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Introduction To Dermoscopy, Deborah Bren Do

Department of Family Medicine

No abstract provided.

Fahrenheit 451, Center For Performing Arts

Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia

Promotional materials and playbill insert for the November 7 & 8, 2015 performances of Fahrenheit 451 by Governors State University's Theatre and Performance Studies.

Scholarworks Usage Report, 10-2015, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

This report has statistics about downloads and hits on Central Washington University's ScholarWorks site for October 2015

Alice Rodriguez-Contreras, Csusb

South Colton Oral History Project Collection

No abstract provided.

Post-Graduate Legal Training: The Case For Tax-Exempt Programs, Adam Chodorow, Philip T. Hackney

Journal Articles

The challenging job market for recent law school graduates has highlighted a fact well known to those familiar with legal education: A significant gap exists between what students learn in law school and what they need to be practice-ready lawyers. Legal employers historically assumed the task of providing real-world training, but they have become much less willing to do so. At the same time, a large numbers of Americans – and not just those living at or below the poverty line – are simply unable to afford lawyers. In this Article, we argue that post-graduate legal training, similar to post-graduate …

Responsible Accounting For Stakeholders, Jeffrey S. Harrison, Joyce Van Der Van Der Laan Smith

Accounting Faculty Publications

Through a critique of existing financial theory underlying current accounting practices, and reapplication of this theory to a broad group of stakeholders, this paper lays a normative foundation for a revised perspective on the responsibility of the public accounting profession. Specifically, we argue that the profession should embrace the development of standards for reporting information important to a broader group of stakeholders than just investors and creditors. The FASB has recently moved in the opposite direction. Nonetheless, an institution around accounting for stakeholders continues to grow, backed by a groundswell of support from many sources. Based on institutional theory, we …

Breaking Bad Science: Due Process As A Vehicle For Postconviction Relief When Convictions Are Based On Unreliable Scientific Evidence, Vincent P. Iannece

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

This Note argues that due process requires a new trial when scientific evidence necessary to the conviction becomes so unreliable as to call the validity of the jury’s verdict into question. Part I of this Note discusses how scientific evidence is admitted, the procedure for a convicted defendant’s postconviction relief once that evidence is deemed unreliable, and the constitutional protections that a convicted defendant is afforded under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Part II of this Note examines the divide among appellate courts as to whether the Due Process Clause requires a new trial when a …

Culture Shifting At Warp Speed: How The Law, Public Engagement, And Will & Grace Led To Social Change For Lgbt People, Stacey L. Sobel

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

This Article concludes that in order for culture shifting to occur, there has to be active engagement in advocacy on multiple fronts. The pace of cultural change would have been significantly slower if advocates had not pursued litigation, legislation, and public engagement strategies. Rule shifting and culture shifting would also have occurred more slowly but for the vigorous efforts of LGBT equality opponents. The competing advocacy efforts on both sides of LGBT issues have resulted in lawsuits and laws limiting the rights of the LGBT community in some instances and granting rights in others. These advocacy efforts created a …

The Justice Element Of Promissory Estoppel, Orit Gan

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

The contribution of this Article is threefold. First, it critiques the current case law for ignoring and neglecting the justice element of promissory estoppel. This goes against the specific wording of section 90 of the Restatement (Second) of Contracts and also against promissory estoppel’s rationale and purpose. Contrary to this approach, this Article suggests a robust justice element based on a theory of distributive justice.

Second, a more robust justice element will make the doctrine of promissory estoppel more meaningful. This will result in better protecting reliance, furthering trust and cooperation among parties, empowering disadvantaged parties, and making the …

The Half-Life & After-Life Of New Media, Nancy Austin

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

It is fitting to think of the half-life of new media using the time-based metaphor of radioactive decay. As a metaphor, an object’s half-life can be a useful way to talk about the potent technological modernity of new media and, like Walter Benjamin’s well-known notion of the aura, call attention to an object’s performativity. However, Benjamin’s aura remains a constant reminder of irrevocable originality whereas remarking on half-life references a quality that changes over time. But what happens after the rhetorical impact of being new has run its course? What is the life expectancy of once-new media and what of …

Faded But Not Forgotten: Thinking About The Records And Relics Of America's Earliest Forays In Photography, Jeffrey Mifflin

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

The first documented photographs in America were taken in the spring of 1839 by enthusiastic experimenters after studying recently arrived publications from England, detailing William Henry Fox Talbot's instructions for making photogenic drawings. The images have not survived, but meaning can nevertheless be found in the circumstances surrounding their production and disappearance.

