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Results for 'Maryam A. Purvis'
Identifying Prohibition Norms in Agent Societies.Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu, Stephen Cranefield, Maryam A. Purvis & Martin K. Purvis - 2013 - Artificial Intelligence and Law 21 (1):1 - 46.details
In normative multi-agent systems, the question of "how an agent identifies norms in an open agent society" has not received much attention. This paper aims at addressing this question. To this end, this paper proposes an architecture for norm identification for an agent. The architecture is based on observation of interactions between agents. This architecture enables an autonomous agent to identify prohibition norms in a society using the prohibition norm identification (PNI) algorithm. The PNI algorithm uses association rule mining, a (...) data mining approach to identify sequences of events as candidate norms. When a norm changes, an agent using our architecture will be able to modify the norm and also remove a norm if it does not hold in the society. Using simulations of a park scenario we demonstrate how an agent makes use of the norm identification framework to identify prohibition norms. (shrink)
Gossip-Based Self-Organising Agent Societies and the Impact of False Gossip.Sharmila Savarimuthu, Maryam Purvis, Martin Purvis & Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu - 2013 - Minds and Machines 23 (4):419-441.details
The objective of this work is to demonstrate how cooperative sharers and uncooperative free riders can be placed in different groups of an electronic society in a decentralised manner. We have simulated an agent-based open and decentralised P2P system which self-organises itself into different groups to avoid cooperative sharers being exploited by uncooperative free riders. This approach encourages sharers to move to better groups and restricts free riders into those groups of sharers without needing centralised control. Our approach is suitable (...) for current P2P systems that are open and distributed. Gossip is used as a social mechanism for information sharing which facilitates the formation of groups. Using multi-agent based simulations we demonstrate how the adaptive behaviour of agents lead to self-organisation. We have tested with varying the gossip level and checked its impact in the system's behaviour. We have also investigated the impact of false gossip in this system where gossip is the medium for information sharing which leads to self-organisation. (shrink)
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
(A.) Purvis Singular Dedications. Founders and Innovators of Private Cults in Classical Greece. (Studies in Classics 1). New York and London: Routledge, 2003. Pp. Xv + 202. £50. 0415967015. [REVIEW]R. T. Anderson - 2006 - Journal of Hellenic Studies 126:184-.details
Hellenistic and Later Ancient Philosophy, Misc in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Saudi Mothers' Preferences About Breaking Bad News Concerning Newborns: A Structured Verbal Questionnaire.Sameer Y. Al-Abdi, Eman A. Al-Ali, Matar H. Daheer, Yaseen M. Al-Saleh, Khalid H. Al-Qurashi & Maryam A. Al-Aamri - 2011 - BMC Medical Ethics 12 (1):15.details
BackgroundBreaking bad news to parents whose newborn has a major disease is an ethical dilemma. In Saudi Arabia, BBN about newborns is performed according to the parental preferences that have been reported from non-Arabic/non-Islamic countries. Saudi mothers' preferences about BBN have not yet been studied. Therefore, we aimed to elicit the preferences of Saudi mothers about BBN concerning newborns.MethodsWe selected a convenience sample of 402 Saudi mothers, aged 18-50 years, who had no previous experience with BBN. We selected them via (...) a simple number-randomization scheme from the premises of a level III Saudi hospital between October of 2009 and January of 2011. We used a hypothetical situation to elicit their preferences about BBN concerning newborns via a structured verbal questionnaire composed of 12 multiple-choice questions. We expressed their preferences as percentages , and we used the Kendall's W test to assess the degree of agreement in preferences.ResultsThe Saudi mothers preferred that BBN be conducted with both parents together , albeit with weak levels of agreement . They showed moderate agreement in their preferences that BBN should be conducted early , in detail , in person , and in a quiet setting . With extremely weak agreement, they preferred to have a known person present for support during BBN , to have close bodily contact with their babies , and to have no another patients present . They showed moderate levels of agreement in their desires to detail, in advance, their preferences about process of BBN by giving a reversible, written informed consent that could be utilized for guidance, if needed .ConclusionsIn our experience, Saudi mothers' preferences about BBN concerning newborns are varied, suggesting that a "one-size-fits-all" approach is inappropriate. A reversible, written informed consent detailing their preferences about BBN that would be kept in their medical records and utilized for guidance, if needed, may be the best solution, given this level of diversity. These findings merit further study. (shrink)
Medical Ethics in Applied Ethics
Agent-Based Community Coordination of Local Energy Distribution.Muhammad Yasir, Martin K. Purvis, Maryam Purvis & Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu - 2015 - AI and Society 30 (3):379-391.details
An Agent-Based Simulation for Restricting Exploitation in Electronic Societies Through Social Mechanisms.Sharmila Savarimuthu, Maryam Purvis, Martin Purvis & Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu - 2015 - AI and Society 30 (3):345-358.details
A Gender Sensitive Analysis Towards Organic Agriculture: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach. [REVIEW]Maryam Omidi Najafabadi - 2014 - Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 27 (2):225-240.details
This study integrates the motivating and challenging elements impacting on the implementation of organic farming practice in Iran. Analysis was based on the results of two surveys; one from organic farmers to determine motivating factors and the other from experts in organic farming to identify challenging factors. These surveys incorporated a gender perspective to enable gender comparison and analysis of the results presents a practical model to support program developers in Iranian organic agriculture. Gender comparison indicated that attitudes among farmers (...) to organic agriculture were slightly variable according to gender; while experts' attitudes to organic agriculture remained constant and were not influenced by gender. The practical model ranked motivating factors as husbandry, financial, health-quality of life, general and personal; and challenging factors as financial, legal, educational, and technical. Finally, several suggestions are made according to these findings. (shrink)
Philosophy of Gender in Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Engagement Practices That Join Scientific Methods with Community Wisdom: Designing a Patient-Centered, Randomized Control Trial with a Pacific Islander Community.Pearl Anna McElfish, Peter A. Goulden, Zoran Bursac, Jonell Hudson, Rachel S. Purvis, Karen H. Kim Yeary, Nia Aitaoto & Peter O. Kohler - 2017 - Nursing Inquiry 24 (2):e12141.details
What's in a Typeface? Evidence of the Existence of Print Personalities in Arabic.Timothy R. Jordan, Alya S. AlShamsi, Hajar A. K. Yekani, Maryam AlJassmi, Nada Al Dosari, Ehab W. Hermena & Mercedes Sheen - 2017 - Frontiers in Psychology 8.details
Facilitators, Barriers, and Recommendations Related to the Informed Consent of Marshallese in a Randomized Control Trial.Rachel S. Purvis, Leah R. Eisenberg, Christopher R. Trudeau, Christopher R. Long & Pearl A. McElfish - 2020 - Clinical Ethics 15 (2):75-83.details
BackgroundThe Pacific Islander population is the second fasting growing population in the United States and Arkansas is home to the largest Marshallese population in the continental US. The Marshal...
