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Appalachia On Stage: The *Southern Mountaineer In American Drama., Laura Grace Pattillo

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examines the portrayal of Southern Appalachian people and their culture in American drama, discussing works from time periods that range from the 1880s to the 1990s. The plays are grouped into categories that are reflective of mainstream America's perceptions of Appalachian culture: (1) the importance of family and gender roles, including the insider/outsider romance plot, (2) issues of violence and conflict between both internal and external forces within the region in the context of wars, feuds, and environmental and labor abuses, (3) the importance of folk practice and belief including tales of the supernatural, superstitious and astrological traditions, …

Combating Fetal Substance Abuse And Governmental Foolhardiness Through Collaborative Linkages, Therapeutic Jurisprudence And Common Sense: Helping Women Help Themselves, David C. Brody, Heidee Mcmillin

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

Annually thousands of babies are born exposed to alcohol or illicit drugs while in their mother's womb. While the government has addressed the problem by punishing pregnant women and their children, the number of affected infants continues to rise. This is largely due to states taking gendered, punitive and illogical actions, which are antithetical to the social, scientific and medical research that has shown that treatment, not punishment, is the appropriate means to deal with the problem. Instead of addressing the problem honestly in search of a practical solution, states have focused on casting blame and meting out punishment upon …

2001 Performance Highlights, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

2001 Performance Highlights.

02 A Brief History Of Transportation In West Chester, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

No abstract provided.

Cybercoverage For Cyber-Risks: An Overview Of Insurers' Responses To The Perils Of E-Commerce, Robert H. Jerry Ii, Michele L. Mekel

Faculty Publications

With nearly seven percent of the world's population currently online and e-commerce forecast to hit $6.8 trillion by 2004, one need not be Nostradamus to predict that the Internet means great change for all industries - including the insurance industry. Presently, however, the proverbial cart is leading the horse as the insurance industry struggles to develop strategies to quantify, cover, and contain "cyber-risks." Policyholders also face new challenges as they confront the possibility that their traditional insurance coverages are woefully inadequate either to secure their electronic and intellectual property assets or to guard against their potential e-commerce liabilities to third …

Bankrupting The First Amendment: Using Tort Litigation To Silence Hate Groups, Jason Paul Saccuzzo

California Western Law Review

No abstract provided.

Geukgeuzian V. Utah : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

No abstract provided.

Turning Gray Into Green: Some Comments On Napster, Shubha Ghosh

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

File sharing involves a combination of legitimate distribution and illegitimate copying, and the two cannot be separated. The prevailing argument in the Ninth Circuit's Napster opinion, that he infringement is not in the distribution or the sharing, but in the copying, ignores the merger of copying and distribution. This article analyzes the economics of intellectual property, and applies that economic analysis to Napster as an alternative mechanism for the distribution of music. This article suggests that owners of file sharing systems like Napster privatize their economic interests through intellectual property law, by obtaining business method patent protection for file sharing …

The First Amendment As A Check On Copyright Rights, Alan E. Garfield

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

Parties are increasingly raising the First Amendment as a potential limit on the scope of copyright rights. However, courts have traditionally found that copyright law already incorporates First Amendment interests, as it precludes protection of ideas and allows for the "fair use" of expression. This article addresses the issue of whether there needs to be additional First Amendment restraints. The author focuses on the broader principles of the First Amendment, and whether copyright law fully incorporates those principles. The author then discusses two recent cases, Worldwide Church of God v. Philadelphia Church of God and Los Angeles Times v. Free …

Using Technology To Circumvent The Law: The Dmca's Push To Privatize Copyright, Matt Jackson

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

The anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 threaten free speech by giving copyright owners extralegal protection for their works. The Act allows a copyright owner to adopt technological measures that may be used to expand control over their works beyond the limits created by the Copyright Act, including the first sale doctrine and fair use. Rather than restricting circumvention technology, lawmakers and copyright owners should focus on infringing conduct. By focusing on such infringing activity, free speech rights will be safeguarded.

