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Quality Of Life In Rural Nebraska: Trends And Changes, John C. Allen, Rebecca J. Vogt, Sam Cordes Jul 2002

Quality Of Life In Rural Nebraska: Trends And Changes, John C. Allen, Rebecca J. Vogt, Sam Cordes

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

Nebraska’s economy has experienced slowing growth rates this past year. However, it did not experience a downturn. How have these changes affected rural Nebraskans? How do rural Nebraskans perceive their quality of life? Do their perceptions differ by community size, the region in which they live, or their occupation?

This report details 2,841 responses to the 2002 Nebraska Rural Poll, the seventh annual effort to understand rural Nebraskans’ perceptions. Respondents were asked a series of questions regarding their general well-being as well as their satisfaction with specific aspects of well-being. Trends for the well-being questions are examined by comparing data …

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Environmental Issues And Perceptions Of Rural Nebraskans, John C. Allen, Sam Cordes, Amy M. Smith, Matt Spilker, Amber Hamilton Jul 2002

Environmental Issues And Perceptions Of Rural Nebraskans, John C. Allen, Sam Cordes, Amy M. Smith, Matt Spilker, Amber Hamilton

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

This working paper presents findings from the first annual Nebraska Rural Poll. The study is based on 2,754 responses from households in the 87 nonmetropolitan counties in the state. The objectives of this paper are to provide information on how rural Nebraskans view the following issues and questions:

1. Does the state of Nebraska currently do enough to prevent groundwater depletion?

2. Does the state of Nebraska currently do enough to prevent groundwater pollution?

3. Should requirements for preventing environmental damaged be relaxed to reduce business compliance costs?

4. Should requirements for cleanup of environmental damage be relaxed to reduce …

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Nebraska State And Federal Tax Issues: Opinions Of Rural Nebraskans, John C. Allen, Sam Cordes, Amy M. Smith, Matt Spilker, Amber Hamilton Jul 2002

Nebraska State And Federal Tax Issues: Opinions Of Rural Nebraskans, John C. Allen, Sam Cordes, Amy M. Smith, Matt Spilker, Amber Hamilton

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

This working paper presents findings from the first annual Nebraska Rural Poll. The study is based on 2,754 responses from households in the 87 nonmetropolitan counties in the state. The objectives of this paper are to provide information on how rural Nebraskans view the following issues and questions:

• Do rural Nebraskans support or oppose the following alternatives to Nebraska's current system of taxation and spending?
- The elimination of property tax as a revenue source.
- The reduction of property taxes (by approximately $400 million annually) by limiting property tax levies for local units of government.
- The freezing …

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Nebraskan Work Patterns And Available Benefits, John C. Allen, Sam Cordes, Amy M. Smith, Matt Spilker, Amber Hamilton Jul 2002

Nebraskan Work Patterns And Available Benefits, John C. Allen, Sam Cordes, Amy M. Smith, Matt Spilker, Amber Hamilton

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

This working paper presents findings from the first annual Nebraska Rural Poll. The study is based on 2,754 responses from households in the 87 nonmetropolitan counties in the state. The objectives of this paper are to provide information on how rural Nebraskans provide household income, the employment patterns they have and, what benefit packages they have or don’t have. The question of whether benefit packages are employer provided or are provides by other sources was also addressed. The specific questions include:
What percent of rural Nebraskans have employment?
Is the employment.....
Full-time with no other employment?
Full-time with an additional …

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Nebraska State And Federal Tax Issues: Opinions Of Rural Nebraskans, John C. Allen, Sam Cordes, Amy M. Smith, Matt Spilker, Amber Hamilton Jul 2002

Nebraska State And Federal Tax Issues: Opinions Of Rural Nebraskans, John C. Allen, Sam Cordes, Amy M. Smith, Matt Spilker, Amber Hamilton

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

This working paper presents findings from the first annual Nebraska Rural Poll. The study is based on 2,754 responses from households in the 87 nonmetropolitan counties in the state. The objectives of this paper are to provide information on how rural Nebraskans view the following issues and questions:

• Do rural Nebraskans support or oppose the following alternatives to Nebraska=s current system of taxation and spending?

