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03428: Digital Culture, Architecture and the City (DES 0342800)
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Friday 9:00 - 12:00 Sackler - Lecture Hall
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Some twenty years ago, when Bernard Tschumi and young instructors like Greg Lynn or Ali Rahim launched the so-called "Paperless Studio," based upon the intensive use of the computer, the endeavor was considered at best as highly experimental. Today, computers have literally invaded schools of architecture and design offices. Their introduction has been accompanied by the emergence of new methods and forms. Moreover, their use is representative of a much broader phenomenon: the influence of digital culture on architectural and urban design. Beyond the design world, digital culture appears as a fundamental feature of our contemporary society. Ubiquitous computing constitutes one of the expressions of its pervasive presence. This course will envisage the complex set of relations that have been established between computer and architecture, as well as between digital culture, as a social phenomenon, and architecture and the city. Its aim is to contribute to a better understanding of what is at stake in a process of change that is still going on today. Whereas we are no longer fascinated by blobs, new subjects of interest have emerged such as the development of parametric design, the new possibilities offered by digital fabrication, the rising challenges of sustainability and the role digital technologies will play to address them.
In order to foster this better understanding of what is at stake in the digital, the course will begin by providing a series of historical points of reference regarding the development of digital culture. From history the course will quickly turn to the present and to the various issues it raises. One will pass thus from history to theory. Following almost twenty years of accelerated technological developments, the time has come to assess what they represent in terms of the way we define architecture, urban design and even urban planning. Indeed, they are challenging a number of received ideas about these disciplines.
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1 - Isaac Rigel, Lake Wales: The senior won the Polk County Championship meet Saturday, setting a personal record of 16:49.40, the fastest time in Polk County this year.
2 - Hannah Kendall, Winter Haven: The sophomore broke a 33-year-old county record in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.32 at the Polk County swim meet Saturday. The previous record was set in 1980 by Bartow's Susie Thayer, who made the U.S. Olympic team that year.
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Ford has a unique way of measuring interior storage spaces inside its vehicles and those of its competitors, and it's not with a ruler; it's with pingpong balls.
"It probably doesn't seem like it, but pingpong balls are more accurate than using a tape measure to get the volume of odd-shaped spaces like a glove compartment," said Eric Jackson, Vehicle Architecture supervisor.
Many years ago, Ford would estimate the capacity of glove boxes, center consoles and other small areas of a vehicle using a measuring tape, and taking length times width times height to get the volume. But with all the angles, curves and other odd shapes in a vehicle, engineers and designers were not satisfied with the accuracy or consistency of this method. According to Jackson, a Ford engineer then came up with the idea of using pingpong balls to measure spaces.
"It was just a quirky idea that came out of a team brainstorm," says Jackson. "But we then did some studies using pingpong balls and found capacities were more consistently measured."
Jackson's team found that if two people measure the same console with a measuring tape, they often will come up with different results due to the wide variations of the method. However, if two people use pingpong balls to measure volume, they are more likely to get the same answer.
The precise way volume is measured with pingpong balls is fairly simple, explains Sejal Shreffler, Ford Accommodation and Usage engineer. Ford engineers have developed a cubic measurement for each pingpong ball that accounts for the open space in between a stack of balls. They then use that measurement and account for the number of pingpong balls in the storage space to determine total volume of a space.
Engineers also use computer-aided design (CAD) renderings to compute volume.
Laser scanning
Shreffler and her team also use a laser scanner device that allows Ford to get surface data in CAD on competitors. Shreffler can get a 3D digital representation of the visible surfaces on the vehicle. The surface data are then digitized and the space is evaluated in CAD. This technology can be used to measure different areas of the vehicle to compute anything from cargo volumes to the dashboard console or glove box volumes.
"Our team scans dozens of consumer goods from iPads to mountain bikes and wheelchairs to ensure these objects not only fit into our vehicles, but that there is a proper place for them," said Shreffler.
Clever spaces
The all-new Ford Escape features several places to store specific items in the interior including umbrellas, bottles and cell phones.
Unique storage spots include:
• Overhead visors with ticket holders for parking or toll tickets
• Hidden storage bin under the second-row floor
• Small umbrella holders on both driver and passenger seat trim panels
• A card holder below and a stowage bin above the center of the instrument panel
• Center console space to hold a one-liter bottle, MP3 player or CDs
• Convenient USB ports in the center console and 110-volt inverter located at the back of the floor console for easy plug-in of laptops, cell phone chargers or other electronics
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Amazing creation!!!!!!!!!!
