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Riley V. Taylor

2001 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

State Reimbursements To Local Governments. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Initiatives

STATE REIMBURSEMENTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Requires state to reimburse local governments for costs, reduced revenues, funds, or amount paid by or charged to that local government for state requirements that: create new programs or higher service levels in existing programs; increase local government's share of jointly funded programs; reduce local government's share of local taxes, fees, vehicle license fees; reduce revenues from fines and forfeitures; or modify special fund allocations. Permits Legislature to suspend local government reimbursement for two fiscal years in 10 year period. Creates presumption local government entitled to reimbursement. Requires public financial accountability process. …

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 28, 2001, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Highmark Inc V. Umpc Health Plan

2001 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Aristotle On Knowledge, Nous And The Problems Of Necessary Truth, Thomas Kiefer

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

In this paper, I argue that nous for Aristotle concerns necessary truths. (1) Nous is the solution to the dilemma raised in Posterior Analytics I.3. (2) Knowledge and nous have necessary truths as their subject matter, and are identical to this subject matter. (3) This position creates two problems concerning (i) the innateness of knowledge and nous, and (ii) the mind-dependency of necessary truths. (4) The end of DA III.5 reveals an attempt to solve (i) and (ii): The necessary truths of knowledge and nous are for us innate in a certain way, appear to come to be and pass …

A Synopsis Of The Ferns And Fern Allies Of Nebraska, With Maps Of Their Distribution, Steven B. Rolfsmeier, Robert B. Kaul, David M. Sutherland

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

An annotated list and county-by-county distribution maps are presented for the 32 species of ferns and fern allies native to Nebraska, based upon field and herbarium studies and critical evaluation of the literature. Native to the state are Isoetes melanopoda, Selaginella rupestris, five species of Equisetum, and 25 species in 18 genera of ferns. Three native species are here verified for the first time, based upon recent collections: Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica, Ophioglossum engelmannii, and Pellaeaglabella ssp. glabella. Isoetes melanopoda was rediscovered in 2000, the first record since 1941. Rejected are published reports …

Water Policy And Theoretical Models: Political, Bureaucratic And Class Dynamics In A Growth Economy, Kelly Michelle De Vine

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Water Policy and Theoretical Models: Political, Bureaucratic and Class Dynamics in a Growth Economy explores the three major socio-political theories of the state and public policy: pluralism, elite/managerialism and class-dialecticism using a case study of a series of policy decisions and outcomes during the period from 1989 to 1995 related to the Las Vegas Valley Water District which serves Las Vegas, Nevada. This time period is important due to the unprecedented levels of population growth experienced in the Las Vegas Valley and due to the extreme scarcity of water resources. This case study explores the issues of popular politics, bureaucratic …

Martin Bucer And The Church Fathers In The Cologne Reformation, Amy Nelson Burnett

Department of History: Faculty Publications

Martin Bucer’s theology is perhaps the most difficult of all the major reformers to characterize because of its evolving nature. Although there are certainly fundamental features that remained constant through his career, what makes Bucer so unusual and so fascinating is the evolution of his thought as he worked out the implications of those fundamental beliefs and their specific applications over his years of experience as pastor, teacher and church organizer.

New Model Improves Predictions About The Effect Of Deforestation And Other Land Uses On Climate, Amy Seif

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Boreal Forest Co2 Exchange And Evapotranspiration Predicted By Nine Ecosystem Process Models: Intermodel Comparisons And Relationships To Field Measurements, Jeffrey S. Amthor, J M. Chen, Joy S. Clein, Steve Frolking, M L. Goulden, Robert F. Grant, John Kimball, A W. King, A D. Mcguire, Ned T. Nikolov, Christopher S. Potter, S Wang, Steven C. Wofsy

Earth Sciences

Nine ecosystem process models were used to predict CO₂ and water vapor exchanges by a 150-year-old black spruce forest in central Canada during 1994–1996 to evaluate and improve the models. Three models had hourly time steps, five had daily time steps, and one had monthly time steps. Model input included site ecosystem characteristics and meteorology. Model predictions were compared to eddy covariance (EC) measurements of whole-ecosystem CO₂exchange and evapotranspiration, to chamber measurements of nighttime moss-surface CO₂release, and to ground-based estimates of annual gross primary production, net primary production, net ecosystem production (NEP), plant respiration, and …

Comparison Of Boreal Ecosystem Model Sensitivity To Variability In Climate And Forest Site Parameters, Christopher S. Potter, Shusen Wang, Ned T. Nikolov, A D. Mcguire, Jane Liu, A W. King, John Kimball, Robert F. Grant, Steve Frolking, Joy S. Clein, Jing M. Chen, Jeffrey S. Amthor

