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Current Trends And The Future Of Private Sector Nuisance Wildlife Control, Kevin Clark

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Private sector vertebrate control continually interacts with many parties-all with a genuine interest in wildlife, and thus, the industry is always changing. In recent years, people expressed a desire for more humane treatment of animals and environmentally responsible control methods. The industry has also focused on vertebrates besides birds and rodents and is working to have the opportunity to handle species that are currently excluded from permit systems in some states. In the 1990s, there was rapid growth of private sector wildlife control businesses across the U.S., and increasingly, pest control companies added wildlife services in response to customer demands. …

Black Bear Activity And Visitation Patterns At Human Food Sources In Utah, Dustin H. Ranglack, Kari D. Signor, Kevin Bunnell, John Shivik

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Bear activity and behaviors in areas of human use or proximity require research because of significant and potentially dangerous conflicts between humans and bears. Previous studies in areas of the country outside of Utah determined that black bears (Ursus americanus) tend to exhibit diurnal or crepuscular activity patterns. Activity patterns, however, may be influenced by humans, especially in urbanized landscapes or in areas such as campgrounds where anthropogenic food resources are available. Our study objectives were to determine bear activity schedules and changes in visitation patterns to regularly supplied anthropogenic food sites in the La Sal Mountains of southeastern …

Emerging Challenges In Wildlife Management, Michael R. Conover

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Several challenges confronting wildlife agencies today will become even more important in the future. These challenges include: reducing threats to human safety, preventing the spread of zoonotic diseases, increasing wildlife populations in suboptimal habitats, managing problems caused by overabundant native species and exotic species, and helping to sustain human food supplies by alleviating wildlife damage to agricultural production. Challenges such as these provide an opportunity for wildlife management to increase its importance in the future, especially for biologists and scientists within the field of wildlife damage management. We have the opportunity to enhance the value of the wildlife resource for …

Examining Campus Crime At Virginia’S Colleges And Universities, Christina M. Barnes

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines reported campus crime at Virginia’s institutions of higher education. Utilizing secondary data and content analysis, the research seeks to determine the amount and types of crime occurring on Virginia campuses and which correlates explain such crimes. Three sources of campus crime statistics are included and scrutinized in detail, including the Clery Act statistics, Virginia Incident-Based Reporting statistics and campus crime logs. Regardless of data source, findings indicate that the vast majority of reported campus crime is comprised of property offenses. The research argues to separate analyses by campus police departments versus campus security departments for more meaningful …

Campus Emergency Evacuation Traffic Management Plan, Di Wu

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis was motivated to simulate the evacuation traffic of Mississippi Stated University (MSU) main campus using the Path-Following logic of TSIS/CORSIM and to evaluate a set of traffic management plans. Three scenarios of traffic management plans were developed and tested. A NCT of 123 minutes was projected if evacuate without any plan. In comparison, under a pre-planned traffic management plan the NCT would decrease to 39 minutes. Further, if implement contra flow the NCT would reduce to 21 minutes. If even further adjust the signal timing plans at the university exits a NCT of 20 minutes would be achieved. …

City Of Guadalupe: Housing Element, Cornelius Nuworsoo, Jeffrey W. Hook, Cal Poly Graduate Planning Studio

City and Regional Planning

The City of Guadalupe’s Housing Element is a major component of the General Plan that addresses adequate housing opportunities for Guadalupe residents through 2014. It serves as the primary policy document guiding local decision‐making related to housing. As one of the seven mandatory General Plan elements required by the State of California, the Housing Element is unique in that it is required to be updated every five years and its content is subject to detailed statutory requirements. The 2009 Housing Element Update provides a comprehensive analysis of Guadalupe’s demographic, economic, and housing characteristics as required by State Law. The Element …

Gsu View, 2009-05, Office Of Public Affairs

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Alumni E-Connections, 2009-05, Alumni Relations

Alumni E-Connections

Newsletter for alumni of Governors State University.

The Seventh Circuit Gives The Green Light To Red Light Cameras: An Analysis Of The Court's Application Of The Rational-Basis Test To Red Light Camera Laws, Katelyn Rose Letizia

Seventh Circuit Review

With over one million fatalities occurring every year on the world's roadways, the safety of motorists, passengers, and pedestrians is a major public policy concern. In an effort to address this policy concern and prevent roadway fatalities and accidents, communities across the county have implemented automated enforcement technology systems, such as red light cameras. Proponents of red light camera legislation believe the laws are constitutional and effective, but critics claim that such laws fail to pass the rational-basis test required of all legislation. In Idris v. City of Chicago, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit considered whether …

The Discriminatory History Of Gun Control, David Babat

Senior Honors Projects

Gun control is an issue that has been ingrained in the societal conscious as a measure to reduce gun violence. Many people, however, are unaware of the discriminatory history on which this legislation is based. The earliest instances of gun control in America can be traced to laws instituted by Southern colonies which explicitly banned African Americans from owning firearms. White slave owners feared an armed uprising and sought to keep weapons away from blacks. This trend continued even after the Civil War. Less explicitly racist laws were enacted, but the goal remained the disarmament of African Americans.

The North …

The Social-Obligation Norm In American Property Law, Gregory S. Alexander

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This article seeks to provide in property legal theory an alternative to law-and-economics theory, the dominant mode of theorizing about property in contemporary legal scholarship. I call this alternative the social obligation theory.