This reminds me so strongly of somewhere. But I've never been anywhere similar to this landscape.
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The scenery itself feels otherworldly and surreal, but still gritty and visceral. Then the orbs seem to be introduced from the heavens, and represent the contrast of ethereal geometric perfection. It's truly captivating and unique.
Nice tribute! You have managed to capture the feeling of the world of the Orbs... Chris is one of my best friends and shares this studio with me here in Portland. He's very talented and a great guy! I'm keeping a fire lit under him to find a publisher for his book. It'll be worth the wait.
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A successive approximation analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is presented operating at ultralow supply voltages. The circuit is realized in a 0.18-μm standard CMOS technology. Neither low-VT devices nor voltage boosting techniques are used. All voltage levels are between supply voltage VDD and ground VSS. A passive sample-and-hold stage and a capacitor-based digital-to-analog converter are used to avoid application of operational amplifiers, since opamp operation requires higher values for the lowest possible supply voltage. The ADC has signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratios of 51.2 and 43.3 dB for supply voltages of 1 and 0.5 V, at sampling rates of 150 and 4.1 kS/s and power consumptions of 30 and 0.85 μW, respectively. Proper operation is achieved down to a supply voltage of 0.4 V.


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It's unlikely that any of these girls need to be auditioned for anything porn related – especially Roxy Jezel.
Roxy gets the Slut of the Month award in her scene with Joel Lawrence, Sascha, Talon, James Deen and Joe Rock. The girl hungrily sucks cock until her face is a mess with mascara and encourages the guys to choke her – until she passes out. Multiple times. And she has to be repeatedly slapped awake. All the while the fucking never stops. It's as disturbing as it is hot.
Taryn Thomas and Haley Paige give energetic performances as well.
Pre-nom Roxy's scene: Best Group Sex.
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Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is an American animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from May 28, 1995 to December 24, 1999, with a final set of three shelved episodes airing in 2002, starring Jonathan Katz, Jon Benjamin, and Laura Silverman. The show was created by Burbank, California production company Popular Arts Entertainment (executive producers: Tim Braine, Kevin Meagher, and David Pritchard), with Jonathan Katz and Tom Snyder, developed and first made by Popular Arts for HBO Downtown Productions. Boston-based Tom Snyder Productions became the hands-on production company, and the episodes were usually produced by Katz and Loren Bouchard. It won a Peabody Award in 1998. Wikipedia
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"Breakfast in Bed" is a 1969 soul/R&B song written by Eddie Hinton and Donnie Fritts.
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- Breakfast in Bed (film), a 1963 German comedy film
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Classical Resolutions: Jonathan Biss Challenges The New And Old
What in classical music needs changing? Join the discussion with prominent musicians like pianist Jonathan Biss by leaving your thoughts in the comments section.
In the past year or so, it seems to me that a critical mass (or do I mean tipping point?) has been reached, and everyone agrees: things have to change in the classical music world.
I think that's great. Not only do I agree that some aspects of the concert/recorded musical worlds are not functioning as well as they ought to, but also I think any art form — particularly one in which much of the art in question has been around for a long time — benefits from having long-held beliefs about it challenged.
What sometimes troubles me is the form in which the "things have to change" discussion has taken. Because there is more competition for the audience's attention than ever before, and because technology has changed the performer's relationship with media so profoundly, I sometimes sense a note of desperation in the way musicians and arts organizations are trying to outdo each other in their efforts to be "new" and "creative."
The problem with this, it seems to me, is that "new is good" is a lot like "old is good," in that neither attitude is much concerned with the music. It's just exchanging one paradigm for another.
My 2011 resolution, then, is to spend each day addressing music with passion and focus, and wrestling with the question of how to bring it to people in the most organic, open-minded (and open-hearted, probably more importantly) way possible. I'll never make an artistic decision because it is what's expected, or because it is unexpected, but simply because it seems, at that moment, necessary and right.
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Bought balls to use in inflatable pool for toddler's play area. Very disappointed with this product.Half of the balls were dented-you cannot crush them, but they dent too easily. Manage to straightened out a few only to have them dent again. Would have returned product but did not have time to purchase a replacenment, so ended up using balls as is. Brought this brand because of the name(Step2). Differently will not buy again and will be very cautious when buying other Step2 products.
