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This resource is intended as an easy-to-use guide for anyone who needs some quick and simple advice on quantitative aspects of research in social sciences, covering subjects such as education, sociology, business, nursing. If you area qualitative researcher who needs to venture into the world of numbers, or a student instructed to undertake a quantitative research project despite a hatred for maths, then this booklet should be a real help.

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"Speaking of Culture" is a collection of instructor-authored background readings intended to accompany other activities, discussions, experiences, projects, and readings for IELI 2470 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives, a course offered by faculty in the Intensive English Language Institute at Utah State University. Its main purpose is to define culture and other concepts often associated with it.

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P.D. Magnus, University of Albany, State University of New York

Copyright Year: 2012

Publisher: Fecundity

Language: English

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What is logic?

Chapter 2: Sentential logic

Chapter 3: Truth tables

Chapter 4: Quantified logic

Chapter 5: Formal semantics

Chapter 6: Proofs

About the Book

forall x is an introduction to sentential logic and first-order predicate logic with identity, logical systems that significantly influenced twentieth-century analytic philosophy. After working through the material in this book, a student should be able to understand most quantified expressions that arise in their philosophical reading.

This books treats symbolization, formal semantics, and proof theory for each language. The discussion of formal semantics is more direct than in many introductory texts. Although forall x does not contain proofs of soundness and completeness, it lays the groundwork for understanding why these are things that need to be proven.

Throughout the book, I have tried to highlight the choices involved in developing sentential and predicate logic. Students should realize that these two are not the only possible formal languages. In translating to a formal language, we simplify and profit in clarity. The simplification comes at a cost, and different formal languages are suited to translating different parts of natural language.

The book is designed to provide a semester's worth of material for an introductory college course. It would be possible to use the book only for sentential logic, by skipping chapters 4-5 and parts of chapter 6.

About the Contributors

Author

P.D. Magnus - In addition to loving wisdom, I am a philosopher by vocation. I am an associate professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York. I previously taught at UC San Diego (where I received my PhD) and at Bowdoin College.

My primary research is in the philosophy of science, motivated broadly by a falliblist but non-sceptical conception of scientific knowledge. I have written a lot on the underdetermination of theory by data, and my recent work is on natural kinds.

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Rick Parent, Simon Fraser University

