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Otter Realm, December 3, 2007, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

The California Faculty Association Continues to Rally for Change -- New Service Hub for Monterey-Salinas Transit Now Open -- Pondering Politics Over a Pint -- North Quad Residents Under Fire -- December is for Donating -- No Ice for Monterey -- Technology for Teachers -- CSU Monterey Bay Recieves Packard Grant -- Conduct Review Up For Review -- A Young Entrepreneur with a Badass Idea -- Environmental Issues Empowering Young Students -- Greeks of CSUMB Community -- Sexual Healing AIDS: Tough Love -- Winter Wonders for the Active Otter Dec.6 - Dec. 12 -- Body Worlds Opens Minds -- Get …

The Statesman, V. 51, I. 24, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 51, i. 24

Current, December 03, 2007, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2000s)

No abstract provided.

The Chanticleer, 2007-12-03, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Columbia Chronicle (12/03/2007), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from December 3, 2007 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 40 pages and is listed as Volume 43, Number 14. Cover story: "Amtrak pileup injures 71" Editor-in-Chief: Amanda Maurer

Designing A Dynamic Data Driven Application System For Coastal And Environmental Modeling, Gabrielle Allen, Philip Bogden, Richard A. Luettich, Edward Seidel, Robert Twilley

Faculty Publications

The economically important Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) is susceptible to hurricane activity which is increasingly aggravated by the continuing erosion of wetlands. Various programs are aimed at building sophisticated models of meteorological, coastal, and ecological processes. The emerging paradigm of Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems (DDDAS) can be applied to these models leading to new scenarios for integrated, real-time simulations that include feedback control with sensors and simulations. This paper describes the motivation and components for a comprehensive DDDAS for coastal and environmental modeling and the implications this has for scientific libraries and high performance computing. © 2007 International Federation …

The Daily Gamecock, Monday, December 3, 2007, University Of South Carolina,Office Of Student Media

December

No abstract provided.

Anderson School Of Management Weekly Bulletin, December 3, 2007., Anderson School Of Management

Anderson School of Management Bulletins

Anderson School of Management Bulletin for the week of December 3rd, 2007.

Virtual Radicalisation: Challenges For Police, Simon O'Rourke

Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference

Recent advances in communications technology are providing a medium for individuals or groups to subscribe to extremist worldviews and form networks, access training and obtain information, whilst remaining virtually undetected in the online world. Whilst the Internet is facilitating global virtual communities like Second Life, MySpace and Facebook it is also providing an anonymous meeting place for disenfranchised individuals to gather, share ideas, post and exchange information regarding their particular ideology. This virtual community provides a sense of belonging to a global cause in which the actions of an individual can be aligned to, and seen to contribute towards something …

Breaking With Tradition: How To Navigate The Delicate Subject Of Changing Family Holiday Rituals, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, December 03, 2007, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2007

No abstract provided.

Monitor Newsletter December 03, 2007, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

The Collegian (2007-12-03), Isis Lopez

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 60, No. 14

Critical Infrastructure Systems Modelling: Benchmarking Cpntools, Graeme Pye, Matthew J. Warren

Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference

This paper reports on the application of systems modelling benchmarks to determine the viability of systems modelling software and its suitability for modelling critical infrastructure systems. This research applies the earlier research that related to developing benchmarks that when applied to systems modelling software will indicate its likely suitability to modelling critical infrastructure systems. In this context, the systems modeling benchmarks will assess the practicality of CPNTools to the task of modelling critical infrastructure systems.

Managing Analysis, David Shaw

Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference

The Intelligence profession requires effective management to function properly and professional discourse highlights the changing nature of intelligence work. Highlighted “failures” are linked to organizational structures and ethos, and proposals to address the problems include discussion of human and organizational factors with recommendations that address the issues. However, optimising the intelligence process may not be a simple case of applying management techniques as the work relies substantially on individual endeavour. Innovative management techniques are needed and these should be grounded in recognising the peculiar nature of analysis and the skill set required.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet December 2007, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The December 2007 Monthly packet includes the December agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held November 2007

A Textbook Solution

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: December 03, 2007, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 032, Number 19, December 3, 2007, Grand Valley State University

2007-2008, Volume 32

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Songs Of The Wild: Temporal And Geographical Distinctions In The Acoustic Properties Of The Songs Of The Yellow-Breasted Chat, Jackie L. Canterbury

Department of Animal Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The Yellow-breasted Chat, Icteria virens, is a member of the wood-warbler family, Parulidae, and exists as eastern I. v. virens and western I. v. auricollis subspecies. It is the only wood-warbler known to sing diurnally and nocturnally.

