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Truth and consequence: a look behind the Vatican's ban on contraception
No full textWith these words slamming the door on Catholics’use of modern contraceptives, Pope Paul VI cleaved the Catholic church into irreconcilable factions 40 years ago. The majority, unable to reconcile the rigid encyclical with their need for an updated sexual ethic based less on the biological function of reproduction and more on the evolving nature of companionate sexual relationships, embraced individual conscience in matters of contraception and, increasingly, in other issues. Meanwhile, a minority sought desperately to reassert the principle of absolute obedience to the hierarchy, particularly on matters of sexuality, becoming more entrenched with each passing decade. Even 40 years later, the wounds have not healed. For many Catholics, both clergy and lay, their relationship with the church would never be the same. And the church itself would be radically altered, unable to move forward; forever defending a teaching that was judged indefensible 40 years ago and has only become more so with the passage of time and the arrival of new issues related to contraception, such as preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS. How did this most controversial of the Catholic hierarchy’s teachings come about?Why did the hierarchy fly in the face of Catholics’evolving and very real need for an updated ethic regarding human sexuality? And, most importantly, what has the impact of this disputed teaching been on the Catholic church, and the world at large
Desperately seeking streaming: CHOICE digital consumers paying for content behaviour and attitudes
No full textHas the launch of new streaming services in Australia had an impact on the ways Australians access digital content or is a punitive regulatory approach necessary to reduce piracy?
In November 2014, CHOICE conducted its first survey examining consumer behaviour online and the main drivers leading consumers to pirate instead of pay. Our research found that Australians pay for content more often than they pirate it, that pirates tend to pay for the most content, and that lack of access and affordability were the drivers behind piracy.
This updated survey probes similar questions, but also examines whether the introduction of new legal services like Netflix and Presto TV have had an impact on the rates of piracy, and what can be expected in the future as the market for these new services matures.
Key findings and changes since the 2014 survey: more content at better prices means less piracy
The numbers of people who said they regularly download pirated movies or TV shoes has dropped by a quarter, from 23% in 2014 to 17% in July 2015
There has been a modest increase in Australians who say they never download or stream pirated movies or TV shows, from 67% in 2014 to 70% in 2015
There has been a similar increase in the number of people who say they never watch pirated movies or TV shows, from 57% in 2014 to 63% in 2015
There has been a modest decrease overall in piracy rates, with people who say they download pirated movies or TV shows at least a few times a year dropping from 33% in 2014 to 30% in 2015
33% say that they are downloading much less often since subscribing to streaming servic
NARAL Steve O'Ban Birth Control Mailer
No full textMailer sent out making known the anti-choice rhetoric and anti-women stance of Steve O'Ban
NARAL Flyer "Know the Facts: Misinformation in 12th & Delaware"
No full textLiterature that corrects misspoken facts by anti-choice protestors in the movie 12th & Delawar
Choice newsletter
No full textThis a newsletter from Choice, the gay student union at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. It gives a description of the group, a calendar of upcoming events, information on support groups, and birthdays of members
Endogeneity in adaptive choice contexts: Choice-based recommender systems and adaptive stated preferences surveys
No full textEndogeneity arises in discrete choice models due to several factors and results in inconsistent estimates of the model parameters. In adaptive choice contexts such as choice-based recommender systems and adaptive stated preferences (ASP) surveys, endogeneity is expected because the attributes presented to an individual in a specific menu (or choice situation) depend on the previous choices of the same individual (as well as the alternative attributes in the previous menus). Nevertheless, the literature is indecisive on whether the parameter estimates in such cases are consistent or not. In this paper, we discuss cases where the estimates are consistent and those where they are not. We provide a theoretical explanation for this discrepancy and discuss the implications on the design of these systems and on model estimation. We conclude that endogeneity is not a concern when the likelihood function properly accounts for the data generation process. This can be achieved when the system is initialized exogenously and all the data are used in the estimation. In line with previous literature, Monte Carlo results suggest that, even when exogenous initialization is missing, empirical bias decreases with the number of choices per individual. We conclude by discussing the practical implications and extensions of this research.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Transport Engineering and Logistic
Institutionalizing uncertainty: the choice of electoral formulas
No full textElectoral formulas, Minimax choice, Uncertainty, Proportional representation,
Choice childcare survey
No full textLong waiting lists and lack of choice over which days, the number of days and the type of childcare available were the major problems our survey respondents found when looking for childcare. Once they\u27d got into childcare, high costs and staffing issues(high staff turnover, too many children looked after at once) were problems many parents had to deal with. It\u27s hard to see how the choice, availability and quality of childcare can improve without an injection of funds - and with parents already struggling with costs, many think the government should be responsible for this
Catholics and abortion: notes on canon law. No. 1
No full textCatholics for a Free Choice shapes and advances sexual and reproductive ethics that are based on justice, reflect a commitment to women’s well being, and respect and affirm the moral capacity of women and men to make sound decisions about their lives. Through discourse, education, and advocacy, CFFC works in the United States and internationally to infuse these values into public policy, community life, feminist analysis, and Catholic social thinking and teaching
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