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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Terminology & Timeline -- Historiography -- Organization -- Chapter One. The Rise of Navalist Agitation, 1884-1894 -- Chapter Two. Leagues and Liars, 1894-1902 -- Chapter Three. The Success of the Fisher System, 1902-1907 -- Chapter Four. The Failure of the Fisher System, 1907-1908 -- Chapter Five. The Foundering of Directed Navalism, 1908-1914 -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Acknowledgements -- Index

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Libertarianism is understood to be a "deontological theory of law" that purportedly applies exclusively to humans. According to some libertarians, however, "one of the greatest weaknesses of libertarian theory" is that there are no provisions outlawing the abuse and torture of animals even though this seems to be one of "the most heinous acts it is possible to do". Moreover, a few of these libertarians go even further and claim that this legal philosophy of non-aggression should actually be extended to include other animals. The purpose of this paper is to reconcile this seemingly irreconcilable situation by arguing that it is a "continuum problem" and offering a principled, libertarian compromise that resolves the animal rights debate using the non-aggression principle (NAP) and private property rights.

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Many years before Adam Smith, numerous theologians associated with the School of Salamanca, such as Domingo de Soto, Juan de Lugo, Juan de Mariana, Luís Saravia de la Calle, Martin de Azpilcueta, Luis de Molina, Leonard Lessius, Thomas Cajetan, and Francisco Garcia had made great strides in the development of economics. Specifically, these theologians, otherwise known as the "Scholastics," analyzed and argued against price and wage controls by explaining that the only "just" prices and wages are those that are set by the market, examined and pushed back against prohibitions on usury, understood the concept of time preference, and helped develop monetary theory in multiple ways. They also demonstrated that all of this was consistent with the Catholic religion. This paper analyzes the ways in which these early theologians contributed to the development of economics and reconciled it with their Catholicism.

Most graph layout algorithms strive to present an uncluttered view of the graphthat reflects the structural relationship between nodes and edges comprising thegraph. Very few focus on providing a layout based on either node or edgeattribute values. This thesis presents a method that can reflectstructural information, be influenced primarily by attribute values of graphelements, or some combination of both. This is achieved using a force-basedgraph layout strategy and force transfer functions--a flexible graph layoutspecification that alters forces depending on attribute values or structuralinformation. An immediate benefit of this flexibility is theability to perform visual clustering via the resulting graph layouts.As graphs get larger and more complex, the flexibility for exploring differentrelational properties of graph elements will allow us to understand them better.As an example, this technique is used to group left and right blogs as well as detect outliersin a political blog dataset.

The practice of abandoning newborns shortly after birth has always existed. Occurring in primitive and contemporary societies, the motivations for newborn abandonment are varied and dependent upon the social norms of a specific geographic region at a given point in time. Because the desire to abandon an infant has had no support system in American society, such unwanted infants have been abandoned in a manner leading to their deaths. In response, many states have passed safe-haven legislation to save the lives of unwanted newborns. The laws typically specify a mother's ability to "abandon" her child to a medical service provider. However, judgmental attitudes and a lack of accurate information may impede a health care provider's ability to carry out a safe-haven law. The study described here examines a sample of nurses in a state with a safe-haven law. The study revealed no significant correlation between a nurse's knowledge, attitude, and self-perception of preparedness to manage a newborn abandonment event. owever, the outcomes highlight the negative attitudes and lack of knowledge many nurses possess regarding newborn abandonment and the women who commit this act. Educational programs for all health care providers and the community are essential to the efficacy of the legislation that currently exists. Continued multidisciplinary strategizing and general awareness are needed to serve as catalysts to build supports for unwanted newborns and their safe assimilation into the community.