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Group Judgments: Statistical Means, Deliberation, And Information Markets, Cass R. Sunstein

Articles

How can groups elicit and aggregate the information held by their individual members? There are three possibilities. Groups might use the statistical mean of individual judgments; they might encourage deliberation; or they might use information markets. In both private and public institutions, deliberation is the standard way of proceeding; but for two reasons, deliberating groups often fail to make good decisions. First, the statements and acts of some group members convey relevant information, and that information often leads other people not to disclose what they know. Second, social pressures, imposed by some group members, often lead other group members to …

Is Capital Punishment Morally Required? - Acts, Omissions, And Life-Life Tradeoffs Ethics And Empirics Of Capital Punishment, Cass R. Sunstein, Adrian Vermeule

Articles

Many people believe that the death penalty should be abolished even if as recent evidence seems to suggest, it has a significant deterrent effect. But if such an effect can be established, capital punishment requires a life-life tradeoff, and a serious commitment to the sanctity of human life may well compel, rather than forbid, that form of punishment. The familiar problems with capital punishment potential error, irreversibility, arbitrariness, and racial skew-do not require abolition because the realm of homicide suffers from those same problems in even more acute form. Moral objections to the death penalty frequently depend on a sharp …

Precautions Against What - The Availability Heuristic And Cross-Cultural Risk Perception Meador Lecture Series 2004-2005: Risk And The Law, Cass R. Sunstein

Articles

Because risks are on all sides of social situations, it is not possible to be globally "precautionary." Hence, the Precautionary Principle runs into serious conceptual difficulties; any precautions will themselves create hazards of one kind or another. When the principle gives guidance, it is often because of the availability heuristic, which can make some risks stand out as particularly salient, regardless of their actual magnitude. The same heuristic helps to explain differences across groups, cultures, and even nations in the perception of risks, especially when linked with such social processes as cascades and group polarization. One difficulty is that what …

Problems With Minimalism, Cass R. Sunstein

Articles

Much of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's work on the Supreme Court embodies a commitment to judicial minimalism, understood as a preference for narrow rulings, closely attuned to particular facts. In many contexts, however, that commitment is hard to justify, simply because it imposes severe decisionmaking burdens on others and may well create more, rather than fewer, errors. For this reason, a general preference for minimalism is no more defensible than a general preference for rules. The choice between narrow and wide rulings cannot itself be made by rules or even presumptions; it requires a case-by-case inquiry. The argument is illustrated …

Endorsement Retires: From Religious Symbols To Anti-Sorting Principles, Adam M. Samaha

Articles

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Undue Process: Congressional Referral And Judicial Resistance In The Schiavo Controversy Schiavo Case: A Symposium, Adam M. Samaha

Articles

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Medellin V. Dretke: Federalism Andinternational Law, Curtis A. Bradley, Lori F. Damrosch

Articles

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Errors And Missteps: Key Lessons The Iraqi Special Tribunal Can Learn From The Icty, Ictr, And Scsl, Michael P. Scharf, Ahran Kang

Faculty Publications

In a few months, the trial of Saddam Hussein and other former Iraqi regime leaders will begin before the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST). The IST is a unique "internationalized-domestic tribunal" whose Statute and Rules of Procedure are modeled upon the UN-created Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal (ICTY), Rwanda Genocide Tribunal (ICTR), and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), but whose judges are all Iraqis and whose courtroom is in Baghdad. There is much the IST can learn both from the successes and missteps of the ICTY, ICTR, and SCSL; many of the issues that will arise in the trials of …

Cd 663 Older Adult Ministry, Beverly C. Johnson-Miller

Syllabi

REQUIRED TEXTS The Force of Character and the Lasting Life by James Hillman (202 pages) Aging: God’s challenge to church and synagogue by Richard H. Gentzler, Jr., and Donald F. Clingan. (153 pages) Designing Older Adult Ministry by Richard H. Gentzler (96 pages) Senior Adult Ministry in the 21st century: Step-by-Step Strategies for Reaching People Over Fifty by David P. Gallagher (147 pages) Loses in Later Life: a new way of walking with God, 2nd edition by R. Scott Sullender ( 186 pages) Aging: The fulfillment of Life by Henri J. M. Nouwen (160 pages) Aging, Spirituality, and Religion, a …

