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Acuta Enews April 2012 Vol. 41, No. 4

ACUTA Newsletters

In this issue...

1 Dan McCarriar Is Appointed Director-at-Large

2 The Year in Review

3 Standards, Best Practices Coming for UC Cloud Interoperability

4 What's on Your Desk Today?

5 lnfo Links

6 Cognitive Load Management: Navigating the Coming Data Flood

6 Add Names from Your Campus

7 E911 Challenges

7 Committee Corner

8 Member Benefit of the Month: Volunteer Opportunities

9 Board Report

10 Welcome New Members

10 Check It Out

News From The Crest (April 2012), Crest Associates

News from the Crest

Heidi Bernard, Director

Joanne Blacklidge, Editor

Section Abstracts: Computer Science

Virginia Journal of Science

Abstracts of the Computer Science Section for the 90th Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, May 23-25, 2012, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia.

Kvaa Finalneeds Assessment.Pdf, Patricia Desrosiers, Lynde Revert

Social Work Faculty Publications

The Grants Management Branch of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet received funding from theOffice of Victims of Crime to explore establishment of a Victim Assistance Academy in Kentucky.Victim Assistance Academies are comprised of education and skill-based classroom training for thosewho assist victims of crime. The Kentucky Victim Assistance Academy will be developed through apartnership between Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Kentucky Crime Victims CompensationBoard, Western Kentucky University, and a practitioners’ Steering Committee. The first Academy isanticipated in mid-2013, with details to be disseminated in early-2013.In order to build the foundation of instructor curriculum and workshops offered by the …

A Cautionary Tale Of Collective Bargaining In Public Education: A Teacher's Right Or Tail Wagging The Dog?, Charles J. Russo

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Beyond terms and conditions of employment, topics such as salaries and fringe benefits, issues that, again, were central in Wisconsin and Ohio, courts agree that an array of topics are subject to mandatory negotiations. ...

Put another way, Wisconsin led the way as the first state to mandate negotiations for public sector employees, including teachers, while also being the initial jurisdiction to enact reforms aimed at limiting the scope of unions and collective bargaining. ...

The fact that the attempted recall of Walker failed aside, such a strategy raises a question about the power of unions who represent a minority …

Prism #62, April 2012, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Spring 2012, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Mathematical Modeling Of Pipeline Features For Robotic Inspection, Yang Gao

Doctoral Dissertations

Underground pipeline systems play an indispensable role in transporting liquids in both developed and developing countries. The associated social and economic cost to repair a pipe upon abrupt failure is often unacceptable. Regular inspection is a preventative action that aims to monitor pipe conditions, catch abnormalities and reduce the chance of undesirable surprises. Robots with CCTV video cameras have been used for decades to inspect pipelines, yielding only qualitative information. It is becoming necessary and preferable for municipalities, project managers and engineers to also quantify the 3-D geometry of underground pipe networks. Existing robots equipped specialized hardware and software algorithms …

Harding Magazine Spring 2012 (Vol. 20, No. 2), Harding University

Harding Magazines

Publication distributed to alumni and friends of the university.

Information Edge - Library Newsletter - Spring 2012 Issue, William Murdock, Steve Feyl

University Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

A Maine Guide For Developing Community Wind Projects, Rick Harbison

Muskie School Capstones and Dissertations

In recent decades, wind power has emerged as one of the fastest-growing sources of energy in the United States. By the end of 2011, 46,919 megawatts (MW) of wind power had been installed across the country.1 A number of factors have driven this growth, chief among them are: technological innovation, increasing public support for renewable energy, and state and federal policies that encourage wind development.

While the predominant model for wind development in the United States—and Maine—has been large-scale commercial wind farms, a small but growing sector of wind development, known as “community wind,” is beginning to gain a foothold. …

Section Abstracts: Education

Virginia Journal of Science

Abstracts of the Education Section for the 90th Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, May 23-25, 2012, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia.

The Voice, Spring/Summer 2012, Volume 57, Issue 3, Dordt College

The Voice Archive

• Leading Off With the President: That's All...
• Editor's Notes: Moving On
• News: Dordt College in 3-D; De Boer Joins His Students in P.E. Exam; Vero Visser "Accidentally" Lands Big Gig; Students Earn Honors; Hoekstra Named Fourth President; Senior Profile: Jeni Kanis; New Options for Math Lovers; Tintle is Project Leader for New Stats Curriculum; Dordt Students Float Canoe to Third-Place; Faculty Bits; Professor Shim Receives John Calvin Award; Defender Fans Earn Their Own Fans; Defenders Leave It All on the Field (and Track); It's All About Awe: Schaap Leaves Teaching But Will Keep up His Prolific Writing; Swan Song VII …

Cost As A Sentencing Factor: A Response, Jeff Milyo

Missouri Law Review

Professor Chad Flanders offers a normative theoretical critique of including costs of punishment in Sentence Advisory Reports (SARs) that the Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission (MOSAC) produces. This approach provides a useful lens for understanding divergent opinions on the practice of including cost information in SARs and provides a consistent logical framework for understanding whether this practice squares with more fundamental principles of criminal punishment. In this Response, I complement the normative analysis in the main Article with several observations from a different analytical perspective. As an empirical social scientist, my analytical approach is based on positive analysis. I am less …

State Drug Testing Requirements For Welfare Recipients: Are Missouri And Florida's New Laws Constitutional, Abby E. Schaberg

Missouri Law Review

This Summary examines the framework set up by the Supreme Court for analyzing the constitutionality of drug testing on welfare recipients. It discusses the states' implementation of such programs, and specifically analyzes laws recently passed by Florida and Missouri that authorize drug-testing requirements on welfare recipients. The likely outcome of challenges to these laws appears to be dependent, at least in part, on whether the law provides for suspicionless drug testing or calls for drug testing based on some reasonable suspicion of drug use.

