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Frank, Diane. 2009. Gabby's Wordspeller Phonetic Dictionary. Rainier, WA: DMFrank Publishing.
REF RE1153.F72 2009
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Geared towards people with dyslexia, this book would likely be useful for anyone who has difficulty looking up words in a standard dictionary, including those who find themselves in circumstances where dialects or accents have caused a misunderstanding of the pronunciation. The book includes brief but complete directions for finding base words along with prefixes and suffixes. It doesn't cover proper nouns at all, and for complete definitions and correct pronunciations, this book should be used in conjunction with a standard dictionary.
Our edition is revised and condensed. The accompanying CD includes a powerpoint presentation for PC computers on using the resource, along with Mozart accompaniment, which may be helpful for auditory learners.
30 Kasım 2012 Cuma
Black's Legal Dictionary
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Garner, Bryan A. 2009. Black's Law Dictionary, Standard Ninth Edition. St. Paul, MN: Thomson West.
REFERENCE KF156.B53 2009
You’ll find so much more than just definitions in the 9th edition of Black’s Law Dictionary. Want to dazzle your friends with witty legal maxims, find out what a particular abbreviation means, or determine just what the “Office of Thrift Supervision” does? Black’s Law Dictionary can help.
The definitions cover legal terms, organizations and government offices, and legislative acts. The entries are robust, with many describing the origin of the term, the date of first use, a subject matter tag identifying the associated field of law, cross references to related entries, a quotation about the term from another legal source, and citations to West’s key number system. Explanatory or encyclopedic information frequently appears together with the definition. For example, the entry for “ex post facto law” provides a definition (“A law that impermissibly applies retroactively…”) but also tells us that “Ex post facto criminal laws are prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.” Many entries include subentries for terms relating to the same general topic. So if you want to find out what types of insurance exist, just look up “insurance,” and you’ll find over 100 subentries ranging from “accidental and health insurance” to “whole-life insurance.”
Among the eight appendices, you'll find legal abbreviations, legal maxims, the United States Constitution, a list of all of the members of the Supreme Court, and the British Regnal Years (just in case you want to find out when Queen Victoria reigned).
O'Connor Critiques State Judicial Elections
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Last Friday, the New York Times published a short opinion piece by former Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor. In this column, O'Connor expresses her dismay for the partisan election of judges at the state level. Her greatest concern is the power of campaign contributors in judicial elections and the possibility of inhibitted justice.
In contrast, she proposes a merit-based system for the selection of judges that could help states save money and bring talented candidates to the forefront.
For the full article, visit http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/opinion/23oconnor.html.
Hat tip for Karen Kalnins for the referal.
In contrast, she proposes a merit-based system for the selection of judges that could help states save money and bring talented candidates to the forefront.
For the full article, visit http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/opinion/23oconnor.html.
Hat tip for Karen Kalnins for the referal.
Google's Collection of Unsecured Wi-Fi Data Prompts Investigations
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In May, the Energy and Commerce Committee of US House of Representative sent a letter to Google inquiring about the "huge amounts of data sent over private Wi-Fi networks while documenting the streets of our country for its Google Street View Product." The letter expressed specific concern that "Google did not disclose until long after the fact that consumers' Internet use was being recorded, analyzed and perhaps profiled." Google's response indicates that it "mistakenly" collected the data and that "the data has never been used in any Google product or service, nor do we intend to use it."
According to a Jurist Legal News & Research, Google data collection is also a subject of investigation in Australia and Canada; and several other nations have also become interested in data collected by Google.
According to a Jurist Legal News & Research, Google data collection is also a subject of investigation in Australia and Canada; and several other nations have also become interested in data collected by Google.
From Land's End to Stadium
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I haven’t included a predominantly sports-oriented blog entry in Pragmatism Refreshed since February. And that was simply my brief reaction to the loss of the Patriots in the Super Bowl.
So now I break the sports drought with a few words about the upcoming Summer Olympics.
Last week the Olympic flame arrived in the United Kingdom, for an 8,000 mile relay that begins at Land’s End.
Land’s End, by the way, is what it sounds like. It is the bit of southwest England where the Channel meets the Atlantic at a point.
I remember reading a book about the Spanish Armada with the clever chapter title, “From Finisterre to Land’s End.”
Why is that clever? Well, because “finisterre” rather transparently means “land’s end,” and because the pertinent Finisterre in this case is the headline of Galicia in northwest Spain. So the chapter in question described the pre-battle portion of the Armada’s travels, before they arrived close enough for Drake to challenge them.
Anyway, the torch began its relay in Land’s End, in the hands of Ben Ainslie, and before it reaches the stadium in London that will host the Games, it will have passed through 8,000 pairs of hands over a period of ten weeks.
Why Ben Ainslie? He has been a standout athlete for the UK in each of the last four summer games in sailing events, wnning silver in 1996 and gold in 2000. In those first two games he sailed in what is known as the Laser class. Then he moved up to the Finn class (larger craft) and won gold both in 2004 and 2008.
For those who are curious, Laser looks like this.
I haven’t included a predominantly sports-oriented blog entry in Pragmatism Refreshed since February. And that was simply my brief reaction to the loss of the Patriots in the Super Bowl.
So now I break the sports drought with a few words about the upcoming Summer Olympics.
Last week the Olympic flame arrived in the United Kingdom, for an 8,000 mile relay that begins at Land’s End.
Land’s End, by the way, is what it sounds like. It is the bit of southwest England where the Channel meets the Atlantic at a point.