Happy with purchase, but 150 balls really isn't a lot. So buy 2 ?!?!
Love these, nice and soft! Grandson can use these inside and outside!
I bought these for my son for his birthday when they arrived I was so disappointed horrible horrible I looked at every ball not one was flattened or squished not one...
We bought this to supplement the 20 balls that came with our inflatable Spiderman ball pit (pretty small for a ball pit), but it was the perfect way to fill a small pit.
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The South Region is responsible for the enforcement of insurance related crimes committed in Broward, Dade and Palm Beach Counties. The region is divided into two auto fraud squads and three general fraud squad, directed by one captain and five lieutenants.
Rafael Delgado has been a sworn law enforcement officer since January 1982, in which he served with the New York Police Department for 21 years before retiring and coming to work for the Department of Financial Services, Division of Insurance Fraud. Within the NYPD he was assigned to uniformed patrol, organize crime control bureau, detective bureau and an FBI Task Force Unit. He held the position of police office, detective and retired with the rank sergeant-supervisor of detective squad.
In 2005 he moved to south Florida and began a law enforcement career as a detective with the Department of Financial Services, Division of Insurance Fraud and was assigned to the Miami Field Office. While assigned there, he worked in a general fraud squad and personal injury protection squad. In August 2011, he was promoted to lead detective within the PIP squad. He is a certified field training officer, and has been an active training officer for new law enforcement detectives assigned to the Miami Field Office.
In March of 2012, Rafael was promoted to lieutenant and assigned as the supervisor of the Miami workers' compensation squad. In September 2012, Rafael was assigned to manage a third PIP squad in Miami.
In April of 2014, Rafael was promoted to captain and assigned over the South Central Region, supervising five general and automobile squads.
On April 29, 2015, Rafael was promoted to Major for District II.
Captain Ted Padich joined DIF in 1998, and was promoted to the position of South-Central Region Captain in August, 2015. Prior to coming to the Division, he served with the Boynton Beach Police Department for 20 years which included training and supervisory experience. Ted has been a member of the Division's ERT team, has given numerous presentations and instructed for other state agencies, local law enforcement agencies, and the private sector regarding major case investigation, the investigation of mortgage fraud and crimes against the elderly. Captain Padich was selected by Attorney General Bill McCollum as one of the top ten state law enforcement officers and has received the Davis Productivity Award for his efforts in the investigation of mortgage fraud in South Florida. Captain Padich has a degree in Criminal Justice from Suffolk Community College, New York and is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy.
Lt. William Lee began his law enforcement career in Connecticut in 1979. Upon moving to Florida in 1982, Lt. Lee was employed by the Sunrise Police Department. He served there for 18 years, the last 13 as a Sergeant. Lt. Lee started his employment with the Division of Insurance Fraud in 2000. In 2010, he was promoted to lieutenant and now supervises the Plantation PIP squad. Lt. Lee holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New Haven and a master's degree from Florida International University. He is also a certified fraud examiner.
Glen began his career with the Division of Insurance Fraud in 2006. Prior to joining the Division of Insurance Fraud, Glen served for the United States Navy aboard the USS John F Kennedy (CV-67) serving as a Boatswains Mate / Rescue Swimmer and as a police officer with the Fort Myers Police Department in uniformed patrol. Originally assigned as a detective to the Fort Myers field office, he was promoted to Lead Detective in 2013. During his career here he has investigated a variety of complex fraud cases, acted as a field training officer and is currently appointed as a Special Deputized U.S. Marshal sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Glen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Florida Gulf Coast University and became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 2009.
Operation El Martillo (Sledgehammer-Phase 2) (Arrests made within both federal and state judicial systems).
This criminal investigation targeted an organized group conducting insurance fraud (staged crashes) in Palm Beach County. The subjects of the investigation were soliciting staged crash participants, paying participants and billing insurance companies fraudulently for services not rendered. This investigation included a minimum of five clinics in the West Palm Beach area. The subjects paid for individuals to stage fake crashes and then farmed out the "crash victims" to their controlled clinics for treatment. The clinics billed the auto insurance companies under Florida's Personal Injury Protection (PIP), usually up to $10,000 per crash victim for treatments that were not needed or given.
