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Factors Affecting The Implementation Of Policy 2450, Distance Education And The West Virginia Virtual School, As Perceived By Principals/Assistant Principals, Counselors, And Distance Learning Contacts And/Or Course Facilitators, Keith R. Burdette

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study examined the factors important to the implementation of West Virginia Board of Education Policy 2450, Distance Learning and the West Virginia Virtual School. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that facilitated and impeded implementation of the policy, as perceived by principals/assistant principals, counselors, and distance learning contacts and/or distance learning course facilitators in 110 West Virginia high schools. The 659 individuals in the target population were invited to complete an online questionnaire rating 35 survey items using a bipolar scale. There were 216 respondents for a return rate of 32.78%. The three public school …

The Retreats Of Reconstruction: Race, Leisure, And The Politics Of Segregation At The New Jersey Shore, 1865--1920, David E. Goldberg

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation examines the political meanings of consumption and racial segregation in the public and commercial leisure spaces of the New Jersey shore during the Reconstruction era. Moving beyond issues of identity, racial violence, and labor disputes, I show how Jim Crow unfolded and operated in the post-Civil War North by emphasizing the importance of political economy and ideas about public health and welfare. Beginning in the 1880s, ideas about the rights and health of consumers became more important in helping shape the meanings of freedom than did the triumph of free labor ideology. The rise of mass consumption as …

The Application Of Anti-Discrimination Laws To Religious Institutions: The Irresistible Force Meets The Immovable Object, Oliver S. Thomas

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

No abstract provided.

Drugs And Alcohol In The Workplace , Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Esqs.

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

No abstract provided.

Unemployment Insurance And The Religion Clauses Of The United States Constitution, David J. Agatstein

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

No abstract provided.

Torts--Dram Shop Act--Statutory Coverage Does Not Preclude Common-Law Negligence Action (Berkeley V. Park, 47 Misc. 2d 381 (Sup. Ct. 1965)), St. John's Law Review

St. John's Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Advocate, April 30, 2013, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

Volume 110, Number 24 - Tuesday, April 30, 2013, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Collegian

No abstract provided.

Montana Kaimin, April 30, 2013, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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Striving For Efficiency In Administrative Litigation: North Carolina's Office Of Administrative Hearings, Julian Mann Iii

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

No abstract provided.

The Growth And Development Of A Centralized Administrative Hearings Process In Texas, Shelia Bailey Taylor

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

No abstract provided.

Does Public Employee Collective Bargaining Distort Democracy? A Perspective From The United States, Martin H. Malin

All Faculty Scholarship

The beginning of the second decade of the 21st century saw renewed attacks on public employee collective bargaining, which included claims that allowing public employees to organize and bargain collectively distorts democratic processes. These renewed attacks included the traditional claim that public employee collective bargaining inappropriately gives one interest group, workers and their unions, an avenue of access to public decision-makers that is not available to other interest groups. The attack also raised a new claim of distortion of democratic processes: that unions are inappropriately advantaged in the broader political process through agency shop or fair share and dues check-off …

Barrette Foundations — Two Case Histories From Turkey, H. Turan Durgunoglu

International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering

In the recent decades construction of tower structures in big cities around the world is a new trend that has been followed. As a result, engineers are faced with foundations to be designed and constructed under heavier super structural loads imposed by such structures. Often, poor subsoil conditions, site heterogeneity, variability in geometry, and high seismicity brings further challenge in cost effective and safe foundation design. To overcome such complexities and meet higher load capacity requirements often barrette foundations have been utilized instead of cast in situ circular large diameter piles. In this paper applications of barrette foundations together with …

Seismic Retrofit Of Crane Valley Dam, David Ritzman, Faiz Makdisi, Joseph De Larios, Joseph Sun, Charles Ahlgren

International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering

Crane Valley Dam is located on the North Fork of Willow Creek in Madera County, California, and is owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). The results of seismic stability analyses performed in 2005 and 2006 showed that the dam’s hydraulic fill embankments would experience large deformations during and after the earthquake shaking postulated for the site. To improve the seismic stability and performance of the dam, PG&E initiated the Crane Valley Dam Seismic Retrofit Project (Project), which includes placing new rockfill buttresses on the upstream and downstream slopes of the dam, constructing internal drainage improvements, reinforcing portions of …

Using The 1911 Austin Dam Failure Case History In Undergraduate Teaching, Andrew T. Rose

International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering

The 1911 sliding failure of Austin Dam in Potter County, Pennsylvania presents an interesting case history combining an engineering failure with ethical, social legal and regulatory issues. The concrete gravity dam, completed in December 1909, was plagued by poor design and construction, influenced greatly by the owner pressuring the designer to keep costs low. Seepage through the foundation, an inadequate shear key, and cracking of the cyclopean concrete, all contributed to the eventual catastrophic failure that destroyed the towns of Austin and Costello, claiming at least 78 lives. As a case history, the failure of Austin Dam has applicability to …

