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From New London to Norwood: A Year in the Life of Eminent Domain
A little more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court\u27s decision in Kelo v. City of New London upheld the use of eminent domain for economic development, the Ohio Supreme Court became the first state supreme court to address a factual situation raising the same issues. In City of Norwood v. Horney, the Ohio court repudiated the Kelo rationale and rejected Norwood\u27s proposed takings. Property rights advocates quickly hailed Norwood as a model for other state courts to follow in defending individual land owners from eminent domain abuse. This Note argues that Norwood\u27s holding is incoherent and does nothing to resolve the language-based quagmire that inflames the eminent domain debate. This Note instead contends that the Connecticut Supreme Court\u27s more nuanced Kelo v. City of New London opinion is a superior state court model, which better captures the necessary balance between individual property rights and urban revitalization plans involving eminent domain
What Policies and Practices Can HR Utilize to Promote an Innovation Based Culture and Help Drive Business Outcomes Through It?
[Excerpt] Innovation has evolved from a mainly scientific activity of research and development to a complex system of interactions among various participants both inside and outside of a firm. In an economy where the innovation cycle is shrinking, characterized by disruptive innovations and changing customer needs, it is crucial for companies to keep up with emerging trends and stay on top of factors that enhance their capacity for innovation. Innovation should not be limited to new products, it can lead to new processes as well. An idea may not work for one department, project, or product, but may be a good solution for another. Innovative firms effectively work across organizational boundaries and connect great ideas with the right people. Despite the importance of innovation, managing and promoting it in a company is not easy, especially when the payoff is often multiple years away. Human Resources, through various policies and practices, can play a vital role in promoting an innovation based culture
Tidal deformability with sharp phase transitions in (binary) neutron stars
The neutron star tidal deformability is a critical parameter which determines
the pre-merger gravitational-wave signal in a neutron star merger. In this
article, we show how neutron star tidal deformabilities behave in the presence
of one or two sharp phase transition(s). We characterize how the tidal
deformability changes when the properties of these phase transitions are
modified in dense matter equation of state (EoS). Sharp phase transitions lead
to the smallest possible tidal deformabilities and also induce discontinuities
in the relation between tidal deformability and gravitational mass. These
results are qualitatively unmodified by a modest softening of the phase
transition. Finally, we test two universal relations involving the tidal
deformability and show that their accuracy is limited by sharp phase
transitions.Comment: 20 pages, 18 figures; accepted for publication in PR
Lunar Occultation of MACHOs
Lunar occultation can be used to measure the proper motions of some of the
long time scale microlensing events, t_{e} \gsim 70 days, now being detected
toward the Galactic bulge. The long events are difficult to explain within the
context of standard models of the mass distribution and dynamics of the Galaxy.
Han & Gould (1995b) have suggested that they may be due to a kinematically cold
population near the Sun. To resolve the mass, distance, and velocity of
individual events and so to determine their nature, one must measure parallaxes
and proper motions. For long events, parallaxes can be often obtained from
ground-based measurements, but proper motions can only rarely be determined
using conventional methods. Lunar occultations are therefore key to the
understanding of the long events. We carry out realistic simulations to
estimate the uncertainty of these measurements and show that proper motions
could be measured for about one long event per year.Comment: 17 pages, 3 figures, request hard copy of preprint to
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