A Way Forward for Ethics Education in Business.Aljwhara A. Al-Thani, Maryam Y. Al-Madhoun, Shahriar M. Saadullah & Ousama A. Anam - 2017 - Journal of Business Ethics Education 14:147-177.details
The objective of this study is to review the performance of business students in ethics assessments and suggest enhancements to the ethics curriculum. Data triangulation method was used to gather the data. First, data was gathered from ethics assessments that tested the performance of students. Then a faculty focus group discussion was held to gather their thoughts on the future of the ethics education. Incorporating these thoughts, 389 students were surveyed to understand their perspectives on the future of ethics education. (...) The results show that the faculty members believe the student performance needs improvement. In addition, the faculty and the students make detailed recommendations to enhance the ethics curriculum at the introductory and advanced levels. Their recommendations include that code of conduct should be a part of ethics education, and faculty members with work experience related to ethical dilemmas should deliver the ethics education. Both groups opined on the possibility of teaching ethics in a stand-alone course versus imbedding it in select courses. The details of the findings and implications are discussed. (shrink)
Expectant Fathers, Abortion, and Embryos.Dara E. Purvis - 2015 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 43 (2):330-340.details
One thread of abortion criticism, arguing that gender equality requires that men be allowed to terminate legal parental status and obligations, has reinforced the stereotype of men as uninterested in fatherhood. As courts facing disputes over stored pre-embryos weigh the equities of allowing implantation of the pre-embryos, this same gender stereotype has been increasingly incorporated into a legal balancing test, leading to troubling implications for ART and family law.
Reproductive Ethics in Applied Ethics
Professionalism and Moral Behavior.Maryam Kouchaki - 2015 - Business and Society 54 (3):376-385.details
The dissertation abstract and reflection commentary present the work of Dr. Maryam Kouchaki. The abstract provides an overview of research examining the role of professional identities on ethical behavior. Across a number of studies, this work demonstrates that professionalism, either measured or manipulated, can increase individuals' unethical behaviors. This dissertation extends prior work on professionalism by examining its psychology and shedding new light on importance of its meanings in driving individuals' behaviors. Below, the author discusses the reasons for why (...) professionals may engage in unethical behaviors. Finally, the reflection commentary provides insights about the author's journey as a PhD student. (shrink)
Ethics in Value Theory, Miscellaneous
A Phenomenological Study of the Experience of Domestic Violence in Iranian Women with HIV.Maryam Gharacheh, Nooredin Mohammadi, Fahimeh Ranjbar, Hamid Emadi Kochak & Simin Montazeri - forthcoming - Journal of Biosocial Science:1-16.details
A Persian Requiem. [REVIEW]Maryam Mafi - 1993 - Feminist Review 43 (1):92-93.details
A Comparative Study of the Concept of Time: Status and Age in the Stories of Katherine Mansfield.Maryam Jafari - 2018 - International Journal of Philosophy 6 (1):8.details
Effect of Inbreeding on Weight Gain of Offspring From Birth to 12 Months After Birth: A Study From Iran.Samane Nafissi, Maryam Ansari-Lari & Mostafa Saadat - 2010 - Journal of Biosocial Science 42 (2):195-200.details
Bringing Narratives From Physicians, Patients and Caregivers Together: A Scoping Review of Published Research.Tracy Moniz, John Costella, Maryam Golafshani, Chris Watling & Lorelei Lingard - 2021 - Medical Humanities 47 (1):27-37.details
Patients and family caregivers tell different stories about their illness and care experiences than their physicians do. Better understanding of the relationships among these narratives could offer insight into intersections and disconnections in patient, caregiver and physician perceptions of illness and care. Such understanding could support enhanced patient-centred care in medical education and practice. Narrative writing is increasingly common among physicians, patients and caregivers and uniquely positioned to reveal matters of concern to these groups. We conducted a scoping review to (...) identify literature in which first-person narratives from more than one group were considered as 'data'. A search strategy involving nine databases located 6337 citations. Two reviewers independently screened titles and abstracts. Full-text screening followed, along with handsearching of grey literature and bibliographies. Of these, 22 met inclusion criteria. Most pieces analysed narratives by patients and caregivers, followed by patients, caregivers and physicians and patients and physicians. Only nine pieces compared perspectives among any of these groups. The rest combined narratives for analysis, largely patient and caregiver stories. Most of the 22 papers used descriptive content analysis to derive themes. Themes of humanity, identity, agency and communication intersect between groups but often manifest in unique ways. What is absent, however, is a more interpretive narrative analysis of structure, orientation and characterisation within these narratives, which may reveal even more than their content. This scoping review offers a cautionary tale of lost potential. Many narratives are gathered and analysed but usually only thematically and rarely comparatively. We call for researchers to explore the potential of comparative analysis and the power of narrative inquiry in the field. Comparative narrative analysis may enrich understanding of how differences between perspectives come to be and what they mean for the experience of illness and care. (shrink)
Pattern and Determinant Factors of Birth Intervals Among Iranian Women: A Semi-Parametric Multilevel Survival Model.Maryam Seyedtabib, Abbas Moghimbeigi, Mahmood Mahmoudi, Reza Majdzadeh & Hossein Mahjub - 2020 - Journal of Biosocial Science 52 (4):534-546.details
The interval between successive pregnancies is one of the main indexes used to evaluate the health of a mother and her child. This study evaluated birth intervals in Iran using data from the Iranian Multiple Indicators Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2010–2011. A total of 20,093 married Iranian women aged 15–54 years from the whole country constituted the study sample. Based on the nature of sampling and the unobserved population heterogeneity for birth intervals in each city and province, a (...) multilevel survival frailty model was applied. Data were analysed for women's first three birth intervals. The median first and second birth intervals were 30.3 and 39.7 months respectively. Higher education, Caesarean delivery, contraceptive use and exposure to public mass media were found to decrease the hazard rate ratio of giving birth. Meanwhile, higher monthly income increased the hazard of giving birth. The results suggest that public mass media can play an effective role in encouraging women to have the recommended birth interval. Furthermore, increasing family income could encourage Iranian couples to decrease the time to their next birth. (shrink)
Nursing Instructors' Perception of Students' Uncivil Behaviors: A Qualitative Study.Anahita Masoumpoor, Fariba Borhani, Abbas Abbaszadeh & Maryam Rassouli - 2017 - Nursing Ethics 24 (4):483-492.details
Nursing Ethics in Applied Ethics
Intracortical Circuits in the Contralesional Primary Motor Cortex in Patients With Chronic Stroke After Botulinum Toxin Type A Injection: Case Studies.Maryam Zoghi, Pouya Hafezi, Bhasker Amatya, Fary Khan & Mary Pauline Galea - 2020 - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 14.details
Philosophy of Neuroscience in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
A Question of Families.Sally Purvis - 1998 - Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 52 (2):145-160.details
Cursed yet Blessed.A. Purvis - 1993 - In Jonathan Westphal & Carl Avren Levenson (eds.), Time. Hackett Pub. Co.. pp. 67.details
First Do No Harm: Ethical Concerns of Health Researchers That Discourage the Sharing of Results With Research Participants.Rachel S. Purvis, Christopher R. Long, Leah R. Eisenberg, D. Micah Hester, Thomas V. Cunningham, Angel Holland, Harish E. Chatrathi & Pearl A. McElfish - 2020 - Ajob Empirical Bioethics 11 (2):104-113.details
We Are Surprised; Wasn'T Iran Disgraced There? A Functional Analysis of Hedges and Boosters in Televised Iranian and American Presidential Debates.Maryam Alavi-Nia & Alireza Jalilifar - 2012 - Discourse and Communication 6 (2):135-161.details