After Phase 2 was implemented, multiple cases were presented to the Palm Beach State Attorney's Office for prosecution. While few of them are still pending court action, many of them have resulted in conviction of those involved.
To date the total restitution ordered from Operation Sledgehammer (both phases) and its associated cases is just over $36 million dollars. Currently several cases are still pending court action.
The Florida Department of Financial Services/Fraud Division had learned insurance claims were filed on behalf of six different individuals' insurance policies pertaining to Thibault Auto Glass during the course of an unrelated investigation. The insurance companies received insurance claims through a third party administrator (Safelite Solutions/SGC Network) from Thibault Auto Glass for replacing the windshields on six vehicles. The insurance companies paid Safelite Solutions/SGC Network (third party administrator) as a result of these claims approximately $1,800. Subsequently, Thibault Auto Glass received payment for services never rendered.
After Mr. Thibault was convicted in Broward County and placed on probation, he violated his probation in Hernando County when he resumed these fraudulent practices. He was charged with violation of probation, along with new charges of theft and insurance fraud. This case in Hernando County is currently pending prosecution.
The Department of Financial Services, Division of Insurance Fraud received information from Progressive Insurance Company alleging that David Glincher of Auto Loss Claims Consultants, LLC (ALCC) had filed diminished value (the value your vehicle has been reduced by after an accident occurs) claims with Progressive Insurance Company as a result of car crashes on behalf of policy holders. Progressive Insurance had paid the claims and sent drafts to ALCC. The drafts were deposited into the business account of ALCC. ALCC never forwarded the victims their portion of the settlement money. The investigation revealed that there were as many as 274 victims that were not paid by ALCC and David Glincher for insurance claims he filed on their behalf with multiple insurance companies.
The victims were claimants in traffic crashes where they were not at fault. Glincher identified his victims through the use of Florida Public Records, i.e., Florida Crash Reports. Glincher, through his company ALCC would send mailings with his brochures explaining the diminished value claims. Some victims would return the completed claim forms while others never received them or simply discarded them. The claims were filed by ALCC and were paid by the insurance companies to ALCC and the victims' name. Many victims never received their percentage from Glincher.
A review of bank records and victim interviews determined the total theft reached more than $294 thousand dollars.
Twelve of the victims interviewed acknowledged Glincher's representation, but never received compensation; 13 other victims stated they were not represented by Glincher, he was not given permission to use their identification and no compensation was received.
He was booked into the Broward County Jail on March 13, 2014, and is pending trial.
An investigation was conducted and it was determined that Ines Ezeta committed health care fraud. Ezeta filed a claim for an emergency room visit from February 5, through February 12, 2013 on her Colonial Life Disability Insurance. Ezeta completed a claim form which she signed and sent along with a copy of her medical bills in support of her claim which describe various procedures and treatments performed by Jackson Health Systems with a total amount of $84,116.50. Investigation revealed Ezeta submitted a fraudulent medical statement which was altered. The document was obtained from a relative who was an actual patient at Jackson Health. Ezeta was interviewed when she confessed and was charged with insurance fraud, and grand theft. Ezeta was convicted in Miami-Dade County Court and ordered to pay investigative costs; since the fraud was determined quickly, no claims were paid.
An investigation was conducted in Miami Dade County where Sky Imaging was operating as an unlicensed clinic. The clinic was owned by Nazih Chamoun. Also involved in the operation of the clinic was his son, Robbie Chamoun. The clinic was run without a valid license and was conducting business daily. Services were provided and billed to various insurance companies in excess of $1 million dollars during a 13-month period of time.
Nazih Chamoun was convicted in Dade County Court of 19 counts of operating an unlicensed clinic. Nazih Chamoun received one year probation and was ordered to pay over $7,000 in investigative costs to DIF, $1000to the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office and $250,000 in restitution to various insurance companies affected by the unlicensed clinic activity.
Robbie Chamoun was convicted in Dade County Court on numerous counts of operating an unlicensed clinic, and theft. The agreement included that the defendant serve one year on a pretrial diversion program (PTI) and pay $1000 to the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office.
Investigation found that a vehicle crash occurring on March 16, 2012 in Miami-Dade County was in fact a staged crash. Through interviews and follow-up investigation it was determined Morales was the planner and organizer. Witnesses indicated Morales offered $2000each to individuals recruited to participate, and attend a clinic for treatment based on this crash.
