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1820, April 24, 03 Stat. 566, Act Making Further Provision For Sale Of Public Land Jun 2016

1820, April 24, 03 Stat. 566, Act Making Further Provision For Sale Of Public Land

US Government Legislation and Statutes

An act of the Sixteenth United States Congress, First Session, providing for the sale of public lands (public or private) in entire, half, quarter or half quarter sections (less than 160 acres) after July 1, 1820.


1922 August 1 - Kingsbury Biennial Report, Surveyor General’S Report To Governor Of Californiaannual Report Of Surveyor General To California Governor Relating To The Status Of Surveys For Individual Counties. Jun 2016

1922 August 1 - Kingsbury Biennial Report, Surveyor General’S Report To Governor Of Californiaannual Report Of Surveyor General To California Governor Relating To The Status Of Surveys For Individual Counties.

Surveyor General Reports

Annual reports of the Surveyor General to the Governor of California concerning the surveying of state lands, county boundaries, roads, maps, population, agriculture, crops and appropriations.


That The Worst Shooting In Us History Took Place In A Gay Bar Is Unsurprising, Nancy Unger Jun 2016

That The Worst Shooting In Us History Took Place In A Gay Bar Is Unsurprising, Nancy Unger

History

The selection of Pulse, a gay Orlando nightclub, as the site for a murderous homophobic rampage makes the killer’s crime a special outrage in view of the role that nightclubs have played in this nation’s LGBTQ history. Like many popular LGTBQ clubs, Pulse serves not only as a welcoming place to party, but also as a community partner, hosting a variety of social and educational events including, for example, Breast Cancer Awareness and HIV/AIDS prevention. According to its website, Pulse Orlando serves as “a driving force within the GLBT community” and strives to “to make strides towards equality awareness, and …


(Mis)Representation By Bravo: Maintaining/Countering Stereotypes Of Black Women On Reality Television, Michelle Mayfield Jun 2016

(Mis)Representation By Bravo: Maintaining/Countering Stereotypes Of Black Women On Reality Television, Michelle Mayfield

Honors Theses

This honors thesis investigates the use of stereotypes used to portray Black women on reality television.  Focusing on Bravo’s Blood Sweat and Heels, this project utilizes an Afrosemiotic framework, which is a combination of Afrocentricity and Semiotics.  Afrocentricity focuses on the agency and consciousness of Africans and African Americans.  Semiotics focuses on the study of signs and the explicit and implicit markers of these signs.  The first season’s narrative focuses on the positive lives of single, successful Black women but shifts to mainly negative portrayals inspired by Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise.  This project focuses on stereotypes associated with Black …


The Restrictive Deterrent Effect Of Warning Banners In A Compromised Computer System, Christian Jordan-Michael Howell Jun 2016

The Restrictive Deterrent Effect Of Warning Banners In A Compromised Computer System, Christian Jordan-Michael Howell

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

System trespassing, which refers to the unauthorized access of computer systems, has rapidly become a worldwide phenomenon. Despite growing concern, criminological literature has paid system trespassing little attention. The current study utilizes data gathered from a Chinese computer network to examine system trespasser behavior after exposure to one of three warning messages: an altruistic message used for moral persuasion (warning 1), a legal sanction threat (warning 2), and an ambiguous threat (warning 3). More specifically, the current study examines the temporal order of various keystroke commands to determine if some keystroke commands are used as a tactical skill to avoid …


Psychological Factors That Underlie Hazing Perceptions: A Mixed Methods Study, Jenna Strawhun Jun 2016

Psychological Factors That Underlie Hazing Perceptions: A Mixed Methods Study, Jenna Strawhun

College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The quantitative phase of this mixed-methods study examined psychological predictors, including previous bullying involvement, moral disengagement, the need to belong, and their influence on students’ perceptions of hypothetical hazing behaviors. The following qualitative phase was used to explain and contextualize Phase I results through an understanding of the psychological processes related to participants’ constructed meanings of their experiences as perpetrators, witnesses, and/or victims of bullying and hazing. Study participants for Phase I and Phase II included undergraduate students enrolled in psychology courses who participated in the study for research credit. Phase II participants also received a $25.00 gift card as …


Leading A Horse To Water: Writing Workshops For Engineering Graduate Students, Susan Wainscott, Julie A. Longo Jun 2016

Leading A Horse To Water: Writing Workshops For Engineering Graduate Students, Susan Wainscott, Julie A. Longo

Library Faculty Presentations

A workshop series sponsored by the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) seeks to dispel the myth that engineers cannot be good writers.