Copyright Year: 2015

Publisher: BCcampus

Language: English

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Ethical Behaviour

1.1 The Importance of Ethical Behaviour

1.2 Ethics and the Pursuit of a Law Enforcement Career

1.3 As Employees in Law Enforcement Agencies

Chapter 2: Ethical Systems

2.1 Major Ethical Systems

2.2 Utilitarian Ethics

2.3 Deontology

2.4 Virtue Ethics

2.5 Ethics of Care

2.6 Egoism

2.7 Religion or Divine Command Theory

2.8 Natural Law

2.9 Social Contract Theory

2.10 Rawls' Theory of Justice

2.11 Moral Relativism

Chapter 3: Ethical Dilemmas and the Process of Effective Resolution

3.1 Ethical Dilemmas

3.2 Values

3.3 Solving Ethical Dilemmas

Chapter 4: Key Ethical Issues within Law Enforcement

4.1 Ethical Issues

4.2 The Ethics of Power and Authority

4.3 The Milgram Experiment

4.4 Person, Gender, and Cultural Differences in Conformity

4.5 Ethical Issues during an Investigation

4.6 Gratuities

Chapter 5: Accountability and Investigation

5.1 Autonomy and Accountability

5.2 British Columbia's Police Act

5.3 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

5.4 Investigation Models

5.5 Independent Investigations Office

Chapter 6: Policing

6.1 Noble Cause Corruption

6.2 Policing Public Demonstrations and Crowd Control

6.3 Sex Offender Notification Laws

6.4 Ethics of Private Policing

Chapter 7: Discretion, Supervision, and Leadership

7.1 The Ethics Surrounding Discretion

7.2 Discretion and Supervision

7.3 Selective Enforcement

7.4 Loyalty

7.5 Ethical Leadership

7.6 Transactional and Transformational Leadership

Chapter 8: The Culture of Law Enforcement

8.1 Police Subculture

8.2 Socialization of Police

8.3 Skepticism and Cynicism

8.4 Moral Culpability versus Legal Culpability

About the Book

In this book, you will examine the moral and ethical issues that exist within law enforcement. This book will also familiarize you with the basic history, principles, and theories of ethics. These concepts will then be applied to the major components of the criminal justice system: policing, the courts, and corrections. Discussion will focus on personal values, individual responsibility, decision making, discretion, and the structure of accountability. Specific topics covered will include core values, codes of conduct, ethical dilemmas, organizational consequences, liability, and the importance of critical thinking. By the end of this book, you will be able to distinguish and critically debate contemporary ethical issues in law enforcement.

About the Contributors

Authors

Steve McCartney, MSc, retired from the Vancouver Police Department after 28 years of service. While with the V.P.D. he served in a variety of capacities including patrol, Detective Constable with Strike Force, Sexual Offence Squad, the Provincial Unsolved Homicide Unit and VPD Homicide Unit. After leaving the V.P.D., he was seconded to the B.C. Police Academy at the Justice Institute of British Columbia as an instructor in Investigation and Patrol. Upon retiring from the V.P.D. he became the Program Chair of Law Enforcement Studies at the Justice Institute of British Columbia, where he currently teaches Applied Ethics in Law Enforcement and Law Enforcement Communication Skills.

Rick Parent, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University, School of Criminology - Police Studies. Rick completed 30 years of service as a police officer and is a former police recruit instructor at the B.C. Police Academy. His research and expertise is in the area of police ethics and accountability and, the police use of lethal force including the phenomena of "suicide by cop". Dr. Parent is also the subject matter expert/author of the Canadian Police Knowledge Network course entitled "Police Ethics and Accountability", the co-author of the book entitled "Community-Based Strategic Policing in Canada, 4th edition and, a senior researcher for the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS).

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Introduction to Criminal Investigation, Processes, Practices, and Thinking is a teaching text designed to assist the student in developing their own structured mental map of processes, practices, and thinking to conduct criminal investigations.

Delineating criminal investigation into operational descriptors of tactical-response and strategic response while using illustrations of task-skills and thinking-skills, the reader is guided into structured thinking practices. Using the graphic tools of a "Response Transition Matrix", an "Investigative Funnel", and the "STAIR Tool", the reader is shown how to form their own mental map of investigative thinking that can later be articulated in support of forming their reasonable grounds to believe.

Chapter 1 introduces criminal investigation as both a task process and a thinking process. This chapter outlines these concepts, rules, and processes with the goal of providing practical tools to ensure successful investigative processes and practices. Most importantly, this book informs the reader how to approach the investigative process using "investigative thinking."

Chapter 2 illustrates investigation by establishing an understanding of the operational forum in which it occurs. That forum is the criminal justice system and in particular, the court system. The investigative process exists within the statutory rules of law, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and case law rulings adjudicated by the courts. Considering the existence of these conditions, obligations, and case law rules, there are many terms and concepts that an investigator needs to understand to function appropriately and effectively within the criminal justice system. The purpose of this chapter is to introduce some of the basic legal parameters and concepts of criminal justice within which the criminal investigation process takes place.

Chapter 3 describes the functions and terms of "evidence", as they relate to investigation. This speaks to a wide range of information sources that might eventually inform the court to prove or disprove points at issue before the trier of fact. Sources of evidence can include anything from the observations of witnesses to the examination and analysis of physical objects. It can even include the spatial relationships between people, places, and objects within the timeline of events. From the various forms of evidence, the court can draw inferences and reach conclusions to determine if a charge has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

Considering the critical nature of evidence within the court system, there are a wide variety of definitions and protocols that have evolved to direct the way evidence is defined for consideration by the court. In this chapter, we look at some of the key definitions and protocols that an investigator should understand to carry out the investigative process.

