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The Universe Grasper, S. I. Shapiro

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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The Re-Cognition Of Being's Infrastructure As Self-Completion, Herbert Guenther

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

Wholeness as indivisible and the human being's connectedness with it are the abiding themes

of the Buddhist experience-rooted and process-oriented thinking that goes by the name of

rDzogs-chen. From its basically holistic point of view, the human being is a sub-whole,

similar to a variation on a musical theme. From another point of view, however, based on

the confusion of a compacted (and hence de-compactable) totality with wholeness, the human

being is seen as being a reality that is internally divided and feels uncertain about who/

what he really is. Together, the intolerable feelings of being divided and uncertain cause …

A Very Brief Primer On Bayesian Methods In Evidence, Richard D. Friedman

Articles

I have been asked to write an extremely short explanation of the Bayesian approach to evidentiary issues, for the benefit of those who regard themselves as probabilistically challenged. Although the application of Bayesian probability to evidence has generated a good deal of debate, its use as a heuristic device should not be particularly controversial. Evidence concerns propositions that are uncertain. Accordingly, some concept of probability must play a role. Standards of persuasion, such as "more likely than not" and "beyond a reasonable doubt" are clearly probabilistic, and the definition of relevant evidence, as expressed in Fed. R. Evid. 40 I, …

A Control-Based Approach To Shareholder Liability For Corporate Torts, Nina A. Mendelson

Articles

Some commentators defend limited shareholder liability for torts and statutory violations as efficient, even though it encourages corporations to overinvest in and to externalize the costs of risky activity. Others propose pro rata unlimited shareholder liability for corporate torts. Both approaches, however, fail to account fully for qualitative differences among shareholders. Controlling shareholders, in particular, may have lower information costs, greater influence over managerial decisionmaking, and greater ability to benefit from corporate activity. This Article develops a control-based approach to shareholder liability. It first explores several differences among shareholders. For example, a controlling shareholder can more easily curb managerial risk …

Who Should Watch Over Refugee Law?, James C. Hathaway

Articles

We simply cannot afford to sell out the future of refugee protection in a hasty bid to establish something that looks, more or less, like an oversight mechanism for the Refugee Convention.

A Footnote For Jack Dawson, James J. White, David A. Peters

Articles

Jack Dawson, known to many at Michigan as Black Jack, taught at the Law School from 1927 to 1958. Much of his work was published in the Michigan Law Review, where he served as a student editor during the 1923-24 academic year. We revisit his work and provide a footnote to his elegant writing on mistake and supervening events. In Part I, we talk a little about Jack the man. In Part II, we recite the nature and significance of his scholarly work. Part III deals briefly with the cases decided in the last twenty years by American courts on …

Biological Reduction Of Perchlorate In Ion Exchange Regenerant Solutions Containing High Salinity And Ammonium Levels, Tina M. Gingras, Jacimaria R. Batista

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Faculty Research

The most promising technologies to remove perchlorate from water are ion exchange and biological reduction. Although successful, ion exchange only separates perchlorate from water; it does not eliminate it from the environment. The waste streams from these systems contain the caustic or saline regenerant solutions used in the process as well as high levels of perchlorate. Biological reduction could be used to treat the regenerant waste solutions from the ion exchange process. A treatment scheme, combining ion exchange and biodegradation, is proposed to completely remove perchlorate from the environment. Perchlorate-laden resins generate brines containing salt concentrations up to 6% or …

An Alternative Approach To Measuring Consumer Discrimination In The Market For Baseball Cards, Adam Neil Rabinowitz

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The effect of consumer racial discrimination in the market for baseball cards has previously been examined (Nardinelli and Simon, 1990; Andersen and La Croix, 1991; Gabriel, et al., 1995; Gabriel, et al., 1999; McGarrity, et al., 1999; and Fort and Gill, 2000). Significant differences in the model specification and data are found throughout the literature, resulting in very mixed findings. The following study attempts to improve on these specifications by replicating the existing work and adding important missing variables. I find specification matters and consumer discrimination exists in this market. In addition, auction data are used to explore an alternative …

Loop Detection And Prevention Mechanism In Multiprotocol Label Switching, Vasu Jolly

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The extended color thread algorithm is based on running a thread hop by hop before the labels are distributed inside a MPLS Cloud Since the path for the data packets is set beforehand, the loop formation occurs at the control path. The shortest paths between selected source and destination have been calculated using Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm and threads are allowed to extend through the routers. With the passage of each next hop, a distributed procedure is executed within the thread, generating a unique color at nodes. This keeps a track on router's control path and at the same time …

Maximizing The Impact Of Sponsorship: An Examination Of Sponsorship On Attendees' Recognition Of Sponsors And Their Attitudes Toward Corporate Sponsorship, Eunju Suh

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to measure the impact of sponsorships on trade show attendees. This study sought to understand whether different types of sponsorships, number of days attending at a show, and demographic characteristics differently influenced attendees' recognition of sponsors and their overall attitudes toward corporate sponsorship; For this study, a questionnaire was designed to measure trade show attendees' recognition of sponsoring companies, overall attitudes toward sponsorship, preferences for specific sponsorship types, and demographic information. Attendees were queried while exiting the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations' Convention and Trade show (APRO) in Las Vegas from July 24 and …

Livelihood Security And Protected Area Management, Stephen F. Siebert, Jill M. Belsky

Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Role Of Pay Among Low-Income Earners, Yu Pun Leung

Bachelor Degree - Management - Final Year Project

The project aims to investigate the relationship between pay and motivation in a low-income group in Hong Kong.

