974 research outputs found
Karl Lindquist, Class of \u2780, Takes Interim East Grand Forks City Administrator Position
No full textKarl Lindquist has kept an eye on East Grand forks city government from several angles—city attorney, alderman and newspaper reporter. Starting on Monday, he will be at City Hall\u27s epicenter, as the interim city administrator.
In a special meeting Tuesday, council members named Lindquist to take over the position held by Scott Huizenga, whose last work day is Friday. Huizenga is leaving the job he has had since 2008 to become the budget officer for Kansas City, MO.
Lindquist, 70, was recommended by Mayor Lynn Stauss and Craig Buckalew, the City Council president. The council vote was 5-2, with Alderman Clarence Vetter and Mark Olstad preferring to go without an interim administrator and allow department heads to run the show until a replacement was found. It\u27s anticipated the interim position will last three to six months and will be part-time, although the hours are still undetermined. Lindquist will be paid $75 an hour but will receive no benefits.
Lindquist volunteered for the job in a letter to Stauss and Buckalew. On paper I have what they want, Lindquist said, citing mechanical engineering, law and MBA degrees. Another strength is that I already know everybody.
Lindquist was a council member from 1981 to 1983, resigning to become the city attorney. He did that job for 23 years, including the handling of buy-outs after the 1997 floor. He ran again for the council in 2007, but was defeated by Mike Pokrzywinski.
Lindquist retired from his private law practice in 2006. He also reported on city government for the East Grand Forks Exponent for five years before retiring from that job in April. Anyone we bring in won\u27t know the city, while Karl knows the city like the back of his hand, Alderman Henry Tweten said. He\u27s willing to do it and step aside when we get the right candidate.
The City Administrator plays a big role in East Grand Forks form of governance. The administrator manages the day-to-day operations of the city, is the liaison between council members recommendations on all matters voted upon by the council. the interim administrator will have the same responsibilities, Huizenga said. Because the job is temporary, an interim administrator won\u27t take on grandiose projects. But the job description is the same. Lindquist suggested he will take a caretaker\u27s role. I\u27ll just try to keep the ship on course, he said. That means just doing small corrections
Review of \u3ci\u3eBirger Sandzen: An Illustrated Biography\u3c/i\u3e By Emory Lindquist
Get PDFIn Birger Sandzén Lindquist combines biography and art analysis. The first half of the book looks at Sandzen\u27s early years and his decades at Bethany College. After a rich section of forty-nine color plates, the author turns to an examination of the influences on his painting, his methods, the response of art critics, the graphic work, and Sandzen\u27s association with two friends as documented in correspondence. The overall result is a wellrounded picture of a positive adventurer, a regional painter whose work well deserves the recognition afforded it here
Kolob Canyon Review Identity Volume 21 Spring 2013
No full textArt. Staff. Editor-in-Chief James Pollard. Literature Submissions Editor David Baxley. Art Director Mitch Grimshaw. Production & Design Editor Sydney Nicole Gordon. Advertising Director Stephanie Barton. Art Submissions Editor Erik Lindquist. Layout and Design Staff Stephanie Barton, Erik Lindquist, Sydney Nicole Grodon, Mitch Grimshaw. Literary Staff Brittney Sterling, J.S. Wayne, Ginny Romney, Janae Mcdonald, Jared Komoroski, John Iler, Taylor Lowe, Topher Ritchie, Wes Van de Water, David Baxley, James Pollard. Faculty Advisors Wynne Summers, Jessica Gerlach. Mission Statement The Kolob Canyon Review features the creative work of students, faculty, and alumni from Southern Utah University. It's mission: To discover and nurture new literary and visual artists and to provide a forum for publishing and presenting their work to the public. The Kolob Canyon Review gives undergraduate students the opportunity to edit, design, and distribute a peer-reviewed literary journal in collaboration with faculty and students from multiple disciplines. Acknowledgements. We would like to thank Brad Cook, SUU Provost; the Department of Art and Design; the Department of English; the SUU Student Association; Paragon Press; Wynne Summers; Jessica Gerlach; and all those who educate, challenge, and encourage student creativity. Table of Contents. Photography. "William Tell," Leesa McLemore; "In Hand," Steven Swift; "Richard," Lauren Norris Ludlow; "Robed in Light," Rebecca Moore; "Labels," Katrina Christensen; "Abandoned Dreams," Rebecca Moore; "Loving Herself," Steven Swift. Studio Arts. "Out of Reach," Rachel Newby; "Artist Block," Chip Wiggin; "Action," Wesley S. Peterson; "Contrasting Grain," Chip Wiggin; "Let Slip from Memory," "Framed," "Omnis," Erik Lindquist; "Hanging by a Red," Ashley McNew; "You are the Canvas," Amanda Maag; "Impediments," "Why so Welcoming?" "It's What is Inside," Jamison Garner; "Searching for Escape," "Examinataion of 3 Cardiac Organs," Rachel Newby; "Recollection of the Past," "La Prudence," "Rachel," Joshua Henderson; "Carried with Me," Chip Wiggin; "Autexouaious," Jessica Gerlach; "Rugged Teapot," Anthony Pearson; "Espresso Cup and Saucer," "Stripe Ding," Scott B. Schmidt. Digital Media. "Shortcomings and Impasses I," "Shortcomings and Impasses II," "Shortcomings and Impasses III," Jay Merryweather; "Body Image I," "Body Image II," "Body Image III," Jessica Burdge
Does using SIOP (sheltered instruction observation protocol) help high school ELL students learn elementary mathematics?