By the slant of their aims, presidential candidates rely on their own rhetorical arsenal to win the acquiescence of the public. Hedges and boosters, two subcategories of metadiscourse markers, are among the rhetorical tropes which assist politicians to increase or decrease commitment, blur or sharpen the boundaries between good and evil, and bolster or emasculate solidarity. Despite the many functions hedges and boosters can play in political discourse, studies that address these devices in relation to their persuasive effect in televised (...) presidential debates cross-linguistically are tremendously scant. To this aim, the current study examined the hedging and boosting strategies used by the winners of American and Iranian presidential elections during one of their latest televised debates. A bottom–up method of analysis was adopted to analyze the debates in terms of hedges and boosters, and a functional model in light of what surfaced in the analysis along with awareness of the existing literature was proposed. The study showed that not only were the frequencies significantly different, but the functions these devices fulfilled were also varied cross-linguistically as the winners of both groups demonstrated diverse tendencies towards using hedges and boosters. (shrink)
Beneath the Narcissus: A Woman's Experience of Iranian Prisons and Beyond.Maryam Namazie & Nasrin Parvaz - 2003 - Feminist Review 73 (1):71-85.details
Dual-Task Interference in a Simulated Driving Environment: Serial or Parallel Processing?Mojtaba Abbas-Zadeh, Gholam-Ali Hossein-Zadeh & Maryam Vaziri-Pashkam - 2021 - Frontiers in Psychology 11.details
When humans are required to perform two or more tasks concurrently, their performance declines as the tasks get closer together in time. Here, we investigated the mechanisms of this cognitive performance decline using a dual-task paradigm in a simulated driving environment, and using drift-diffusion modeling, examined if the two tasks are processed in a serial or a parallel manner. Participants performed a lane change task, along with an image discrimination task. We systematically varied the time difference between the onset of (...) the two tasks and measured its effect on the amount of dual-task interference. Results showed that the reaction times of the two tasks in the dual-task condition were higher than those in the single-task condition. SOA influenced the RTs of both tasks when they were presented second and the RTs of the image discrimination task when it was presented first. Results of drift-diffusion modeling indicated that dual-task performance affects both the rate of evidence accumulation and the delays outside the evidence accumulation period. These results suggest that a hybrid model containing features of both parallel and serial processing best accounts for the results. Next, manipulating the predictability of the order of the two tasks, we showed that in unpredictable conditions, the order of the response to the two tasks changes, causing attenuation in the effect of SOA. Together, our findings suggest higher-level executive functions are involved in managing the resources and controlling the processing of the tasks during dual-task performance in naturalistic settings. (shrink)
A Critique of Mohrhoff's Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.Afshin Shafiee, Maryam Jafar-Aghdami & Mehdi Golshani - 2006 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 37 (2):316-329.details
Ethical Dilemmas Encountered by Health Care Providers Caring for Marshallese Migrants in Northwest Arkansas.Lisa Low, Rachel S. Purvis, Thomas V. Cunningham, Almas Chughati, Robert Garner & Pearl A. McElfish - 2019 - Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics 9 (1):53-62.details
A Dyadic Approach to Understanding Associations Between Job Stress, Marital Quality, and Dyadic Coping for Dual-Career Couples in Iran.Reza Fallahchai, Maryam Fallahi & Ashley K. Randall - 2019 - Frontiers in Psychology 10.details
Introducing a Structured Prescription Form Improves the Quality of Handwritten Prescriptions in Limited Resource Setting of Developing Countries.Usman Ahmad Raza, Sana Latif, Anum Naseer, Maryam Saad, Muhammad Fazal Zeeshan & Umair Qazi - 2016 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 22 (5):714-720.details
The Effect of Supersonic Transports on the Global Environment: A Debate Revisited.Martin Purvis & Frances Drake - 2001 - Science, Technology, and Human Values 26 (4):501-528.details
Initial moves to develop a new generation of commercial supersonic transports to succeed Concorde are already under way. Aircraft manufacturers promise a plane that will withstand both economic and environmental scrutiny. Yet, the crash of an Air France Concorde at Paris in July 2000 has caused further doubts about the viability of SSTs. This study revisits the previous debate surrounding Concorde to explore the potential for current initiatives to overcome the public's anxiety of further environmental degradation. This article seeks, therefore, (...) to examine the role that environmental issues and campaign groups played in the development of the first generation of SSTs, concentrating on the influence of global environmental arguments on political decision making. Debate surrounding the global environmental impact of SSTs foreshadows later attention to human impact at the planetary scale. It provides the first illustration of the often complex links between attempted protection of the global environment and political and public perceptions of national vested interests. (shrink)
Balancing Conscience: A Response to Fernandes & Ecret.Ian Wolfe & Maryam Guiahi - 2020 - Conatus 5 (1):101.details
There are many lessons that bioethics can learn from the Holocaust. Forefront are the lessons from the Nuremberg trials and the formation of research ethics. An often-overlooked lesson is how the Nazi regime was able to construct a hierarchy in such a way that influenced people to act in horrendous ways. Fernandes & Ecret, writing in Conatus – Journal of Philosophy 4, no. 2, highlight the influence of hierarchy on the moral silence of nurses and physicians within the Nazi regime. (...) While we greatly enjoyed the paper, and think it is an important contribution, we find several misrepresentations of current bioethical discourse. There is not a global acceptance of euthanasia or medical aid in dying, the contemporary position in bioethics does not favor removal of conscience-based protections, and the lack of personal conscience-based protections was not the main factor in the analysis of Nazi medical hierarchy. The authors' overall conclusion that their analysis suggests the importance of strengthening personal conscience-based objections to prevent medical hierarchy from influencing immoral behavior misses the more significant issue of institutional behavior. Instead, we argue, that the lessons from the analysis of Nazi nurses and physicians speak to the importance of protecting patients from institutional conscience-based objections that violate patient rights of access to legal medical services. This paper will respond to the misrepresentations. We highlight the growing threats to health care access from religious affiliated institutions, the threats to professional ethics and physician and nurse scope of practice. We conclude that the analysis by Fernandes & Ecret does point out an important lesson, but rather than showing the importance of individual conscience protections, it speaks to the importance of protecting patient rights. (shrink)
Four Island Utopias: Being Plato's Atlantis; Euhermos of Messene's Panchaia; Iamboulos' Island of the Sun; Sir Francis Bacon's New Atlantis, With a Supplement on Utopian Prototypes, Developments, and Variations.Diskin Clay & Andrea Purvis - 2000 - Utopian Studies 11 (2):246-247.details
Political Realism and Utopianism in Social and Political Philosophy
Confronting the Power of Abjection: Toward a Politics of Shame.Jennifer Purvis - 2019 - philoSOPHIA: A Journal of Continental Feminism 9 (2):45-67.details
Hegelian Dimensions of The Second Sex: A Feminist Consideration.Jennifer Purvis - 2001 - Bulletin de la Société Américaine de Philosophie de Langue Française 13 (1):128-156.details
G. W. F. Hegel in 19th Century Philosophy
Simone de Beauvoir in Continental Philosophy
Intra- and Inter-Week Variations of Well-Being Across a Season: A Cohort Study in Elite Youth Male Soccer Players.Hadi Nobari, Maryam Fani, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Jorge Carlos-Vivas, Jorge Pérez-Gómez & Luca Paolo Ardigò - 2021 - Frontiers in Psychology 12.details
This study describes the weekly variations of well-being ratings relative to fatigue, stress, delayed-onset muscle soreness, sleep quality, and Hooper questionnaire throughout the season. In addition, the well-being variables for the playing position in different moments of the season were discussed. Twenty-one elite young soccer players U17 took part in this study. From the beginning of the pre-season, well-being status was monitored daily by the HQ method throughout 36 weeks, including four periods: pre-season, early-season, mid-season, and end-season. Players trained at (...) least 3 times per week throughout the season. The main outcome was that, in weeks 33 and 28, the highest [wFatigue: 15.85 ± 3.38 arbitrary units ; wHQ: 48.86 ± 9.23 AU] and the lowest wFatigue and wHQ occurred, respectively, although the lowest level of wDOMS happened in week 28, while the highest wDOMS was observed in week 5. The highest wSleep and wStress were observed in weeks 8 and 34, respectively, while the lowest wSleep and wStress were marked in week 29 coincidentally. In the HQ between every weekday, except recovery day, and the day of the match, considerable highest HQ was only revealed in 2 days after MD in contrast to overall team comparison. In the present study, we observed that the well-being changes between different phases of the season as well as between weeks and days of the week with the MD are significant. These results provide a great point of view for coaches and practitioners about well-being variations over a season in elite youth soccer level. As a result, coaches will be more aware about non-functional overreaching and taking measures to prevent it. (shrink)
