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The Clean Water Act’S Final Frontier: Taking On Nonpoint Source Pollution Using Mandatory Tmdl Rules, Jason M. Stoffel

Jason M Stoffel

While the Clean Water Act, as it is currently structured, has few provisions that directly regulate nonpoint source pollution, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in the case Friends of Pinto Creek v. United States EPA, 504 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir. 2007), has recognized the Total Maximum Daily Load ("TMDL") program as a tool that can be used by the EPA to indirectly compel states to regulate nonpoint source pollution in the nation’s impaired waters. In the context of the Ninth Circuit’s ruling, in 2010, the EPA made national headlines by pushing states to regulate nonpoint source pollution in the …

Electronic Health Records In The Global Market: Enforcing Security Overseas, Luis J. Acevedo

Luis J Acevedo

ABSTRACT

As the U.S. implements its chimerical plan to contain health care costs and improve the provision of services, aided by the much desired implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) technology, the possibility of an increase in the outsourcing of health care services surfaces. The ordinary citizen should be worried. The protected health information (PHI) contained in their EHRs could be at greater risk when stored, accessed or transmitted overseas. Our current federal regulatory framework does not provide adequate protection because our enforcement mechanisms to ensure the security of data do not extend beyond the U.S. borders. The remedies available …

La Informalidad Urbana. Una Realidad Cambiante, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Presentación desarrollada en el marco de la mesa redonda "Mitigar la informalidad: alternativas preventivas de políticas de suelo en Ecuador" del Curso de Desarrollo Profesional sobre Mercados Informales de Suelo y Regularización de Asentamientos en América Latina, organizado por FLACSO Ecuador, Lincoln Institute, UCSG y MIDUVI. Guayaquil, 5-10 de diciembre de 2010

A Conceptual Model For Development Of New Product In Smes By E-Collaboration And Project Management, Marjan Mohammadjafari, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Siti Zawiah Md Dawal, Hadi Zayandehroodi

Dr. Marjan Mohammadjafari

No abstract provided.

Case Note: Nabozny V. Podlesny, William B. Turner

William B Turner

This case note describes and provides context for the 1996 opinion in Nabozny v. Podlesny, in which the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district judge's grant of summary judgment to defendants in a suit by a former student who complained of years of severe bullying and harassment by his peers because of his sexual orientation, which school administrators persistently failed to take steps to stop.

Responsibility Of International Organizations Under International Law For The Acts Of Global Health Public-Private Partnerships, Lisa Clarke

Lisa Clarke

Public-private partnerships governing global health are making progress in relation to the prevention and treatment of diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. This progress should not be underestimated as these partnerships are making strides above and beyond efforts of either the public or private sector alone. As a consequence, partnerships are increasingly exercising public power over global health in addition to, or instead of, states and international organizations and are thus also becoming capable of adversely impacting the rights of individuals, in particular the right to life and the right to health. Responsibility under international law therefore arises as …

La Fiesta Quiteña, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Las fiestas de Quito tienen alrededor de 60 años de vida. Nacieron del impulso del Diario Últimas Noticias, una licorera nacional y los empresarios taurinos españoles, todos vinculados con una propuesta de hispanidad que tiene su punto central en la fundación española de la urbe. De aquella época para acá muchos cambios se han producido.

La fiesta nació en el barrio aristocrático de La Mariscal Sucre (Parque Gabriela Mistral) y rápidamente se extendió por todos los barios de la ciudad, para convertirse en un festejo masivo de la ciudad y también diferenciado socialmente, según el carácter de los espacios: los …

Extract From United States Code Annotated, Section On Amendment Xi, Citing Tillman's A Textualist Defense Of Article I, Section 7, Clause 3: Why Hollingsworth V. Viriginia Was Rightly Decided, And Why Ins V. Chadha Was Wrongly Reasoned, Seth Barrett Tillman

Seth Barrett Tillman

Extract from United States Code Annotated, Section on Amendment XI, citing Tillman's A Textualist Defense of Article I, Section 7, Clause 3: Why Hollingsworth v. Viriginia Was Rightly Decided, and Why INS v. Chadha Was Wrongly Reasoned.

