Utility Manual (2006)

The purpose of this manual is to provide cities with a better understanding of funding water and sewer utility operations

Technical Bulletins: TVA Set to Increase Wholesale Power Rates to Distributors

TVA will decide at its August 2003 board meeting on changes to the wholesale power rate (the rate charged to power distributors) and could increase rates that affect residential and some commercial and industrial customers by approximately eight percent

Caddo Ceramics from an Early 18th Century Spanish Mission in East Texas: Mission San Jose de los Nasonis (41RK200)

Mission San Jose de los Nasonis (4JRK200) and two contemporaneous Nasoni Caddo sites (41RK191 and 41RK197) were located by Mr. Bill Young more than 25 years ago in the southern part of Rusk County, Texas after the general area of the site had been cleared of timber. The mission site covers ca. 6.6 acres of an upland ridge along a small tributary to the Angelina River; the ridge projects into the Angelina River floodplain. The topographic setting of Mission San Jose conforms in all particulars to the settings of other known mission sites established among the Caddo: small hills adjacent to a floodplain, next to a stream, with the hills lower extensions of more extensive upland areas. Corbin also notes that these missions were located within the area of the local dispersed Caddoan village, none of the locations are places suited to support the Indian-based community that the Spanish hoped to entice to the location. This mission was established as one of six different missions by the Spanish in 1716 during their second attempt (the first being in 1690-1691) to establish a religious and political presence among the Caddo peoples in East Texas, specifically to minister to the Nasoni Caddo living in the area. Mission San Jose de los Nasonis ·was formally established on July 10, 1716. Father Espinosa and Captain Don Domingo Ramon, the leader of the expedition, had noted that there were many Hasinai Caddo ranchos in the general area along with arroyos of water and good places for settlement. Both Nasoni and Nacono Caddo were then living in this area of the Angelina river. Mr. Young made those collections available for study in 2006, and this article is a summary of the Caddo ceramics in the Mission Nasonis collections. In 1990, Dr. James E. Corbin of Stephen F. Austin State University (SFASU) and Dr. Kathleen Gilmore of the University of North Texas conducted limited excavations in Area A at the mission site, but these excavations have never been published. More than 930 Caddo ceramic sherds were recovered in that work, and are curated at SFASU; the separate analysis of these ceramic artifacts is underway

Utility Manual

The purpose of this manual is to provide cities with a better understanding of funding water and sewer utility operations

School Resource Officers and Student Arrest Inclination

The problem examined in this study was the harming of students arrested in schools and related human and fiscal costs. The purpose was to identify arrest decision-making processes of school resource officers (SROs) and non-SROs and examine how arrest inclinations may lead to the concept of a school-to-prison pipeline. Black\u27s theory of arrest and the factors of amount of evidence, suspect demeanor, wishes of the victim, seriousness of the offense, and the relationship between victim and suspect was the theoretical framework for this study. Six research questions were tested to examine relationships between SROs, non-SROs, and the arrest of students. Additionally, years of experience, prior service as an SRO, length of service in an SRO assignment, section of the state, and the type of community the officer served were considered. This correlational study included a total of 134 law enforcement officers as participants. Bivariate and multiple regression tests, along with directional and symmetric measures, were conducted, revealing correlations between SROs and the likelihood of arresting juveniles. Additionally, prior service and years of service in a school assignment were shown to have significant levels of correlation. Positive social change implications of this study include informing stakeholders about SROs potentially being a moderating factor in the school-to-prison pipeline. The findings can also be used to guide policymakers in decisions regarding law enforcements operation and practices, which may mitigate the potential harm to students if SROs are removed because of perceived harm or contribution to what has been called a school-to-prison pipeline

How Any City Can Conduct a Utility Rate Study and Successfully Increase Rates (2012)

A guide to conduct utility rate studies and successfully implement rate increases

How Any City Can Conduct a Utility Rate Study and Successfully Increase Rates (2012)

A guide to conduct utility rate studies and successfully implement rate increases

City of Rockwood Natural Gas Fund Report

The City of Rockwood operates a natural gas system for approximately 2,600 residential and commercial customers who are served by the main city gas distribution gate. In addition, there are three industrial customers, IMCO, Horsehead, and Bayou Steel who purchase natural gas under a third party contract. These customers separately contract with Rockwood for transportation of the gas on the city distribution system for these gas purchases. In 1996, Rockwood entered into an agreement with the City of Kingston (Exhibit 1) to provide natural gas service within the City of Kingston. The revenues and expenses of the Kingston portion of the project are included in the City of Rockwood Natural Gas Fund, with separate accounting records maintained for each system

Evaluation of a digital learning object (HistoPete©) at OSUCHS

Introduction: Digital learning objects (DLOs) are units of learning designed for electronic delivery, can be used almost anywhere, can stand alone or be part of a system, and can be used independently or collaboratively. HistoPete© grew out of a computer-based instruction format in 1989, composed of several modules that took the student through the microscopic anatomy of the human body. DLOs can be reviewed or rated according to content quality, learning goal alignment, feedback and adaptation, motivation, presentation design, interaction usability, accessibility, reusability, and standards compliance. MERLOT suggests that an evaluation model for DLOs should include content quality, usability, and effective potential.Hypotheses: HistoPete© provides an active learning strategy in the histology course, biomedical foundation course, and systems courses.Study Design: The method of investigation was quantitative.Methods: Mixed methods were used in study. Student course evaluations were available from years 1999-2012. Comments from classes 2007-2016 were subjected to qualitative analyses using coding and placing in categories.Results: Results were graphed on a Likert scale for "HistoPete was useful" and a coding of the students comments revealed nine categories of comments.Conclusion: Students in the old and new curriculum found that HistoPete was useful and that it was an effective learning tool. Students in the old curriculum thought that it was a good preparation for the lab meeting. Students wanted larger images with higher resolution