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Florida Sentinel Bulletin, November 8, 2011, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The November 8, 2011, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Spartan Daily November 8, 2011, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 137, Issue 39

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, November 8, 2011, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

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The Sun Star, Vol. 31 No. 10 (November 08, 2011), N/A N/A

Sun Star

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Accountability Of The Bank Of England, United Kingdom: Parliament: House Of Commons: Treasury Committee

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2011 - Graduate Elective Recital, Neiu Music Department

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Joseph Scholberg, Piano, Ryan Burnett, Alto Saxophone

Time Evolution Of The Reverse Shock In Sn 1006, P. Frank Winkler, Andrew J. S. Hamilton, Knox S. Long, Robert A. Fesen

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The Schweizer-Middleditch star, located behind the SN 1006 remnant and near its center in projection, provides the opportunity to study cold, expanding ejecta within the SN 1006 shell through UV absorption. Especially notable is an extremely sharp red edge to the Si II 1260 Å feature, which stems from the fastest moving ejecta on the far side of the SN 1006 shell—material that is just encountering the reverse shock. Comparing Hubble Space Telescope far-UV spectra obtained with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph in 2010 and with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph in 1999, we have measured the change in this feature …

Rethinking Extraordinary Circumstances, Scott Dodson

NULR Online

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State V. Satcher Respondent's Brief Dckt. 38278

Not Reported

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Structured Comparative Analysis Of Systems Logs To Diagnose Performance Problems, Karthik Nagaraj, Jennifer Neville, Charles Killian

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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State V. Caldwell Appellant's Brief Dckt. 38515

Not Reported

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The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

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Application Of Asymptotic Expansions For Maximum Likelihood Estimators' Errors To Gravitational Waves From Inspiraling Binary Systems: The Network Case, Salvatore Vitale, Michele Zanolin

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This paper describes the most accurate analytical frequentist assessment to date of the uncertainties in the estimation of physical parameters from gravitational waves generated by nonspinning binary systems and Earth-based networks of laser interferometers. The paper quantifies how the accuracy in estimating the intrinsic parameters mostly depends on the network signal to noise ratio (SNR), but the resolution in the direction of arrival also strongly depends on the network geometry. We compare results for 6 different existing and possible global networks and two different choices of the parameter space. We show how the fraction of the sky where the one …

November 8, 2011, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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The Fatca Provisions Of The Hire Act: Boldly Going Where No Withholding Has Gone Before , Melissa A. Dizdarevic

Fordham Law Review

In an effort to crack down on offshore tax evasion, the United States is implementing a new set of information reporting and withholding requirements on foreign banks and other foreign entities. These provisions, known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) provisions of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act, require thirty percent withholding of the entity’s U.S.-source income, unless they disclose specific information regarding their customers’ identities and account balances. While this may be an effective way to force foreign institutions into compliance, it also raises questions about how it will function within existing tax reporting systems, …

Giving Arbitration Some Credit: The Enforceability Of Arbitration Clauses Under The Credit Repair Organizations Act , Genevieve Hanft

Fordham Law Review

In today’s economy, the effects of a bad credit report are devastating to consumers. Individuals with poor credit history are often crippled in their ability to purchase even the smallest item, and consequently turn for help to credit repair organizations advertising services that cure bad credit. Frequently, however, these organizations merely accept high fees from customers already in dire financial straits, without improving their financial standing. To combat these predatory practices, Congress passed the Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA), which imposes several requirements on credit repair organizations. One such provision mandates that credit repair organizations give a form to each …

Blanket Policies For Strip Searching Pretrial Detainees: An Interdisciplinary Argument For Reasonableness , Daphne Ha

Fordham Law Review

In 2010, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Ninth Circuits joined the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in upholding the constitutionality of blanket strip search policies in correctional institutions. As a result, more government officials across the country can strip search arrestees and pretrial detainees as a matter of routine procedure without any reasonable suspicion that the detainees have contraband. These detainees include individuals without criminal histories who are arrested for traffic or other minor offenses, and who have done nothing to suggest that they are attempting to smuggle contraband into correctional facilities. This …

The Modern Common Law Of Foreign Official Immunity , Beth Stephens

Fordham Law Review

In Samantar v. Yousuf, 130 S. Ct. 2278 (2010), decided in June 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), the federal immunity statute, does not protect foreign government officials sued in U.S. courts. The decision resolved longstanding splits among the circuits and between the circuits and the Executive Branch on an issue that is key to international relations and hotly contested around the world: When are government officials immune from suit in the courts of a foreign state? The Court remanded to the lower court to determine whether common law immunity protects foreign officials …

Another Word On The President's Statutory Authority Over Agency Action , Nina A. Mendelson

