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What’S Love Got To Do With It? A Proposal For Elevating The Status Of Marriage By Narrowing Its Definition, While Universally Extending The Rights And Benefits Enjoyed By Married Couples, James L. Musselman Jan 2009

What’S Love Got To Do With It? A Proposal For Elevating The Status Of Marriage By Narrowing Its Definition, While Universally Extending The Rights And Benefits Enjoyed By Married Couples, James L. Musselman

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

[...] opposite-sex couples desiring a traditional marriage could choose the option that generally adopts portions of the covenant marriage law enacted thus far by three states. According to Professors Jennifer Drobac and Antony Page, [b]efore the late eighteenth century, marriage typically only served one or more of three goals: (1) to consolidate wealth and resources, (2) to forge political alliances, and (3) to consummate peace treaties.


Pathways For Women To Obtain Positions Of Organization Leadership: The Significance Of Mentoring And Networking, Cindy A. Schipani, Terry M. Dworkin, Angel Kwolek-Foll, Virginia G. Maurer Jan 2009

Pathways For Women To Obtain Positions Of Organization Leadership: The Significance Of Mentoring And Networking, Cindy A. Schipani, Terry M. Dworkin, Angel Kwolek-Foll, Virginia G. Maurer

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Bfoq Defense: Title Vii’S Concession To Gender Discrimination, Katie Manley Jan 2009

The Bfoq Defense: Title Vii’S Concession To Gender Discrimination, Katie Manley

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

Should the BFOQ exception still exist? Because permitting discrimination under Title VII seems fundamentally contrary to the anti-discrimination purpose of the statute, this article questions whether the BFOQ defense is consistent with the aims of Title VII or whether, in actuality, the defense undermines the Act's effectiveness by providing a loophole for employers to participate in the discriminatory practices Title VII seeks to forbid.


Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, Richard Hunter Jan 2009

Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, Richard Hunter

Syllabi

The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2004. Frank, Thomas Edward. Polity, Practice, and the Mission of The United Methodist Church, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2006. Optional Tuell, Jack M. The Organization of the United Methodist Church 2005-2008, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005. Recommended Resources/Books


The Guide For Future Preservation In Historic Districts Using A Creative Approach: Charleston, South Carolina's Contextual Approach To Historic Preservation, Hunter S. Edwards Jan 2009

The Guide For Future Preservation In Historic Districts Using A Creative Approach: Charleston, South Carolina's Contextual Approach To Historic Preservation, Hunter S. Edwards

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Raid Of The Masses: How The Seizure Of Flds Children Supports Applying The Traditional Criminal Law Exigent Circumstances Exception In The Child Removal Context, Lorna Cobb Jan 2009

Raid Of The Masses: How The Seizure Of Flds Children Supports Applying The Traditional Criminal Law Exigent Circumstances Exception In The Child Removal Context, Lorna Cobb

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Co 670 Marriage And Family Counseling, Virginia Todd Holeman Jan 2009

Co 670 Marriage And Family Counseling, Virginia Todd Holeman

Syllabi

Friedman, E. (1985). Generation to Generation. New York: Guildford Press. Gottman, J. M. & Silver, N. (1999) The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. New York: Three Rivers Press. Guerin, P.J., Jr., Forgarty, T. F., Fay, L.F., Kautto, J. G. (1996). Working with Relationship Triangles. New York: Guilford Press. McGoldrick, M. et al. (1999). Genograms in Family Assessment (3nd Ed.). New York: Norton. Stanley, S., et al. (1998). The Lasting Promise. Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 0-7879-3983-


Reflections On Loving And Children's Rights, Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, Kelly Reese Jan 2009

Reflections On Loving And Children's Rights, Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, Kelly Reese

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Collaborative Law: A New Tool For The Lawyer's Toolkit, Susan Daicoff Jan 2009

Collaborative Law: A New Tool For The Lawyer's Toolkit, Susan Daicoff

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Stopping For Death: Re-Framing Our Perspective On The End Of Life, Ruth C. Stern, J. Herbie Difonzo Jan 2009

Stopping For Death: Re-Framing Our Perspective On The End Of Life, Ruth C. Stern, J. Herbie Difonzo

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Personalizing First Amendment Jurisprudence: Shifting Audiences & Imagined Communities To Determine Message Protection In Obscenity, Fighting Words, And Defamation, Clay Calvert Jan 2009

Personalizing First Amendment Jurisprudence: Shifting Audiences & Imagined Communities To Determine Message Protection In Obscenity, Fighting Words, And Defamation, Clay Calvert

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.


The Father's Rights Movement, Law Reform, And The New Politics Of Fatherhood: Some Reflections On The Uk Experience, Richard S. Collier Jan 2009

The Father's Rights Movement, Law Reform, And The New Politics Of Fatherhood: Some Reflections On The Uk Experience, Richard S. Collier

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.


