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Today And Yesterday, Vol. 27, No. 1, January 2003, Illinois State University, Department Of History

Today and Yesterday

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Department of History

Family Research Council And Roe V. Wade, Gerard V. Bradley

Journal Articles

Thirty years ago in Roe v. Wade the Supreme Court launched what it hoped would be a cultural revolution. Here are the inaugural words: "The right of privacy...is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate a pregnancy".

The revolution has progressed rapidly. The counter-strategies tried so far have been ineffective: we are no closer to overruling Roe than in 1973; the abortion liberty occupies an organizing place in our culture and politics; the number of abortions annually has remained remarkably steady over three decades.

Lawyers And Biblical Prophets, Thomas L. Shaffer

Journal Articles

This is part of a broader exploration of the suggestion that the biblical prophets-Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, Nathan, and the others-are sources of ethical reflection and moral example for modern American lawyers. The suggestion appears to be unusual; I am not sure why.

The Prophets were, more than anything else, lawyers-as their successors, the Rabbis of the Talmud, were. They were neither teachers nor bureaucrats, not elected officials or priests or preachers. And the comparison is not an ancient curiosity:

Much of what admirable lawyer-heroes have done in modern America has been prophetic in the biblical sense-that is, what they …

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Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

That Wonderful Year: Smallpox, Genetic Engineering, And Bio-Terrorism, David A. Koplow

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Colorblind Lottery, Pauline Kim

Scholarship@WashULaw

Although the Supreme Court upheld Michigan Law School's admissions policies in Grutter, the multiple opinions in that case revealed the deep divisions that remain over the legitimacy of race-conscious policies and the meaning of equal protection. At the heart of this division lies disagreement over the concept of colorblindness. For Justices Scalia and Thomas, as well as the advocacy groups that backed the plaintiffs in Grutter and Gratz, colorblindness is an absolute imperative, prohibiting race-conscious decision-making in all but the most dire situations. This insistence on formal colorblindness has lead to the conclusion in several recent court cases that race-conscious …

An Ethics Critique Of Interference In Law School Clinics, Robert R. Kuehn, Peter A. Joy

Scholarship@WashULaw

Law school clinics play an important role in training future lawyers and in providing legal assistance to traditionally under-represented individuals and groups. In addition to facing the legal issues present in any law practice, law clinic students and faculty are often confronted with ethical issues that lawyers representing poor and unpopular clients sometimes face - outside interference in case and client selection. This article explores the ethical considerations raised by interference in law school clinic case and client selection and limitations on the means of representation lawyers may employ in representing their clients. The article's analysis provides a useful framework …

Millennium (2003)

Millennium, 1997-2005

VCU's literary and arts magazine.

Hosford-Abernethy Bicycle And Pedestrian Connections: An Alternative Routes Analysis Linking Se Clinton Street And The Eastbank Esplanade, Shannon Axtell, Evan Mackenzie, Brady Smith, Allison Wildman

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects

SE Clinton is a popular bicycle route for commuter, utilitarian and recreational bicyclists that fails to provide a safe and direct connection to the Eastbank Esplanade and downtown Portland. Furthermore, residents in the Hosford-Abernethy and Brooklyn neighborhoods do not have a safe bicycle and pedestrian connection to access the Eastbank Esplanade. This gap in the bicycle and pedestrian network must be removed to serve the needs of bicyclists and pedestrians.

This project presents four alternative bicycle and pedestrian routes that connect the Eastbank Esplanade and the SE Clinton bikeway through the Central Eastside Industrial District. Each alternative, with improvements, is …

Equipping Women For Leadership In A Wesleyan Church, J. Gaile Smith

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Grace, Amanda Jean Briggs

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.

Robert D. Kaplan: The Ends Of The Earth Study Guide, 2001-2003, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Robert Kaplan’s writing echoes some of the familiar motifs of literature – particularly the epic or the quest. This is his personal journey, like Marlow’s in The Heart of Darkness or Dante’s in The Inferno. The first chapter title refers to Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1768).