I remember reading a book about the Spanish Armada with the clever chapter title, “From Finisterre to Land’s End.”
Why is that clever? Well, because “finisterre” rather transparently means “land’s end,” and because the pertinent Finisterre in this case is the headline of Galicia in northwest Spain. So the chapter in question described the pre-battle portion of the Armada’s travels, before they arrived close enough for Drake to challenge them.
Anyway, the torch began its relay in Land’s End, in the hands of Ben Ainslie, and before it reaches the stadium in London that will host the Games, it will have passed through 8,000 pairs of hands over a period of ten weeks.
Why Ben Ainslie? He has been a standout athlete for the UK in each of the last four summer games in sailing events, wnning silver in 1996 and gold in 2000. In those first two games he sailed in what is known as the Laser class. Then he moved up to the Finn class (larger craft) and won gold both in 2004 and 2008.
For those who are curious, Laser looks like this.
29 Kasım 2012 Perşembe
CFPs/New Issues of EJML, Geopolitics, Immig. & Min., Interventions, J. Immig. & Min. Health, Quebec Bull.
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News:
Refuge recently underwent two changes: First, it is now Canada's Journal on Refugees, rather than "Periodical." And second, it is now officially Open Access. In the past, articles had been made available online in full at no cost, in tandem with the release of the print version. The latter has now been dispensed with, and Refuge is online only.
Calls for papers:
Forced Migration Review
- Issue on "Fragile States"; submission deadline is 7 January 2013.
- Reminder: deadline for submissions to issue on "Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity" is 3 December 2012.
Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration
- Submissions sought for vol. 3, no. 1, to be published in April 2013; the deadline is 14 February 2013.
New issues:
Bulletin de veille stratégique, vol. 9, no. 3 (Sept. 2012) [full-text via Oppenheimer Chair]
- Mix of articles including "Parrainage privé des réfugiés au Canada : Quel passé? Quel avenir?" and "Année 2011, la pire de la décennie pour les réfugiés."
European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 4, no. 4 (2012) [contents]
- Mix of articles.
Geopolitics, vol. 17, no. 2 (2012) [contents]
- Special issue on "The Geopolitics of Migration and Mobility"; includes "The Geopolitics of Migrant Mobility: Tracing State Relations through Refugee Claims, Boats, and Discourses" and several articles on detention and deportation.
Immigrants & Minorities, vol. 30, nos. 2-3 (2012) [contents]
- Special issue on "Refugees in Britain: Cultural and Political Transfer since c.1830"; the preface and introduction are freely available in full-text.
Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, vol. 14, no. 3 (2012) [contents]
- Special issue on "Cinemas of Displacement and Destitution."
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, vol. 14, no. 6 (Dec. 2012) [contents]
- Special focus on chronic disease; includes three articles on refugees.
Tagged Periodicals.
Refuge recently underwent two changes: First, it is now Canada's Journal on Refugees, rather than "Periodical." And second, it is now officially Open Access. In the past, articles had been made available online in full at no cost, in tandem with the release of the print version. The latter has now been dispensed with, and Refuge is online only.
Calls for papers:
Forced Migration Review
- Issue on "Fragile States"; submission deadline is 7 January 2013.
- Reminder: deadline for submissions to issue on "Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity" is 3 December 2012.
Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration
- Submissions sought for vol. 3, no. 1, to be published in April 2013; the deadline is 14 February 2013.
New issues:
Bulletin de veille stratégique, vol. 9, no. 3 (Sept. 2012) [full-text via Oppenheimer Chair]
- Mix of articles including "Parrainage privé des réfugiés au Canada : Quel passé? Quel avenir?" and "Année 2011, la pire de la décennie pour les réfugiés."
European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 4, no. 4 (2012) [contents]
- Mix of articles.
Geopolitics, vol. 17, no. 2 (2012) [contents]
- Special issue on "The Geopolitics of Migration and Mobility"; includes "The Geopolitics of Migrant Mobility: Tracing State Relations through Refugee Claims, Boats, and Discourses" and several articles on detention and deportation.
Immigrants & Minorities, vol. 30, nos. 2-3 (2012) [contents]- Special issue on "Refugees in Britain: Cultural and Political Transfer since c.1830"; the preface and introduction are freely available in full-text.
Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, vol. 14, no. 3 (2012) [contents]
- Special issue on "Cinemas of Displacement and Destitution."
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, vol. 14, no. 6 (Dec. 2012) [contents]
- Special focus on chronic disease; includes three articles on refugees.
Tagged Periodicals.
Focus: Climate/Environmental Change
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"Climate Change and Migration: An Overview," Chapter in The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Feb. 2013) [free full-text]
Climate Change: Natural Disasters Made History in 2011 (IRIN, Nov. 2012) [text]
The Climate Reality Project: Climate Displacement in Africa (Refugees International, Nov. 2012) [access]
Climate-Related Migration Often Short Distance and Cyclical, Not International (Worldwatch Institute, Nov. 2012) [text]
Environmental Change and Migration: Perspectives for Future Action, Briefing Paper 15/2012 (German Development Institute, Nov. 2012) [text]
"Environmentally-induced Migration, Theoretical and Methodological Research Challenges," Chapter in The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Feb. 2013) [free full-text]
"Environmentally-induced Migration, Vulnerability and Human Security: Consensus, Controversies and Conceptual Gaps for Policy Analysis," Policy Arena Focus Section, Journal of International Development, vol. 24, no. 8 (Nov. 2012) [contents]
"Should the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Recognize Climate Migrants?," Environmental Research Letters, vol. 7, no. 4 (2012) [open access article]
- Note: This article is included in a special focus section on "Environmental Risks and Migration: Causes and Consequences."