- The elimination of property tax as a revenue source.
- The reduction of property taxes (by approximately $400 million annually) by limiting property tax levies for local units of government.
- The freezing …

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Genealib Archive 2002-07, Genealib Jul 2002

Genealib Archive 2002-07, Genealib

GENEALIB Archive

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An Exploratory Study Of Collection Development Of Selected School Resource Centres In Sri Lanka, W. Sunil, A.N. Zainab Jul 2002

An Exploratory Study Of Collection Development Of Selected School Resource Centres In Sri Lanka, W. Sunil, A.N. Zainab

Research Publications (2000 to 2005)

Describes the responses from 48 resource managers as well as 183 students from selected schools in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. As case studies, the researchers also gather information about the collection composition from five selected schools to ascertain the currency and strength of collections in Sri Lankan school resource centres. The results indicate that the majority of school resource centres did not follow any collection development guidelines. The school resource collection is still book-centred and veryfew possess electronic resources. More than ninety percent of resources are obtained and selected by personnel at the Ministry of Education. The school personnel …

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An Information And Communication Technology (Ict) Enabled Knowledge-Based Malay Society, Awang Ngah Zainab, Abdullah Abrizah, N.N. Edzan Jul 2002

An Information And Communication Technology (Ict) Enabled Knowledge-Based Malay Society, Awang Ngah Zainab, Abdullah Abrizah, N.N. Edzan

Research Publications (2000 to 2005)

Identify five conditions of an information rich society: the existence of a conducive info-structural environment, a reliable and robust ICT infrastructure, a community that is leT literate, a community that have the necessary information skills, and the existence of supportive governance. The barriers comprise situations that are not in consonance with overall development objectives such as brain drain from developing countries to developed nations, the inability to recognize the potential of local knowledge databases, which if collated and provided widely through the leT would increase the value and global use, the failure to apply, use or add value to existing …

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Newscope - Summer 2002 Jul 2002

Newscope - Summer 2002

Newscope

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The Fate Of Separate But Equal In The Athletic Arena, Lee Schottenfeld Jul 2002

The Fate Of Separate But Equal In The Athletic Arena, Lee Schottenfeld

University of Miami Business Law Review

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Inter-Collegiate Athletics, Disability And The Rehabilitation Act: Where Does The Issue Lie?, Carlos A. Zumpano Jul 2002

Inter-Collegiate Athletics, Disability And The Rehabilitation Act: Where Does The Issue Lie?, Carlos A. Zumpano

University of Miami Business Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Efficient Compensation Payments For The Protection Of Species: Application Of An Ecological-Economic Model, Martin Drechsler, Karin Johst, Frank Wätzold Jul 2002

Efficient Compensation Payments For The Protection Of Species: Application Of An Ecological-Economic Model, Martin Drechsler, Karin Johst, Frank Wätzold

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

We present an ecological-economic modelling procedure to design compensation payments for species protection. In order to find an ecologically effective and economically efficient design, we choose an interdisciplinary approach that combines both ecological and economic knowledge. We develop our procedure on the example of White Stork protection in a spatio-temporally structured landscape generated by human land use. The ecological knowledge is synthesised in a simulation model, which includes the energy balance of individual storks, and their foraging behaviour to determine the effectiveness of land use practices measured by the number of surviving nestlings. Cost data of different land-use patterns are …

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Regional Integrated Management Information System, M. A. Cameron, B. F. W. Croke, K. L. Taylor, Glen Walker, B. Watson Jul 2002

Regional Integrated Management Information System, M. A. Cameron, B. F. W. Croke, K. L. Taylor, Glen Walker, B. Watson

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Landholders, departmental agencies and other stakeholders have long been involved in knowledge building of the physical elements affecting land use. Often, however, this has been without any accompanying information on social and economic impacts, or systems for exploring catchment trade-off decisions. RIMIS is the concept of a regional management system designed for landscape managers. It has a web-compatible interface allowing multiple users to access distributed data sources (including spatial databases) and run distributed bio-physical and socio-economic models to explore catchment management problems i.e. ask ‘what if?’ questions. Its models bring together science, sociology and economics, to explore interactions and show …