One objective was to determine whether the eastern and western subspecies produce songs that differ acoustically; another was to determine whether a western population of Chats in Nebraska produces songs that differ acoustically at dawn and at night. Properties measured were maximum frequency, maximum power, notes/second, singing rate, and % time singing. In addition, the inter-song interval and % whistle notes were measured …

Organizational Recruitment Web Sites: The Influence Of Web Site Aesthetics On Initial Affective Reactions To The Site And Subsequent Attraction To The Organization, Rebekkah Wills

All Theses

The present study examined the potential relationship between specific characteristics of organizational recruitment web sites and applicant attraction to the organization. Cober, Brown, Keeping, and Levy (2004) proposed a conceptual model that suggests web site aesthetics influence the applicant's attitude toward the web site which in turn influences applicant attraction. The current study provides a partial test of this model by examining web site aesthetics, prior attitudes toward the organization, initial affective reactions to the web site, perceptions of web site usability and post-viewing attitudes toward the site and the organization. Participants (N = 159) included undergraduate students using the …

Sandspur, Vol 114, No 10, December 03, 2007, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

The Rate And Timing Of Direct Mountain Front Recharge In An Arid Environment, Silver Island Mountains, Utah, Gregory T. Carling

Theses and Dissertations

Direct mountain front recharge (MFR), water table recharge at the base of the mountain front, was evaluated on the arid (<250 mm/yr precipitation) Silver Island Mountains by comparing mountain precipitation to groundwater response. Direct MFR contributions were assessed on two catchments, one bedrock (i.e., mountain block) dominated and the other alluvial fan (i.e., mountain front) dominated. Catchment precipitation and shallow groundwater levels at each catchment outlet were measured for a 24 month period beginning October 2005. This time period captured one complete hydrologic cycle (December 2005-February 2007) for which annual and seasonal direct MFR rates were calculated. Annual direct MFR was calculated using a modified version of the water table fluctuation (WTF) method as 0.015-0.016% of precipitation on both catchments, with seasonal variations of 0% in summer up to 0.023% in winter, spring and fall. Seasonal direct MFR contributions are similar on the bedrock and the alluvial fan dominated catchments, with a notable exception during fall 2006 when direct MFR was twice as effective on the bedrock dominated system than on the alluvial fan dominated system (0.022% and 0.011% of precipitation, respectively). Darcy's law calculations show similarly low annual direct MFR contributions (0.013-0.032% of precipitation) as those calculated by the WTF method. Calculated direct MFR is 10% or less than typical calculated combined MFR (near surface recharge and deep underflow from the mountain block) for similar terrains and climates, and is only 3.5% of the combined MFR for the Silver Island Mountains as calculated by the Maxey-Eakin model. However, based on total recharge to the adjacent playa, it is apparent that the Maxey-Eakin model overestimates combined MFR, and the small calculated direct MFR is at least 50% of combined MFR. Despite some uncertainty in the numerical results, several patterns are evident in the data. The data show that direct MFR occurs in response to small rainfall events throughout much of the year, and that snowmelt is not necessary to produce direct MFR. The data also show that direct MFR responds more quickly and flushes through the system faster on the alluvial fan catchment than on the bedrock catchment.

The Current Volume 18: Issue 12, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

December 3, 2007

The Gavel Gazette

No abstract provided.

Optimizing Wireless Network Throughput: Methods And Applications, Pengchang Zhan

Theses and Dissertations

Ever since Marconi succeeded in his first demonstration on the possibility to communicate over the air overseas about a century ago, wireless communications have experienced dramatic improvements. Today's world sees the penetration of wireless communications into human life almost everywhere, from a simple remote control for TV to a cellular phone. With a better understanding of the adverse nature of the wireless propagation channels, engineers have been able to invent various clever techniques, i.e. Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology, spread spectrum communications, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) to name a few, to achieve fast and reliable communications over each …

Impeding And Facilitating Factors In The Implementation Of Lean Enterprise Methodology, Brian S. Leonard

Purdue Polytechnic Masters Theses

The field of lean enterprise has continued to grow since being introduced by the Toyota Corporation after World War II. In academia lean strategies are being introduced in order to prepare students for this new era in operating procedures. Currently, the majority of research in business and academia is focused on processes and methodology, but leadership strategies are yet to be fully examined.

According to Hamilton (2006) there are insufficient resources and research that contribute to understanding successful implementation strategies. Hamilton (2006) expresses concern of the lack of focus on leadership strategies and employee development in lean enterprise.

This qualitative …

First Year Seminar Jamboree This Thursday, University Relations

Campus News Archive

The University of Minnesota, Morris will hold its annual First Year Seminar Jamboree this Thursday, Dec. 6. The Jamboree will feature a variety of presentations, all by first-year UMM students, in various venues throughout the Student Center.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 145, December 3, 2007

Central Florida Future

Champs; Hitt's pay high among colleges; Master's programs approved to improve; Judge argues for softer drug laws.

Faculty Senate Agenda, December 3, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Commencement
• Information Technology Policies
• Athletic Council Report
• EPC Monthly Report and EPC Annual Report
• Cultural Activities Council Annual Report
• Libraries Advisory Council Report
• Honors Program Annual Report
• Committee on Committees Report
• PRPC Items
• Representations of Extension and RCDE on Faculty Senate (2nd reading)
• Reasons for Non-Renewal (1st reading)