Fordham Law Review

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Federal Power, Non-Federal Actors: The Ramifications Of Free Enterprise Fund, Harold J. Krent

Fordham Law Review

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Scientific Integrity: The Perils And Promise Of White House Administration , Heidi Kitrosser

Fordham Law Review

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Walk This Way: Do Public Sidewalks Qualify As Services, Programs, Or Activities Under Title Ii Of The Americans With Disabilities Act? , Sarah Jones

Fordham Law Review

In 2005, 54.4 million people in the United States reported some degree of disability. For many of these people—particularly the 13.5 million Americans who use wheelchairs, canes, crutches, or walkers—the issue of sidewalk accessibility is not merely one of convenience, but of civil rights and public safety. Faced with public sidewalks that are impassable due to disrepair, physical obstacles, or an absence of curb ramps, many individuals with disabilities are forced to choose between remaining housebound or traveling in the streets—posing a danger to both themselves and drivers. However, as disability activists push to resolve these shortcomings with an eye …

A Tale Of Three Sovereigns: The Nebulous Boundaries Of The Federal Government, New York State, And The Seneca Nation Of Indians Concerning State Taxation Of Indian Reservation Cigarette Sales To Non-Indians , Amanda M. Murphy

Fordham Law Review

This Note examines the conflict between New York State and the Seneca Nation of Indians regarding the taxation of cigarette sales to non-Indians on Indian reservations. In 1994, the United States Supreme Court found New York’s taxation scheme facially permissible without providing boundaries or guidance for the state’s subsequent enforcement. Seventeen years after the Court’s decision, no taxes have been collected on these sales. The issue involves conflicting spheres of federal, state, and tribal control. From 1965 to 1994, the Supreme Court balanced these competing interests, creating precedent that has failed to provide a definitive solution to this crisis. The …

The Twombly Standard And Affirmative Defenses: What Is Good For The Goose Is Not Always Good For The Gander , Anthony Gambol

Fordham Law Review

The United States district courts disagree as to whether the plausibility pleading standard for claims first described by the United States Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly also extends to affirmative defenses pled by defendants in federal courts. The divergent opinions result from conflicting interpretations of the language of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, standards of preferred practice, and notions of fairness. This Note examines the district courts’ arguments in deciding whether the Twombly standard extends to affirmative defenses. It identifies the quiddities of the courts’ reasoning through an analysis of their decisions and, based upon this …

Which Treaties Reign Supreme? The Dormant Supremacy Clause Effect Of Implemented Non-Self-Executing Treaties , Leonie W. Huang

Fordham Law Review

The Supremacy Clause includes treaties in the list of supreme laws which state judges are bound to uphold against conflicting state laws. However, as the U.S. Supreme Court most recently affirmed in Medellin v. Texas, not all Article II treaties receive this Supremacy Clause effect immediately upon ratification. Some treaties, known as non-self-executing treaties, are domestically unenforceable by United States courts until passage of federal legislation implementing the treaty. Based on this distinction between non-self-executing and self-executing treaties, courts have disagreed as to whether an implemented non-self-executing treaty can preempt state law or whether only the implementing legislation can have …

Extracting Compassion From Confusion: Sentencing Noncitizens After United States V. Booker, Francesca Brody

Fordham Law Review

A noncitizen facing a federal judge for sentencing confronts a demonstrably different future than an otherwise identical citizen. Deportation, immigration detention, harsher prison conditions, and a longer actual sentence may all await the noncitizen federal inmate. The U.S. Courts of Appeals have disagreed as to whether a district judge can consider those consequences in crafting a sentence under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. This Note argues that the circuit split results from circuit courts’ varying appellate scrutiny of sentencing decisions after United States v. Booker. To resolve the split, this Note encourages the U.S. Sentencing Commission to adopt an amendment to …

Arbitration Provisions: Little Darlings And Little Monsters , Stephen Friedman

Fordham Law Review

This Article takes a new approach to resolving the growing tension between the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and the unconscionability doctrine. While arbitration provisions are favored under the FAA, they are viewed far more skeptically by courts applying unconscionability to refuse enforcement of one-sided arbitration provisions. This tension, which has increased dramatically in recent years, represents a major fault line in contract law. Jurisprudence and commentary on this issue have assumed that courts have the authority to apply the unconscionability doctrine to arbitration provisions. This Article refutes that assumption, taking the position that Congress, in passing the FAA, removed from …

The Responsibilities Of Lead Lawyers And Judges In Multidistrict Litigation , Charles Silver

Fordham Law Review

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Two Views Of The Class Action , Alexandra D. Lahav

Fordham Law Review

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Fiduciaries And Fees: Preliminary Thoughts, Lynn A. Baker, Charles Silver

Fordham Law Review

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