No full textThe research question addressed in this project was, Does using SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) help high school ELL students learn elementary mathematics? It documents one teacher\u27s journey through creating a unique curriculum that incorporates the features of SIOP while addressing Minnesota state standards. The curriculum was developed based on Lindquist\u27s research into the methods that are successful in teaching English Language Learners. The author documents the details of the unit and uses related research literature to construct meaning and validate the study. She describes the struggles and successes of both writing and implementing the curriculum and concludes that: 1) SIOP implementation is time consuming when first adding it to lessons but leads to better student learning and 2) English Language Learners benefit from a curriculum that takes into account their unique learning situation and abilities
A special Best of Maine section, covering the best seafood restaurant; saltwat
No full textA special Best of Maine section, covering the best seafood restaurant; saltwater camping; restaurants for anniversaries one, five, ten, and twenty; fly-tying shop; place for ployes; strategy for managing zucchini; sanctuary; road view of Katahdin; and more. With Personal Best essays by Rob Sneddon on an Oxford Plains Speedway stock car race; Michaela Cavallaro on becoming a regular at Scratch Baking Co. in South Portland; Kristen Lindquist on listening to a Red Sox game at Pierce Pond; Allister Timms on becoming the parent of a child born in Maine; Scott Sutherland on shopping at Marden\u27s; Cynthia Anderson on a hike of Mount Cutler; Virginia Wright on the scallop stew at Fisherman\u27s Friend in Stonington; Edgar Allen Beem on being photographed in the nude at Sargent Pond in Acadia National Park; and Elizabeth Hand on Lincolnville native Ralph Richard\u27s ((1878-1966) diary. With an index
Florida Historical Quarterly Podcast Episode 22: Summer 2014
No full textIn this episode, we talked with Dr. Lisa Lindquist-Dorr, Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama. She is the author of White Women, Rape, and the Power of Race in Virginia, 1900-1960 published by the University of North Carolina Press. She spoke to us about her article Bootlegging Aliens: Unsanctioned Immigration and the Underground Economy of Smuggling from Cuba during Prohibition, published in the Summer 2014 issue of the FHQ.https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq-podcast/1021/thumbnail.jp
Evaluating the Completeness and Timeliness of Tuberculosis Case-Reporting by Laboratories in Washington State, 2019-2023
No full textThesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2024BackgroundThe Washington Disease Reporting System (WDRS) is an electronic disease surveillance system used by public health professionals across Washington State to enter, track, and analyze disease-related data on nationally and Washington State notifiable conditions. The information comes from a variety of sources, including healthcare providers, facilities, and laboratories within Washington. Moreover, WDRS serves as the integral system between state and local health departments to communicate and coordinate disease investigations and public health responses. Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) is a method that laboratories use to report notifiable conditions to public health agencies to aid in prompt response. Historically, health care facilities and laboratories notified state and local health departments of notifiable conditions through email, fax or phone calls, followed by manual data entry into the disease surveillance system. However, ELR now automates this process by translating information in a laboratory system into an electronic message that is automatically sent to the public health department. The Washington State Department of Health (WADOH) maintains an ELR system through the Washington State Electronic Laboratory Reporting System (WELRS) data base, which tracks and provides laboratory reports to public health professionals across Washington State. Information from the ELR reports ultimately gets integrated into WDRS, providing public health professionals with a comprehensive view of laboratory data. ELR is thought to improve laboratory report quality due to the faster electronic transmission, increased accuracy and consistency of information across various sources. This evaluation was conducted using the WDRS and WELRS datasets from 2019-2023 to compare the completeness and timeliness of laboratory tuberculosis case reporting in Washington State by the traditional method of faxed reports versus automated ELR. MethodsCompleteness of case reporting was assessed by the proportion of key fields present in laboratory case reports, as required by Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 46-101-115 that have been determined to have value in public health response to TB cases. Timeliness of manual faxed data reporting was determined by calculating the time in days from the date the laboratory received the specimen to the date the result was reported. To assess ELR laboratory results, timeliness was determined by the time in days from when the laboratory result was reported to DOH to the date DOH processed the message. Timeliness was categorized as either timely or untimely based on the Washington State reporting law, which requires reporting within 2 business days for laboratories. T-tests and Z-tests were conducted to assess significant differences in means and proportions across data sources. Cases were stratified by clinical or laboratory case defining criteria, and by urban and rural based off patient’s reported address. ResultsA total of 4,324 ELR reports, and 151 manual fax reports were