NH Democratic Primary 9/13/1999

Vice President Al Gore has lost much of his lead over former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley among New Hampshire Democratic primary voters. Bradley\u27s supporters are more certain in their vote than Gore supporters, and Bradley is now viewed more favorably than Gore. Election: NH Primary 200

The Liberal Legacy of Bush v. Gore

This article examines the last ten years of the Rehnquist Court, which was divided evenly by the Court\u27s highly controversial intervention in the 2000 presidential election, Bush v. Gore. I compare the Court\u27s record before and after that decision both qualitatively and quantitatively, and argue that the Court shifted noticeably to the left, particularly in high-profile cases, after Bush v. Gore, as conservative Justices showed a greater willingness to side with their liberal colleagues to reach liberal results. I hypothesize that this may have reflected an effort, conscious or subconscious, to restore the Court\u27s legitimacy by counteracting images of a partisan body divided along political lines. I also suggest that the same interest in restoring the legitimacy of the Court may have contributed to the Court\u27s substantive emphasis on the values of the rule of law, which was particularly evident in the Court\u27s enemy combatant decisions of 2004 (and for that matter, more recently, in the Court\u27s decision on military tribunals in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld). This liberal legacy of Bush v. Gore illustrates one of the checking functions on judicial supremacy - namely the need to maintain the appearance (and reality) that law is distinct from politics. Whether the Bush v. Gore effect will continue with the Roberts Court remains to be seen

Modelling the Strategic Alignment of Software Requirements using Goal Graphs

This paper builds on existing Goal Oriented Requirements Engineering (GORE) research by presenting a methodology with a supporting tool for analysing and demonstrating the alignment between software requirements and business objectives. Current GORE methodologies can be used to relate business goals to software goals through goal abstraction in goal graphs. However, we argue that unless the extent of goal-goal contribution is quantified with verifiable metrics and confidence levels, goal graphs are not sufficient for demonstrating the strategic alignment of software requirements. We introduce our methodology using an example software project from Rolls-Royce. We conclude that our methodology can improve requirements by making the relationships to business problems explicit, thereby disambiguating a requirement's underlying purpose and value.Comment: v2 minor updates: 1) bitmap images replaced with vector, 2) reworded related work ref[6] for clarit

Preformed stiffeners used to fabricate structural components for pressurized tanks

Process of fabricating stiffened section components of pressurized tanks for aerospace use was developed. A potential use of the fabrication process is the production of gore and quarter-panel sections of hydrogen and oxygen tanks for space vehicle boosters

The Rule of Law, Freedom, and Prosperity.

After decades of neglect, the rule of law is much on the minds of legal scholars today. In the United States, the Supreme Court's controversial decision in Bush v. Gore has triggered renewed interest in understanding the concept of the rule of law and its value to society. Transition and developing economies have increasingly come to recognize the importance of the rule of law in establishing a framework for economic growth and individual liberty. This essay provides an overview of these debates over the concept and consequences of the rule of law. Although American scholars have criticized the Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore as violative of the rule of law, this criticism rests on an erroneous understanding of the rule of law. The tradition of the rule of law, as expressed by Dicey, Oakeshott, Hayek, and others, is consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore. Moreover, this tradition of the rule of law is a cornerstone of a free and prosperous society, in America and abroad.

Understanding business strategies of networked value constellations using goal- and value modeling

In goal-oriented requirements engineering (GORE), one usually proceeds from a goal analysis to a requirements specification, usually of IT systems. In contrast, we consider the use of GORE for the design of IT-enabled value constellations, which are collections of enterprises that jointly satisfy a consumer need using information technology. The requirements analysis needed to do such a crossorganizational design not only consists of a goal analysis, in which the relevant strategic goals of the participating companies are aligned, but also of a value analysis, in which the commercial sustainability of the constellation is explored. In this paper we investigate the relation between strategic goal- and value modeling. We use theories about business strategy such as those by Porter to identify strategic goals of a value constellation, and operationalize these goals using value models. We show how value modeling allows us to find more detailed goals, and to analyze conflicts among goals

The Name is the Game

Al Gore\u27s name spoonerized is galore which turns out to be a clever Al Gore rhythm. This year Republicans are experiencing Al Gore-aphobia, but are hoping to Bush whack the opposition. George Bush\u27s name anagrammed becomes He bugs Gore, and, adding the the W, He grew bogus which I realize you may interpret as a Bush League prey on words. Switching first letters of the candidates\u27 last names, we discover that one will gush and the other will bore. Looks like we\u27re in for a Gore-Tex campaign--I hope it doesn\u27t leak. I predict that at the end of the campaign Gore will be bushed and Bush will be gored. Then we\u27ll either have four Gore years or rule by a son of a Bush

Book Review

Review of: VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE, EARTH IN THE BALANCE: ECOLOGY AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT. (Plume 1993) [368 pp.] Acknowledgements, bibliography, figures, foreword, illustrations, index, notes. LC 92- 34013; ISBN 0-452-26935-0. [Paper $13.00. 375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014.