Chapter 4 breaks investigation down into logical steps, establishing a progression that can be followed and repeated to reach the desired results. The process of investigation can be effectively explained and learned in this manner. In this chapter the reader is introduced to various issues in the progression that relate to the process of investigation.

Chapter 5 examines the operational processes of investigation. In this chapter we introduce the three big investigative errors along with graphic illustrations of "The Investigative Funnel" and the "S T A I R Tool" to illustrate how each of these concepts in the investigative progression.

Chapter 6 provides the reader the opportunity to work through some investigative scenarios using the S T A I R Tool. These scenarios demonstrate the investigative awareness required to transition from the tactical investigative response to the strategic investigative response. Once in the strategic response mode the reader is challenged to practice applying theory development to conduct analysis of the evidence and information to create an investigative plan.

This chapter presents two investigative scenarios each designed to illustrate different steps of the S T A I R tool allowing the student to recognize both the tactical and the strategic investigative responses and the implications of transitioning from the tactical to the strategic response.

Chapter 7 illustrates the investigative practices of witness management. Witness statements will assist the investigator in forming reasonable grounds to lay a charge, and will assist the court in reaching a decision that the charge against an accused person has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

It is important for an investigator to understand these practices as they allow an investigator to evaluate witnesses and collect witness evidence that will be acceptable to the courts.

Chapter 8 describes crime scene management skills. These skills are an extremely significant task component of investigation because evidence that originates at the crime scene will provide a picture of events for the court to consider in its deliberations. That picture will be composed of witness testimony, crime scene photographs, physical exhibits, and the analysis of those exhibits, along with the analysis of the crime scene itself. From this chapter, the reader will learn the task processes and protocols for several important issues in crime scene management.

Chapter 9 examines the interviewing, questioning, and interrogation techniques police use to aid them in investigations. The courts expect police to exercise high standards using practices that focus on the rights of the accused person, and minimize any physical or mental anguish that might cause a false confession. In meeting these expectations, the challenges of suspect questioning and interrogation can be complex, and many police agencies have trained interrogators and polygraph operators who undertake the interrogation of suspects for major criminal cases. But not every investigation qualifies as a major case, and frontline police investigators are challenged to undertake the tasks of interviewing, questioning, and interrogating possible suspects daily. The challenge for police is that the questioning of a suspect and the subsequent confession can be compromised by flawed interviewing, questioning, or interrogation practices. Understanding the correct processes and the legal parameters can make the difference between having a suspect's confession accepted as evidence by the court or not.

Chapter 10 examines various forensic sciences and the application of forensic sciences as practical tools to assist police in conducting investigations. As we noted in Chapter 1, it is not necessary for an investigator to be an expert in any of the forensic sciences; however, it is important to have a sound understanding of forensic tools to call upon appropriate experts to deploy the correct tools when required.

Chapter 11 summarizes the learning objectives of this text and suggests investigative learning topics for the reader going forward. Many topics relative to investigative practices have not been covered here as part of the core knowledge requirements for a new investigator. These topics include:

Major Case Management
Informant and confidential source management
Undercover investigations
Specialized team investigations

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The Bookshelves area in this LibreTexts Library holds texts that are curated by the LibreTexts Development team and can be used either directly or as content for building customized remixes (i.e., texts that are generated from existing content often with customized editing and/or content interspersed) for use in campus Course Shells. There are two classes of texts found in the Bookshelves: " Textbooks" and " Textmaps". Textbooks are the central spot for integrated content into our library and are identified by "Book:" in their titles. Textmaps are specialized remixes that are constructed to follow the organization of existing commercial textbooks. Textmaps facilitate adoption by faculty that are unable to switch from a commercial textbook to an OER alternative; these texts are identified by "Map:" in their titles. For details on how to have a text added to the bookshelves or how to remix content into your customized remix contact us at info@libretexts.org.