A Historical Analysis And Performer's Guide To Sergei Prokofiev's Sonata For Solo Or Unison Violins, Op.115, Joanna Steinhauser Jan 2009

A Historical Analysis And Performer's Guide To Sergei Prokofiev's Sonata For Solo Or Unison Violins, Op.115, Joanna Steinhauser

LSU Major Papers

Sergei Prokofiev composed his last work for violin in 1947, the Sonata for Solo or Unison Violins, Op. 115. This work stands apart from Prokofiev’s other works because it serves the dual purpose of both solo or unison sonata, and is the least performed or recorded work among the violin repertoire of Prokofiev. This work was written exactly at the point in Soviet history when its government launched official attacks on many composers including Prokofiev, and was never performed during Prokofiev’s lifetime. Nevertheless, the work represents an important point in Prokofiev’s career, during the final stages of his Soviet period, …


Connecting Mathematics And The Applied Science Of Energy Conservation, R. E. Carbone, J. M. Pearce Jan 2009

Connecting Mathematics And The Applied Science Of Energy Conservation, R. E. Carbone, J. M. Pearce

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

To effectively teach science in the elementary classroom, pre-service K-8 teachers need a basic understanding of the underlying concepts of physics, which demand a strong foundation in mathematics. Unfortunately, the depth of mathematics understanding of prospective elementary teachers has been a growing and serious concern for several decades. To overcome this challenge, a two-pronged attack was used in this study. First. students in mathematics courses were coupled with physical science courses by linking registration to ensure co-requisites were taken. This alone improved passing rates. Secondly, an energy conservation project was introduced in both classes that intimately tied the theoretical mathematics …


An Examination Of The Association Between Middle School Students' Perceptions Of Teacher Interactions, Home-School Dissonance, And School Attachment, Ruby Jewel Stevens Jan 2009

An Examination Of The Association Between Middle School Students' Perceptions Of Teacher Interactions, Home-School Dissonance, And School Attachment, Ruby Jewel Stevens

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether middle school students’ perceptions of teacher interactions and home-school dissonance are predictors of school attachment. The study sought to determine if there were differences in students’ perceptions of teacher interactions and home-school dissonance based on ethnicity, gender and/or grade level. This investigation is one of the first to explore the association between these variables.

Data for this investigation was obtained from a larger study where surveys were administered to over 800 racially diverse students in grades 6 through 8 in Language Arts classrooms in two public middle schools with diverse student …


"Seems Like Bein' Hard Is The Only Way I Kin Stand It": The Softening Of Ma Baxter In Clarence Brown's Adaptation Of The Yearling, Elizabeth Heffelfinger Jan 2009

"Seems Like Bein' Hard Is The Only Way I Kin Stand It": The Softening Of Ma Baxter In Clarence Brown's Adaptation Of The Yearling, Elizabeth Heffelfinger

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature

No abstract provided.


"Storm Fear": The Weather As Wilderness In The Modernist Imagination, Gregory Byrd Jan 2009

"Storm Fear": The Weather As Wilderness In The Modernist Imagination, Gregory Byrd

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature

No abstract provided.


Fellow-Feeling And Gender In The Law Of Personal Injury, Anita Bernstein Jan 2009

Fellow-Feeling And Gender In The Law Of Personal Injury, Anita Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Visits To A Small Planet: Rights Talk In Some Science Fiction Film And Television Series From The 1950s To The 1990s, Christine Corcos Jan 2009

Visits To A Small Planet: Rights Talk In Some Science Fiction Film And Television Series From The 1950s To The 1990s, Christine Corcos

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.


Infusing Multicultural Competence In Supervision: Current Practices For Student Affairs, K. Sean Mcgreevey Jr. Jan 2009

Infusing Multicultural Competence In Supervision: Current Practices For Student Affairs, K. Sean Mcgreevey Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to observe, describe and analyze what practices supervisors of student affairs professionals utilized in aiding their staffs’ multicultural competence development. Pope, Reynolds and Muller (2004) defined multicultural competence for student affairs professionals as “a distinctive category of awareness, knowledge, and skills essential for efficacious student affairs work; this category may assist student affairs practitioners in creating diverse and inclusive campuses” (p. 9). In Mueller and Pope’s (2001) study, respondents who had “discussions with supervisors about multicultural issues” (p. 140) were more likely to exhibit multicultural competence. In the 2001 study, “results suggest that the …


A Longitudinal Examination Of The Contribution Of Perceived Motor Competence And Actual Motor Competence To Physical Activity In 6 To 9 Year Old Children, Fleur Mcintyre Jan 2009

A Longitudinal Examination Of The Contribution Of Perceived Motor Competence And Actual Motor Competence To Physical Activity In 6 To 9 Year Old Children, Fleur Mcintyre

Theses

This study examined the relationship between perceived motor competence, actual motor competence and physical activity. In particular, it aimed to identify the impact of perceived motor competence (PMC), actual motor competence (AMC), and age and gender on the physical activity levels of young children. A number of factors have been identified as key contributors to children’s physical activity levels. However, there had been little investigation into their developing impact and subsequent relationship with emergent physical activity levels, particularly in the younger primary age groups.

