreased water transport and down-regulated light-response. At the ramet level, alders coordinated rates of water loss, hydraulic conductance, and maintenance leaf water balance following partial defoliation. These physiological host responses are not part of classical disease triangles, yet these types of host responses are likely to affect disease outcome in certain plant-pest systems and could potentially determine the trajectory of disease development

What Role Can Peer Benchmarking Play in Planning for the Future of Research and Teaching Technologies?

Institutional leaders are asking libraries and IT units, as service providers, to provide data about service use, service quality and return on investment as they make decisions about resource allocation. In 2012, New York University developed a Peer Benchmarking Methodology for prioritizing research support needs by benchmarking themselves with more than a dozen peer institutions. The University of California at Berkeley borrowed and adapted NYU’s methodology as the starting point and used it to benchmark teaching and learning services along with research services for a planning and community building initiative across the campus. Here we present the methodology and discuss the value of utilizing this benchmarking framework to concisely and clearly represent to key stakeholders where services rank compared to peers, the specifics of what it would take to improve these services, and how to prioritize resources for the best return on investment. Relative merits and possible downsides of utilizing this methodology are also discussed