How German Theologians Read and Edited Luther for the Public: Karl Gottlieb Bretschneider's Luther for Our Time.Zachary Purvis - 2021 - Journal for the History of Modern Theology/Zeitschrift für Neuere Theologiegeschichte 28 (2):186-206.details
Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Entstehung und die Wirkung von Luther an unsere Zeit, Karl Gottlieb Bretschneiders vielgelesenes Buch der Auszüge, als Fallstudie darüber, wie moderne wissenschaftliche Theologen und Herausgeber Luther gelesen, kommentiert und anderen Lesern vorgestellt haben: in diesem Beispiel als Rationalist. Das Buch war umstritten. Der Beitrag befasst sich auch mit zwei konkurrierenden Auswahlen von Luthers Schriften, die von den konservativeren Protestanten Friedrich Perthes und Hans Lorenz Andreas Vent sowie den ultramontanen Katholiken Nikolaus Weis und Andreas Räß als Antwort (...) verfasst wurden. Es deutet darauf hin, dass eine stärkere Berücksichtigung solcher Zusammenstellungen und der Arbeitsmethoden der Compiler selbst – als Teil der kritischen Geschichte der Wissenschaft – sowohl unser Verständnis des tatsächlichen Einsatzes der Reformer und ihrer breiten Rezeption durch verschiedene Leser bereichern als auch neues Licht werfen wird über die Polemik des frühen neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. This article examines the creation and impact of Luther for Our Time, Karl Gottlieb Bretschneider's much-read book of excerpts, as a case study of how modern scientific theologians and editors read, annotated, and introduced Luther to other readers: in this instance as a rationalist. The book was controversial. The article also looks at two competing selections of Luther's texts prepared in response by the more conservative Protestants Friedrich Perthes and Hans Lorenz Andreas Vent and the ultramontane Catholics Nikolaus Weis and Andreas Räß. It suggests that greater consideration of such compilations and the working methods of the compilers themselves – part of the critical history of scholarship – will both enrich our understanding of the actual use of reformers and their broad reception by various readers, as well as shed new light on the polemics of the early nineteenth century. (shrink)
Foucault's Biopower and E. M. Forster's A Passage to India.Mohsen Hanif & Maryam Madadizadeh - 2020 - Aisthesis. Pratiche, Linguaggi E Saperi Dell'Estetico 13 (1):101-114.details
Society Must Be Defended is a collection of Michel Foucault's courses at the College de France in 1976. In this volume, Foucault discusses the emergence of a new technology of domination called biopower. It is a power that is not "individualizing", but "massifying", that is directed at man as a member of a "species". Biopolitics exerts control over relations between the human races. Yet, some critics claim that Foucault's biopower does not address colonial societies and problems. This paper argues that (...) Foucault's theory of biopower could be applied to the postcolonial discourse, too. To trace Foucauldian biopower in postcolonial literature, the authors of this article have focused on E. M. Forster's A Passage to India. In this paper, the plot and the dialogue of Forster's novel is studied based on Foucault's theory of biopower as discussed in his Society Must Be Defended. It is concluded that in Forster's novel, it can be noticed that the English power, which dominated early twentieth century Indian society, employs biopower to subjugate the Indian population. The English officials control India not merely by means of disciplinary institutions, but by manufacturing norms for an entire race which are explainable in terms of Foucault's theory of biopower. (shrink)
Dalit Feminism in Tokyo: Analogy and Affiliation in Transnational Dalit Activism.Purvi Mehta - 2019 - Feminist Review 121 (1):24-36.details
This article discusses different conceptions and translations of the devadasi system in transnational Dalit feminist activism. I focus specifically on activist participation at the 1994 Asia Tribunal on Women's Human Rights in Tokyo, Japan and the construction of an analogy between the experiences and struggles of devadasis and that of 'military comfort women', i.e. women from Japan's former colonies who were abducted and raped by the Japanese military during World War II. I argue that strategic claims of commonality are part (...) of the process of making specific, local practices legible to a global audience and that these sorts of claims also enable transnational feminist activism and solidarity. (shrink)
A Pilot Study Investigating the Effect of Music-Based Intervention on Depression and Anhedonia.Thenille Braun Janzen, Maryam I. Al Shirawi, Susan Rotzinger, Sidney H. Kennedy & Lee Bartel - 2019 - Frontiers in Psychology 10.details
An Improved Route-Finding Algorithm Using Ubiquitous Ontology-Based Experiences Modeling.Maryam Barzegar, Abolghasem Sadeghi-Niaraki, Maryam Shakeri & Soo-Mi Choi - 2019 - Complexity 2019:1-15.details
Every day, people are hired in different organizations and old and retiring employees are eliminated from enterprise systems. Eliminating these individuals from organizations leads to the loss of their spatial experiences. In addition, since new employees lack relevant experience, they need a long time to develop the correct skills for the company and may even cause damage to the organization during this learning process. Therefore, storing the spatial experience of individuals is a critical issue. Due to the intelligence of ubiquitous (...) Geospatial Information System, any experience from any user can be received and stored. In the future, based on these experiences, an appropriate service to each user may be provided as needed. This paper aims to propose an ontology-based model to store spatial experiences in the field of ubiquitous GIS route finding. For this purpose, first ontology is designed for route finding, and then according to this ontology, an ontology-based route-finding algorithm is developed for ubiquitous GIS. Finally, this algorithm is implemented for Tehran, Iran, and its results are compared with the shortest path algorithm in terms of the route length and travel time for peak traffic time. The results show that while the route length obtained from the ontology-based algorithm is more than Dijkstra's algorithm, the travel time is lower, and on some routes the difference in travel time saved reaches 35 minutes. (shrink)
Allamah Tabatabaee on Divine Attributes of Acts.Maryam Barooti & Mohammad Saeedi Mehr - 2013 - پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین 11 (1):61-78.details
In Allamah Tabatabaee's works there are found at least three apparently different views about the relation of Divine essence and His attributes of act: 1. the unity of God's essence and His attributes of act; 2. the ontological distinction between His essence and His attributes of act and 3. the impossibility of attribution of such properties to God's essence. In this paper we try to establish that these three views are essentially consistent. Our analysis shows that each one of the (...) above-mentioned positions can be considered from a special aspect. The first view is based on considering the mere reality of such attributes while in the second view we are just concerned to the appearance of them. The third view, however, is a result of a pluralistic analysis of the attributes of act. (shrink)
A Qualitative Study on Aspects of Consent for Genomic Research in Communities with Low Literacy.Daima Bukini, Columba Mbekenga, Siana Nkya, Lisa Purvis, Sheryl McCurdy, Michael Parker & Julie Makani - 2020 - BMC Medical Ethics 21 (1):1-7.details