Copyright And Open Access Resources For Faculty, Mary Mallery, Siobhan K. Mccarthy Jun 2016

Copyright And Open Access Resources For Faculty, Mary Mallery, Siobhan K. Mccarthy

University Libraries Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


1928 August 1 - Kingsbury Biennial Report, Surveyor General's Report To The Governor Of California Jun 2016

1928 August 1 - Kingsbury Biennial Report, Surveyor General's Report To The Governor Of California

Surveyor General Reports

Annual reports of the Surveyor General to the Governor of California concerning the surveying of state lands, county boundaries, roads, maps, population, agriculture, crops and appropriations.


5 Myths And Misconceptions About The War On Drugs, Donald Roth Jun 2016

5 Myths And Misconceptions About The War On Drugs, Donald Roth

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"With the War on Drugs turning 45 this year, here are some public misconceptions about that policy that I think warrant more careful reflection on what our path forward should be."

Posting about drug abuse in America from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/5-myths-and-misconceptions-about-the-war-on-drugs/


Reducing Asymmetric Information In Venture Capital Backed Ipos, Diego Escobari, Alejandro Serrano Jun 2016

Reducing Asymmetric Information In Venture Capital Backed Ipos, Diego Escobari, Alejandro Serrano

School of Economics and Finance Faculty Publications

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to model asymmetric information and study the profitability of venture capital (VC) backed initial public offerings (IPOs). The mixtures approach endogenously separates IPOs into differentiated groups based on their returns’ determinants. The authors also analyze the factors that affect the probability that IPOs belong to a specific group.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors propose a new method to model asymmetric information between investors and firms in VC backed IPOs. The approach allows the authors to identify differentiated companies under incomplete information. The authors use a sample of 2,404 US firms from 1980 through 2012 to …


We Can't Do It Alone: Collaborating Across Campus To Support Data Management, Cara Martin-Tetreault, Sue O'Dell, Barbara Levergood Jun 2016

We Can't Do It Alone: Collaborating Across Campus To Support Data Management, Cara Martin-Tetreault, Sue O'Dell, Barbara Levergood

Oberlin Digital Scholarship Conference

Meeting growing compliance requirements for researchers and institutions and providing the institutional resources and infrastructure within a liberal arts setting necessitates innovative collaborations and creative outreach. The presenters from the College’s Library and Office of Sponsored Research described how they work across departments to provide resources for data management, facilitate faculty understanding and compliance, and offer outreach. In addition, they led a discussion about how and where to start a cross-campus collaboration, the role of an institutional repository on a small campus, and lessons learned.


Free For All: Opening Collections And Supporting Multi-Institutional Efforts With Internet Archive, Patrick R. Wallace Jun 2016

Free For All: Opening Collections And Supporting Multi-Institutional Efforts With Internet Archive, Patrick R. Wallace

Oberlin Digital Scholarship Conference

Patrick Wallace led a collaborative, information-sharing session on integrating Internet Archive (IA) into digital archive workflows and technical infrastructures. Key topics included how IA fits alongside other digital archive and repository platforms, using scripts & software to support batch processing and API interactions, and leveraging IA to help support coordinated digital preservation projects with smaller memory institutions.


Building A Distributed Collaborative Model For Digital Scholarship Support At Liberal Arts Institutions, Iris Jastram, Austin Mason, Sarah D. Calhoun Jun 2016

Building A Distributed Collaborative Model For Digital Scholarship Support At Liberal Arts Institutions, Iris Jastram, Austin Mason, Sarah D. Calhoun

Oberlin Digital Scholarship Conference

Much has been published on digital scholarship support models for large universities, but digital scholarship infrastructures for undergraduate colleges have received less attention in the literature. At Carleton College, we are in the process of developing a distributed collaborative model for support that involves librarians, academic technologists, faculty, undergraduate student workers, and other experts on campus. How can we capitalize on our unique institutional strengths as small liberal arts colleges while navigating the competing interests and expectations of diverse campus constituencies? This session allowed the participants to strategize and begin to build a framework for digital scholarship support at their …


Non-Algorithmic Inquiry In The Digital Age, Christopher Gilman, Jacob Alden Sargent Jun 2016

Non-Algorithmic Inquiry In The Digital Age, Christopher Gilman, Jacob Alden Sargent

Oberlin Digital Scholarship Conference

We notice, from our vantage point as alt-ac faculty who work in a digital scholarship center that students often confuse digital research with a rote process of “search and collect.” We propose that a successful deployment of undergraduate research at the course level requires a greater involvement from librarians in the design of the course structure and its assignments as well as greater intention from faculty in the curation of research materials. In this workshop we discuss case studies, present course design scenarios and suggest a collectively-developed protocol for working with faculty on courses involving class-wide research projects.


