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Fantasia
No full textWalt Disney\u27s Fantasia
Author: Deems Taylor; with a foreword by Leopold Stokowski.
Publisher: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940.
Description: The history of the animated film Fantasia\u27s genesis and production which includes discussions of the music and ideas behind the individual section\u27s story lines, and illustrations from the film.https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/rarebooks/1011/thumbnail.jp
40 YEARS AFTER THE MORATORIUM ON COMMERCIAL WHALING: ASSESSING THE COMPETENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION TO CONFRONT CRITICAL THREATS TO CETACEANS
Get PDFWith Japan’s withdrawal from the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), no member of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) hunts whales commercially except by objection or reservation, thus intensifying the debate over what the IWC should do and what it may do. For decades, some IWC members have questioned the mandate of the IWC to manage small cetaceans, regulate whaling in coastal State exclusive economic zones, and make recommendations concerning entanglement, bycatch, and other threats to whale conservation. An analysis of the ordinary meaning of the ICRW and the practice of the IWC shows that the IWC has broad competence to address a wide range of issues consistent with the ICRW’s objectives to conserve whales and to develop the whaling industry. First, nothing in the ICRW evinces an intent to limit the IWC’s scope to large whales; the IWC has competence to manage all cetaceans. Second, the ICRW’s geographic scope, and thus the IWC’s mandate, clearly extends to “all waters” where whaling occurs, and other treaties do not implicitly or explicitly limit that geographic scope. Third, the IWC’s dual purposes of whale conservation and development of the whaling industry allow the IWC to adopt binding regulations solely for the purpose of conservation, but does not allow the IWC to completely ignore whaling interests. As such, the IWC has competence to establish sanctuaries, regulate whale killing methods, impose reporting requirements concerning entanglement, bycatch, and marine pollution, and mandate DNA sampling and testing for contamination in whale meat. However, it does not have authority to adopt binding regulations, only non-binding recommendations, to prevent entanglement of whales in fishing nets or minimize vessel and other pollution that may affect cetacean health because such action does not fall within the scope of its permissible regulations. Despite these limitations, the IWC has broad competence to address modern conservation threats to cetaceans, including those not directly related to commercial whaling
Authentic Assessment for Early Childhood Intervention: In-Vivo & Virtual Practices for Interdisciplinary Professionals
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The pandemic has exposed the many glaring difficulties inherent in implementing effective assessment and intervention for young children with neurodevelopmental delays and disabilities in our respective countries, but, especially in the US. The urgency for innovative models of assessment linked to interdisciplinary services and supports in both remote and in-vivo settings became prominent. Yet, the commitment to developmentally-appropriate practice (DAP), assessment linked to intervention, is the hallmark of ECI, whether virtual or in-vivo.
However, interdisciplinary professionals have rallied during these challenging times by displaying creativity, compassion, and superb clinical judgment in providing responsive services via both virtual and in-vivo platforms to families and young children with special needs in rural and urban regions.
Virtual service delivery has required judicious changes in our professional practices using more responsive and less scripted postures. Our family-centered approaches enabled us to engage with parents as partners in assessment and intervention and to plan and deliver supports that were more tailored.
We believe that our “lessons learned” from the pandemic about implementing authentic assessment for early childhood intervention (AA for ECI) among parents and interdisciplinary professionals will make our ongoing partnerships with families and other professionals stronger and more enduring. We hope that this article and the step-by-step model that we have offered will help you in your own professional lives to maintain the outlook that emphasizes the importance of both authentic assessment methods & processes, whether in-vivo or virtual, for undercovering each child’s hidden and true capabilities and needs and by adhering to our enduring commitment to protect children’s inherent human rights.
Keywords: authentic, assessment, best practices, virtual, remote, early childhood interventio
Displacing Climate Precarity
No full textIn this Essay, we explore these questions and present a two-part argument. In Parts II and III, we argue that because climate change is exacerbating other drivers of displacement, it is seldom possible to attribute movement to any single factor or to categorize movement conclusively as voluntary or involuntary. Therefore, expanding pathways to safety for all people on the move is the best approach to protect those displaced, directly or indirectly, by climate change and environmental disasters. In Part IV, we argue that, despite attribution and definitional challenges with regard to climate-related mobility, documenting and assessing the role of climate change in driving displacement is paramount to compel those countries that reap the benefits of a fossil-fuel economy—namely, Western Europe and the United States —to prevent climate-related harm and assist displaced people. Both corrective and distributive justice principles support imposing substantial obligations on developed states to uphold the rights of climate-displaced populations, including by providing redress for climate-related harm, funding adaptation measures, and welcoming and supporting those who move in a way that upholds human dignity. A first step in doing so is guaranteeing substantial support for the Loss and Damage Fund set up under the international climate negotiation process
Exploring the Relationships Between Complex Childhood Trauma, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Borderline Personality Disorder
Get PDFAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) share a number of overlapping diagnostic features, not only with each other, but also with symptoms associated with trauma. Likewise, childhood trauma appears to be a particular risk factor for both disorders. Therefore, this study aimed to better understand the relationships between childhood trauma, ADHD, and BPD. An online study was conducted that measured incidences of childhood trauma, retrospectively reported ADHD symptoms in childhood, and BPD symptoms in adulthood. Results indicated that greater severity of childhood trauma predicted greater severity of symptoms of both ADHD and BPD, and that greater severity of ADHD symptoms in childhood predicted greater severity of BPD symptoms in adulthood. Additionally, ADHD symptoms were found to mediate the relationship between childhood trauma and BPD, and childhood trauma was found to mediate the relationship between ADHD and BPD. These findings provide important implications for the field of school-clinical psychology
Governing Private Governance
Get PDFAfter the Supreme Court\u27s opinion in Dobbs rejected an individual right to reproductive choice, many private firms chose to govern reproductive healthcare by covering employee access to abortions. As mass shootings continue to plague the country, some firms have decided to govern firearm safety by discontinuing sales of assault weapons. While the climate crisis continues to upend life on Earth, corporate leaders are engaging in private environmental governance by voluntarily reducing their own emissions, demanding reductions within their supply chains, and pressuring peers and competitors to do the same. Each of these endeavors represents a form of private governance in which private firms seek to advance some view of public welfare despite, and often in spite of, government policy. This Article argues that private governance is an important source of policy, but we must approach it carefully because private power can come at the expense of democracy.
Focusing specifically on private environmental governance (“PEG”), this Article explains that there is an important role for democratic oversight even when policies emerge from non-governmental sources. Taking a multidimensional view of democracy that includes majoritarian impulse, individual contestation, reason-giving, and deliberation, the Article demonstrates that PEG has a democracy deficit. Private institutions often lack democratic practices, raising concerns about specific private policies. Moreover, and more importantly, private governance regimes can undermine public control of decision-making, diminishing opportunities for democratic public governance.
There are, however, two remedies to this democracy deficit. First, private governance regimes should enhance their democratic practices by incorporating democratic institutional designs from administrative law. However, this solution alone does not fully address private governance\u27s broader democracy deficit. The deficit stems from the devaluation of democratic public politics and society\u27s diminished engagement in democracy, to which private governance contributes. Thus, to fully resolve the broader deficit, this Article encourages leveraging the authority of the state to reallocate power and ensure more thoughtful public decision-making.
By challenging the traditional assumptions surrounding private governance and offering remedies for its democracy deficit, this Article offers a fresh perspective on environmental governance. It calls for a comprehensive reevaluation of PEG\u27s role within the democratic ecosystem, emphasizing the importance of democratic practices to achieve effective and equitable environmental protection
