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Clark County Gis Vulnerability Assessment Project: Looking Ahead, Designing Mitigation, And Managing Uncertainty, David M. Hassenzahl

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Publications

After reviewing the progress of the Clark County GIS Vulnerability Project to date, it appears to me that now is an appropriate time to look to the end of the project, and use that to shape the next several steps. The NOAA guidelines may still have use, but it is more important that the project make progress than that it meet particular prescriptive steps.

The Guardian, March 5, 2003, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twenty-four page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Defense And International Affairs In The Federal Budget, E. Wesley F. Peterson

Cornhusker Economics

The proposed fiscal year 2004 (FY2004) federal budget (available at www.gpi.gov/usbudget) includes details on the allocation of federal expenditures among various budget categories as well as historical tables covering the period 1940 to the present. Of particular interest at this time of potential war are the expenditures related to defense and international relations. U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated at $11.3 trillion for FY2004 and the proposed federal budget is $2.23 trillion or 19.7 percent of GDP. Proposed defense expenditures, not including any cost for a war in Iraq, are $390 billion (17.5 percent of the total budget or …

Interview No. 1138, Fernando Rodríguez

Combined Interviews

Mr. Rodríguez recalls that as a teenager, he worked at a grocery store near a ranch that employed braceros; because the braceros were not allowed to leave the ranch, he would often go and collect a list of groceries from them in order to bring them what they needed; later, in 1954, when he graduated from high school, he went into the Navy; when his tour of duty was over in 1959, he began working as a clerk and typist for Rio Vista, a processing center for the Bracero Program in Socorro, Texas; his work there was temporary and coincided …

Spartan Daily, March 4, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 120, Issue 28

Meeting Agenda, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Agenda outlining legislation to be reviewed.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 78, No. 42, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Moore, Michael. Jack Harbaugh Throws in the Towel – Football
• Mills, Zach. Country Boyz – Nappy Roots
• Lord, Joseph. Senate Budget Plan Calls for Cut in Kentucky Education Excellence Scholarship
• Brown, Abbey. Brain Tumor Claims Life of Bowling Green Sophomore – Katie Simon
• Sasseen, Jessica. One Year from Graduation, Glasgow Senior is Killed in Car Wreck – Lacey McCandless
• Brown, Abbey. Some Emergency Phones Inoperable
• McCay, Auston. Al Sharpton: One Good Radical Deserves Another
• McCay, Jonathan. Protestors’ Anger Misdirected
• Rowley, John. Sun Belt Parking Plan a Bad Idea
• Reuter, …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 35 No. 48, March 3, 2003

Central Florida Future

Kirlew charges victor with vote tampering in SGA election; Should you bring a pillow to class?; Terror classes: Few colleges offer specialized terrorism courses a recent study finds; Terror alerts issued at local apartments.

Causes And Implications Of Declining Economics Major: A Focus On Australia, M. Alauddin, A. Valadkhani

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This paper analyses the causes and implications of declining economics major in Australia. Based on a brief review of the relevant literature and an analysis of the Australian time series data, it is found that economics continues to be less attractive to students in relative terms. Three major factors contribute to this phenomenon: less than appropriate product for an increasingly diverse clientele, the introduction of more attractive and business, commerce and industry-oriented programs such as finance, accounting and commerce, and business majors geared to the needs of the real world, and the use of less experienced teaching staff in lower …

Ecotones: The Heartbeat Of Huxley, 2003, Winter, Issue 07, Laurel Eddy, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

Historical Collection of Huxley Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 027, Number 30, March 3, 2003, Grand Valley State University

2002-2003, Volume 27

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Interview No. 1125, Eduardo De Santiago

Combined Interviews

Mr. De Santiago worked on a ranch in Zacatecas, México, prior to becoming a bracero; in 1954, when he learned of the Bracero Program, he made a list of all the people who worked with him that wanted to go to the United States as braceros; he was of course included on that list; upon beginning the hiring process in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, the braceros were asked to undress for physical examinations; they were then vaccinated and deloused; in Rio Vista, a processing center in Socorro, Texas, ranchers from Pecos, Texas, came to hire braceros; none of the workers wanted …

