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Cougars In Kansas, Charles D. Lee, Alyssa E. Warneke, Mike Houts, Troy R. Livingston, Philip S. Gipson

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

The presence of the cougar (Puma concolor) in the state of Kansas is a controversial issue. Since 1999, 234 cougar sightings have been reported to the Extension Wildlife Specialist at Kansas State University. To those who have reported such sightings, the existence of cougars in Kansas is undeniable. Others, however, question the validity of such sightings as providing evidence of cougars. After surveying other governmental agencies and organizations, we discovered that acceptable identification criteria for rare or unusual felines included things beside sightings: voucher specimens, DNA from hair or scat, tracks, prey carcasses, and photographs or videos. The …

Taxonomic Considerations In Listing Subspecies Under The U.S. Endangered Species Act, Susan M. Haig, Erik A. Beever, Steven M. Chambers, Hope M. Draheim, Bruce D. Dugger, Susie M. Dunham, Elise Elliott-Smith, Joseph B. Fontaine, Dylan C. Kesler, Brian J. Knaus, Iara F. Lopes, Pete Loschl, Thomas D. Mullins, Lisa M. Sheffield

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

The U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) allows listing of subspecies and other groupings below the rank of species. This provides the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service with a means to target the most critical unit in need of conservation. Although roughly one-quarter of listed taxa are subspecies, these management agencies are hindered by uncertainties about taxonomic standards during listing or delisting activities. In a review of taxonomic publications and societies, we found few subspecies lists and none that stated standardized criteria for determining subspecific taxa. Lack of criteria is attributed to a centuries-old debate …

Phylogeography And Spatial Genetic Structure Of The Southern Torrent Salamander: Implications For Conservation And Management, Mark P. Miller, Susan M. Haig, R. Steven Wagner

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

The Southern torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton variegatus) was recently found not warranted for listing under the US Endangered Species Act due to lack of information regarding population fragmentation and gene flow. Found in small-order streams associated with late-successional coniferous forests of the US Pacific Northwest, threats to their persistence include disturbance related to timber harvest activities. We conducted a study of genetic diversity throughout this species’ range to 1) identify major phylogenetic lineages and phylogeographic barriers and 2) elucidate regional patterns of population genetic and spatial phylogeographic structure. Cytochrome b sequence variation was examined for 189 individuals from 72 …

Critical Habitat, J. Michael Reed, H. Resit Akçakaya, Mark Burgman, Darren Bender, Steven R. Beissinger, J. Michael Scott

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

The U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires that critical habitat-areas essential to the persistence or recovery of a species or population-be identified and protected (Goble and Freyfogle 2002). Despite apprehension that requiring critical habitat designation at the time (or within a year) of listing under the ESA would reduce the rate at which species were listed, this does not appear to have happened (Greenwald et al., this volume; Suckling and Taylor 2006). In fact, critical habitat has been designated for only a fraction of listed species (Scott et al. 2006). Reasons for the poor rate of designation include concerns …

Isotope Sourcing Of Prehistoric Willow And Tule Textiles Recovered From Western Great Basin Rock Shelters And Caves: Proof Of Concept, Larry V. Benson, E. M. Hattori, H. E. Taylor, S. R. Poulson, E. A. Jolie

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Isotope and trace-metal analyses were used to determine the origin of plants used to manufacture prehistoric textiles (basketry and matting) from archaeological sites in the western Great Basin. Research focused on strontium (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr) and oxygen (¹⁸O/¹⁶O) isotope ratios of willow (Salix sp.) and tule (Schoenoplectus sp.), the dominant raw materials in Great Basin textiles. The oxygen-isotope data indicated that the willow and tule used to produce the textiles were harvested from the banks of rivers or in marshes characterized by flowing water and not from lakes or sinks. The strontium-isotope …

California Reading And Literacy Improvement And Public Library Construction And Renovation Bond Act Of 2006.

Propositions

California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act Of 2006. • This act provides for a bond issue in an amount not to exceed a total of six hundred million dollars ($600,000,000) to provide funds for the construction and renovation of public library facilities in order to expand access to reading and literacy programs in California's public education system and to expand access to public library services for all residents of California. • First priority given to eligible projects that were not funded under 2000 Library Bond Act. • State General Fund money appropriated to …

Ot 520 Old Testament Introduction, Sandra Richter

Syllabi

Textbooks: The required and recommended textbooks are on reserve in the library. The materials in the Course Packet are also on reserve at the circulation desk and may be checked out to either copy or read. Both the textbooks and the Course Packet are available for purchase at the bookstore. There will be numerous handouts for this class which will be distributed once in class, and always available on the Intranet. Required LaSor, Hubbard & Bush, Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form and Background of the OT, 2nd edition (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996) James B. Pritchard, ed. The HarperCollins Concise …

Suffolk University Newsletter (Sun), Vol. 32, No. 10, 2006, Suffolk University Office Of Public Affairs

Suffolk University Newsletter (SUN)

No abstract provided.

Suffolk University Newsletter (Sun), Vol. 32, No. 12, 2006, Suffolk University Office Of Public Affairs

Suffolk University Newsletter (SUN)

No abstract provided.

Praying The Book Of Revelation, Elmer L. Towns

Books

No abstract provided.

Common Data Set, Office Of Institutional Research And Effectiveness, Mississippi State University

Common data set

No abstract provided.

Mathematics: Always Important, Never Enough. A Christian Perspective On Mathematics And Mathematics Education, Calvin Jongsma

ACMS Journal 2006

No abstract provided.

2006 American Incentive System Almanac, Don P. Diffine Ph.D.

Belden Center Monographs

No abstract provided.

