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Old Testament Introduction, Mark Boda

Syllabi

No abstract provided.

New Testament Introduction, Fredrick Long

Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Mark, David Thompson

Syllabi

No abstract provided.

New Testament Introduction, Fredrick Long

Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 034, Number 02, September 8, 2009, Grand Valley State University

2009-2010, Volume 34

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

Research Methods In Old Testament Interpretation, Bill Arnold

Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Mark, Abson Joseph

Syllabi

No abstract provided.

The Cord (September 7, 2009)

The Cord

No abstract provided.

Community, Property, And Human Rights: The Failure Of Property-As-Respect, Sarah E. Hamill

Journal of Law and Social Policy

The question of whether private property rights can be human rights is longstanding. In this article, I unpack Hanoch Dagan and Avihay Dorfman’s recent attempt to render private property rights as capable of being human rights. Their account of private property forms part of a larger project to re-read private law and argues that the idea of substantive equality is at the heart of private law properly understood. In this article, I critique their focus on the horizontal aspects of property as ignoring the ways in which property always invokes a sense of community. I also argue that Dagan and …

Revitalizing Land Use Law: Introductory Notes, Ronit Levine-Schnur

Journal of Law and Social Policy

As a way of celebrating its centenary, I sketch out a vision of how to revitalize land use and zoning law. Such a vision is called for not merely because of the marking of 100 years since zoning was first introduced in New York City. Due to the immense impact land use laws have on human lives and their surroundings, it is crucial to re-imagine the land use law system, and in particular judicial review of land use law, and to ground it within an ethical foundation. A land use law system should be based on an ethical commitment to …

Reimagining Toronto’S Community Councils, Alexandra Flynn

Journal of Law and Social Policy

This article examines Toronto’s community councils, a post-amalgamation creation meant to buffer the effects of a much larger city. Using a mixed methodology approach to understand their role and function, this paper finds that community councils largely focus on local planning and land use issues. However, under applicable law, Toronto’s community councils have the capacity to increase their delegated and decision-making power to serve a greater stewardship role in matters of concern to the city’s neighbourhoods, such as the “local” effects of “city-wide” issues, and to include non-councillor members as decision-makers. This paper argues that the City of Toronto should …

The Properties Of Planning: An Evolving Landscape, Alexandra Flynn, Donald Leffers

Journal of Law and Social Policy

The theme of this special volume is “Challenging Traditional Notions of Property in Land Use Planning.” Property in the common law tradition is conceived as a right to something, whether physical or not, that is disconnected from the object or idea itself. Property interests are almost always hierarchical and exclusionary. An emerging body of property law scholarship is challenging the basic tenets of the discipline. For example, Nicole Graham argues that property law must be rooted in a time and place, and Sarah Keenan suggests that property law is a form of spatial and temporal order that can function as …

The Complications Of Colonialism For Gentrification Theory And Marxist Geography, Liza Kim Jackson

Journal of Law and Social Policy

Gentrification is often described metaphorically as a form of ‘colonization,’ however in this paper I argue that gentrification comprises one strategy in the continued historical colonization of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian context, and more specifically in the settler city of Toronto. I propose that the colonial relationalities, both symbolic and material that give rise to the settler city, persist as a discipline on poor and Indigenous bodies, spaces and lands, through the capitalist way of life. Colonial relationalities are again heightened through gentrifications role in Toronto’s strivings for global city status in a neo-imperialist global economy. Gentrification is based …

Developers, The State, And The Politics Of Private Property Rights, Donald Leffers

Journal of Law and Social Policy

This article uses a new institutionalist approach to investigate major land use conflicts and regional land use policy changes in the Toronto region that affected the property relations of land developers. Institutionalist approaches focus on the role of key actors, ideas, and strategies in influencing the trajectories of political institutions, and the confrontation of political and strategic maneuvering in the face of existing institutions and structures. Through comparison of the processes driving enactment of two major regional land use statutes—the Oak Ridge Moraine Conservation Act and the Greenbelt Act—this article pays close attention to the relationships between political actors and …