"Sinking Islands? Formulating a Realistic Solution to Climate Change Displacement," New York University Law Review, vol. 87, no. 4 (Oct. 2012) [full-text]
Tagged Publications.
"Climate Change and Migration: An Overview," Chapter in The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Feb. 2013) [free full-text]Climate Change: Natural Disasters Made History in 2011 (IRIN, Nov. 2012) [text]
The Climate Reality Project: Climate Displacement in Africa (Refugees International, Nov. 2012) [access]
Climate-Related Migration Often Short Distance and Cyclical, Not International (Worldwatch Institute, Nov. 2012) [text]
Environmental Change and Migration: Perspectives for Future Action, Briefing Paper 15/2012 (German Development Institute, Nov. 2012) [text]
"Environmentally-induced Migration, Theoretical and Methodological Research Challenges," Chapter in The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Feb. 2013) [free full-text]
"Environmentally-induced Migration, Vulnerability and Human Security: Consensus, Controversies and Conceptual Gaps for Policy Analysis," Policy Arena Focus Section, Journal of International Development, vol. 24, no. 8 (Nov. 2012) [contents]
"Should the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Recognize Climate Migrants?," Environmental Research Letters, vol. 7, no. 4 (2012) [open access article]
- Note: This article is included in a special focus section on "Environmental Risks and Migration: Causes and Consequences."
"Sinking Islands? Formulating a Realistic Solution to Climate Change Displacement," New York University Law Review, vol. 87, no. 4 (Oct. 2012) [full-text]
Tagged Publications.
Free Encyclopedia Content
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The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration is currently accessible online on a subscription basis, and will be published in print as a five-volume set in February 2013. Various articles have been made freely available as sample content; happily, several of them focus on forced migration issues, including:
More information about this resource is available on the publisher web site.
Tagged Publications.
The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration is currently accessible online on a subscription basis, and will be published in print as a five-volume set in February 2013. Various articles have been made freely available as sample content; happily, several of them focus on forced migration issues, including:- Climate change and migration: an overview [text]
- Environmentally-induced migration, theoretical and methodological research challenges [text]
- Forced migration [text]
- International human rights norms on migrants [text]
More information about this resource is available on the publisher web site.
Tagged Publications.
UNHCR: Activities & Assessments
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On 12-13 December 2012 in Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will hold a Dialogue on Protection Challenges that focuses on "Faith and Protection." The aim is to "highlight the important role that local religious communities play in protecting asylum-seekers, refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR and the core values shared with the broader humanitarian community" and "explore how humanitarian actors can better engage with religious communities to improve the protection of forcibly displaced and stateless people."
For more information on topics that will be addressed, check the schedule, and read the background document and the concept note. In addition, the web page for the meeting provides access to a series of documents that shed light on the perspective of various religious traditions towards refugee assistance and protection.
Recent publications by or about UNHCR on its work and activities:
Forced Displacement in 2012: Current Dilemmas for UNHCR (UNHCR, Oct. 2012) [text]
Global Appeal 2013 Update (UNHCR, Dec. 2012) [access]
Organisational Effectiveness Assessment: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network, Dec. 2011) [vol. 1] [vol. 2]
Report of the Sixty-third Session of the ExecutiveCommittee of the High Commissioner’sProgramme, UN Doc. No. A/AC/96/1119 (UN General Assembly, Oct. 2012) [text]
Report of the United NationsHigh Commissioner forRefugees: Covering the Period 1 January 2011-30 June2012, UN Doc. No. A/67/12 (UN General Assembly, 2012) [text]
- See also related HC speech and ICRC statement.
Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.
On 12-13 December 2012 in Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will hold a Dialogue on Protection Challenges that focuses on "Faith and Protection." The aim is to "highlight the important role that local religious communities play in protecting asylum-seekers, refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR and the core values shared with the broader humanitarian community" and "explore how humanitarian actors can better engage with religious communities to improve the protection of forcibly displaced and stateless people."For more information on topics that will be addressed, check the schedule, and read the background document and the concept note. In addition, the web page for the meeting provides access to a series of documents that shed light on the perspective of various religious traditions towards refugee assistance and protection.
Recent publications by or about UNHCR on its work and activities:
Forced Displacement in 2012: Current Dilemmas for UNHCR (UNHCR, Oct. 2012) [text]
Global Appeal 2013 Update (UNHCR, Dec. 2012) [access]
Organisational Effectiveness Assessment: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network, Dec. 2011) [vol. 1] [vol. 2]
Report of the Sixty-third Session of the ExecutiveCommittee of the High Commissioner’sProgramme, UN Doc. No. A/AC/96/1119 (UN General Assembly, Oct. 2012) [text]
Report of the United NationsHigh Commissioner forRefugees: Covering the Period 1 January 2011-30 June2012, UN Doc. No. A/67/12 (UN General Assembly, 2012) [text]
- See also related HC speech and ICRC statement.
Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities.
