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Responding To Foreclosures In Cuyahoga County 2011 Evaluation Report, Kathryn W. Hexter, Molly Schnoke Jan 2012

Responding To Foreclosures In Cuyahoga County 2011 Evaluation Report, Kathryn W. Hexter, Molly Schnoke

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

The foreclosure crisis hit Cuyahoga County earlier and harder than the rest of the nation. The crisis continues to weaken the County’s already weak housing market, as evidenced by declining property values, increasing numbers of vacant and abandoned properties and the continuing high rates of foreclosure filings. In 1999, there were 4,900 residential foreclosure filings in Cuyahoga County. That number doubled to about 10,000 by 2005 and peaked in 2007 at close to 14,000. In 2011, the County had just over 11,000 residential foreclosure filings. In total, an estimated 68,000 homes in the County have been “touched” by foreclosure. The …

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Demographic And Socioeconomic Conditions And A Patron Borrowing Analysis Of Cleveland Public Library Branch And Main Libraries, Mark Salling Jan 2012

Demographic And Socioeconomic Conditions And A Patron Borrowing Analysis Of Cleveland Public Library Branch And Main Libraries, Mark Salling

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

We provide here an analysis of the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the Cleveland Public Library’s (CPL) service area and that of the neighborhoods in which the library’s patrons live. We also describe the borrowing patterns for the branch and downtown, Main Library, locations. The census-based demographic and socioeconomic data used for the analysis include income, number of children, race, Hispanic ethnicity, language spoken at home, ability to speak English, public-versus-private school attendance by grade level, housing tenure (owner/renter), educational attainment, employment status, and place of employment (Cleveland versus other). Data from the 2010 census and the Census Bureau’s 2005-2009 …

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Kenny A. Does Not Live Here: Efforts In Washington State To Improve Legal Representation For Children In Foster Care, Erin Shea Mccann, Casey Trupin Jan 2012

Kenny A. Does Not Live Here: Efforts In Washington State To Improve Legal Representation For Children In Foster Care, Erin Shea Mccann, Casey Trupin

Nova Law Review

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Crumbs From The Table: The Syrophoenician Woman And International Law, Mark A. Chinen Jan 2012

Crumbs From The Table: The Syrophoenician Woman And International Law, Mark A. Chinen

Faculty Articles

The article presents information on the Syrophoenician woman with respect to the international law and the international response to global crisis like climatic change. The views of scholars like Bhalakrishna Rajagopal, Amartya Sen and David Boucher are presented on the issue of modern challenges that pose a threat to international justice and international law. Information on the Syrophoenician woman is presented with reference to a passage in the Gospel of Mark.

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Naim V. Naim, Richard Delgado Jan 2012

Naim V. Naim, Richard Delgado

Faculty Articles

Part of a law review symposium on the worst Supreme Court cases, this essay nominates Naim v. Naim, in which the Court declined to review a Virginia antimiscegenation law, postponing action in this area for over a dozen years. This article argues that the Court's reluctance to enter this arena was unfortunate, short-sighted, and cruel; and that we might be a different nation if the Supreme Court had been less concerned about appearances and more about doing the right thing in 1955.

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Race, Brain Science, And Critical Decision-Making In The Context Of Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Christian M. Halliburton Jan 2012

Race, Brain Science, And Critical Decision-Making In The Context Of Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Christian M. Halliburton

Faculty Articles

This article surveys current and emerging neuroscience research that is uncovering deep cognitive-level and unconscious connections between race or racial constructs, perception, and decision making. Using those findings as a platform for consideration, the article addresses several implications that these cognitive patterns might have for the particular kinds of perceptual experiences and decision making opportunities that are relevant in the context of criminal law enforcement and police procedure, and begins to evaluate the influence that these cognitive trends may have on the development of specific legal regulatory mechanisms and their application to the larger law enforcement complex.

