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Gifts To State And Local Government Officials. Disqualification. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Prohibits candidates for office, government officials, judges, arbitrators, and government advisors from voting on, deciding, or influencing any matter of government business that would disproportionately benefit themselves or any individual or entity that has given them an excessive contribution. Defines excessive contribution as any amount exceeding a 40-hour week's pay at federal minimum wage. Creates new state agencies to monitor compliance and impose penalties, including vote nullification, forfeiture of contributions, salary, and retirement and other benefits, and ineligibility for public office, and to distribute seized assets among registered voters. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of …

State And Local Government Officials. Retirement Benefits. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Limits retirement benefits for candidates for office, government officials, and government advisors, to the benefits provided to workers at lowest benefit level in same agency. Limits basis for calculation of such retirement benefits to years of service with government agency in which last served. Applies retroactively to any retirement benefits government officials set for themselves, unless enacted by majority popular vote. Imposes penalties for actions contrary to its terms, including forfeitures and ineligibility for public office. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Possible reductions in state and local …

State And Local Government Officials. Personal Liability. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Requires candidates for office, government officials, and government advisors to use personal funds to pay any damages and their own legal expenses arising from claims of unscrupulous behavior. Defines unscrupulous behavior to include negligence, ethics violations, direction to subordinates that is contrary to or expands beyond existing law, breach of contract, and unfulfilled campaign promises. Imposes penalties for unscrupulous behavior, or for improper use of public funds to defend against claims of unscrupulous behavior, including imprisonment, fines, forfeiture, punitive damages, nullification of unscrupulous acts, and ineligibility for public office. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of …

Volume 11, Issue 35: October 10, 2011, Women's Studies & Gender Studies Program

Women's Studies & Gender Studies: Digest Magazine

No abstract provided.

Facilitating Intellectual And Personal Skills Development In Engineering Programmes, Gavin Duffy

Conference papers

Engineering graduates are under increasing pressure to demonstrate high levels of personal skills. The accreditation criteria of professional bodies such as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in the US, Engineers Ireland and Engineers Australia, to name but a few, now include the development of a broad range of personal skills (ABET, 2008; Engineers Australia, 2011; Engineers Ireland, 2007). Evidence of a ‘strong contribution’, a term used by Engineers Ireland, to the development of teamwork, lifelong learning, ethics, communication and self-direction is required in the programme to satisfy the accreditation criteria. Numerous anecdotes of intensive probing for personal …

October 10th 2011, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

Get @ Us!: Using Social Media To Market Libraries, Provide Customer Service, & Revitalize Outreach Efforts, Katy Kelly, Gwen Glazer

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

The presenters all handle social media for their libraries, but in very different settings: a large academic library at a public-private research institution, a medium-sized academic library at a private university, and a medium-sized public library in a town that revolves around a university. The workshop will provide some general discussion about how the different technology environments elicit different responses from various user groups and, using Twitter as a microcosm, the similarities and differences between approaches will be discussed. The legalities concerning social media policies and the magic of paying attention to target audiences will also be explored.

Walking Box Ranch Planning And Design Quarterly Progress Report: Period Ending October 10, 2011, Margaret N. Rees

Walking Box Ranch

• UNLV participated in two meetings with BLM regarding updating the current Task Order, obtaining a two-year no-cost extension for the two Assistance Agreements, and to develop the future WBR operating agreement between BLM and UNLV.
• Weather station progress included: 1) A study to review the recent developments in various building envelope components and their effects on the energy sustainability of a building has been completed and published, 2) Ground-source heat pump (GSHP) Vs Photovoltaic (PV) technology: A detailed comparison of ground source heat pumps and photo voltaics has been initiated, 3) A study to identify the most suitable and economically …

Viral Double-Strand Rna-Binding Proteins Can Enhance Innate Immune Signaling By Toll-Like Receptor 3, Yvonne Lai, Guanghui Yi, Alice Chen, Kanchan Bhardwaj, Brady J. Tragesser, Rodrigo A. Valverde, Adam Zlotnick, Suchetana Mukhopadhyay, C. T. Ranjith-Kumar, C. Cheng Kao

Faculty Publications

Toll-like Receptor 3 (TLR3) detects double-stranded (ds) RNAs to activate innate immune responses. While poly(I:C) is an excellent agonist for TLR3 in several cell lines and in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, viral dsRNAs tend to be poor agonists, leading to the hypothesis that additional factor(s) are likely required to allow TLR3 to respond to viral dsRNAs. TLR3 signaling was examined in a lung epithelial cell line by quantifying cytokine production and in human embryonic kidney cells by quantifying luciferase reporter levels. Recombinant 1b hepatitis C virus polymerase was found to enhance TLR3 signaling in the lung epithelial BEAS-2B cells …

A Digital View Of Campus Life

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: October 10, 2011, Eastern Illinois University

October

No abstract provided.