An Empirical Analysis Of Australian Labour Productivity, Abbas Valadkhani

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This study presents a model capturing sources of Australian aggregate labour productivity using annual time series data from 1970 to 2001. Labour productivity, or real output per hour worked, in this model is determined by real net capital stock in information technology and telecommunications (ITT), real net capital stock in the non-ITT sector, trade openness, human capital, the wage rate, international competitiveness, and the union membership rate. Given the lack of long and consistent time series data, multivariate cointegration techniques are inappropriate as the cointegration results will be sensitive to the lag length, the inclusion or exclusion of the intercept …

Using Input-Output Analysis To Identify Australia’S High Employment Generating Industries, Abbas Valadkhani

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

Using the 1996-97 input-output table, the objective of this paper is to identify Australia’s high employment generating industries. First, the “real” (direct and indirect) contribution of the tradeable industries to employment are quantified by adopting the “loss of the industry” or “shut-down of industry” approach. Second, the sectoral employment elasticities are calculated to determine the leading employment generating sectors. The empirical analysis and rankings undertaken in this study shed some light on sectoral potentials in relation to the creation of jobs in the economy. It is found that, inter alia, the following industries will play a crucial role in generating …

Spartan Daily, March 3, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 120, Issue 27

The Causes Of Unemployment In Iran: An Empirical Investigation, Abbas Valadkhani

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This paper examines the major causes of Iran’s unemployment conundrum using a simultaneous-equation model and annual time series data from 1968 to 2000. It is found that the rate of unemployment responds positively to output gap and increasing economic uncertainty and negatively to the higher growth rates of real investment and inflation, supporting the view that there exists a degree of trade-off between inflation and unemployment. However, since persistent and soaring inflation rates eventually lead to the chronic depreciation of the domestic currency and rising economic instability, it will be irrational to exploit this trade-off to fight against unemployment, particularly …

The Effect Of Government On Economic Growth In Fiji, D. P. Doessel, A. Valadkhani

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This paper investigates the empirical relationship between the size of government and the process of economic growth in Fiji. The results reported here present a mixed picture, in that the model estimated specifies two different effects of the government sector on economic growth. Using annual time series data for the period 1964-1999, it is found that government expenditure exerts a strong beneficial impact on economic growth. However, marginal factor productivity in the government sector is found to be lower than that of the private sector. The reasons for this low productivity are twofold: the result of the lack of market …

Theory And Econometric Evidence Explaining Public Expenditure: The Case Of Iran, D. P. Doessel, A. Valadkhani

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

The purpose of this paper is to analyse government expenditure in Iran using annual time series data for the period 1963-2000. Various theories of the size of government are reviewed and a distinction is made between economic/structural determinants and institutional determinants. Categorising the theories of government expenditure in this way suggests the application of non-nested tests as a mechanism whereby the relative importance of the two broad theoretical categories can be determined. The empirical results, indicating "double rejection", reveal that neither the economic/structural determinants nor the institutional determinants alone are sufficient to explain government expenditure in Iran. A comprehensive, incorporating …

Columbia Chronicle (03/03/2003), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from March 3, 2003 entitled Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 32 pages and is listed as Volume 36, Number 19. Cover story: "Minority numbers fall in 2003" Editors-in-Chief: Ryan Adair, Georgia Evdoxiadis

2003 Nccaa All-Midwest Regional Team, Cedarville University

Women's Basketball Rosters

No abstract provided.

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, March 2, 2003

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, CAN

Foreign Private Investment In Nigeria 2001, Statistical Survey Office

Economic and Financial Review

The netflow of foreign investment into the Nigerian economy rose by 0.9

per cent from N3,347.0 million in 2000 to N3,376.4 million in 2001.