BackgroundLow literacy of study participants in Sub - Saharan Africa has been associated with poor comprehension during the consenting process in research participation. The concerns in comprehension are far greater when consenting to participate in genomic studies due to the complexity of the science involved. While efforts are made to explore possibilities of applying genomic technologies in diseases prevalent in Sub Saharan Africa, we ought to develop methods to improve participants' comprehension for genomic studies. The purpose of this study was (...) to understand different approaches that can be used to seek consent from individuals with low literacy in Sub-Saharan African countries in genomic research to improve comprehension.MethodsUsing qualitative study design, we conducted focus-group discussions, in-depth interviews and participant observations as data collection methods. This study was embedded in a hospital based genomic study on Sickle Cell Disease at Muhimbili National Hospital in Tanzania. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse the transcripts and field notes.ResultsFindings from this study show that literacy level has little influence on understanding the research details. According to the participants of this study, the methods used to provide information, the language, and time spent with the study participants were the key factors influencing understanding. The availability of group sessions held before individual consent to allow for a detailed questions and answers format was agreed to be the best method to facilitate the comprehension.ConclusionThe quality of the consenting process of participants will be influence by a number of factors. The type of research consented for, where the research will be implemented and who are the potential study participants are amongst the factors that need to be assessed during the consenting. Measures to improve participants' comprehension need to be developed when consenting participants with low literacy level in genomic studies. (shrink)
Relationship Between Declarations of Conflict of Interests and Reporting Positive Outcomes in Iranian Dental Journals.Maryam Alsadat Hashemipour, Sepehr Pourmonajemzadeh, Shahrzad Zoghitavana & Nader Navabi - 2019 - Science and Engineering Ethics 25 (4):1057-1067.details
Conflict of interests is a situation when someone is in need of other people's trust on one the hand and has personal or general interests on the other hand, resulting in conflict with the given responsibility. In this research work, an attempt was made to find the relation between declarations of conflict of interests and reporting positive outcomes in the dental journals in Iran. In this analytical/cross-sectional study, first Health and Biomedical Information was searched and all the Persian and English (...) dental journals published in Iran were collected. Then, all the papers published in the journals from December 2000 to December 2016 were collected and categorized in terms of the year of publication, author or authors' affiliations, Persian and English journal, type of the substance or the drug used, declarations of conflict of interests and the positive or negative conclusion of the report. Data were analyzed with the Fisher's exact test and Chi squared test, using the program SPSS 18. In numerical analysis, the significance was set at P < 0.05. Seventeen dental journals in Persian and English were analyzed: 10 in English and 7 in Persian. Reviewing these studies showed that of 1021 articles in Persian, in 128 cases there was no mention of a declaration of conflict of interests and in 11 cases, the COI had been stated. In addition, from 1220 articles in English, in 825 cases there was no mention of declarations of conflict of interests and in 45 cases, the declarations of COI had been mentioned. There was no significant relation between the COI and 'no' COI and the reporting of positive outcomes in papers in Iranian dental journals in terms of the journal type, year of publication and the journals' guarantee form. A total of 83% of studies with declarations of COI had one positive outcome, with a significant relationship in this field; however, in 73% of studies with no COI, there was one positive outcome, too. In general, the society expects that doctors would not consider any incentives except the health of the patients in the efforts made by them. The severity of the consequences of COI is of higher value when the patients' health is endangered due to it. In addition, COI might change the attitude and approach of other doctors and peers. (shrink)
Mulla Sadra's Practical Philosophy: A Return to Platonic Phronesis.Sahar Kavandi, Maryam Ahmadi & Ahmad Hosseini - 2021 - Philosophy East and West 71 (3):704-723.details
Developing Critical Thinking with Debate: Evidence From Iranian Male and Female Students.Maryam Danaye Tous & Sara Haghighi - 2016 - Informal Logic 36 (1):64-82.details
The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference between the performance of Iranian male and female EFL learners on the five dimensions of the California Critical Thinking Skills Test.88 learners, out of 120, who were selected through convenience sampling method, participated in this study. The researcher used a quantitative research method with one-group pretest posttest design. This group received some treatment in the form of "the Meeting-House Debate" strategy. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result (...) showed that there was no significant difference in the performance of males and females on the sub-scales measured; i.e. evaluation, analysis, inference, deductive reasoning, and inductive reasoning. It was concluded that gender did not have a significant effect on the students' critical thinking skills. (shrink)
Informal Logic in Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Book Reviews : Feminist Research: Mary Maynard and June Purvis (Eds) Researching Women's Lives From a Feminist Perspective London: Taylor and Francis, 1994, 217 Pp., ISBN 0-7484-01539. [REVIEW]Maggie Humm - 1995 - European Journal of Women's Studies 2 (2):282-284.details


In the May/June 2015 issue, we featured a sweeping look at the history of craft cocktails in Chicago. The city's dynamic crew of talented drink makers continues to grow, so we're highlighting a few bars that have opened since that story first went to print. Here are five new Chicago spots that are raising the standards for good drinks.
The new face of the recently renovated Chicago Athletic Association Hotel can be summed up in one word: grandiose. There's much to be said for the jaw-droppingly beautiful architectural elements that remain intact throughout the historic building–but we're here to talk about the four new bars located within its walls. Orchestrated by Land and Sea Dept. (Longman & Eagle, Parson's Chicken and Fish) and overseen by bar master Paul McGee, the bar programs differ slightly from concept to concept. The Game Room (complete with a full bocce-ball court, shuffleboard and a variety of board games) keeps things playful, quirky and lighthearted with a frozen Fernet and blackberry cocktail and whimsical highballs (including the room's eponymous drink); The Cherry Room is an elegant, Mad Men-esque den that puts vintage and classic Chicago-centric cocktails in the spotlight; and the apothecary-like, eight-seat micro-speakeasy The Milk Room serves an impressive array of vintage drinks made with equally vintage spirits (such as obscure bottles of Chartreuse). And the bright, lounge-like rooftop bar overlooking Millennium Park and it's iconic landmarks matches the delicious cocktails at Cindy's (not managed by McGee) with an equally impressive view.
Taking inspiration from the West Coast-style of drink making, feisty local consulting company The Dogma Group (Clint Rogers, Brian Sturgulewski and Alex Renshaw) crafted a program ripe with carefully chosen agave spirits, fresh fruits and herbs. Part of the menu is dedicated to "classics from the Bay," with drinks including a traditional Pisco Punch and a Tommy's Margarita as nods to the bar's San Francisco inspiration, while the other half showcases the team's mixing prowess with originals like the perky Flash in the Pan cocktail. There's also a great selection of wine and beer from California for those looking to drink in more of the Golden State's abundance.
You don't see many India-inspired pubs with excellent drink programs, but the latest from Chicago's Heisler Hospitality (Sportsman's Club, Trenchermen, Lone Wolf) has successfully taken on this mission. An eclectic craft-beer list curated by beverage director Michael McAvena (Publican) provides a solid baseline for the drinks program, with a boozy mango lassi and small list of creative "cups" composing the cocktail side of the menu. The four cups are inspired by the classic Pimm's Cup, and are made with a local iteration of the British liqueur from Letherbee Distillers. Our favorite is the Royale Cup #4, a mashup of the classic Pimm's Cup and tropical Jungle Bird cocktails.
After resounding success with their first Miami location, the team behind the Freehand Hotel delivered its special brand of boutique tropical vibes to the Windy City earlier this month. The Chicago outpost of the James Beard Award-nominated bar isn't a cookie-cutter replica of the original; befitting the local climate, the Chicago bar is completely indoors and stuffed with cozy nooks and fireplaces, with glassware made by local artisans and a menu that will rotate seasonally (instead of every three weeks like in Miami). Freddie Sarkis (Sable, Celeste) manages the drinks offerings, which are broken into Broken Shaker staples and Chicago-inspired tipples. They've set a new standard for creativity with selections like the Sherry Cobbler on tap and The Godmother, a delectable blend of roasted corn reduction, amontillado sherry, citrus and Mezcal Vida, dressed with chapulin (grasshopper) herb salt.
