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How Much Regulation Can We Swallow - The Ban On Ephedra And How It May Affect Your Access To Dietary Supplements;Note, Reilley Michelle Dunne

Journal of Legislation

No abstract provided.

Advocate, May 2005, Vol. [16], No. [6], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Features / Community News

City College Reinstates CCNY Four, But Charges Still Pending. James Hoff (p. 1)

Frances Degen Horowitz to Step Down as GC President (p. 1)

April PSC Contract Update. Mariya Gluzman (p. 1)

Editorial: Farewell Letter from the Editor. James Trimarco (p. 2)

“Resistance Unarmed: Colombian Communities Building Alternatives to War” Photo Exhibit (March 17-April 17, 2005). Debora Upegui (p. 3)

AELLA Statement in Support of Student Strike at University of Puerto Rico (p. 3)

Analysis: The Cult of Institutions. Tony Monchinski (p. 4)

Brazilian Agrarian Reform Under Lula – MST to March. Hannah …

Radioactive Pathways, Norm Buske, The Radioactivist Campaign (Trac)

The RadioActivist Campaign

In November 2004, a non-profit scientific organization, The RadioActivist Campaign (TRAC), conducted a radiological survey around the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. TRAC collected 15 environmental samples from 8 candidate, radiological pathways from ORR into the surroundings. TRAC selected samples based on official reports, concerns expressed by citizens, and availability of material. This is a full report of those results.

Ronan Point Apartment Tower Collapse And Its Effect On Building Codes, Cynthia Pearson, Norbert Delatte

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

In the early morning hours of May 16, 1968, the occupant of apartment 90 on the 18th floor of the 22-story Ronan Point apartment tower, in London, lit a match to brew her morning cup of tea. The resulting gas explosion initiated a partial collapse of the structure that killed four people and injured 17 (one of whom subsequently died). On investigation, the apartment tower was found to be deeply flawed in both design and construction. The existing building codes were found to be inadequate for ensuring the safety and integrity of high-rise precast concrete apartment buildings. The Larsen–Nielson building …

Peaks Island Star : May 2005, Vol. 25, Issue 5, Service Agencies Of The Island

Peaks Island Star, 2005

The Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island's service agencies and other community news.

Is There A First Amendment Defense For Bush V. Gore, Abner S. Greene

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Interstate Commerce And Interstate Endangered Species: The Controversy And The Need For Compromise, Paul Ziel

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

Fragmentation, Sprawl And Economic Development., Grigoriy V. Ardashev 1973-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Fragmentation of governments and urban sprawl has been a subject of debate for a considerable time. The discussion often centers on whether space (sprawl) and politics (fragmentation) make a difference in the economic development of metropolitan areas. The hypothesis was set to follow the argument of polycentric school of thought on the organization of metropolitan governance. It was expected that competitive local public economies would be beneficial to the economic performance of the regions. Regarding the effect of sprawl, the study assumed that following the lines of free-market defense of sprawl it would be positively associated with economic performance of …

The Alternatives To Detention Program : Assessment Of One Kentucky County's Efforts To Deinstitutionalize Status Offenders., Arthur Hayden

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Since the beginning of the juvenile justice movement in the United States over a century ago, considerable debate has persisted among policymakers and practitioners concerning the causes of juvenile offending and the appropriate responses to control it. Although the juvenile justice system was conceived and developed to provide individualized, benevolent treatment to young offenders, the system has gradually shifted to resemble a more punitive, adult criminal justice model. While presently the system includes characteristics of both the juvenile and adult justice models, future directions are uncertain. This is problematic for young offenders who need and deserve more solicitous care in …

Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 1 - Judicial Responses To An Aging America, Max B. Rothman, Burton Dunlop

Court Review: Journal of the American Judges Association

In 2000, the authors published a book titled Elders, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System: Myth, Perceptions, and Reality in the 21st Century, in which several chapters were devoted to older adults’ interactions with the court system.1 Those chapters revealed that these interactions could be highly problematic for elders. In follow-up, this article is based on a project designed to address the overarching issue of whether and how judicial systems in the United States ensure that older adults (60 and older) are provided effective access to the courts, including both civil and criminal jurisdictions.2 In order to accomplish this …

American Review: Volume 42, Issue 1 - Dwi Courts: The Newest Problem-Solving Courts, Victor E. Flango

Court Review: Journal of the American Judges Association

Problem-solving court s — m o re accurately, specialized dockets—are established to deal with problems that may benefit from focused and sustained attention. These courts include a treatment component in an effort to reduce recidivism, which in turn reduces the number of future arrests, prosecutions, and court cases.