Legislative Prohibitions On The Enforcement Of Post-Employment Covenants Not To Compete In The Broadcasting Industry, Alice J. Baker

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

This article examines covenants not to compete in the entertainment industry. In the first section of the article, the author discusses the common-law doctrine of non-competition agreements and their application in the context of the entertainment industry. Next, the author examines state legislative attempts to limit this type of agreement in the broadcasting industry, including possible justifications for a legislative prohibition on them in the entertainment industry. The author concludes that the costs of blanket prohibition outweigh the benefits of prohibitive legislation, and argues that broadcasting companies and employees should be free to negotiate and enforce postemployment covenants not to …

Reconstructing First Amendment Doctrine: The 1990s (R)Evolution Of The Central Hudson And O'Brien Tests, Susan Dente Ross

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

In this article, the Supreme Court's shifting and expanding approach to intermediate scrutiny of commercial free speech under the First Amendment is examined. The author maintains that the Supreme Court has increased the level of review for content-neutral laws regulating commercial speech, while decreasing the level of review of laws affecting the media. The author argues that these analytical shifts have eroded First Amendment protection for the media, replacing the traditional notion that the media is central to a functioning democracy with the view that the press is simply a powerful, commercial enterprise. The author concludes by contrasting two recent …

The Webcasting Music Revolution Is Ready To Begin, As Soon As We Figure Out The Copyright Law: The Story Of The Music Industry At War With Itself, Kimberly L. Craft

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No one has yet been able to agree on the meaning of the copyright laws related to webcast licensing and fees or how to define and treat new technological advances, innovations and uses. This article provides background into the history of the copyright law as it relates to music webcasting, including the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 ("DPRA") and the DMCA, explains the various forms of copyright protection held in recorded sound performances and its relation to online transmissions, discusses the history of the complex, legal situation which has resulted, new developments surrounding the proposed Music …

Comment Promouvoir L'Utilisation Des Résultats D'Une Analyse Situationnelle À L'Échelle Nationale: Expérience Du Sénégal, Adama Ndoye, Bineta M'Bow, Cheikh Bamba Diop, Mady Cisse, Macoumba Thiam, Diouratie Sanogo, Mbacke Niang

Reproductive Health

Avec cette dissémination des résultats de l’Analyse Situationnelle (AS) de 1998 le Ministère de la Santé réalise la troisième activité de ce genre. Au sortir de la dissémination, plusieurs enseignements sont tirés: Une bonne préparation de l’activité est nécessaire et, dans ce sens, la place de l’atelier de planification et l’établissement concerté d’un calendrier des activités par les niveaux national et régional sont prépondérants. L’organisation pratique des ateliers de dissémination doit compter avec l’utilisation des professionnels de la santé des régions et des médias locaux. Cette initiative a permis de crédibiliser les résultats ce qui a favorisé leur appropriation par …

Irreconcilable Differences: Congressional Treatment Of Internet Service Providers As Speakers, Raymond Shih Ray Ku

Faculty Publications

This Article argues that under the CDA and OCILLA, Congress adopted facially inconsistent approaches towards ISP liability for expression. Nonetheless, despite the overt differences, it is possible to discern an underlying principle for determining when ISPs should be considered speakers that reconciles this inconsistency. Put simply, the CDA and OCILLA support an approach toward determining when ISPs are speakers that focuses on whether an ISP exercises editorial control over its network. This approach is evidenced by the fact that both statutes recognize that ISPs are able to exercise editorial control over any and all content on their networks, and both …

Grave Secrets: Ethical And Legal Analysis Of Postmortem Confidentiality, Jessica Wilen Berg

Faculty Publications

*A young man finds a letter from his recently deceased's mother's therapist and calls the psychologist to get information about whether his mother sought counseling because of difficulties in their relationship. The therapist reassures the son that his mother came for help in dealing with her terminal illness.

*A now-adult child sues her deceased father's physician for failing to warn her that her father's death when she was 10 years old was due to colon cancer, a potentially inheritable disease.

*Following the death of Linda McCartney, a number of newspapers reporters, suspecting physician-assisted suicide, demanded access to her death certificate …

Supreme Court Voting Behavior: 1999 Term, Richard G. Wilkins, Scott Worthington, Rachelle Fleming, Matthew Fleming

UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

This Study, the fourteenth in a series, tabulates and analyzes the voting behavior of the United States Supreme Court during the 1999 Term. The analysis is designed to determine whether individual Justices and the Court as a whole are voting more "conservatively," more "liberally," or about the same as compared with past Terms. This Term's survey suggests a reversal of the Court's liberal trend over the past two Terms, with conservative movement in six of the ten categories. Specifically, the Court's support of statutory civil rights claims plummeted to an all time low, while the Court exhibited a dramatic conservative …

The Foreign Affairs Of Federal Systems: A National Perspective On The Benefits Of State Participation, Daniel Halberstam

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Why Federalism Must Be Enforced: A Response To Professor Kramer, Marci A. Hamilton

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

The Bitter Pill Of Empiricism: Health Maintenance Organizations, Informed Consent And The Reasonable Psychotherapist Standard Of Care, Geoffrey R. Marczyk, Ellen Wertheimer

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Volume 15, No. 4

Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children

Collins, Louise. “Philosophy for Children and Feminist Philosophy.” 20-­30.