Crow's Nest, October 10, 2011, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The October 10, 2011, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Spartan Daily October 10, 2011, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 137, Issue 23

The Daily Gamecock, Monday, October 10, 2011, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

No abstract provided.

Establishment Of A New Proton Bank With The Financial Stability Fund As Its Sole Shareholder In Implementation Of Law 4021/2011, Bank Of Greece/Central Bank Of Greece

Documents

No abstract provided.

The Collegian (2011-10-10), Rene Cardona Jr.

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 64. No. 8

The Murray Ledger And Times, October 10, 2011, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Board Of Directors Meeting Minutes (October 10, 2011), Dmacc

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

This file contains the minutes from the Des Moines Area Community College Board meeting held on October 10, 2011.

The Obama Administration’S Decisions To Enforce, But Not Defend, Doma § 3, Robert J. Delahunty

NULR Online

No abstract provided.

Business Innovation Group (Big) News, Georgia Southern University

Business Innovation Group: News & Publications

• SIFE Training Conference
• "How to Detect Fraud in Your Business" E-Zone Forum
• October Eagle Executive Briefing in Business in Savannah
• Entrepreneur Zone Receives Statewide Recognition

Cathedrals, Casinos, Colleges And Classrooms: Questions For The Architects Of Digital Campuses, Frank Mccluskey, Melanie Winter

Higher Learning Research Communications

The bricks and mortar classroom has a long and storied history. The digital classroom is so new and different it may be wrong to even call it a “classroom”.The authors argue that architecture influences behavior.So in constructing our new digital classrooms we must pay attention to the architecture and what job we want that architecture to do.In thinking about the relation between instructional design and our pedagogical aims we must keep in mind that this new type of “space” may require us to rethink our views of both teaching and learning.DOI: 10.18870/hlrc.v3i3.154

October 10, 2011, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Appendix A: Internet Discovery Tools: The Basics, Greg A. Wade

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Computer-Accessible Resources For Canadian Water Resources Management, Alan F. Belk, Isobel W. Heathcote

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Embracing Information Technology: A New Era For Water Resources Programming, Ruth Kline-Robach

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Indiana Wetnet: A Virtual Water Resource, Edward P. Haslam, Jeff R. Wright

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Does Dolphin Therapy Work?, Harold Herzog

Herzog - Companion Animals and Health

Dolphinaria around the world offer opportunities to swim with captive dolphins and, in some cases, offer dolphin-therapy as a way to treat people with autism and other health issues. However, studies of dolphin therapy have been poorly designed and controlled and there is little hard evidence of positive health benefits from dolphin therapy.

Cutting The Red Tape: Direct Engagement With The University And College Campus Student Body For Outreach And Programming Needs, Rachael Muszkiewicz, Jonathan Bull

Library Faculty Presentations

This workshop discusses various ways to directly engage student patrons for outreach and programming purposes, while eliminating post-secondary administration red-tape that could hinder establishment of this programming. The presenters illustrate ways to delegate to certain students creation and promotion of library-related content for consumption by the rest of the campus community. The presenters show that engaging directly with this group of creative students, not only gives this student project experience and confidence, but frees the outreach and programming staff’s time commitment to explore additional ways to connect with the campus’ community. Going to the students directly and not relying on …

Requiem, Babette Babich

Working Papers

No abstract provided.

Strategies For Reducing Inequalities And Improving Developmental Outcomes For Young Children In Low-Income And Middle-Income Countries, Patrice L. Engle, Lia C.H. Fernald, Harold Alderman, Jere Behrman, Chloe O'Gara, Aisha Yousafzai, Meena Cabral De Mello, Melissa Hidrobo, Nurper Ulkuer, Ilgi Ertem, Selim Iltus

Psychology and Child Development

This report is the second in a Series on early child development in low-income and middle-income countries and assesses the effectiveness of early child development interventions, such as parenting support and preschool enrollment. The evidence reviewed suggests that early child development can be improved through these interventions, with effects greater for programmes of higher quality and for the most vulnerable children. Other promising interventions for the promotion of early child development include children’s educational media, interventions with children at high risk, and combining the promotion of early child development with conditional cash transfer programmes. Effective investments in early child development …