Genetic Population Structure Analysis In New Hampshire Reveals Eastern European Ancestry, Chantel D. Sloan, Angeline D. Andrew, Eric J. Duell, Scott M. Williams, Margaret R. Karagas, Jason H. Moore

Dartmouth Scholarship

Genetic structure due to ancestry has been well documented among many divergent human populations. However, the ability to associate ancestry with genetic substructure without using supervised clustering has not been explored in more presumably homogeneous and admixed US populations. The goal of this study was to determine if genetic structure could be detected in a United States population from a single state where the individuals have mixed European ancestry. Using Bayesian clustering with a set of 960 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) we found evidence of population stratification in 864 individuals from New Hampshire that can be used to differentiate the …

Towards Mineralogical And Geochemical Reference Groups For Some Bronze Age Ceramics 
From Transylvania (Romania), Volker Hoeck, Corina Ionescu, Lucretia Ghergari, Carmen Precup

Studia UBB Geologia

Based on their chemical composition ceramic shards from three Bronze Age sites in Transylvania, i.e., Copăceni, Derşida and Palatca respectively, were distinguished by major, trace, and RE elements. Within the Copăceni samples, two subgroups (A and B) showing different chemistry and mineralogy were additionally separated out. The link between chemistry and mineralogy showed clearly the important contribution of the temper to the overall chemistry of the ceramic shards. In turn, the chemistry facilitated the provenance study of the raw materials, which were collected in the vicinity of the sites. In combination with the mineralogy of the ceramics, the chemical analyses …

Decaying Of The Marble And Limestone Monuments In The Urban Environment. Case Studies From Saint Petersburg, Russia, Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya, Dmitrii Yu Vlasov, Marina S. Zelenskaya, Irina V. Knauf, Maryia A. Timasheva

Studia UBB Geologia

The results of a long-lasting research of sulphation process, which causes an essential deterioration of marble and limestone monuments in Saint Petersburg are reported. Based on a variety of field and analytical methods we can show that the decay process forming a gypsum-rich patina depends mainly on the local environment, the moisture accumulation, and is connected with the fissuring and porosity of the rock and the relief of a monument. Three main stages of gypsum-rich patina formation in the presence of microorganisms were revealed.

Strategic Change In The Irish Health Services: Comparative Case Studies In Planning, Vivienne Byers

Conference Papers

This paper reports on a study of the implementation of service planning in the Irish health services in the context of significant organisational change. One of the central mechanisms of the Strategic Management Initiative (SMI) is the devolution of accountability and responsibility from the centre to executive agencies. Service planning in the Irish health care sector is seen as part of this strategic planning ethos.

This study in examining the function and implementation of the service plan in the Irish health care system drew comparisons with the Canadian experience. A multiple case study design was utilised. Key research questions were …

Opposition Unable To Coalesce Ahead Of Bolivian Elections, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

Soundings 2009-09, N/A N/A

Soundings

No abstract provided.

Gsu View, 2009-09-03, Office Of Public Affairs

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Spanning Policy Silos In Urban Development And Environmental Management: When Global Cities Are Coastal Cities Too, Herman L. Boschken

Faculty Publications, School of Management

No abstract provided.

September 3, 2009, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the September 3, 2009, meeting of the University Senate. 42 pages

Lanthorn, Vol. 44, No. 04, September 3, 2009, Grand Valley State University

Volume 44, July 8, 2009 - June 10, 2010

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present. This issue is misnumbered as Vol. 44, No. 3. The Lanthorn, Vol. 44 No. 5 is missing.

September 3, 2009 General Studies Council Minutes, University Of Nebraska At Kearney General Studies Council

General Education Council

No abstract provided.

Integrated Ecohydrologic Research And Hydro-Informatics, D. Scott Mackay, Lawrence E. Band

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Emerging Issues And Challenges: Natural Hazards, Burrell Montz

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

September 2, 2009 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Reporter's Verbatim Report Of Proceedings, Monday, September 2, 2009, Volume Iii--Session 1 Of 4 [Pages 507-575]

King County Superior Court Documents

Continues testimony by Stephanie McCleary and begins testimony by Kenneth Emmil.

Integrating Water-Quality Into A Water Resources Research Agenda, L. Allan James

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.