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Burney Le Boeuf was born in southern Louisiana. He attended UC Berkeley, earning his PhD in experimental psychology in 1966. While at Berkeley, he also studied zoology and experimental biology. He arrived at UCSC in 1967 as a member of the psychology board and of Crown College. He already had a strong interest in evolutionary biology and participated in the biology board’s meetings as an outside member. He also began working with biology professor Richard Peterson on seal and sea lion research. After Peterson’s death, the biology board invited Le Boeuf to take Peterson’s place on the board, and he accepted.Le Boeuf is internationally known as a pioneer of the field of marine mammal behavior. He has focused on the social and reproductive behavior of elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris), as well as their diving, foraging, and migratory behavior. Le Boeuf has conducted extensive research on the behavioral ecology and physiology of a variety of marine mammals, and also investigated the effects of environmental pollutants such as DDT on marine mammals.Much of Le Boeuf’s research on elephant seals has been conducted at nearby Año Nuevo Reserve, which is only twenty-five miles north of Santa Cruz. Le Boeuf began doing research at Año Nuevo Island in the late 1960s. A team of UCSC undergraduate and graduate students worked with him. In 1975 the first elephant seal pup was born on the mainland on a beach managed by the California Department of Park and Recreation. The presence of elephant seals, the largest males of which weigh up to 4500 pounds, fighting, mating, and giving birth on a public beach within an hour’s drive of the San Francisco Bay area was publicized by Sunset Magazine. The article quickly drew thousands of excited visitors to come see the seals, a few posed their children literally on top of the seals for photos, many approached the seals too closely for safety, and generally put both themselves and the seals in danger. The one part-time ranger assigned to the area was completely overwhelmed.Professor Le Boeuf stepped in with an offer of student help from UC Santa Cruz. He designed Natural History of Año Nuevo, a two-quarter experiential course offered through the environmental studies board. The first quarter, students studied the history, botany, intertidal biology, ornithology, geology and other aspects of the Reserve; the second quarter they served as trained docents, each leading tours one day a week for groups of visitors, including children from local schools. My time participating as an environmental studies student in 1981 in Le Boeuf’s course and docent program was some of the most rewarding I spent as an undergraduate at UCSC. Not only did I gain valuable interdisciplinary knowledge of natural history, but working as a docent built my confidence in public speaking and skills as an educator.The population of elephant seals who returned to Año Nuevo Reserve to breed grew an average of 16 percent per year between 1975 and 1995, to a high of 2041 pups born on the mainland in 1995.[1] The size of the colony has since reached equilibrium, probably because elephant seals have recolonized other areas such as Big Sur (Piedras Blancas) and Point Reyes. Meanwhile, the robust docent program, which was staffed for many years by Le Boeuf’s UCSC environmental studies students, is now staffed by trained volunteer naturalists. The State Park System remodeled one of the old dairy barns to include a new visitor’s center with extensive interpretative exhibits. Gone is the funky trailer the docents took shelter in between tours back in my student days.In addition to his research at Año Nuevo, Le Boeuf has also led expeditions to research sites throughout the world, including Mexico, Argentina, the Galapagos Islands, and Japan. He has authored over 157 peer-reviewed articles and three books. He is currently serving as the Associate Vice Chan

Burney Le Boeuf was born in southern Louisiana. He attended UC Berkeley, earning his PhD in experimental psychology in 1966. While at Berkeley, he also studied zoology and experimental biology. He arrived at UCSC in 1967 as a member of the psychology board and of Crown College. He already had a strong interest in evolutionary biology and participated in the biology board’s meetings as an outside member. He also began working with biology professor Richard Peterson on seal and sea lion research. After Peterson’s death, the biology board invited Le Boeuf to take Peterson’s place on the board, and he accepted.Le Boeuf is internationally known as a pioneer of the field of marine mammal behavior. He has focused on the social and reproductive behavior of elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris), as well as their diving, foraging, and migratory behavior. Le Boeuf has conducted extensive research on the behavioral ecology and physiology of a variety of marine mammals, and also investigated the effects of environmental pollutants such as DDT on marine mammals.Much of Le Boeuf’s research on elephant seals has been conducted at nearby Año Nuevo Reserve, which is only twenty-five miles north of Santa Cruz. Le Boeuf began doing research at Año Nuevo Island in the late 1960s. A team of UCSC undergraduate and graduate students worked with him. In 1975 the first elephant seal pup was born on the mainland on a beach managed by the California Department of Park and Recreation. The presence of elephant seals, the largest males of which weigh up to 4500 pounds, fighting, mating, and giving birth on a public beach within an hour’s drive of the San Francisco Bay area was publicized by Sunset Magazine. The article quickly drew thousands of excited visitors to come see the seals, a few posed their children literally on top of the seals for photos, many approached the seals too closely for safety, and generally put both themselves and the seals in danger. The one part-time ranger assigned to the area was completely overwhelmed.Professor Le Boeuf stepped in with an offer of student help from UC Santa Cruz. He designed Natural History of Año Nuevo, a two-quarter experiential course offered through the environmental studies board. The first quarter, students studied the history, botany, intertidal biology, ornithology, geology and other aspects of the Reserve; the second quarter they served as trained docents, each leading tours one day a week for groups of visitors, including children from local schools. My time participating as an environmental studies student in 1981 in Le Boeuf’s course and docent program was some of the most rewarding I spent as an undergraduate at UCSC. Not only did I gain valuable interdisciplinary knowledge of natural history, but working as a docent built my confidence in public speaking and skills as an educator.The population of elephant seals who returned to Año Nuevo Reserve to breed grew an average of 16 percent per year between 1975 and 1995, to a high of 2041 pups born on the mainland in 1995.[1] The size of the colony has since reached equilibrium, probably because elephant seals have recolonized other areas such as Big Sur (Piedras Blancas) and Point Reyes. Meanwhile, the robust docent program, which was staffed for many years by Le Boeuf’s UCSC environmental studies students, is now staffed by trained volunteer naturalists. The State Park System remodeled one of the old dairy barns to include a new visitor’s center with extensive interpretative exhibits. Gone is the funky trailer the docents took shelter in between tours back in my student days.In addition to his research at Año Nuevo, Le Boeuf has also led expeditions to research sites throughout the world, including Mexico, Argentina, the Galapagos Islands, and Japan. He has authored over 157 peer-reviewed articles and three books. He is currently serving as the Associate Vice Chan

