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The Venture Capital Investment Bust: Did Agency Costs Play A Role? Was It Something Lawyers Helped Structure?, Joseph Bankman, Marcus Cole

Chicago-Kent Law Review

This Article examines the question of why venture capital firms would continue to raise technology funds, and then invest those funds, when they were certain that the business markets for such investments were overvalued preceding the "crash" of April 2000. We interviewed a number of venture capitalists, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and other industry observers in search of an explanation. The explanations offered by key decision makers for the observed investment behavior can be categorized as of three types of theories: agency cost theories, herd behavior and other cognitive bias theories, and non-agency cost theories. Agency cost theories suggest that the activity …

Heritage-Tourism And The Historical Present: Africans At Snee Farm Plantation, Antoinette T. Jackson

Southern Anthropologist

This paper examines the production of American history in public forums by exploring the impact of preserving and presenting 'historical' sites for the purpose of heritage tourism. A National Park Service project to study African communities formerly associated with Snee Farm plantation (the Charles Pickney National site) in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina provides the basis for this discussion. An analysis of interview data coiiected expose the scope, complexity, and heterogeneity of African life in American plantation settings outside of a 'Gone With The Wind' trope. The goal of this paper is to expand the context from which the African experience …

Wooster Magazine: Fall 2000, Lisa Watts

Wooster Magazine: 1991-2000

This edition of the Wooster Magazine was published in the Fall of 2000. This edition begins with a letter from the President's, R. Stanton Hales, desk regarding an $8 million gift from The Burton D. Morgan Foundation. This was the largest single gift in the history of the college at that time. The gift was used to create Burton D. Morgan Hall. "The Oak Grove", stories from around campus and beyond, includes stories about faculty beginning to transition to a new curriculum, the College switching to more "sophisticated" phones, students embracing Kittredge's no-fry zone, and staff members relocating campus wildlife. …

The Texas Caver, Volume 46, No. 1-4, January-October 2001, Jim Kennedy

The Texas Caver

Contents: Two More Years in the Devil's Pit (Caverns of Sonora) by George Veni - Millers Cave, Llano County by Peter Sprouse - Government Canyon Update, 2000 by Marvin Miller - Deep Pits of Texas by George Veni - James R. Reddell receives 2001 NSS Science Award by George Veni and William R. Elliott - Thanksgiving 2000 CRF Trip to Carlsbad Caverns by Rae Nadler-Olenick - A Summary of What Texans Did at the 2001 NSS Convention by George Veni - Gorman Cave Walking Tour at Colorado Bend State Park by Link and Lane Hullar - Grieta de Ia Perdici6n, …

Newscope - Fall 2001

Newscope

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Convergence Classes And Spaces Of Partial Functions, Anthony K. Seda, Roland Heinze, Pascal Hitzler

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

We study the relationship between convergence spaces and convergence classes given by means of both nets and filters, we consider the duality between them and we identify in convergence terms when a convergence space coincides with a convergence class. We examine the basic operators in the Vienna Development Method of formal systems development, namely, extension, glueing, restriction, removal and override, from the perspective of the Logic for Computable Functions. Thus, we examine in detail the Scott continuity, or otherwise, of these operators when viewed as operators on the domain (X → Y) of partial functions mapping X into …

Top Ten Reasons To Be A Law School Dean, R. Lawrence Dessem

Faculty Publications

Serving as a law school dean can be tough duty. Many people, particularly law school faculty members, have asked over the years why anyone would ever take such a position. This question is particularly relevant because the likely alternative for most deans is service as a full-time professor on a law school faculty-which is, without a doubt, one of the world's truly great jobs..

Low Proof Load Prediction Of Ultimate Strengths Of Fiberglass/Epoxy I-Beams Using Acoustic Emission, Edward C. Fatzinger Jr.

Master's Theses - Daytona Beach

Acoustic emission (AE) nondestructive testing was used to monitor fiberglass/epoxy I-beams. The experiment consisted of loading the I-beams in cantilever fashion with a hydraulic ram. While testing, AE waveforms were collected from the onset of loading to failure. After acquisition, the AE data from each test were filtered to include only data collected up to 50% of the theoretical ultimate load for further analysis.