Robert Heineman: Authority And The Liberal Tradition: Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Down But Not Out: The Future Of The Financial Services Industry, Arindam Bandopadhyaya, Miranda Detzler, Mohsin Habib

Financial Services Forum Publications

The financial services industry is a key sector of the U.S. economy. It is a noteworthy contributor to the overall gross domestic product and is an important component of the gross state product for many states. With the downturn in the economy at the beginning of this decade and the accompanying declines in stock market values, the industry has been hit hard. Asset management firms have experienced sharp decreases in their assets under management; banks and insurance companies have had to refocus their operations and have become increasingly vulnerable to acquisition. As evidence grows stronger that it is unlikely that …

The Ethics Of Sport : Moral Guidelines For Effective Coaching, Jennifer Lynne Whitemore

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

The coaching profession can be extremely rewarding but can have its share of complications as well. The ethical dilemmas that coaches face are often very difficult to manage because of their intricate nature. My project discusses several dilemmas and offers ethical and effective means for coaches to work through them.

Storm Effects On Regional Beach Water Quality Along The Southern California Shoreline, Rachel T. Nobel, Stephen B. Weisberg, Molly K. Leecaster, Charles D. Mcgee, John Dorsey, Patricia Vainik, Victoria Orozco-Borbón

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Works

Two regional studies conducted during dry weather demonstrated that the Southern California Bight (SCB) shoreline has good water quality, except near areas that drain land-based runoff. Here, we repeat those regional studies 36 h after a rainstorm to assess the influence of runoff under high flow conditions. Two hundred and fifty-four shoreline sites between Santa Barbara, California and Ensenada, Mexico were sampled using a stratified-random sampling design with four strata: sandy beaches, rocky shoreline, shoreline adjacent to urban runoff outlets that flow intermittently, and shoreline adjacent to outlets that flow year-round. Each site was sampled for total coliforms, fecal coliforms …

Comment: Where Does Creativity Come From ? And Other Stories Of Copyright, Michael J. Madison

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

What An Arbitrator Should Investigate And Disclose: Proposing A New Test For Evident Partiality Under The Federal Arbitration Act, Lee Korland

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Government Against Two: Ethel And Julius Rosenberg's Trial, Atossa M. Alavi

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Filtering Out Protection: The Law, The Library, And Our Legacies, David F. Norden

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Businessperson's Perspective Concerning Joint Ventures, Daniel F. Austin

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Governing Alliances: Advancing Knowledge And Controlling Opportunism, Susan R. Helper

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

Chemical Vapor Deposited Diamond Films For Self-Referencing Fiber Optic Raman Probes, Sacharia Albin, Jianli Zheng, Bing Xiao, John B. Cooper, Robert B. Jeffers, Sonia Antony

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Diamond thin films grown by the microwave plasma enhances chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process have been investigated as an internal reference in fiber optic remote Raman sensing. The growth parameters have been optimized for diamond thin films on quarts substrates using a gas mixture of methane, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen. The resulting films exhibit essentially no Raman spectral background while exhibiting a strong Raman peak at 1332 cm^-¹. The films are used as an internal reference in the quantitative measurement of chemical concentration using remote fiber optic Raman sensing. Internal referencing is accomplished by normalizing all spectral intensities …

Feasibility Of Radiographic Absorptiometry Of The Mandible As An Osteoporosis Screening Method, Julie A. Skipper

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this work was to develop and evaluate single- and dual-energy radiographic absorptiometry (RA) for the measurement of mandibular bone mineral density (BMD), using standard dental equipment, that would allow for inexpensive and widespread osteoporosis screening. Accurately measured x-ray tube spectra are important for validating the simulations used in the design of the method. A constrained least-squares deconvolution technique for reducing the detector-induced blurring of the energy spectrum was developed. Application of this analytic correction to spectra acquired with a NaI-photomultiplier detector improved the measured data by 20-60%. Implementation of the screening method is accomplished by simultaneously acquiring …

Innovative Forced Response Analysis Method Applied To A Transonic Compressor, Timothy M. Hutton

