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A Superior Place To Be, Dauvan Mulally

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

People, Places, And Purposes: Finding Our Way Through History, Pamela Gates-Duffield

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

Constructing Alternative Avenues Of Jurisdictional Protection: Bypassing Burnham's Roadblock Via § 1404(A), Phillip F. Cramer

Vanderbilt Law Review

A plaintiff from Maine sues an insurance company, incorporated in Maine and having its principal place of business in Maine, on a loss incurred in Maine under a contract negotiated, written, and executed in Maine. The plaintiff files the suit in Alabama to take advantage of its liability law, its statute of limitations, its juries, its rules of evidence, and its posture toward plaintiffs. The plaintiff serves a representative of the insurance company traveling in Alabama en route to an industry convention. For all the reasons the plaintiff seeks a forum in Alabama, the defendant wishes to avoid that forum. …

Student Evaluation Of Academic Course With Service Learning Components, Service Learning Collection

Evaluation/Reflection

This survey includes four parts: Background information; Course Commponents; Project Components; and College/Community Partnerships.

The Naked And The Nude: Images From The Sculpture Series, Sky Bergman

Art and Design

No abstract provided.

Temporal And Spatial Variations In Macrofouling Of Silicone Fouling-Release Coatings, Christina Darkangelo Wood, Kathryn Truby, Judith Stein, Deborah Wiebe, Eric Holm, Dean Wendt, Celia Smith, Christopher Kavanagh, Jean Montemarano, Geoff Swain, Anne Meyer

Biological Sciences

Nontoxic, low surface free energy silicone coatings having reduced biofouling adhesion strength have been developed as an alternative to antifouling paints. Silicone coatings permit macrofouling to adhere; however, fouling can be removed easily by water pressure or light scrubbing. One of the current methods used to evaluate the performance of non-toxic silicone fouling-release coatings relies heavily on fouling coverage. The organismal community structure as well as total coverage can affect the ease of fouling removal from these coatings. This paper explores fouling coverage and organismal adhesion over time. Long-term fouling coverage data were collected at four sites (in Massachusetts, Hawaii …

The Web - 2000, University Of Richmond

The Web

No abstract provided.

Limited Effectiveness Of Home Drinking Water Purification Efforts In Karachi, Pakistan, S P. Luby, A H. Syed, N Atiullah, M K. Faizan, S Fisher-Hoch

Community Health Sciences

Objective: In many developing-country urban areas, municipally supplied water is not microbiologically safe. This study evaluated drinking water quality and effect of home water purification efforts in Karachi, Pakistan.Methods: Members of 300 households, including 100 households who used the Aga Khan University Hospital Laboratory and 200 of their neighbors were interviewed. In 293 consenting households, structured observations were performed and drinking water was analyzed for the presence of coliforms, using the multiple tube fermentation technique.Results: Although 193 of the 293 households (66%) reported using some method to purify their drinking water, including 169 (58%) who boiled their water, only 48 …

Mango Growing In Western Australia, P R. Johnson, D C. Parr

Bulletins 4000 -

This bulletin covers mango growing in Western Australia in Kununurra, Carnarvon, Kimberly, Gingin, Perth regions. Details include climate requirements, soils, propagation, planting, spacing, weed control, nutrition, pests, diseases and disorders, pruning, harvesting and packing, ripening and storage, and processing.

Bulletin No 4315 - Western Australia's Agricultural, Food & Fisheries Industries 1999 - 2000, Besko Trhuij, Francis D'Emden

Bulletins 4000 -

Fifth Edition (revised and updated) December 2000.

Western Australia’s agriculture and fisheries industries have an international reputation for providing premium quality food and fibre produce to customers around the world.

The State of Western Australia is setting the international quality standard in the production of a vast array of food, fibre and fisheries products.

Agriculture Western Australia has developed the Safe Quality Food System (SQF2000), which not only meets stringent world food standards, but is being adopted in many countries as a unique trademark of quality.

Free of many pests, diseases and pollution found elsewhere, the State offers produce sourced …

Bulletin 4430 - Growing Bulb Onions In Western Australia, John Burt

Bulletins 4000 -

The bulb onion (Allium cepa var. cepa), together with chives, garlic, leeks, shallots and spring onions are members of the Amaryllidaceae family. The origins of the plant are from the Middle East, where it grew in an arid climate and on shallow, stony soils. Onions were grown as a food crop 5000 years ago in Egypt.

