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Buying Cuba And Other Absurdities, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

New York(AP)-At a hastily called press conference today the New York Yankees announced that they had purchased Cuba, the island and the country. A Yankee spokesman would not reveal the purchase price, believed to be in the ten or eleven figure range, but did say that Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner would spare no expense to ensure that the Yankees would remain competitive.

Program Quality Review - Department Of Electrical Engineering (2000), William T. O'Malley

Collection Development Reports and Documents

"Program Quality Review" measuring library support for the Department of Electrical Engineering. Tracks library expenditures on materials serving electrical engineering and related topics, books added and circulated by subject with peer comparisons, scholarly books published by subject, and URI Library holdings of top-ranked journals.

Notes From Women's Suffrage Celebration Program Committee Meeting, August 2, 2000

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Notes on organizing the celebration in Balis park in commemoration of Women's suffrage.

Library Organizational Charts

Library Organizational Charts

No abstract provided.

Intertemporal And Interspatial Variability Of Climate Change On Dryland Winter Wheat Yield Trends, Saleem Shaik, Glenn A. Helmers

Department of Agricultural Economics: Presentations, Working Papers, and Gray Literature

The importance of climate (temperature and precipitation) variability on Nebraska dryland winter wheat yield trend is examined. The use of short term (1956-1999) climatic divisional panel data (interspatial) and long term (1909-1999) state time series data (intertemporal) is to address the predictability power of estimating the yield trends accounting for climate variability.

Community Service: Mandatory Or Voluntary?, Diane Loup

School K-12

School districts struggle to find the best approach for bringing a real-world aspect to learning.

After The Summit: Building Community Networks For America’S Youth, Sabrina Burke

Special Topics, General

The purpose of this research project is to provide a guide for local coordinators and organizers of America’s Promise and other national initiatives. It looks at the new paradigm of community youth development how it is changing the ways that social organizations are conducting business. It explores how to create community networks as a way for communities to better serve their young people. In this project, a community network is defined as an association of individuals representing different organizations and associations working together (collaborating) to achieve a common long term vision or goal. Although there is a rich diversity among …

The Effects Of Service Learning, Shelley H. Billig

Service Learning, General

Research, while limited, finds that students who help others help themselves academically and socially.

Costs And Benefits And Service Learning, Alan Melchior

Service Learning, General

A growing body of evidence points to school-based service learning as an effective means of achieving a variety of critical school and community goals. But what do we know about the costs of service learning?

Service Learning In An Age Of Standards, Terry L. Pickeral, Judy Bray

Service Learning, General

"The new standards have to do with application of basic learning. Students take things that at one time they simply memorized and instead take them into real-life settings. The graduation standards offer the opportunity for every student and teacher to bring learning to a higher level. Application, synthesis, analysis and integration of information are what real learning is all about."

Jim Grimmer, a teacher of philosophy at Richfield High School in Richfield, Minn., articulates one view of the connection between service learning and academic standards. At a time when academic standards, along with assessments and accountability, represent the big-dog reform …

Computerized Content Analysis: A Comparison Of The Verbal Productions Of High Hypnotizable, Low Hypnotizable And Simulating Subjects, Edeltraud Elter-Nodvin

Doctoral Dissertations

This research was designed to investigate the domain of hypnosis and to explore how the “state” of hypnosis, along with the susceptibility to hypnosis relate to lexical choice in verbal productions as well as to primary/secondary process mentation. The hypothesis that hypnosis facilitates primary process mentation has held a central place in numerous psychoanalytically oriented theories of hypnosis (Gill & Brenman, 1959; Fromm, 1992; Nash, 1991).

College students were screened for level of hypnotic susceptibility employing the following two hypnotic susceptibility scales: The Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A (HGSHS: A; Shor & Orne, 1962) [Appendix D] and …

Whatever Happened To Truth, Justice, And The American Way?, Don P. Diffine Ph.D.

