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G. Keith Richey: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 1), Squire L. Brown, G. Keith Richey

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Squire Brown interviewed G. Keith Richey on August 24, 2006 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Dr. Richey discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War. This is the first of two interviews with Dr. Richey.

Hundred-Day Assessment Finds Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias Becalmed, His Brother At The Helm, Mike Leffert

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

Proceedings Of 8th Bird Strike Committee Usa/Canada Annual Meeting: 21-24 August 2006

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 8th (2006)

Includes abstracts of 26 papers and 12 poster sessions. Complete in one document (39 pages).

William F. Bahret: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 1), Squire L. Brown, William F. Bahret

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Squire Brown interviewed William Bahret on August 22, 2006 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Mr. Bahret discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War.

Beyond Conspiracy? Anticipatory Prosecution And The Challenge Of Unaffiliated Terrorism, Robert Chesney

ExpressO

How early does criminal liability attach along the continuum between planning and committing a terrorist act? And in light of the answer to that question, have we struck an appropriate balance between the benefits of prevention and the off-setting costs in terms of a potentially-increased rate of false-positives and foregone opportunities to gather additional intelligence and evidence? These questions are pressing, particularly in light of statements from senior government officials that the Justice Department will be “forward-leaning” in its interpretation of its anticipatory-prosecution powers. My aim in this article is to establish a shared understanding regarding the first question in …

Four Years Of Growth In Latin America, Ladb Staff

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Sherman's March (In)To The Sea, Andrew S. Oldham

ExpressO

This Article argues that the Sherman Act is unconstitutional. At the very least, scholars and jurists must not take for granted Congress's ability to statutorily deputize the federal courts with common-lawmaking powers. The federal antitrust statute—which has been described as the Magna Carta of free enterprise—raises serious constitutional questions that have heretofore gone unexplored and unanswered. Specifically, it is difficult (if not impossible) to reconcile the Sherman Act with the separation of powers, the nondelegation doctrine, and the Supremacy Clause.

British National Parks For North Americans: What We Can Learn From A More Crowded Nation Proud Of Its Countryside, Federico Cheever

ExpressO

England and Wales contain twelve national parks coverings more than 10 percent of their landscape. Although these parks are managed as national resources, the vast majority of the land within their borders is privately owned. Although they are managed to preserve their natural qualities, they contain farms, towns and roughly 300,000 people. They contain nothing North Americans would consider wilderness. Although recognized national assets, nationally funded, they are administered by boards made up largely of local representatives. Since passage of the National Parks and Access to Countryside Act of 1949, the British have managed to develop a national park system …

Vincent Russo: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project, Squire L. Brown, Vincent J. Russo

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Squire Brown interviewed Vincent Russo on August 16, 2006 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Dr. Russo discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War.

The Changing Paradigms Of Satellite Reconnaissance, Creating Opportunities In The Small Satellite Industry, Mark Wilkinson

Small Satellite Conference

The mention of satellite reconnaissance brings to mind images of large spacecraft, centralized command centers, and vast rooms of image analysts reading license plates and following political leaders in foreign countries. This vision of the Cold War shaped a generation of design practices. With miniaturization, satellites are achieving greater capabilities in smaller packages. The end of the Cold War and an era of war against terrorism changed reconnaissance targets and objectives. These two factors created opportunities in space research and development for small companies and academic institutions. This paper examines 11 paradigms in satellite reconnaissance and how these paradigms are …

The Right To Self-Determination And Statehood: The Case Of Kosovo, Besfort Rrecaj

ExpressO

Introduction To explore self-determination is, in the words of Antonio Cassese”, a way of opening a veritable Pandora’s Box.” Indeed, the historical evolution of the concept reveals that it has been subjected to ambiguity, misconception and contradictory application. Over the years, it was redefined and re-applied on the basis of the interests of particular states. More recent events, namely the dissolution of the USSR and Yugoslavia, have given a new perspective to the meaning of self-determination. In this post Cold War era, greater attention is being paid to the enforcement of human rights and with it, a broader understanding of …

Eiu 4106-001: War Stories, John Kilgore

Fall 2006

No abstract provided.

