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South Valley Incorp Feasibility Study_September 2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Sep 2008

South Valley Incorp Feasibility Study_September 2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

Historic Publications

SOUTH VALLEY INCORPORATION FEASIBILITY STUDY.


Ownership Characteristics Of Heir Property In A Black Belt County: A Quantitative Approach, Janice F. Dyer, Conner Bailey, Nhuong Van Tran Aug 2008

Ownership Characteristics Of Heir Property In A Black Belt County: A Quantitative Approach, Janice F. Dyer, Conner Bailey, Nhuong Van Tran

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

The existing literature identifies heir property, land held communally by heirs of someone who has died without a will, as a primary cause of land loss among African Americans and a major factor contributing to persistent poverty in the South’s demographically-defined Black Belt. Despite the importance of this form of property, little systematic research has been done to quantify the extent of heir property or the potential wealth tied up in clouded titles. This study documents the presence of more than 1,500 heir property parcels in one Alabama Black Belt county (Macon) and describes the methodological challenges involved in such …


Metropolitan Report – August 2008, Division Of Business And Economic Research, College Of Business Administration, University Of New Orleans Aug 2008

Metropolitan Report – August 2008, Division Of Business And Economic Research, College Of Business Administration, University Of New Orleans

UNO Metropolitan Report (1986-2017)

No abstract provided.


Patient Care News: July 2008, St. Cloud Hospital Jul 2008

Patient Care News: July 2008, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Naltrexone

Caring for Children Who are Dying

New Fusion Dictation System

Scheduling Reminders for Students Cardiac Surgery Program Receives Top Rating New Attorney Joins Health System

Physicians Honored at Celebration of Commitment

Upcoming Ed Programs Clinical Ladder


Lancaster County Public Defender Workload Assessment July 2008, Elizabeth Neeley Jul 2008

Lancaster County Public Defender Workload Assessment July 2008, Elizabeth Neeley

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

Executive Summary

Workload
The Lancaster County Public Defender's Office was short approximately 3.48 attorneys in 2007.

• The greatest deficit is in the felony division (1.93 PTE), followed by the misdemeanor division (.90). The juvenile division is short approximately one half an attorney (.53 PTE), and the civil division is short .12 PTE.

This deficit can be addressed by:
• Adequately staffing the office;
OR
• Giving the office less work by:
• Establishing Caseload Standards. Cases surpassing the recommended caseload standards should be appointed to privately assigned counsel.

• Reassessing crimes which receive jail time (rethinking the crimes for …


Parenting From Prison: Family Relationships Of Incarcerated Women In Massachusetts, Erika Kates, Sylvia Mignon, Paige Ransford Jun 2008

Parenting From Prison: Family Relationships Of Incarcerated Women In Massachusetts, Erika Kates, Sylvia Mignon, Paige Ransford

Publications from the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy

Historically in the United States, there has been little concern about the needs of incarcerated women and their family members, especially children. This began to change with the tremendous increase in the number of incarcerated women. The rate of women’s incarceration increased dramatically during the 1980s and today the number of female inmates continues to rise faster than the number of male inmates. In 1986, 19,812 women were incarcerated in the United States and this number rose in 1991 to 38,796. Today, over 112,000 women are incarcerated in state or federal facilities (Sabol et al., 2007; Snell 1994). While in …


Prescribed Reading: June 2008, Centracare Clinic Jun 2008

Prescribed Reading: June 2008, Centracare Clinic

Prescribed Reading

  • New clinic and site planned for St. Joseph
  • Kudos to…
  • Congratulations to . . .
  • Condolences to:
  • Welcome to these new employees
  • Recognition for Years of Service
  • Dorsher receives 2008 Caduceus Award
  • Cardiac surgery program receives top rating
  • Attorney joins health system
  • Pre-diabetes classes offered
  • Employee Campaign raises $362,268!
  • Calling all bike riders!
  • Stroke & Blood Vessel Screenings
  • Sharing the gift of life


Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Filed In Immigration Raid May 2008

Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Filed In Immigration Raid

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on a class-action lawsuit brought against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on behalf of a number of detained immigrant workers in the district court in Cedar Rapids.


