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An Ecological Vocabulary Essential To Environmental Education, James L. Isleib

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This study verified a basic ecological vocabulary essential to environmental education and measured the effect of Texas Environmental Education Advisory Committee {TEEAC) endorsed teacher in service programs on participants' ecological vocabulary. The study results may be used in the development and assessment of environmental interpretation programs.

Interpretation And Emotion: Making Heritage Live, Paul Risk

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Evaluation Of Pilot Interpretive Program For National Forest Recreation Areas In East Texas, Michael Legg, Ronda Sutphen

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Visitor surveys were conducted at Ratcliff and Double lake Recreation Areas to evaluate visitor characteristics and effectiveness of interpretive services as a management tool. Two hundred eighty-two campers completed the survey. Dat8 from both recreation areas were analyzed and compared in order to determine significant differences between visitors in recreation area and also between visitors who attended or did not attend interpretive programs.

Wilderness Planning: A Case Study In Dispute Resolution, Michael Legg, Marlene Rebori Tull

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Local landowners and environmental groups have historically disputed with the USDA National Forest Service in Texas over wilderness management issues such as wild and prescribed fire and management of the southern pine beetle (Dendroctonusfrontalis). To help diffuse polarization and open lines of communication between agency personnel and the general public, the theory of transactive planning was applied with the LAC process on two wilderness areas. Data collection consisted of: 1) participant observation; 2) issue-evaluation surveys; 3) process-evaluation surveys; and 4) exit interviews. Results indicate the planning process aids in dispute resolution by reducing antagonistic relationships and fostering public consensus in …

Caid And Design Education, Del Coates

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Getting In: The Why And The How Of It, Peter K. Rofes

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Analytic Deconstructionism? The Intellectual Voyeurism Of Anthony D'Amato, Alan R. Madry

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Law School And The Constitution, Peter K. Rofes

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The Policy And Politics Of Community-Based Long-Term Care, Alison Barnes

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Dolan V. City Of Tigard, Takings Law, And The Supreme Court: Throwing The Baby Out With The Floodwater, Julian R. Kossow

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“Let Me Count The Ways”!: Is There A Constitutional Basis For Telling The Secretary Of Commerce To Make An Upward Statistical Revision In The Census?, Jay E. Grenig

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Removal, Remand, And Review: The Three Rs Of Appellate “Nonreview”, Jay E. Grenig

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Challenging A Just-Completed Prison Sentence While Serving Another: Is The Prisoner In Custody For Purposes Of Seeking Federal Habeas Corpus Relief?, Jay E. Grenig

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“I Love A Parade”: Can A Group's Participation In A Privately Organized Parade Be Compelled?, Jay E. Grenig

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When Due Process Is Due: The Courts And Labor Arbitration, Jay E. Grenig

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Ethics And The Law School: The Confusion Persists, Peter K. Rofes

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Comments On A Revised Filing System, R. Wilson Freyermuth

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Professor Edward Adams's article, both in terms of its basic structure and the myriad of options it offers, neatly highlights the basic dilemma facing the Drafting Committee as it addresses the future Article 9 filing system. As he correctly notes, the filing system's shortcomings are largely due to its continued dependence on paper records, despite the increasing sophistication and availability of computerized information technology for both filing and searching. Should the Drafting Committee maintain the basics of the current system (a public, paper-based filing system) and merely attempt to identify and correct the existing shortcomings in that system, with some …

Building A Sustainable World Through Tourism, Deirdre Gibbons, Brian Hill, Steve Illum, Turgut Var

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The theme of trees and Peace Parks was common to this second global conference on Building a Sustainable World Through Tourism held in Montreal, Canada, in September 1994. The opening ceremony included a tree planting ceremony on top of Montreal's Mont Royal.

The objectives of the conference were to seek participation from over 80 countries; present 200 international success stories related to how tourism contributed to sustainable development; share ideas leading to a specific proposal for action, especially in regards to a millennium project; form International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) as a membership organization; and reunite and celebrate …

An Ethical Fairy Tale, Gerald F. Uelmen

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Is Its It? Some Conclusions About The Panopticon, George J. Alexander

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University Price Competition For Elite Students And Athletes: Illusions And Realities, Matthew J. Mitten

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Book Review Of Natural Resources Policy And Law: Trends And Directions, Ronald H. Rosenberg

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A Consistent Boltzmann Algorithm, Alejandro Garcia, F. Alexander, B. Alder

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The direct simulation Monte Carlo method for the Boltzmann equation is modified by an additional displacement in the advection process and an enhanced collision rate in order to obtain the exact hard sphere equation of state at all densities. This leads to consistent thermodynamic and transport properties in the low density (Boltzmann) regime. At higher densities transport properties are comparable to the predictions of the Enskog model. The algorithm is faster than molecular dynamics at low and moderate densities and readily run on a parallel architecture

Abortion Counseling As Vice Activity: The Free Speech Implications Of Rust V. Sullivan And Planned Parenthood V. Casey, Christina E. Wells

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Part I of this article discusses the Court's opinions in Rust and Casey. It first demonstrates that the driving force in both decisions was the Court's characterization of abortion counseling as an activity rather than as speech. Part I further discusses the speech/conduct distinction in First Amendment jurisprudence and demonstrates that abortion counseling falls on the speech side of that distinction. Parts II and III suggest that the real cause of the conflation of speech and conduct in Rust and Casey was the confluence of (1) the reemergence of reasoning found in a curious commercial speech decision -- Posadas de …

American Indian Tribes And 401(K) Plans, Erik M. Jensen

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Empirical Legal Scholarship: Reestablishing A Dialogue Between The Academy And Profession, Craig Allen Nard

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Should legal academics begin to engage in a greater degree of empirical scholarship, I believe that the gap between law schools and the profession will not only cease to distend, but actually will begin to contract. If what I assert is true, or even partially true, the question remains: Why is there such a paucity of empirical legal scholarship?

Part I of this article discusses the importance and value of the empirical method and empirical scholarship by briefly exploring the philosophy of Pragmatism and its influence on the law. Thereafter, part II explores why legal academics do not engage in …

Conditional Probative Value And The Reconstruction Of The Federal Rules Of Evidence, Dale A. Nance

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In a recent article, Richard Friedman articulates a modified and generalized version of the doctrine of conditional relevance, which he calls "conditional probative value."1 This version comes in response to a substantial body of academic criticism of the traditional doctrine.2 As one of the critics to whom Professor Friedman responds, I offer this reply with two purposes in mind: (1) to clarify the relationship between Friedman's analysis and my earlier reinterpretation of the conditional relevance doctrine; and (2) to ad- dress Friedman's specific proposals with regard to the Federal Rules of Evidence. I conclude that Friedman's articulation helps clarify the …

Introduction: The Context For Innovation In Japan, Comparative Competitive Aspects, Peter M. Gerhart

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Introduction to Thomas J. Klitgarrd's "Context for the Innovation in Japan: Comparative Competitive Aspects and Some Practical Comments."

Privatization Of Municipal Services: A Contagion In The Body Politic, Shirley Mays

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Proposte D'Insegnamento Per Corsi Di Civiltà Italiana A Livello Universitario Negli Stati Uniti, Ilona Klein

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In an effort to initiate a dialogue on the teaching of Italian culture, the author describes her classroom experiences. She indicates which topics are successfully used in her syllabi, and defines the role of the teacher as a "cultural translator" in courses of culture and civilization.