Sovereign Bankruptcy: Why Now and Why Not in the IMF

As the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis that began in 2009 continues to run its course, leaving massive economic dislocation in its wake, and as NML Capital, Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina makes its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, this Note discusses the timely and persistent problem of sovereign debt crises and the many impediments to their orderly resolution. This Note evaluates various proposals for dealing with sovereign debt-crisis resolution and concludes that a multilateral treaty-based sovereign bankruptcy regime, institutionally independent from the International Monetary Fund, offers the best solution. The status quo—messy, inefficient, and unpredictable ad hoc negotiations—has consistently proven inadequate. Ex ante contractual devices and piecemeal statutory fixes in domestic law offer at best incremental solutions that can do little to alter the fundamental problems with the present state of affairs. Just as domestic bankruptcy law complements the law of creditor remedies due to the shortcomings of the latter, so too should a system of international bankruptcy law complement the law of creditor remedies vis-à-vis sovereign debtors. This Note argues that, although this approach may be difficult to achieve, that does not justify abandoning it

Honors Capstone: Healthcare Disparities in Pharmacy Curriculum

Due to the prevalence of disparities within the United States healthcare system, this Honors Program Pharmacy Capstone project is filling the opportunity to enhance the curriculum. The project is focused on improving the educational opportunities for the Raabe College of Pharmacy related to health disparities relevant to the profession of pharmacy. This information will include the history of healthcare abuses to minority groups throughout United States history. The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy includes academic goals for pharmacy curricula regarding health disparities. The pharmacy accreditation body (ACPE) sets standards that include educating student pharmacists about health disparities. Congruent with these criteria, the goal of the project is to deepen pre-existing areas of the curriculum which already reference disparities and add an elective course to provide deeper insight. This project will create more socially aware and compassionate student pharmacists and future practitioners, while also progressing the Ohio Northern pharmacy curriculum to be a more inclusive and open-minded leader in the education and preparation of professionals

CRIMINAL LAW—DREAMING OF A DRUG WAR RECKONING

Day after day, government officials across the United States make public statements celebrating various “victories” in our never-ending War on Drugs. These shallow statements overlook the true cost of this “war” and perpetuate the binary idea that there will eventually be a winner and a loser. If we continue down the path of war, nobody wins. The following article assesses the impact of this war by imagining a public official having a moment of contrition and acknowledging the errors of our ways

Lace Assemblages: Extending Social and Cultural Knowledge Through Practice-led Exploration of the Materiality of Ancestral Lace Textiles

This Master of Research project considers how the materiality of ancestral lace textiles can be creatively explored through textiles and textile processes. My role as a creative researcher in this project is to unravel the multiple strands of knowledge that can be obtained through re-creating historical objects. The interdisciplinary engagement with lace attempts to define and characterise worn, historic cloth objects as stimuli for speculation on personal histories, tools to extend social and cultural knowledge

The House That Smokey Built: The Forest Service Management of Historic Structures in Wilderness

Ryan, Molly M., M.S., 2009 Recreation Management The House That Smokey Built: The Forest Service Management of Historic Structures in Wilderness Committee Chair: Dr. Perry J. Brown Debates about the appropriateness of historic structures being present and preserved in wilderness are not new issues. In some form or another, this topic has surfaced, been debated, then simmered, but never properly addressed or resolved. The purposes of this paper are to identify management gaps within the Forest Service administration regarding the management of historic structures within wilderness areas and to recommend how these gaps can be filled. Data were collected from 20 people using semi-structured qualitative interviews. The questions focused on the employees perceptions of how well the Forest Service was able to meet its legal obligations, if they felt the Forest Service was living up to the standards they set for themselves in their policy, individual experiences resulting in the day to day management of historic structures in wilderness, and Federal laws such as the Wilderness Act and the National Historic Preservation Act. Due to gaps in written policy, many problems arise regarding the management of historic structures in wilderness. Respondents felt they had problems meeting legal responsibilities in terms of lacking money, time, resources (manpower and materials), desiring more skill focused training and almost constantly partaking in debates driven by ideologies of key players involved with the management of historic structures in wilderness. The research provides recommendations to the Forest Service producing a policy that specifically addresses: 1) Developing a philosophical position for the agency, 2) Administering historic structures in wilderness under its own heading in the policy, 3) Clarifying ‘Release from management’ and ‘Management by neglect’, 4) Training, 5) Monitoring, and 6) Interpreting the resource

Evidence-Based Practice Project: Ukrainian Refugee Family

The purpose of this project was to create an effective treatment curriculum for Ukrainian families experiencing displacement and the effects of trauma. To better understand the population of focus, a literature review was done which includes statistics, characteristics/common issues, risk factors, major concerns, engagement, terminology, and frameworks. Then, existing research studies and practices were analyzed to determine the most effective forms of intervention for these families. With the effective theory, a 6-week evidence-based curriculum for a pseudo-family was created

Nebraska Extension educators bring entrepreneurship education to Georgia and Armenia

In a unique initiative by the American Councils for International Education, Nebraska Extension educators Molly Brandt and Marilyn Schlake were invited to travel to the countries of Georgia and Armenia in 2022 to train local educators in the principles of the 4-H Entrepreneurship Investigation (ESI) curriculum. Brandt, an innovation and entrepreneurship 4-H educator, and Schlake, a Rural Prosperity Nebraska educator in the Department of Agricultural Economics, prepared for what they thought was a one-time experience. However, after their successful endeavor in Tbilisi, Georgia, in October 2022, they were invited back in April 2023, to deliver similar training in Yerevan, Armenia

CHARACTERISING LONGITUDINAL ALTERATIONS IN POSTURAL CONTROL FOLLOWING LOWER LIMB INJURY IN PROFESSIONAL RUGBY UNION PLAYERS

Assessment of player’s postural control following a lower limb injury is of interest to sports science and medicine practitioners due to its fundamental role in daily tasks and sporting activities. The purpose of this study was to measure the longitudinal changes in rugby union player’s postural control throughout return to play (RTP) following lower limb injury. Rehabilitation was divided into three phases – acute, middle and late. Nine players from a professional rugby union team (height 1.80±0.06 m; mass 96.1±13.2 kg; age 25±3 years) were included in this study. Static unilateral postural control was measured in the acute phase using a PASCO dual axis force platform (PS-2142). Dynamic postural control was measured using single axis PASCO force platforms (PS-2141) with the middle phase being assessed by unilateral drop jump and the late phase a unilateral lateral hurdle hop. During the acute phase, no improvement were observed between the initial testing session and end testing session, nor any differences between the end of the acute rehabilitation phase and pre-injury baseline. Whereas for the middle and late phase improvements were observed between the initial and end testing session, with smaller magnitudes of dynamic postural control adjustment (DPCA; p (