The low-income earners from different industries in Hong Kong were selected, as they comprise a large amount of workers in Hong Kong. Much of the work that has examined the relationship between pay and motivation tends to focus on middle and higher income groups. However, since much of the work force in Hong Kong falls into the low-income category, it is hoped that this study is of some significance.

In carrying out the study, a survey will be carried out with the …

Retrospective Analysis Of Youth Evaluated For Suicide Attempt Or Suicidal Ideation In An Emergency Room Setting, Julie Hagedorn, Hatim A. Omar

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Suicide is the third leading cause of death in adolescents and a major contributor to morbidity in this age group. The objective of this study was to look at the demographics, major stressors and factors leading to attempting suicide as well as the methods of attempted suicide in adolescents admitted to two hospitals in a medium size city. Medical records were reviewed of adolescents admitted to two area hospitals for attempted suicide between 7/1/97-12/31/99. Coroner's data on completed suicide were also reviewed. In the study period a total of 287 persons aged 21 years or under were admitted for attempted …

A Reflective Essay About Philosophy Of Education, James Dostal

Graduate Research Papers

People are the essence of education. In the education and athletic professions people were and are the source of my ideas about leadership qualities. Educational leadership is significant to the organization of schools as well as school districts. This writing will reflect on qualities of leaders and my philosophy of leadership.

International Law As Fundamental Justice: James Brown Scott, Harold Hongju Koh, And The American Universalist Tradition Of International Law, Mark Weston Janis

Faculty Articles and Papers

I am delighted to have an opportunity to respond to Harold Hongju Koh's excellent Childress Lecture of October 3, 2001, at the Saint Louis University School of Law. It has been my great pleasure to know Harold since we were young lawyers in the 1970's, and most especially during the 1996-97 academic year when we were together on the Law Faculty at Oxford. Now, as always,my first and soundest instinct is to associate myself fully with Harold. I embrace his commitment to human rights at home and abroad, and applaud his dream for the globalization of freedom. Great American lawyers …

Afterword: The Role Of The Competition Community In The Patent Law Discourse, Hillary Greene

Faculty Articles and Papers

The Federal Circuit is the most visible point of the intersection between competition and patent law. When a single case contains both competition and patent issues, precedents of that court, including those pertaining to governing legal burdens or presumptions, will be critical. It is worth considering whether and how actual or assumed consumer welfare trade-offs are reflected in those decisions. Additionally, the basic decision to confer patents, and the attendant choices regarding their breadth, scope, and other aspects, also reflect social value judgments that directly implicate competition. The competition community can help both to focus attention upon and to illuminate …

An Exploration Of Bass And Avolio's Transformational And Transactional Leadership Styles And Values Of South Texas And Northern Mexico Small Business Owners, Rosie V. Decosmo

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

Global business initiatives, increasingly diverse populations, and permeable geographical boundaries have catapulted interest in studying the impact of these events on multi-national companies, and to a lesser degree, small businesses along the South Texas and Mexican border. The enactment of the North American Free Trade Act agreement that exists between Mexico, Canada, and the United States amplifies these issues. Consequently, companies may face a changing business landscape. However, one constant factor is the owner. This dissertation investigated South Texas and northern Mexico small business owners' leadership behaviors and personal values. First, this study represents an attempt to ascertain similarities and …

Burning Down The House: Does Limiting The Innocent Spouse's Right To Recovery Make Sense, Ronald S. Ribaudo

Missouri Law Review

Homeowners purchase property insurance to protect themselves from fortuitous yet foreseeable risks, such as lightning strikes, poor electrical wiring, and perhaps, even arson by a stranger. One risk not anticipated is that one’s spouse would intentionally damage or destroy the family home. When this happens, is there coverage? This Note argues that the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri’s decision in DePalma v. Bates County Mutual Insurance Co. establishes a per se rule of recovery that is flawed in two respects. First, it is inconsistent with the court’s claim that the policy language controlled the court’s …

Bt 660 Theology Of The New Testament, Howard Marshall

Syllabi

COURSE READING: REQUIRED BOOK Ladd, G. E., A Theology of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1974; revised edition by D. Hagner, 1993). COURSE READING: REFERENCE WORKS (These books will be on reserve in the Library) Students should come to each class session prepared by having read (where appropriate) the New Testament texts assigned for the class and the relevant articles in NDBT and EDBT. (15%) Alexander, T. D., and Rosner, B. S. (ed.), New Dictionary of Biblical Theology [NDBT] (Leicester/Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2000) * articles on individual NT books and authors. Elwell, W. A. (ed), Evangelical Dictionary of …

Ir 700 Senior Reflection Community, Asbury Theological Seminary

Syllabi

The Senior Reflection Seminar serves as an integrative closure to the Seminary experiences of spiritual, intellectual, personal and vocational formation. The experience is designed to foster a sense of community through peer reflection and group interaction. Major components of the course include case studies, and a Theology of Ministry paper. It is required in the final semester of a student's degree program. Two hours of credit will be given for the seminar.