included in the analysis. Overall, ELR reports demonstrated higher average completeness (76.2%) compared to manual fax reports (35.7%). ELR reports had a significantly shorter mean lag time (1 day) and a larger proportion of timely reports (94%) as compared to manual fax reports (3 days, 66.2%). Both ELR and manual fax reports had higher completeness for laboratory-confirmed cases as opposed to clinical-confirmed cases. Case reports from urban areas were more complete for ELR reported cases (75.8) and had fewer lag days (1.1 days) as compared to rural areas (44.1%, 3.6 days). For manual fax reports, there was no significant difference in completeness or timeliness between urban and rural areas. ConclusionThis study highlights the enhanced performance of ELR over manual fax reporting in terms of completeness and timeliness for TB laboratory case reporting in Washington State. These findings emphasize the value and utility of electronic laboratory reporting to strengthen public health surveillance and response efforts, ultimately contributing to more robust disease control and prevention as well as healthier communities across Washington State
Addict First, Criminal Second – Addiction Fueled Crimes Should be Ineligible for the Three-Strikes Penalty
Get PDFThe author of this article argues that drug addicts who finance their addiction through crime should be ineligible to receive a prison sentence under a recidivist statute like the three-strikes penalty. Part I introduces the problem, addiction and crime among current prisoners reported by the Department of Justice. Part II discusses Gary Ewing, an addict, a criminal, and a third strike offender. The story of Gary Ewing represents the injustices levied upon an addict/criminal by enhanced sentenced statutes like the three-strikes penalty. Part III is a discussion of the history of repeat offender statutes, primarily focusing on the inception of California’s three-strikes policy and its later modification. Part IV is an analysis of the relationship between the theories of punishment and the three strikes policy and, more importantly, how these models do not fit the addict/criminal. Part V is a discussion of the various constitutional issues that surround the three-strikes penalty. Part VI discusses both the various statutory and the medical community’s definitions of addiction. Part VII explores defenses that are not available to the addict/criminal, but should be. Lastly, Part VIII discusses why breaking the cycle among family generations is so important and the statistics that support this proposition. This section also discusses treatment, the important role it plays in breaking this cycle, why treatment is failing in the country’s penal systems, and the ultimate cost benefit of treatment compared to incarceration
The sublime, affective process + architectural production
No full textA year before Kate Nesbitt’s Theorising a New Agenda For Architecture (1996), the author penned a chapter on the significance of the sublime and its contribution to post-modern architecture via the uncanny or disturbing through the theories of Vidler and Eisenman (Nesbit, 1995). Twenty years on, we see its ongoing presence within the contemporary works of artists Kapoor, Ellison and Viola.\ud
Eisenmann and Libeskind aside, explicit reference to the Sublime whether through architectural praxis or theory appears to have been trumped by ecological derivatives and associated transactions, as catalyst for new architecture and architectural thinking.\ud
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For Edmund Burke (1757), the Sublime was seen as a leading, an overpowering of self to a state of intense self-presence, often leading to a state of otherness. To experience the sublime is to experience affect, physiologically overwhelming the mental faculties through intensities of astonishment, terror, obscurity, magnificence, and reverence. Key here is Burke’s articulation of the stages of the sublime encounter, particularly so, its implications for the process of production which architectural theorists appear to have overstepped in their valorisation of the sublime object.\ud
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This paper seeks to resituate the sublime within the context of architectural production. Through concepts such as material thinking, bodies and making strange, the paper explores a shift in focus toward affective processes traced from Burke’s inquiry. Rather than proposing strategies solely for affect within the work\ud
itself, the focus lies upon the designing experience, where blockage and desirous forces are critical partners in the process of production, as revealed through recent\ud
studio programs entitled Strange Space
Waiting for the next wave: trajectories, narratives and conveying the state of public sector reform
Get PDFWith the adoption of the State Sector Act in 1988, the New Zealand public sector revolution was in full motion. The Act was one of many initiatives that provided a new framework for government and managing public services (Boston et al., 1996; Scott, 2001). New Zealand rapidly became the poster child for what became known as the New Public Management, and an archetype scrutinised around the world. The audacity and intellectual coherence of the New Zealand model became a standard against which the progress of other governments was judged. These reforms were part of a larger social and economic transformation which led to dislocation and democratic reform. In the crucible of introducing and implementing these reforms, and in the inevitable re-adjustment phases, New Zealand gained a reputation for continuous reflection on its progress by its political leaders, government officials and a small band of impressive academics
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