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The Judge Is The Key Component: The Importance Of Procedural Fairness In Drug-Treatment Courts, Brian Mackenzie

Court Review: Journal of the American Judges Association

Beginning in the 1960s, the United States has suffered from waves of illicit drug epidemics, which have exerted immense stress on our system of criminal justice.2 For decades, the governmental response has been to wage a “War on Drugs” that has siphoned funding away from our nation’s schools and into the budgets of our correctional systems.3 In spite of the considerable amount of taxpayer dollars that has been dedicated to enforcement and incarceration initiatives, substance abuse remains a driving force in the criminal-justice system.4 After five decades of inefficient spending and ineffective imprisonment, governments at every level are realizing just …

Conjunctive Groundwater Management As A Response To Social Ecological Disturbances: A Comparison Of Four Western U.S. States, Sonya Ziaja, Zachary P. Sugg, Edella C. Schlager

All Faculty Scholarship

Recent severe droughts in U.S. western and Great Plains states have highlighted the challenges that socio-ecological disturbances can pose for governing groundwater resources, as well as the interconnections between groundwater and surface water and the need to manage the 2 in an integrated way. Conjunctive management recognizes these interconnections and can be used to mitigate disturbances and achieve a variety of water management goals. However, comparative studies of how and to what extent various states have implemented conjunctive management strategies are few. Here we compare and assess the use of conjunctive management practices in 4 western state —Arizona, California, Nebraska, …

Court Review: The Journal Of The American Judges Association 52:1 (2016)- Whole Issue

Court Review: Journal of the American Judges Association

AN AJA WHITE PAPER

8 The Judge Is the Key Component: The Importance of Procedural Fairness in Drug-Treatment Courts. ARTICLES

36 Giving Parents a Voice: A Case Study of a Family Treatment Drug Court Track in Lancaster County, Nebraska.

44 Exporting Drug-Court Concepts to Traditional Courts: A Roadmap to an Effective Therapeutic Court.

DEPARTMENTS

2 Editor’s Note.

3 President’s Column.

4 Thoughts from Canada.

51 Crossword.

52 The Resource Page.

Winter Distribution And Size Structure Of Antarctic Krill Euphausia Superba Populations In-Shore Along The West Antarctic Peninsula, Alison C. Cleary, Edward G. Durbin, Maria C. Casas, Meng Zhou

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

Antarctic krill Euphausia superba are a key component of food webs in the maritime West Antarctic Peninsula, and their life history is tied to the seasonal cycles of sea ice and primary production in the region. Previous work has shown a general in-shore migration of krill in winter in this region; however, the very near-shore has not often been sampled as part of these surveys. We investigated distribution, abundance, and size structure of krill in 3 fjordic bays along the peninsula, and in the adjacent Gerlache Strait area using vertically stratified MOCNESS net tows and ADCP acoustic biomass estimates. Krill …

The Use Of Song To Open An Educational Development Workshop: Exploratory Analysis And Reflections, Lawrence Lesser, Song An, Daniel Tillman

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Song has been used by faculty of many disciplines in their classrooms and, to a lesser extent, by educational developers in workshops. This paper shares and discusses a new song (about an instructor’s evolving openness to alternatives to lecture only teaching) and its novel use to open an educational development workshop. Self reported participant data from an exploratory survey suggest that the song was most effective in reducing stress as well as in increasing motivation, morale, engagement, and connection. Practical implications and implementation considerations are discussed regarding the song as well as related creative work.

Bridgewater Magazine, Volume 26, Number 2, Summer 2016, Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater Magazine

Contents include coverage of the 2016 Commencement ceremony and features about the BSU Undergraduate Honors Program and external grants that fund campus programs and research projects. Also featured is 2016 graduate Emmanuel Boakye-Appiah, whose photography and video skill has led to a contract with VH1. Also Bridgewater and Alumni News.

Ics Bulletin, Number 7, 2016, Institute Of China Studies University Of Malaya

Archival Material (2010s)

No abstract provided.

Al-Tamaddun = Journal Of Al-Tamaddun, Volume 11, Number 2, 2016, Academy Of Islamic Studies University Of Malaya

Archival Material (2010s)

No abstract provided.

Outstanding Constitutional And International Law Issues Raised By The United States-Puerto Rico Relationship, Juan R. Torruella

Minnesota Law Review Headnotes, Vols. 94-106 (2009-2022)

No abstract provided.

