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Annotating The News: Mitigating The Effects Of Media Convergence And Consolidation, Eric Easton

All Faculty Scholarship

This essay is a personal inquiry into the nature of media technology, law, and ethics in an era marked by the convergence of media that have been largely separate-print, broadcast, cable, satellite, and the Internet-and by the consolidation of ownership in all of these media. What inventions, practices, and norms must emerge to enable us to take advantage of this vast new information-based world, while preserving such important professional values as diversity, objectivity, reliability, and independence?

The right to know belongs not only to individuals, but to the public at large, it can (or, perhaps, must) be vindicated by government …

Legalizing Merger To Monopoly And Higher Prices: The Canadian Competition Tribunal Gets It Wrong, Alan A. Fisher Ph.D., Robert H. Lande, Stephen F. Ross

All Faculty Scholarship

This article analyzes the Canadian Superior Propane decision, apparently the first merger decision in world history to consider explicitly what to do when a merger was predicted to lead to both higher consumer prices and to net efficiencies. The article advocates analyzing the merger under a "price to consumers" or "consumer welfare" standard, rather than a total efficiency standard, and advocates that the enforcers and the courts block such mergers.

Professor Waller's Un-American Approach To Antitrust, Robert H. Lande

All Faculty Scholarship

Professor Waller asks an un-American question - what can the United States antitrust program learn from the rest of the world? This question is un-American because we in the United States rarely look to others for advice. Besides, we invented antitrust and we were practically alone in the world in enforcing antitrust for almost a century. Only during the current generation have many other nations had active and vigorous antitrust programs. Moreover, the United States is in the business of exporting our accumulated century of antitrust wisdom through a wide variety of methods, and we revel in playing this role. …

Employment Research, Vol. 7, No. 3, October 2000

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Building For The Future: Worldview Foundations Of Sand And Rock, Michael Goheen

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The good news of Jesus Christ is a message about the revelation and accomplishment of the goal of history-the restoration of the entire creation from sin. Thus, the Christian faith is not a religion that can be slotted into the private domain of human life. Rather it is a comprehensive worldview embodied by the Christian community. The Christian community has always had to embody the gospel of the kingdom in the context of a culture that holds other comprehensive beliefs. Three cultural contexts can be discerned in church history, all of which bring possibilities for and dangers to a faithful …

Richmond Law Magazine: Fall 2000

Richmond Law Magazine

Feature:

Decisive Moment

A Fourth Amendment Problem With Probation In North Carolina, Stacy C. Eggers Iv

Campbell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Unf Journal Fall 2000, University Of North Florida

UNF Journal

A university periodical for alumni and friends of the University of North Florida

The Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 1, The Sinclair Lewis Society

Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter

“Successful Sinclair Lewis Conference 2000”

“Sinclair Lewis Conference 2000: A Journal,” by Jacqueline Koenig

“Pickerbaugh Was a Genius!,” by Marcia K. Buchs, Illinois State University

“Teaching Arrowsmith” by Sally E. Parry, Illinois State University

“Sherlock Holmes Meets Sinclair Lewis,” by Martin Bucco, Colorado State University

“Sinclair Takes Tea,” by Nancy Potter Woodson

“Arrowsmith and Modern Medicine”

“Sinclair Lewis and George Seldes,” by Mitch Freedman

“Sinclair Lewis Sings”

Compendium: Recent Graduate Student Dissertation And Thesis Abstracts, Editors Of Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Devil, The Details, And The Dawn Of The 21st Century Administrative State: Beyond The New Deal, Sandra B. Zellmer

Faculty Law Review Articles

No abstract provided.

Health And Safety News, October-December 2000, Illinois State University, Office Of Environmental Health And Safety

Health and Safety News

Newsletter of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety

Reality Check: Review Of What Is A Woman? And Other Essays By Toril Moi., Meryl Altman

English Faculty publications

No abstract provided.

Value-Free Extension Education?, Thomas W. Blaine, David B. Patton

Journal of Extension

We address the current Extension concern with the issue of education versus advocacy, using a framework derived from the philosophy of science. Questioning the appropriateness of Extension's persistent use of terms like "research based," "science," and "unbiased" to defend programming in controversial areas, we argue that because all knowledge inherently contains values, or bias, this is an inappropriate position to adopt. It would be more intellectually defensible for Extension educators to recognize the inevitable impact of their values and beliefs on their programming efforts. Instead of appealing to "scientific objectivity," educators should be judging the appropriateness of their work in …

The Catalyst, October 2000, Illinois State University, Center For The Advancement Of Teaching

The CATalyst

Newsletter of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT) at Illinois State University

Dit Independent, 1st.-31st. Of October, 2000, Dit:Students Union

DIT Student Union

No abstract provided.