The Long And Winding Road: State Sovereign Immunity's Effect On Gaming License Revocation For The Casino Debtor, Christopher M. Humes

UNLV Gaming Law Journal

One of the most vital and contentious proceedings between a casino debtor and a regulatory agency is a post-petition license revocation hearing. Much debate exists about whether the license qualifies as property of the estate and whether the regulatory agency can be exempted from the protections inherent in the Bankruptcy Code due to the use of police and regulatory power. However, maybe the most contentious and impactful debate is whether the regulatory agency is free from the bankruptcy court’s jurisdiction due to the Eleventh Amendment’s guarantee of sovereign immunity.

At the center of the tension concerning sovereign immunity lies 11 …

Beating Down The Lowly: The Criminalization Of The Homeless And Alternative Solutions, Amber Will

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

In the current economy, the issue of homelessness is increasingly pervading the normal constructs of society. Thousands of men, women, and children struggle to find a place to sleep and enough food to satisfy their hungry stomachs. While many people suffer under these conditions, local governments continue to create new anti-homeless legislation to further eject them out of society. Bans prevent the homeless from urinating, sleeping, camping, and panhandling in public through fines and prison sentences. The laws specifically target the homeless, discriminating against them for actions which are necessary for daily survival. The legal system only further hurts this …

The Advocate, April 1, 2012, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

Queering Jury Nullification: Using Jury Nullification As A Tool To Fight Against The Criminalization Of Queer And Transgender People, Adrien Leavitt

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Ritualizaed Degradation In The Twenty-First Centry: A Revisitation Of Piven And Cloward's Regulating The Poor, Avi Brisman

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Human-Canine Relationships: Dog Behavior And Owner Perceptions, Briannan K. Byrd

Senior Honors Theses

Abstract

Owning a dog has many physiological and psychological advantages; however, dog behavior can manifest itself in a variety of negative ways, including aggression. Research suggested that genetics and environment might play a role in aggression. It was demonstrated that owners can affect their dogs’ behaviors. Owners can unwittingly condition or encourage their dogs to misbehave, whether through their inaccurate perceptions or misguided actions towards the dogs. Dog behavior specialists view owner education as the key to solving the communication barrier between human and canine. The present study’s purpose was to assess if this view was possible. The research question …

Monarch, Jim Raper (Editor)

Monarch Magazine

Spring 2012 issue of Monarch, the Old Dominion University Magazine.

Subtitled: Global Connect: International Outlook Expands Horizons for ODU Community

Where Things Go Bump In The Night (And At Other Times), Jim Stewart

Furman Magazine

No abstract provided.

Weight Of Water: Student Project To Aid Village, Furman University

Furman Magazine

No abstract provided.

Stepping Outside The Bubble, Furman University

Furman Magazine

No abstract provided.

Unjustified Punishment: Juvenile Consensual Sex Offenders And The Sex Offender Registry, Tyson Prisbrey

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

No abstract provided.

Implications Of Eu Enlargement For India-Eu Labour Mobility Competition, Challenges And Opportunities, Puja Guha

Working Papers

1st May, 2004 marked the fifth and the largest European Union enlargement, with accessions given to 10 countries, out of which eight were Eastern European. Following this, another round of enlargement took place in 2007, which provided Bulgaria and Romania the EU member status. Introduction of these new States to the EU opened up a whole new debate about labour migration and policies. While the older EU countries (EU-15) consider these New Member States (NMS) as a pool of cheap resources, with the advantage of proximity, it has created skepticism among the Indian migrants, one of the largest migrant groups …

Unregulated Armed Conflict: Non-State Armed Groups, International Humanitarian Law, And Violence In Western Sahara, Orla Marie Buckley

North Carolina Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Is False Imputation Of Being Gay, Lesbian, Or Bisexual Still Defamatory? The Arkansas Case, Jay Barth

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

Falsely identifying someone as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) has historically been defamation per se in American courts. In modern times, however, courts have become conflicted as to whether a false imputation of a person as LGB is defamatory. Accordingly, this article examines the roots of defamation law as it relates to sexual minorities, and then examines questions regarding the defamatory status of false identification of another as LGB, whether community or national standards should drive such a determination, and finally, to what degree is any legal recognition of harm to reputation for being LBG a perpetuation of the status …

Canines On Campus: Companion Animals At Postsecondary Educational Institutions, Rebecca J. Huss

Missouri Law Review

This Article focuses on the issues that arise when students wish to attend a postsecondary institution accompanied by an animal. Part II begins by analyzing federal law applicable to students bringing service and assistance animals to campus. Part III explores the use of animal-assisted activities on campus. Part IV continues with an examination of policies allowing students to have companion animals in campus housing. Part V considers concerns administrators raise about allowing animals on campus. Finally, Part VI sets forth the steps an educational institution should implement to ensure compliance with the law and proposes actions that can be taken …