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The Bookshelves area in this LibreTexts Library holds texts that are curated by the LibreTexts Development team and can be used either directly or as content for building customized remixes (i.e., texts that are generated from existing content often with customized editing and/or content interspersed) for use in campus Course Shells.

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Open textbooks across a variety of disciplines.

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Everything my students need

My students have expressed deep gratitude for having access to a free eBook for my course. The ability to put the relevant chapter into my learning management system (Canvas) has been wonderful! The student has everything they need all in one place!

Dr. Jessica Coppola, Professor of Nutrition and Gerontology at Sacramento City College

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Sophisticated and customizable LibreTexts has enabled us to tightly align readings with course content in a way that is transparent to students. The integration of advanced technologies like NotaBene have also allowed us to create additional value (for free) for both instructors and students. Dr. Marc T.

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Instructor and student resources related to chemical engineering--simulations, self-study modules, etc.

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Screencasts
More than 1,650 screencasts, which are short screen captures of a tablet PC with narration. They include example problem solutions, explanations of concepts, software tutorials, introduction to topics, diagram descriptions, and reviews.

Interactive Simulations More than 200 chemical engineering simulations that allow the user to determine how system behavior changes when variables are changed.

Student Resources
Resources on how to study/learn, screencasts for FE exam preparation, screencasts that demonstrate POLYMATH software use and the corresponding POLYMATH files.

Interactive Self-Study Modules
More than 50 modules; most include: introduction, ConcepTests, introductory screencasts, important equations, interactive simulations, quiz-yourself simulations, example problem screencasts, and key points.

Step-by-Step Interactive Simulations
More than 20 simulations that use a step-by-step procedure in which the user inputs an answer, and then checks the "solution box" to see the correct answer. These simulations are useful for thermodynamics, separations, and/or material and energy balances courses.

Instructor Resources
More than 1900 ConcepTests, which are conceptual questions that can be used with peer instruction. Three OneNote-based course packages that contain class notes, ConcepTests, reading assignments, screencast recommendations, homework problems, and exam questions.

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LearnChemE - Educational Resources for Engineering Courses

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Screencasts More than 1,650 screencasts, which are short screen captures of a tablet PC with narration. They include example problem solutions, explanations of concepts, software tutorials, introduction to topics, diagram descriptions, and reviews. Interactive Simulations More than 200 chemical engineering simulations that allow the user to determine how system behavior changes when variables are changed.

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A good resource to review as you think about vetting the OER materials you may choose to adopt.

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Center for Teaching and Learning | Wiley Education Services

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The terms open education, textbook free, and zero textbook have appeared more and more often in journal articles and at higher education conferences. This movement away from traditional course content is part of a larger shift in higher education to reduce (or eliminate) financial barriers to education. The main objective of this change is to encourage institutions to curate quality content that doesn't add to students' financial burden. Not only are open educational resources (OERs) a key part of bringing these cost-saving measures to students, but they also provide instructors with a wide variety of options to meet students' diverse learning styles and needs.

This article takes a close look at the definition of OERs and also provides a three-step guide to help you identify, search for, and legally and ethically use quality OERs in your online course.

What are OERs?

As often as you hear the term OER, there's sometimes confusion about what is and isn't an OER. The Internet provides a plethora of freely accessible content, but just because a piece of content is free to view doesn't mean it's an OER. Rather, open educational resources are any materials (e.g., text, video, interactive media) that are freely available and have an open license.

An open license means that the creators of the resource have given up some of the privileges granted to them under copyright law. For example, some OER licenses may allow you to copy, make changes, and upload whole textbooks to your online course, while others may ask that you only share the work unchanged. Step 3 of this article will go into more detail about the types of open licenses.

Most content on the Internet has full copyright protection and therefore may not be copied or uploaded to your learning management system without complying with copyright limitations. Similarly, even if a textbook is out of print, it's still protected by copyright law. Steps 2 and 3 go into more detail on how to distinguish between OERs and other freely accessible content, and how to find OERs specifically.