Edward Said has been acknowledged as one of the greatest critics and cultural theorists of our time. His groundbreaking work "Orientalism" initiated the development of postcolonial theory, causing a paradigm shift by re-conceptualizing, deconstructing, and re-presenting the "Orient" as the ultimate "Other" of the "Occident." Despite its influence on other disciplines, the impact of Said's work in the field of education has not yet been fully explored. This book translates Said's complex theory into praxis for readers and educators by gleaning key concepts and methodologies, critical and conceptual frameworks, and uses and ramifications for academic critique. "Pedagogy of the Other" (appropriately named after Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed) suggests ways and means to create an innovative postcolonial teaching practice that does not marginalize, oppress, or negate the Other, but rather, creates a counter-discourse of representation and empowerment.

Faced with significant budget challenges, many districts cannot afford to hire an outside consultant to conduct a formal evaluation of their gifted programs. As an interim solution, districts may wish to conduct their own in-house program evaluation. "Gifted Program Evaluation: A Handbook for Administrators and Coordinators" is designed to assist administrators in designing, conducting, and reporting on an in-house evaluation of their gifted programs. Written with the busy administrator in mind, this handbook includes a clear, step-by-step process for evaluating each of the main elements of gifted programs as well as reproducible worksheets, surveys, and resources to facilitate a thorough evaluation grounded in best practices in gifted education.

A new method for modeling and knowledge extraction at each neuron of a neural network using type-I fuzzy sets is presented. This approach of neuron modeling provides a new technique to adjust the fuzzy neural network (FNN) structure for feasible number of hidden neurons and efficient reduction in computation complexity. Through repeated simulations of a crisp neural network, we propose the idea that for each neuron in the network, we can obtain reduced model with high efficiency using wavelet based multiresolution analysis (MRA) to form wavelet based fuzzy weight sets (WBFWS). Triangular and Gaussian membership functions (MFs) are imposed on wavelet based crisp weight sets to form Wavelet Based Quasi Fuzzy Weight Sets (WBQFWS) and Wavelet Based Gaussian Fuzzy Weight Sets (WBGFWS). Such type of WBFWS provides good initial solution for training in type-I FNNs. Thus the possibility space for each synoptic connection is reduced significantly, resulting in fast and confident learning of FNNs. It is shown that propsed modeling approach hold low computational complexity as compared to existing type-I fuzzy neural network models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we have presented new multivariate fuzzy time series (FTS) forecasting method. This method assume m-factors with one main factor of interest. Stochastic fuzzy dependence of order k is assumed to define general method of multivariate FTS forecasting and control. This new method is applied for forecasting total number of car road accidents causalities in Belgium using four secondary factors. Practically, in most of the situations, actuaries are interested in analysis of the patterns of casualties in road accidents. Such type of analysis supports in deciding approximate risk classification and forecasting for each area of a city. This directly affects the underwriting process and adjustment of insurance premium, based on risk intensity for each area. Thus, this work provides support in deciding the appropriate risk associated with an insured in a particular area. Finally, comparison is also made with most recent available work on fuzzy time series forecasting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents chapter 73 of the book "William Congreve," edited by Alexander Lindsay and Howard Erskine-Hill. An excerpt from the novel "Evelina," by Fanny Burney and edited by Edward A. Bloom, is presented. The excerpt is taken from Letter XX, where the heroine discusses a performance of the comedy "Love for Love," by William Congreve.

This section presents chapter 27 of the book "Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 1 1794-1834," edited by De J. Jackson. Excerpts of Charles Burney's review of the collection of poems "Lyrical Ballads," by English poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published in the June 1799 issue of the "Monthly Review," are presented.