Located in a sweeping 5,000 square-foot warehouse-like space in the Fulton Market district, the newest restaurant and bar from the Footman Hospitality team (Bangers & Lace) looked to retro Chicago taverns for visual inspiration, and to modern drink trends to inspire the beverage menu. Veteran barkeep Peter Vestinos (Naha, Sepia, Winchester) directs a versatile program where gin plays a large role, with a rotating gin-and-tonic table-service option that lets guests do the mixing themselves. Cozy up in one of the overstuffed armchairs for a nightcap (they offer three, including a milk punch made with agricole rum, jamaican rum, ginger liqueur, spices and clarified milk), or sit at a table for an aperitif and some of the tasty nibbles from chef Rachel Dow (who originally cut her chops as executive sous chef at avec).
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Homeschooled kids often get a head start by earning college credits while still in high school. Since my oldest is 14 and very advanced in math I've spent several months researching this topic. Today many options are available for earning college credit thereby greatly reducing the cost of a college degree.
Here are three main ways to earn credit.
AP, CLEP and DSST are three different types of tests which can be taken and are accepted by universities. AP, or advanced placement exams are commonly offered by high schools which teach advanced classes such as calculus, English and history. CLEP exams cover many subjects typically taught during the first year of college such as American Literature, Foreign Language, Economics, Chemistry, Humanities, and Calculus. DSST exams tend to cover topics more typically gained through on the job experience such as business and computing.
Most undergraduate programs accept around one years worth of credits, or 32 credits total. They pick and choose which credits from exams they will accept. Sometimes they change their policies, and not all universities accept the same exams. That being said, passing a foreign language exam can earn potential undergraduates a whopping 12 credits. Passing most other exams result in 3 to 6 credits depending on the exam and score. Many universities like to limit the amount of credits accepted by testing to ensure students are capable of learning through more traditional classroom methods. So the bottom line is, testing can be an efficient way to skip ahead, but if the end university is known, it's best to double check with them in advance to see what credits they will accept.
Many undergraduate university programs will accept up to 64 transfer credits, or credits earned at another accredited institution. That means students could either take two years worth of classes at a community college, or one year of classes combined with 32 testing credits to begin an undergraduate program as a junior. Since community colleges tend to be cheaper than universities and testing cheaper than community college, this combination is an excellent way to save money on education.
Accreditation is key. There are many colleges offering classes, but not all are accredited. Again, if the university or final degree program is known, then it's best to check with that institution as to whether or not the credits earned at the community college will be accepted. If the final degree program is still being decided, checking the regional accreditation is a good idea. Here's a web link to help verify accreditation.
Now that the internet has grown by leaps and bounds, many students are obtaining on-line degrees. Thomas Edison State College, Excelsior College and Charter Oaks State College are three big on-line degree institutions. What's really neat about several of the on-line programs is that students can earn a degree almost entirely through testing. They tend to accept most testing credits and even offer tests similar to course final exams which if passed, are another route for earning credit.
Students can learn at home, take AP, CLEP and DSST exams, then select an on-line school and degree program. From there, the students can study the material required by the degree program, enroll, take several tests and wind up with a degree, or enroll and take the courses on-line to complete the program.
Accredited degrees are normally accepted by universities. Therefore, if the student were to earn an on-line degree and then begin a second degree at a university, depending on the similarity of the degrees, as much as three years worth of classes could be eliminated.
Just like the numerous options for educating elementary, junior high and high school level children there are many options for college level as well. The ideal scenario would be to know the final destination university and degree program and then select a testing/community college/on-line option to feed into it. Without knowing the final goal, much progress can still be made. Just remember, each university sets its own rules. The important thing is to look for accreditation.


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Incineration of radioactive waste begins at Fukushima nuclear plant
March 21, 2016 (Mainichi Japan)
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has begun incinerating radioactively contaminated clothing and other waste on the grounds of the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant in an effort to reduce the volume of waste.
【Related】Over 9 million bags of nuclear cleanup waste piled up across Fukushima Pref.
A three-story incineration facility has been built on the north side of the plant grounds. Every day around 7,000 people work at the Fukushima plant, creating a massive amount of waste in the form of used radiation suits, gloves and boots. Pre-disaster incineration equipment was destroyed by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, which led to the construction of the new facility.
As of the end of last year some 70,000 metric tons of this kind of waste was being held in storage containers. TEPCO estimates that by the year 2028, 358,000 tons of such waste will have been produced, but claims it can reduce the volume of the waste to as little as about one-fiftieth of its original size by incinerating it.
Radioactive materials contained in the smoke from the incinerator will be removed by filters on the exhaust pipes. The resulting ash will be sealed in specialized barrels, and TEPCO says there will be little danger from radioactive exposure.
However, in addition to the aforementioned waste there were, as of July last year, around 83,000 tons of lumber from trees cut down to make way for tanks storing contaminated water and 155,000 tons of other waste such as power plant debris from the hydrogen explosions that occurred there. These additional kinds of waste are expected to grow to 695,000 tons by 2028, and will not be processed at the incineration facility.
While TEPCO plans to construct facilities to burn this lumber and to break down debris in the future, these are not expected to all be operational until around fiscal 2020.
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Recent Changes to Jury Fee Rules
In California, if you demand a jury trial, you are required to pay a deposit for exercising that right. In recent years, prior to June 5, 2012, the Code of Civil Procedure § 631(b) read:
"Each party demanding a jury trial shall deposit advance jury fees with the clerk or judge. The total amount of the advance jury fees may not exceed on hundred fifty ($150) for each party. The deposit shall be made at least 25 calendar days before the date initially set for trial…" [emphasis added].
Earlier this year, Code of Civil Procedure § 631(b) was amended to read:
"(b) Each party demanding a jury trial shall deposit advance jury fees with the clerk or judge. The total amount of the advance jury fees shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for each party.
(c) The advance jury fee deposit shall be made on or before the date scheduled for the initial case management conference in the action. If no case management conference is scheduled in a civil action, the advance jury deposit shall be made no later than 365 calendar days after the filing of the initial complaint. If the party has not appeared before the initial case management conference or has appeared more than 365 calendar days after the filing of the initial complaint, the deposit shall be made as provided in subdivision (d)." [emphasis added].
There are three things to note: (1) the "fee" is non-refundable; (2) each party is responsible for depositing this fee; and (3) the fee is required to be paid on or before the first Case Management Conference or within one year of the filing of the action.
Under the June 5, 2012 Amendment, every plaintiff is required to pay $150.00, in addition to the $450.00 filing fee (Riverside County), simply for bringing a civil action – this could amount to many hundreds of dollars in non-refundable fees being paid in a case where multiple plaintiffs are injured.
Additionally, because the vast, vast majority of personal injury cases in California settle before trial (indeed many statutes are engineered to promote the goal of settlement), this non-refundable fee gets paid to the court, never to be used to pay for the plaintiff's non-existent jury and never to be returned to him/her. Previously, the jury fees were only to be paid 25 calendar days before the initial trial date and, in many cases, an action would settle before such fees were deposited. Now, the fee must be paid very early in litigation, often before any meaningful attempts to settle can be made.
As a result of much discontent regarding the June amendment to Section 631(b), Assembly Bill 1481 was introduced, passed, and signed into law on September 17th 2012, to take effect immediately. Code of Civil Procedure § 631(b) now reads:
"At least one party demanding a jury on each side of a civil case shall pay a nonrefundable fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150), unless the fee has been paid by another party on the same side of the case. The fee shall offset the costs to the state of providing juries in civil cases. If there are more than two parties to the case, for purposes of this section only, all plaintiffs shall be considered one side of the case, and all other parties shall be considered the other side of the case." [emphasis added].
