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Distributions Of Exotic Plants In Eastern Asia And North America, Qinfeng Guo, Hong Qian, Robert E. Ricklefs, Weimin Xi

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Although some plant traits have been linked to invasion success, the possible effects of regional factors, such as diversity, habitat suitability, and human activity are not well understood. Each of these mechanisms predicts a different pattern of distribution at the regional scale. Thus, where climate and soils are similar, predictions based on regional hypotheses for invasion success can be tested by comparisons of distributions in the source and receiving regions. Here, we analyse the native and alien geographic ranges of all 1567 plant species that have been introduced between eastern Asia and North America or have been introduced to both …

New Orleans, The Chesapeake, And The Future Of Environmental Assessment: Overcoming The Natural Resources Law Of Unintended Consequences, Erin Ryan

Scholarly Publications

This is a tale of two disappearing wetlands - those surrounding Louisiana's Gulf Coast and those fringing the Chesapeake Bay - each providing new insight into the old quandary of unintended consequences that lies at the center of natural resource management. Louisiana's losses follow three hundred years of natural resource engineering to accomplish effective flood control along the Mississippi River, while the Chesapeake losses follow implementation of among the most meticulous wetlands-protection programs of its time. And yet, New Orleans suffered a catastrophic flood, and Chesapeake wetlands continue to disappear. How could this happen? Call it the "Natural Resources Law …

A Collective Rights Society For The Digital Age, John Maloney

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Identity Research And The Psychosocial Formation Of One’S Sense Of Spiritual Self: Implications For Religious Educators And Christian Institutions Of Higher Education, Chris Kiesling, Gwendolyn T. Sorell, Marilyn J. Montgomery, Ronald K. Colwell

Faculty Publications - Graduate School of Counseling

Utilizing Erikson’s (1963) psychosocial ego identity development theory, 28 qualitative interviews with religiously devout Americans are analyzed to determine different patterns of adult spiritual identity. Following an integrationist approach, we provide response to the question, “What types of identity development are accommodated, promoted, or prohibited by particular models of Christian education and the educational communities that embody them?” Recognizing individual differences in (a) the social and contextual factors that affect identity formation, (b) the way religious doubts are resolved, and (c) what individuals seek from community, we offer important implications for religious educators and Christian institutions of higher education.

Estimating Limiting Nutrient Loadings In An Interacting Surface And Ground Water Basin

Journal of Spatial Hydrology

Watershed management requires the determination of both point and non-point sources of pollution within a watershed. The primary non-point source pollutants in a typical watershed are nutrients (mainly nitrogen and phosphorus), sediment, and pesticides. In the Snake River Basin, in Idaho, nutrients from non-point sources (primarily agricultural) are delivered to streams via storm water and irrigation runoff. However, the objectives of this study were to estimate the phosphorus loading from different sources in the Snake River Basin due to storm water events, to calculate the total nitrogen/phosphorus (TN/TP) ratios for land uses, and to compare and a precipitation runoff model …

Ics Lecture Series 2006: Open Secrets, Tolerated Illegalities, Ethical Refusals, Bowling Green State University. Institute For The Study Of Culture & Society

ICS Speaker Series

Poster for 2006 ICS Lecture Series featuring lectures by Kamala Kempadoo, Francine Masiello, Marianne Hirsch & Leo Spitzer, and Dwight McBride.

Irish Renaissance (Chapter Seven Of Other Renaissances: A New Approach To World Literature), Kathleen A. Heininge

Faculty Publications - Department of English

Excerpt: "Critics have several names for the movement that took place in Ireland at the turn of the twentieth century. Each name seems to suggest a different interpretation of the events at that time, and each interpretation, in turn, reflects a different idea of Ireland’s relationship with the rest of the world. The Irish Revival, a term most often used to discuss the literary movement, implies that the greatness of a people can be resuscitated after it has been nearly lost, and is thus a term in keeping with a nationalist agenda. The Celtic Twilight, a term coined by W. …

College Bulletin; Vol. 52; 2006-2007, Buffalo State College

Academic Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Fair Use And The Fairer Sex: Gender, Feminism, And Copyright Law, Ann Bartow

Law Faculty Scholarship

Copyright laws are written and enforced to help certain groups of people assert and retain control over the resources generated by creative productivity. Because those people are predominantly male, the copyright infrastructure plays a role, largely unexamined by legal scholars, in helping to sustain the material and economic inequality between women and men. This essay considers some of the ways in which gender issues and copyright laws intersect, proposes a feminist critique of the copyright legal regime which advocates low levels of copyright protections, and asserts the importance of considering the social and economic disparities between women and men when …

Social Psychology, Calamities, And Sports Law, Michael Mccann

Law Faculty Scholarship

This Article examines the role of situational pressures, fundamental attribution errors, and legal frameworks in how professional sports actors respond to the threat and occurrence of calamities. Both natural and manmade threats to American health are likely to rise over the next decade. Such threats may include catastrophic weather, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and communicable disease pandemics. In response to these threats, professional sports leagues, professional athletes, fans, and media might engage in unprecedented behavior. Consider, for instance, increasingly-devastating weather patterns, and how they might animate leagues to relocate franchises to cities with more favorable forecasts. The same outcome might …

