Avoidable Hospitalizations

Georgia Health Policy Center worked to improve health care in eight of the most rural, medically under served states in the country. The Center conducted research and provided strategic planning for eight Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, East Texas and West Virginia

X-33 Linear Aerospike Engine

In July of 1999 two linear aerospike rocket engines will power the first flight of NASA's X-33 advanced technology demonstrator. A successful X-33 flight test program will validate the aerospike nozzle concept, a key technical feature of Lockheed Martin's VentureStar(trademark) reusable launch vehicle. The aerospike received serious consideration for NASA's current space shuttle, but was eventually rejected in 1969 in favor of high chamber pressure bell engines, in part because of perceived technical risk. The aerospike engine (discussed below) has several performance advantages over conventional bell engines. However, these performance advantages are difficult to validate by ground test. The space shuttle, a multibillion dollar program intended to provide all of NASA's future space lift could not afford the gamble of choosing a potentially superior though unproven aerospike engine over a conventional bell engine. The X-33 demonstrator provides an opportunity to prove the aerospike's performance advantage in flight before commiting to an operational vehicle

Evaluation Factors for Multi-Stakeholder Broadband Visual Communication Projects

This paper presents a summary of multifaceted evaluation factors that we have identified through our research with Broadband Visual Communication (BVC) projects involving multiple stakeholders. The main benefit of these evaluation factors is that they provide a general evaluation framework for multiple stakeholder projects. The factors are social infrastructure, technical infrastructure, physical space, interaction style and content

Pricing Theory Revisited: The Small Business or Peripheral Market

Dr. Jackson is an Assistant P rofessor of Business at t he Univer sily of Wyoming. Dr. Vinson is an As istant P rofessor of Mar keting at Louisiana State University

The Charity Oversight Authority of the Texas Attorney General.

The Attorney General of Texas is the only elected official charged with regulating the state’s charitable interest. This duty and authority over charitable assets and entities are comprehensive and unique in themselves. Although the broader state representation role of American attorneys general has evolved considerably and been substantively codified in the statutory law, the area of charity regulations has remained remarkably true to its common law root. This Article will briefly examine the early roots of charity regulation and then discuss the authority and duties of the Attorney General of Texas in the modern context of charity regulation. In Texas, the assets held and managed by charitable entities are quite significant in financial terms. The Attorney General represents the public’s interest in these assets by ensuring they are used for proper charitable purposes. Such role is akin to, but more significant than, the role of an attorney for stockholders of a business corporation or the beneficiary of an express trust. Charitable interests, however, having no stockholders or specifically identifiable owners, are protected and enforced by the Attorney General on behalf of the public. A parallel goal of the Attorney General’s powers and duties in the charity realm is the protection and perpetuation of the intent of charity donors. The Attorney General’s uniquely broad representational capacity is the fundamental concept of common law charity regulation. The Attorney General of Texas enjoys such authority and thereby provides a great public benefit. For public policy reasons and considering the importance of charity, such oversight should be expansively interpreted and implemented. There is no other governmental entity willing, equipped, or able to assert this oversight role

The Charity Oversight Authority of the Texas Attorney General.

The Attorney General of Texas is the only elected official charged with regulating the state’s charitable interest. This duty and authority over charitable assets and entities are comprehensive and unique in themselves. Although the broader state representation role of American attorneys general has evolved considerably and been substantively codified in the statutory law, the area of charity regulations has remained remarkably true to its common law root. This Article will briefly examine the early roots of charity regulation and then discuss the authority and duties of the Attorney General of Texas in the modern context of charity regulation. In Texas, the assets held and managed by charitable entities are quite significant in financial terms. The Attorney General represents the public’s interest in these assets by ensuring they are used for proper charitable purposes. Such role is akin to, but more significant than, the role of an attorney for stockholders of a business corporation or the beneficiary of an express trust. Charitable interests, however, having no stockholders or specifically identifiable owners, are protected and enforced by the Attorney General on behalf of the public. A parallel goal of the Attorney General’s powers and duties in the charity realm is the protection and perpetuation of the intent of charity donors. The Attorney General’s uniquely broad representational capacity is the fundamental concept of common law charity regulation. The Attorney General of Texas enjoys such authority and thereby provides a great public benefit. For public policy reasons and considering the importance of charity, such oversight should be expansively interpreted and implemented. There is no other governmental entity willing, equipped, or able to assert this oversight role