Getting through the Door: Threshold Procedural Considerations in Right-to-Die Litigation

Ms. DiPaolo explains how judges may use mootness, ripeness and standing to avoid getting involved in right-to-die cases. She argues that this may interfere with private decision making and be counterproductive

\u3ci\u3eGodly Heretics: Essays on Alternative Christianity in Literature and Popular Culture\u3c/i\u3e

When computers freeze, they are rebooted and soon working properly again. Similarly, legendary thinkers throughout history have argued that Christianity should start fresh by recapturing the humanitarian spirit of Jesus\u27 original message. These include such disparate individuals as Thomas Jefferson, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, Leo Tolstoy, George Bernard Shaw, and the religious leaders of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Surprisingly enough, even classic television shows and films meant to be entertaining--Lost, Battlestar Galactica, It\u27s a Wonderful Life, Groundhog Day, Decalogue, and A Charlie Brown Christmas--are attempts to apply the basic principles of Christianity to modern times. This book offers new essays by scholars of literature, film, history, theology and philosophy examining how various thinkers and storytellers over time have conceived of a reinvented Christianity. In confronting this controversial idea, this book examines how unorthodox interpretations of the Bible can be some of the most valid, how visions of Jesus as a revolutionary may be the most historically sound, and how compassionate Christians such as Origen have wrestled with the eternal questions of the existence of evil, the gift of free will and the promise of universal salvation. This book was originally published by McFarland, 2013 To see more or purchase works by Marc DiPaolo, visit his Amazon page here: https://www.amazon.com/Marc-DiPaolo/e/B004LV7W6Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_sharehttps://dc.swosu.edu/cas_ll_books/1003/thumbnail.jp

\u3ci\u3eFake Italian: An 83% True Autobiography with Pseudonyms and Some Tall Tales\u3c/i\u3e

In a city torn apart by racial tension, Damien Cavalieri is an adolescent without a tribe. His mother -who pines for the 1950s Brooklyn Italian community she grew up in- fears he lacks commitment to his heritage. Damien’s fellow Staten Islanders agree, dubbing him a “fake Italian” and bullying him for being artistic. Complicating matters, his efforts to make friends and date girls outside of the Italian community are thwarted time and again by circumstances beyond his control. When a tragic accident shakes Damien to his core, he begins a journey of self-discovery that will lead him to Italy, where he will learn, once and for all, who he really is. This book was originally published by Bordighera Press, 2021 To see more or purchase works by Marc DiPaolo, visit his Amazon page here: https://www.amazon.com/Marc-DiPaolo/e/B004LV7W6Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_sharehttps://dc.swosu.edu/cas_ll_books/1000/thumbnail.jp

At Face Value: Investigating Perception Through Photographs

At Face Value: Investigating Perception through Portraiture is a body of work that examines how people process their perception in imagery. The Deadpan Aesthetic, photographic truth and American identity are discussed, as well as the amount of influence a photographer has in his work. Since perception is defined as an understanding of setting via the senses, I hope to challenge viewers by employing strategies to destabilize the viewer\u27s reception of my photographs

Skin

Skin is an autobiographical book of free verse poetry written from the point of view of a female narrator. The poems in this book artfully depict both the futile struggles and moments of euphoria and self-revelation of a young woman who grew up in a broken home. The narrator uses her passion to form meaningful and deep relationships with other people, her sexuality, and her fascination and curiosity of the world around her as not only a coping mechanism, but also a form of self-expression. Each individual poem serves as a snapshot of a single moment in the narrator’s life; however, every piece comes together to tell a cohesive story that may integrate and explicate the diverse attitudes of the poems independently. Self-reflection is a main theme addressed in this book and it is important to note that the poems were written over the course of a ten-year period, so it may be considered a type of coming-of-age project as well. The intended audience for such a piece would primarily be, but is not excluded to, teenage and young adult women. This book is an emotional vessel for both memories gained and lessons learned through life, mistakes, love, and loss

Randomized Algorithms for Preconditioner Selection with Applications to Kernel Regression

The task of choosing a preconditioner M to use when solving a linear system Ax=b with iterative methods is often tedious and most methods remain ad-hoc. This thesis presents a randomized algorithm to make this chore less painful through use of randomized algorithms for estimating traces. In particular, we show that the preconditioner stability || I - M-1A ||F, known to forecast preconditioner quality, can be computed in the time it takes to run a constant number of iterations of conjugate gradients through use of sketching methods. This is in spite of folklore which suggests the quantity is impractical to compute, and a proof we give that ensures the quantity could not possibly be approximated in a useful amount of time by a deterministic algorithm. Using our estimator, we provide a method which can provably select a quality preconditioner among n candidates using floating operations commensurate with running about n log(n) steps of the conjugate gradients algorithm. In the absence of such a preconditioner among the candidates, our method can advise the practitioner to use no preconditioner at all. The algorithm is extremely easy to implement and trivially parallelizable, and along the way we provide theoretical improvements to the literature on trace estimation. In empirical experiments, we show the selection method can be quite helpful. For example, it allows us to create to the best of our knowledge the first preconditioning method for kernel regression which never uses more iterations over the non-preconditioned analog in standard settings

Political Satire and British-American Relations in Five Decades of \u3ci\u3eDoctor Who\u3c/i\u3e

“Political Satire and British-American Relations in Five Decades of Doctor Who.” Originally published in the Journal of Popular Culture. Vol. 43, Issue 5. 964 – 987. October 2010 To see more or purchase works by Marc DiPaolo, visit his Amazon page here: https://www.amazon.com/Marc-DiPaolo/e/B004LV7W6Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_sharehttps://dc.swosu.edu/cas_ll_books/1006/thumbnail.jp

The Dilemma of the Italian American Male

“The Dilemma of the Italian American Male.” Originally published in Pimps, Wimps, Studs, Thugs and Gentlemen: Essays on Media Images of Masculinity. Ed: Elwood Watson. McFarland, 2009 To see more or purchase works by Marc DiPaolo, visit his Amazon page here: https://www.amazon.com/Marc-DiPaolo/e/B004LV7W6Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_sharehttps://dc.swosu.edu/cas_ll_books/1001/thumbnail.jp

Afterword: Why \u3ci\u3eCivil War Matters\u3c/i\u3e, Why This Book Matters

Afterword by Marc DiPaolo Originally published in Marvel Comics\u27 Civil War and the Age of Terror: Critical Essays on the Comic Saga ed. by Kevin Michael Scott. To see more or purchase works by Marc DiPaolo, visit his Amazon page here: https://www.amazon.com/Marc-DiPaolo/e/B004LV7W6Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_sharehttps://dc.swosu.edu/cas_ll_books/1005/thumbnail.jp

Besson, Luc (1959- )

Originally published in Encyclopedia of Religion and Film. Ed: Eric Mazur. ABC-CLIO, 2011 Besson, Luc (1959- ) by Marc DiPaolo To see more or purchase works by Marc DiPaolo, visit his Amazon page here: https://www.amazon.com/Marc-DiPaolo/e/B004LV7W6Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_sharehttps://dc.swosu.edu/cas_ll_books/1008/thumbnail.jp