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Interstate Water Agreements And The Savannah River, 1987 December 15, Holley Hewitt Ulbrich

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Issues In Water Financing In South Carolina, 1987 December 15, Holley Hewitt Ulbrich

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Financing Water Resource Infrastructure, 1987 September 1, James B. London, Ronald M. North, Mark W. Mugler, Norman Starler, Kathleen M. Chavez, Charles S. Armstrong, Nancy Pascale, Jackie Sellers

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The contents of this paper were drafted from a workgroup report to an Engineering Foundation Conference entitled "Financing and Amortizing Water Resources Infrastructure" held at Palm Coast, Florida, March 29-April 3, 1987. A slightly different version of this paper appeared in the conference proceedings.

Preliminary Estimates Of Water Use For Irrigation In South Carolina, 1985-2000, 1987 March 1, Larry L. Bauer, J. Edwin Faris, James C. Hite -1941, Janardan Bikram Khatri-Chhetri, Douglas M. Robinson

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Microcomputers In City Hall: Case Studies Of Their Uses And Effects, Donald F. Norris, Vincent J. Webb

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Microcomputers first appeared on the commercial marketplace in 1976. Since then, an estimated 40 million microcomputers have been sold and more are being sold each day. A survey conducted in 1982 found that 13 percent of American cities owned microcomputers and that 35 percent planned to buy one or more microcomputers within two years (Norris and Webb, 1984). A follow-up survey conducted three years later found that between 75 percent and 90 percent of city governments owned microcomputers (Scoggins, 1986).

Job Match: Together For Good Business - Introductory Guide, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This training kit was developed to demonstrate to business and industry personnel how individuals with special needs (individuals with disabilities and older persons) can be assimilated successfully into the labor force.

Job Match: Together For Good Business - Business Practices And Resources, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This training kit, job Match: Together for Good Business~ is designed to assist business, industry, and human service agency personnel prepare to employ workers with special needs. Readers should refer to the booklet, Introductory Guide: How to Use This Kit, which explains the contents and purpose of the kit. Four instructional workers who are videotape are also modules address finding, hiring, training, and supporting older or who have disabilities. Audio-cassette tapes and a provided. This volume is a directory of businesses and human service agencies that are actively employing and placing workers with special needs.

Job Match: Together For Good Business - Building Effective Partnership: A Win-Win Approach, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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The purposes of this training kit are outlined in Introductory Guide: How to Use This Kit. This module explains partnerships between businesses and human service agencies. It emphasizes the development of working relationships between the public and private sectors. Thus, the design specifies preparation for using the materials and expected outcomes.

Job Match: Together For Good Business - Accommodating Individuals With Special Needs In The Workplace, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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The purpose of this module is to explain the systematic process needed to successfully employ people with special needs (individuals with disabilities and older individuals). This process may seem most useful to job developers and job coaches whose primary role is vocational training and job development. However, much of the material, particularly the chapters on job analysis (3), job matching (4), and adaptations (5) will be equally useful to employers. This training kit provides information that allows businesses, industries, and employing agencies to work cooperatively to design training and employment programs that meet the needs of individuals with special needs, …

1987 Revisions To The 1962 Master Plan: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Facilities Planning And Capital Projects, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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1987 revisions to the 1962 Master Plan of the Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo campus. Includes 1 campus map and 1 legend. Master Plan Enrollment = 15,000.

The Ecology Of Barataria Basin, Louisiana: An Estuarine Profile, William Conner, John W. Day

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Omaha Public High Schools' Graduates Attending Uno, Floyd T. Waterman

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During the 1986-87 school year, the University of Nebraska at Omaha/Omaha Public Schools (UNO/OPS) Liaison Committee requested a study to determine how high school graduates from the Omaha Public Schools were progressing in their college careers at UNO. The author was asked to work with Paul Malcom of the Research Department of Omaha Public Schools to determine how the study might be conducted. Possible research questions were shared with the committee. The author met with Malcom to obtain lists of names of high school graduates.

Earlier, OPS conducted a survey of its high school graduates and developed a list of …

Water Use Efficiency: The Value Of Water In The West, David H. Getches

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A Financial Description And Evaluation Of Public Water Systems In South Carolina, 1986 August 25, C. Don. Wiggins, B. Perry Woodside, Norman Keith Womer

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Survey Of Uno Alumni, Karlo Dorsey, Jyothi Aranha, Vincent J. Webb

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The purpose of this study was to obtain information from University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) alumni regarding their perceptions of various characteristics of the university. Alumni were asked to indicate their reasons for attending UNO, to rate various dimensions of the university, and to rate the importance of their UNO educations to their careers and lives. The questionnaire also gathered information on alumni pride in UNO and about alumni participation in continuing education programs.

The Agrarian: Risk Assessment, Agriculture And The Liberal Arts, 1986 February 13

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Proceedings of special Clemson University symposium perspectives on risk: An interdisciplinary examination of risk assessment and risk management focusing on agricultural pesticides

1986 Revisions To The 1962 Master Plan: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Facilities Planning And Capital Projects, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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1986 revisions to the 1962 Master Plan of the Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo campus. Includes 2 campus maps. Master Plan Enrollment = 15,000.