Kharka Of The Ghunsa Valley In The Kanchenjunga Conservation Area In Eastern Nepal Himalaya: Diverse Locations Of Campsites Used By Yak/Yak-Cattle Hybrid Herders, Naho Ikeda

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

The Life And Revelations Of Pema Lingpa Translated By Sarah Harding, Forward By Gangteng Rinpoche; Reviewed By D. Phillip Stanley, D. Phillip Stanley

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

Association Of American Geographers Meeting Conference Abstract

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

Editor's Afterword - Good Night And Good Luck!, Barbara Brower

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

35th Annual Conference On South Asia

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

Power, Praxis And The Métis Of Kelly Lake, Canada, David Bentley, Brenda Murphy

Geography

Although agency and power in Aboriginal communities is often not recognized, this paper develops a conceptual framework within which both the oppression and the agency of a Métis settlement is identified and assessed. It is based on ongoing participatory action research, completed by the first author, who is also Métis. Kelly Lake, British Columbia is currently faced with a number of challenges, such as the lack of a proper sanitary sewage system, little access to natural resources and few health services. Despite these circumstances, the residents of Kelly Lake have undertaken several initiatives to ameliorate the problems and reorient the …

Settling The Maine Wilderness - Moses Greenleaf, His Maps, And His Household Of Faith, 1777-1834, Walter M. Macdougall

Friends of OML, Occasional Publications

Settling the Maine Wilderness - Moses Greenleaf, His Maps, and His Household of Faith, 1777-1834.

Osher Library Associates, Occasional Publication No.3.

For professor Macdougall, this book is the culmination of over twenty-five years of research and writing carried out during breaks from teaching at the University of Maine. By examining the cultural milieu of his time, he places Greenleaf's contributions within the context of Maine's growth and development during its formative years from province to statehood. This biographer also shares a kinship with Greenleaf on several counts. First is an appreciation for the land which Greenleaf held dear, since his …

11 Innovations In The Local Church, Elmer L. Towns

Books

No abstract provided.

Drinking From A Deep Well: The Public Trust Doctine And Western Water Law, Carol Necole Brown

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Catalogue 2006-2007, Bank Street College Of Education

Graduate School of Education

This course catalog from a past academic year is a resource for referring to previous course offerings, degree requirements, institutional policies, and more.

A Study Of The Strengths And Weakenesses Of The Brazilian Bosa Escola Educational Program, Brian Dockery

Capstone Collection

There is a unique educational program that is being implemented in various countries which targets extremely poor children who have little opportunity to education. Called Bolsa Escola in Brazil, it has been heralded as a success in breaking the poverty cycle and increasing educational access and opportunities. This educational program has also been professed to do a variety of things such as decreasing child labor violations, and promoting health. This paper thus identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the Bolsa Escola program within the Federal District in Brazil where it was first piloted. The paper does this by using a …

Annual Report - 2006, Nctr

U.S. DOT Reporting

No abstract provided.

Accounting Trends And Techniques, 60th Annual Survey, 2006 Edition, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Federal Taxation Division

Accounting Trends and Techniques

No abstract provided.

The Edge, Winter 2006, Eastern Michigan University

Alumni News: Eastern Magazine

No abstract provided.

Uab Magazine - Winter 2006, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

UAB Magazine

No abstract provided.

Campus Assembly Summary Fall 2006, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Keynote Address: Bringing America Up To Speed: Delivering Our Broadband Future Without Sacrificing Local Identity, John M.R. Kneuer

CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Technology Policy (1993-2015)

Transcription of Keynote Address for "Bringing America up to Speed: Delivering on Our Broadband Future Without Sacrificing Local Identity," a symposium held on March 28, 2006 at The Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law. Mr. Kneuer's presentation may be found at http://commlaw.cua.edu/symposia/2006. John M.R. Kneuer serves as the Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("NTIA").

Insights- January 2006, University Relations Staff

Insights

No abstract provided.

The Politics Of Implementing Local Cultures In Music Education In Taiwan, Wai-Chung Ho

Research & Issues in Music Education

Recent studies of the localization and globalization of Taiwan’s music education cannot explain the complicated interplay between localization and the pursuit of local cultures in national development and policy making in the broader society, and in school education in Taiwan between the late 1980s and 2004. Features of localization in Taiwan’s music education include the highlighting of local artists and musical styles such as Taiwanese opera, puppetry shows, and local folk music in the curriculum. More importantly, music education to support the indigenous core values of peace, the beauty of the homeland, and harmony in society and in everyday life …

Does Power Grow Out Of The Barrel Of A Modem? Some Thoughts On Jack Goldsmith And Tim Wu's 'Who Controls The Internet?', Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Scholarly Works

This review of Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu's Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World, notes that Goldsmith and Wu are correct in concluding that events in recent years undercut cyber-utopian theories of an Internet that is beyond the reach of national sovereignty. It argues, however, that the failure to achieve such goals does not mean that the Internet is unimportant as a source of expanded freedom and power on the part of ordinary people, and suggests that this trend of individual empowerment is likely to continue.