A Public Policy Toward the Management of Feral Cats

[Excerpt] “This paper examines the current wildlife laws, both federal and state, to determine what laws may apply to managing the feral cat population. It begins with a determination of how domestic cats are classified under these laws. Since many laws are vague, the intent of the legislatures is investigated to determine if domestic cats were meant to be defined as a nonindigenous species. The focus then shifts to indicate ways to control the feral domestic cat population. Current trends in the control of other nonindigenous species appear to revolve around public nuisance claims; however, due to the unique nature of domestic cats, these laws are poor candidates for managing the unwanted domestic cat population. On the other hand, given the recent increase in the enactment of leash laws, courts may be more inclined to apply public nuisance laws to cats.

Proustian Metaphor and the Automobile

In Marcel Proust\u27s Sodome et Gomorrhe, the automobile produces a transformation in the relationship between space and time and, by analogy, a parallel transformation in art. In Proust\u27s famous notion of involuntary memory, the similarity of a past sense impression to a present one leads to transcendence of time and space, and ultimately to metaphor. The metonymical speed of the automobile endlessly chases the sort of metaphorical simultaneity at work in involuntary memory. Structurally, the automobile offers the possibility of bringing together two terms by eliminating the middle term (time, space) that separated them; yet the automobile is never fast enough to reach the atemporal perfection of metaphor, and the third term reappears. We therefore examine how the automobile in this and other texts by Proust exhibits both metaphorical and metonymical properties. The automobile creates unexpected connections and reveals, in a displaced form, surprising relationships among characters, emotions, objects, and symbols. In its role as metaphor, the automobile stands for processes that are negatively marked, like aesthetic fetishism, while in its role as metonymy, the automobile leads to pleasure and appeasement

ATD-2 TFDM Terminal Publication Service (TTP)

Learn the many benefits of the newest SWIM feed from the surface system. This will discuss current options to onboard with this feed, allow participants to ask questions and provide some examples of how the data can be used. Service Includes Flight Data Individual flight updates containing flight identifiers, targeted times, actual times, runway, parking gate, spot, departure fix (predicted, assigned, actual as appropriate), flight states, and more. Airport Information Airport configurations, airport and runway rates, ramp closures, runway closures, taxiway closures. Traffic Management Restrictions Call for Release programs departure MIT/MINIT restrictions, departure stop/ground stop programs. Along with list of impacted flights for each. Flight Delay Airport and runway delay by arrival, departure, and total. Operational Metrics Metrics on airport throughput and individual flight metrics. Surface Metering Program SMP start / end times, metering constraint type / details, updates to existing programs, TMAT compliance window, departure queue length, and more

Fuser and Fuser in the Cloud

The Fuser' is the name of the SWIM data integration service that has been built, utilized and evolved on ATD-2 to synchronize trajectory predictions from multiple decision support tools. NASA is researching ways to make this data stream available for broader consumption as an example implementation that would help reduce the burden for consumers while enabling access to data that would help industry prepare and innovate for TFDM (e.g. integrates TTP feed)

The Biosimilars Act: The United States’ Entry into Regulating Biosimilars and its Implications, 12 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 322 (2013)

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is most well-known for creating a mandate requiring individuals to have health insurance. However, another provision of the Act, the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act, created a new process for companies to introduce biosimilars, products that are highly similar to licensed drugs in terms of purity, safety, and potency, but have minor differences in the inactive ingredients. This provision seeks to alleviate strain on companies introducing biosimilars by creating an abbreviated pathway for their approval by the Food and Drug Administration, similar to an Abbreviated New Drug Application under the Hatch-Waxman Act. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act and contrasts it with the Hatch-Waxman Act and European Law on Biosimilars. Strategies for patent claiming and resolving patent disputes are then discussed

Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2): ATD-2 Fuser Database

This presentation covers the fuser databases, naming conventions, and examples of how the databases have been used to support ATD-2 (Airspace Technology Demonstration-2)

Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2): Fuser Why Everyone Should Have One

This presentation covers how a high level overview of the Fuser used on ATD-2

Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2): Learning To SWIM with ATD-2

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Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2): TFDM Terminal Publication Service (TTP)

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Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) Technology Description Document (TDD)

This Technology Description Document (TDD) provides an overview of the technology for the Phase 1 Baseline Integrated Arrival, Departure, and Surface (IADS) prototype system of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) project, to be demonstrated beginning in 2017 at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT). Development, integration, and field demonstration of relevant technologies of the IADS system directly address recommendations made by the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Integration Working Group (NIWG) on Surface and Data Sharing and the Surface Collaborative Decision Making (Surface CDM) concept of operations developed jointly by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aviation industry partners. NASA is developing the IADS traffic management system under the ATD-2 project in coordination with the FAA, flight operators, CLT airport, and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA). The primary goal of ATD-2 is to improve the predictability and operational efficiency of the air traffic system in metroplex environments, through the enhancement, development, and integration of the nation's most advanced and sophisticated arrival, departure, and surface prediction, scheduling, and management systems. The ATD-2 project is a 5-year research activity beginning in 2015 and extending through 2020. The Phase 1 Baseline IADS capability resulting from the ATD-2 research will be demonstrated at the CLT airport beginning in 2017. Phase 1 will provide the initial demonstration of the integrated system with strategic and tactical scheduling, tactical departure scheduling to an en route meter point, and an early implementation prototype of a Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) Electronic Flight Data (EFD) system. The strategic surface scheduling element of the capability is consistent with the Surface CDM Concept of Operations published in 2014 by the FAA Surface Operations Directorate