Evaluations/Lessons Learned
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Asylum and Population Control: Assessing UNHCR’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme in Guatemalan Refugee Settlements, Working Paper, no. 83 (RSC, Sept. 2012) [text]
Commander's Guide to Supporting Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Observations, Insights and Lessons (Center for Army Lessons Learned, Sept. 2012) [text]
Coordinated Assessments in Emergencies - What We Know Now:Key Lessons from Field Experience (ACAPS, Nov. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
Dangerous Liaisons? A Historical Review of UNHCR’s Engagement with Non-state Armed Actors, PDES/2012/03 (UNHCR, Dec. 2012) [text]
Evaluation and Review of Humanitarian Access Strategies in DG ECHO Funded Interventions (Global Public Policy Institute, June 2012) [text via ALNAP]
Evaluation of the Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (CBHA) Pilot (DARA, 2012) [text via ALNAP]
Evaluation of the Protection Standby Capacity (ProCap) and Gender Standby Capacity (GenCap) Projects (Global Public Policy Institute, Dec 2011) [text via ReliefWeb]
Organisational Effectiveness Assessment: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network, Dec. 2011) [vol. 1] [vol. 2]
Special Evaluation Study: ADB’s Response to Natural Disasters and Disaster Risks (Asian Development Bank, Oct. 2012) [text]
Tagged Publications.
Asylum and Population Control: Assessing UNHCR’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme in Guatemalan Refugee Settlements, Working Paper, no. 83 (RSC, Sept. 2012) [text]Commander's Guide to Supporting Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Observations, Insights and Lessons (Center for Army Lessons Learned, Sept. 2012) [text]
Coordinated Assessments in Emergencies - What We Know Now:Key Lessons from Field Experience (ACAPS, Nov. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
Dangerous Liaisons? A Historical Review of UNHCR’s Engagement with Non-state Armed Actors, PDES/2012/03 (UNHCR, Dec. 2012) [text]
Evaluation and Review of Humanitarian Access Strategies in DG ECHO Funded Interventions (Global Public Policy Institute, June 2012) [text via ALNAP]
Evaluation of the Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (CBHA) Pilot (DARA, 2012) [text via ALNAP]
Evaluation of the Protection Standby Capacity (ProCap) and Gender Standby Capacity (GenCap) Projects (Global Public Policy Institute, Dec 2011) [text via ReliefWeb]
Organisational Effectiveness Assessment: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network, Dec. 2011) [vol. 1] [vol. 2]
Special Evaluation Study: ADB’s Response to Natural Disasters and Disaster Risks (Asian Development Bank, Oct. 2012) [text]
Tagged Publications.
28 Kasım 2012 Çarşamba
~ police departments don't follow witness identification guidelines ~
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Mistaken eyewitness identifications helped convict nearly 80 percent of the 157 people nationwide who eventually were exonerated through DNA testing carried out by the New York-based Innocence Project. Other studies also have shown false eyewitness i.d.'s have led to unjust convictions.
Psychological experts on witness issues have found that inadequate, outmoded police procedures are a major part of the problem. Read all about it
~ what's bloggin' on Justice O'Connor and the future of the supreme court ~
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Jurist claims President Bush will wait until after July 8 to offer an O'Connor replacement. O'Connor dismisses her importance as a swing vote on the Court suggesting she was just "open to persuasion", according to this Washington Post story.
Not as surprising a move as it seems, at least to the White House, which was circulating a list of possible female candidates last week. I think you can surmise who might be hot based on these biographical summaries. And then...the nomination process...
balkanization points to the bitter fight ahead, more contentious because of O'Connor's pivotal role on the Court. The problems inherent in a Gonzales nomination and Supreme Court statistics you don't need to know are all at SouthernAppeal.
Supreme Court
Not as surprising a move as it seems, at least to the White House, which was circulating a list of possible female candidates last week. I think you can surmise who might be hot based on these biographical summaries. And then...the nomination process...
balkanization points to the bitter fight ahead, more contentious because of O'Connor's pivotal role on the Court. The problems inherent in a Gonzales nomination and Supreme Court statistics you don't need to know are all at SouthernAppeal.
Supreme Court
From Land's End to Stadium
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I haven’t included a predominantly sports-oriented blogentry in Pragmatism Refreshed sinceFebruary. And that was simply my briefreaction to the loss of the Patriots in the SuperBowl.
So now I break the sports drought with a few words about theupcoming Summer Olympics.
Last week the Olympic flame arrived in the United Kingdom,for an 8,000 mile relay that begins at Land’s End.
Land’s End, by the way, is what it sounds like. It is thebit of southwest England where the Channel meets the Atlantic at a point.
I remember reading a book about the Spanish Armada with theclever chapter title, “From Finisterre to Land’s End.”
Why is that clever? Well, because “finisterre” rathertransparently means “land’s end,” and because the pertinent Finisterre in thiscase is the headline of Galicia in northwest Spain. So the chapter in questiondescribed the pre-battle portion of the Armada’s travels, before they arrivedclose enough for Drake to challenge them.
Anyway, the torch began its relay in Land’s End, in thehands of Ben Ainslie, and before it reaches the stadium in London that willhost the Games, it will have passed through 8,000 pairs of hands over a periodof ten weeks.
Why Ben Ainslie? Hehas been a standout athlete for the UK in each of the last four summer games insailing events, wnning silver in 1996 and gold in 2000. In those first twogames he sailed in what is known as the Laser class. Then he moved up to theFinn class (larger craft) and won gold both in 2004 and 2008.
For those who are curious, Laser looks like this.
I haven’t included a predominantly sports-oriented blogentry in Pragmatism Refreshed sinceFebruary. And that was simply my briefreaction to the loss of the Patriots in the SuperBowl.