The language of the Section now requires only one party per side to pay the jury deposit fee. Unfortunately, the requirement that these fees be deposited on or before the date of the first Case Management Conference remains (a few narrow exceptions are listed in Section 631(c)).
It seems clear that the recent changes to these rules were designed to provide the Courts with more funding. It is also clear that, given the early requirement for depositing such non-refundable fees, this is another non-recoverable cost that must be incurred by a plaintiff in bringing an action for damages. What are less clear are the implications these rules have on one's Constitutional Right to a jury trial and whether we will see further outrage like that which resulted in AB 1481.
Mr. Serrano has been admitted to practice before California State and Federal Courts. He was named to the Super Lawyers' 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 Southern California Rising Stars List, an honor awarded to no more than 2.5% of attorneys in Southern California each year. View Attorney Jean-Simon Serrano's Attorney Bio Here.
By Jean-Simon Serrano | Posted on October 1, 2012 Tags: Courts, jury trial


Looking out of my office window on this cold January day, I see gray skies and snow piled up in the New York City streets. For some, this kind of winter weather is a bummer only because it snarls traffic, requires shoveling and makes it harder to climb out of a warm bed. But for up to 10% of Americans, the long winter can spell a much more serious kind of trouble in the form of seasonal affective disorder.
If you tend to feel down and depressed during the winter, don't just brush it off as "the blues" – seasonal affective disorder (which carries the apt acronym SAD), is a very real subtype of depression. As opposed to episodes of regular depression, which can occur unpredictably any time of the year, SAD tends to worsen predictably during a particular season and then go into remission for the remainder of the year.
There are two main forms of SAD – fall-onset SAD, which starts in late fall or early winter and is by far the most common, and summer-onset SAD. In the Northern Hemisphere, you are more likely to suffer from SAD if you live in the north where days are shorter, especially if you've moved there from a more southern location.
Symptoms that tend to be more prominent in fall-onset SAD are sleeping more than usual, increased appetite (especially for carbohydrates), increasing weight, irritability, trouble in your relationships and feeling like your arms and legs are heavy and "leaden." In contrast, spring-onset SAD tends to feature insomnia, decreased appetite and weight loss.
The cause of SAD is not well understood, though decreased daylight may be at least partially to blame and there may also be a genetic component. Studies suggest that levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter important for regulating mood, vary by season and in response to sunlight and appear to be low in people who suffer from SAD.
If you have symptoms of SAD and they are interfering with how you live your life, take them seriously. Talk to your doctor to see if you qualify for the SAD diagnosis and to talk about treatment options. In your day-to-day life, maintain a regular sleep schedule and try to maximize your exposure to daylight by waking up early enough to take advantage of the sun, opening your curtains first thing, and going outside (but be sure to avoid the tanning salon, which is not a safe or recommended treatment). You can also keep your interior environment bright with lamps and bright colors.
Effective professional treatments can include talk therapy, anti-depressant medications and light therapy, in which patients are exposed to a particular type of light for 10 to 90 minutes a day. With a little help, you can brighten up your winter and enter spring with a smile.


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The Innocence Project and the prosecutor
Fascinating case.
Attorneys with the group that helped exonerate Texan Michael Morton two decades after he was wrongly convicted of killing his wife were back at the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday. But this time, instead of uncovering prosecutorial misconduct, they were sticking up for a former prosecuting attorney who they say should be a model for how to do the job.
Eric Hillman was an assistant district attorney in Nueces County who was fired in 2014 after refusing to follow a supervisor's order to hide evidence that was favorable to a defendant in a felony intoxication assault case.
The New York-based Innocence Project took on Hillman's case in March after lower courts dismissed his wrongful termination lawsuit, citing Texas sovereign immunity laws that protect government agencies from lawsuits in the interest of saving taxpayers money.
Hillman's attorneys, Chris Gale and Philip Durst, a lawyer with the Innocence Project, argued that his firing goes against a state law designed to prevent wrongful convictions. They also asked the court to amend a 1985 ruling to give prosecutors and district attorneys additional protection if they are fired for refusing to break the law.
"The state has had more exonerations than any other, and has taken remarkable steps to prevent wrongful convictions by passing a series of laws to correct the system's flaws," said Nina Morrison, an attorney with the Innocence Project, in a statement. "But these new laws can only work if the prosecutors who enforce them are also protected."
The Innocence Project helped argue the case before the Supreme Court, the first time in the organization's 27-year history that its lawyers appeared in court on behalf of a prosecutor. The nonprofit legal group is best known for helping exonerate 350 wrongfully convicted individuals.
So consider this another reminder that taking the time and making the effort to achieve justice rather than rack up results means fewer innocent people in jail, more guilty people being arrested, and far less resources being used on the back end trying to fix the godawful mess that sloppy, indifferent, and often racist prosecutions create. Sure seems to me like the better way to go.
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Wonders of Italy
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The Italian Republic is a history lover's paradise with thousands of museums, churches and archaeological sites dating back to Roman and Greek times. Visitors will also find a hub for fashion and culture unlike anywhere else in the world. Explore Ancient history in Rome at the Colosseum and Rome's Ruins. Rome's greatest gladiator arena has history of unimaginable violence—games that would last 100 days in some cases and involve the slaughter of up to 10,000 animals—but today, it is one of the most majestic sites for Italian tourism. Take a trip to the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City where Michelangelo's Genesis (Creation), commissioned by Pope Julius II and painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, attracts droves of visitors each year. Take a waterbus tour of the Grand Canal and stop along the way for a bite to eat and some shopping. Take in the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of the Italo-Byzantine architecture, the Basilica of Saint Mark, which lies at the eastern end the Piazza San Marco, adjacent and connected to the Doge's Palace. And don't miss the Duomo of Florence.
Rome Vatican City Pompeii Amalfi Coast Cinque Terre Venice
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Locally called the Canalazzo, the Grand Canal is the largest canal in the city of Venice and forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. The Grand Canal snakes across the city in a large S shape from Saint Mark Basin at one end to a lagoon close to the Santa Lucia railway station at the other end. There are over 170 buildings on the Grand Canal including restaurants, hotels and entertainment venues. Prior to the 19th century, there was just one bridge that crossed the Grand Canal. The best way to see the Venetian-Gothic buildings along the canal is to travel by the vaporetto, the Italian word for waterbus. Visitors can also take a romantic gondola ride along the Grand Canal. Aside from sightseeing, visitors can also shop and eat along the canal. There are over 170 buildings on the Grand Canal including restaurants, hotels and entertainment venues.
The Sistine Chapel (Cappella Sistina) is the official residence of the Pope in the Vatican City. It still serves as the venue at which the election of each new pope is performed. The Sistine Chapel is perhaps better known around the globe for its awe-inspiring artistic decoration. Michelangelo's Genesis (Creation), commissioned by Pope Julius II and painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, attracts droves of visitors each year. As does the Giudizio Universale (Last Judgement), also painted by Michelangelo. Although most people are familiar with both of these works and have seen the images in print or online, the magnificence of seeing the work of Michelangelo in person has been described by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, who said, "Without having seen the Sistine Chapel, one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving."
