The Racialization of Space: How Housing Segregation Caused the Racial Wealth Gap in the United States

This project addresses how residential segregation have stymied home ownership and wealth in the black community; inhibiting true housing equity. This thesis project will attempt to use design as a means to help address past and continuing discrimination. Accessibility, affordability and accountability are central to this goal, which will be addressed in the project. The site chosen for this project is the St. Luke’s Building located in Richmond, VA. This building was home to the Independent Order of St. Luke, a fraternal and cooperative insurance society for blacks. It also housed the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank which was founded in 1903 by Maggie Walker. Walker was the first woman to charter a bank in the United States

Music Piracy and the Audio Home Recording Act

In spite of the guidance provided by the Audio Home Recording Act (AHRA) of 1992, music companies are once again at odds with consumer electronics manufacturers. This time around, the dispute is over certain information technology products that enable consumers to copy digital music and transfer them to different formats, or exchange them over the Internet. This article will discuss anti-piracy measures being taken by digital content owners and the United States legislature to combat piracy and evaluate them in light of the AHRA

Beekman, Town of and Teamsters Local 456

In the Matter of Fact Finding Between TOWN of BEEKMAN and TEAMSTERS LOCAL 456. Case No. M2009-044. Tia Schneider Denenberg, Fact Finder

Connected by 25: Improving the Life Chances of the Country's Most Vulnerable 14-24 Year Olds

Virtually all youth not connected by age 25 begin the process of disconnection much earlier, usually before age 19. In our society, almost all youth require support until they have connected successfully with the labor force, which generally does not occur until their mid-twenties. Most young adults experience detours on the road to economic independence, including periods of unemployment and periodic interruptions in their education. In this paper, we address several issues relevant to developing such a system of services. We begin by identifying those groups of youth at highest risk of long-term disconnection.This is critical for developing policies and programs and for deciding how to target such rograms. Research indicates that those youth who are unable to make a successful ransition differ in important ways from other out of school/unemployed youth

Out of School and Off Track: The Overuse of Suspensions in American Middle and High Schools

Analyzing data from over 26,000 U.S. middle and high schools, the report reveals profound disparities in suspension rates when disaggregating data by race/ethnicity, gender, and disability status. The report identifies districts with the largest number of "hotspot" schools (suspending 25 percent or more of their total student body), suggests alternatives that are already in use, and highlights civil rights concerns

Pelaksanaan Pengampunan Pajak atau Tax Amnesty di Kantor Pelayanan Pajak Pratama Surakarta

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui sistem pelayanan pelaksanaan Pengampunan Pajak atau Tax Amnesty di Kantor Pelayanan Pajak (KPP) Pratama Surakarta dan Kendala yang terjadi selama pelaksanaan berlangsung dan bagaimana solusinya. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Kantor Pelayanan Pajak (KPP) Pratama Surakarta, dengan menggunakan metode Penelitian yuridis-empiris, jenis data primersekunder dan Tehnik analisis yang digunakan adalah Study Pustaka dan Wawancara. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian disimpulkan bahwa pelaksanaan Pengampunan Pajak atau Tax Amnesty di Kantor Pelayanan Pajak (KPP) Pratama Surakarta sejak disahkannya Undang – Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2016 pada tanggal 01 Juli 2016 tentang Pengampunan Pajak sampai dengan 30 November 2016 membawa pengaruh positif terhadap penerimaan pajak Negara yaitu diperoleh 600 Milyar Rupiah dengan Wajib Pajak yang mengikuti program tersebut 3000 Wajib Pajak. Kendala yang dihadapi Kantor Pelayanan Pajak (KPP) Pratama yang paling utama adalah Sosialiasi kepada Wajib Pajak untuk menggugah kesadaran Wajib Pajak agar patuh membayar pajak. Tercapainya sebuah program pemerintah secara maksimal tidak terlepas dari andil seluruh elemen masyarakat

Pervasive Parallel And Distributed Computing In A Liberal Arts College Curriculum

We present a model for incorporating parallel and distributed computing (PDC) throughout an undergraduate CS curriculum. Our curriculum is designed to introduce students early to parallel and distributed computing topics and to expose students to these topics repeatedly in the context of a wide variety of CS courses. The key to our approach is the development of a required intermediate-level course that serves as a introduction to computer systems and parallel computing. It serves as a requirement for every CS major and minor and is a prerequisite to upper-level courses that expand on parallel and distributed computing topics in different contexts. With the addition of this new course, we are able to easily make room in upper-level courses to add and expand parallel and distributed computing topics. The goal of our curricular design is to ensure that every graduating CS major has exposure to parallel and distributed computing, with both a breadth and depth of coverage. Our curriculum is particularly designed for the constraints of a small liberal arts college, however, much of its ideas and its design are applicable to any undergraduate CS curriculum