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Part 4: The Filipino American Community Of Hampton Roads, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads

The region is home to approximately 45,000 Filipino Americans whose political and cultural impact has been growing progressively. They tend to be better educated and earn higher incomes than the typical regional citizen. Virginia Beach’s “Little Manila” area is a reminder of the increasing presence of Filipinos within Hampton Roads.

Part 6: Low Glamour, But Large Economic Impact: The Aau Junior Olympics, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads

National amateur athletic events Hampton Roads hosts have flown under the radar insofar as their economic impact is concerned, but their impact is greater than that of local professional and collegiate teams, and virtually every city in the region benefits. The 2006 AAU Junior Olympics alone had an incremental economic impact of $50 million, primarily generated by visitors from outside of the region.

Part 7: Is Hampton Roads Receiving It's "Fair" Share From The Commonwealth?, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads

All things considered, the region has a case to make when it argues that it receives less than its “fair” share of state government spending. The geographic distribution of expenditures is particularly disadvantageous to Hampton Roads in the areas of K-12 education and car tax reimbursements, but less so in transportation and higher education.

Factor Market Oligopsony And The Location Decision Of Free Entry Oligopoly, Yeung-Nan Shieh, Chiung - I Wang

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Death And Taxes, Including Inflation: The Public Versus Economists, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

Inflation worries the general public much more than it does the economics profession, and economists remain perplexed as to exactly why. The costs that concern economists are inflation’s deadweight loss. But that is only a part of the losses that concern the public, because inflation simultaneously transfers some of people’s income into the hands of government. The fact that the seigniorage tax may pay for programs they favor is a separate issue. Moreover, unlike income and other taxes, which people in democratic countries may think they have some control over through voting, seigniorage appears utterly arbitrary. In fact, people can …

Passing The Buck To Rogers: International Liability Issues In Private Spaceflight, Frans Von Der Dunk

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

One of the most exciting recent developments in outer space, especially from a legal standpoint, is the advent of space tourism. Within the legal issues surrounding that development, liability is of prime importance.

Liability is, of course, always about "passing the buck," or, more precisely, about who should pay compensation for damage caused by the activities concerned. At both the international level and in the field of space law, however, a large measure of confusion has often arisen as to the scope, meaning, and consequences of liability. This confusion is partly the consequence of liability's intricate relationship to the concept …

Unbundling Property In Water, Sandi Zellmer, Jessica Harder

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that, in the foreseeable future, climate change will exacerbate water problems worldwide. In the United States, we are likely to see more severe flooding, more frequent droughts, and a rush to secure legal rights to water supplies. Sustainable management of water resources for present and future generations will become all the more imperative as we face increasing pressure on limited supplies.

The quest for sustainable management has stimulated a movement for greater recognition of private property rights to attain efficient use and allocation of water. The World Bank and the International …

Evaluation Of Reading Achievement For Students Of The Carroll County Public School System’S 2006 Summer Enrichment Program, Melissa A. Doan

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of guided reading interventions with regard to individual reading achievement for elementary aged students who participated in a five-week summer enrichment program. Using a baseline and intervention design, a curriculum-based measure model of assessment was administered to each student. The analysis of data from the curriculum based measurement allowed for the implementation of guided reading interventions, which targeted increased student reading abilities for the chronological time period of July 5, 2006 through August 3, 2006. The results indicated that student academic deficits were not sufficiently impacted to normalize students to …

Examining Juvenile Crime And Recidivism, Charles M. Watson

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

High juvenile recidivism rates are a dilemma that is plaguing the juvenile justice system and the treatment facilities that operate within. There is little understanding of the causal relationship between recidivism rates, treatment types, and the demographics of the residents at the various treatment facilities. The purpose of this research is to identify the common flaws existing in current treatment practices and to utilize social labeling theory as a means of gaining a better understanding of this issue.

