Professionalising the British film industry: the UK Film Council and public support for film production

This article examines the UK Film Council’s objective to reorganise and reallocate public funding for film from 2000 onwards. I argue that the model adopted by the UKFC was innovative on two levels. First, it separated public funds available for film production into three separate streams and then hired industry professionals to head each individual fund. I also examine how the funds developed over the lifetime of the organisation, with each appointed head shaping the principles of their respective funds in accordance with the wider objectives of the UKFC. Drawing on strategy documents, internal papers and interviews with key personnel, I argue that the UKFC worked to position itself as a ‘vanguard organisation’ seeking to shake up an independent sector seemingly reliant on state handouts and introduce a commercial perspective to the industry. This mission met an abrupt end, however, when the incoming Coalition government closed down the organisation in 2010

Spacelab Data Processing Facility (SLDPF) quality assurance expert systems development

The Spacelab Data Processing Facility (SLDPF) is an integral part of the Space Shuttle data network for missions that involve attached scientific payloads. Expert system prototypes were developed to aid in the performance of the quality assurance function of the Spacelab and/or Attached Shuttle Payloads processed telemetry data. The Spacelab Input Processing System (SIPS) and the Spacelab Output Processing System (SOPS), two expert systems, were developed to determine their feasibility and potential in the quality assurance of processed telemetry data. The capabilities and performance of these systems are discussed

If Anybody Asks You Who I Am: An Outsider\u27s Story of the Duty to Establish Paternity

This story is fictional but true. There is no one particular Minerva Copeland, James Walker, or Judge Jennings. Lake Village and Helena also are intended to be fictional places. I chose a format using endnotes instead of footnotes in an effort not to disrupt the flow of the narrative. The endnotes, however, are an integral part of this article and serve to provide the reader with the background necessary to understand the legal and social context in which this piece operates

Yearning for Lake Wobegon: The Quest for the Best Test at the Expense of the Best Education

This article first will outline the various tests or assessments. Next, recent federal and state mandates for standardized testing of elementary school children will be examined. Then, the educational literature will be reviewed to expose the dangers of testing, particularly in the early grades. Finally, I will urge that the Clinton administration, Congress, and the states step back from this manner of securing educational adequacy. These governmental policies are rooted in the stated intention of guaranteeing that all schools are doing right by all of the children. However, early testing fosters the opposite result-educational inequity through tracking, retention, and the early creation of a racial and class caste system. Furthermore, widespread testing of the type advocated by the federal government is an expensive proposition. Given the negative effects of testing, I advocate the use of these funds in other ways to address children\u27s real educational needs

Chain Gangs, Boogeymen and Other Real Prisons of the Imagination

This narrative is a fictionalized account of real legal, historical, and interpersonal issues rooted in the social construction of race

Meaningful Legal Representation for Children and Youth in Washington\u27s Child Welfare System: Standards of Practice, Voluntary Training, and Caseload Limits in Response to HB 2735

Introduction, pages 1-2 Executive Summary, pages 3-4 Child Recommendation Practice Standards, pages 5-14 Voluntary Training Recommendations, page 15 Supporting Documentation Appendix A, HB 2735, Tab A Appendix B, Children\u27s Representation Sub-Workgroup Membership List, Tab B Appendix C, American Bar Association Standards of Practice for Lawyers Who Represent Children in Abuse and Neglect Cases, Tab Chttps://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-books/1047/thumbnail.jp

Divining the Deep and Inscrutable: Toward a Gender-Neutral, Child-Centered Approach to Child Name Change Proceedings

While largely a matter of social convention, the surnames that children bear have been regulated by the law as well. In certain circumstances, the law has attempted to regulate the surnames given to children at birth, but more often the law has come into play when a change of name is sought for the child: It is at this point that the law dictates to family members what it values and what it will forbid as the law goes about the business of enforcing societal norms. This article will look at the role of naming and name changing and the ways in which the law of child name change now stands at that crossroads of deliberation where the social norms once taken for granted are being critically examined. In Part II, a brief history of the origin of surnames will be explored. To a large extent, the history of surnaming originated in response to a state need to name and lay claims upon its citizenry. Not only did surnaming enable the state to account for and regulate its citizens; a conforming structure of surnaming also imposed the dominant culture upon. that citizenry. The custom of surnaming reflected and shaped both the structure of the child\u27s relationship to the family and the acculturation of outsider ethnic groups into dominant society. In Part III I will survey the legal conceptualization of the status of the child as it is revealed ultimately in naming practices and name change contests. I will examine the ways in which the standards employed dating from English common law effectuate gender-determinative decisions in what the law often stages as a battle between a father and mother to name and thereby claim authority over the child. Historically, children born in the context of marriage have been viewed as children of the father, while children born outside of marriage have been viewed as children of the mother. Naming conventions continue to reflect these configurations. In Part IV, I will focus upon those gender-neutral, child-centered approaches which have been adopted in other states. Three basic approaches exist, some of which have been more successful in achieving gender-neutral, child-centered results than others. The first approach requires the application of the vague in the best approach with factors. Under this approach, judicial discretion is directed toward an examination of those factors which the courts or legislators have decided are relevant to the child\u27s best interest in the name change context. In order to determine whether these factors actually are relevant to the child\u27s interest in his or her name, I will look at the literature from a variety of sources which attempts to divine the deep and inscrutable value of names for children. Finally, I will examine an approach recently adopted in New Jersey which holds that decisions regarding the child\u27s name should reside primarily with the child\u27s custodian. Under this approach anyone seeking to argue against the custodian\u27s choice should bear the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the chosen name is not in the best interest of the child. Finally, in Part V, I will look at West Virginia\u27s law governing child name change and will propose reforms in the standards that are presently in use. I will show that West Virginia\u27s law of child name change has lagged behind the child-centered, gender-neutral way that children\u27s interests within the family are otherwise considered under West Virginia case law. I will propose a new standard for child name change in West Virginia that is grounded in the principles underlying the law presently in place for custody determinations. West Virginia has led the way nationally in developing child-centered, gender-neutral standards in the custody area. I will argue that these same principles can be applied to the law of child name change in order to free naming from the law\u27s propensity to characterize children as property of either the father or mother

Amici Curiae Brief of the Children and Youth Advocacy Clinic in Support of Appellant. In Re the Dependency of M.S.R. and T.S.R. v. Luak, No. 85729-6 (Wash. Sept. 16, 2011)

Attorneys in Washington have the resources and established standards to effectively represent children and youth in termination of parental rights ( TPR ) proceedings. Children who face TPR proceedings need the type of advice and advocacy that only trained lawyers can provide. While parents, social workers, foster parents, therapists, and guardians ad litem may provide substantial support to dependent children, only lawyers can protect their legal rights in complex adversarial proceedings, especially when all of the other parties are represented by counsel. In the context of a confidential relationship with a lawyer, a dependent child can provide critical information and meaningfully participate in the most important legal proceeding of his or her life