Specialized drug courts appeared in the late 1980s in response to the dramatic increase in drug offenses. Some drug courts, often referred to as “drug-treatment courts,” emphasize treatment as the way to reduce recidivism. Essential elements of drug courts include: (1) immediate intervention; (2) nonadversarial adjudication; (3) hands-on judicial involvement; (4) treatment …

University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2005 - 2006, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Campus Weekly Crime Report For The Week Ending May 1, 2005, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. University Police Services.

Crime Reports, Alerts, and Information

The weekly crime report for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's campus for the week ending May 1, 2005.

Securing The Freedom Of The Communications Revolution, Michael K. Powell

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Homeland Security And Wireless Telecommunications: The Continuing Evolution Of Regulation, Christopher Guttman-Mccabe, Amy Mushahwar, Patrick Murck

Federal Communications Law Journal

Since the grant of the first Commercial Mobile Radio Service ("CMRS") license over twenty years ago, the wireless industry has grown from a service of convenience to one that is indispensable. What once was a device used for sporadic phone calls now is viewed by many Americans as a source of invaluable communication and security. As the wireless industry matured, government officials turned to the mobile phone as a way to make the United States safer. E-9 11, the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act ("CALEA"), Wireless Priority Service ("WPS"), and Outage Reporting all were initiated on the wireless platform …

State Regulatory Approaches To Voip: Policy, Implementation, And Outcome, Robert Cannon

Federal Communications Law Journal

This Article explores the many perspectives on Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP"). The notion of the Article is not to resolve the definitive approach to VolP. Rather, this Article suggests that the process of the approach has itself become muddled. Individuals quibble, contrasting the superiority of one perspective over another, negating the reason why they were looking in the first place. This Article is the second part of a project to survey and analyze state VoIP policy. The first part of the project surveyed state VolP regulatory activity. This part seeks to place that precedent in a centrifuge, segregating out …

Against Prediction: Sentencing, Policing, And Punishing In An Actuarial Age, Bernard E. Harcourt

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

Actuarial methods—i.e. the use of statistical rather than clinical methods on large datasets of criminal offending rates to determine different levels of offending associated with one or more group traits, in order to (1) predict past, present or future criminal behavior and (2) administer a criminal justice outcome—now permeate the criminal law and its enforcement. With the single exception of racial profiling against African- Americans and Hispanics, most people view the turn to the actuarial as efficient, rational, and wealth-maximizing. The fact is, law enforcement agencies can detect more crime with the same resources if they investigate citizens who are …

Police Alcohol-Related Services Study (Pass), Phase Ii: A Description Of The Beliefs, Perceptions And Attitudes Of Anchorage Police Department Employees, Brad A. Myrstol, Robert H. Langworthy

Reports

The principal aim of the Police Alcohol-related Services Study (PASS) was to expand knowledge about the fiscal, organizational, and cultural impact of citizen alcohol use on the Anchorage Police Department (APD). Phase II of the study employed a voluntary, self-administered questionnaire provided to all members of the APD regardless of rank, sworn status, or operational division. The questionnaire was designed to explore respondents' perceptions of their alcohol-related workload; perceptions of community problems; perceived links between alcohol use and selected social problems; attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs about the policing of alcohol-related incidents and the people involved with them; and personal and …

Probation Violators: An Examination Of Felony Male Adult Probation Violators In The State Of Nevada, Stefanie Wilson Palacio

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

No abstract provided.

Public Safety Communications Center Staffing: Do We Have An Emergency?, Steven L. Herrin

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The 911 Public Safety Communications Specialist, operator, call taker, dispatcher, or whatever title these behind-the-scenes professionals operate under, they are indeed, the first public safety responder. Whether it is for police protection during criminal activity, fire extinguishment to save a burning house and rescue the victims, or paramedic treatment to remediate a life-threatening medical incident, the first contact the vast majority of these callers will have is with the 911 System.

