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Nanotechnology, Environmental Risks, and Regulatory Options
No full textNanotechnology today is viewed by many as a great advance in the quest for stronger and lighter materials, more effective pharmaceuticals, and better medicine. The critical question—largely unanswered—is whether this kind of science harbors destructive powers which, if fully understood, would call for restrictions or a ban on the use of certain types of nanotechnology. Current regulations in the United States and Europe cover chemicals that may be produced in nanoform. However, those regimes are not well designed to detect the risks posed by nanotechnology because they often fail to appreciate what is unique about nanomaterials. It is unlikely that individual countries will act to effectively address nanotechnology risks because dangers are still uncertain and the potential costs of regulation are high. Logically, nanotechnology risks should be addressed at the international level because nanomaterials cross borders and pose issues worldwide. However, there is little precedent for such regulation and addressing it at the international level poses many obstacles.
The best course is to develop the “soft law” predicate for later “hard law” regulation. Such non-binding international norms or agreements should include codes of conduct, aspirational guidelines, statements of best practices, voluntary reporting, risk management systems, and licensing, accreditation, or certification schemes. Soft law can be used to create expectations which, once widely endorsed, can later be translated into binding legal obligations. Minimizing the health, safety, and environmental risks related to nanotechnology requires raising the visibility of the issue, collecting reliable data, establishing prudent practices, building an international consensus, and eventually enacting and enforcing binding obligations that reflect a prudent balance between economic progress and hazard prevention
Inauguration ceremonies for Lyndon B. Johnson
No full textPresident Lyndon Baines Johnson delivers his inaugural address at the 1965 Presidential inauguration ceremony. Also included is soprano Leontyne Price singing "America the Beautiful," Rabbi Hyman Judah Schachtel and Rev. Dr. George R. Davis saying prayers, Vice President elect Hubert Humphrey being given the oath of office by Speaker of the House John William McCormack, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Earl Warren giving the President elect Lyndon Johnson the oath of office
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry speak at the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) Memorial Plaque Ceremony
No full textSecretary of State John Kerry speaks at the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) Memorial Plaque Ceremony honoring those who lost their lives while serving overseas in the line of duty or under heroic or other inspirational circumstances. Among those eulogized are the victims of the attack on the American mission in Benghazi. Kerry introduces Vice President Joe Biden who also honors the dedication of those in the Foreign Service and the sacrifices by their families and reads the names of the deceased being honored. AFSA President Susan R. Johnson hosts the ceremony and delivers welcoming remarks
Lawyers, Mistakes, and Moral Growth
No full textVincent R. Johnson, professor at St. Mary\u27s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, reviews The Man in the Ditch: A Redemption Story for Today by Dallas attorney Mike H. Bassett
Archaeopodagrion armatum Tennesen & Johnson 2009
No full textArchaeopodagrion armatum Tennesen & Johnson 2009 Tennessen, K. & Johnson, J.T. RMNH Ecuador Zamora Chinchipe 501971 25924741 KF369622 KF370020 KF369302 ODOPH223-13Published as part of Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B., Kalkman, Vincent J., Dow, Rory A., Stokvis, Frank R. & Tol, Jan Van, 2014, Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). Supporting Information Table 2: List of analysed samples., pp. 1-10 in Systematic Entomology 39 (1) on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.665290
The First Woman Dean of a Texas Law School: Barbara Bader Aldave at St. Mary\u27s University
No full textLong-time St. Mary\u27s law professor Vincent Johnson details the arrival and tenure of Barbara Bader Aldave as Dean of St. Mary\u27s University School of Law
LGBTI variations in crime reporting: how sexual identity influences decisions to call the cops
No full textResearch shows that people vary in their willingness to report crime to police depending on the type of crime experienced, their gender, age, and their race or ethnicity. Whether or not lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) and heterosexual people vary in their willingness to report crime to the police is not well understood in the extant literature. In this article, I examine variations in LGBTI respondents' attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control on their intentions to report crimes to the police. Drawing on a survey of LGBTI individuals sampled from a Gay Pride community event and online LGBTI community forums (N = 329), I use quantitative statistical methods to examine whether LGBTI people's beliefs in police homophobia are also directly associated with the behavioral intention to report crime. Overall, the results indicate that LGBTI and heterosexual people differ significantly in their intention to report crime to the police, and that a belief in police homophobia strongly influences LGBTI people's intention to underreport crime to the police
Program, The Joppa Society Presents Marjorie Vincent, February 7, 1954, Chicago, Including a Performance of a Work by Florence Price
No full textMy Soul's Been Anchored in de LordConcert program hosted by the Joppa Society, February 7, 1954. Vincent performed Price's "My Soul's Been Anchored in de Lord."The JOPPA SOCIETY
presents
Marjorie VINCENT
MEZZO SOPRANO
in Song Recital
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1954 4:00 P. M.