Step 1: Align

Before you search for OERs, you need to ensure that the content you're seeking aligns with your course and program outcomes. Rather than just trying to find the flashiest content, you should focus on locating content that will help your students master the learning objectives your course has set out.

The general idea is to abide by the principle of backward design: ensure that your instructional materials (in this case, OERs) prepare students for the assessment you intend to deliver, which, in turn, should properly assess students' progress toward a learning objective. For more on how to create a coherent course in which all elements align with your goals, check out our article on the course design triangle and our video on course mapping.

Step 2: Search

Once you know what content you need to prepare students for your assessment(s) (in turn addressing your learning objectives), it's time to search for appropriate OERs. But with so much free content online to sift through, how do you know how to find content with an open license that you are permitted to use in your class? We recommend the following strategies.

Repositories

Start your OER search with an online repository. Because repositories collect and compile a variety of resources on specific topics, they tend to be a one-stop shop. When using repositories, be sure to use the advanced search features to specify that you want open resources, or to help you find specific resources.

The MERLOT II repository, for example, offers an ISBN search tool, which allows you to locate OERs that could replace a specific textbook. When you enter a book's ISBN, the tool will automatically populate several suitable OERs that you can select to support the learning objectives that your textbook would have otherwise covered. MERLOT can locate open courses, journal articles, texts, and other learning materials that are comparable to a textbook.

Below are a few of the most popular OER repositories.

Search Engines

If repositories don't provide the materials you need, you can also try using a general search engine with advanced filters. For example, a Google Advanced Search offers options for searching materials with certain usage rights. With these filters, you can tailor your results, for example, to show only materials that are free to use, share, or modify. However, search engines are not perfect, so make sure to verify the license before including a resource in your course (see Step 3).

Library Collections

Although the materials in your school's library may not technically be OERs (insofar as the library is paying someone for access to them), library collections are typically free for faculty members and students to access because the library has already purchased access to this digital content. Libraries give you access to databases, journals, and catalogues that you can use to build your course without additional costs to students. You may not be able to upload the material to your course directly, but you can always provide links that students can access, provided that they're familiar with how to gain access to library materials remotely.

Step 3: Evaluate

Even if you successfully find a resource that has an open license, that obviously doesn't guarantee high quality. Taking at least some time to evaluate each OER will help you ensure your course content is accurate, trustworthy, and of high academic value.

Below are six criteria that you can use to quickly measure a potential resource and determine its suitability for your course.

Scope: Content is (a) peer reviewed or contains appropriate references to verifiable resources, (b) original or from a primary source (which you can locate and use instead), and (c) aligned to the course's learning objectives.

Authority: The publisher is known and respected among professionals, the author is an expert in the field, the host site is reputable, and the content is unbiased.

Reliability: The content (a) was published recently or contemporary to the discovery of the information, (b) is highly trafficked or referenced, and (c) is located on a stable URL (e.g., on the institution's own servers, on a library or government archive site, on the site of a repository or organization that has a long track record).

Licensing: Content is published under a flexible and easy-to-meet licensing requirement (e.g., a Creative Commons license).

Accuracy: Content is thoroughly documented, is updated frequently, and aligns with the course's other materials and objectives.

Professionalism: Content has quality graphics, no broken links, complementary color schemes, and an uncluttered layout. Content does not require any kind of registration to access.

If an OER meets most or all of these standards, you can be confident that it will be academically rigorous and support students' learning.

Evaluating Licenses

Unless they're in the public domain, OERs are protected under copyright law just like any other work of intellectual property. However, OERs have open licenses, which are licenses whose goal is to make copyrighted works more widely available without the expectation of payment.

Many OERs have licenses from Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that has created easy-to-understand open licenses that explain exactly how you're allowed to use others' works. If you comply with the simple terms of the license, then you are welcome to use the work. However, if you're unable to comply with the terms of a license for any reason, you have two options:

1. Don't use the work.

2. Use only a small portion of the work in compliance with fair use standards.

If you need help determining how to make a strong claim for fair use, check out our article " Fair Use in More Detail," or if you're unsure about how to handle copyright issues in general, check out our article " Copyright and Plagiarism: The Bare Minimum Instructors Need to Know."

