Ron S. Doyle
The Hands & Voices Communicator – Spring 2009 – "Darth Vader Takes a Holiday"
(appeared on front page and continued on page 6) By Ron S. Doyle, Colorado Families for Hands & Voices Madeleine is only 22 months old, but I’m terrified of my daughter becoming a teenager. I’m not worried about her deafness—I’m worried about her shopping. As a toddler, her consumerism is already rampant; she grabs anything [...]
5280 Magazine – February 2009 – "Behind the Mustache"
(from 5280 Magazine, February 2009, page 24) Behind the Mustache Why Colorado men hang up their razors come wintertime. Like crops of winter wheat, shocks of male facial hair inevitably start sprouting along the Front Range when the snow starts to fall. Beards keep men warm during their adventures into winter’s drifts, but there’s more [...]
5280 Magazine – December 2008 – "Spruced Up"
(From 5280 Magazine, December 2008, page 56) Spruced Up Your new, living Christmas tree. It wouldn’t be December without the annual debate between fake and cut Christmas trees. Artificial trees are easy to set up, but are often made with a toxic stew of PVC, lead, and carcinogenic chemicals—some manufacturers even recommend keeping children away. [...]
5280 Magazine – November 2008 – "Riding the Rails"
(from 5280 Magazine, November 2008, page 31) Riding the Rails Can RTD keep up with its success? If America is addicted to cars, Denver appears to have been in rehab. Fed up with high gas prices and commuter congestion—and, perhaps, possessing a desire to cut their carbon emissions—metro area residents have been taking public transportation [...]
5280 Magazine – October 2008 – "Dealer's Wheels"
(from 5280 Magazine, October 2008, page 34) Dealers’ Wheels Our 10-step plan to survive the world’s largest consumer bike expo. When 10,000 cyclophiles are let loose at the annual Subaru Denver VeloSwap, gearheaded pandemonium ensues. The consumer trade show and flea market offers 400-plus vendors selling gear, pros wandering through the crowd, and cycling companies [...]
"Development of Portable Multimedia Content for Secondary At-Risk Learning: The Handheld Lecture" – May 2008
Abstract Boulder Preparatory High School serves a wide range of students; drastically different skill, motivational, attendance, and age factors join together in the same classrooms. Two major obstacles to learner success are transient attendance rates and difficulty processing information. Students frequently miss presentation of critical course information or lack comprehension at first exposure to new [...]
"Cable in the Crib: A Systematic Review of Screen Media and its Effect on Children" – November 2007
Introduction The octogenarian woman coos with pride as my infant’s eyes fix on the wide screen television in her living room. Immediately, however, her granddaughter enters the room and furiously clicks at the television remote. The screen goes black as the mother and daughter argue in their native Persian dialect. This argument continues across America. [...]
Caye Caulker, Belize
Everything here-from the starfish, the mangroves, even the island’s shape-makes me thing of limbs: fingers, toes, legs, arms, branches, roots, etc. And I seem to have lost my shoes. Cancún and Isla Mujeres linger only vaguely in my mind; all my attention now surrounds my feet. The thick padded soles of the locals here have [...]
"The Bus Driver and Skeleton Smile" – Walkabout – 2006
You always feel like you have a great deal of unused energy that you haven’t turned to your advantage. Waking up early to catch the #65 lets you read when you would otherwise be driving. You assure skeptical others that it’s the only time of day when you feel like royalty, being driven by someone [...]
"An Introduction to the Michigan Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)" – October 2005
Self-report inventories and other objective assessments are widely used by psychological professionals. These tests offer clinicians a cost-effective and efficient means for diagnosing individuals beyond more subjective methods such as projective tests or pure clinical judgment. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and its successor, the MMPI-2, remain one of the most popular self-report assessments available. [...]