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A Culture Of Excellence - A Study On High Achieving Public High Schools In California, Rhea Sanchez Jan 2012

A Culture Of Excellence - A Study On High Achieving Public High Schools In California, Rhea Sanchez

Theses and Dissertations

Pockets of success in the United States exist where public schools have been able to produce highly educated students. A wealth of information can be gleaned from the successful practices being employed by these distinguished schools. The purpose of this study was to investigate the best practices being employed by these high achieving public high schools, specifically in California. A qualitative research design was used to explore the phenomenon that existed in high achieving public high schools, as well as in gathering the data concerning common best practices based on the perspectives of the participants in this study. The criteria …

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Public Leadership: A Study Of The Leadership Practices Of Elected Public Officials In Guam And The Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands, Florie Nadine Manglona Mendiola Jan 2012

Public Leadership: A Study Of The Leadership Practices Of Elected Public Officials In Guam And The Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands, Florie Nadine Manglona Mendiola

Theses and Dissertations

Elected public officials hold one of the highest levels of leadership. They are voted into office with the belief that they embody the ideals of a good leader and are charged with the all-encompassing task of making crucial decisions that affect all sectors of society and its constituents. There is pressure to produce results, maintain credibility in their performance, and build trust with constituents. It is essential that an assessment tool be used to help leaders gain perspective and understanding in determining the effectiveness of their leadership practices. The opportunities to self-evaluate allow leaders to continuously refine their craft to …

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Attributes Of Asian American Senior Leaders Who Have Retained Their Cultural Identity And Been Successful In American Corporations, Maria Odiamar Racho Jan 2012

Attributes Of Asian American Senior Leaders Who Have Retained Their Cultural Identity And Been Successful In American Corporations, Maria Odiamar Racho

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to understand the stories of Asian American senior leaders of Fortune 600 companies. The intent was to identify common attributes and experiences that could be used to help emerging leaders along their journeys and American corporations improve workplace environment and retention of top Asian American talent. Thirty-two Asian American senior leaders of Fortune 600 companies participated in an online questionnaire which included the Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation (SL-ASIA) Scale. In addition, nine of those leaders were interviewed for stories and insights on the quantitative data. The findings uncovered that these leaders found a way …

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Upper South Fork Of The Flathead Users: What Social Setting Attributes Are The Most Important?, Forest Waters Moulton Jan 2012

Upper South Fork Of The Flathead Users: What Social Setting Attributes Are The Most Important?, Forest Waters Moulton

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Previous research has shown that wilderness visitors place much value on an uncrowded social recreation setting. However, the current indicators that the Flathead National Forest has implemented to monitor this setting on the upper South Fork of the Flathead River may not satisfy several of the qualities of a good indicators, particularly “significance.” In an attempt to recommend new indicators to monitor opportunities for quality experience within this social setting, this study assessed the significance or importance of several alternative social setting attributes. It also attempted to provide meaningful qualifications to these evaluations by analyzing variation in three concepts associated …

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Savingthewildplaces.Org, Ann E. Fleischli Jan 2012

Savingthewildplaces.Org, Ann E. Fleischli

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Abstract Purpose The focus of this professional paper is the description of both collaborative and individual efforts to save a wild place, the Rocky Mountain Front (RMF) in Lewis and Clark National Forest in Montana. The purpose of doing that is to provide an example that others could use to save their own beloved wild place, wherever that might be. Methods The description includes the formation of the Friends of the Front in the late 1970s by Gene Sentz and Roy Jacobs. The group, now a coalition with three major environmental organizations, continues its activities in April 2012, the date …

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The Importance Of Water-Based Ecosystem Services Derived From The Shoshone National Forest, Christopher Aden Armatas Jan 2012

The Importance Of Water-Based Ecosystem Services Derived From The Shoshone National Forest, Christopher Aden Armatas

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

There is a wide range of goods and services being provided to humans by water resources (e.g. hydropower and recreation), but there is also a diversity of stakeholders that require or desire these benefits, also known as water-based ecosystem services, for everyday life. Land managers working for the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service in the semi-arid Rocky Mountain Region are tasked with the difficult job of managing scarce water resources in the face of competing human pressures and natural forces (e.g. climate change). Water management decisions on public lands can potentially impact the availability of a wide range …

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Rightly Dividing The Domestic Jihadist From The Enemy Combatant In The "War Against Al-Qaeda"--Why It Matters In Rendition And Targeted Killing, Jeffrey F. Addicott Jan 2012

Rightly Dividing The Domestic Jihadist From The Enemy Combatant In The "War Against Al-Qaeda"--Why It Matters In Rendition And Targeted Killing, Jeffrey F. Addicott

