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When hate groups descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, triggering
an eruption of racist violence, the tragic conflict reverberated
throughout the world. It also had a profound effect on the
University of Virginia's expansive community, many of whose members
are involved in teaching issues of racism, public art, free speech,
and social ethics. In the wake of this momentous incident,
scholars, educators, and researchers have come together in this
important new volume to thoughtfully reflect on the historic events
of August 11 and 12, 2017. How should we respond to the moral and
ethical challenges of our times? What are our individual and
collective responsibilities in advancing the principles of
democracy and justice? Charlottesville 2017: The Legacy of Race and
Inequity brings together the work of these UVA faculty members
catalyzed by last summer's events to examine their community's
history more deeply and more broadly. Their essays-ranging from
John Mason on the local legacy of the Lost Cause to Leslie Kendrick
on free speech to Rachel Wahl on the paradoxes of activism-examine
truth telling, engaged listening, and ethical responses, and aim to
inspire individual reflection, as well as to provoke considered and
responsible dialogue. This prescient new collection is a
conversation that understands and owns America's past
and-crucially-shows that our past is very much part of our present.
Contributors: Asher D. Biemann; Gregory B. Fairchild; Risa
Goluboff; Bonnie Gordon; Claudrena N. Harold; Willis Jenkins;
Leslie Kendrick; John Edwin Mason; Guian McKee; Louis P. Nelson; P.
Preston Reynolds; Frederick Schauer; Elizabeth R. Varon; Rachel
Wahl; Lisa Woolfork.
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your
eyes off the goal." -taken from God's Little Instruction Book II,
Special Gift Edition, l994, Honor Books, Inc, Tulsa, Ok 74155.
"Anne Marie" is the life story of a once very innocent black child,
who, with great determination, struggles to become a successful
businesswoman, college graduate, lover, family member, friend, and
Christ-like person. The story begins in a small town just after
World War II, and is viewed through the eyes of Ant Boo (Billie
Forman)-a loving friend of Anne Marie and one of the main
characters in the book. The tale also charts the life of two
same-gender-loving males, a wise and witty black woman, a
pride-filled community, and new insights. Anne Marie also cites
individuals who are sexually abused, religious hypocrisy, souls
motivated to succeed, victims of jealous behavior, sufferers of
betrayal, victims of lost love, and other familiar and
not-so-familiar human feelings.
Under fire from environmental and social critics, the World Bank
has made its growing contact with non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) a major theme in its self-justification. Nelson surveys the
Bank's engagement with NGOs' and shows that NGO involvement in
Bank-funded projects usually means accepting project plans and
economic strategies conceived by a narrow circle of government and
Bank planners. While contact with community groups and private
agencies has grown, key organizational traits of the Bank,
political interests of its member countries, and limitations in
most NGOs commitment and resources, limit the prospect for
fundamental change. Internal reforms have opened the Bank's
operations somewhat, but the core of its lending operations, its
governing myth of apolitical development, and its insular and
hierarchical organizational culture, remain firmly in place. The
Bank has adapted to past demands and reforms with remarkable
stability, and without monumental efforts from its would-be
reformers and decisive leadership from its new president, it is on
course to do the same through the 1990s.
While much international attention has been focused on China's
developing economy, dramatic changes are also taking place in its
legal system. This book is a groundbreaking, comprehensive
introduction to China's legal system, covering the major areas of
both civil and criminal law. The authors present fascinating cases
and balanced accounts of controversial issues, from copyright law
to punishment. By letting Chinese lawyers and judges speak for
themselves, the authors also allow readers a surprisingly candid
insider's view of real life legal practice.
Americans often believe that the First Amendment and free speech
are synonymous and that all restrictions on speech can be addressed
by the legal framework of the First Amendment. Political theorist
Samuel P. Nelson argues that the current legal framework for free
speech actually undermines attempts to resolve many of these issues
and that the law of the First Amendment has supplanted the vital
politics of free speech.
To cut through the confusion, Nelson takes a step back from the
First Amendment framework to understand the social nature of
speech, moving toward a more pluralistsic and value-based
understanding. He examines three philosophies commonly used to
justify speech protection -- libertarianism, expressivism, and
egalitarianism -- and finds none of them sufficiently responsive in
today's contemporary political landscape.
Advocating an approach grounded in value pluralism -- which
describes a wider variety of free speech claims than the First
Amendment allows -- Nelson pushes the debate beyond constitutional
and legal questions.
Conceptually, a database consists of objects and relationships.
Object Relationship Notation (ORN) is a simple notation that more
precisely defines relationships by combining UML multiplicities
with uniquely defined referential actions.
Object Relationship Notation (ORN) for Database Applications:
Enhancing the Modeling and Implementation of Associations shows how
ORN can be used in UML class diagrams & database definition
languages (DDLs) to better model & implement relationships
& thus more productively develop database applications. For the
database developer, it presents many examples of relationships
modeled using ORN-extended class diagrams & shows how these
relationships are easily mapped to an ORN-extended SQL or Object
DDL. For the DBMS developer, it presents the specifications &
algorithms needed to implement ORN in a relational and object
DBMS.
This book also describes tools that can be downloaded or
accessed via the Web. These tools allow databases to be modeled
using ORN and implemented using automatic code generation that adds
ORN support to Microsoft SQL Server and Progress Object Store.
