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Defamation In An Age Of Political Correctness: Should A False Public Statement That A Person Is Gay Be Defamatory?, Patrice S. Arend

Northern Illinois University Law Review

This article reviews the important public policy decision that individuals should be free to protect their reputations from false and derogatory remarks. Most notably, the article explores the issues of whether a public statement that a person is gay is or should be defamatory, if it proves to be false. The author presents an overview of the problems presented to the various courts. The author then discusses the probable causes of actions and the most appropriate solution to defamation in an age of political correctness.

Criticism Of Crack Cocaine Sentences Is Not What It Is Cracked Up To Be: A Case Of First Impression Within The Ongoing Crack Vs. Cocaine Debate , Cristian M. Stevens

Missouri Law Review

No abstract provided.

Domingo De Las Misiones (19 De Octubre De 1997), Robert P. Maloney C.M.

Vincentiana

No abstract provided.

Que Ondee Sola- November 1997, Ruben Gerena

Que Ondee Sola

Student publication founded in 1972, articles include: CICS Continues Under Attack, Mexican-Carribean Minor Orientation a Success, Latino Summit, Anniverary of the Mexican Revolution, Viva Villa, Who Are the Zapatistas?, The Revolution Continues, Un Siglo de Lucha Para Contener el Expansionismo de Estados Unidos,

Otter Realm, November 1997, Vol. 2 No. 19, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

CSU Monterey Bay Students for Change -- North tree fire "In the House" -- Flunk or flatter? -- Nubians uniting -- The Physics of Vice -- The Importance of the "America Reads Challenge" -- CSUMB basketball Otters open 1997-98 playing season -- Warren Miller's Snowriders 2 comes to Monterey -- CSUMB to host former members of Congress -- Back pay due to CSU staffers -- Get a job! -- IMIE to manage California Collegiate Entrepreneur of the Year Award -- The students handbook of excuses

The Christology Of Luther's Theology Of The Cross, Gordon A. Jensen

Consensus

Lecture presented at Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Fall 1995.

An Implementation Of A Three Tier Trader Service Utilizing Corba And Java Components To Assess The Viability Of The Object Web, Simon Holden

Master's Projects

The Internet has rapidly grown beyond its initial stage of development, from simple static forms, into an emerging technology that is suitable for utilization by commerce. The technology to support the increased user demand is also changing. Distributed Objects are the most recent attempt to address the complexities associated with this new paradigm.

The purpose of this report is to assess this new technology by implementing the look up” function of a three tier Trader service with CORBA as the middleware, with JavaBeans as the programming language and JDBC as back end database bridge. The results of this implementation are …

Signal Generator To Calibrate Read-Write Recording Head Testers, Jagdeep Buttar

Master's Projects

In hard disk drives, a read write recording head is an essential component. Millions of recording heads are produced each year. Testing these heads on various testers is an imposing task. Read Write channels are emulated on these testers to test the functionality of these heads. The testers must be calibrated periodically, particularly in a production environment. This project focuses on improving this calibration process by developing a new calibration technique. An improved method of calibrating Peak Detection and Synchronous Channels used in testers is designed and verified.

The signal generator designed for calibrating Peak Detection Channel was fabricated into …

Tertiary Storage In Multimedia Systems: Staging Or Direct Access?, Hwee Hwa Pang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Multimedia applications that are required to manipulate large collections of objects are becoming increasingly common. Moreover, the size of multimedia objects, which are already huge, are getting even bigger as the resolution of output devices improve. As a result, many multimedia storage systems are not likely to be able to keep all of their objects disk-resident. Instead, a majority of the less popular objects have to be off-loaded to tertiary storage to keep costs down. The speed at which objects can be accessed from tertiary storage is thus an important consideration. In this paper, we propose an adaptive data retrieval …

Alarmist Decisions With Divergent Risk Information, W. Kip Viscusi

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Receipt of multiple sources of risk information ideally should foster sounder decisions under uncertainty. This paper’s original survey results for environmental risks suggest that the learning process is reasonable in many respects, but it does not accord with a rational Bayesian learning model. Divergent risk assessments from different sources produce extreme violations of rationality, as there is inordinate weight on the high risk assessment. This alarmist reaction holds for both government and industry information sources. This phenomenon may account for the commonly observed phenomenon of public overreaction to highly publicized risks.

Peripheral Imaging With Electronic Memory Unit, Andrew Davidhazy

Articles

Description of how a Colorado Video 593 peak store instrument is applied to making 360 degree roll-out images of the surface of cylindrical subjects.

Waterfall Lasers, Lee W. Casperson

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Laser concepts can be applied to a broad range of physical phenomena. One of the closest parallels occurs with the fluttering oscillations that are sometimes observed in the falling sheets of water associated with fountains, dams, and natural waterfalls. In many respects these fluid feedback oscillations are similar to the electromagnetic modes of typical lasers, and recognition of this similarity led to the interpretation of the waterfall behavior. Gain profiles for the waterfall oscillations are developed, and the relationship of experimental waterfall data to the laser-like models is considered in detail.