Marketplace Plants Used In Ceremonial Cleansing Among Andean Qechuans Of Ecuador, Sushma Shrestha

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Ceremonial cleansing plays a vital role in indigenous societies where ‘folk illnesses’ such as susto (fright) are common. Indigenous Andean Qechuans commonly use cleansing plants to treat susto, and related ‘folk illnesses’.The purpose of this study was to characterize and compare market plants and to define methods and knowledge used in ceremonial cleansing among Ecuadorian Qechuans. Interviews were conducted with 22 vendors at 13 marketplaces. Regression Analysis (RA) determined preferentially selected plant families and residual value of RA determined the highest and lowest preferentially selected plant families.Hierarchical cluster analysis and coefficient of similarity demonstrated the relationship between marketplaces and cleansing …

Attachment And Adolescent Psychopathology In A Correctional Setting, Lindsay A. Lounder

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

It was the purpose of this research to better understand the role of attachments and related clinical issues in relation to the development of criminality in late adolescence. This study involves designs comparing the youth at a maximum-security correctional facility versus controls matched on demographic variables using the Attachment and Clinical Issues Questionnaire (ACIQ). Within group data is also analyzed to study differences and similarities among the offenders. Significant differences were found between the offenders and control group on attachment classifications as well as other clinical scales. Offenders are more likely than controls to have insecure attachments to their mother, …

Navigating Hiv, Pregnancy, And Childbearing In South India, Cecilia Van Hollen

Anthropology - All Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Evaluating Collections & Saving Money: Old And New Tools, A. Ben Wagner

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

No abstract provided.

Titan Arum, Stacey Knight-Davis

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

Titan Arum in the H.F. Thut Greenhouse at Eastern Illinois University is producing its first flower. The Titan Arum or Amorphophallus titanum is a flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. An exhibit providing a brief history of the plant, information on its reproduction, and pictures of other specimens in bloom is located in the south lobby of Booth Library.

May 2007 - Staff Meeting Agenda

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Annual Report 2006-2007, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Annual Reports: 1943 - Present

This file contains the Annual Report for the library from 2006-2007.

The Practitioner, The Priest, And The Professor: Perspectives On Self-Initiation In The American Neopagan Community, Marty Laubach, Louis Martinie’, Roselinda Clemons

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Research

Initiation is a religious practice that is generally understood as involving socialization and acceptance into a religious community, but American Neopaganism, with its emphasis on individualism and autonomy, has evolved a meaning that challenges that simple understanding. American Neopagan communities are marketplaces of ideas that are comprised of groups and solo practitioners, all in interaction in which they might conduct main holidays together, but not necessarily work together in what they would consider more “serious” practices in which they receive the spirit communications with which they develop the ideas. Among groups, these practices include initiations through which candidates are trained …

Hpv Vaccination: Should It Be Recommended Or Required?, Alexandra M. Stewart

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

Legislation introduced by two members of the District of Columbia Council on January 9, 2007 would require all girls to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical cancer, by the time they enter the sixth grade, unless a parent or guardian specifically "opts out" of the mandate. A similar bill was introduced last week in Virginia, and Maryland and West Virginia are poised to consider legislation. To place the proposals in a broader context, this paper reviews some of the scientific, legal, ethical and financial issues surrounding the HPV vaccine and compulsory vaccinations.

An Analysis Of Propsed Rules Restricting Federal Medicaid Payments For Publicly Supported Healthcare Services, Sara J. Rosenbaum

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

During its 47-year existence, Medicaid has been the subject of countless analyses, articles, books, and studies, in view of its sheer size (federal expenditures standing at $190 billion in FY 2006),[1] its complexity (more than five dozen separate federal eligibility categories), and its importance in the American healthcare system. Medicaid funds nearly 40% of all births,[2] covers about one-third of all children,[3] and is the primary source of healthcare financing for persons with severe and chronic physical and mental disabilities.[4] Medicaid virtually enables the operation of public healthcare providers, such as school-based clinics, community health centers, and public hospitals, whose …

Thinking With Wolves: Left Legal Theory After The Right's Rise (Review Essay), Martha T. Mccluskey

Book Reviews

Reviewing Wendy Brown & Janet Halley, Left Legalism/Left Critique (2001).