New research on the archaeology of the colonial landscapes of the
Caribbean. This volume brings together new research on the
archaeology of the colonial landscape of the Caribbean. It focusses
on the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and on the British
Caribbean: notably Bermuda, Jamaica, Florida, Barbados, Antigua,
and especially St. Kitts and Nevis. Chapters cover a wide range of
landscapes - domestic, military and industrial - and interests,
including the archaeology and architecture of African-Caribbean
slavery and emancipation, European settlements, sugar production,
burial grounds, cartography, fortifications and trade.
From the University of Virginia's very inception, slavery was
deeply woven into its fabric. Enslaved people first helped to
construct and then later lived in the Academical Village; they
raised and prepared food, washed clothes, cleaned privies, and
chopped wood. They maintained the buildings, cleaned classrooms,
and served as personal servants to faculty and students. At any
given time, there were typically more than one hundred enslaved
people residing alongside the students, faculty, and their
families. The central paradox at the heart of UVA is also that of
the nation: What does it mean to have a public university
established to preserve democratic rights that is likewise founded
and maintained on the stolen labor of others? In Educated in
Tyranny, Maurie McInnis, Louis Nelson, and a group of contributing
authors tell the largely unknown story of slavery at the University
of Virginia. While UVA has long been celebrated as fulfilling
Jefferson's desire to educate citizens to lead and govern, McInnis
and Nelson document the burgeoning political rift over slavery as
Jefferson tried to protect southern men from anti-slavery ideas in
northern institutions. In uncovering this history, Educated in
Tyranny changes how we see the university during its first fifty
years and understand its history hereafter.
Ultrasound has revolutionized a physician's ability to make urgent
and emergent diagnoses at the bedside, and has changed the
management of many acute injuries and conditions. This is a
practical, concise introduction to what is rapidly becoming an
essential tool for all critical care physicians: bedside emergency
ultrasound. The Manual covers the full spectrum of conditions
diagnosed using ultrasound and gives practical guidance in how to
use ultrasound for common invasive procedures. Major applications
are introduced using focused diagnostic questions and reviewing the
image-acquisition skills needed to answer them. Images of positive
and negative findings are presented, and scanning tips for
improving image quality. The second edition has been substantially
revised and expanded, with new images, updated literature reviews,
new applications and clinical algorithms. New chapters cover
additional procedures, musculoskeletal and pediatric applications,
and the use of ultrasound in resuscitation. This text is invaluable
for emergency physicians at all levels.
Inflation is the rise in the amount of money circulating in a given
economy over a period of time resulting in a general rise in
prices. It is measured as the percentage rate of change of a price
index. Mainstream economists overwhelmingly agree that high rates
of inflation are caused by high rates of growth of the money
supply. Views on the factors that determine moderate rates of
inflation, especially in the short run, are more varied: changes in
inflation are sometimes attributed mostly to changes in real demand
for goods and services or fluctuations in available supplies (i.e.
changes in scarcity), and sometimes to changes in the supply or
demand for money. In the mid-twentieth century, two camps disagreed
strongly on the main causes of inflation (at moderate rates): the
'monetarists' argued that money supply dominated all other factors
in determining inflation, while 'Keynesians' argued that real
demand was often more important than changes in the money supply. A
variety of inflation measures are in use, because there are many
different price indices, designed to measure different sets of
prices that affect different people. Two widely known indices for
which inflation rates are commonly reported are the Consumer Price
Index (CPI), which measures nominal consumer prices, and the GDP
deflator, which measures the nominal prices of goods and services
produced by a given country or region. This book presents the
latest research in the field.
David Nelson wrote and compiled Konnakkol Manual to assist teaching
an advanced course in the rhythmic compositions of Karnatak (South
Indian) music. This new instructional book picks up where his
previous book, Solkattu Manual, left off. It includes advanced
exercises for developing control of odd pulse divisions, such as
three and five notes per beat. There is a chapter on the sources of
Karnatak tāas (meters), and another on the evolution of rhythmic
compositions—told through the work of three generations of
musicians. The main body of the book comprises full tani
āvartanams (spoken percussion solos) in three tāas, together with
instructions for practice, and Solkattu notation. Nelson created
150 instructional videos to accompany the text. They are accessible
at wesleyan.edu/wespress/konnakkol/.
In the continuing adventures of Mary Randolph, Mary is required to
finish a few credits before graduation. Her reprieve from the
boredom with which she is confronted comes from the local sheriff
who knows of her secret abilities and requests her to "ride along."
Acute Care Casebook provides a case-based approach to the broad
practice of acute care medicine, covering a variety of common
patient presentations and clinical environments. This book features
over 70 illustrated cases, including presentations of trauma and
medical illness in wilderness medicine, military and prehospital
environments, pediatrics, emergency medicine, and intensive care
unit and floor emergencies. Designed for students and trainees in
medicine, nursing, EMS, and other acute care specialties, this text
guides readers through not only symptom evaluation and treatment,
but also the thought process and priorities of experienced
clinicians. Each chapter features key diagnoses and management
pearls from leading experts that will help prepare readers for any
event, from stabilizing and transporting a trauma patient in the
field, to managing post-operative complications in the ICU.
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