Co 601 Counseling Theories And Techniques, Virginia Todd Holeman

Syllabi

Required Course Texts: Corsini, R. & Wedding, D. (2004). Current psychotherapies. (6th OR 7th edition). Itasca: IL: Peacock Publishers. Note: Both editions will most likely show up in class, where possible, please use the 6th edition, but if you have obtained the 7th edition, don’t worry! We can adjust as needed. Jones, S. L. & Butman, R. E. (1991). Modern psychotherapies: A comprehensive Christian appraisal. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press.

Website: 2005 Colby College Undergraduate Research Symposium, Colby College

Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)

Colby College Undergraduate Research Symposium 2005 Website

Contents:

Keynote Speaker

Schedule - Thursday

Schedule - Friday

Poster Program

Associated Sessions

Abstracts

Honors Program

Participating Departments/Programs

Colby College Catalogue 2005 - 2006, Colby College

Colby Catalogues

Colby College Catalogue: September 2005 - August 2006

Punishment Purposes, Richard Frase

Articles

No abstract provided.

Population Briefs, Vol. 11, No. 1, Population Council

Population Briefs

IN THIS ISSUE: Mixed success involving men in maternal care worldwide | Bengali perceptions of adult mortality trends distorted | Unsafe behaviors most common among poor women | Maternal health education needed in Pakistan

Racial Integration And Community Revitalization, Myron Orfield

Studies

This article, published in the Vanderbilt Law Review, uses a New Jersey court case?In re Adoption of the 2003 Low Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Allocation?to illustrate the tension between the FHA and the siting preferences in the LIHTC statute. It highlights a deep legal and philosophical contradiction in the United States between civil rights guarantees?particularly the duty to affirmatively further fair housing?and state and federal low-income housing policy.

Racial Integration And Community Revitalization: Applying The Fair Housing Act To The Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Myron Orfield

Articles

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2000-2005 Bibliography, Johann G. Roten

Marian Bibliographies

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Pediatric Neuro-Developmental And Behavioral Disorders. Practitioners’ Perspectives, Mohammed M. Jan

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: Developmental and behavioral (DB) disorders are commonly encountered in the general pediatric and neurology practices. There is a strong demand for trained developmental pediatricians and child psychiatrists in our region. In this study, we aimed to study practitioner’s experiences in dealing with these disorders and their referral practices. METHODS: Attendees of an international pediatric symposium on neuro-developmental and behavioral disorders were included. The symposium was conducted by the Department of Neurosciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Jeddah from 4-6th March, 2003. A structured 25-item questionnaire was designed to examine their demographics, training, practice and referral patterns. …

Denying Child Welfare Services To Delinquent Teens: A Call To Return To The Roots Of Illinois' Juvenile Court, Jeffrey M. Y. Hammer

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

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Director Primacy And Corporate Governance: Shareholder Voting Rights Captured By The Accountability/Authority Paradigm, Harry G. Hutchinson

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Constituent List 2004-2005, Bowling Green State University. Administrative Staff Council

Administrative Staff Council

The records of the Administrative Staff Council (UA-022) are available in print in the Center for Archival Collections.

Clinical Review Of Pediatric Epilepsy, Mohammed M. Jan

Neurosciences

Seizure disorders are very common and represent the most common cause of referrals to pediatric neurology. Epilepsy, defined as recurrent unprovoked seizures, is also common with a frequency of 4-8 cases per 1000 children. In Saudi Arabia, inherited neurological disorders, including epilepsy and genetic epilepsy syndromes, are more common because of the high rate of consanguinity. This article attempts to provide an updated overview of pediatric epilepsy and review the most recent diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines. Seizures in children have wide variations in clinical expression with age specific presentation. Although epilepsy is a clinical diagnosis, EEG often provides supportive evidence …

Anorexia Nervosa. Emphasis On Its Medical Complications, Abdulhameed A. Al-Habeeb, Naseem A. Qureshi

Neurosciences

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a well-recognized heterogeneous psychiatric disorder, associated with high morbidity and mortality with several medical complications. Besides a brief review, this paper also reports on a single female patient with AN. Eating disorders are reported to be slightly more common among western cultures, but developing countries are not immune to eating disorders. This patient showed both the psychopathology of abnormal eating behavior and serious physical complications and despite all possible treatment interventions, she ultimately died. We discuss different aspects of AN including the importance of constant social support from key relatives.