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

A set of inlet guide vane (IGV) unsteady surface pressure measurements of a transonic compressor is presented. Using a flexible pressure sensor array, unsteady IGV suction-surface and pressure-surface pressures are acquired for six spanwise by five chordwise locations for various speed lines and throttle settings. Measurements from this sensor array are used to investigate unsteady vane/blade interaction aeromechanical forcing functions in a modern, highly loaded compressor stage. A significant effect is shown on the unsteady forced response of the IGV with changes in compressor operating point and IGV/rotor axial spacing for various span and chord locations. In particular, variations in …

Plastic Dissipation Energy In Mixed-Mode Fatigue Crack Growth On Ductile Bimaterial Interfaces, Jeremy S. Daily

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

A new theory of fatigue crack growth in ductile solids has recently been proposed based on the total plastic energy dissipation per cycle ahead of the crack. This and previous energy-based approaches in the literature suggest that the total plastic dissipation per cycle can be closely correlated with fatigue crack growth rates under Mode I loading. The goal of the current study is to extend the dissipated energy approach to steady-state crack growth under mixed-mode loading conditions, with application to cyclic delamination of ductile interfaces in layered materials. The total plastic dissipation per cycle is obtained by 2-D elastic-plastic finite …

Characterization Of A Viscoplastic Constitutive Model And Its Application For The Finite Element Analyses Of A Stirling Space Power Converter Heater Head, Ali Abdul-Aziz, David Krause, M. Tong

United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Publications

NASA has identified the Stirling power converter as a prime candidate for the next generation power system for space applications requiring 60,000 hours of operation. To meet this long-term goal, several critical components of the power converter were analyzed using advanced structural assessment methods. Perhaps the most critical component, because of its geometric complexity and operating environment, was the power converter’s heater head. Low-cycle fatigue and creep experiments on a nickelbase superalloy, Udimet 720 LI (lowinclusions) and viscoplastic analyses for the Stirling starfish heater head were conducted. All testing was performed at temperatures of 625 to 820±C in air. This …

A Deterministic Interfacial Cyclic Oxidation Spalling Model, James L. Smialek

United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Publications

A series summation has been developed to model the iterative scale growth and spalling process of cyclic oxidation.

Parabolic scale growth has been assumed. Interfacial spallation of a constant area fraction was stipulated to occur only at the thickest portions. Inputs are the parabolic growth rate constant, spall area fraction, oxide stoichiometry, and cycle duration. Outputs include the net weight change, amount of oxygen and metal consumed, and amount of oxide spalled. Classic weight change curves are produced with an initial maximum and final linear weight loss rate. This simplicity allowed for representation by explicit algebraic functions for all outputs …

Use Of Modulus Of Rupture, Fatigue Resistance And Maturity In Determining Opening To Traffic Time For Concrete Pavements, J. Olek, Menashi D. Cohen, Charles F. Scholer, Deepak R. Mandrekar

JTRP Technical Reports

The main objective of this experimental and analytical research project was to develop maturity-based guidelines for early opening-to-traffic of concrete pavements in the state of Indiana. Currently, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) specifies that pavements can be opened to traffic when the concrete reaches the strength of at least 3.8 MPa (550 psi). During this study modulus of rupture (MOR) and maturity data were collected and strength gain characteristics were analyzed. Also, fatigue experiments were performed at different stress levels and ages. Based on the experimental results, modulus of rupture of concrete was correlated with corresponding fatigue life for …

Locked In Inequality: The Persistence Of Discrimination, Daria Roithmayr

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

In this Article, the author argues that the practice of charging school fees to attend public school is an example of locked-in discrimination that persists over time, even in the absence of intentional discrimination. Exploring the lock-in model of discrimination in the unique context of South Africa, Roithmayr makes two central points. First, discriminatory practices often become locked into institutional structures because high switching costs-the costs of moving from a discriminatory practice to an inclusive one—make it too difficult for an institution to discontinue discriminating. Even when institutional actors are fully committed to eradicating racial disparity, they may be constrained …