Porous Fiber Formation In Polymer-Solvent System Undergoing Solvent Evaporation, Pratyush Dayal, Thein Kyu

College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering

Temporal evolution of the fiber morphology during dry spinning has been investigated in the framework of Cahn-Hilliard equation [J. Chem. Phys. 28, 258 (1958)] pertaining to the concentration order parameter or volume fraction given by the Flory-Huggins free energy of mixing [P. J. Flory, Principles of Polymer Chemistry (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1953), p. 672] in conjunction with the solvent evaporation rate. To guide the solvent evaporation induced phase separation, equilibrium phase diagram of the starting polymer solution was established on the basis of the Flory-Huggins free energy of mixing. The quasi-steady-state approximation has been adopted to account for …

Letters From The Communications Zone: Lt. Edwin Best In The Second World War., Jeremy Eugene Cobb

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The subject of this paper is the experiences and observations of Lt. Edwin Best of the 618th Ordnance Ammunition Company from 1943 until 1946. This includes time in the United States, England and France.

The primary sources for this paper include letters home from Lt. Best and an oral history transcript. Secondary sources have been used to place Lt. Best into the overall context of the war.

He made keen observations regarding the level of training before D-Day, comparisons of life in England and the US, from the "communications zone" in Normandy, as a temporary Judge Advocate General officer, and …

The Rise And Fall Of The Capital Asset – An Investigation Into The Aerospace Industry Dynamics And Emerging Small Satellite Missions , Stanley Kennedy, Jr., Todd Mosher, Quinn Young

Small Satellite Conference

Many studies have been conducted over the years on the relationship between spacecraft design, mission utility, cost/complexity, and the Aerospace community’s ability to “commoditize” spacecraft designs and/or missions. During the Fifties and Sixties, spacecraft were limited by launch vehicle throw-weight and technical performance limitations, particularly computer processing speeds. During the Seventies and into the Eighties the personal computer revolution enabled more and more processing capability to be utilized in spacecraft bus and mission designs. This resulted in industry developed, large, “Capital” assets that took years to design, develop, integrate, test, and eventually operate. These systems, due to the very nature …

Squire Brown: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 2), Christina Douglass, Squire L. Brown

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Christina Douglass interviewed Squire Brown on August 14, 2006 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Dr. Brown discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War. This is the second of two interviews with Dr. Brown.

An Acoustic / Radar System For Automated Detection, Localization, And Classification Of Birds In The Vicinity Of Airfields, Bruce Stewart, Sebastian Pascarelle, John Pinezich, T. Adam Kelly, Andreas Smith, Robert Maher

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 8th (2006)

Bird-aircraft collisions present a significant threat to military and commercial aircraft, and as bird populations and air traffic continue to grow, and airport/airbase operations continue to expand, the problem will steadily get worse. To help mitigate bird strike hazards, we propose a multi-sensor system consisting of ground radar and acoustic sensors that can directly monitor bird activity and provide an alert when a threat condition occurs. Radar offers a large detection range and the ability to detect in all weather conditions, while acoustic sensors allow the ability to detect targets in the midst of clutter and add the capability to …

Squire Brown: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 1), Christina Douglass, Squire L. Brown

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Christina Douglass interviewed Squire Brown on August 9, 2006 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Dr. Brown discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War. This is the first of two interviews with Dr. Brown.

Renegotiating Democracy In Public Space, Anna Brand

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Dissent is intricately linked to the qualities of public space. While the First Amendment protects dissent, historical legal and social mechanisms have regulated protest and its relationship with public space. In the latter half of the twentieth century, a rigorous legal framework has emerged to both protect and regulate protest. Yet free speech rights are highly contested. The media are complicit in relating protesters to violence. This perception has been thoroughly constructed in the media since the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle in 1999. The September 11th terrorist attacks have further amplified concerns for security in public spaces. The …

Steady State And Transient Dynamical Systems Analysis Of Uncoupled Roll Response For A Traditional Versus Advanced Hull Form, Sarah Eileen Juckett

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The two ships represented in this thesis are dramatically different in design, but both exhibit similar properties such as length and breadth. The traditional hull form is represented by a typical flare-sided design with a forward reaching bow while the advanced hull form has a modified tumblehome and a truncated bow. The difference in shapes provides an interesting problem, comparing the roll responses for these two very different vessels while keeping certain shape parameters such as length, beam, and draft constant.

