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Speleo Spiel, No. 333, November-December 2002, Geoff Wise

Speleo Spiel

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In Defense Of "Old" Public Health: The Legal Framework For The Regulation Of Public Health, Richard A. Epstein

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

The traditional forms of public health law were directly largely toward communicable diseases and other externalities, such as pollution, with negative health impacts. The more modern view treats any health issue as one of public health so long as it effects large numbers of individuals, which would include such matters as obesity and diabetes. Historically, this paper examines the constitutional evolution of the public health principle from the narrower to the broader conception. It then argues that the narrower principle better defines the appropriate scope of coercive government intervention than the broader definition, which could easily authorize those forms of …

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Preserving The Traditional Copyright Balance, Christine Jeanneret

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Soybean Aphid In South Dakota, Michael A. Catangui

SDSU Extension Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.

Employee Interests In Bankrupcy: Lessons From Enron, Lorie Johnson

Popular Media

Enron employees lost over $1 billion in retirement savings when the company failed and filed for bankruptcy protection. Many of these employees also lost their jobs. Enron employees were both visible and vocal about their losses, quickly obtaining the support of both the AFL-CIO and Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/Push Coalition in their fight to get some redress for their losses. Since Enron was current on its payroll at the time of the bankruptcy filing, employees’ losses consisted of severance payments totaling $145 million and the losses associated with investments in Enron stock through their 401(k) accounts.

The School's Role As A Support System For Children Of Parental Divorce., Constance Myers Cottongim

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In the year 2000, over one million children were involved in a new divorce. These statistics indicated that this subgroup of children would continue to be a large part of the school population. The school, because of time spent there, becomes a likely place for the recognition and identification of problems that may arise from parental divorce, thus providing an appropriate setting for interventions to be conducted.

The purpose of this study was to determine how parents, classroom teachers, and school counselors viewed the role of the school as a support system for children of divorce. The study also explored …

The U.S. Supreme Court Hears The Mickey Mouse Case, L. Ray Patterson

Popular Media

The case of Eldred v. Ashcroft, argued before the U. S. Supreme Court on October 9, 2002, is the most important copyright case since 1834, when the court decided its first, Wheaton v. Peters. In Wheaton, the court ruled that under the Copyright Clause of the U.S. Constitution only Congress can grant copyright for published works. In Eldred, the court will decide the scope of Congress’ copyright power. May Congress grant, in the words of the Copyright Clause, copyright only for a "limited time" or may Congress extend the time already granted for existing copyrights? This is what Congress did …

Resource Mobilization And The "No" In Pinochet's Chile, Correy Diviney

Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies

No abstract provided.

"See Me, Touch Me, Feel Me": (Im) Proving The Bodily Sense Of Masculinity, Marc A. Ouellette

English Faculty Publications

Ultimately, this paper stems from two cultural strands which intersect in one cultural form, self-improvement advertising aimed at men. The first of these is the figure of the "new man," which appeared in the mid-1980s. The novelty lies in the positioning of masculine bodies precisely for the purpose of being seen. The available criticism was not equipped to account for these positionings. The second cultural strand, the proliferation of technologies which alter the body itself, as opposed to its coverings, makes the gap in the criticism more apparent. The two cultural trends intersect most noticeably in the advertisements for the …

Economic Impact Of Brickell Avenue Bridge Openings, Cutr

CUTR Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Picking Up The Pieces After Alexander V. Sandoval: Resurrecting A Private Cause Of Action For Disparate Impact, Derek Black

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Just The Facts?: Historians And Novelists Discuss The Relationship Between History And Fiction, Mark C. Carnes

Civil War Book Review

Just the Facts?

Historians and novelists discuss the relationship between history and fiction Very few phrases can make an historian flinch like "artistic license." Likewise, even a writer of the highest ....

Between History And Fiction, Laura Ng

Civil War Book Review

Unfortunately fiction and history, both the products of our contemplation, compilation, and creativity, have not always been happy bedfellows. Historians fear that writers will abandon all facts, as William Faulkner seems to advocate: "I don't care much for facts, am not much interested in them, you....

The Power Of Place, Morgan N. Knull

Civil War Book Review

The Power of Place

Homeward Bound: The Demobilization Of The Union And Confederate Armies, 1865-1866, Terrence J. Winschel

Civil War Book Review

Long road home

The transformation from soldier to civilian

Annotations, Cwbr_Editor

Civil War Book Review

No abstract provided.