The 2016 Election And The Future Of Constitutional Law: The Lessons Of 1968, Earl M. Maltz

UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

The upcoming presidential election of 2016 may very well become a pivotal moment in the evolution of American constitutional doctrine. Given Justice Scalia's untimely passing and the ages of a number of the sitting justices, the next President could easily have the opportunity to choose several new members of the Court. Moreover, because the Court is currently divided almost equally along ideological lines, even a single appointment could have the effect of turning the overall orientation of the Court's decisions sharply to either the right or the left.

To illustrate the effect that a single election can have on the …

The Rise Of White-Segregated Subsidized Housing, Institute On Metropolitan Opportunity

Studies

Minneapolis and Saint Paul are currently operating what is, in effect, a dual subsidized housing system. In this system, the majority of units are available in lower-cost, utilitarian developments located in racially segregated or diverse neighborhoods. These units are mostly occupied by families of color. But an important subset of units are located in predominately white neighborhoods, in attractive, expensive buildings. These units, which frequently are subject to special screening requirements, are mostly occupied by white tenants.

The Grass Is Not Always Greener: Congressional Dysfunction, Executive Action, And Climate Change In Comparative Perspective, Hari Osofsky, Jacqueline Peel

Articles

Partisan climate change politics, paired with a legislative branch that is often deeply divided between two parties, has led to congressional gridlock in the United States. Numerous efforts at passing comprehensive climate change legislation have failed, and little prospect exists for such legislation in the foreseeable future. As a result, executive action under existing federal environmental statutes--often in interaction with litigation--has become the primary mechanism for national-level regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles and power plants. Although many observers critique this state of affairs and wish for a legislature more able to act. this essay argues that more …

Distribution Of Uranium And Other Radionuclides In Coal And Coal Combustion Products, With Discussion Of Occurrences Of Combustion Products In Kentucky Power Plants, James C. Hower, Shifeng Dai, Greta Eskenazy

Coal Combustion and Gasification Products Journal Archive

Uranium and thorium are part of the mineral assemblages within coals. Uranium can also occur in organic associations, particularly in low-rank coals. While the average U concentration in coals is 2.9 ppm for low-rank coals and 1.9 ppm for bituminous and higher rank coals, high concentrations are known from certain low-rank and thin coals and from coals in areas associated with U mineralization. No high-U coals are mined for power production in the United States. Uranium and Th in coal combustion products are found in amounts more or less in proportion to their concentrations in the feed coal. Not being …

Group Contingency Interventions For Classroom Behavior Management: A Systematic Review Of The Literature 2011-2016, Danielle M. Crawford Duff

Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education

The purpose of this review was to evaluate the current literature base on the use of group contingency interventions to determine whether there is sufficient empirical evidence to recommend the practice for behavior management in K-12 classrooms. Studies were evaluated based on standards proposed by the What Works Clearinghouse. The results of the review indicate support for group contingencies as an evidence-based practice and highlight a need for increased experimental rigor and more detailed reporting to determine whether the interventions are effective and for which populations or settings they are most appropriate.

To Be Magic: The Art Of Ana Mendieta Through An Ecofeminist Lens, Elizabeth Ann Baker

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Ana Mendieta was a Cuban-born American artist whose unique body of work incorporated performance, activism, Earth art, installation, and the Afro-Cuban practices of Santería. She began her career at the University of Iowa, were she initially received her degree in painting in 1969. It was not until 1972 that Mendieta shifted radically to performance art.

Though she was raised Catholic, she developed an interest in the rituals involved with Santería, a culturally predominant Cuban religion, and it deeply influenced her work in her choice of materials and settings. Santería is one of the major faith-based lifestyles of Cuba …

Two Terms Of The Cuban Counterpoint: Transculturation In The Poetry Of Nicolás Guillén, Alanna L. Fulk

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The history of Latin America and the Caribbean was irreversibly altered by the arrival of the conquistadors, destruction of native civilizations and implementation of colonialism for hundreds of years. However, Spain also introduced the high culture of the baroque to Latin America and the Caribbean, which mixed with the cultures of native and African peoples, creating new, distinct forms of literary expression. Subsequent post-colonial cultural movements attempted to explore and reaffirm the variety of cultures that shaped both regions, including the movement of Afrocubanismo in Cuba, which occurred from 1910-1940. Afrocubanismo was a movement intended to incorporate African folklore and …

Characteristics Of United States Seafood Consumers, Suliman Almojel

Theses and Dissertations--Agricultural Economics

In this thesis, I conducted an analysis of the consumption patterns associated with demographic and socio-economic characteristics, using Tobit and double-hurdle models. Data were collected for 11,574 households from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics for the year of 2014. Specific determinants included household size, age, income, gender, education, race, region, marital status, and whether the household lived in a coastal state. The results reveal that seafood expenditures are sequential decisions. Asian racial groups, households headed by married couples, a large number of members in households, higher income households, and households residing in the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts were variables …