[December 6, 2010]

Accountable Care Organizations: The Clash Of Liability Standards With Cost Cutting Goals”, Christopher R. Smith

Christopher R Smith

This article seeks to examine the conflict between non-cost conscious medical malpractice liability standards and health care cost cutting measures within the context of Accountable Care Organizations (“ACOs”) under the new health care reform law. The article begins by providing an overview of the high level of health care spending within the United States health care system in order to provide a context for better understanding policymakers’ push for cost cutting measures, including ACOs. The article then examines the tension between cost containment efforts and provider medical liability standards through an examination of the “stuck in the middle” mentality that …

The Best Place To Pratice Medicine, Jeffrey C. Grass Esq.

Jeffrey C Grass Esq.

No abstract provided.

Terrorism And The Right Of Self-Defence: Rethinking Of Legal And Policy Issues, Abdul Ghafur Hamid Dr.

Abdul Ghafur Hamid Dr.

Self-defence has long been understood as a right applicable only in an inter-State armed conflict. After September 11, however, there have been attempts to widen the scope of self defence to include attacks by terrorists - non-State actors. This paper reappraises the legal and policy considerations that promote a right of self-defence against terrorists, or against States havouring terrorists. The paper advocates three main arguments: (1) that ‘armed attack’ as required under Article 51 must come from a State or at least the attack must be attributable to the State to the extent that it is taken as the act …

Proyecto De Investigación: La Primera Agencia Espacial Mexicana: La Comisión Nacional Del Espacio Exterior (1962-1977), J. R. Joel Flores-Mariscal

J. R. Joel Flores-Mariscal

No abstract provided.

Proyecto De Investigación: Los Mexicanos En Las Operaciones De La Segunda Guerra Mundial, J. R. Joel Flores-Mariscal

J. R. Joel Flores-Mariscal

No abstract provided.

Kan Historique Periodique 3, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.

The Uncertain State Of Employee Nonsolicitation Clauses In California, Elena K. Kouvabina

Elena K Kouvabina

Employee nonsolicitation clauses continue to be a common feature of employment agreements in California. While Section 16600 of the California Business and Professions Code prohibits contractual restraints on the practice of a lawful profession, trade or business, in 1985, the California Court of Appeal held that employee nonsolicitation clauses do not violate Section 16600 because they do not significantly affect employees’ ability to engage in a lawful profession, trade or business. In a recent decision, however, the California Supreme Court pronounced that Section 16600 is violated even if a covenant does not completely preclude one from engaging in a lawful …

Le Défi Chinois, Karl P. Sauvant, Ken Davies

Karl P. Sauvant

Karl P. Sauvant and Ken Davies, “Le défi Chinois,” op. ed. published by Project Syndicate on 2 December 2010.

Application Of Quantum Cascade Lasers To High-Precision Atmospheric Trace Gas Measurements, Ezra Wood, J. Barry Mcmanus, Mark S. Zahniser, David D. Nelson, Joanne H. Shorter, Scott Herndon, Rick Wehr

Ezra Wood

We review our recent results in development of high-precision laser spectroscopic instrumentation using midinfrared quantum cascade lasers (QCLs). Some of these instruments have been directed at measurements of atmospheric trace gases where a fractional precision of 10−3 or better of ambient concentration may be required. Such high precision is needed in measurements of fluxes of stable atmospheric gases and measurements of isotopic ratios. Instruments that are based on thermoelectrically cooled midinfrared QCLs and thermoelectrically cooled detectors have been demonstrated that meet the requirements of high-precision atmospheric measurements, without the need for cryogens. We also describe the design of and results …

Mapping International Chaos, Dylan Kissane

Dylan Kissane

Mapping is inherently a subjective and exclusionary practice as the cartographer decides which elements of the world are included and which can safely be ignored. Similarly, when an international relations theorist describes a new theory it is necessary to define the elements which are essential to understanding the complexities of an international political system, explain why other elements have been excluded and justify why those decisions were made. The subjective nature of theorizing international affairs and the necessary exclusionary practices in which the theorist engages mean that the arguments supporting a new theory of international relations must be rather stronger …

Revolution In Political Affairs, Dylan Kissane

Dylan Kissane

Extract:

"Recognising the marked impact of the internet on both practical politics and the practices of political scientists, it is not too large a step to paraphrase the US Department of Defence and decree the internet a Revolution in Political Affairs. Akin to its military phrase mate, the internet is effecting all areas of political discourse, exchange and public policy while, at the same time, forcing those who study and theorise politics to change their existing ways of thinking, working and imagining their chosen field..."