Conclusion

OERs are changing the way we teach. Because course writers can easily customize OERs for a specific course or topic, institutions can curate innovative content from multiple authors and perspectives to help students master course and program goals. In addition, OERs often feature multimedia and other interactive elements for more engaging course content. By adopting OERs, institutions will be better positioned to create coursework that meets students' dynamic needs to provide a better, more unique learning experience.

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How to Find Quality Open Educational Resources (OERs) - Center for Teaching and Learning | Wiley Education Services

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Some interesting thoughts on the quality of OER in comparison to peer-reviewed textbooks.

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Free psychology textbooks, Powerpoints, and editable test banks.

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Textbooks from the Noba Collection.

Expertly compiled from Noba modules to fit the scope and sequence of common courses. Use them as-is or customize them to fit your needs. Instructor manual, PowerPoint presentations, and test bank available for many modules.
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The Noba catalog covers the traditional scope of introductory psychology and then some. With 104 modules (and counting) we're confident you'll find what you're looking for.
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Expertly compiled from Noba modules to fit the scope and sequence of common courses. Use them as-is or customize them to fit your needs. Instructor manual, PowerPoint presentations, and test bank available for many modules. Take a closer look Low-cost print versions now available Use Noba books as a starting point; add additional modules from our catalog or remove any that don't fit your course.

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Free cultural and educational media. Includes free courses, lectures, etc.

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"I guess everybody's got a dream and we're all hoping to see it come true," muses Giovanni Mimmo Mancusou, a philosophical native of Calabria, the lovely, sun-drenched region forming the toe of Italy's boot, above. "A dream coming true is better than just a dream."

Filmmakers Jan Vrhovnik and Ana Kerin were scouting for subjects to embody "the very essence of nostalgia" when they chanced upon Mancusou in a corner shop.

A lucky encounter! Not every non-actor - or for that matter, actor - is as comfortable on film as the laidback Mancusou.

(Vrhovnik has said that he invariably serves as his own camera operator when working with non-actors, because of the potential for intimacy and intuitive approach that such proximity affords.)

Mancusou, an advocate for simple pleasures, also appears to be quite fit, which makes us wonder why the film's description on NOWNESS doubles down on adjectives like "aging", "older" and most confusingly, "wisened."

Merriam-Webster defines "wizened" with a z as "dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality" ... and "wisened" not at all.

Perhaps NOWNESS meant wise?

We find ourselves craving a lot more context.

Mancusou has clearly cultivated an ability to savor the hell out of a ripe tomato, his picturesque surroundings, and his ciggies.

"Serenity, joy, ecstasy" is embroidered across the back of his ball cap.

His manner of expressing himself does lend itself to a "poetic thought piece", as the filmmakers note, but might that not be a symptom of struggling to communicate abstract thoughts in a foreign tongue?

We really would love to know more about this charming guy... his family situation, what he does to make ends meet, his actual age.

Home movies accompany his nostalgic reverie, but did he provide this footage to his new friends?

Did they hunt it down on ebay? It definitely fits the vibe, but is the man with the eyebrows Mancusou at an earlier age?

Our star pulls up to a small petrol station, declares, "All right, here we go," and the next frame shows him wearing a headlamp and magnifier as he peers into the workings of a pocket watch:
Time out of mechanical. It's magic.

Is this a hobby? A profession? Does he repair watches in a darkened gas station?

The filmmakers aren't saying and the blurred background offers no clues either. Curse you, depth of field!

We're not even given his home coordinates.

The film, part of the NOWNESS series Portrait of a Place, is titled Paradiso, and there is indeed a village so named adjacent to the town of Belvedere Marittimo, but according to census data we found on line, it has only 14 residents, 7 male.