The Social Roles Of The Early Irish Monastery Of Kildare And Its Paruchia Within The Kingdom Of Leinster, Bridgette K. Slavin

Masters Theses

Monastic settlements in early medieval Ireland were active: politically, socially, economically, and spiritually. While an ascetic life was ideal, these communities were in fact often lively participants in the secular affairs around them. Yet, detailed studies of ecclesiastical social structure and its economic and political influence on early Irish society have been, for the most part, not attempted while disagreements concerning organization continue to haunt scholars of the early Irish church. Moreover, as Colman Etchingham aptly points out in his recent publication, Church Organisation in Ireland, AD 650 to 1000, detailed studies of individual religious communities will bring to …

Arab American Interest Groups And Congressional Decisionmaking: A Case Study Of The Arab American Institute, Robert L. Harbaugh

Masters Theses

Unlike other ethnic communities in the U.S., such as the Jewish and Hispanic communities, the political power of the Arab American community is largely unknown. Therefore, one manner to gain insight into the political power of Arab Americans is to study the interest groups that represent their ethnic community. This study uses the Arab American Institute as the leading Arab American interest group.

The study recognizes that there are three important variables to determining Arab American influence. The first is voting and is not examined in this study. The second two, which are examined, are direct lobbying on Congress and …

In The Election Of 2002, The Voters Of New Jersey Were The Winners, Angelo J. Genova, Jennifer Mazawey

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

A Devil In Disguise: How Paycheck Protection Legislation Violates The First Amendment, Sean T. Mclaughlin

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

The Anti-Monopoly Origins Of The Patent And Copyright Clause, Tyler T. Ochoa, Mark Rose

Faculty Publications

The British experience with patents and copyrights prior to 1787 is instructive as to the context within which the Framers drafted the Patent and Copyright Clause. The 1624 Statute of Monopolies, intended to curb royal abuse of monopoly privileges, restricted patents for new inventions to a specified term of years. The Stationers' Company, a Crown-chartered guild of London booksellers, continued to hold a monopoly on publishing, and to enforce censorship laws, until 1695. During this time, individual titles were treated as perpetual properties held by booksellers. In 1710, however, the Statute of Anne broke up these monopolies by imposing strict …

The Fourth Amendment Right Of Female Inmates To Be Free From Cross-Gender Pat-Frisks, Jennifer R. Weiser

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Courts In Shaping American Bankruptcy Law: Review Of "Debt's Dominion - A History Of Bankruptcy Law In America", Douglas G. Smith

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Gian Galassi, Richard Jensen

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Of Nurse Job Satisfaction And Patient Satisfaction With Nurses, Rosanne Schmidt

Theses and Dissertations

The intent of this study is to determine if there is a link between nurse job satisfaction and patient satisfaction with nurses. It is important in health care that nurses employed in a facility are satisfied with their jobs and that patients are satisfied with the care they receive while they are a patient in the hospital. The satisfaction of both nurses and the patients served in hospitals ultimately affects the bottom line of that hospital. The outcome of this study indicates there is evidence that a relationship exists between some aspects of nurse job satisfaction and some types of …

Public Policy Response To The Demand For Broadband Deployment, Anthony T. Clark

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Cleveland State University: An Economic Impact Study, Ziona Austrian

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

The economic value of an urban university to a metropolitan region is comprised of (1) the educational opportunities provided to students who rely on local institutions of higher education, (2) the unique contributions of urban universities to the social and political infrastructure of a region, and (3) the research and service contracts and other funds and philanthropic donations attracted to the campus by faculty and staff. If an urban university such as Cleveland State University (CSU) did not exist in the Cleveland metropolitan region, many, if not all of these economic and social contributions would be lost. In addition, the …

Industrial Activity In Cleveland, Robert Sadowski, Ziona Austrian

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

This report has four primary objectives. First, survey industrial activity in the city of Cleveland using employment and payroll data for the period from 1993 to 2000; report on key findings related to industry sectors and industries at the two-digit standard industrial classification (SIC) code level; and compare the city of Cleveland to suburban Cuyahoga County and the remainder of the Cleveland primary metropolitan statistical area (PMSA). Second, identify those industries in Cleveland that reported substantial employment levels, average annual wages, employment growth, and wage growth during the study period (high performing industries). Third, discuss the status of previously identified …

Urban Universities And Real Estate Development, Ziona Austrian, Jill Norton

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

This report is intended to enhance the understanding of the role that urban colleges and universities have in local economic development through university real estate investment activities. Colleges and universities across the country are becoming more involved in property acquisition and development; however, there is limited research that explores the decision-making processes that are employed and the implications of these decisions on the larger community.

Freedom Journey: A Roadmap To Success, Angela Lane Woods

Digitized Theses and Dissertations (prior to 2008)

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Professional Writing In the Department of English In the College of Humanities and Social Sciences