(Not So) Special Relationships: Explaining Alliance Behaviour In The English Speaking World [Relaţii (Nu Atât De) Speciale. Explicarea Comportamentului De Alianţă În Lumea Vorbitorilor De Limbă Engleză], Dylan Kissane

Dylan Kissane

ENGLISH: Throughout the 20th century the major powers in the global Anglosphere often found themselves allies in armed conflict. These war-time alliances – sometimes temporary, more often part of a longer term cooperation – are sometimes held to arise because of common histories, common values, similar national ideologies and similar notions of international right and wrong. Indeed, the political rhetoric surrounding declarations of war has often cited such factors as colonial history, international friendship and “special relationships” as motivators for joining armed coalitions against third party states. Yet while there stand stark examples of these major English speaking powers acting …

The Ethics Of Tax Evasion: A Quantitative Study Of French Bba Students, Dylan Kissane, Yuriy Barabantsev

Dylan Kissane

The subject of ethical action in business has taken on special significance in recent years. With the business world rocked by ethical lapses and associated scandals at Enron, WorldCom and Tyco in the early part of the decade and then, in a time of global financial crisis, stunned again by multi-billion dollar frauds such as that at Société Générale, there is a new push to study the ethical and unethical behaviour of business people and future business people. While business schools have long been lauded for their preparation of students for the rigours of the world of business, finance and …

The 4:1 Schedule: A Novel Template For Internal Medicine Residencies, Jennifer Stephens

Jennifer Stephens

No abstract provided.

Creative Programming For The Frugal Librarian, Lisa Forrest

Lisa A Forrest

No abstract provided.

We Dream A World: The 2025 Vision For Black Men And Boys, Rhonda Tsoi-A-Fatt Bryant

Rhonda Tsoi-A-Fatt Bryant

No abstract provided.

El Nuevo Escenario De La Educación Superior Privada En América Latina, Claudio Rama Dr

Claudio Rama Vitale (Dr. ED; Dr. DER)

No abstract provided.

Optimal Allocation Of Tcsc Devices Using Genetic Algorithms, Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz

Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz

This paper presents an approach to find the optimal location of thyristor-controlled series compensators (TCSC) in a power system to improve the loadability of its lines and minimize its total loss. Also the proposed approach aims to find the optimal number of devices and their optimal ratings by using genetic algorithm (GA) with taking into consideration the thermal and voltage limits. Examination of the proposed approach is carried out on the IEEE 9-bus system.

A Classification Technique For Protection Coordination Assessment Of Distribution Systems With Distributed Generation, Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz

Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz

In this paper a novel approach is presented to study the impact of distributed generation on recloser-fuse coordination. This approach is based on the assessment of the recloser-fuse coordination due to the penetration of distributed generation with specified location and capacity for a given fault location. This assessment process acts as a classifier, based on finding the operating sequence of all reclosers and fuses in the path from the faulted node to the substation. This sequence is compared with a pre-required sequence obtained from the protection coordination philosophy, and then provides the distribution system operator with a result indicating whether …

Thinking Through The Climate Change Challenge, Robert Hahn

Robert W. Hahn

No abstract provided.

S.P.A. Tedesca E Revoca Del Consigliere Di Gestione, Valerio Sangiovanni

Valerio Sangiovanni

No abstract provided.

I Limiti Alla Pubblicità Dell'avvocato Nell'ordinamento Tedesco, Valerio Sangiovanni

Valerio Sangiovanni

No abstract provided.