First Catholic Church of England and Wales safeguarding structure to protect children from Clerical Sexual Abuse: A Commentary on Nolan (2001) till Cumberlege (2007)

The current commentary analyses the Nolan Report (2001) and the Annual Reports (2001-2007) of the Catholic Office for the Protection of Children and vulnerable Adults (COPCA) formed as a result of the Nolan Report (2001). The commentary determines how wilfully the Catholic Church of England and Wales responded to the Nolan recommendations. This paper explores the success of this first child-safeguarding model (2001 - 2007) in relation to the deficiencies and structural modifications suggested by the Cumberlege Commission (2007). In conclusion, the commentary identifies a range of shortcomings and difficulties in the establishment of a uniform and secure child protection mechanism within the Catholic Church of England and Wales

GINI DP 19: The EU 2020 poverty target

As part of its 2020 Strategy adopted in 2010, the EU has set a number of headline targets including one for poverty reduction over the next decade. This is a major development in the role accorded to social inclusion in the EU, and thus very important at the level of principle. However, the specific way the target itself has been framed, and the implications for approaches to implementing it, also merit careful consideration. The population identified in framing the target is persons in the member states either below a country-specific relative income poverty threshold, above a material deprivation threshold, or in a “jobless” household. This paper presents an in-depth analysis and critique of the way that target is formulated on both conceptual and empirical grounds and documents the consequence for our understanding of both cross-national and socio-economic patterning of poverty. The paper concludes with a discussion of alternative approaches to combining low income and material deprivation to identify those most in need from a poverty reduction perspective.

Governors State Student to Present Research Exposing Media Failure

One of the maxims Mary Nolan of Oak Lawn firmly believes is that with research often comes revelation. The research Nolan conducted as part of a class at Governors State University (GSU) led to an in depth analysis of newspaper coverage which in turn has led Nolan to a unique opportunity and a singular honor. Nolan, a graduate student in communications and media at GSU, will present her paper and her conclusions at the Sixth Annual Global Fusion Conference in Chicago on October 1 to an audience of international scholars and professionals in journalism, mass communication, and diplomacy

Michael Maurer, Val Nolan and Lauren Robel (photograph)

Michael S. (Mickey) Maurer, a 1967 graduate of the School of Law, established the Val Nolan Chair of Law with his wife, Janie, as a way of honoring Mickey Maurer’s favorite professor, Val Nolan. Lauren Robel was named the Val Nolan Professor of Law on March 31, 2000. This photograph was taken on the day of the ceremony

Travelling Towards Utopia

Patricia Nolan. Travelling. (France: Le Castor Astral in Paris, France, 2001).Patricia Nolan. Travelling. (France: Le Castor Astral in Paris, France, 2001)

Val Nolan, Jr. (photograph)

Prof. Val Nolan, Jr. will serve as Acting Dean of the School of Law while Dean Sheldon Plager is away this semester. Prof. Nolan served once before as Acting Dean

Michelle Samantha Gatlin Nolan, Malualani B. Hoppiianina Trust, Michael Gatlin v. Cuma S. Hoopiiaina, Malualani B. Hoopiiaina, Cuma S. Hoopiiaina, Marlin M. Forsyth, George K. Fadel, Michael Gatlin, ISG Resources Inc., Lisa Goodwill : Reply Brief

MICHELLE SAMANTHA GATLIN NOLAN, Successor Trustee of the MALUALANI B. HOOPIIAINA TRUST; MICHELLE SAMANTHA GATLIN NOLAN, individually; and MICHAEL GATLIN, individually, appeals the decision of Hon. Anthony Quinn, Third District Court, Salt Lake Count

REPLY TO COMMENTS OF NOLAN AND COOK

We appreciate and would like to respond to the comments made by Nolan and Cook. We make three points in our reply, which are directed at clarifying our position and responding to a few of Nolan and Cook\u27s assumptions. First, as a matter of clarification, the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) is not a measure of summer rainfall as Nolan and Cook (2010) imply. Instead it is a theoretical measure of soil-moisture, the value of which evolves over several months in response to fluxes of precipitation, evaporation, and runoff. In practice, PDSI is usually heavily weighted toward the precipitation side of the soil water balance. Second, with regard to archaeological facts, the known developmental trajectory of the greater Cahokia region is not quite as Nolan and Cook describe it. In their discussion of the timing of the precocious development of social complexity in the American Bottom, Nolan and Cook refer to the American Bottom during both the Edelhardt (A.D. 1000-1050) and Lohmann phases (A.D. 1050-1100) as being relatively wet but not the wettest areas in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. However, Cahokia\u27s big bang dates to the end of the Edelhardt phase and continued through the Lohmann phase, so the overall climatic state of the Edelhardt phase is not at issue. Nolan and Cook\u27s Figure 2 supports the concept that the Cahokia area was extremely wet during the Lohmann phase as opposed to the Edelhardt phase