A Kohonen self-organizing map was utilized to separate each individual data point (hit) into failure mechanism clusters. Then a multiple linear regression analysis was performed using the percentage of hits associated with each failure mechanism along …

Media Advisory, Kate Weber

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

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Distilling The Essence Of Contract Terms: An Anti-Antiformalist Approach To Contract And Employment Law, Rafael Gely

Faculty Publications

A look at the development of labor and employment law in the U.S. reveals one astonishing principle. There is an underlying assumption that employers own the time and activities of employees, and thus any change in the allocation of rights between employers and employees has to be justified against the “interference” with the rights of employers. For example, whenever legislation has been introduced intended to protect workers' rights, employers have argued that such protections will interfere with the right of employers to control their employees. This argument has been successfully made many times, and it has, I argue, shaped the …

Pablo Neruda: El Capitán Enamorado De Capri, Martha L. Canfield

INTI: Revista de literatura hispánica

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Skunk River Review Fall 2001, Vol 13, Bethany Murphy, Barb Loftus, Melissa Papiani, Betty Landers, Jadney Gitzen, Trisha Brockett, Cory Mcvey, Gena Wilson, Luiza Fritz, Shannon Westbrook, Diana Egan, Alexa Woldruff, Larry Cheely, Russell Lundquist, Yun Liu, Keri Michel, Bethany Eising, Lori Chicchelly, Teresa Erickson, Macay Wiesemann, Joe Zaun, Evie Tiffany, Julie Spencer, Heather Wright, Matthew C. Tonelli Sr., Diane Launspach, Robert O'Callahan, Krissy Kriegel, Adam Sitzmann

Skunk River Review

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Residencias Pascal, Stefania Mosca

INTI: Revista de literatura hispánica

No abstract provided.

Colaboradores

INTI: Revista de literatura hispánica

No abstract provided.

Volume 5, No. 4 (Fall 2001), Office Of University Advancement, Bryant University

Bryant Magazine (1997-2019)(2024-present)

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Escaping The Common Law's Shadow: Standing In The Light Of Laidlaw, Robert V. Percival, Joanna B. Goger

Faculty Scholarship

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Energetics And Cooperativity In Three-Center Hydrogen Bonding Interactions. I. Diacetamide-X Dimers .X=Hcn, Ch3Oh., Ruben D. Parra, Makoto Furukawa, Bing Gong, Xiao Cheng Zeng

Xiao Cheng Zeng Publications

High level ab initio calculations are carried out on diacetamide–X (DA–X) dimers, X=HCN, CH₃OH. The dimers are used as model systems to investigate the energetics and cooperative phenomomena in intermolecular three-center hydrogen-bond (H-bond) interactions relative to two-center H-bond interactions. The trans–trans conformer of diacetamide is chosen as a suitable model for intermolecular three-center H bonding where one H atom is interacting with two acceptor atoms. The proton–acceptor atoms are rigidly held in the same molecule. For both model systems, it is found that the calculated interaction energy per H bond is appreciably smaller in the three-center than in …

Wvrhc Newsletter, Fall 2001, West Virginia & Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center Newsletters

The "Sensational Story" of Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller

The Voice, Fall 2001: Volume 47, Issue 1, Dordt College

The Voice Archive

Students Return to Home on Campus; Now More Than Ever; Prayer for Freshman Commissioning Service; Enrollment Remains Steady; Dordt Senior Offers Art Class to Local Children; Graduate Education Program Grows; Artists Visit; Appeals Court; Website Gets Redesign; Art Majors Get Hands-On Experience with Art Center; Dordt Athletes Show High Graduation Rate; Six Distinguished Scholars Named; Big Fish Uncovered; Boon Interns With Grassley; Dordt Students Dominate Poetry Contest Again; Faculty Work to Keep up in Their Profession; Bajema Gives and Gains From Summer Consulting Trip to the Dominican Republic; New Books Out This Summer Include Dordt Faculty Authors; Two New Schaap …

Introduction: Theory Informs Business Practice: Introduction, Claire A. Hill

Chicago-Kent Law Review

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Of Theory And Practice, Tamar Frankel

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Much has been written about theory and practice in the law, and the tension between practitioners and theorists. Judges do not cite theoretical articles often; they rarely "apply" theories to particular cases. These arguments are not revisited. Instead the Article explores the working and interaction of theory and practice, practitioners and theorists. This Article starts with a story about solving a legal issue using our intellectual tools—theory, practice, and their progenies: experience and "gut." Next the Article elaborates on the nature of theory, practice, experience and gut. The third part of the Article discusses theories that are helpful to practitioners …

The Written Contract As Safe Harbor For Dishonest Conduct, Lawrence M. Solan

Chicago-Kent Law Review

The parol evidence rule excludes extrinsic evidence of prior or contemporaneous understandings of an agreement when the parties have signed a document that purports to encompass their entire understanding. In theory, this rule is designed to add certainty to business transactions and to inhibit the introduction of unreliable evidence into the litigation system. But in practice, if we eliminate the introduction of precontractual representations and understandings from the dispute resolution process, we create a safe harbor for unethical business practices in the early stages of contract formation. Using insights from linguistics and psychology, the Article argues that this problem is …