Belden Center Books

The story of the American incentive system is the story of all the people in it. Each American needs to know how he fits into the story, what his part is, and what he can do to make the picture better. This book also celebrates, and puts great emphasis on, our Creator who made life not only possible but also worthwhile. Any yet, as Americans are so cosmopolitan in personality, they certainly are not of one mind on the issue of free, private enterprise. Many Americans seem to assume that free enterprise is a natural condition, but the fact is …

Tips, Volume 20, No. 1, 2 & 3, 2000, Wolf P. Wolfensberger

Training Institute Publication Series (TIPS)

• Poverty & the Poor

• Poverty in Rich Countries

• The Gulf Between the Haves & Haves Not

• The Transfer of Wealth Upward

• Homelessness

• Crime

• Punishment

• The Jail & Prison Scene

• The Death Penalty, & the Public Loss of Faith in the Legal & Criminal Justice System Which Engenders Support For the Death Penalty as a "Final Solution" to Serve or Habitual Predation

• Slavery & Torture

• The Family

• Waging War Against Family & Marriage by Redefining It

• Media & PC Badmouthing of Traditional & Intact Families

• The Trivialization …

Airplay, Vol. 21, No. 11, Maine Public Broadcasting Network

Airplay: MPBN Radio Program Guide

Airplay is published to provide the most thorough information possible about MPBN Radio and its programs, hopefully in a visually appealing way. Each month of Airplay features works by Maine artists and photographers on its cover. Maine Public Broadcasting Network Radio is a member of National Public Radio (NPR) and the Eastern Public Radio Network (EPRN). Maine Public Broadcasting was founded by the University of Maine System and Colby, Bates and Bowdoin Colleges.

Mr420: Designing Effective Environmental Labels For Forest Products: Results Of Focus Group Research, Mario F. Teisl, Felicia Newman, Joann Buono, Melissa Hermann

Miscellaneous Reports

Using consumer focus groups, these researchers examined the use of environmental seals-of-approval to develop a better understanding of the consumer, product, label, and regulatory-framework characteristics that may affect an eco-labeling policy’s market effectiveness. The authors present 14 recommendations concerning the use of such labels.

News From Hope College, Volume 32.1: August, 2000, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

Eye Position Signal Modulates A Human Parietal Pointing Region During Memory-Guided Movements., J F Desouza, S P Dukelow, J S Gati, R S Menon, R A Andersen, T Vilis

Brain and Mind Institute Researchers' Publications

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we examined the signal in parietal regions that were selectively activated during delayed pointing to flashed visual targets and determined whether this signal was dependent on the fixation position of the eyes. Delayed pointing activated a bilateral parietal area in the intraparietal sulcus (rIPS), rostral/anterior to areas activated by saccades. During right-hand pointing to centrally located targets, the left rIPS region showed a significant increase in activation when the eye position was rightward compared with leftward. As expected, activation in motor cortex showed no modulation when only eye position changed. During pointing to retinotopically identical …

Complexities Of The Gender Gap, Susan E. Howell, Christine L. Day

Political Science Faculty Publications

Gender differences in political attitudes among whites arise from a variety of sources that may vary from issue to issue. Explanations based on gender-based social roles, basic value differences, socioeconomic status, and women's autonomy are tested in this study through an examination of both compositional and conditional effects. Compositional effects occur when men and women differ on an explanatory variable. Conditional effects occur when a variable has differential effects on the policy preferences of women and men. Using data from the 1996 National Election Study, OLS regression and logit results demonstrate the complex sources of gender gaps across issue areas. …

Connecting, August 2000, Volume 2, Issue 3, Nova Southeastern University Libraries

Connecting: Nova Southeastern University Libraries Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Archeological Impact Evaluations And Surveys In The Texas Department Of Transportation's Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Paris, And Waco Districts, 1998-2000, Ross C. Fields, E. Frances Gadus, Karl W. Kibler, Lee C. Nordt

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

This document constitutes the final report of work done by Prewitt and Associates, Inc. (PAI), under a contract from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to provide archeological services in five TxDOT districts—Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Paris, and Waco—in northeast, north-central, and central Texas. Under this contract, PAI completed Impact Evaluations and Surveys to assist TxDOT in meeting the requirements of their Memorandum of Understanding with the Texas Historical Commission and a Programmatic Agreement between the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Federal Highway Administration, the Texas Historical Commission, and TxDOT. The contract began on 31 August 1998 and concluded …

Percepciones Ciudadanas Hacia La Democracia Y Las Instituciones Políticas En Los Países Andinos, Flavia Freidenberg

Flavia Freidenberg

No abstract provided.