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

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A Review Of "The Reformation Of The Landscape: Religion, Identity, & Memory In Early Modern Britain And Ireland" By Alexandra Walsham, Nicolle M. Jordan Jan 2012

A Review Of "The Reformation Of The Landscape: Religion, Identity, & Memory In Early Modern Britain And Ireland" By Alexandra Walsham, Nicolle M. Jordan

Faculty Publications

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Remedying The Misuse Of Nature, Sanne H. Knudsen Jan 2012

Remedying The Misuse Of Nature, Sanne H. Knudsen

Utah Law Review

This Article continues the work of scholars who have urged a mended view of private property and others who have described the failings of environmental laws to protect ecosystems as interconnected wholes. Joining the existing dialogue, this Article tackles the uncomfortable and controversial issues of ethical obligations, private property rights, and public ownership: It describes the shared responsibility to avoid the misuse of nature, finding support for this responsibility in literature, religion, culture, science, and law. It explains how the study of ecology has led to more mature views on nature—views that recognize the utility of nature when allowed to …

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Choosing Home For Someone Else: Guardian Residential Decision-Making, Naomi Karp, Erica Wood Jan 2012

Choosing Home For Someone Else: Guardian Residential Decision-Making, Naomi Karp, Erica Wood

Utah Law Review

Sue had lived in her own home for fifty years but recently lost it due to financial exploitation by her daughter. She wanted to live as independently as possible and to avoid living in a nursing home. The public guardianship program found her an affordable apartment in a senior residence, and arranged for in-home care, transportation, and visiting nurses when needed. Several elderly tenants in the same building used the same in-home care staff, so the hours were easier to work out. The guardianship program also sought restitution from the daughter. A fifty-three-year-old man with an intellectual disability was injured …

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Understanding Financial Regulation, Eric J. Pan Jan 2012

Understanding Financial Regulation, Eric J. Pan

Utah Law Review

This Article has presented a framework to understand how regulators approach financial regulation. The framework suggests regulators must address three questions: what strategy, what task, and what source. What strategy refers to rulemaking, supervision, certification, or enforcement; what task refers to defining content, facilitating compliance, and pursuing enforcement; what source refers to public or private completion of the regulatory strategy. To this end, the framework provides the regulator with a menu of choices from which to select an appropriate regulatory strategy. One important application of the framework is to facilitate the cooperation and coordination of financial regulation across borders. One …

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Digital Storytelling : Building 21st Century Literacy Skills In The Secondary Classroom, William P. Lammers Jan 2012

Digital Storytelling : Building 21st Century Literacy Skills In The Secondary Classroom, William P. Lammers

Graduate Research Papers

Digital storytelling has been a popular activity in technologically well-equipped classrooms, and is gaining popularity due to its ability to help build important 21st century skills for learners and engaging lessons for instructors. This paper reviewed twenty peer-evaluated investigations from 2001 to 2010, citing five original qualitative case studies, twelve research-based papers regarding digital narratives and the skills needed for the 21st century learner. Included in this review is a definition of digital storytelling via a detailed model, an explanation of the 21st century literacies, obstacles to integrating digital narratives, and discussion of related communication skills. Recommendations were made based …

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Chromite-Hosted Silicate Melt Inclusions From Basalts In The Stravaj Complex, Southern Mirdita Ophiolite Belt (Albania), Izabella Havancsàk, Friedrich Koller, Jànos Kodolànyi, Csaba Szabò, Volker Höck, Kujtim Onuzi Jan 2012

Chromite-Hosted Silicate Melt Inclusions From Basalts In The Stravaj Complex, Southern Mirdita Ophiolite Belt (Albania), Izabella Havancsàk, Friedrich Koller, Jànos Kodolànyi, Csaba Szabò, Volker Höck, Kujtim Onuzi

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Stravaj ophiolite compex, part of the western Mirdita ophiolite belt in Albania, is located east of the Shpati massif, and west of the Shebenik massif. The Stravaj ophiolite sequence itself consist of MOR-related and subduction-related volcanic rocks (Hoeck et al. 2007) formed by pillow lavas and various dykes. The deeper units are formed by gabbros and plagioclase-bearing peridotites. The pillow lavas are intersected by basaltic dykes with a rather primitive composition. The studied basaltic dyke contains former relics of olivine, fresh spinel and clinopyroxene phenocrysts in a glassy groundmass. The silicate phases are strongly altered. The spinels appear as …