Resilience And Resistance: Public Narratives From Post-Katrina New Orleans, Heather Price

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Narratives of resilience and resistance are applied by public editors in post-Katrina New Orleans in hopes of reordering the city's ruptured narrative. Using qualitative methods and grounded theory, the textual analysis of local newspaper editorials and letters to the editor, collected from the six month period between August 29, 2005 and February 28, 2006, have revealed categories of hope and struggle in acts of collective reaffirmation; of civility and leadership in expectations of personal transformation; and of self-reliance and civic engagement in acts of resistance. Discussion will focus on how editorialists work to create public narratives that will unite their …

Looting, Law, And Lawlessness, Stuart Green

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As recent incidents in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and other natural and man-made disasters have illustrated, the moral content of looting spans an extraordinarily wide continuum: At one end are predatory and exploitative acts that seem deserving of even greater punishment than ordinary acts of burglary and larceny. At the other end are cases of necessity, involving otherwise law-abiding citizens who, as a result of forces beyond their control, find themselves hungry and exposed to the elements. In between these two poles lies a wide range of conduct that often involves impoverished and alienated citizens living on the edges …

Most Popular Downloads -- July 2006

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The 200 most-often downloaded documents from the UNL Digital Commons during July 2006. With links.

Ifc To Contram Translator, Florida Solar Energy Center, Mangesh Basarkar

FSEC Energy Research Center®

Building security issues are of serious concern in the industry today. This paper will describe the design, development and testing of a software tool that can be effectively used to translate three dimensional building data sets of geometry, materials and HVAC components into an input file for the airflow and contaminant concentration simulation program CONTAM. The objective of the exercise is to allow for shorter turnaround time in evaluating IAQ strategies and building security related issues.

The software tool, 'fsIFCCTM', has been successfully tested to translate 3-D building elements like spaces, walls, doors, windows, and HVAC components like ducts, duct …

Limitations Of Receiver/Data Loggers For Monitoring Radiocollared Animals, Stewart W. Breck, Nathan Lance, Jean Bourassa

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

We evaluated the effectiveness of receiver/data loggers for monitoring the presence/absence of radiocollared animals in discrete areas. Our primary objective was to determine how variation in transmitter signal strength affected the size of area being monitored. This information will help researchers better manage the uncertainty related to determining an animal’s location relative to a discrete boundary. We used an adjustable attenuator to measure signal strength to determine the minimum number of decibels (dB) required to eliminate detection of a radio signal by receiver/data loggers. We quantified how dB varied depending upon orientation of the transmitter on the animal and distance …

Mine Action Support Group Update, Stacy Davis

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The following article highlights the recent activities of the Mine Action Support Group from the first quarterly U.N. newsletter of 2006, including updates on the United Nations Mine Action Service, the United Nations Development Programme and UNICEF.

The Ethical And Aesthetic Defense Of Animal Analogs: A Reply To Turner, Eric B. Litwack

Between the Species

Susan M. Turner (2005) has argued that the use of animal analogs ought to be considered categorically unethical on deontological, or rights-grounds, and that some but not all animal analogs are unethical on utilitarian grounds. I claim, on the contrary, that the use of most, if not all animal analogs can be justified from both the utilitarian and animal rights perspectives. Indeed, I believe that a convincing case is to be made for the thesis that animal analogs ought to be promoted actively, on ethical grounds. I hold this to be true of both food and clothing replacement analogs, although …

Understanding The Ottawa Convention’S Obligations To Landmine Victims, Kerry Brinkert

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The Ottawa Convention is unique for a number of reasons, not the least of which being that the Convention has linked obligations concerning the use of a weapon with a requirement that Convention signatories assist a victim wounded by that weapon. When the Convention was adopted in September 1997, this aspect, while lauded by diplomats and activists, was certain to be a challenge to implement. The real work began once the Convention entered into force and states had to act on this responsibility. This article discusses in particular the Convention’s victim assistance obligations.

Laguardia Faculty Publications: A Bibliography, Fourth Edition 2005, Clementine Lewis, Laguardia Community College

LaGuardia Community College Publications

LaGuardia Faculty Publications is produced every five years to showcase the published work of the faculty of LaGuardia Community College. This fourth edition covers the period from 1968 to 2005 and features forthcoming documents for the year 2005. The objective of this publication is to recognize and highlight the research and other scholarly endeavors of LaGuardia’s faculty. The publication includes a rich source of print and nonprint materials such as books, journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, art exhibitions, audiovisual materials and electronic formats. These materials reflect the faculty’s strong commitment to scholarship and their diverse interests and expertise. This …

An Alternative Perspective On Landmines And Vulnerable Populations, Shelby Weitzel

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

By offering a different view on the International Campaign to Ban Landmines’ dominant message concerning mine action, this article presents an argument for possible alternatives. The author brings up such points as a lack of discussion and an acceptance of facts without proper checking of research. In addition, suggestions of constructive use of landmines in the defense of vulnerable populations are made to refute the idea of a necessary worldwide ban.