The edible part is a bulb that consists of swollen leaf bases. It contains 90 to 95 per cent water and provides soluble carbohydrates and vitamin C. The onion is the most common flavouring and aromatic vegetable in the world. The flavour is characterised …

Bulletin 4426 - Carrots From Western Australia - At A Glance, Allan Mckay, Geraldine Pasqual

Bulletins 4000 -

Western Australia produces a wide range of horticultural commodities including fruit, vegetables, flowers, nursery products and wine as part of its fast growing $400 million horticultural industry. Natural advantages such as the mild climate and clean environment, suitable soils and water make Western Australia an ideal place to produce a variety of high quality produce for domestic and international markets.

Western Australia has a strong carrot industry with production from well established farms supplying domestic and export markets. Industry members aim for a high level of customer satisfaction by offering popular varieties, premium quality and the ability to consistently supply …

Bulletin 4446 - Ord Land And Water Management Plan 2000, Agriculture Western Australia, Community Of Kununurra

Bulletins 4000 -

The wise use of the land and water of the Ord has become an imperative driven by increasing awareness of the impacts of current uses on ground water and the on the quality of the Ord River itself.

We have been lucky as a community that these resources are still in reasonable order and that we have the time to address the resource management challenges associated with our use of them. There is a wide range of land and water management issues to be addressed and all those involved have responsibilities to address some of those issues.

Survey Of Home Infusion Care In England, J Loader, G Sewell, S Gammie

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Building Community Through Partnerships And Collaborative Efforts, Judith M. Lang

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Guardians Of Literary Excellence : An Invitation To Adventure, Helen Ann Risan

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Psychological Empowerment In A Dyadic Advisory Relationship, Shannon T. Woulfe

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Dalyup Catchment 2000, Esperance Catchment Support Team

Natural resources published reports

This 'State of the Dalyup Catchment' document is a snapshot of the condition of the Catchment in the year 2000. It records the current level of knowledge of the natural resources in the Catchment and discusses some of the management issues and options. This document is a benchmark and through ongoing monitoring, trends in the condition of the Catchment can be identified.

Its primary purpose is as a tool for resource planning such as a surface water management plan, river action plan or revegetation plan. It can also be used in the preparation of funding applications.

The Wto, Looking Ahead, Mike Moore

Fordham International Law Journal

In this Essay, I would like to focus simply on some key points which I believe are central to the WTO's present, and also to its future. This Essay begins by discussing the importance of the rule of law to the WTOs work. Part II talks about changes that have come with an expanding membership. Part III concludes with a review of recent events and an optimistic outlook for the WTO.

The Future Of The Wto And The Reform Of The Anti-Dumping Agreement: A Legal Perspective, Konstantinos Adamantopoulos, Diego De Notaris

Fordham International Law Journal

This short contribution aims at identifying certain provisions of the Agreement that might be considered for amendment, in light of the general principles that, in our view, should inspire the reform of the ADA. Part I below deals with such general principles; Part II sets out suggestions concerning the determination of the product scope in an anti-dumping investigation; Part III deals with Article 5 of the ADA (initiation of the investigation); Part IV is concerned with amendments to Article 2 ADA (dumping); Part V deals with Article 3 ADA (injury); Part VI concerns the reform of Article 11 ADA (reviews …

Judicial Lobbying At The Wto: The Debate Over The Use Of Amicus Curiae Briefs And The U.S. Experience, Padideh Ala'i

Fordham International Law Journal

This Essay first reviews the controversy surrounding the issuance of procedures for amicus curiae submissions by the Appellate Body in E.C.—Asbestos. Second, it looks at the history and practice of amicus curiae briefs at the WTO. Third, the Essay looks at how in the United States an amicus curiae has changed from being a “friend of the court” to a “judicial lobbyist,” and specifically, focusing on the procedural approach taken by the U.S. Supreme Court in addressing the negative impact of such judicial lobbying. Finally, the Essay draws certain lessons from the U.S. experience and concludes that the Appellate Body …

Marxist Origins Of The "Anti-Third World" Claim, Raj Bhala

Fordham International Law Journal

This Essay is an experiment — a try-out — of an argument. The argument concerns what I regard to be the most serious of the claims made by the critics, namely, the claims concerning the relationship between the WTO and international trade law, on the one hand, and the Third World, on the other hand. The claim is this: the WTO is anti-development, and international trade law helps tilt the playing field on which the great game of trade is played against developing countries. It is the "most serious" of the claims, I think, because the giant and still growing …

Pax Mercatoria: Globalization As A Second Chance At "Peace For Our Time", Jim Chen

