HARNEY COUNTY HISTORY PROJECT
AV-Oral History #469
Interviewee: Eileen O'Keeffe McVicker
Interviewer: Karen Nitz
Subject: Homesteading on the South End of Steens Mountain
Date: October 16, 2008
Place: Chester & Helen Felt Recording Room, Harney County Library, Burns, Oregon
HARNEY COUNTY HISTORY PROJECT
AV-Oral History #469
Interviewee: Eileen O'Keeffe McVicker
Interviewer: Karen Nitz
Subject: Homesteading on the South End of Steens Mountain
Date: October 16, 2008
Place: Chester & Helen Felt Recording Room, Harney County Library, Burns, Oregon
HARNEY COUNTY HISTORY PROJECT
AV-Oral History #469
Interviewee: Eileen O'Keeffe McVicker
Interviewer: Karen Nitz
Subject: Homesteading on the South End of Steens Mountain
Date: October 16, 2008
Place: Chester & Helen Felt Recording Room, Harney County Library, Burns, Oregon
Statement of the problem:
The study sought to determine whether certain
measurable differences existed between students who had
withdrawn after acceptance into the accelerated mathematics
classes in the Portland schools and students who
had persisted after acceptance into the program. Examined
were: scores on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills,...
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A rapid and reliable assay is needed to evaluate hop
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dahliae. Assays used in the past are laborious, require
long incubation periods, and usually produce mild symptoms
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consistent. A study comparing several methods for...
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As demands for major, system-wide reforms in the American welfare system are being
called for on an almost daily basis, it has become increasingly necessary to identify and
evaluate those programs which have attempted to foster a reduction in the level of public
assistance subsidies and, particularly, programs that are...
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Five student-researchers and the author engaged in
a continually-evolving, student-driven qualitative
research study. Despite significant disadvantages,
including navigating a. foreign culture without speaking
the language, these invulnerable learners succeeded.
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analysis of their collective knowledge and experiences,
and their individual transformation over...
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California Current (35°N–49°N) and explore the mechanisms of variability. We defined
‘‘mesoscale’’ circulation as features, such as eddies and filaments, which have 50- to...