Earth Sciences

Ecosystem models are useful tools for evaluating environmental controls on carbon and water cycles under past or future conditions. In this paper we compare annual carbon and water fluxes from nine boreal spruce forest ecosystem models in a series of sensitivity simulations. For each comparison, a single climate driver or forest site parameter was altered in a separate sensitivity run. Driver and parameter changes were prescribed principally to be large enough to identify and isolate any major differences in model responses, while also remaining within the range of variability that the boreal forest biome may be exposed to over a …

Open Source Software: A History, David Bretthauer

Published Works

In the 30 years from 1970-2000, open source software began as an assumption without a name or a clear alternative. It has evolved into a sophisticated movement which has produced some of the most stable and widely used software packages ever produced. This paper traces the evolution of three operating systems: GNU, BSD, and Linux, as well as the communities which have evolved with these systems and some of the commonly-used software packages developed using the open source model. It also discusses some of the major figures in open source software, and defines both “free software” and “open source software.”

Stewart V. Abraham

2001 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Water Quality, Supply And Safe Drinking Water Projects. Coastal Wetlands Purchase And Protection. Bonds. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

WATER QUALITY, SUPPLY AND SAFE DRINKING WATER PROJECTS. COASTAL WETLANDS PURCHASE AND PROTECTION. BONDS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Authorizes $3,440,000,000 general obligation bonds, to be repaid from state's General Fund, to fund a variety of water projects including: specified CALFED Bay-Delta Program projects including urban and agricultural water use efficiency projects; grants and loans to reduce Colorado River water use; purchasing, protecting and restoring coastal wetlands near urban areas; competitive grants for water management and water quality improvement projects; development of river parkways; improved security for state, local and regional water systems; and grants for desalination and drinking water disinfecting projects. Summary …

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 26, 2001, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Justified By Faith And Judged By Works: A Biblical Paradox And Its Significance, Mark Seifrid

Other Faculty Scholarship

Within the space of two short chapters in Romans, Paul declares, “It is not the hearers of the Law who are righteous before God, rather those who do the Law shall be justified” (Rom 2:13); and, “According to our evaluation, a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the Law” (Rom 3:28).

On Wings Of Hope, Volume 6, No. 2-3 Christmas 2001, Phadp, Darrell Grayson, Jeff Rieber, Carey Grayson, Joe N. James, James Martin, Leroy White, Nicholas Acklin, R.D. Adkins, Vivian Edwards, Carl Weisser, Mark Duke, T. Scott Cothren, Willie Burgess, Marcus Presley, Jeremiah Jackson, Torry Mcnabb, Vernon Yancey, Esther Brown

On Wings of Hope

Christmas 2001 edition. Includes A Christian Perspective, whose authors are listed elsewhere in this archive.

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 24, 2001, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Boron Carbide/N-Silicon Carbide Heterojunction Diodes, Shireen Adenwalla, P. Welsch, A. Harken, Jennifer I. Brand, A. Sezer, Brian W. Robertson

Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience: Faculty Publications

The fabrication, initial structural characterization, and diode measurements are reported for a boron carbide/silicon carbide heterojunction diode. Current–voltage curves are obtained for operation at temperatures from 24 to 351 °C. Plasma-enhanced chemical-vapor deposition (PECVD) -deposited undoped boron carbide material is highly crystalline and consists of a variety of polytypes of boron carbide (BC) with crystal sizes as large as 110 nm. Crystal phases are similar to those for PECVD BC on Si but only partially match known boron and boron-rich BC phases.

Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 6, No. 20 December 23, 2001, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2001

No abstract provided.

12/23/2001 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 12/23/2001. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

12/23/2001 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 12/23/2001. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

Deafdigest Blue: Vol. 6, No. 20 December 23, 2001, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2001

No abstract provided.

Nuclear Criticality Analyses Of Separations Processes For The Transmutation Fuel Cycle: Quaterly Report, William Culbreth, Pang Tao

Separations Campaign (TRP)

During the first quarter of the work, the tasks included training students in the use of Monte Carlo codes used in radiation transport studies and the assessment of neutron multiplication factors for specific problems outlined by ANL-East through Drs. Laidler and Vandegrift.

The proposal also included objectives for the first year of work on this project, as listed below. The work conducted in the first quarter of the project was in partial completion of these objectives.

• Train UNLV students in the use of SCALE and/or MCNP for the assessment of nuclear criticality.

• Assess neutron multiplication factor, k_{eff …}

December 22, 2001 (Pages 6905-7018), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 31 (2001)

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 22, 2001, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

2001 Winter Boise State University Commencement Program

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Highmark Inc V. Umpc Health Plan

2001 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Why The U.S. News And World Report Law School Rankings Are Both Useful And Important, Mitchell Berger

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Volume 39, Number 17: December 21, 2001, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.