So now I break the sports drought with a few words about theupcoming Summer Olympics.
Last week the Olympic flame arrived in the United Kingdom,for an 8,000 mile relay that begins at Land’s End.
Land’s End, by the way, is what it sounds like. It is thebit of southwest England where the Channel meets the Atlantic at a point.
I remember reading a book about the Spanish Armada with theclever chapter title, “From Finisterre to Land’s End.”
Why is that clever? Well, because “finisterre” rathertransparently means “land’s end,” and because the pertinent Finisterre in thiscase is the headline of Galicia in northwest Spain. So the chapter in questiondescribed the pre-battle portion of the Armada’s travels, before they arrivedclose enough for Drake to challenge them.
Anyway, the torch began its relay in Land’s End, in thehands of Ben Ainslie, and before it reaches the stadium in London that willhost the Games, it will have passed through 8,000 pairs of hands over a periodof ten weeks.
Why Ben Ainslie? Hehas been a standout athlete for the UK in each of the last four summer games insailing events, wnning silver in 1996 and gold in 2000. In those first twogames he sailed in what is known as the Laser class. Then he moved up to theFinn class (larger craft) and won gold both in 2004 and 2008.
For those who are curious, Laser looks like this.
O'Connor Critiques State Judicial Elections
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Last Friday, the New York Times published a short opinion piece by former Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor. In this column, O'Connor expresses her dismay for the partisan election of judges at the state level. Her greatest concern is the power of campaign contributors in judicial elections and the possibility of inhibitted justice.
In contrast, she proposes a merit-based system for the selection of judges that could help states save money and bring talented candidates to the forefront.
For the full article, visit http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/opinion/23oconnor.html.
Hat tip for Karen Kalnins for the referal.
In contrast, she proposes a merit-based system for the selection of judges that could help states save money and bring talented candidates to the forefront.
For the full article, visit http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/opinion/23oconnor.html.
Hat tip for Karen Kalnins for the referal.
Google's Collection of Unsecured Wi-Fi Data Prompts Investigations
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In May, the Energy and Commerce Committee of US House of Representative sent a letter to Google inquiring about the "huge amounts of data sent over private Wi-Fi networks while documenting the streets of our country for its Google Street View Product." The letter expressed specific concern that "Google did not disclose until long after the fact that consumers' Internet use was being recorded, analyzed and perhaps profiled." Google's response indicates that it "mistakenly" collected the data and that "the data has never been used in any Google product or service, nor do we intend to use it."
According to a Jurist Legal News & Research, Google data collection is also a subject of investigation in Australia and Canada; and several other nations have also become interested in data collected by Google.
According to a Jurist Legal News & Research, Google data collection is also a subject of investigation in Australia and Canada; and several other nations have also become interested in data collected by Google.
27 Kasım 2012 Salı
~ what's bloggin' on Justice O'Connor and the future of the supreme court ~
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Jurist claims President Bush will wait until after July 8 to offer an O'Connor replacement. O'Connor dismisses her importance as a swing vote on the Court suggesting she was just "open to persuasion", according to this Washington Post story.
Not as surprising a move as it seems, at least to the White House, which was circulating a list of possible female candidates last week. I think you can surmise who might be hot based on these biographical summaries. And then...the nomination process...
balkanization points to the bitter fight ahead, more contentious because of O'Connor's pivotal role on the Court. The problems inherent in a Gonzales nomination and Supreme Court statistics you don't need to know are all at SouthernAppeal.
Supreme Court
Not as surprising a move as it seems, at least to the White House, which was circulating a list of possible female candidates last week. I think you can surmise who might be hot based on these biographical summaries. And then...the nomination process...
balkanization points to the bitter fight ahead, more contentious because of O'Connor's pivotal role on the Court. The problems inherent in a Gonzales nomination and Supreme Court statistics you don't need to know are all at SouthernAppeal.
Supreme Court
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From Land's End to Stadium
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I haven’t included a predominantly sports-oriented blogentry in Pragmatism Refreshed sinceFebruary. And that was simply my briefreaction to the loss of the Patriots in the SuperBowl.
So now I break the sports drought with a few words about theupcoming Summer Olympics.
Last week the Olympic flame arrived in the United Kingdom,for an 8,000 mile relay that begins at Land’s End.
Land’s End, by the way, is what it sounds like. It is thebit of southwest England where the Channel meets the Atlantic at a point.
I remember reading a book about the Spanish Armada with theclever chapter title, “From Finisterre to Land’s End.”
Why is that clever? Well, because “finisterre” rathertransparently means “land’s end,” and because the pertinent Finisterre in thiscase is the headline of Galicia in northwest Spain. So the chapter in questiondescribed the pre-battle portion of the Armada’s travels, before they arrivedclose enough for Drake to challenge them.
Anyway, the torch began its relay in Land’s End, in thehands of Ben Ainslie, and before it reaches the stadium in London that willhost the Games, it will have passed through 8,000 pairs of hands over a periodof ten weeks.
Why Ben Ainslie? Hehas been a standout athlete for the UK in each of the last four summer games insailing events, wnning silver in 1996 and gold in 2000. In those first twogames he sailed in what is known as the Laser class. Then he moved up to theFinn class (larger craft) and won gold both in 2004 and 2008.
For those who are curious, Laser looks like this.
I haven’t included a predominantly sports-oriented blogentry in Pragmatism Refreshed sinceFebruary. And that was simply my briefreaction to the loss of the Patriots in the SuperBowl.