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Palaeoclimate Estimates For Selected Leaf Floras From The Late Pliocene (Reuverian) Of Central Europe Based On Different Palaeobotanical Techniques, Christine Thiel, Stefan Klotz, Dieter Uhl Jan 2012

Palaeoclimate Estimates For Selected Leaf Floras From The Late Pliocene (Reuverian) Of Central Europe Based On Different Palaeobotanical Techniques, Christine Thiel, Stefan Klotz, Dieter Uhl

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

To provide quantitative palaeoclimate estimates based on different palaeobotanical techniques for three contemporaneous Pliocene leaf floras, we applied the Coexistence Approach (CoA), leaf margin analysis (LMA), the Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program (CLAMP) and the European Leaf Physiognomic Approach (ELPA). Furthermore, we compared recently published estimates from an additional locality with our data. The leaf physiognomic techniques yield lower mean annual temperatures than the CoA, which is most likely caused by taphonomic biases. Due to these potential biases we are in favour of the CoA as the most reliable method, and its palaeotemperature estimates show similar temperatures for all localities. …

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Professional Development For The Library Para Educator: Developing A Guide To Answer Questions About School Libraries In The 21st Century, Tifini Foglesong Jan 2012

Professional Development For The Library Para Educator: Developing A Guide To Answer Questions About School Libraries In The 21st Century, Tifini Foglesong

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this project was to create a manual for new and existing library paraprofessionals as well as administrators who coordinate teacher librarian professional inservice days. This information will provide content for library paraprofessionals to understand both the procedures and principles of school libraries.

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Early Algona: A Digital Story, Kathy Bottaro Jan 2012

Early Algona: A Digital Story, Kathy Bottaro

Graduate Research Papers

The 1986 classic teen movie, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off' contains a scene that is all too familiar in today's high school classrooms. The history/economics teacher is addressing a classroom full of seemingly comatose students: In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the ... anyone? anyone? the Great Depression, passed the ... anyone? anyone? the tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered? ... raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and …

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Designing Pots: Determining Orange Incised Design Variation And Distribution At The Rollins Shell Ring Site And The Guana Shell Ring Site In Florida, Margaret Kathryn Wrenn Jan 2012

Designing Pots: Determining Orange Incised Design Variation And Distribution At The Rollins Shell Ring Site And The Guana Shell Ring Site In Florida, Margaret Kathryn Wrenn

LSU Master's Theses

Orange pottery is a Late Archaic (5000-3000 B.P.) fiber-tempered pottery found throughout northern and central Florida, though the heartland of the ware is considered to be in the northeastern part of Florida. Orange pottery is most commonly plain, but incised Orange pottery is frequently found at shell ring sites on the eastern Florida coast. Prior examinations of Orange Incised pottery have indicated design considerable homogeneity in design at Orange Period sites. The highest percentage of decorated pottery is found at shell ring sites. For this thesis, I conducted an analysis and comparison of Orange Incised pottery collections from two contemporaneous …

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Drought In Georgia: Water Scarcity Issues And Implications, Samantha Kay Chaisson Jan 2012

Drought In Georgia: Water Scarcity Issues And Implications, Samantha Kay Chaisson

LSU Master's Theses

Population growth and hydrological drought threaten the water supply of Atlanta, Georgia. In Georgia, water policy changed rapidly due to stress on the resource, regulation increased, and the state promoted a “culture of conservation” to combat water scarcity. This study examines how regulatory measures, including legislative acts and Governor’s executive orders, have impacted the population’s attitudes and behaviors towards water consumption. Furthermore, public spaces are used to measure public perception of water policy, and serve as a physical representation of the culture shift.