One participant was driven to the clinic for alleged treatment, and in fact, signed approximately eight blank treatment forms for submission to the insurance company.
As a result of Morales' actions, StateFarm Insurance Company paid $10,271 in fraudulent claims. Case is pending trial.
The Division of Insurance Fraud received information from the insurance company that several individuals organized a plan to stage a crash in Miami-Dade County. The organizer (Inerarity) and his sister agreed to pay participants of the crash subsequent to treating at a Miami-Dade clinic. The clinic billed the insurance companies for treatment that never took place.
Two organizers and four participants were arrested and later convicted. The clinic involved was subsequently closed. Restitution to the insurance companies was ordered in the amount of over $11,000. Several of the defendants in this case were involved in a staged crash in Broward County, which resulted in four additional arrests.


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Greenberg Loses Appeal for Dismissal of Suit Over AIG
Former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Maurice "Hank" Greenberg lost an appeal seeking dismissal of a lawsuit alleging a fraudulent transaction with Warren Buffett's General Reinsurance Corp.
Former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued Greenberg and AIG's former chief financial officer, Howard Smith, in 2005 in New York state Supreme Court in Manhattan, accusing them of using sham reinsurance deals and other transactions to distort the insurer's financial condition.
An appeals court in Manhattan, in a 4-1 ruling posted today, affirmed Justice Charles Ramos's order from October 2010 denying motions by Greenberg and Smith to dismiss the suit, saying that evidence "presents triable issues of fact as to whether defendants knew of, or participated in the fraudulent aspects" of the alleged schemes.
"We are pleased that the court has paved the way for a trial to hold the defendants accountable for perpetrating a major reinsurance scheme to defraud investors," James Freedland, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, said in a statement.
Justice James Catterson, who dissented from the ruling, said the claims against Greenberg and Smith under state law are preempted by federal statutes.
'Utter Failure'
Even if they aren't, the complaint should be dismissed "due to the utter failure of the New York Attorney General to oppose the defendants' motion with evidence in admissible form or to put forward an excuse for the failure to do so after five years of investigation and discovery," Catterson wrote.
Lawyers for Greenberg and Smith said in a joint statement they intend to seek permission to appeal the court's decision to the state Court of Appeals in Albany.
"In the meantime, Mr. Greenberg and Mr. Smith expect that the federal court, which has preliminarily approved a settlement of federal securities claims on behalf of a class of AIG shareholders, will approve that settlement resulting in additional grounds for the dismissal of this wasteful action," Vincent Sama, a partner with Kaye Scholer LLP representing Smith, said in the statement.
Greenberg and Smith "believe the Appellate Division should have gone even further, however, and as stated in the well-reasoned opinion of Judge Catterson, dismissed the Attorney General's action in its entirety," Greenberg's attorneys, David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP and John Gardiner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, said in the statement.
AIG, once the world's largest insurer, ousted Greenberg in March 2005, two months before Spitzer sued him and Smith, alleging they misled regulators and investors.
AIG, based in New York, eventually restated its earnings, lowering them by $3.4 billion, and agreed to pay $1.64 billion to settle claims by Spitzer and other regulators, without admitting or denying wrongdoing.
Four former Gen Re executives, including ex-CEO Ronald Ferguson, and one from AIG, Christian Milton, were convicted in 2008 at a fraud trial focusing on AIG's transaction with Gen Re.
The appellate court reversed Ramos's order granting the attorney general's request for summary judgment on another transaction known as CAPCO, saying that "summary resolution of their knowledge or participation in this alleged fraud cannot be determined as a matter of law."
The case is State of New York v. Greenberg, 401720-2005, New York state Supreme Court (Manhattan).


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My Crown Is in My Heart, Not on My Head: Heart Burial in England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire From Medieval Times to the Present
Date: May 2013
Creator: Duch, Anna M.
Description: Heart burial is a funerary practice that has been performed since the early medieval period. However, relatively little scholarship has been published on it in English. Heart burial began as a pragmatic way to preserve a body, but it became a meaningful tradition in Western Europe during the medieval and early modern periods. In an anthropological context, the ritual served the needs of elites and the societies they governed. Elites used heart burial not only to preserve their bodies, but to express devotion, stabilize the social order and advocate legitimacy, and even gain heaven. Heart burial assisted in the elite Christian, his or her family, and society pass through the liminal period of death. Over the centuries, heart burial evolved to remain relevant. The practice is extant to the present day, though the motivations behind it are very different from those of the medieval and early modern periods.