Transient Ischemic Attack And Ischemic Stroke, Risk Factors And Preventive Roles Of The First Contact Physicians, Akram M. Al-Mahdawi

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: This study had been designed to find the relative frequency of each of ischemic stroke’s risk factors and to evaluate the action of the first contact physician for transient ischemic attack (TIA) cases. METHODS: This study is a cross sectional study that enrolled 100 randomly selected patients with clinical and radiological diagnosis of ischemic stroke, who had attended Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq during the period between the 1st of January 2002 and the 1st of July 2002. RESULTS: The patients’ age range was 40-79 years old (mean 63.57 years, SD 8.31, coefficient of variation 0.31). Forty-four patients (44%) …

Prevalence Of Minor Psychiatric Illnesses Among Attendants Of A Primary Health Care Center In Northwestern Saudi Arabia, Nahar M. Al-Azemi, Brian Driver, Salem Khalil, Mohamed A. Salih

Neurosciences

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Florida Statute 63.042(3): A Policy Of Exclusion, Melissa Cusack

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

Nearly thirty years ago the state of Florida launched a campaign against homosexual adoptions. What began in Miami with a public debate over a referendum to make discrimination based on sexual orientation unlawful ended with a community divided and a welfare system taxed even further. "In 1977, Florida became the first state to statutorily ban adoption by gay or lesbian adults by enacting the homosexual adoption provision. Currently, it is the only state with such a prohibition."

He Hath A Heart For Harping: Stephen Harper And Election Spending In A Spendthrift Age, Richard Haigh

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

The decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in Harper v. Canada was not favourable to Stephen Harper. In a split decision, the Court held that the latest federal campaign spending limits were acceptable. This paper briefly examines the recent history of election financing laws in Canada and looks briefly at three distinct aspects of the Harper decision: The irony of Stephen Harper’s position in the case, evidential and conceptual problems associated with equating commercial speech with political speech, and an examination of whether financial restraints are of declining importance in an era where political influence is more subtly obtained. …

Is There A Perfect Diet? A Comparison Between The Atkins, South Beach, And Metabolic Typing Diets., Neil Habgood

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

This thesis will seek to answer the often perplexing question: "How should I eat in order to lose weight and feel better?" Is your goal to lose 10 pounds? Is your goal to lose 100 pounds? Or is your goal simply to live a healthy, pain-free lifestyle? In this paper I will examine two of the most popular diets today, The South Beach Diet and the Atkins Diet. I will compare these two diets to another diet known as The Metabolic Typing Diet. I will also explore the psychological impact of positive thinking and goals setting. Ultimately, I will be …

Choosing Your Baseline Carefully: Integrating Historical And Political Ecology In The Evaluation Of Environmental Intervention Projects, Danny De Vries

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

Environmental intervention projects aim to re-engineer the cultural landscape. Entering at a particular moment in time, such projects commonly produce a "baseline" analysis. This analysis captures elements in the environment that are later compared to measured changes the project claims to produce. Illustrated through a case study of a Tanzanian community conservation non-governmental organization, the argument made in this paper is that uncritical use of such baselines in measuring and evaluating environmental intervention projects is a practice that tends to impose ahistorical understandings of human-environmental relationships that have deep historical roots. The paper illustrates how an attempt to draw a …

China's Nuclear Force Modernization, Lyle Goldstein

Newport Papers

Relations between Washington and Beijing improved swiftly in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, especially in comparison to the nadir that had been reached during the April 2001 EP-3 incident. This new tide of cooperation has included counterterrorism initiatives, regional partnership in such complex situations as Afghanistan and North Korea, and even some modest agreement on the importance of maintaining the status quo with respect to Taiwan's status.