Viale Vaticano, 2, Città del Vaticano, Vatican City (Open Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sundays)
Rome's greatest gladiator arena has history of unimaginable violence. It was completed in AD 80 after eight years of construction and used to stage spectacular gladiator games in front of cheering crowds. The games would last 100 days in some cases and involve the slaughter of up to 10,000 animals. The wooden floor was covered in sand to help sop up the blood. Two thousand years later, it's Italy's top tourist attraction, bringing in up to five million visitors a year. The Colosseum has a 50,000-person capacity and although it wasn't the biggest of the arenas, it was certainly the most feared. The Colosseum was abandoned in the 6th century, after the empire fell, and was damaged by several earthquakes before later being used as a quarry for travertine and marble for Italian buildings. Parts of the Colosseum are open to the public by guided tour only and require advanced booking.
Piazza del Colosseo (Open 8:30 a.m.- 1 hr before sunset)
St. Mark's Basilica
The most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of the Italo-Byzantine architecture, the Basilica of Saint Mark lies at the eastern end the Piazza San Marco, adjacent and connected to the Doge's Palace. The basic shape of the church has a mixture of Italian and Byzantine features. In the first half of the 13th century, it had additional construction to the exterior to blend in with the Gothic architecture of the redesigned Doge's Palace. It is officially known in Italian as the Basilica di San Marco. Originally, it was the chapel of the Doge and has only been the city's cathedral since 1807. The construction of Saint Mark's Basilica is opulent with gold ground mosaics and statues—a symbol of Venetian wealth and power. In the 11th century, the building was given the nickname, Church of Gold. As with most churches in Italy, you must be dressed appropriately to be allowed in. This mean not shorts, skirts or bare shoulders. Filming and photography is also not allowed at the Basilica of Saint Mark.
San Marco, 328, Venezia, Italy (Open Monday-Saturday 9:45 a.m.-5:00p.m. and Saturday 2:00 p.m.-5:00p.m.)
Duomo of Florence
If you've seen a postcard of Florence, chances are, you've seen the Duomo. The Duomo of Florence is a cathedral built in the heart of Florence. The cathedral is one of Italy's largest churches and, until development of new structural materials in the modern era, the dome was the largest in the world. It remains the largest brick dome ever constructed. Officially named, Santa Maria del Fiore, this is the main church of Florence, Italy. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic revival façade. Inside, the Duomo features breathtaking artwork including the frescos decorating the ceiling depicting heaven and hell. Once you reach the top of the Duomo, small windows reveal breathtaking panoramic views of the city. Entrance to the cathedral is free. Due to popularity, expect a long line of tourists waiting to get in.
Piazza Duomo, 50122 Florence (Open Monday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Sundays 1:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m.)
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We have lots of great activities for all ages to enjoy.
From canoe trails to barefoot walks, from hands-on pottery activities to energetic sporting activities - we've got it all!
Heritage Canoe Trail
Westport Lake, Westport Lake Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 4RZ
kate.beer@stoke.gov.uk
City Trail
Stoke-on-Trent's Heritage Canoe Trail has been created for paddlers of any ability to enjoy a beautiful and historically rich section of our waterway. Special route markers guide you along the 20 mile canal-based route from Stoke-on-Trent to…
The Potteries Towns Trails
Stoke-on-Trent Tourist Information Centre, Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Bethesda Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3DW
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Bethesda Street, Stoke-on-Trent
Are you looking for something to do with family and friends or seeking a fun day out with the kids in Stoke-on-Trent?
Then why not explore Stoke-on-Trent on a self-guided Treasure Hunt themed Treasure Trail? As you follow the Trail route, can…
Moorcroft Heritage Visitor Centre, Sandbach Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 2DQ
Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
New Vic Theatre, Etruria Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 0JG
askus@appetitestoke.co.uk
Cultural Activity
Appetite aims to get more people to experience and be inspired to develop and appetite for the arts by bring breath taking art events around the region.
The Ceramics Trail
Bethesda Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, ST1 3DW
Follow the Stoke-on-Trent Ceramics Trail and enjoy the complete ceramics experience! Discover, learn, try and buy!
Fenton Manor Sports Complex
City Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2RR
fenton.manor@stoke.gov.uk
As well as hosting international competitions and events, Fenton Manor Sports Complex offers a range of exciting activities available seven days per week.
Stoke-on-Trent Sculpture Trail
Discover a different view of Stoke-on-Trent and enjoy the city's Sculpture Trail featuring a collection of important, imaginative and fascinating public artworks, all with a unique story to tell.
Gladstone Pottery Museum Pottery Activites
Gladstone Pottery Museum, Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 1PQ
Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Vale Park, Hamil Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 1AW
enquiries@port-vale.co.uk
Burslem
Port Vale Football Club play in the English Football League Two. The club are based in Burslem, one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. Port Vale play at Vale Park which is also home to excellent conference facilities.
Northwood Stadium
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Home » Air Transport » Aeroflot outlines new regional hubs strategy
Aeroflot outlines new regional hubs strategy
Posted on October 31st, 2018 by ES in Air Transport, Russia
Aeroflot Group's general director Vitaliy Saveliev has revealed to Russia's president Vladimir Putin the group's five-year plans for the further development of regional travel services (Website of the Russian president)
Vitaly Saveliev, head of Aeroflot Group, has announced Russia's dominant airline conglomerate's plans for the development of additional air travel services at several key regional hubs – as part of a five-year strategy which he presented at his recent meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
The move follows on from President Vladimir Putin's call, aired earlier this year, to have more than half of all Russian air traffic carried on direct flights – avoiding Moscow – by 2024. It was this fact that apparently inspired Aeroflot to order up to 100 locally produced Superjet 100 (SSJ100) regional jets, and announce plans for the launch of such domestic operations.
Russia's national carrier is banking on increased transit traffic flows between Russia and Asia, in particular China. As its fleet of regional aircraft grows, the airline is planning a massive expansion to regional markets beyond the Urals and into Siberia.
"We want to move from Moscow. Of course, Sheremetyevo [airport] is our home, but nonetheless we see that at some point we'll reach our limits there. At present, 85 per cent of our operations are from Sheremetyevo. But we are looking at four potential alternatives where we could also base our aircraft, not just fly to: they are Sochi, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk," Saveliev reveals.
Aeroflot has already opened negotiations about its increased presence with all of these airports, but Krasnoyarsk's Yemelyanovo and Yekaterinburg's Koltsovo look to be the most promising candidates for international hub operations outside of Moscow. Their geographical locations favour the plans to generate additional transit traffic flows from south-east Asia to Europe. According to Saveliev's data, this market sector is already nearly as much as 520 million travellers.
"We can really grow our transit flows from the current five million [passengers] to 10 or 15 million, which is vital for our stability, both financial and operational," Saveliev emphasises. Notably, the immense potential of the expanding air travel market between Asia and Europe, with China its most dynamic growth region, is attracting an increasing number of Russian airlines. Two of them – S7 Airlines and Ural Airlines, based at Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg respectively – are already developing this potential. Industry experts point out that Yekaterinburg is the better option for a remote hub, both in terms of its infrastructure and location, and because it is within the range of narrow-body flight operations from Europe.
With its new regional strategy, Aeroflot group, already Russia's dominant airline conglomerate, is essentially taking on its key local private competitors – namely S7 Group and Ural Airlines, which are busy developing their respective hubs at Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg.
Aeroflot Group's regional expansion strategy, coupled with the plans of Russia's two large state-run banks – Sberbank and VTB – to create a big regional airline represents a clear threat to Russia's major private airlines.
The banks' ambitious project regarding the new airline – which may start operations as early as next year – suggests that its annual traffic could eventually reach 10 million passengers. Today, only the two largest Russian airline groups boast traffic in excess of 10 million passengers: Aeroflot Group, which is made up of four carriers, currently serves a collective total of 50.1 million passengers; whilst its closest rival, S7 Group, carried 14.3 million passengers in 2017.
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