Companies of United Kingdom origin accounted/or the bulk of the flow in the

review period. The cumulative level of foreign direct investment in the country,

mainly in Mining and Quarrying as well as Manufacturing and Processing

sub-sectors was N160,882.2 million. The proportion of paid-up capital plus

reserves in total investment in the Manufacturing and processing sub-sectors

was 91 per cent in the review period. The value of total stock of fixed assets in

the review period …

Mother-Child Conversation And Children's Understanding Of Biological And Nonbiological Changes In Size, Jennifer Jipson, Maureen A. Callanan

Psychology and Child Development

This article explores the ways that mothers and children from primarily middle-income European American backgrounds reason about events in which biological and nonbiological objects change in size. In Study 1, mother–child conversations were examined to investigate the events mothers described as growth, as well as the ways mothers explained events occurring in different domains. Findings indicate that although mothers primarily discussed events in domain-specific ways, they exhibited some domain blurring in their talk to children. In Study 2,3-year-old children (M = 3 years, 2 months) and 5-year-old children (M = 5 years) provided descriptions and explanations of the same events. …

Public Goods And The Value Of Product Quality Regulations: The Case Of Food Safety, Stephen F. Hamilton, David L. Sunding, David Zilberman

Economics

The paper examines preferences for product quality regulations. Our premise is that preferences for product quality regulations derive from preferences for both private and public goods. The model is used to explain public attitudes toward a referendum measure to eliminate pesticide residues on food. Results from a survey of consumers are consistent with the conceptual model and show that preferences for public goods influence support for the product quality regulation. The results help explain why consumption behavior is a poor predictor of political behavior, and have implications for methods that use voting and market behavior to value public goods.

Latinos In Stamford, Connecticut, Daniel W. Vasquez

Gastón Institute Publications

Census 2000 data include changes in the way people were counted. The most significant change is to allow persons to select more than one race, creating a new multiracial category of “two or more races”, but meaning people may not be included in the race with which they most identify. There was, however, no way to choose more than one ethnicity; one must choose either Latino or not. Throughout this profile, numbers reflect Latinos of all races, or non-Latinos by race, with persons of two or more races counted separately. All categorizations are based solely on self-identification. All of this …

Latinos In Central Falls, Rhode Island, Daniel W. Vasquez

Gastón Institute Publications

Census 2000 data include changes in the way people were counted. The most significant change is to allow persons to select more than one race, creating a new multiracial category of “two or more races”, but meaning people may not be included in the race with which they most identify. There was, however, no way to choose more than one ethnicity; one must choose either Latino or not. Throughout this profile, numbers reflect Latinos of all races, or non-Latinos by race, with persons of two or more races counted separately. All categorizations are based solely on self-identification. All of this …

Advocate, March 2003, Vol. [14], No. [1?], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

CUNY Budget Under Attack. Marriah Star (p. 1)

Rolling Up the Welcome Mat on Foreign Nationals. Kimberly Chase (p. 1)

DSC Issues: Statement Against War on Iraq. James Trimarco (p. 1)

Editorial: The War, the Budget, and the Parochial Presidency (p. 2)

Masthead (p. 2)

Short Takes (p. 2)

Bread & Roses. [8^th Annual Women’s Open Poetry and Performance Event]. Brecht Forum.

Mass Confusion: Recycling Still in Effect for Metal and Mixed Paper. NYC.Gov.

Be Protest-Savvy: Know Your Rights. New York Civil Liberties Union.

Multi-Faith Panel Discussion.

Award Named After Professor Edouard Glissant.

Global Citizen Education. …

Australian Virtual Libraries For Crocodile Dundee And The Sheilas, Joe Fernandez

Library Staff Publications

Discusses the growing use of virtual libraries in Australia to reach information seekers dispersed in a huge country.

Hardy Girls News Vol. 2, No. 3 (Spring 2003), Hardy Girls Healthy Women Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

News From Mabel (Spring 2003), Mabel Wadworth Health Center Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.