Youth Matters: The Need To Treat Children Like Children, Vincent M. Southerland

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Dr. Panopticon, Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Drone, Caren Myers Morrison

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Emancipate The Flsa: Transform The Harsh Economic Reality Of Working Inmates, Patrice A. Fulcher

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Shining A Light: The Need For Independent Oversight In Juvenile Justice Facilities And Reform Of The Prison Litigation Reform Act, Christine Bella

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Fixation: An Obsessive Or Unhealthy Preoccupation Or Attachment, Katherine L. Vaughns

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Reshaping The Last Mile: Amending The Telecommunications Act To Spur Competition In The Broadband Internet Market, Andrew Lipkowitz

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

The Bitter Side Of Sweet Sixteen: Why New York Should Amend Its Juvenile Transfer Laws, Jordan K. Hummel

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

U.S. News' Views On Including Diversity In Our Best Law Schools Ranking, Robert Morse

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Are Call Packages Disregarding The Research On Dealing With Authentic Materials?, Ruth Harris, Ruth Harris Dr

The ITB Journal

Since the advent of the communicative method, authentic materials have been seen as an important source of input for second language acquisition. However they have been noticeably absent from CALL packages. This paper looks at the implications of the research on reading, and explores which areas of work on authentic materials can be successfully done using CALL, and areas which are best left to a classroom, groupwork or semi-autonomous environment. A model of an integrated approach proposes ways of maximising the potential of each, providing new challenges for the teacher and student alike.

Person To Person In Costa Rica, Tika Zbornik

2015-16 Field Notes

While still in the midst of their study abroad experiences, students at Linfield College write reflective essays. Their essays address issues of cultural similarity and difference, compare lifestyles, mores, norms, and habits between their host countries and home, and examine changes in perceptions about their host countries and the United States. In this essay, Tika Zbornik describes her observations during her study abroad program at Centro Cultural e Histórico José Figueres Ferrer in San Ramón, Costa Rica.

Marshall University Special Collections Digitization Workshop, Lori Thompson, Nat Debruin

Librarian Research

This workshop, Digitization 101: To Digitize or Not to Digitize? was presented at the West Virginia Library Association (WVLA) Fall Conference on October 6, 2015. The focus of the workshop was to introduce the participants to factors and considerations that should be taken into account prior to starting a digitization project for the preservation of textual and graphic materials. Also included was a technical session (Session 2) on the selection of hardware and software for digitization as well as accepted best practices.

A Revitalization Plan For Dekalb, Il, Mim Evans, Brian Richard

Reports, Whitepapers, Articles, and Other Publications

The City of DeKalb advanced to the semi-finals of the America’s Best Communities Competition. This report was the key piece in the City’s competitive entry. The report presents a number of projects designed to work together to create a sustainable basis for economic growth. A number of the proposed projects are in various stages of planning and development

'I Want To Lead By Actions' Nelson Awarded In The Big South All-Conference First Team, Matthew Johnson

GWU-Today

Gardner-Webb men’s basketball player Tyrell Nelson was one of five college basketball players awarded in the Big South Preseason All-Conference First Team during the Big South Media Day on Oct. 26.

The Echo: November 6, 2015, Taylor University

2015-2016 (Volume 103)

Chickens across the road (almost) – Pre-K partnerships – Molding young artists – Forbidden fruit for thought – Ancient Israeli Science – In The Loop – A house divided – Anonymous hacks the KKK – Fostering love – Quake shakes Afghanistan and Pakistan – All hail The Bean – Registration rush – Grandma Gracie – Noveling in November – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – First step into fiction – Chords of culture – Paul’s Picks – A child-free family – Sex, words and buffalo – Out of the Loop – Shooting for the stars – Weekly Preview – …

Surakiart Sathirathai [Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister], Surakiart Sathirathai

Digital Narratives of Asia

A former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, Surakiart Sathirathai is a long-time academic and who has also sat on many boards of companies. He shares with DNA his thoughts on the qualities that make a good leader, as well as what is lacking in leaders today – the ability to communicate to their followers.

Adjunct Instructor Wins Tourism Award, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Volume Cxxxiii, Number 8, November 6, 2015, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Campus Report, Vol. 43, No. 3, University Of Dayton

Campus Report

The publication for faculty and staff of the University of Dayton. This issue includes September in the News, Dayton Peace Accords at 20, UD divests from fossil fuels, a new endowment, and upcoming attractions.

Scene & Herd, November 6, 2015, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Division Of University Relations

Points of Pride, Scene & Herd, and E-News

The November 6, 2015, issue of Scene & Herd, a newsletter for faculty and staff at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.