So now I break the sports drought with a few words about theupcoming Summer Olympics.
Last week the Olympic flame arrived in the United Kingdom,for an 8,000 mile relay that begins at Land’s End.
Land’s End, by the way, is what it sounds like. It is thebit of southwest England where the Channel meets the Atlantic at a point.
I remember reading a book about the Spanish Armada with theclever chapter title, “From Finisterre to Land’s End.”
Why is that clever? Well, because “finisterre” rathertransparently means “land’s end,” and because the pertinent Finisterre in thiscase is the headline of Galicia in northwest Spain. So the chapter in questiondescribed the pre-battle portion of the Armada’s travels, before they arrivedclose enough for Drake to challenge them.
Anyway, the torch began its relay in Land’s End, in thehands of Ben Ainslie, and before it reaches the stadium in London that willhost the Games, it will have passed through 8,000 pairs of hands over a periodof ten weeks.
Why Ben Ainslie? Hehas been a standout athlete for the UK in each of the last four summer games insailing events, wnning silver in 1996 and gold in 2000. In those first twogames he sailed in what is known as the Laser class. Then he moved up to theFinn class (larger craft) and won gold both in 2004 and 2008.
For those who are curious, Laser looks like this.
O'Connor Critiques State Judicial Elections
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Last Friday, the New York Times published a short opinion piece by former Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor. In this column, O'Connor expresses her dismay for the partisan election of judges at the state level. Her greatest concern is the power of campaign contributors in judicial elections and the possibility of inhibitted justice.
In contrast, she proposes a merit-based system for the selection of judges that could help states save money and bring talented candidates to the forefront.
For the full article, visit http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/opinion/23oconnor.html.
Hat tip for Karen Kalnins for the referal.
In contrast, she proposes a merit-based system for the selection of judges that could help states save money and bring talented candidates to the forefront.
For the full article, visit http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/opinion/23oconnor.html.
Hat tip for Karen Kalnins for the referal.
Google's Collection of Unsecured Wi-Fi Data Prompts Investigations
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In May, the Energy and Commerce Committee of US House of Representative sent a letter to Google inquiring about the "huge amounts of data sent over private Wi-Fi networks while documenting the streets of our country for its Google Street View Product." The letter expressed specific concern that "Google did not disclose until long after the fact that consumers' Internet use was being recorded, analyzed and perhaps profiled." Google's response indicates that it "mistakenly" collected the data and that "the data has never been used in any Google product or service, nor do we intend to use it."
According to a Jurist Legal News & Research, Google data collection is also a subject of investigation in Australia and Canada; and several other nations have also become interested in data collected by Google.
According to a Jurist Legal News & Research, Google data collection is also a subject of investigation in Australia and Canada; and several other nations have also become interested in data collected by Google.
26 Kasım 2012 Pazartesi
Gabby's Wordspeller Phonetic Dictionary
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Frank, Diane. 2009. Gabby's Wordspeller Phonetic Dictionary. Rainier, WA: DMFrank Publishing.
REF RE1153.F72 2009
Find in a library nearby: http://www.worldcat.org/title/gabbys-wordspeller-phonetic-dictionary-find-your-word-by-the-way-it-sounds/oclc/440804411
Geared towards people with dyslexia, this book would likely be useful for anyone who has difficulty looking up words in a standard dictionary, including those who find themselves in circumstances where dialects or accents have caused a misunderstanding of the pronunciation. The book includes brief but complete directions for finding base words along with prefixes and suffixes. It doesn't cover proper nouns at all, and for complete definitions and correct pronunciations, this book should be used in conjunction with a standard dictionary.
Our edition is revised and condensed. The accompanying CD includes a powerpoint presentation for PC computers on using the resource, along with Mozart accompaniment, which may be helpful for auditory learners.
REF RE1153.F72 2009
Find in a library nearby: http://www.worldcat.org/title/gabbys-wordspeller-phonetic-dictionary-find-your-word-by-the-way-it-sounds/oclc/440804411
Geared towards people with dyslexia, this book would likely be useful for anyone who has difficulty looking up words in a standard dictionary, including those who find themselves in circumstances where dialects or accents have caused a misunderstanding of the pronunciation. The book includes brief but complete directions for finding base words along with prefixes and suffixes. It doesn't cover proper nouns at all, and for complete definitions and correct pronunciations, this book should be used in conjunction with a standard dictionary.
Our edition is revised and condensed. The accompanying CD includes a powerpoint presentation for PC computers on using the resource, along with Mozart accompaniment, which may be helpful for auditory learners.
Black's Legal Dictionary
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Garner, Bryan A. 2009. Black's Law Dictionary, Standard Ninth Edition. St. Paul, MN: Thomson West.
REFERENCE KF156.B53 2009
You’ll find so much more than just definitions in the 9th edition of Black’s Law Dictionary. Want to dazzle your friends with witty legal maxims, find out what a particular abbreviation means, or determine just what the “Office of Thrift Supervision” does? Black’s Law Dictionary can help.
The definitions cover legal terms, organizations and government offices, and legislative acts. The entries are robust, with many describing the origin of the term, the date of first use, a subject matter tag identifying the associated field of law, cross references to related entries, a quotation about the term from another legal source, and citations to West’s key number system. Explanatory or encyclopedic information frequently appears together with the definition. For example, the entry for “ex post facto law” provides a definition (“A law that impermissibly applies retroactively…”) but also tells us that “Ex post facto criminal laws are prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.” Many entries include subentries for terms relating to the same general topic. So if you want to find out what types of insurance exist, just look up “insurance,” and you’ll find over 100 subentries ranging from “accidental and health insurance” to “whole-life insurance.”
