Assessing the Impacts of Federal Farm Bill Programs on Rural Communities

This report summarizes the state of scientific knowledge on the impact of federal farm and food programs on rural communities in the United States. We focus on the impacts of five specific programs of what is commonly referred to as the “farm bill.” These five include farm commodity programs; farm risk management, insurance, and disaster programs; agricultural conservation programs; food and nutrition programs; and rural development programs. Although there is extensive research on the relative merits and effectiveness of specific rural development programs and policies on rural community outcomes, the impacts of the other four main farm bill programs on rural America have received much less empirical scrutiny

Computer program to determine pressure distributions and forces on blunt bodies of revolution

Program was written to include integration of surface pressure in order to obtain axial-force, normal-force, and pitching-moment coefficients. Program was written in CDC FORTRAN for the CDC-6600 computer system

From the Footlight to the Spotlight: An Examination of Theatrical Lighting Design

This paper explores the question of how one could approach designing the lighting for a theatrical production. In doing this it covers foundational information about the science behind the medium, then it goes into a discussion of the types of artistry that lighting employs. It will explain what light contributes to a scene, how it can be manipulated creatively, and some of the methods and styles that have been developed over time. It culminates in an analysis of the author\u27s lighting design for a production of Hedda Gabler

From the Footlight to the Spotlight: An Examination of Theatrical Lighting Design

This paper explores the question of how one could approach designing the lighting for a theatrical production. In doing this it covers foundational information about the science behind the medium, then it goes into a discussion of the types of artistry that lighting employs. It will explain what light contributes to a scene, how it can be manipulated creatively, and some of the methods and styles that have been developed over time. It culminates in an analysis of the author\u27s lighting design for a production of Hedda Gabler

In Re Hooker: A Political Question Doctrine Game Change

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Holding Canada Accountable: An Evaluation of Canada\u27s Compliance to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Compliance of human rights norms requires the application of pressure from a multitude of directions and levels. It takes individual advocacy, micro-system/organizational/community-level pressure, and macro-level pressure from other nation-states and international organizations and governance bodies. This MA study focuses on the mechanisms employed by the United Nations to monitor the compliance of signatory nation-states to the standards established in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), with particular focus on Canada. A crucial goal of this study is to translate the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNSRRIP), James Anaya’s, findings on the situation of Indigenous Peoples in Canada into a quantified score of compliance to the Articles of the UNDRIP in three areas, (1) self-government and self-governance, (2) consultation and free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), and (4) land and natural resources, in order to establish a baseline score for subsequent evaluations to be compared for the purpose of monitoring compliance to the Declaration over time. The study finds that UNSRRIP’s country reports have significant gaps for reporting on the compliance of member nation-states to the rights set out in the declaration and advocates the regular use of the UNDRIP compliance evaluation tool to not only encourage more complete and regular UNSRRIP reports, but also to support better compliance with UNDRIP overall