Case Histories Of Earthen Dam Failures, R. P. Sharma, Ali Kumar

International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering

Historical study of dams conceived in earlier times is essential. To continue advancing, the engineering profession must periodically review past problems and the lessons that they taught. Candid sharing of information on failures as well as successes is needed. In fact, some of the most valuable learning has come from projects where errors have been clear in retrospect. In recent years, dam safety has drawn increasing attention from the public. This is because floods resulting from breaching of dams can lead to devastating disasters with tremendous loss of life and property, especially in densely populated areas. Past dam failure disasters …

Failure Investigation And Restoration Of Two Cellular Sheetpile Structures, Frank M. Clemente

International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering

The Trainer - Delco Tap - Mickleton 220-38 kilo-volt transmission lines are carried across the Delaware River by two 332-foot high steel latticed towers each founded on a man-made foundation island structure. Each island structure is comprised of four interconnected cellular sheetpile structures. One island, suffered a severe partial failure due to long-term scour in the Delaware River, near Chester, Pennsylvania. The other island exhibited early symptoms of potential failure, also due to scour. The client was the Philadelphia Electric Company, now known as PECO, acting on behalf of the owner, the Atlantic Electric Company (AECO). The author served as …

Geotechnical Lessons Learned From Earthquakes, Jonathan D. Bray, J. David Frost, Ellen M. Rathje

International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering

Geotechnical earthquake engineering is an experience-driven discipline. Field observations are particularly important because it is difficult to replicate in the laboratory, the characteristics and response of soil deposits built by nature over thousands of years. Further, much of the data generated by a major earthquake is perishable, so it is critical that it is collected soon after the event occurs. Detailed mapping and surveying of damaged and undamaged areas provides the data for the well-documented case histories that drive the development of many of the design procedures used by geotechnical engineers. Thus, documenting the key lessons learned from major earthquake …

College Voice Vol. 96 No. 18, Connecticut College

2012-2013

No abstract provided.

The Free Press Vol 44 Issue 22, 04-29-2013, Kirsten Sylvain

Free Press, The

The Year in Review--Roya Hejabian prepares for commencement--Students display a year’s work at conference--Graduating seniors say goodbye to USM--Gorham Initiative work hurt by budget cuts

Restoring College Education To The Nation's Prisons, Jeremy Travis

Publications and Research

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Students As Forensic Engineers: An Innovative Approach To Teaching Soil Mechanics, Benoît Courcelles, Lina Forest, Anastassis Kozanitis

International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering

Civil engineers are everyday faced with multidisciplinary problems. Their tasks are not only related to technical aspects, but also involve ethical and environmental issues, economic considerations and, nowadays, international collaborations. This broad spectrum of aspects requires a strong technical knowledge, as well as many interpersonal skills and an interest in societal related issues. When traditional courses are simply adapted to the development of technical competences, introducing students to non-technical (although civil engineering-related) aspects remains a challenge. To remediate to this difficulty, an innovative approach was implemented in the undergraduate course of Soil Mechanics at Polytechnique Montreal. The originality of our …

The Parthenon, April 29, 2013, John Gibb, Tyler Kes

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

The Long-Term Costs Of Caring: How Caring For An Aging Parent Impacts Wealth Trajectories Of Caregivers, Jennifer Crane Greenfield

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

Long-term care in the U.S. is a growing concern as our aging population exerts pressure on formal and informal care systems. Public expenditures on formal care are increasing rapidly, even as reliance on informal caregivers expands. Recent policy innovations are shifting Medicaid and Medicare funding toward home- and community-based services: HCBS) as an alternative to nursing home care. This may help reduce overall LTC care costs to states and the federal government, but it also shifts more responsibility to families and informal care networks. Not only can caregiving have negative impacts on the physical and mental health of caregivers, but …

Administrative Remedies In The Field Of Toxic Torts, Janet L. Heller

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

No abstract provided.

Hawks' Herald -- Apr. 26, 2013, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

No abstract provided.

Reporter - April 26th 2013, Rit Reporter Staff

University Publications

No abstract provided.

Scis News 4/26/2013, Slutzker Center For International Services

Newsletters from Slutzker Center for International Services - SCIS News

25th Anniversary of English Conversation Group

Organized Crime And Retail Activity Along The Northern Border In Mexico, Adam G. Walke, Thomas M. Fullerton

Departmental Papers (E & F)

The impacts of homicides committed by organized crime have affected northern Mexico in a high profile manner between 2008 and 2011. This article examines the impacts of those crime waves on retail activity in the six largest northern border metropolitan economies of Mexico. Retail losses due to violence of this nature are quantified forall six cities. Potential gains related due reductions in organized crime homicides are also calculated.