Among the eight appendices, you'll find legal abbreviations, legal maxims, the United States Constitution, a list of all of the members of the Supreme Court, and the British Regnal Years (just in case you want to find out when Queen Victoria reigned).
~ police departments don't follow witness identification guidelines ~
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Mistaken eyewitness identifications helped convict nearly 80 percent of the 157 people nationwide who eventually were exonerated through DNA testing carried out by the New York-based Innocence Project. Other studies also have shown false eyewitness i.d.'s have led to unjust convictions.
Psychological experts on witness issues have found that inadequate, outmoded police procedures are a major part of the problem. Read all about it
~ what's bloggin' on Justice O'Connor and the future of the supreme court ~
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Jurist claims President Bush will wait until after July 8 to offer an O'Connor replacement. O'Connor dismisses her importance as a swing vote on the Court suggesting she was just "open to persuasion", according to this Washington Post story.
Not as surprising a move as it seems, at least to the White House, which was circulating a list of possible female candidates last week. I think you can surmise who might be hot based on these biographical summaries. And then...the nomination process...
balkanization points to the bitter fight ahead, more contentious because of O'Connor's pivotal role on the Court. The problems inherent in a Gonzales nomination and Supreme Court statistics you don't need to know are all at SouthernAppeal.
Supreme Court
Not as surprising a move as it seems, at least to the White House, which was circulating a list of possible female candidates last week. I think you can surmise who might be hot based on these biographical summaries. And then...the nomination process...
balkanization points to the bitter fight ahead, more contentious because of O'Connor's pivotal role on the Court. The problems inherent in a Gonzales nomination and Supreme Court statistics you don't need to know are all at SouthernAppeal.
Supreme Court
From Land's End to Stadium
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I haven’t included a predominantly sports-oriented blogentry in Pragmatism Refreshed sinceFebruary. And that was simply my briefreaction to the loss of the Patriots in the SuperBowl.
So now I break the sports drought with a few words about theupcoming Summer Olympics.
Last week the Olympic flame arrived in the United Kingdom,for an 8,000 mile relay that begins at Land’s End.
Land’s End, by the way, is what it sounds like. It is thebit of southwest England where the Channel meets the Atlantic at a point.
I remember reading a book about the Spanish Armada with theclever chapter title, “From Finisterre to Land’s End.”
Why is that clever? Well, because “finisterre” rathertransparently means “land’s end,” and because the pertinent Finisterre in thiscase is the headline of Galicia in northwest Spain. So the chapter in questiondescribed the pre-battle portion of the Armada’s travels, before they arrivedclose enough for Drake to challenge them.
Anyway, the torch began its relay in Land’s End, in thehands of Ben Ainslie, and before it reaches the stadium in London that willhost the Games, it will have passed through 8,000 pairs of hands over a periodof ten weeks.
Why Ben Ainslie? Hehas been a standout athlete for the UK in each of the last four summer games insailing events, wnning silver in 1996 and gold in 2000. In those first twogames he sailed in what is known as the Laser class. Then he moved up to theFinn class (larger craft) and won gold both in 2004 and 2008.
For those who are curious, Laser looks like this.
I haven’t included a predominantly sports-oriented blogentry in Pragmatism Refreshed sinceFebruary. And that was simply my briefreaction to the loss of the Patriots in the SuperBowl.
So now I break the sports drought with a few words about theupcoming Summer Olympics.
Last week the Olympic flame arrived in the United Kingdom,for an 8,000 mile relay that begins at Land’s End.
Land’s End, by the way, is what it sounds like. It is thebit of southwest England where the Channel meets the Atlantic at a point.
I remember reading a book about the Spanish Armada with theclever chapter title, “From Finisterre to Land’s End.”
Why is that clever? Well, because “finisterre” rathertransparently means “land’s end,” and because the pertinent Finisterre in thiscase is the headline of Galicia in northwest Spain. So the chapter in questiondescribed the pre-battle portion of the Armada’s travels, before they arrivedclose enough for Drake to challenge them.
Anyway, the torch began its relay in Land’s End, in thehands of Ben Ainslie, and before it reaches the stadium in London that willhost the Games, it will have passed through 8,000 pairs of hands over a periodof ten weeks.
Why Ben Ainslie? Hehas been a standout athlete for the UK in each of the last four summer games insailing events, wnning silver in 1996 and gold in 2000. In those first twogames he sailed in what is known as the Laser class. Then he moved up to theFinn class (larger craft) and won gold both in 2004 and 2008.
For those who are curious, Laser looks like this.
25 Kasım 2012 Pazar
Black's Legal Dictionary
To contact us Click HERE
Garner, Bryan A. 2009. Black's Law Dictionary, Standard Ninth Edition. St. Paul, MN: Thomson West.
REFERENCE KF156.B53 2009
You’ll find so much more than just definitions in the 9th edition of Black’s Law Dictionary. Want to dazzle your friends with witty legal maxims, find out what a particular abbreviation means, or determine just what the “Office of Thrift Supervision” does? Black’s Law Dictionary can help.
