The State Bar of Wisconsin (SBW) is the integrated (mandatory) bar association of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Created by the Wisconsin Supreme Court for all attorneys who hold a Wisconsin law license, the State Bar of Wisconsin aids the courts in improving the administration of justice, provides continuing legal education and other services for its members, and supports the education of law students. The SBW also provides public services, including attorney referrals, public education, and reduced-fee legal assistance for low-income state residents.
This article discusses the implications for the creative process of digital platforms such as BitStrips, which are "simultaneously ... cultural product and raw material offering [designers] new opportunities for cultural production." While many commonly used platforms merely allow for the sharing of preexisting content, numerous emerging platforms are also means of creative expression. Designers and design educators must pay attention to the ways in which intellectual property law and contract law grant the owners of such platforms the right to control creativity. The authors therefore call on designers and artists to use their talents to create tangible critiques of the systems and assumptions that undergird intellectual property legislation and private ordering mechanisms (such as license agreements) in order to make their voices heard, provoke discussion, and resist marginalization, and to ensure that the value of future creativity is not so narrowly defined as to accrue only to those in control of future platform technologies.
Objective: To perform a novel geographic analysis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis in Midwest United States. Method: Primary care children age 5–17 with ADHD diagnosis ( N = 6833; 13.5%) were compared to those receiving well child care without ADHD diagnosis ( N = 43,630) in a Wisconsin integrated medical system. Street addresses, demographic, and block group level U.S. Census 2000 data were mapped and analyzed using ArcGIS, CrimeStat III, and SaTScan. Lead levels from a State database were linked to 2,837 subjects. Univariate analysis was done by chi-square test or Mann-Whitney U test, multivariate analysis by logistic regression. Results: ADHD cases were 74% male ( p = 0.0001), and more frequently diagnosed in White children (17.3%) than Blacks (10.6%), Hispanics (9.4%), or Asians (3.7%; all p values < 0.001). Overall, male gender, white race, lower block group median household income and population density, and greater distance to nearest park and airport were more predictive of ADHD ( p values < 0.001). In urban Milwaukee County (865 cases/10,493 controls) male gender, white race, suburban residence, and younger age were more predictive of ADHD ( p values < 0.01). Among children with ADHD diagnosis and linked lifetime lead values, those with a maximum level of 10 μg/dl or more differed significantly from controls (9.3% vs. 5.6%; p = 0.003); elevated lead remained a significant predictor of ADHD diagnosis in multivariate analysis. Conclusions: Further studies are needed to determine if geographic distribution of ADHD diagnosis can be partially explained by differential efficiency of referral for diagnosis by school districts, by race/ethnicity, and/or built environment.
services and counterproductive state and local tax increases" (H.R. l[3][a][5]). This article looks at the local government response to ARRA implementation in several areas based on comments from those who work with ARRA at the local level. It exam ines whether ARRA is meeting the needs of municipalities by focusing on the act's limi tations on and the suitability of traditional federal government grants as a mechanism for channeling ARRA funds to local govern ments. In May and June of 2009, the author and State and Local Government Review edito