Statutory Restrictions On Initiating Judicial Review Proceedings In The Asylum Context, Éamonn Foley May 2008

Statutory Restrictions On Initiating Judicial Review Proceedings In The Asylum Context, Éamonn Foley

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Human Services Data Standards: Current Progress And Future Vision In Crisis Response, Nancy C. Shank, Brian Sokol, Michelle L. Hayes, Christina Vetrano May 2008

Human Services Data Standards: Current Progress And Future Vision In Crisis Response, Nancy C. Shank, Brian Sokol, Michelle L. Hayes, Christina Vetrano

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

Interorganizational coordination is crucial among human services providers responsible for responding to both personal and widespread crises. Too often, however, agencies providing disaster relief, shelter, and connection to other social service systems operate in information silos. Moreover, organizations that assist the same people may be duplicating services or ineffectively providing services to those in need. In the past, there has been no easy way for human service organizations to share information about clients, resources, and services. Over the last decade, distinct initiatives have begun to standardize data collection, storage, and transmission standards within human service domains. This paper describes several …


Panelist Biographies, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center May 2008

Panelist Biographies, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center

Conferences, Panels, and Events

The biographies of panelists of the 2008 conference for grantees of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Workplace, Work Force, and Working Families Program hosted by Workplace Flexibility 2010.


Cd. Juárez Manufacturing And El Paso Industry Linkages, Carlos Olmedo, Roberto Tinajero, Mario E. Caire May 2008

Cd. Juárez Manufacturing And El Paso Industry Linkages, Carlos Olmedo, Roberto Tinajero, Mario E. Caire

IPED Technical Reports

The City of El Paso Economic Development Department views the development of strategies to enhance industry recruitment and retention as a key initiative to promote the regional economy. In an effort to identify opportunities for El Paso industries to become suppliers to the high demand for inputs by the Cd. Juárez manufacturing base, the Institute for Policy and Economic Development (IPED) at the University of Texas at El Paso has undertaken an input-output (I-O) study to examine customer-supplier linkages between Cd. Juárez manufacturing and El Paso industry. Analysis built on strongly associated linkages among industries (via I-O sales and purchasing …


Comprehensive Study Of Regionalism: Tools For Comparison And Evaluation, George A. Erickcek, Jason M. Preuss, Brad R. Watts, Kevin O'Brien, Claudette Robey, Daila Shimek, Jim Robey, Jacob Duritsky May 2008

Comprehensive Study Of Regionalism: Tools For Comparison And Evaluation, George A. Erickcek, Jason M. Preuss, Brad R. Watts, Kevin O'Brien, Claudette Robey, Daila Shimek, Jim Robey, Jacob Duritsky

Reports

No abstract provided.


The Guardian, April 30, 2008, Wright State University Student Body Apr 2008

The Guardian, April 30, 2008, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Sixteen page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.


Program: Equal Pay Day, April 22, 2008. Apr 2008

Program: Equal Pay Day, April 22, 2008.

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Equal Pay Day event hosted by Women's Center of Jacksonville, Women's Digest, and the Mayor's Commission on the status of women in Jacksonville.


Friends Newsletter, April, 2008, Georgetown University Law Center Apr 2008

Friends Newsletter, April, 2008, Georgetown University Law Center

Edward Bennett Williams Law Library Friends Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Analyzing Service Barriers For Trafficked Persons In The Context Of The U.S. Refugee Program: Strategies To Improve Service Delivery And Program Management, Hoa Duong, Tanya Ghani, Myra Valenzuela Apr 2008

Analyzing Service Barriers For Trafficked Persons In The Context Of The U.S. Refugee Program: Strategies To Improve Service Delivery And Program Management, Hoa Duong, Tanya Ghani, Myra Valenzuela

Human Trafficking: Data and Documents

Research Question: The goal of this research study is to examine the specific barriers and needs of refugees and trafficked persons in the context of federal benefits and programs. The study asks the following questions:
• Are there differences in the needs of refugees and trafficked persons?
• What services exist for both groups and are there gaps in service delivery?
• How can program management within ATIP help improve service delivery?