The definitions cover legal terms, organizations and government offices, and legislative acts. The entries are robust, with many describing the origin of the term, the date of first use, a subject matter tag identifying the associated field of law, cross references to related entries, a quotation about the term from another legal source, and citations to West’s key number system. Explanatory or encyclopedic information frequently appears together with the definition. For example, the entry for “ex post facto law” provides a definition (“A law that impermissibly applies retroactively…”) but also tells us that “Ex post facto criminal laws are prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.” Many entries include subentries for terms relating to the same general topic. So if you want to find out what types of insurance exist, just look up “insurance,” and you’ll find over 100 subentries ranging from “accidental and health insurance” to “whole-life insurance.”
Among the eight appendices, you'll find legal abbreviations, legal maxims, the United States Constitution, a list of all of the members of the Supreme Court, and the British Regnal Years (just in case you want to find out when Queen Victoria reigned).
Focus: LGBT Asylum Claims
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Country-of-origin Information to Support the Adjudication of Asylum Claims fromLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex ('LGBTI') Asylum-seekers: Belize (Asylum Research Consultancy, Nov. 2012) [text via Refworld]
Gay Rights and the UN: One Step Back, One Step Forward (The Asylumist, Nov. 2012) [text]
Guidelines on International Protection no. 9: Claims to Refugee Status based on Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (UNHCR, Oct. 2012) [text]
- See also related Human Rights First blog post.
Judging Gender: Asylum Adjudication and Issues of Gender, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation, Keynote Statement at Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees' Workshop on Asylum Issues relating to Gender, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Geneva, 25-26 October 2012 [text]
Over Not Out: Refreshed 2012 - A Research Report on LGBTI Asylum Seekers (Metropolitan Migration Foundation, July 2012) [access]
Strengthening Protection for LGBTI Refugees (Human Rights First, Sept. 2012) [text]
US Recognizes LGBT Rights for Immigration, Asylum and Refugee Purposes (Human Rights Brief Blog, Oct. 2012) [text]
Tagged Publications.
Gay Rights and the UN: One Step Back, One Step Forward (The Asylumist, Nov. 2012) [text]
Guidelines on International Protection no. 9: Claims to Refugee Status based on Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (UNHCR, Oct. 2012) [text]
- See also related Human Rights First blog post.
Judging Gender: Asylum Adjudication and Issues of Gender, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation, Keynote Statement at Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees' Workshop on Asylum Issues relating to Gender, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Geneva, 25-26 October 2012 [text]
Over Not Out: Refreshed 2012 - A Research Report on LGBTI Asylum Seekers (Metropolitan Migration Foundation, July 2012) [access]Strengthening Protection for LGBTI Refugees (Human Rights First, Sept. 2012) [text]
US Recognizes LGBT Rights for Immigration, Asylum and Refugee Purposes (Human Rights Brief Blog, Oct. 2012) [text]
Tagged Publications.
From Land's End to Stadium
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I haven’t included a predominantly sports-oriented blogentry in Pragmatism Refreshed sinceFebruary. And that was simply my briefreaction to the loss of the Patriots in the SuperBowl.
So now I break the sports drought with a few words about theupcoming Summer Olympics.
Last week the Olympic flame arrived in the United Kingdom,for an 8,000 mile relay that begins at Land’s End.
Land’s End, by the way, is what it sounds like. It is thebit of southwest England where the Channel meets the Atlantic at a point.
I remember reading a book about the Spanish Armada with theclever chapter title, “From Finisterre to Land’s End.”
Why is that clever? Well, because “finisterre” rathertransparently means “land’s end,” and because the pertinent Finisterre in thiscase is the headline of Galicia in northwest Spain. So the chapter in questiondescribed the pre-battle portion of the Armada’s travels, before they arrivedclose enough for Drake to challenge them.
Anyway, the torch began its relay in Land’s End, in thehands of Ben Ainslie, and before it reaches the stadium in London that willhost the Games, it will have passed through 8,000 pairs of hands over a periodof ten weeks.
Why Ben Ainslie? Hehas been a standout athlete for the UK in each of the last four summer games insailing events, wnning silver in 1996 and gold in 2000. In those first twogames he sailed in what is known as the Laser class. Then he moved up to theFinn class (larger craft) and won gold both in 2004 and 2008.
For those who are curious, Laser looks like this.
I haven’t included a predominantly sports-oriented blogentry in Pragmatism Refreshed sinceFebruary. And that was simply my briefreaction to the loss of the Patriots in the SuperBowl.
So now I break the sports drought with a few words about theupcoming Summer Olympics.
Last week the Olympic flame arrived in the United Kingdom,for an 8,000 mile relay that begins at Land’s End.
Land’s End, by the way, is what it sounds like. It is thebit of southwest England where the Channel meets the Atlantic at a point.
I remember reading a book about the Spanish Armada with theclever chapter title, “From Finisterre to Land’s End.”
Why is that clever? Well, because “finisterre” rathertransparently means “land’s end,” and because the pertinent Finisterre in thiscase is the headline of Galicia in northwest Spain. So the chapter in questiondescribed the pre-battle portion of the Armada’s travels, before they arrivedclose enough for Drake to challenge them.
Anyway, the torch began its relay in Land’s End, in thehands of Ben Ainslie, and before it reaches the stadium in London that willhost the Games, it will have passed through 8,000 pairs of hands over a periodof ten weeks.
Why Ben Ainslie? Hehas been a standout athlete for the UK in each of the last four summer games insailing events, wnning silver in 1996 and gold in 2000. In those first twogames he sailed in what is known as the Laser class. Then he moved up to theFinn class (larger craft) and won gold both in 2004 and 2008.
For those who are curious, Laser looks like this.
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