Implications Of Shareholder Diversification On Corporate Law And Organization: The Case Of The Business Judgment Rule, Peter V. Letsou

Chicago-Kent Law Review

The business judgment rule has been a centerpiece of corporate law for almost two centuries. But over the last several decades, courts and commentators have struggled to find a rationale for the business judgment rule that, at once, reconciles the judicial deference granted to corporate managers with the more demanding standards applied to other professionals, such as doctors and lawyers. This Article attempts to end this struggle by offering a fuller account of the relationship between the preferences of diversified shareholders, on the one hand, and liability rules, on the other. Based on this account, this Article contends that the …

The Same-Sovereign Rule Resurrected: The Supreme Court Rejects The Invocation Of The Fifth Amendment's Privilege Against Self-Incrimination Based Upon Fear Of Foreign Prosecution In United States V. Balsys, Carlin Metzger

Chicago-Kent Law Review

In United States v. Balsys, the Supreme Court examined the scope of the Fifth Amendment's Privilege Against Self-Incrimination when invoked based on a fear of foreign prosecution. Applying the "same-sovereign" rule, the Court held that the Fifth Amendment only binds the government to which it applies and, therefore, the privilege cannot be invoked based solely upon a fear of foreign prosecution. This Comment analyzes the rationale in prior Supreme Court decisions addressing the scope of the privilege against self-incrimination and contends that despite the Court's revival of the same-sovereign rule in Balsys, the privilege can extend to witnesses …

Desecrating The Ark: Animal Abuse And The Law's Role In Prevention, Margit Livingston

College of Law Faculty

In this Article, Professor Livingston examines the history and philosophy of animal cruelty laws and also surveys the scope and content of contemporary American anti-cruelty statutes. She explores, moreover, a substantial body of social science data that suggest a correlation between the commission of animal abuse and a propensity for other violent behavior. From her survey of current law, Professor Livingston concludes that lawmakers should amend animal cruelty statutes to provide for mandatory psychological treatment for youthful offenders and harsher penalties for older and habitual offenders. She observes that animal abuse as a crime not only affects the animals targeted …

The Review - Fall 2001

Jefferson Review

IN THIS ISSUE

1 - Message From The Dean

2 - A Special Welcome for Alumni Babies

2 - A Very Special Offer for Our Alumni

3 - Farewell to Joann Ludwig

4 - The Admissions-Alumni Partnership

5 - JAVA is Brewing at Jefferson!

6 - What A Year!

8 - Alumni Update

10 - Alumni News Form

11 - Visiting Scholar 2001: A Nurse Alumna Sets the Agenda

12 - Michael Hartman Elected New CHP Alumni President

13 - Commencement 2001

Literary Evidence For Roman Arithmetic With Fractions, David W. Maher, John F. Makowski

Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Roman arithmetic is a perennially troubling subject for both classicists and mathematicians. Scholars universally comment on the difficulty posed by Roman alphabetical notation both in expressing simple figures and in doing written calculations. For example, Lloyd Motz and Jefferson Weaver with exasperation ask, "How ... can anyone do any arithmetic with DCCCLXXXVIII, the Roman equivalent of 888?," and Florian Cajori concludes that the Romans must have resorted to the abacus in order to multiply a number like 723 (DCCXXIII) by 364 (CCCLXIV).' Yet our sources, literary and inscriptional, indicate that the Romans were capable of highly sophisticated calculations, and, of …

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 2001, Joan Caruso, Paula Levine, Elizabeth K. Prisnock, Marian E. Smith, Sally H. Wagner, John J. Wagner

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

2001 - 2002 Meeting Date Calendar

2002 Annual Luncheon & Meeting Notice

Bulletin Publication Committee, Officers and Committee Chairs

The President's Message

Treasurer's Financial Report

Auditor's Financial Report

Alumni Scholarship Fund

Resume of Minutes

Alumni Office News

Committee Reports

• Nurses Relief Trust Fund
• Clara Melville - Adele Lewis Scholarship Fund
• Nominating
• Social -Annual May Luncheon
• Social - Fall Luncheon of 2000
• Central PA Satellite Committee Report
• Bulletin
• Development

Annual Giving Contributors

News About Our Graduates

Janet C. Hindson Award

Janet C. Hindson Award - Qualifications

Army Nurse Corps Nursing 101

A Loving Aunt's Thoughts

Volunteers In Medicine

Happy Birthday - …

2001 Vol. 50 No. 1, Cleveland-Marshall College Of Law

2000s

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Table Of Contents

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.