The Law And Politics Of "Might": An Internal Critique Of Hutch's Hopeful Hunch, Richard F. Devlin

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Race And The Australian Constitution: From Federation To Reconciliation, George Williams

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

The framing of the Australian Constitution initiated a pattern of discrimination against Australia's Indigenous peoples. They were cast as outsiders to the nation brought about in 1901. This pattern was broken in 1967 by the deletion of the discriminatory provisions from the Constitution. Today, there is strong community support in Australia for the reconciliation process, which would involve recognition of Indigenous peoples as an integral and unique component of the Australian nation. However, this has yet to be translated into substantive legal outcomes. The author analyses the interaction of issues of race and the Australian Constitution as it has affected …

Ionization Of Hydrogen Atoms By Fast Electrons, Sindu P. Jones, Don H. Madison

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We study ionization of atomic hydrogen by fast electrons using asymptotically correct two-center wave functions to describe the scattering system both initially and finally. For the final state, we employ the well-known product wave function of Redmond, which treats all three two-body Coulomb interactions exactly, albeit independently. This "3C" wave function is the leading term of the exact scattering wave function, regardless of how slow the three particles are, if any two particles have large relative separation [Y.E. Kim and A.L. Zubarev, Phys. Rev. A 56, 521 (1997)]. Here we extend the analysis of Qiu et al. [Phys. Rev. A …

Editorial, Sanjay Kumar Madria, Mukesh Mohania, Bharat Bhargava

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Laboratories Teaching Concepts In Microcontrollers And Hardware-Software Co-Design, Daryl G. Beetner, Hardy J. Pottinger, Kyle Mitchell

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Hardware software co-design is becoming increasingly important to the embedded systems industry. It will soon be fundamental to digital systems design. As such, students in electrical and computer engineering and in computer science should be introduced to hardware-software co-design early in their undergraduate education.

We are designing laboratory modules which introduce concepts of hardware-software co-design in an undergraduate's first course on microcontrollers and digital systems design. Students use design automation tools to develop FPGA-based hardware for use with an 8051-microcontroller and use common software development tools to develop microcontroller software in C or assembly language. Co-simulation of hardware and software …

Generations Apart: Xers And Boomers In The Officer Corps, Leonard Wong Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

The author addresses the junior officer attrition problem by identifying and discussing the disparity between senior and junior officers in terms of generational differences. Officers from the Baby Boom Generation think and perceive things differently than officers from Generation X. Using empirical evidence to support the generational differences literature, the author points out that Generation X officers are more confident in their abilities, perceive loyalty differently, want more balance between work and family, and are not intimidated by rank. Additionally, while pay is important to Generation X officers, it alone will not keep junior officers from leaving. The solutions presented …

Conflicting Interpretations Of The Federal Trademark Dilution Act Create Inadequate Famous Mark Protection, Jennifer Mae Slonaker

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

Fargo: A Biblical Morality Play, Mary Ann Beavis

Journal of Religion & Film

Although it is ostensibly a secular film in which religion is absent, Joel and Ethan Coen's Fargo (1996) can be interpreted as a Biblical Morality Play. In particular, the development of the Biblical Virtues of Law, Wisdom and Family are personified in the character of the police chief Marge Gunderson, and the corresponding Sins of Lawlessness, Foolishness, Greed and Betrayal of Family are personified by the criminals Carl Showalter, Gaear Grimsrud and Jerry Lundegaard.

Determination Of Anisotropy Of Granular Materials And Its Relation To Liquefaction Resistance Under Cyclic Loading, Omer Faruk Capar

Civil & Environmental Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Granular materials such as sand deposits have anisotropic characteristics due to the gravitational forces during depositional process and various stress histories. These anisotropic characteristics make evaluation of liquefaction resistance of soil very complex. Since obtaining undisturbed soil specimens for laboratory tests from discrete elements like sandy soils is very laborious, the soil specimens are reconstituted in laboratory with regards to the in-situ density of soil. Reconstituting the soil changes the soil fabric or anisotropic characteristics in comparison with field conditions. Many researchers have pointed out that liquefaction resistance is highly influenced by differences in the structure of the soil (or …

Against The Scribes: Campaign Finance Reform Revisited, John O. Mcginnis

Articles

No abstract provided.

The Cracker Patch Choice: An Analysis Of Post Hoc Security Techniques, Crispin Cowan, Heather Hinton, Calton Pu, Jonathan Walpole

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

It has long been known that security is easiest to achieve when it is designed in from the start. Unfortunately, it has also become evident that systems built with security as a priority are rarely selected for wide spread deployment, because most consumers choose features, convenience, and performance over security. Thus security officers are often denied the option of choosing a truly secure solution, and instead must choose among a variety of post hoc security adaptations. We classify security enhancing methods, and compare and contrast these methods in terms of their effectiveness vs. cost of deployment. Our analysis provides practitioners …

The Advocate (Fall 2000), Lewis & Clark Law School

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

The Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act: A Lost Opportunity To Democratize Canada's "Technological Society", Tina Piper

Dalhousie Law Journal

Bill C-6, more recently known as the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, is promoted by the Canadian government as privacy legislation to protect Canadians' personal information. This paper explores that characterization and concludes that it is inaccurate and misleading. The problems that motivated a response by Parliament are the proliferation and commercial importance of personal information, concerns Canadians have about its uncontrolled use by the private sector and the inadequacy of existing law to address those concerns. However, the Act has not responded to these problems. There are several reasons for this, primarily the disproportionate and antidemocratic importance …

Independence And The Director Of Public Prosecutions: The Marshall Inquiry And Beyond, Philip C. Stenning

Dalhousie Law Journal

The author describes the reforms to the prosecution system in Nova Scotia which were recommended by the Marshall Inquiry in its 1989 report, and reviews the extent to which they have been effectively implemented during the ensuing decade. He concludes that many of the objectives originally identified by the Marshall Inquiry in this respect have been substantially met, but that in some areas there is still room for improvement. Finally, he notes the absence of systematic evaluations of prosecutorial institutions and practices in Canadian jurisdictions, and that because of this, it is difficult to say whether the Marshall Inquiry's objectives …