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\"The life of Georgetown, Colorado, after the turn of the twentieth century as mining in Clear Creek County steadily declined and ultimately collapsed. Tourism, skiing, and historic preservation replaced mineral extraction and contributed to Georgetown's survival, and ultimate flourishing, after the loss of its principal industry\"--Provided by publisher.

At a time when campaign finance reform is widely viewed as synonymous with cleaning up Washington and promoting political equality, Bradley Smith, a nationally recognized expert on campaign finance reform, argues that all restriction on campaign giving should be eliminated. InUnfree Speech, he presents a bold, convincing argument for the repeal of laws that regulate political spending and contributions, contending that they violate the right to free speech and ultimately diminish citizens' power. Smith demonstrates that these laws, which often force ordinary people making modest contributions of cash or labor to register with the Federal Election Commission or various state agencies, fail to accomplish their stated objectives. In fact, they have worked to entrench incumbents in office, deaden campaign discourse, burden grassroots political activity with needless regulation, and distance Americans from an increasingly professional, detached political class. Rather than attempting to plug \"loopholes\" in campaign finance law or instituting taxpayer-financed campaigns, Smith proposes a return to core First Amendment values of free speech and an unfettered right to engage in political activity. Smith finds that campaign contributions have little corrupting effect on the legislature and shows that an unrestrained system of contributions and spending actually enhances equality. More money, not less, is needed in the political system, Smith concludes.Unfree Speechdraws upon constitutional law and historical research to explain why campaign finance regulation is doomed and to illustrate the potentially drastic costs of efforts to make it succeed. Whatever one thinks about the impact of money on electoral politics, no one should take a final stand without reading Smith's controversial and important arguments.

I want you to envision that you're in the United States Supreme Court. Some of you have probably been there; you've seen the room: it's got the marble engravings behind it and so on, and the Justices are up there in their black robes. Malcolm Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, a very experienced man who's argued campaign finance cases before, is in the Supreme Court. He's arguing a case called Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission. And during oral argument, Justice Alito finally leans over and asks if the authority to ban this broadcast ad might also apply to the Internet? Four Justices of the Supreme Court said that the US government can ban a documentary movie about a political candidate in an election year if at any point in the process of production or distribution or sales there's a corporation involved--as there always is, as there's been in every movie you've ever seen in your life, except home movies.

Spontaneous splenic rupture is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition. More common infectious causes include infectious mononucleosis, cytomegalovirus (CMV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and malaria. We present a case of a 42-year-old male who was admitted with persistent fevers, myalgia, and a recent ulcerative lesion on the base of his left thumb after a cat bite. He developed abdominal and back pains, left axillary lymphadenopathy, and near syncope. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan showed splenomegaly with subcapsular splenic rupture and large hematoma requiring emergent splenic embolization. Infectious work-up revealed tularemia as a cause which was successfully treated with oral doxycycline. Though not a common cat zoonoses, tularemia should be considered in a patient with splenomegaly or spontaneous splenic rupture in the setting of cat bite.

The phenomenon of multimodality has, as Jewitt observes, generated interest \"across many disciplines...against the backdrop of considerable social change.\" Contemporary societies are grappling with the social implications of the rapid increase in sophistication and range of multimodal practices, particularly within interactive digital media, so that the study of multimodality also becomes essential within an increasing range of practical domains. As a result of this increasing interest in multimodality, scholars, teachers and practitioners are on the one hand uncovering many different issues arising from its study, such as those of theory and methodology, while also exploring multimodality within an increasing range of domains. Such an increase and range of interest in multimodality heralds the emergence of a distinct multimodal studies field: as both the mapping of a domain of enquiry, and as the site of the development of theories, descriptions and methodologies specific to and adapted for the study of multimodality. The present volume presents a range of works by an impressive international roster of contributors who both explore issues arising from the study of multimodality and explore the scope of this emerging field within specific domains of multimodal phenomena. Contributors aim to show that each individual work and works in general within multimodal studies represent a dialectic or complementarity between the exploration of issues of general significance to multimodal studies and the exploration of specific domains of multimodality; while characterizing specific works as tending to some degree towards one or other of these main areas of focus. Such a characterization is seen as part of a move towards the identification and thus development of a distinct field of multimodal studies. \"This book is an informative, inspiring and important contribution for researchers in the field of multimodal studies.\" -- Wenchao Zhao, Henan University of Science and Technology, China 1. Multimodal Studies Kay L. O'Halloran & Bradley A. Smith Part 1: Issues in Multimodal Studies 2. The Decomposability of Semiotic Modes John A. Bateman 3. Visual Space and Ideology: A Critical Cognitive Analysis of Spatial Orientations in Advertising Feng Dezheng 4. Speech and Writing: Intonation within Multimodal Studies Bradley A. Smith 5. The Music Table Revisited: Problems of Changing Levels of Detail and Abstraction in a Tangible Representation Rodney Berry and Lonce Wyse 6. Knowledge Communication in Green Corporate Marketing: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of an Ecomagination Video Carmen Daniela Maier 7. Enregistering Identity in Indonesian Television Serials: A Multimodal Analysis Zane Goebel Part 2: Domains of Multimodal Studies 8. The Semiotics of Decoration Theo Van Leeuwen 9. Multimodality and Social Actions in ‘Personal Publishing’ Texts From the German ‘Poetry Album’ to Web 2.0 ‘Social Network Sites’ Volker J. Eisenlauer 10. The Implications of Multimodality for Media Literacy Sun Sun Lim, Elmie Nekmat & Siti Nurharnarni Nahar 11. The Changing Pedagogic Landscape of Subject English in UK Classrooms Carey Jewitt 12. Semiotization Processes of Space: From Drawing Our Homes to Styling Them Eija Ventola 13. Picture Books for Young Children of Different Ages: The Changing Relationships between Images and Words Peter Wignell 14. Art vs Computer Animation: Integrity and Technology in \"South Park\" Michael O’Toole Kay O’Halloran is Director of the Multimodal Analysis Lab, Interactive & Digital Media Institute (IDMI) and Associate Professor in the Department of English Language & Literature at the National University of Singapore. Bradley Smith is currently a Research Fellow at the Multimodal Analysis Lab at NUS, collaborating on the development of software for the study of multimodal discourse, with a particular focus on the ‘soundtrack’ aspects such as speech, music and (other) sound (to paraphrase a well-known book title).

Over the past 25 years, efforts to reform the campaign finance system have been exceptionally popular with both the general public and legal academics. Most reformers have attempted to limit alleged political corruption and to promote a brand of political equality. However, the reform scholarships has erred in its assumptions about the causes and effects of political corruption. It is actually campaign finance regulation that is in conflict with accepted notions of equality, so much so as to be broadly characterized as undemocratic.

Smith discusses some of the difficult issues in designing a system of government financing, reexamines the justifications for the push for tax financing, and questions whether anything will actually be accomplished if tax financing is extended to congressional and senatorial races.