Arctic Energy Cooperation, Hari M. Osofsky, Jessica Shadian, Sara L. Fechtelkotter

Articles

The Arctic – with almost a third of the world’s remaining natural gas and thirteen percent of its oil – is one of the globe’s last frontiers for competition over unexplored natural resources. The rapid pace of Arctic melting due to climate change has created opportunities to extract the region’s previously inaccessible offshore oil and gas. The 2015 controversy over the Obama Administration’s approval of Shell Oil’s drilling in the Chukchi Sea followed by the company’s decision to pull out highlighted the need for clear and effective regulation of Arctic drilling. Offshore oil spills are difficult to prevent and clean …

The Nature Of Equality: Promoting Environmental Justice In Kentucky Via The Fair Housing Act, Nicole Zub

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

No abstract provided.

International Family Law, Robert G. Spector, Melissa A. Kucinski

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.

A Compilation Of Global Bio-Optical In Situ Data For Ocean-Colour Satellite Applications, Frank E. Muller-Karger

Marine Science Faculty Publications

A compiled set of in situ data is important to evaluate the quality of ocean-colour satellite-data records. Here we describe the data compiled for the validation of the ocean-colour products from the ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI). The data were acquired from several sources (MOBY, BOUSSOLE, AERONET-OC, SeaBASS, NOMAD, MERMAID, AMT, ICES, HOT, GePandCO), span between 1997 and 2012, and have a global distribution. Observations of the following variables were compiled: spectral remote-sensing reflectances, concentrations of chlorophyll α, spectral inherent optical properties and spectral diffuse attenuation coefficients. The data were from multi-project archives acquired via the open internet …

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2015 6a Minnesota State High School Prep Bowl, Joe Steinert

Master of Arts in Sport Management

The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) is in charge of all high school athletics in the state of Minnesota. The MSHSL is in charge of putting on tournaments and championship games for all high school sports. This paper focuses on the 2015 high school football championship game for section 6A. Within this paper are seven chapters about the MSHSL and the 6A championship game called the Prep Bowl. The seven chapters are history of the MSHSL, introduction to the 2015 Prep Bowl game, a marketing plan around the 6A Prep Bowl game, proper ways to retain high end coaches, …

An Analysis Of The Migration Policies Of The European Union And Their Effectiveness In Managing The Current Migration Crisis, Michael Blair

MA IDS Thesis Projects

The current migration of individuals into the European Union is creating an unparalleled and unprecedented crisis that has completely overwhelmed the EU Member States. Migrants entering the European Union have done so via dangerous and deadly sea and land routes, resulting in a devastating humanitarian crisis throughout Europe. As conflicts and instability around the world continue to evolve and escalate, larger flows of migrants continue to pour into the European Union causing the irregular migration of people across Europe’s borders. To counter this, European Union officials have attempted to create migration policies based on border management and security ideals. However, …

Graduate Program Survey 2015-2016, Megan Vogt

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents:

-- Overview - Graduate College
-- Graduate College: Degrees Awarded Summer 2015 - Spring 2016 --- 1
-- Number of Majors Awarded per College over 5 years --- 4
-- Graduate Program Survey
-- Methodology --- 5
-- Response Rate --- 6
-- Principal Activity After Graduation --- 8
-- Activities Student Engaged in at UNI --- 9
-- Reasons for Going to Graduate School --- 11
-- Graduate Education Experience --- 12
-- Paying for a Graduate Education at UNI --- 14
-- Survey Form --- Appendix A

Impact Of Music Education On Indiana High School Students, Jennifer M. Korfhage

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The field of music Education faces a host of challenges. Challenges have plagued music educators since the first accounts of music found in the school setting. The challenges require music educators and stakeholders to continually push for change in the field of music Education. This quantitative study examined the impact of music Education and participation on Grade 12 cumulative grade point average (GPA), student achievement using the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), and the Indiana Statewide Testing for Progress Plus (ISTEP+) end of course English 10, and Algebra 1 assessment (ECA) measures in Grades 9 through 12. The study examined whether …

Relevant Interdisciplinarity: Taking The Art History Classroom To The Field, Mickey Abel

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Defining A New Coast: G.I.S. Reconstruction Of Maillezais Abbey’S Hydraulic Drainage Program And The Coastline It Created, Mickey Abel

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Visibility & Control In The Vendee, Dory Deines, Owen Wilson-Chavez

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Composite Bibliography For Maillezais Abbey

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.