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STARR SHOULD SHOW US THE EVIDENCE! IN WAKE OF MCDOUGAL\u27S DEATH, SAYS UGA LAW PROFESSOR
No full textTuesday, March 10, 1998
WRITER: Kathy R. Pharr, (706) 542-5172
CONTACT: Ronald L. Carlson, (706) 542-5186
STARR SHOULD SHOW US THE EVIDENCE! IN WAKE OF MCDOUGAL\u27S DEATH, SAYS UGA LAW PROFESSOR
ATHENS, Ga. -- Echoing the call of Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, UGA law professor and criminal law expert Ron Carlson has called for special prosecutor Kenneth Starr to show his cards and reveal the evidence derived from numerous interviews with James McDougal, the convicted Whitewater partner and former Clinton ally who died of a heart attack in federal prison on Sunday. McDougal, a key Whitewater witness, had recently supplied a steady stream of information to Starr in exchange for a reduced sentence.
I would expect that in McDougal\u27s case, there are paper documents that reflect his testimony, tape recordings and videotape recordings of what McDougal has to say, said Carlson. Because of his death, by and large, those documents are inadmissible evidence. A live witness has to appear and be open to cross-examination. In the absence of the author of the remarks, the tape recordings are hearsay evidence, which judges exclude from trials.
According to Carlson, the time for public accountability is near, and nothing makes more sense than for Starr to release his star witness\u27 words to the press and public.
It would not compromise his trial evidence, said Carlson, so this seems the perfect opportunity for independent counsel Starr to inform the public, respond to Majority Leader Lott\u27s call to show something of what he has, and finally, let us all out here in the public judge for ourselves whether he has anything or not.
Carlson says Starr\u27s next move will be dictated by the amount of pressure he feels from lawmakers, particularly if more Republicans demand a swift end to the investigation.
I expect there will be enough pressure on Starr that he is going to need to make some important disclosures, said Carlson. Nobody knows precisely what McDougal has said because his dialogues with the independent counsel have been private. His statements might close the doors on Whitewater or they might throw them wide open.
Carlson, a nationally recognized expert in evidence, trial practice and criminal procedure, has litigated many cases and has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He has written numerous books on trial techniques and provided extensive commentary for the national media in high-profile trials.
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The Clinton presidency and the analysis of political scandal
No full textThis study analyses the usefulness of recent offerings from scholars, such as John Thompson, that have aimed to bring a greater understanding of the subject of political scandal, by applying them to case studies of authentic political scandals during the Clinton Presidency. Academics have attempted to discover a more authoritative definition of a political scandal and have suggested tentative theories to explain the phases of high and low scandal activity that have been experienced throughout history, this is no more evident than in the United States. By applying these offerings to the highly detailed examinations of the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals, this study argues that the academic theories, thus far, are found to have limitations when faced with complex, modem political scandals in the United States. While this study does not offer a theory on political scandal of its own, it suggests that, although important contributions have been made, that more academic work is required to gain a greater understanding to potentially develop a new theory on political scandal
Counting lattice chains and Delannoy paths in higher dimensions
No full textAbstractLattice chains and Delannoy paths represent two different ways to progress through a lattice. We use elementary combinatorial arguments to derive new expressions for the number of chains and the number of Delannoy paths in a lattice of arbitrary finite dimension. Specifically, fix nonnegative integers n1,…,nd, and let L denote the lattice of points (a1,…,ad)∈Zd that satisfy 0≤ai≤ni for 1≤i≤d. We prove that the number of chains in L is given by 2nd+1∑k=1kmax′∑i=1k(−1)i+kk−1i−1nd+k−1nd∏j=1d−1nj+i−1nj, where kmax′=n1+⋯+nd−1+1. We also show that the number of Delannoy paths in L equals ∑k=1kmax′∑i=1k(−1)i+k(k−1i−1)(nd+k−1nd)∏j=1d−1(nd+i−1nj). Setting ni=n (for all i) in these expressions yields a new proof of a recent result of Duchi and Sulanke [9] relating the total number of chains to the central Delannoy numbers. We also give a novel derivation of the generating functions for these numbers in arbitrary dimension
The United States' contribution of plastic waste to land and ocean
No full text© The Author(s), 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Law, K. L., Starr, N., Siegler, T. R., Jambeck, J. R., Mallos, N. J., & Leonard, G. H. The United States' contribution of plastic waste to land and ocean. Science Advances, 6(44), (2020): eabd0288, doi:10.1126/sciadv.abd0288.Plastic waste affects environmental quality and ecosystem health. In 2010, an estimated 5 to 13 million metric tons (Mt) of plastic waste entered the ocean from both developing countries with insufficient solid waste infrastructure and high-income countries with very high waste generation. We demonstrate that, in 2016, the United States generated the largest amount of plastic waste of any country in the world (42.0 Mt). Between 0.14 and 0.41 Mt of this waste was illegally dumped in the United States, and 0.15 to 0.99 Mt was inadequately managed in countries that imported materials collected in the United States for recycling. Accounting for these contributions, the amount of plastic waste generated in the United States estimated to enter the coastal environment in 2016 was up to five times larger than that estimated for 2010, rendering the United States’ contribution among the highest in the world.This work was funded by Ocean Conservancy through support from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
DNA fusion gene vaccination mobilizes effective anti-leukemic cytotoxic T lymphocytes from a tolerized repertoire