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The Role Playing Games In An Abm Participatory Modeling Process: Outcomes From Five Different Experiments Carried Out In The Last Five Years, Patrick D’Aquino, Olivier Barreteau, Michel Etienne, Stanislas Boissau, Sigrid Aubert Jul 2002

The Role Playing Games In An Abm Participatory Modeling Process: Outcomes From Five Different Experiments Carried Out In The Last Five Years, Patrick D’Aquino, Olivier Barreteau, Michel Etienne, Stanislas Boissau, Sigrid Aubert

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Since 1996, we have used Role Playing Games (RPG) with our Multi-Agent System (MAS) platform, CORMAS (Bousquet et al. 1998), in different experiments about local land use management, water management, negotiations between foresters and breeders, and preservation of wild genetic resources by local peasants. Each experiment tested a different sort of coupling between RPG and CORMAS, from a RPG simply explaining the MAS model to a RPG strongly evolving in the different steps of the modeling itself. Each experiment tested also different objectives for this linking, from the improvement of the modeler's knowledge about the issue to the support of …

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Agent Based Simulation In Integrated Assessment And Resources Management, Claudia Pahl-Wostl Jul 2002

Agent Based Simulation In Integrated Assessment And Resources Management, Claudia Pahl-Wostl

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Resource management problems have become more and more complex. The traditional approach to solving isolated environmental problems with technological fixes and end-of-pipe solutions has started to shift towards a more thoughtful and integrated attitude. Hence it becomes more and more important to develop appropriate means for representing the human dimension in integrated models and in the development of resource management regimes. This involves the development of integrated approaches to problem solving and thus to include as well stakeholder perspectives. Stakeholder should be included in the process of developing and adopting any resource management plan. In order to improve stakeholder-based policy …

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Which Are The Most Important Mormon Books?, Arnold K. Garr Jul 2002

Which Are The Most Important Mormon Books?, Arnold K. Garr

BYU Studies

The very abundance of books in our days—a stupefying and terrifying abundance—has made it more important to know how to choose," observed historian James Bryce. "The first piece of advice I will venture to give you is this," he added. "Read only the best books.... Let not an hour... be wasted on third-rate or second-rate stuff if first-rate stuff can be had." This wise counsel is in harmony with the scriptural injunction "seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom" (D&C 88:118). This marvelous passage of scripture is exhilarating but leaves one to wonder, which are the best …

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Invisip: Establishment Of A Context Repository To Support The Site Planning Process, S. Göbel, J. Haist, C. Kares, U. Jasnoch Jul 2002

Invisip: Establishment Of A Context Repository To Support The Site Planning Process, S. Göbel, J. Haist, C. Kares, U. Jasnoch

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The EU-funded project INVISIP1 aims to create a framework to support all involved parties in thesite planning process: Municipal authorities and departments, planning offices, data suppliers and citizens.This paper describes the INVISIP approach, global aims and objectives as well as the current state of theproject. Here, from the technical point of view first results achieved within the analysis phase of the projecthave shown different possibilities to enhance data mining and visualization tasks by informationvisualization techniques using metadata and familiar metaphors. On the other hand, from the applicationdrivenpoint of view the necessity to establish an integrated framework for the site planning …

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Implementing Soil And Water Conservation Production Systems At The Farm Level, Ted L. Napier, Silvana M. Napier Jul 2002

Implementing Soil And Water Conservation Production Systems At The Farm Level, Ted L. Napier, Silvana M. Napier

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Factors influencing adoption of soil and water conservation production systems at the farm level arediscussed in the context of their influence for motivating land owner-operators to adopt and to use conservationtechnologies and practices. Research focused on United States (US) farmers are examined to assess how social,economic, farm structure, and conservation program-participation factors affect adoption behaviors at the farmlevel. Research findings suggest that contemporary conservation programs that place emphasis on the provision ofinformation, education, technical assistance, and economic subsidies probably will not be successful in achievingsocietal conservation goals. Study findings basically demonstrated that factors commonly argued to influenceadoption of conservation production …

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Focus, Larry Burke (Editor) Jul 2002

Focus, Larry Burke (Editor)

FOCUS on Boise State

Boise state graduates ply their trades in virtually every sector of the Greater Boise work force. From the rank and file to the corporate higher-ups, alums play a vital role in keeping schools, businesses, health care, the arts and the community running smoothly. In this issue of FOCUS, we look at how their efforts help drive the local economy. Cover illustration by William Carman.