I argue that American property law, both on the private and public sides, includes a social-obligation norm but that this norm has never been explicitly recognized as such nor systemically developed. I argue that a proper understanding of the social obligation explains a remarkably wide array of existing legal doctrine in American property law, ranging from the power of eminent domain to the modern public trust doctrine. …

Bullying In Schools, Rana Sampson

United States Department of Justice: Publications

The Problem-Specific Guides summarize knowledge about how police can reduce the harm caused by specific crime and disorder problems. They are guides to prevention and to improving the overall response to incidents, not to investigating offenses or handling specific incidents. Neither do they cover all of the technical details about how to implement specific responses. The guides are written for police—of whatever rank or assignment— who must address the specific problem the guides cover. The guides will be most useful to officers who:

Understand basic problem-oriented policing principles and methods. The guides are not primers in problem-oriented policing. They …

Forget The Whales: Expanding The Twilight And Diminishing The Nadir Of Youngstown, Landon Wade Magnusson

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

On The Green Vol. 38 No. 7 May 1, 2009, Gallaudet University

2001-2010

On the Green is an internal publication of Gallaudet College, which later became Gallaudet University. It notified employees of updates around the campus and in the broader community, including new construction and the establishment of new academic programs. Running until 2010, it was supplanted by various forms of online mass communications across multiple audiences.

Island Times, May 2009, Kevin Attra

Island Times Newspaper, 2009

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, May 1, 2009, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

0584 Capital Development Committee, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

Sprawl, Equity And Fire Department Response Times Across The U.S., Matin Katirai

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation is an examination of fire department response times in eight major cities of the United States including Houston, TX, Charlotte, NC, St. Paul, MN, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Louisville, KY, San Francisco, CA and Miami, FL. This study investigates and analyzes fire protection as an urban service as measured by response times, first through proportional access by looking at socio-economic status (SES), and secondly through spatial access by examining several different aspects of urban sprawl. Response times were regressed as the main dependent variable with SES and urban sprawl variables in the quantitative portion of the study. Results …

The Murray State News, May 1, 2009, The Murray State News

Murray State University Collection

No abstract provided.

A Multi-Case Study Of Americorps Tutoring Programs, Kimberly E. Hawk

Dissertations

An analysis of the practices and results of AmeriCorps tutoring programs in a Midwest state was the basis of this study. Volunteer management theory, the theory of planned behavior, and social change and justice theory were used as the theoretical foundation of this qualitative, multi-case study. Understanding the essential components of effective AmeriCorps tutoring programs will assist program directors in establishing or improving AmeriCorps tutoring programs throughout the country. The essential components identified in this study will serve as a model for program directors and provide state and national AmeriCorps leadership insight as to the support needed to establish effective …

University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2009 - 2010, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

52th University Of San Diego School Of Law Commencement Program, 2009, University Of San Diego School Of Law

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

2008 Virginia Beach Tourism Economic Impact Study, Gilbert R. Yochum, Vinod Agarwal

Economics Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study is to estimate the total economic impact and the direct taxes and fees generated by the 2008 in-flow of visitors to the City of Virginia Beach's tourist industry. Total tourism economic impact is defined as the sum of direct, indirect and induced output, employment and earnings that result from visitor spending in Virginia Beach.

Guns And Speech Technologies: How The Right To Bear Arms Affects Copyright Regulations Of Speech Technologies, Edward Lee

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This Article examines the possible effect the Supreme Court's landmark Second Amendment ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller will have on future cases brought under the Free Press Clause.' Based on the text and history of the Constitution, the connection between the two Clauses is undeniable, as the Heller Court itself repeatedly suggested. Only two provisions in the entire Constitution protect individual rights to a technology: the Second Amendment's right to bear "arms" and the Free Press Clause's right to the freedom of the "press," meaning the printing press. Both rights were viewed, moreover, as pre-existing, natural rights to …

Hawks' Herald -- May 1, 2009, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

No abstract provided.

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, May 1, 2009, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The May 1, 2009, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Sex Offender Registries And Notification Programs, Deborah Periman

UAAJC Research Overview

Presents a brief history of sex offender registries and notification programs nationally and in Alaska; describes provisions of Alaska's registry/notification laws; and discusses recent research findings about the effectiveness of such laws and their impact on offenders.

The North American Transportation Security Center – Technology Prototype Gap Analysis, Steven Douglas Kreis, Michael M. Barclay

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

Executive Summary

There are over 800,000 hazardous materials (hazmat) shipments over the nation’s roads each day. According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), terrorist activity related to the transportation of hazardous materials represents a significant threat to public safety and the nation’s critical infrastructure. Specifically, the federal government has identified the government’s inability to track hazmat shipments on a real-time basis as a significant security vulnerability.

In 2004, the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) completed a study to determine if “smart truck” technology such as GPS tracking, wireless modems, panic buttons, and onboard computers could be …

Beneath The Forest, Volume 2, No. 1, Spring 2009, Johanna L. Kovarik

Beneath the Forest

Contents: Understanding White Nose Syndrome - Can We Afford to Ignore WNS in Western North America - Bats in Caves and Mines in Alaska - The Mark Twain NF and Partners Prepare for Bats - Cave and Karst Networking Strategies - The Discovery of Ancient palace Cave - Forest Service Cave Cartography

American Cave Diving Fatalities 1969-2007, Peter L. Buzzacott, Erin Zeigler, Petar Denoble, Richard Vann

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

Fatality records for American cave-diving fatalities (n=368) occurring between 1969 and 2007 were examined and circumstances preceding each death categorized. Safety rules breached were noted in each case. The number of deaths per year peaked in the mid-1970s and has diminished since. Drowning was the most frequent cause of death, most often after running out of gas, which usually followed getting lost or starting the dive with insufficient gas. Compared with untrained divers, trained divers tended to be older, died at deeper depths and further inside caves, carried more cylinders of gas and more often died alone. Untrained divers were …