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The Class Of 2000, Otis Carter '00

The Park Place Economist

No abstract provided.

Hustle And Flow: A Social Network Analysis Of The American Federal Judiciary, Daniel Martin Katz, Derek Stafford

Law & Economics Working Papers Archive: 2003-2009

Scholars have long asserted that social structure is an important feature of a variety of societal institutions. As part of a larger effort to develop a fully integrated model of judicial decision making, we argue that social structure—operationalized as the professional and social connections between judicial actors—partially directs outcomes in the hierarchical federal judiciary.

Since different social structures impose dissimilar consequences upon outputs, the precursor to evaluating the doctrinal consequences that a given social structure imposes is a descriptive effort to characterize its nature. Given the difficulty associated with obtaining appropriate data for federal judges, it is necessary to rely …

Citizens For Peace Minutes 02-12-08, Linda J. Lieder

Citizens for Peace

Kathy led the group in a short meditation. She asked that we: “Accept ourselves in the present moment, just the way we are. Then we can experience that flame of love within us. Then we are able to extend love and blessings to others. Celebrate what makes us unique. Embrace all of it. Honor yourself. Do not judge yourself. Through awareness we will do things differently, if need be. Let go of the past. Feel your heart expanding. Let go of that which does not serve you. As you inhale, think: I accept myself completely. As you exhale, think: I …

Threshold Levels For Selected South Dakota Retail And Service Businesses (2004), Mike Mccurry, Trevor Brooks

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

As rural populations decline, services are either lost or become spread over a larger geographic area. The population and service area equations that lead to school closures and consolidation affect all rural services. One of these equations predicts retail success by looking at an area’s potential market size: more potential customers improve the chance for retail success. The flip side is that it is hard to stay in business when the market area population drops too low. Market threshold is doubly relevant in South Dakota, which has counties that are some of the nation’s fastest growing and others that continue …

Gifted Underachievement And Its Dynamic Etiology, Stephanie L. Perry

Graduate Journal of Counseling Psychology

No abstract provided.

Primary Prevention Of Sexual Violence Against Adolescents And The Community Readiness Model, Theresa A. Dewalt

Graduate Journal of Counseling Psychology

No abstract provided.

Actions Memo March 2008, Kutztown University Curriculum Committee

UCC Action Memos

No abstract provided.

Concept And Design Of The International Civic And Citizenship Study., Julian Fraillon, Wolfram Schulz

Civics and Citizenship Assessment

The purpose of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) is to investigate, in a range of countries, the ways in which young people are prepared and consequently ready and able to undertake their roles as citizens. In pursuit of this purpose, the study will report on student achievement in a test of conceptual understandings and competencies in civics and citizenship. It will also collect and analyse, as additional outcome variables, data about student activities, dispositions, and attitudes related to civic and citizenship education. The collection of contextual data will help to explain variation in the outcome variables. The …

Collecting School And Teacher Data In International Civic And Citizenship Study, Gabriella Agrusti, Bruno Losito

Civics and Citizenship Assessment

Characteristics of the school context and its impact on the development of students’ knowledge, as well as their dispositions and competencies in relation to their roles as citizens, are especially important for a study of civics and citizenship education. The school in itself represents both the principal institution in which young people are directly involved and, at the same time, the foremost community in which they can actively participate. Various characteristics of school context affect both the development of a formal and informal civic and citizenship curriculum, as well as the students actual learning experience within school in relation to …

Assessing Student Knowledge, Background And Perceptions In The International Civic And Citizenship Study, Wolfram Schulz, Falk Brese

Civics and Citizenship Assessment

It is over the ten years since IEA last investigated civic education, and in that time new challenges have emerged in educating young people for their roles as citizens in the 21st century. These challenges have stimulated renewed reflection on the meanings of citizenship and the roles of and approaches to civic and citizenship education. In many countries there is a growing interest in using evidence to improve policy and practice in civic and citizenship education. ICCS is the third international IEA study in this area and it is explicitly linked through common questions to the IEA Civic Education Study …

Assessing Citizenship Skills In Latin America. The Development Of A Regional Module As Part Of The International Civic And Citizenship Study, Fernando M. Reimers

Civics and Citizenship Assessment

No abstract provided.

Studying Civic And Citizenship Education In The European Context, David Kerr, Joana Lopes

Civics and Citizenship Assessment

This paper explores how civic and citizenship education in the European context is being addressed through the new IEA International Civic and Citizenship Study (ICCS). It sets out the rationale for the inclusion of a European regional perspective as a new and innovative part of the study. It focuses in particular on the rationales for the purpose and content of the European Module. It describes the process of construction of the European Module instruments and outlines how the outcomes will be reported.