Towards An Integrated Theory Of Intellectual Property, Peter Siegelman, Gideon Parchomovsky

Faculty Articles and Papers

In recent years, the importance of intellectual property law both as an academic discipline and as a real world phenomenon has risen meteorically. Oddly, however, there exists a striking misfit between the academic theory of intellectual property and its use in the real world. Economists and legal scholars tend to treat each of the constituent fields of intellectual property as discrete and insular. Worse yet, the same insularity has pervaded the United States Supreme Court's intellectual property jurisprudence. Most recently, in TrafFix Devices v. Marketing Displays, Justice Kennedy opined that "[trademark law] does not exist to reward manufacturers for their …

Nt 636 The Book Of Acts , David R. Bauer

Syllabi

This course involves a careful examination of the Book of Acts according to the inductive method of Bible study introduced in the first IBS course and builds on the methodology of that first course by further use of what has been learned and by emphasizing the study of the book as a whole and of larger units within the book. Particular attention is given to the process of application moving towards proclamation (preaching and teaching) of the biblical text. The emphasis is upon the structure and major themes found in the Book of Acts, with the Gospel of Luke employed …

Do 670 United Methodist Theology, Paul W. Chilcote

Syllabi

Book of Discipline 2000 Paul W. Chilcote, The Wesleyan Tradition Thomas A. Langford, Practical Divinity, Volume 1 Charles Yrigoyen, Jr., Belief Matters

Do 670 United Methodist Theology, Robert G. Tuttle

Syllabi

1. The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2000. 2. Abraham, William J. Waking from Doctrinal Amnesia: The Healing of Doctrine in The United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995. 3. Campbell, Dennis. United Methodism and American Culture, Vol. III, Doctrines and Disciplines. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999. 4. Chiles, Robert E. Theological Transitions in American Methodism: 1790- 1935, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1984. 5. Langford, Thomas, ed. Practical Divinity: Readings in Wesleyan Theology, Vol. 2, revised text 1999. Abingdon Press. 6. Tuttle, Robert G., Jr. Sanctity without Starch: A Layperson’s Guide to a Wesleyan Theology of …

Do 690 John Wesley's Theology For Today, Paul W. Chilcote

Syllabi

Paul W. Chilcote, Living Faith (manuscript provided) Paul W. Chilcote, Praying in the Wesleyan Spirit Albert C. Outler, ed., John Wesley Albert C. Outler, Theology in the Wesleyan Spirit

Ms 550 The Congregation As Evangelist, Roger K. Swanson

Syllabi

1. The Faith-Sharing Congregation, Roger Swanson & Shirley Clement 2. Either The Celtic Way of Evangelism, or Church for the Unchurched, by George Hunter III 3. Reclaiming the Great Commission, Bishop Claude Payne & Hamilton Beazley

Bs 501 Introduction To Biblical Studies, Lawson G. Stone, David Loren Thompson

Syllabi

1. Bauer, David R (ed.). Biblical Resources for Ministry. Second edition. Evangel Press, 1995. 2. Dillard, Raymond B. and Tremper Longman III. An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994. 3. Klein, William W., Craig L. Blomberg and Robert L. Hubbard, Jr. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. Dallas: Word Publishing, 1993. 4. Revised Standard Version of the Bible or New American Standard Bible or some other contemporary, formal (vs. dynamic) equivalence translation with minimal editorial clutter in the layout. NRSV and NIV are also fine. 5. Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, …

Bs 502 Introduction To Biblical Studies, Ruth Anne Reese

Syllabi

(1) The New Testament (RSV or NRSV) (2) Achtemeier, Paul J., Joel B. Green, and Marianne Meye Thompson. Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. (3) Bauer, David. Biblical Resources for Ministry. Nappanee, IN: Evangel, 1995. (4) DeSilva, David A. Honor, Patronage, Kinship and Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture. Downers Grove: IVP, 2000. (5) Green, Joel B., ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1995. (6) Thompson, David. Bible Study that Works. Nappanee, IN: Evangel, 1994.

Mi 600 History Of The Christian Movement, Howard A. Snyder

Syllabi

(1) Anderson, Gerald H., Robert Coote, Norman Horner, and James Phillips, eds. Mission Legacies: Biographical Studies of Leaders of the Modern Missionary Movement. Orbis, 1994. (2) Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. Rev. ed. New York: Penguin, 1986. (3) Tucker, Ruth A. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983. (4) Mission Frontiers (April, 2000) will also be used as a resource because of several articles it contains. Free copies will be distributed early in the semester.

Pr 610 Servant As Proclaimer, J. Ellsworth Kalas

Syllabi

Demaray, Introduction to Homiletics Kalas, Old Testament Stories from the Back Side Craddock, Preaching