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Should I Have Learned To Cook? Interviews With Women Lawyers Juggling Multiple Roles, Jacquelyn H. Slotkin Jul 2002

Should I Have Learned To Cook? Interviews With Women Lawyers Juggling Multiple Roles, Jacquelyn H. Slotkin

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

This 1996 empirical study explores the quality of the professional and personal lives of a selected sample of women lawyers practicing in San Diego, California. The sixteen women interviewed are successful and productive attorneys. Their stories show these women lawyer's ability to find solutions to work-family issues. They are super women, managing rewarding careers, marriage, family, and community responsibilities. Women have found workplaces that accommodate conflicting demands, and thus allow for a balanced life. They have realized contentment in their professional and personal lives, but this research suggests a persistence of role conflict, a clash between their ideals and their …

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The Seduction Of Power: An Analogy Of Incest And Antebellum Slavery, Lisa Haberman Jul 2002

The Seduction Of Power: An Analogy Of Incest And Antebellum Slavery, Lisa Haberman

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

This commentary discusses incest as a civil action authorized by the Thirteenth Amendment's prohibition of slavery. Slavery is the act of overcoming another person's personal power by fraud. It is a trespass on the living trust of another that usurps their inalienable right to self, or liberty. The illicit power exchange aggrandizes one at the expense of the other. The Thirteenth Amendment declared that slavery shall not exist in the United States. The Supreme Court then authorized Congress to legislate against private "discrimination that perpetuates the badges and incidents of slavery." In response, Congress enacted Title 42 Section 1983 of …

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Orange & White - Summer 2002, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College Jul 2002

Orange & White - Summer 2002, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College

UTB/TSC Archives - Orange & White Magazine

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Sociology And The Search For Architectural Design Solutions: Discovering That The Problem Might Be Bigger Than We Thought, Ronald Smith Jul 2002

Sociology And The Search For Architectural Design Solutions: Discovering That The Problem Might Be Bigger Than We Thought, Ronald Smith

Sociology Faculty Research

In previous newsletters we have been somewhat general in arguing how sociology can offer distinct perspectives and possible solutions to architectural design problems. In this article we instead give a specific hypothetical problem that might well confront the architect. In doing so we might be able to see what sociology can offer the architect in terms of possible insights and solutions, and we might also find that in analyzing one problem we may well find connections to still larger problems.

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Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Jason Vaughan, Cate Weeks Jul 2002

Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Jason Vaughan, Cate Weeks

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

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Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Newsletter, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Jul 2002

Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Newsletter, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

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The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation Of An Ancient Tradition, Daniel S. Capper Jul 2002

The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation Of An Ancient Tradition, Daniel S. Capper

Faculty Publications

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Uah Alumni News Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 2002, University Of Alabama In Huntsville Jul 2002

Uah Alumni News Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 2002, University Of Alabama In Huntsville

UAH Alumni News

No abstract provided.

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2001-2002 Profile, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis. Jul 2002

2001-2002 Profile, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

2001-2002 issue of Profile Magazine.

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2001-2002 Common Data, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis. Jul 2002

2001-2002 Common Data, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

2001-2002 issue of the Common Data.

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Freedom's Associations, Jason Mazzone Jul 2002

Freedom's Associations, Jason Mazzone

Washington Law Review

This Article offers a new approach to the protection of associations under the Constitution. Although the modem Supreme Court's doctrine of freedom of association is based on expression, in the early Republic associations were understood not in terms of free speech, but in terms of freedom of assembly and popular sovereignty. On this account, associations are constitutionally significant because they allow for self-government. Popular sovereignty also offers a more useful basis for understanding freedom of association today. This Article therefore provides tools for assessing the proper scope of constitutional protections for associations once they are understood in terms of popular …

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