Dr. Jeff Clawson, president of the National Academies of Emergency Dispatch, and creator of the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) first coined the term “first, first responder”1 to describe …

Operationally Responsive Space: A New Defense Business Model, Arthur K. Cebrowski, John W. Raymond

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

Lost Causes, Lucy S. Mcgough, Lauren Cangelosi

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Kelo Threshold: Private Property And Public Use Reconsidered, Steven E. Buckingham

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

Nurse Practitioners: A Call For Implimentation In Manitoba, Celina M. Denechezhe

Theses and Dissertations

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are an underutilized resource in Manitoba. The purpose of this literature review was to provide an overview of the current situation of nurse practitioners in Manitoba, and to provide research-based recommendations for the implementation of nurse practitioners in Manitoba. The recommendations are:

1. The current regulating body of Registered Nurses in Manitoba (College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba, or CRNM) must recognize nurse practitioners as expert nurses, in following Benner's (1984) stages of nursing practice. This recognition would require a graduate degree as an entry-level educational requirement.

2. NP licensure must be required in order to provide …

A Study Of Brownfields Redevelopment In Rural Oregon, Angela Michtom

Master's Projects

This project will look at the state of brownfields redevelopment in rural Oregon. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is funding, and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEO) is conducting Targeted Brownfield Assessments (TBA) throughout Oregon. Oregon has even developed the Oregon Rural and Economically Distressed Site Assessment Initiative to specifically address brownfields in rural Oregon. But what happens after the assessment is done? Why do some sites move quickly into development, while others remain stalled? This paper will examine case studies of sites that have received funds for Site Specific Assessments, and analyze the data to determine what factors …

Bart To San Jose: A Special Opportunity For Transit-Oriented Redevelopement Near Downtown San Jose, Luojia Pang

Master's Projects

The purpose of this report is to recommend development strategies for San Jose to follow in developing the areas within a walkable distance of the two proposed Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) rail stations near downtown San Jose. The planned BART extension to San Jose is one of the most significant investments to the city’s transit system. Although the extension has not been ensured due to many political or funding concerns, it will create unique opportunities to promote transit-oriented development in the proposed station areas. This research is based on the assumption that the BART extension will occur as planned. …

Poco Way: A Successful Neighborhood Revitalization Project, Sylvia Ornelas

Master's Projects

Tucked away in some of the largest metropolitan cities of America, residents live in overcrowded, unsanitary, and high crime areas known as “urban Urban ghettos are composed of working-class poor communities, usually with a large number of recent immigrants. The City of San Jose, once known for its rich agriculture and now the 11th largest city in the country and the birth place of “Silicon Valley,” has also experienced its share of urban deprived neighborhoods.

During San Jose’s rapid growth era from 1950 to 1970, many of the city’s older neighborhoods suffered from a lack of investment as city staff …

United States V. Booker: The Demise Of Mandatory Federal Sentencing Guidelines And The Return Of Indeterminate Sentencing, Jonathan Chiu

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

To Be Or Not To Be: Status Of Guam's Middle Schools, Judith T. Won Pat Edd

Dissertations

In an effort to help middle school programs respond to the unique developmental needs of their students, in 1995 the National Middle School Association issued their influential list of twelve essential characteristics for a developmentally sound middle school. Although this paper spawned a significant amount of research regarding the importance of these essential characteristics, there has been little, if any, research in the last decade describing the extent to which these characteristics have been implemented in middle schools outside of the continental United States. To remedy this situation, this study surveyed all 471 middle school teachers on Guam as well …

What Makes Small-City Downtowns Viable?, Kyle Noonan

Honors Scholar Theses

The paper examines the experience of Connecticut's urban centers over the past century with an eye toward informing public policy. An in-depth qualitative discussion describes the rise and characteristics of urbanism, and then its unraveling. Linear regression analysis then quantifies the impact of various contributory factors on urban economic health in Connecticut cities since 1980. The findings suggest that local policymakers are largely unable to influence economic conditions in their cities.