SHILOH (S.D.A) PARISH HALL 7008 South Michigan Avenue
T. M. Rowe, Pastor SUBSCRIPTION ONE DOLLAR
MISS VINCENT was the 1950 Third Place Winner in the Chicago Tribune Contest. The following year she was first place winner of the R. Nathaniel Dett Scholarship Award and the Maude Roberts George Scholarship Award.
To be sure, Marjorie Vincent has won her share of prizes and awards as a young artist, one carrying with it an appearance at Orchestra Hall with the Symphony, and another, the Oliver Ditson Scholarship Award, gave her the opportunity to further her studies in Music.
In 1953 Miss Vincent received the Hobbs Scholarship Award from the Chicago Musical College where she is presently completing her work for a degree in Music Education.
Miss Vincent’s voice is of rare quality and unusual beauty.MARJORIE VINCENT
Mezzo Soprano
Programme
I
1. Te Deum
2. Ahi, Troppo E'Duro
3. "O death, how bitter"
4. Das Leben ist ein Traum
Handel
Monteverde
Brahms
Haydn
II
Sechs deutsche Lieder
1. Sei still mein Herz
2. Zwiegesang
3. Sehnsucht
4. Wiegenlied
5. Das heimliche Lied
6. Wach auf
Spohr
III
Aria: Divinites du Styx
from "Alceste" .. .. Gluck
INTERMISSION IV
1. Velvet Shoes .. .. .. .. Thompson
2. "I am like a Remnant of a Cloud of Autumn"
3. "On the Seashore of Endless Worlds"
from Gitanjali Cycle .. .. Carpenter
4. Grieve Not, Beloved .. .. .. LaForge
V
1. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Burleigh
2. My Soul's Been Anchored in de Lord .. Price
3. His Name So Sweet .. .. Johnson
Stanley Davis, Clarinetist Willard Straight, Accompanis
Turning Points in the History of St. Mary’s University School of Law (1980–1988)
No full textSt. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas has existed for nearly a century. Thus far, there have been seven important written histories of St. Mary’s University School of Law, but no one has yet attempted to write a comprehensive history of the law school, nor have any members of the faculty published autobiographies. Having taught law at St. Mary’s since 1982, Professor of Law Vincent R. Johnson shares his first-hand account about the life of the law school during most of the 1980s (specifically 1980 to 1988). That period encompasses the bulk of the deanship of James N. Castleberry Jr.
Some of the moments discussed in this Article have proved to be turning points in the history of the law school including: the significant growth of full-time faculty in the early 1980s; introduction of computers and other technology that brought the university into the new technological era and greatly advanced scholarly productivity; changes in hiring policies; the creation and development of the annual summer study abroad program in Innsbruck, Austria; construction of the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library and the renovation and dedication of the Raba Building; student resentment of the administration; conflicts between the administration and the new, progressive professors; and the end of the Castleberry deanship. At the time, they were “tumultuous.” Other moments were not so important, but explain what life was like at the law school during a certain era
Liftings for noncomplete probability spaces
No full textThe current state of knowledge concerning liftings for noncomplete probability spaces is discussed. This is a somewhat expanded version of the author's talk given at the 1991 Summer Conference on General Topology and Applications in Honor of Mary Ellen Rudin and Her Work.PT: S; CR: BURKE MR, IN PRESS P AM MATH S BURKE MR, 1991, ISRAEL J MATH, V73, P33 BURKE MR, 1992, ISRAEL J MATH, V79, P289 CARLSON T, THEOREM LIFTING CHRISTENSEN JPR, 1974, TOPOLOGY BOREL STRUC FREMLIN DH, 1989, HDB BOOLEAN ALGEBRAS, P877 INOESCUTULCEA A, 1966, 5TH P BERK S MATH ST, V2 IONESCUTULCEA A, 1967, CONTRIBUTIONS PROB 1, P63 IONESCUTULCEA A, 1969, TOPICS THEORY LIFTIN JECH TJ, 1978, SET THEORY JOHNSON RA, 1980, P AM MATH SOC, V80, P234 JUST W, IN PRESS T AM MATH S KUPKA J, 1983, INDIANA U MATH J, V32, P717 LOSERT V, 1983, LNM, V1080, P95 MAHARAM D, 1958, P AM MATH SOC, V9, P987 SHELAH S, 1983, ISRAEL J MATH, V45, P90 TALAGRAND M, 1982, P AM MATH SOC, V84, P379 VONNEUMANN J, 1931, CRELLES J MATH, V165, P109; NR: 18; TC: 0; J9: ANN N Y ACAD SCI; PG: 4; GA: BZ86BSource type: Electronic(1
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