Left legal theory is in crisis. This crisis reflects a broader problem of contemporary U.S. politics: the lack of grand ideas capable of mobilizing meaningful opposition to the triumph of the political right. Right-wing legal theory has contributed to that dramatic political change by promoting ideas questioning the foundations of the twentieth century liberal welfare and regulatory state.

This review essay analyzes a rare recent attempt to revive left legal theory in the face of the right's triumph: the anthology Left Legalism/Left Critique edited by Wendy Brown and Janet Halley …

Civic Voluntarism As A Vehicle Towards Diversity, Alexander Aguado

Politics, Justice, Law, and Philosophy

Civic engagement, through voluntary associational membership, is touted as the keystone of community. It is within these groups where people get a chance to come together to form the necessary social network connections needed to accomplish collective endeavors. Civic engagement can have a bridging effect, bringing disparate people and communities together. Civic engagement can also have a bonding effect on members, which builds strong in-group ties, putting the membership at odds with outsiders. This article examines the relationship between voluntary associations and social network diversity. Since civic engagement is considered a resource, vis-a`-vis social capital (where more is always better), …

Wright State University Men's Soccer Media Guide 2007, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2007 Men's Soccer team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Take Me Out To The Metaphor, Parker B. Potter Jr.

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “In the fall of 2003, Judge Smith of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island wrote that “[c]ases examining the issue of workplace sexual harassment by women against women are about as common as a baseball post-season that includes the Cubs and the Red Sox . . . .

Judge Smith’s observation was, of course, rooted in the perception among baseball fans, and in the popular culture, that nothing says “futility” quite like a reference to the Chicago Cubs or the Boston Red Sox. Conversely, there can be little doubt that for one in search …

Even Fighters Get The Blues, Randy Borum

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Keeping Your Head In The Game, Randy Borum

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Psychology Of Fighting, Randy Borum

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Civil Society Engagement In Free Trade Negotiations: Cafta Opposition Movements In El Salvador, Rose J. Spalding

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Faculty and Staff Works

This article analyzes civil society participation in the free trade debate by focusing on networks that opposed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) in El Salvador. Drawing on documents, observations, and semi-structured interviews with civil society leaders, two kinds of opposition coalitions are identified. “Critic negotiators,” emphasizing active engagement and policy research, used the limited participation space opened by authorities to push for reform. “Transgressive resisters,” repudiating the formal consultation process, deployed confrontational tactics and posed more fundamental challenges. This work uses social movement theory to explore coalition resource mobilization, the role of movement entrepreneurs, strategic decision-making, mechanisms linking …

Analysis Of Historic Glass In Kittitas Valley Sites, Minori Muramoto

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The purpose of this project was to investigate a sample of the historic glass artifacts from three excavation sites in the Kittitas Valley: the Grissom Site (45KT301), the Robber's Roost Site ( 45KT800), and the Sorenson Site (no site number). I addressed five questions about the glass artifacts: 1) what was the minimum number of vessels, 2) what functional types of glass were found, 3) what technologies were used to manufacture them, 4) when, where, and which company made this glass, and 5) what Ellensburg stores or companies are represented in the sample. I also used the data to estimate …

Play, Laughter And Humor In Captive Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes), Jason M. Wallin

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Play is ubiquitous in mammals, and argued to occur across many taxa includ­ing birds, non-avian reptiles, and invertebrates. Laughter is common in human inter­actions, and growing evidence from chimpanzees, rats, and dogs may mean it is also common among mammals (at least). Humor in non-humans is less well studied, though theoretical work and anecdotes exist. This study examined play, laughter, and humor using a longitudinal dataset of narrative shift reports collected over more than 1,300 days in a unique family of non-human animals, chimpanzees who use Ameri­can Sign Language to communicate. Play was more common when young males were present …

Legal Authority And Limitations, Phillip M. Lyons, Karen C. Kalmbach

Psychology Faculty Publications (Archived)

The core element for emergency involuntary commitment is dangerousness to oneself or others. Statutes typically also mandate immediate or near immediate petition to the courts, and require immediate or near immediate professional psychiatric review. This chapter reviews the case law associated with civil commitment statutes, both historically and in terms of current issues.