506 research outputs found
Colorado Water Institute, FY2008/2009 activities and impact report
No full textAssembled and reviewed by: Reagan Waskom, Nancy Grice, Zach Hittle
2007 - biennial review - 2009
No full textReporting period: July 1, 2007-June 30, 2009.Assembled and reviewed by: Reagan Waskom, Nancy Grice, Zach Hittle, Kevin Hackett
Utilizing swine effluent on sprinkler-irrigated corn
No full textPresented at the 15th annual Central Plains irrigation conference and exposition proceedings on February 4-5, 2003 at the City Limits Convention Center in Colby, Kansas.The expansion of large swine production facilities in Colorado prompted a need to evaluate the impact of swine effluent applied on irrigated corn grown on sandy soil. The objectives of this study were to: evaluate the use of swine effluent as a nutrient source for irrigated corn production, evaluate irrigated corn response grown on sandy soils to different application rates, determine NH3 loss during sprinkler application and the 72 hour period following application, and evaluate N movement through the soil profile under swine effluent and commercial-N fertilizer for irrigated conditions. The 5-year study was initiated in 1995 on a 14.5-ha sprinkler-irrigated field planted to grain corn. In 1999, the field experiment was expanded to two other facilities, both having one-stage lagoons to evaluate ammonia volatilization from single stage lagoon effluent. Both swine effluent and commercial-N fertilizer treatments were applied at four N rates labeled, control, low, agronomic, and high. All treatments were replicated three times in a randomized complete block design. Approximately 90% of the total nitrogen from the 2-stage lagoon effluent was in ammoniacal form, and the total dry matter content of the effluent was only 0.1-0.2% by volume. Corn yields increased with the increase of both swine effluent and commercial-N fertilizer rates. In contrast to the swine effluent treatments, significant soil-N buildup was observed at the 1.5 to 3.0 m depths for the commercial-N fertilizer treatments. Higher total N and P plant removal for the swine effluent treatments resulted in little N accumulation below the root zone. As the swine effluent application rate increased, the plant N and P removal and recovery rate increased. Ammonia loss during application ranged from 8 to 27% of the total NH4-N in the effluent due to drift and volatilization, with an average loss of 17%. The range of estimated N loss from the soil within 72 hours of application varied from 24 to 56%, with an average loss of 42% of the NH4-N in the applied effluent. The total N loss from both the sprinkler application and the soil ranged from 33 to 73% of the applied NH4-N, with an average loss of approximately 60%. Effluent N concentration did not significantly impact the percent of N lost, while air temperature and wind speed were significant variables in the percent of N lost
Idealpolitik in United States foreign policy: The Reagan administration and the United States promotion of democracy
No full textThis dissertation examines the Reagan Administration's foreign policy, with attention to its policy of promoting democracy abroad, and the ideological underpinnings of that policy. It concludes that the Reagan Administration's worldview was neither realist nor idealist, but represents a third construct which the dissertation names idealpolitik. Idealpolitik offers another analytic framework, in addition to realism and idealism, with which to analyze foreign policy. The roots of idealpolitik can be found in NSC 68 and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) political action programs carried out between 1948 and 1976, but the Reagan Administration's democracy promotion policy constitutes a more coherent rendering of this worldview.A comparative case study approach is used to examine the ideological framework adopted by the Reagan Administration and to contrast it to the two alternate worldviews (realism and idealism) that were manifest in the Nixon and Carter Administrations, respectively. The Reagan Administration's democracy promotion initiative, and a new foreign policy vehicle called the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) that was created to carry out Reagan's policy, are examined in detail. For comparative purposes, the NED's antecedents, i.e., CIA covert activities of previous Administrations, are also reviewed.Traditionally, U.S. foreign policy analyses assume that realism is both the operating paradigm of policymakers and the appropriate analytic lens for understanding U.S. policy. There has been an occasional, dismissive nod given to idealism, relegating it to Woodrow Wilson's discredited approach, but as this dissertation shows, a more recent president, Jimmy Carter, embraced idealism. This dissertation demonstrates that neither realism nor idealism adequately describes the Reagan Administration's worldview, but that idealpolitik does. The significance of this dissertation lies in its identification of idealpolitik as a distinctive framework through which U.S. foreign policy has been conceptualized by policymakers. This is particularly important and timely because idealpolitik continues to offer the best description of the worldviews of the Administrations that have followed Reagan.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-08, Section: A, page: 3298.Ph.D. American University 1995.Englis
