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Please send your abstracts (or copies of papers that you want to see reviewed here) to vladik@utep.edu, or by regular mail to Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this multidisciplinary study, mathematical and economic tools are used to assess the potential benefits of water transfers between the agricultural and municipal sectors in El Paso County, Texas. The scenarios are based on water consumption and revenue data over the last 20 years. The study demonstrates that pima cotton has historically consumed the greatest quantities of water while generating the least revenue to farmers (average gross revenues over 20 years equals US$3OO/acre-foot of water); peppers and onions have gross revenues of US$980/acre-foot and US$1,260/acre-foot, respectively. The study also indicates that equal amounts of water generate higher revenues in the municipal sector versus the agricultural sector In 1999, 90,000 million gallons of water would have generated US$175,000,000 in the municipal sector in comparison to US$ 90,000,000 in the agricultural sector Finally, an “El Paso Water Transfer Center” is proposed to create a water market in El Paso County and dictate water prices based on supply/demand interactions. The water transfer center will also insure that farmers receive monetary incentives for the water they conserve and transfer to the municipal sector An acre-foot (AF) is the volume of water that would cover one acre to a depth of one foot, which is 43,560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic meters. This measurement unit is used in this paper since the literature, agreements and negotiations rely on acre-foot measurements in this region. Keeping the units in acre-feet will facilitate negotiations and applications of this study to regional users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on the fourth amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. The fourth amendment states: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated." In Brown v. Texas, the Supreme Court addressed the reasonableness of seizures under the fourth amendment in the absence of individualized suspicion. In that case, two police officers cruising in a patrol car in a high-crime area El Paso, Texas observed defendant Brown and another man in an alley. The officers did not suspect any misconduct, but asked Brown to identify himself because he "looked suspicious." Brown refused, so the officers arrested him. He was prosecuted for violation of a Texas statute requiring individuals to identify themselves to the police when asked. The Supreme Court held that the officers lacked any reasonable suspicion to believe that was engaged in or had engaged in criminal conduct."

Reports on developments concerning the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) and its journal 'The Southwestern Historical Quarterly.' Death of longtime TSHA member and fellow Barry A. Crouch; Schedule of the TSHA annual meeting in El Paso, Texas; Invitation for proposals for individual papers or panels in all areas of history.

Please send your abstracts (or copies of papers that you want to see reviewed here) to vladik@utep.edu, or by regular mail to Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Please send your abstracts (or copies of papers that you want to see reviewed here) to vladik@utep.edu, or by regular mail to Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 1996, when El Paso Community College in El Paso, Texas, committed itself to continuous, ongoing assessment of college performance at all levels and at all sites, it recognized that paper reports must be forgone in favor of computerized assessment. The Office of Institutional Effectiveness has taken the first step toward reporting findings on the college's intranet so that the college community can see the relative quality of instructional and administrative areas based on the latest data. The college evaluates all of its instructional and administrative components. The assessment process, called unit review, defines each college component as a unit. Unit review is modeled on the evaluation of student classroom performance. Data are gathered from approximately thirty sources, including state of Texas reports; college databases; district-wide surveys of students, college employees, unit employees, external users of college services, and employers of graduates; department records; and telephone surveys of graduates and those who have not re-enrolled.