Physical activity, AMC and PMC measures were collected from 6-, 7-, 8-, and 9-year-old boys and …


Moral Enquiry In A Pluralist Society: From Contention To Conversation, Philip Matthews Jan 2009

Moral Enquiry In A Pluralist Society: From Contention To Conversation, Philip Matthews

Theses

Over the last five hundred years, several conceptually incommensurable theories of ethics have been promulgated. For some moral philosophers, this incommensurability is a matter of deep concern because, in complex cases, there is no tradition-independent method for resolving moral conflict. More recently, a new discipline of applied or practical ethics has emerged. Practical ethics attempts to fill the void between rival moral theories by appealing, first, to the role of reason from an impartial observer perspective and, second, to decision making protocols based on moral principles. This ―first generation‖ attempt at codifying practical ethics failed to bridge the incommensurability gap …


Strafford County 2008 Annual Report Of The Commissioners, Treasurer, Other County Officers And The Strafford County Delegation Strafford County, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2008., Stafford County Representatives Jan 2009

Strafford County 2008 Annual Report Of The Commissioners, Treasurer, Other County Officers And The Strafford County Delegation Strafford County, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2008., Stafford County Representatives

Strafford County, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a county in the state of New Hampshire.


The One-Size-Fits-All Family, Margaret F. Brinig, Steven L. Nock Jan 2009

The One-Size-Fits-All Family, Margaret F. Brinig, Steven L. Nock

Journal Articles

Family policy and the law based on it assume universals. That is, if marriage improves the welfare of the majority of couples and their children, it is worth pushing as a policy initiative. Further, laws will be written (or kept on the books) that privilege marriage over other family forms. Similarly, research that tells us that divorce harms children except following the relatively small number of highly conflicted marriages, spawns efforts to preserve troubled marriages or even to roll back liberal or relatively inexpensive divorce laws. With yet another example, since adopted children mostly do better than children left either …


The Impact Of College Recreation Center Renovation On Overall Participant Utilization And Frequency, James R. Kilchenman Jan 2009

The Impact Of College Recreation Center Renovation On Overall Participant Utilization And Frequency, James R. Kilchenman

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research study was to investigate changes in student utilization of a campus recreation center following a two-year renovation project that added 3,500 square feet to the existing facility. The variables studied for this investigation were the recreation center user age, class level, ethnicity, and sex. Data for this study were collected though activity reports produced when users swiped their University ID cards for admission to the recreation center. Overall there was a 189% increase with unique users following the renovation project. Mean student uses also increased for most variable categories, most notably with freshman and sophomore …


Beyond Our Borders: The International Law Controversy Concerning The Writ Of Habeas Corpus And Guanta´Namo Bay, Michael Palitz Jan 2009

Beyond Our Borders: The International Law Controversy Concerning The Writ Of Habeas Corpus And Guanta´Namo Bay, Michael Palitz

Pace International Law Review

No abstract provided.


In Search Of A Cause: Addressing The Confusion In Proving Causation Of A Public Nuisance, Steven Sarno Jan 2009

In Search Of A Cause: Addressing The Confusion In Proving Causation Of A Public Nuisance, Steven Sarno

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.


Psychological Ownership: Theoretical Extensions, Measurement, And Relation To Work Outcomes, James B. Avey, Bruce Avolio, Craig Crossley, Fred Luthans Jan 2009

Psychological Ownership: Theoretical Extensions, Measurement, And Relation To Work Outcomes, James B. Avey, Bruce Avolio, Craig Crossley, Fred Luthans

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

Viewing psychological ownership as a positive resource for impacting human performance in organizations, the present study investigated the components of an expanded view of psychological ownership. Confirmatory factor analyses on a proposed measure of psychological ownership provided support for a positively-oriented, ‘‘promotion-focused’’ aspect of psychological ownership comprised of four dimensions: self-efficacy, accountability, sense of belongingness, and self-identity. In addition, territoriality was examined as a unique and more ‘‘prevention-focused’’ form of ownership. Practical implications and suggestions for future research on psychological ownership and positive organizational behavior conclude the article.


Inquiry Unplugged: Building On Hackman’S Potential Perils Of Pob, Fred Luthans, Bruce Avolio Jan 2009

Inquiry Unplugged: Building On Hackman’S Potential Perils Of Pob, Fred Luthans, Bruce Avolio

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

In this rejoinder to Hackman’s counterpoint piece on positive organizational behavior (POB), we again take a positive, inquiry approach. We address and build out each of his identified potential perils with the aim of accelerating the journey of POB understanding, research, and application.


Team Level Positivity: Investigating Positive Psychological Capacities And Team Level Outcomes, Bradley J. West, Jaime L. Patera, Melissa K. Carsten Jan 2009

Team Level Positivity: Investigating Positive Psychological Capacities And Team Level Outcomes, Bradley J. West, Jaime L. Patera, Melissa K. Carsten

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

The movement toward positive psychology has uncovered the important role that positivity plays in both individual and organizational success. Given that work teams are becoming increasingly embedded in organizational structures, it is surprising that few researchers have investigated positivity at the team level. The present study examines the emergence of team level positive psychological capacities and their relationship with team outcomes (e.g., cohesion, cooperation, coordination, and conflict and team satisfaction) during two team sessions. Results from 101 teams suggest that team optimism is an important predictor of team outcomes when teams are newly formed, whereas team resilience and team efficacy …