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Idiosyncratic Distances: Impact Of Mobile Technology Practices On Role Segmentation And Integration, Nicolas Battard, Vincent Mangematin Jan 2012

Idiosyncratic Distances: Impact Of Mobile Technology Practices On Role Segmentation And Integration, Nicolas Battard, Vincent Mangematin

Articles

Mobile technologies have brought convenience, flexibility and connectedness in our lives by enabling us to be reachable anywhere and anytime. All of our environments such as work and home converge through a single device and we can now receive private calls at work and professional calls during the weekend. Mobile technologies have transformed geographical distances and allow unplanned interruptions. While boundary theory suggests that individuals create, maintain and modify their boundaries in order to classify and simplify their environments, we focus here on how people use their devices and manage the boundaries that have been erased by mobile technologies. Based …

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School Libraries: Developing A Valuable Resource For Gifted Learners, Corinn K. Matheson Jan 2012

School Libraries: Developing A Valuable Resource For Gifted Learners, Corinn K. Matheson

Graduate Research Papers

This study surveys the teacher librarians, Extended Learning Program teachers, and instructional coaches in a Midwest suburban school district's elementary and middle schools. The purpose is to determine what, if any, changes are needed to better meet the needs of the district's gifted population. Seventeen (77%) of the twenty-two anonymous surveys were completed. Six ELP instructors responded (100%), five teacher librarians responded (63%), and six instruction coaches responded (75%). A qualitative analysis of six open-ended survey questions was used to evaluate respondents' answers. The questions referred both to current practices as well as suggested strategies. The results showed that while …

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School Library Circulation Records: What Do They Reveal About Boys' Reading Preferences?, Chelsea Sims Jan 2012

School Library Circulation Records: What Do They Reveal About Boys' Reading Preferences?, Chelsea Sims

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to examine what if any patterns emerge in the library checkout habits of elementary school age boys in consecutive grades and to compare them to common assumptions of which books boys prefer to read. A quantitative bibliometric method was used to analyze and count the circulation records of forty-four students over a three year period. The circulations to the boys in the study were compared to the circulations to the girls. Records revealed that on average, boys in third grade borrowed more books than the girls in the study, but girls selected more books …

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Are Perceptions Reality? A Look At Subjective Well-Being In East Timor, Emily Klungtvedt Jan 2012

Are Perceptions Reality? A Look At Subjective Well-Being In East Timor, Emily Klungtvedt

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Subjective well-being has been of growing interest over the past several years for multiple reasons. One reason is that this model gives an idea of the importance of the determinants (education, employment, etc.) of individual life satisfaction. But the question arises, does the relative importance of each explanatory variable in the subjective well-being model match the relative importance of individual’s perceptions of the most important factors to increase overall life satisfaction? For example, if the model suggests that employment status is the most important factor for improving subjective well-being do people perceive this to be true as well? This study …

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Mapping A Historic Bitterroot Valley, Montana Landscape Using General Land Office Surveyors' Field Notes, Karen M. Shelly Jan 2012

Mapping A Historic Bitterroot Valley, Montana Landscape Using General Land Office Surveyors' Field Notes, Karen M. Shelly

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

The late 1800s Bitterroot Valley, Montana, landscape and settlement patterns were summarized and mapped using the General Land Office (GLO) surveyors' field notes. Surveyors' observations of six townships from Hamilton to the Stevensville vicinity were examined in several ways. A total of 3321 points of ecological and geographic information and 422 miles of vegetation were mapped from the field notes. Surveyor information, vegetation composition, tree abundance, vegetation spatial structure and distribution of vegetation types were characterized in a multi-part historic vegetation data assemblage of point, line and polygon feature classes. Aquatic, topographic and cultural aspects of the area contributed to …

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Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks In High Elevation Whitebark Pine Forests: The Effects Of Tree Host Species And Blister Rust Infection Severity On Beetle Productivity, Edith Mary Dooley Jan 2012

Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks In High Elevation Whitebark Pine Forests: The Effects Of Tree Host Species And Blister Rust Infection Severity On Beetle Productivity, Edith Mary Dooley

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

In recent years, the mountain pine beetle (MPB, Dendroctonus ponderosae) has caused dramatic levels of mortality of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis). This keystone and foundation tree species is also being killed by the exotic fungus, Cronartium ribicola, which causes the disease white pine blister rust (WPBR). This study examines MPB productivity in whitebark pine compared to that in lodgepole pine, and also in whitebark pine of varying WPBR infection severities to determine if either of these host factors contributes to the current, dramatic MPB outbreaks in whitebark pine. To evaluate host tree effects on MPB, I tracked attack densities, emergence …

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