Excerpts Of Directory, University Of South Florida, 2006, University Of South Florida

Excerpts of University Directories

Excerpts from the 2006 University of South Florida directory. The pages include numbers for the St. Petersburg campus.

Accent On Learning, 2006-2007, University Of South Florida

USF Catalogs (Accent on Learning)

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Papered Wall: The History, Patterns And Techniques Of Wallpaper By Lesley Hoskins, Jérémie Cerman, Pamela J. Warner

Art and Art History Faculty Publications

Translation from French to English by Pamela J. Warner of Jérémie Cerman's book review of:

Lesley Hoskins, ed. The Papered Wall: The History, Patterns and Techniques of Wallpaper, 2nd ed. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2005. 272 pp., 216 color pls., 153 b/w ills., bibliog., gloss., index. Paper, $34.95, £19.95.

Relocating From The Distress Of Chicago Public Housing To The Difficulties Of The Private Market: How The Move Threatens To Push Families Away From Opportunity, Molly Thompson

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

No abstract provided.

The Constitutional Right To Travel: Are Some Forms Of Transportation More Equal Than Others?, Timothy Baldwin

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

No abstract provided.

0554-1 Analysis Of The 2006 Ballot Proposals, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

Frb Summary Of Supervisory Activities And Findings On Citi, Federal Reserve System: Federal Reserve Bank Of New York, Dianne Dobbeck, Federal Reserve System: Board Of Governors

Documents

The provided summary is preceded by a letter from Dianne Dobbeck summarizing its findings

Taking Gautreaux National: The Polikoff Proposal, Elizabeth K. Julian

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

No abstract provided.

Morehead State Eagles 2006 Football, Morehead State University. Office Of Athletics.

Morehead State Sports Team Programs

The 2006 official media guide of the Morehead State University football team.

The Effect Of Appalachia And State Borders On Patterns Of Mortality In The Five Central Appalachian States, Timothy S. Hare

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report submitted by Timothy S. Hare to the Research and Creative Productions Committee in 2006 on mortality rates in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia.

Wringing Rights Out Of The Mountains: Colorado’S Centennial Constitution And The Ambivalent Promise Of Human Rights And Social Equality, Tom I. Romero

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Toward A Unified Science Of The Earth's Surface: Opportunities For Synthesis Among Hydrology, Geomorphology, Geochemistry, And Ecology, C. E. Foufoula-Georgiou, W. E. Dietrich, M. Hondzo, D. Mohrig, G. Parker, M. E. Power, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, V. Voller, P. Wilcock

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

The Earth's surface is shaped by the interaction of tectonics, water, sediment, solutes, and biota over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales and across diverse environments. Development of a predictive science of Earth surface dynamics integrates many disciplines and approaches, including hydrology, geomorphology, ocean and atmospheric science, sedimentary and structural geology, geochemistry, and ecology. This paper discusses challenges, opportunities, and a few example problems that can serve as pathways toward this integration.

Northeast Ohio Citizens Speak: Individual Citizen Interviews Data Analysis Final Report, Mark Chupp

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

Voices & Choices is an 18-month public engagement process that has involved tens of thousands of citizens and leaders across Northeast Ohio in creating a shared action agenda for revitalizing the region’s economy. In this process, Voices & Choices offered the opportunity for citizens to interview each other, and capture in writing their opinions, values and vision of a better future. This document captures some of the essence of those citizen interviews.

Cartography, Cloth And The Embroidered Tale, Bettina Matzkuhn

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

I have recently been researching maps and their connections to textile. Looking back on my own body of work, I realize that maps have frequently provided a sense of geography and metaphor as I continue to seek ways to tell stories that are important to me. Dennis Wood describes mapmaking as “a transformative process.” I would argue that working with cloth is also transformative -for both the cloth and the maker.

Looking at maps has expanded my ideas of narrative. I like Margaret Atwood’s definition of narrative. She says it’s “one damn thing after another” with the operative word being …

Sustainability Of Handwoven Carpets In Turkey: The Context Of The Weaver, Kimberly Berman, Charlotte Jirousek

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Forms of Production

Past research, conducted mainly in the 1970s and 1980s, has identified three forms of production in which carpets are woven as commodities. These are petty-commodity production, the putting-out system, and workshop production.

Petty-commodity production involves weaving in the home, with the male head of the household or other male relatives selling the finished product to a carpet dealer or at a local or regional market (fig. 1). The family owns the loom and other weaving supplies, and family members purchase or prepare the yarn themselves. Under the putting-out system, the yarn, rug patterns and perhaps the loom …

Nasca Needlework And Paracas Procession, Lois Martin

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Among the treasures in the Brooklyn Museum is an ancient cloth from the South Coast of Peru: 38.121, sometimes known as “The Paracas Textile,” and now more often as “The Brooklyn Museum Textile” (BMT) (fig. 1.). First acquired by a Peruvian collector around 1912, the cloth shuttled between New York and Paris in the 1920’s and 30’s, inspiring great interest and numerous studies. One of these, Raoul d’Harcourt’s Textiles of Ancient Peru and their Techniques (1934), has been in reprint since 1962, and continues to intrigue fresh audiences.

The BMT was one of several spectacular fabrics that spurred archeological exploration …

Nebraska Vine Lines, Volume Ix, Issue 1. January/February 2006.

Nebraska Vine Lines (2003–2006)

• Be Sure To Put The 9th Annual Forum on Your Calendar

• Trellis and Vine Training Field Day

• Making Wine with Frontenac By: Anna Katharine Mansfield,UM Enology Project Leader

• GREETINGS FROM PAUL READ IN TASMANIA