The Supreme Court Perspective Of Media Effects As Expressed In Campaign Finance Reform, John A. Fortunato, Shannon E. Martin

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002 amended campaign finance law by banning unlimited soft money contributions to political parties and reforming the financing of advertising close to an election. In this ruling the Court is clearly concerned with the amount of money being donated to political candidates, which leads to the appearance of impropriety in gaining access to elected officials that in turn may influence legislation. In ruling on the constitutionality of this legislation, the Supreme Court also provided insight into its view of mass media effects. In applying the principles of cultivation theory and the media framing …

A Response To The "Conservative Case" For Same-Sex Marriage: Same-Sex Marriage And "The Tragedy Of The Commons", Lynn D. Wardle

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

After initially reporting on the status of the movement for same-sex marriage in the United States and around the world, this article reviews the five key claims of the "conservative case" for same-sex marriage ("we exist," stabilization, sexual taming, social gains, and no harm) and compares them to the seven core principles of conservatism (preservation, institutions, caution, experience, distrust, individualism, and morality). It finds that the claims for same-sex marriage are seriously deficient when measured against those conservative principles. It presents a conservative case against same-sex marriage both in terms of those key principles of conservatism as well by reference …

A Matter Of Conviction: Moral Clashes Over Same-Sex Adoption, Robin Fretwell Wilson

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

China's Third World Policy From The Maoist Era To The Present, Joseph Tse-Hei Lee

Global Asia Journal

This study examines the evolution of China's Third World policy from the Maoist era to the present. The term "third World" refers to all developing and underdeveloped countries in Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America. Since 1949, the People's Republic of China was mainly responding to the international pressures from the United States and the Soviet Union rather than dealing with the Third World countries per se. But after the launching of the War on Terror in 2001, the American military expansion into Iraq and Afghanistan completely changed China's diplomatic priorities. Beijing has begun to pursue …

The Vine (2008-03)

The Vine, 1994-2008

The Vine was a successor to Reflections in Ink, published from 1994 to 2008. It transitioned from a mostly African American student perspective to a multi-cultural one.

Law And Online Social Networks: Mapping The Challenges And Promises Of User-Generated Information Flows, Tal Z. Zarsky

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Theorizing Cross-Border Mobility: Surveillance, Security And Identity, Robert Pallitto, Josiah Heyman

Political Science Publications

This article explores the effects of post-9/11 security programs on mobility into and within the United States. Specific programs such as retinal scanning and vehicle preclearance are analyzed according to the differential effects they generate in terms of risk, rights and speed of movement. These differentiations suggest that individuals and groups will be identified in unequal ways, and that they will in turn experience their mobility differently. In the end, the analysis provided here adds complexity to current theorizations about citizenship and identity: it shows that while individuals make claims to new and different kinds of citizenship, state power also …

Blackworld, V. 28, I. 02, Stony Brook University

Blackworld

v. : ill. ; 38-43 cm (original analog pub.),Black world, v.28;n.2

When The Medium Illustrates The Content: Exploiting The Unique Features Of Online Communication , Julie Foertsch, Morton Ann Gernsbacher

Innovate: Journal of Online Education

No abstract provided.

Ua23 Alive Center Going Green!, Paul N. Markham, Aurelia Spaulding

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Experiential Work-Integrated Online Learning: Insights From An Established Uk Higher Education Program, Lydia Arnold

Innovate: Journal of Online Education

No abstract provided.

Africana Studies And Research Methodology: Revisiting The Centrality Of The Afrikan Worldview In Africana Studies Research And Scholarship, Karanja Keita Carroll

Publications and Research

This essay engages questions of methodology and philosophical assumptions as they impinge upon discipline-specific scholarship in Africana Studies and ultimately on arguments in Africology. Through an investigation of the worldview concept as discussed within the scholarship of Vernon Dixon, the Afrikan/Black psychologists and other Afrikan-centered scholars this essay attempts to reorient this discussion to questions which are pertinent to the development and utilization of the Afrikan Worldview as a research methodology in Africana Studies. We conclude with the possible implications this analysis can have on Africana Studies and Africological scholarship.

Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds Vol. 7, No. 4, Wku Provost

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the WKU Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs to highlight the activities of faculty, staff and alumni.

United Nations Office For Disarmament Affairs, Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs is the global community’s chief authority on the issues of weapons reduction. Among its responsibilities UNODA acts as the U.N. Secretary-General’s liaison in fulfilling the obligations established by both the Ottawa Convention and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. The Office for Disarmament Affairs’ Geneva branch oversees these activities and is responsible—in accordance with the Ottawa Convention—for collecting Article 7 reports, maintaining the list of Article 8 experts and organizing meetings of States Parties, as well as organizing meetings pertaining to the CCW.

Branding Your Community, Milan Wall

Heartland Center for Leadership Development Materials

Connections: Using a Brand Creation Approach to Community Identity

Origins of the Branding Concept

Even far back in the middle ages when artists and artisans began to form guilds or associations together, many hallmarks or identifying symbols were used as a signatures by artisans to lay claim to the result of his or her work. Another important, and American reference, comes from the days before fences divided up the frontier and cattle owners found a way to mark and identify their own cattle by branding them with a personalized symbol. Even today, many purebred horses are carefully inspected and only …

Branding Your Community, Milan Wall

Heartland Center for Leadership Development Materials

Branding Your Community

Table of Contents:

Connections: Using a Brand Creation Approach to Community Identity

Case Study: Superior, Nebraska

Mapping Community Assets: An Overview

SOAR Analysis

About Appreciative Inquiry

The Marketing Process: Attention, Attraction and Action

Marketing Your Community

Back Home Ideas

Tips for Creating Community Brands

Workshop Evaluation

A Potential Lesson From The Israeli Experience For The American Same-Sex Marriage Debate, Shahar Lifshitz

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

An Overview Of Recent Legal Developments In South Africa With Regard To The Position Of Lesbigay Parents And Children With Specific Reference To The Adoption Of Children, J. A. Robinson

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.