New concepts in wildlife management

The author’s keynote address touches on a number of issues and trends that affect the field of wildlife management, including a growing anti-hunting sentiment in the U.S., the public’s changing attitudes toward hunting and trapping, and the role of predator control in wildlife management

Stability in a Sea of Volatility: The Predictive Power of Elite Endorsements in the 2012 Republican Presidential Primary

This analysis builds on previous scholarship by explaining the 2012 Republican Primary through elite endorsements, polls and trends in Internet search volume. Consistent with previous research, elite endorsements were found to be a significant predictor in the 2012 contest. Trends in Internet search volume were found to correlate with poll support for candidates, especially relatively unknown candidates, or candidates outside of their home territories. Contrary to previous scholarship, a subgroup of elite endorsers were found to respond directly to popular support when making their decision

“Finding the \u27Public\u27 in \u27Public Disrepute” – Would the Cultural Defense Make a Difference in Celebrity and Sports Endorsement Contract Disputes? - The Case of Michael Vick and Adrian Peterson

This article will explore this issue by engaging in case studies of the Vick and Peterson scandals to see what would have happened had the two men taken their claims against Nike to court. Part One will discuss the cases in more depth and elaborate on how they might be viewed through the lens of cultural relativity theory and the cultural defense. Part Two will elaborate on what morals clauses are and the legal standards courts use to enforce them. In addition to examining the Mendenhall decision, several other court cases will be discussed, each of which places differing levels of emphasis on how much evidence is needed to meet the public disrepute requirement. Except for the judge in the Mendenhall case, all of the judges in these additional cases were white. This is mentioned because it is possible that the race of the judge may bear some relation to the level of openness they may have to entertaining the cultural defense. Part Three will apply the aforementioned legal standards to the Vick and Peterson cases, with special attention paid to the extent to which courts discussed in Part Two might be open to entertaining the cultural defense in these kinds of disputes. Part Four will contain my conclusion, which is that most judges will probably not give extra weight to the cultural defense in situations of the type discussed here. There will be a range of approaches to how courts might define public disrepute in these cases, but the overall outcome will be the same. On one side will be a small number of judges, like the judge in Mendenhall, who require both sides to produce detailed evidence to show if expressed minority viewpoints favoring talent outweigh viewpoints that disfavor talent. However, since white football fans outnumber blacks, this will mean that black talent like those discussed here won\u27t benefit from the cultural defense. On the other side will be judges who base their decisions on their own personal take on what the majority of people do (or should) think about the matter. In the main case discussed here where such an approach took place, the judge ruled against talent. Thus, regardless of the rationale for the decision-making expressed in these cases, most talent in these kinds of situations will lose. Nevertheless, there may still be some judges and endorsement company managers who do want to take into account the social dimensions that give rise to the cultural defense in the interests of fairness. My conclusion at the end of the paper will suggest some possible approaches they can adopt to achieve this result

A Discussion of the Application of the Prandtl-Glauert Method to Subsonic Compressible Flow over a Slender Body of Revolution

The Prandtl-Glauert method for subsonic potential flow of a compressible fluid has generally been believed to lead to an increase in the pressures over a slender body of revolution by a factor 1/([sqrt](1-M[sub]1^2)) (where M[sub]1 is Mach number in undisturbed flow) as compared with the pressures in incompressible flow. Recent German work on this problem has indicated, however, that the factor 1/([sqrt](1-M[sub]1^2)) is not applicable in this case. In the present discussion a more careful application of the Prandtl-Glauert method to three-dimensional flow gives the following results: The Prandtl-Glauert method does not lead to a universal velocity or pressure correction formula that is independent of the shape of the body. The factor 1/([sqrt](1-M[sub]1^2)) is applicable only to the case of two-dimensional flow. The increase with Mach number of the pressures over a slender body of revolution is much less rapid than for a two-dimensional airfoil. An approximate formula from which the increase can be estimated is derived theoretically. The increase with Mach number of the maximum axial interference velocity on a slender body of revolution in a closed wind tunnel is given approximately by the factor 1/((1-M[sub]1^2)^-3/2), rather than by the factor 1/([sqrt](1-M[sub]1^2)) previously obtained by Goldstein and Young and by Tsien and Lees

Abrams v. Sanson, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 9 (Mar. 5, 2020)

The Court determined that statements sent to an email listserv criticizing an attorney’s courtroom conduct were good faith communications regarding a matter of public concern and were protected under the Nevada anti-SLAPP statutes. However, the Court held that Abrams did not show a probability of prevailing on her claims with prima facie evidence as her claims did not exhibit minimal merit

The Mafia Tightens Its Grip on the Teamsters, 1974

Article describing the relationship of James R. Hoffa, Frank E. Fitzsimmons, Harry Davidoff, and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 295 (New York, NY) in relation to New York Mafia. Reader\u27s Digest, August 1974