Medical Malpractice Or Criminal Mistake? An Analysis Of Past And Current Criminal Prosecutions For Clinical Mistakes And Fatal Errors, Paul R. Van Grunsven

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Making Tobacco Companies Pay: The Florida Medicaid Third-Party Liability Act, Christa Sarafa

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

The Price Of International Free Speech: Nations Deal With Defamation On The Internet, Samuel Fifer, Michael Sachs

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Well I Wonder, Wonder...Who Wrote The *#!@%#*! Song: A Call For The Abolishment Of Frivolous Lawsuits In The Music Copyright Infringement Arena Through The Right Mix Of Existing Law, Christine P. Fontana

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Epilogue, Kristen Ullom, Lisa M. Barr, T. Sean Hall

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Information Outlook, November 1997, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 1997

Volume 1, Issue 11

Volume 22, No. 2

The Weldon Times

A student-run newspaper published at the School of Law at Dalhousie University.

Editors: Colin Ground, Elizabeth Kanyikwa, Nicholas Lenco, Derrick White

Women's Voice, November 1997, Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies Program

Women's Voice (1991-2006)

No abstract provided.

1997 November, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for November of 1997.

An Educational Exhibit Of Two Graphic Designers: William Golden / Will Burtin, Linda Blake

Theses

The Retrospective Exhibit, a thesis project, documented the professional graphic design work of two pioneers in the industry. Will Burtin and William Golden. William Golden was Art Director of CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television and creator of the CBS 'eye'. Will Burtin was an exhibition designer, a graphic designer and a lecturer. The thesis project was an educational display that reflected the historical graphic design accomplishments of both men. Numerous trade ads from Golden's work at CBS highlighted his expansive corporate identification program. Golden created a multimedia promotion unlike any prior to its development. Television was a new medium that …

Values, Affect And Risk Perception, Kurt Neuwirth, Sharon Dunwoody, Robert J. Griffin

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Three pilot studies provided data exploring the roles of values, threats to these selfsame values and emotions in the perception of risk. Results indicate that judgements about risk are associated with a wide variety of values and perceived threats to values. The findings also revealed that the negative emotions such as sadness, worry, anger, disgust, helplessness and uncertainty were significantly related to risk perception. The authors' discussion advances the view that the range of topics considered appropriate to risk communication can be extended to the area of public opinion and rhetorical studies.

Radiation Imaging Operators Applied To The Detection Of Velocity And Density Contrast Boundaries, Md. Ishfaqur Raza, Richard E. Dubroff, James L. Drewniak

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A procedure for imaging interfaces formed by simultaneous density and velocity contrasts in acoustic media is described. The procedure is based on the properties of radiation imaging operators - a class of linear differential operators parametrically dependent on the acoustic properties of the media. An example of this procedure is demonstrated through the use of numerical simulation. Results, in the form of interface images, are shown, assuming the bulk acoustic characteristics (velocity and density) on both sides of the interface are known.

An Investigation Of The Heat Transfer Suppression Mechanisms In The Pool Boiling Of Aqueous Solutions Of Ethylene Glycol, Lucas Alves

Theses

An experimental investigation of the heat transfer behavior of a binary system, whose constituents are water and ethylene glycol, is undertaken. The objectives of this study are: 1 . To conduct a comprehensive literature search. 2. To examine the effect of certain parameters on the heat transfer suppression mechanisms of binary systems. 3 . To gather new data for boiling heat transfer of aqueous ethylene glycol solutions, over the entire range of concentrations. The dilute concentration range, with solutions of 0.0 - 0. 1 mass fractions, is given special attention in clarifying what are the effects of surface tension, mass …

Montana Communities Explore Tourism Potential: Powder River, Laurel, And Hill Counties, Paul L. Grant, Norma P. Nickerson, Rita J. Black

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

As part of the Community Tourism Assessment Process (CTAP) of 1997, the residents of Powder River County, Laurel, and Hill County were surveyed to determine their opinions toward tourism development in their respective communities. The results were compared to a sample of statewide respondents.

Recent Books, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A list of books recently received by the Michigan Law Review.

Local Elections Carried Out In Colombia Amid Violence, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

Press Freedom Under Attack In Latin America, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

Fractionally Sampled Decorrelating Detectors For Time-Varying Rayleigh Fading Cdma Channels, Huaping Liu

Dissertations

In this dissertation, we propose novel decorrelating multiuser detectors in DSCDMA time-varying frequency-nonselective and frequency-selective fading channels and analyze their performance. We address the common shortcomings of existing multiuser detectors in a mobile environment, such as detector complexity and the error floor. An analytical approach is employed almost exclusively and Monte Carlo simulation is used to confirm the theoretical results. Practical channel models, such as Jakes' and Markovian, are adopted in the numerical examples.

The proposed detectors are of the decorrelating type and utilize fractional sampling to simultaneously achieve two goals: (1) the novel realization of a decorrelator with lower …