St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, June 12, 2016 Jun 2016

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, June 12, 2016

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, Canada

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf Finding Aid


St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, June 12, 2016 Jun 2016

St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, June 12, 2016

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Landover Hills, MD

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin Finding Aid


St. Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin, June 12, 2016 Jun 2016

St. Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin, June 12, 2016

Saint Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Chicago, IL

Saint Francis Brogia Deaf Center Church Bulletin Finding Aid


1938, Monterey County Crop Reports Jun 2016

1938, Monterey County Crop Reports

Monterey County Crop Reports

Annual report pertaining to agriculture in Monterey County, California.


1945, Monterey County Crop Reports Jun 2016

1945, Monterey County Crop Reports

Monterey County Crop Reports

Annual report pertaining to agriculture in Monterey County, California.


1941, Monterey County Crop Reports Jun 2016

1941, Monterey County Crop Reports

Monterey County Crop Reports

Annual report pertaining to agriculture in Monterey County, California


1942, Monterey County Crop Reports Jun 2016

1942, Monterey County Crop Reports

Monterey County Crop Reports

Annual report pertaining to agriculture in Monterey County, California.


1943, Monterey County Crop Reports Jun 2016

1943, Monterey County Crop Reports

Monterey County Crop Reports

Annual report pertaining to agriculture in Monterey County, California.


1940, Monterey County Crop Reports Jun 2016

1940, Monterey County Crop Reports

Monterey County Crop Reports

Annual report pertaining to agriculture in Monterey County, California.


1947, Monterey Country Crop Report Jun 2016

1947, Monterey Country Crop Report

Monterey County Crop Reports

Annual report pertaining to agriculture in Monterey County, California.


1842, July 27 - 05 Stat. 497, Bounty Land Claims For Military Service In War With Great Britain Jun 2016

1842, July 27 - 05 Stat. 497, Bounty Land Claims For Military Service In War With Great Britain

US Government Legislation and Statutes

An Act to provide for satisfying claims for bounty lands for military service in the War of 1812. The terms prescribed for the warrants by the Secretary of the Department of war in "an act to allow further time to complete the issue and locating of military land warrants during the late war, " and "an act to extend the time of issuing military land warrants to officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary army, both approved January 27, 1835, were renewed and continued in force for five years; patent would issue in the name of personal originally entitled to the …


1939, Monterey County Crop Reports Jun 2016

1939, Monterey County Crop Reports

Monterey County Crop Reports

Annual report pertaining to agriculture in Monterey County, California.


Fellowship Programs: Best Practice Scan, Walter Wright, Kathryn W. Hexter, Joyce Huang Jun 2016

Fellowship Programs: Best Practice Scan, Walter Wright, Kathryn W. Hexter, Joyce Huang

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

No abstract provided.


A Commentary On Academic Publishing: Insider Tips, Patricia Leavy Jun 2016

A Commentary On Academic Publishing: Insider Tips, Patricia Leavy

The Qualitative Report

Patricia Leavy, Ph.D. is a leading qualitative researcher, best-selling author, and the creator and editor for seven book series. On the release of her 20th book, American Circumstance: Anniversary Edition, the prolific author offers TQR readers this commentary on academic publishing.


Students’ Perception, Use And Challenges Of Electronic Information Resources In Federal University Of Petroleum Resources Effurun Library In Nigeria, Saturday U. Omeluzor, Alarape Asimi Akibu Ph.D., Olusipe Abiodun Akinwoye Jun 2016

Students’ Perception, Use And Challenges Of Electronic Information Resources In Federal University Of Petroleum Resources Effurun Library In Nigeria, Saturday U. Omeluzor, Alarape Asimi Akibu Ph.D., Olusipe Abiodun Akinwoye

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this study is to investigate students’ perception, use and challenges of electronic information resources in Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun, Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. A census sampling technique was used and data was gathered from Two hundred and forty-nine students of 500 level in the Departments in College of Technology. The data gathered were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, while regression analysis was used to analyze result of the hypothesis. The result revealed that electronic information resources are used at different level by the respondents with e-journal, e-database, web OPAC and …