Hall, Darcy. “A Language is Something That People and Animals Can Talk.” 48­-49.

Lipman, Matthew. “Roberta and the Master Mice.” 45­-47.

Matthews, Gareth B. “Thinking in Stories: The Puddle Pail by Elisa Kleven.” 1.

Palermo, James and Catherine d Erasmo. “Teaching Empathy and the Teacher’s Responsibility.” 31­-33.

Shapiro, Tamar. “What is a Child?” 4­-15.

Siggurthorsdottir, Ingibjorg. “Philosophy for children in Action: Iceland.” 16­-19.

Wilks, Susan. “Aesthetic Education: A new Reflection in the Mirror.” 34-­44

Wright State University Men's And Women's Swimming And Diving Media Guide 2001-2002, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2001-2002 Swimming and Diving team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Baseball Media Guide 2001, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide that features information about the coaches and players of the Wright State University's 2001 Men's Baseball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Latent Maximum Entropy Principle For Statistical Language Modeling, Shaojun Wang, Ronald Rosenfeld, Yunxin Zhao

Kno.e.sis Publications

We describe a unified probabilistic framework for statistical language modeling, the latent maximum entropy principle. The salient feature of this approach is that the hidden causal hierarchical dependency structure can be encoded into the statistical model in a principled way by mixtures of exponential families with a rich expressive power. We first show the problem formulation, solution, and certain convergence properties. We then describe how to use this machine learning technique to model various aspects of natural language, such as syntactic structure of sentences, semantic information in a document. Finally, we draw a conclusion and point out future research directions.

College Of Medical Sciences Student Handbook 2001-2002, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Public Sphere In Cyberspace?, Mark D. Johns

Iowa Journal of Communication

According to Jurgen Habermas, a public sphere is a site where individuals come together to freely and openly express their opinions regarding matters of common interest. Informed by Habermas' discussion, the author investigated the social farms generated in computer-mediated communication and examined whether the social structures in cyberspace are conducive to the formation of a public sphere. Communication among the members of three Internet newsgroups were examined to locate the formal features of the social relationships constructed in this cyberspace. The conclusion is that while a public sphere may be possible, cyberspace often falls short of fulfilling its potential for …

Awards And Recognition, Iowa Academy Of Science, 2000

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

No abstract provided.

Reinforcing The Myth Of The Crazed Rapist: A Feminist Critique Of Recent Rape Legislation, Christina E. Wells, Erin Elliott

Faculty Publications

Part I of this article reviews these new legislative provisions, discussing their requirements as well as the general impetus behind their enactment. Part II discusses both the history of rape prosecution and feminist efforts in the 1970s and 1980s to eliminate barriers to successful rape prosecutions. This part also elaborates upon the myth of the crazed rapist and its relationship to feminist reform efforts. Part III explains how the current legislation is rooted in and reinforces that myth by encouraging unsupportable distinctions among rape defendants. Finally, Part IV discusses the feminist response to such laws and argues for a more …

Handling Hot Potatoes: Judicial Review Of California Initiatives After Senate V. Jones, Gerald F. Uelmen

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr) Techniques For The Identification Of Uncultivable Oral Microorganisms, W.H. Himratul-Aznita

Research Publications (2000 to 2005)

Until today there are still a high percentage of oral microorganisms have not been identified due to inability to isolate using the cultural method. However, identification of uncultivable microorganisms associated with disease will permits clinicians for a more accurate diagnosis, treatment and preventive measures. Unculturable microorganisms are also involved in disease and may account for treatment failure since their susceptibility to antimicrobial agents would be unknown. Thus, the opportunity for a rational approach to the treatment of disease relies on the state of knowledge concerning its aetiology and pathogenesis. Recently developed molecular methods have made it possible to characterise mixed …