Carter, Reagan et l'Amérique centrale
No full textCarter, Reagan and Central America, by Suzan Kaufman Purcell
In this article the author attempts to show that, overall, the differences between policy during the last year of Jimmy Carter's Presidency and the present Reagan administration are minimal. Jimmy Carter reneged on his initial generous inclinations and gave increasing support to repression in El Salvador, whilst Reagan quickly stopped short of opting for all-out support of the military in El Salvador. In both cases, one must take account of divisions within the American electorate which influence Washington's policy decisions in Central America. They have created contradictions between the intention and the reality of the American polity.Carter, Reagan et l'Amérique centrale, par Suzan Kaufman Purcell
Dans son article, l'auteur montre que les différences sont, somme toute, assez minimes entre la politique de fait de la dernière année de la présidence de Jimmy Carter et celle de la présidence de Ronald Reagan. La première a contredit ses velléités généreuses par un appui de plus en plus marqué à une solution répressive au Salvador, tandis que la seconde a dû vite se défendre d'opter seulement pour le soutien aux militaires salvadoriens. C'est que, dans les deux cas, la nécessité de ne pas ignorer de front les clivages de l'électorat américain infléchit la politique de Washington en Amérique centrale, engendrant une contradiction entre des intentions déclarées et la réalité de l'intervention américaine.Kaufman Purcell Suzan. Carter, Reagan et l'Amérique centrale. In: Politique étrangère, n°2 - 1982 - 47ᵉannée. pp. 309-317
The feasibility of the Reagan administration's enterprise zone proposal, 1984
No full textThe primary intent of this paper is to examine the feasibility of the Reagan Administration's Enterprise Zone Proposal. Strict attention is paid to the types of problems encountered by urban areas, such as, the rising crime rate, unemployment, declinig tax base and the uneducated, which stress the need for Enterprise Zones. An attempt has also been made to highlight past urban economic development programs that have failed in their attempt to revitalize urban areas. The concept of Enterprise Zones is a new urban renewal proposal. Due to its newness the main source of data was obtained from secondary information such as periodicals, books, pamphlets, and unpublished materials. This study is significant because it addresses the realities of urban areas when examining the feasibility of Enterprise Zones. In addition, it has come at a time when important decisions will be made concerning the future of Enterprise Zone legislation
Form letter from President Ronald Reagan to fellow American
No full textWelcome New Citizen form letter from President Ronald Reagan.The Akiyama’s owned the Florin Fish Store until it was burned down during their WWII incarceration. Their four sons went to Japan for further education as teenagers and one was conscripted into the Imperial military. After December 7, 1941 Mr. Akiyama was detained by the FBI in Crystal City, Texas. Mrs. Akiyama and her three sons were forcefully evacuated to Fresno Assembly Center, Jerome incarceration camp and then to Crystal City to join Mr. Akiyama. In December 1945 the family repatriated to Japan and were reunited in Sacramento after six years in Japan. Part of the Japanese American Archival Collection
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Dr. Frank Fu, June 1, 1982
No full textA copy of a letter from President Ronald Reagan to Dr. Frank H. Fu (Fu Haojian) dated June 1, 1982. The letter thanks Dr. Fu and the National Council for International Visistors (NCIV) for the work that it has done in furthering United States foreign policy objectives. At the time Dr. Fu was the Director in the International Center. The copy was placed in Dr. Fu's marketing and communications folder at Springfield College and as such there is a note regarding the news release and possible story in the college's alumni magazine.An author of 17 textbooks and more than 100 journal articles, Frank H. Fu, G’73, DPE’75, has worked across the world in China, Canada, and the United States. Throughout his career, he has received many distinguished honors, including the Medal of Honor in 2009 by the SAR Government of Hong Kong.
Fu has held positions at institutions such as the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Springfield College, where he served as director of the International Center starting in 1978. Five years later, Fu returned to Hong Kong, but has since remained actively involved with Springfield College, participating in talks on the campus and even hosting a gathering of nearly 60 alumni in Hong Kong.
Currently, Fu is the associate vice president of Hong Kong Baptist University, where he also works as the director of the Dr. Stephen Hui Research Centre of Physical Recreation and Wellness. In addition, Fu is president of the Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness, chairperson of Hong Kong Coach Education Committee, a research fellow of the Research Consortium of SHAPE America, and an international fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology
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