Medios De Comunicación Y La Función De Establecimiento De La Agenda: Un Estudio Empírico En Argentina, Flavia Freidenberg, Orlando D'Adamo, Virginia García Beaudoux

Flavia Freidenberg

No abstract provided.

Criterios Para La Descentralización, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El proceso centralizador de la sociedad, la economía, la cultura, la política y el territorio -en un contexto de globalización y revolución científico tecnológico-ha conducido al desarrollo de su antítesis: la descentralización. Este proceso, que se inició en Europa con anticipación a lo ocurrido en América Latina, requiere ser conocido y analizado. Es necesario hacer un balance de las principales experiencias, así como de la historia de los procesos particulares. Mucho más, si se constata que no hoy un modelo de descentralización; aunque es innegable la existencia de ciertas constantes generales. Esto significa que cada país en cada momento debe …

A Model Of The Implementation Of Quality Management Systems For Credence Attributes, Corinna Noelke, Julie Caswell

Julie Caswell

We develop a model of the impact of food quality management systems (QMS) on competitiveness and markets. QMS seek to control the quality of a product as determined by the array of individual attributes it possesses. To date only a few studies have attempted to better understand the effect of the introduction of quality management systems. No model has been introduced which captures the interactions within the supply chain and at the interface with consumers when these systems are introduced.

Program Quality Review - Department Of Mechanical Engineering (2000), William T. O'Malley

Collection Development Reports and Documents

"Program Quality Review" measuring library support for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Tracks library expenditures on materials serving mechanical engineering and related topics, books added and circulated by subject with peer comparisons, scholarly books published by subject, and URI Library holdings of top-ranked journals.

West Virginia Libraries 2000 Vol.53 No.3&4, Cheryl Hashman, Ted Nesbitt

West Virginia Libraries Newsletter

No abstract provided.

A Library ‘Teens’Cape’ Against The New Callousness, Anthony Bernier

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Juvenile Gangs In Schools: Characteristics, Causes, And Possible Solutions, Gordon A. Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Research

The purpose of this seminar is to acquaint participants with the ever-changing characteristics, often conflicting issues of causation, and various proposed solutions to the myriad of problems associated with gangs in schools. Special attention is given to the evolving nature of gangs in K-12 educational institutions (e.g., new types of juvenile groups developing and their associated behavior). Traditional subjects such as gang recruitment, initiation, and criminal activity are examined by discussing the many ways they manifest themselves in the school setting. Finally, a conceptual framework is presented by which a school can identify, understand, and begin to address a potential …

The District Of Cochrane Social Services Administration Board: An Analysis Of The Provincial Objectives Driving Its Formation And The Organization’S Capacity To Meet These Objectives, Kathryn Miller

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines whether the short- and long-term goals surrounding the Ontario government’s decision to create district social services administration boards have been met based on a case study of the Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board (CDSSAB). The findings reveal that the province’s short-term objectives have been met and, although many challenges persist, the CDSSAB is well positioned to meet the long-term objectives of efficiency, less government, and superior integrated services.

Evaluating The Public Participation Methods Used In Toronto’S Integrated Solid Waste Resource Management Process, John Ballantine

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines whether a meaningful public consultation process was used in the Solid Waste Management Marketplace Engagement Program (SWM-WEP) – later renamed Toronto’s Integrated Solid Waste Resource Management Process (TIRM) – based on case studies of the various meetings that took place throughout the process. The findings reveal that the public consultations that occurred in the SWM-WEP/TIRM cannot be characterized as a true dialogue because power was not transferred from bureaucrats and elected officials to the general population.