The Development Of Speech Research Tools On Mit's Lisp Machine-Based Workstations, D. Scott Cyphers, Robert H. Kassel, David H. Kaufman, Hong C. Leung, Mark A. Randolph, Stephanie Seneff, John E. Unverferth Iii, Timothy Wilson, Victor W. Zue

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In recent years, a number of useful speech- and language-related research tools have been under development at MIT. These tools are aids for efficiently analyzing the acoustic characteristics of speech and the phonological properties of a language. They are playing a valuable role in our own research, as well as in research conducted elsewhere. This paper describes several of the systems being developed for use on our Lisp Machine workstations.

Earth Observing System, Volume Iia: Data And Information System, Report Of The Eos Data Panel, Raymond Arvidson, Frederick Billingsley, Robert Chase, Pat Chavez Jr., Michael Devirian, Frederick Mosher, Et Al.

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The purpose of this report is to provide NASA with a rationale and recommendations for planning, implementing, and operating an Earth Observing System data and information system that can evolve to meet the Earth Observing System's needs in the 1990s. The Earth Observing System (EOS), defined by the EOS Science and Mission Requirements Working Group, consists of a suite of instruments in low Earth orbit acquiring measurements of the Earth's atmosphere, surface, and interior; an information system to support scientific research; and a vigorous program of scientific research, stressing study of global-scale processes that shape and influence the Earth as …

Lexington Tri-County Hospital Survey, Curtis R. Winkle

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A guide for conducting the Lexington Tri-County Hospital Survey via telephone.

Microcomputer And Local Government, Donald F. Norris

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In 1976, two young Californians named Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started a revolution. It was a quiet revolution... no shots were fired... no demonstrations occurred... there were no casualties, but it was a revolution nevertheless... a revolution that will have long-lasting results. That year these two young men developed the Apple, the first commercially successful microcomputer.

Does A Monopolist Have A Duty To Deal With Its Rivals? Some Thoughts On The Aspen Skiing Case, Arthur H. Travers Jr.

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The Situation And Outlook For Water Resource Use In South Carolina, 1985-2000: A First Year Interim Report, 1985 November

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The Situation And Outlook For Water Resource Use In South Carolina, 1985-2000, First Year Executive Summary, 1985 November

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Beyond Severe Disabilities: A Functional Bibliography, Lois S. Rood, Karen Faison

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This bibliography is divided into five broad categories to help users obtain information about specific areas. But, it is not an inclusive listing of the literature available.

Beyond Severe Disabilities: The Challenge Of Private Enterprise, Lois S. Rood, Carole Davis

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Throughout the nation, most individuals with severe disabilities are unemployed and reside with their parents, or they are in institutions, segregated work activity centers, or sheltered workshops. Today, many youths leave public schools and find that vocational training or employment opportunities are not available.

Beyond Severe Disabilities: National Approaches And Networking Guide, Floyd T. Waterman, Carole Davis, Lois S. Rood

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As we studied these programs, it became clear to us that most of these programs have some intrinsic values and that it would not be practical or advisable for us to evaluate the programs, Instead of rating programs, we selected programs that met at least one of our ten critical factors for program selection, and many of them met several. Our decisions were also based on a desire to present a variety of programs, especially those that seemed to be appropriate for program planners in Nebraska.

We thought that it would be best to have program personnel describe their programs. …

Projections Of Occupation Supply And Demand For The Omaha Area For 1990, Murray Frost

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This study of the future labor supply and demand in the Omaha area was conducted for the Economic Development Council of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce by the Center for Applied Urban Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha, with Dr. Murray Frost as the principal investigator. The study included: (1) an analysis of projections for the supply and demand for labor in 1990 made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor; the Nebraska Department of Labor; and other sources; and (2) a survey of the 64 largest private and public employers in the Omaha area. The …

Impacts Of Interactive Processing Systems On The Forecasting Ability Of The National Severe Storms Forecast Center (Appendix E), Frederick R. Mosher

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The National Severe Storms Forecast Center (NSSFC) in Kansas City has the most modern interactive processing equipment of any operational forecast office in the United States. As such, the experiences of the NSSFC serve as the indication of some of the benefits which will be derived from interactive technology when it is applied in other forecast situations. The forecast products issued by the NSSFC have become more accurate and more timely. The forecaster's efficiency and productivity has noticeably improved. These improvements have been made without the introduction of any new data sources, any major advances in meteorology, or any major …

Functional And Performance Requirements Of The Next Noaa-Kansas City Computer System (Appendix G), Frederick R. Mosher

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The NOAA computer system in Kansas City, Missouri, was scheduled for a computer upgrade and this is part of the report listing the critical functional and performance requirements for that system in 1984. The system needed to communicate with all the other offices at that center in Kansas City.