Findings: The research study’s main findings indicate that although refugees and trafficked persons are similar in many ways, the latter have unique ongoing needs that require a more …


Human Rights & Multilateral Development Banks: Evaluating Recipient Records & Lending Practices, Geneva J. Román Apr 2008

Human Rights & Multilateral Development Banks: Evaluating Recipient Records & Lending Practices, Geneva J. Román

McNair Scholars Research Journal

This study examines the role of recipient human rights records in the loan allocation of multilateral development banks. Correlating the loan amounts awarded to recipients with their human rights environments determines whether or not human rights are a substantial consideration in multilateral lending practices. By analyzing the African Development Bank, African Development Fund, Inter-American Bank and the International Monetary Fund this study also sheds light on whether international financial institutions are upholding their legally bound human rights obligations. This study uses Ordinary Least Squares and General Least Squares regression models and finds that human rights have little effect on the …


Fortaleza’S Feminisms: Searching For Feminist Theory In The Centro De Referência Da Mulher And The Delegacia De Defesa Da Mulher, Paige Sweet Apr 2008

Fortaleza’S Feminisms: Searching For Feminist Theory In The Centro De Referência Da Mulher And The Delegacia De Defesa Da Mulher, Paige Sweet

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This study attempts to focus on the issue of how violence against women is combated in Brazil through interviewing the women who work at the Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher and the Centro de Referência da Mulher. I attempt to compare and contrast the policies and procedures of these two institutions, as well as the opinions of the women who work there, to understand how they reflect and/or resist feminist theory values. As the basis of this analysis, I am using feminist domestic violence theory, which states that the cause of domestic violence is rooted in sexism and patriarchal power …


The Guardian, March 12, 2008, Wright State University Student Body Mar 2008

The Guardian, March 12, 2008, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twenty page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.


Projecting The Economic Impact Of The Fayetteville Shale Play For 2008-2012, Katherine A. Deck Mar 2008

Projecting The Economic Impact Of The Fayetteville Shale Play For 2008-2012, Katherine A. Deck

Publications and Presentations

In 2006, the Center for Business and Economic Research released an economic impact study of the newly developing natural gas industry related to the Fayetteville Shale. The Fayetteville Shale is an unconventional gas reservoir located on the Arkansas side of the Arkoma Basin, ranging in thickness from 50 to 325 feet and ranging in depth from 1,500 to 6,500 feet. That study concluded that from 2005 to 2008, economic output of over $5.5 billion and 9,683 jobs would be generated as a result of investments in the Fayetteville Shale. Those estimates were based on the best information available when the …


The Guardian, February 27, 2008, Wright State University Student Body Feb 2008

The Guardian, February 27, 2008, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twenty page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.


Lanthorn, Vol. 42, No. 46, February 25, 2008, Grand Valley State University Feb 2008

Lanthorn, Vol. 42, No. 46, February 25, 2008, Grand Valley State University

Volume 42, July 12, 2007 - June 12, 2008

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.


Lanthorn, Vol. 42, No. 43, February 14, 2008, Grand Valley State University Feb 2008

Lanthorn, Vol. 42, No. 43, February 14, 2008, Grand Valley State University

Volume 42, July 12, 2007 - June 12, 2008

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.


Lanthorn, Vol. 42, No. 42, February 11, 2008, Grand Valley State University Feb 2008

Lanthorn, Vol. 42, No. 42, February 11, 2008, Grand Valley State University

Volume 42, July 12, 2007 - June 12, 2008

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.


Spartan Daily, January 24, 2008, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Jan 2008

Spartan Daily, January 24, 2008, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 130, Issue 2


City Club Report On Reforming The Initiative, Referendum And Referral Systems In Oregon, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.) Jan 2008

City Club Report On Reforming The Initiative, Referendum And Referral Systems In Oregon, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.


Annual Economic Outlook Conference 2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research Jan 2008

Annual Economic Outlook Conference 2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

BBER Publications

The economic outlook conference report gives a well-rounded summary and future projections for the New Mexico economy. This paper is separated by national and state data, county and community data, and county profiles of employment, industry and population.


Greater El Paso Chamber Of Commerce Community Mental Health Survey, Lisa Tomaka, Mario Caire, Dennis L. Soden Jan 2008

Greater El Paso Chamber Of Commerce Community Mental Health Survey, Lisa Tomaka, Mario Caire, Dennis L. Soden

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Volume 14, Number 1: February/March 2008, Suzanne Zack Jan 2008

Volume 14, Number 1: February/March 2008, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 - The vice provost for University Libraries examines what the Libraries are doing to support the University’s new academic plan.

Page 2 - Poems and papers belonging to Louise Gaffney Flannigan, sister and wife to brakemen for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, who served as poetess of the Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen Lodge No. 201.

Page 3 - Werner Pfeiffer, an artist whose book sculpture “Endangered Species” will be permanently installed in Bookworms Café is profiled.

Page 5 - The director of the Women’s Center traces the beginnings of the Center 35 years ago and …