No full textThe majority of known human tumor-associated antigens derive from non-mutated self proteins. T cell tolerance, essential to prevent autoimmunity, must therefore be cautiously circumvented to generate cytotoxic T cell responses against these targets. Our strategy uses DNA fusion vaccines to activate high levels of peptide-specific CTL. Key foreign sequences from tetanus toxin activate tolerance-breaking CD4+ T cell help. Candidate MHC class Ibinding tumor peptide sequences are fused to the C terminus for optimal processing and presentation. To model performance against a leukemia-associated antigen in a tolerized setting, we constructed a fusion vaccine encoding an immunodominant CTL epitopederived from Friend murine leukemia virus gag protein (FMuLVgag) and vaccinated tolerant FMuLVgag-transgenic (gag-Tg) mice. Vaccination with the construct induced epitopespecificIFN-c-producing CD8+ T cells in normal and gag-Tg mice. The frequency and avidity of activated cells were reduced in gag-Tg mice, and no autoimmune injury resulted. However, these CD8+ T cells did exhibit gag-specific cytotoxicity in vitro and in vivo. Also, epitope-specific CTL killed FBL-3 leukemia cells expressing endogenous FMuLVgag antigen and protected against leukemia challenge in vivo. These results demonstrate a simple strategy to engage anti-microbial T cell help to activate epitope-specific polyclonal CD8+ T cell responses from a residual tolerized repertoire
Higher Dimensional Lattice Chains and Delannoy Numbers
No full textFix nonnegative integers n1 , . . ., nd, and let L denote the lattice of points (a1 , . . ., ad) ∈ ℤd that satisfy 0 ≤ ai ≤ ni for 1 ≤ i ≤ d. Let L be partially ordered by the usual dominance ordering. In this paper we use elementary combinatorial arguments to derive new expressions for the number of chains and the number of Delannoy paths in L. Setting ni = n (for all i) in these expressions yields a new proof of a recent result of Duichi and Sulanke [9] relating the total number of chains to the central Delannoy numbers. We also give a novel derivation of the generating functions for these numbers in arbitrary dimension
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Fishery Management Innovations in New Zealand
No full textTwo fishery management innovations developed in New Zealand are described. The first is a programme of “self-monitoring” of the catch through the biological sampling by the skipper or a crew member on the vessel. The intent of this programme is to take a small sample of many units of effort across a broad range of the fleet on a frequent basis. This design is dynamic and ensures that the fishery is well sampled. Examination of the data collected shows considerable internal integrity in the data and provides confidence that the information is reliable. The second innovation is the use of experimental increases in TAC (Total Allowable Catch) levels to obtain information on fish stocks which have low information availability. These increases in allowable catch are coupled with monitoring programmes to follow stock abundance trends under higher levels of removals. Both the NZ government and the NZ fishing industry are supportive of this programme as it is an effective way to obtain fish stock information when research opportunities are limited. It is the opinion of the author that the existence of the ITQ management system in New Zealand coupled with a governmental policy of recovering attributable management costs have created a climate in which innovations which reduce costs while maintaining the quality of research are favoured.Keywords: Self-monitoring, adaptive-management, ITQ, Industry researc
Socioeconomic status as a risk factor for dementia death:individual participant meta-analysis of 86 508 men and women from the UK
No full textLife-course socioeconomic factors may have a role in dementia aetiology but there is a current paucity of studies. Meta-analyses of individual participant data would considerably strengthen this evidence base
Estimates of the Pythagoras number of Rm[x1,…,xn] through lattice points and polytopes
No full textAbstractHilbert’s 17th Problem launched a number of inquiries into sum-of-squares representations of polynomials over the real numbers. Choi, Lam, and Reznick gave some bounds on the number of squares required for such a representation and indicated some directions for improving these bounds. In the first part of this paper, we follow their suggestion and obtain some stronger bounds. In the second part, we show that in the case of homogeneous polynomials in three variables, this technique cannot be extended further
Post trade liberalization policy and institutional challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean
No full textArgentina, Chile, Colombia, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay undertook extensive trade reform at a time of crisis, at which time institutional reform was difficult to undertake. Many of the countries had become members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in the late 1980s and anticipated institutional reform. Only later did they reform trade policymaking institutions to bring them somewhat in line with trade policy regimes and GATT rules. These countries have all used reference prices and antidumping provisions of GATT, rather than safeguards, to provide relief from import surges. They have all tried to centralize trade policy by moving it from different agencies into a single agency. Despite liberalization, some sectors -- including automobiles, textiles and agriculture -- remain protected. Lessons the author draws from experience in these coutries: 1) the deteriorating macroeconomic situations are the main challenge to maintaining open trade policy; 2) trade policymaking must be constantly reviewed to prevent reversals, and the costs of protection must be communicated to the public at large; 3) There must be short-run measures to help domestic activities adjust to short-run price movements and alleviate pressure for protection. The danger -- such measures (unrelated to long-run price trends) can become permanent. 4) external commitments (through WTO or customs unions) can be used to discourage a return to protection; 5) extending reform (to labor and capital markets and the regulatory framework) will help maintain and extend trade liberalization. Allowing factors of production to move smoothly from one activity to another could help prevent the buildup of pressures that lead to protection; 6) an institution to consider exceptional protection should be advisory (independent of day-to-day trade policymaking), so that it works steadily, free from administrative pressures and exigencies. Requests for protection must be handled openly and transparently, with the findings subject to public scrutiny. Procedures for granting relief through safeguards and similar mechanisms must reflect all interests, including those of consumers, exporters, and users of the product; and 7) the analysis to establish injury must conform to high technical standards. The criteria to consider trade policies must reflect national interests, not those of any particular sector.Economic Theory&Research,Common Carriers Industry,Trade Policy,Environmental Economics&Policies,Payment Systems&Infrastructure,TF054105-DONOR FUNDED OPERATION ADMINISTRATION FEE INCOME AND EXPENSE ACCOUNT,Economic Theory&Research,Trade Policy,Environmental Economics&Policies,Transport and Trade Logistics
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