Fordham International Law Journal

This Essay completes a scholarly cycle in which I have defended free trade and international economic cooperation against charges that globalization will harm the environment and drain jobs from the high-wage economies of western Europe, Japan, and the United States. The demolition of geographic and social barriers since the end of the Cold War has delivered not only material wealth but also physical tranquility, political stability, and personal freedom to vast portions of the world's population. The path to peace lies today, as it did in 1938, not in a retreat to obsolete notions of local sovereignty, but in a …

The Elimination Of Export Subsidies And The Future Of Net-Food Importing Developing Countries In The Wto, Tashi Kaul

Fordham International Law Journal

Before providing an overview of the current situation, Section I of this Essay examines past trends in the world agricultural trade in order to demonstrate how the share of the world's agricultural trade from developing and least-developed countries has stagnated compared to those of the industrialized countries. Section II discusses the factors which have led to this stagnation, including one of the most significant factors — the use of export subsidies, as exemplified by CAP. Section III analyzes the implications of eliminating such protectionism for NFIDCs, which form the main focus of this Essay. Section IV briefly addresses the implementation …

Protection Of Public Health And The Role Of The Precautionary Principle Under Wto Law: A Trojan Horse Before Geneva's Walls?, Dr. Hans-Joachim Priess, Dr. Christian Pitschas

Fordham International Law Journal

This article discusses the different understandings of the meaning of the precautionary principle as a means to cope with public health risks. The article reviews the position of the Treaty Establishing the European Community (“EC”) on this principle to assess whether, and to what extent, the EC’s position conforms to the limits imposed by World Trade Organization (“WTO”) law. I will examine whether the precautionary principle, as interpreted by the EC, is reconcilable with the WTO agreements and forms part of WTO law. As it stands now, other WTO members are well advised to take a cautious stance on the …

International Trade As A Vector In Domestic Regulatory Reform: Discrimination, Cost-Benefit Analysis, And Negotiations, Joel P. Trachtman

Fordham International Law Journal

This brief Essay summarizes, updates, and integrates work I have done elsewhere in order to suggest, first, why cost-benefit analysis is not used in dispute settlement, second, how to evaluate substitute formulae that are available for use within dispute settlement, and finally, how dispute settlement and treaty-making relate to one another in this field. This Essay considers the role of international discipline by dispute resolution bodies, in comparison to multilateral treaty-making or other legislation. Treaty-making or other legislation may take the form of harmonization to one degree or another, or importantly, may take the form of agreed rules of prescriptive …

Homage To A Bull Moose: Applying Lessons Of History To Meet The Challenges Of Globalization, Theodore R. Posner, Timothy M. Reif

Fordham International Law Journal

It would appear that some critics' cure for the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) is to build it up, while for others, the cure is to tear it down, or at least to diminish its competence. This seeming contradiction makes it difficult to assess and respond to legitimate criticisms of the WTO. The purpose of this Essay is to address this apparent conundrum. In particular, we attempt to shed light on it by (1) describing the nature of the imbalance that exists in the world trading system today (Part I); (2) offering an historical and legal framework for understanding the seemingly …

Trade Liberalization And Dangerous Political Games, Jorge B. Riaboi

Fordham International Law Journal

I will start this Essay by saying that it is fundamentally misleading to assume that the disagreement over the shape and content of the agenda for the World Trade Organization's (“WTO”) negotiations that broke-up the Seattle's Conference is either the only or the real stumbling block to maintain the pace of trade liberalization. It also is misleading to assume that the present business as usual look that has prevailed since February 2000 in Geneva, means that the substantive problems are over and that everything is just fine. In my view, we face other kinds of conflicts. The first is the …

Adjudicating Disappearance Cases In Turkey: An Argument For Adopting The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights' Approach, Irum Taqi

Fordham International Law Journal

This Note examines the different approaches of the European and Inter-American Courts in assessing state liability for a violation of the right to life in disappearance cases. Part I discusses the phenomenon of disappearances. It also provides background on the European and Inter-American systems of human rights as well as on the concept of the right to life in the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("European Convention") and in the American Conventions on Human Rights ("American Convention"). Finally, Part I examines the Inter-American Court's approach to assessing state responsibility for disappearances in the Velasquez Rodriguez …

The Mirage Becomes Reality: Privatization And Project Finance Developments In The Middle East Power Market, Loren Page Ambinder, Nimali De Silva, John `. Dewar

Fordham International Law Journal

This Essay discusses privatization and financing developments in the Middle East power market. In the coming years, the power sector will experience unprecedented growth and investment due to the increasing demand for electricity throughout the region and the desire of governments to diversify their economies away from oil. This need for electricity has fueled the drive towards privatization and the growth of independent power projects (or "IPPs").