If that's where Mancusou lives, he's either 45-49, 65-69, 70-74, or one of two fellows over age 74...and now we're really curious about his neighbors, too.

No shade to Signor Mancuso, but we're glad to know we're not the only viewers left unsatisfied by this portrait's lack of depth.

One commenter who chafed at the lack of specificity ("this video is a random portrait of basically anyone in the world that is happy with the little he has") suggested the omissions contribute to an Italian stereotype familiar from pasta sauce commercials:

People in Italy actually work and have ambitions you know? And often are very well-educated and hard-working. The perspective of Italy that you have comes from the American media and Italian post-war neorealism. Indeed, Oscar-winning Italian people complained about the fact that what the media wants is seeing Italians wearing tank tops doing nothing if not mafia or smelling the roses.

Watch more entries in the NOWNESS Portrait of a Place series here.
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Open Culture - The Best Free Cultural and Educational Media on the Web.

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"I guess everybody's got a dream and we're all hoping to see it come true," muses Giovanni Mimmo Mancusou, a philosophical native of Calabria, the lovely, sun-drenched region forming the toe of Italy's boot, above. "A dream coming true is better than just a dream."

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Photos that have less of a "stock photo feel" compared to many of the above resources.

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No attribution required for any images.

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OER allow faculty to engage in the 5 Rs--retain, reuse, recycle, remix, and redistribute. Further definitions available on this site.

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"Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge."
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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"Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge."

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Free interactive *simulations* for science and math!

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Access to a wide variety of MIT course materials, including assignment sheets, syllabi, etc.

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Find Courses by Department | MIT OpenCourseWare | Free Online Course Materials

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MIT OpenCourseWare makes the materials used in the teaching of almost all of MIT's subjects available on the Web, free of charge. With more than 2,400 courses available, OCW is delivering on the promise of open sharing of knowledge. Learn more "

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Free stock photos, no attribution required for most.

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FreePhotos.cc - Download Free Stock Photos, Royalty-Free Images

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Find free beautiful stock photos with Creative Commons (CC) licensing. Download royalty free images and use them on your website or print!

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Associated with Rice University--has peer-reviewed textbooks across disciplines. Nice integrations with tools like Perusall, Lumen, etc.

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Explanations of Creative Commons Licenses. It's important to understand how these work.

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Creative Commons is the nonprofit behind the open licenses and other legal tools that allow creators to share their work. Our legal tools are free to use.

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Curated by librarians and their institutions, this site includes open access textbooks, course materials, lesson plans, multimedia, and more.

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The Teaching Commons brings together high-quality open educational resources from leading colleges and universities. Curated by librarians and their institutions, the Teaching Commons includes open access textbooks, course materials, lesson plans, multimedia, and more.

Learn More about using the Teaching Commons to discover, adopt, or create teaching materials.

Types of Works

Explore the types of works available:

Explore Subject Areas

Browse materials in your area of interest:

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The Teaching Commons brings together high-quality open educational resources from leading colleges and universities. Curated by librarians and their institutions, the Teaching Commons includes open access textbooks, course materials, lesson plans, multimedia, and more. Learn More about using the Teaching Commons to discover, adopt, or create teaching materials.

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Everything from tutorials to open textbooks. Faculty will need to vet the material, but many items are also rated by users.

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Provides access to curated online learning and support materials & content creation tools. Some good quality textbooks available through this platform. Sources are rated and peer-reviewed.

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The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.

MERLOT is an international community of educators, learners, and researchers.

Add a Material

Submit an online learning material you've found or created to the MERLOT Collection.

Create your own materials, add materials to the MERLOT collection, and be a part of the community. All for free!

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The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers. MERLOT is an international community of educators, learners, and researchers. Submit an online learning material you've found or created to the MERLOT Collection.

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Free images. Royalty-free.

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Morguefile.com free photographs for commercial use.

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Free, high-res photos. You do not need to provide credit to author or ask for permission to use photos.

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Free stock photos and videos. Attribution is not required, and you can modify the materials.