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The Ho Chi Minh Trail and Operation Commando Hunt: the Failure of an Aerial Interdiction Campaign
Date: May 2013
Creator: Ha, Dong Nguyen
Description: In November 1968, the United States 7th Air Force began a year-round bombing campaign of southeastern Laos to slow the infiltration of Vietnamese troops and supplies into South Vietnam. Despite the massive amount of bombs dropped, the campaigns of Operation Commando Hunt were unable to stop the Communists from sending men and materiel down the Ho Chi Minh Trail to support their operations in the south. This thesis seeks to show that President Lyndon Johnson's decision to stop bombing North Vietnam and President Richard Nixon's Vietnamization policy, along with the North Vietnamese's determination to keep their supply route open, combined to prevent Operation Commando Hunt from achieving its goal.
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Southern Promise and Necessity: Texas, Regional Identity, and the National Woman Suffrage Movement, 1868-1920
Date: August 2010
Creator: Brannon-Wranosky, Jessica S.
Description: This study offers a concentrated view of how a national movement developed networks from the grassroots up and how regional identity can influence national campaign strategies by examining the roles Texas and Texans played in the woman suffrage movement in the United States. The interest that multiple generations of national woman suffrage leaders showed in Texas, from Reconstruction through the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, provides new insights into the reciprocal nature of national movements. Increasingly, from 1868 to 1920, a bilateral flow of resources existed between national women's rights leaders and woman suffrage activists in Texas. Additionally, this study nationalizes the woman suffrage movement earlier than previously thought. Cross-regional woman suffrage activity has been marginalized by the belief that campaigning in the South did not exist or had not connected with the national associations until the 1890s. This closer examination provides a different view. Early woman's rights leaders aimed at a nationwide movement from the beginning. This national goal included the South, and woman suffrage interest soon spread to the region. One of the major factors in this relationship was that the primarily northeastern-based national leadership desperately needed southern support to aid in their larger goals. Texas' ability to ...
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The Strategic and Operational Debate Over Operation Anvil: the Allied Invasion of Southern France in August, 1944
Date: May 2013
Creator: Zinsou, Cameron
Description: In August, 1944, the Allies embarked on one of the "two supreme operations of 1944," Operation Anvil/Dragoon. It is an operation that almost did not happen. Envisioned as a direct supporting operation of Overlord, Anvil soon ran into troubles. Other operations taking away resources away from Anvil in addition to opposition from the highest levels of Allied command threatened Anvil. This thesis chronicles the evolution of this debate, as well as shed light on one of the most overlooked and successful operations the Allies embarked on in World War II.
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Fortification Renaissance: the Roman Origins of the Trace Italienne
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Creator: Vigus, Robert T.
Description: The Military Revolution thesis posited by Michael Roberts and expanded upon by Geoffrey Parker places the trace italienne style of fortification of the early modern period as something that is a novel creation, borne out of the minds of Renaissance geniuses. Research shows, however, that the key component of the trace italienne, the angled bastion, has its roots in Greek and Roman writing, and in extant constructions by Roman and Byzantine engineers. The angled bastion of the trace italienne was yet another aspect of the resurgent Greek and Roman culture characteristic of the Renaissance along with the traditions of medicine, mathematics, and science. The writings of the ancients were bolstered by physical examples located in important trading and pilgrimage routes. Furthermore, the geometric layout of the trace italienne stems from Ottoman fortifications that preceded it by at least two hundred years. The Renaissance geniuses combined ancient bastion designs with eastern geometry to match a burgeoning threat in the rising power of the siege cannon.
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Cattle Capitol: Misrepresented Environments, Nineteenth Century Symbols of Power, and the Construction of the Texas State House, 1879-1888
Date: May 2011
Creator: Miller, Michael M.
Description: State officials, between 1882 and 1888, exchanged three million acres of Texas Panhandle property for construction of the monumental Capitol that continues to house Texas government today. The project and the land went to a Chicago syndicate led by men influential in business and politics. The red granite Austin State House is a recognizable symbol of Texas around the world. So too, the massive tract given in exchange for the building, what became the "fabulous" XIT Ranch, also has come to symbolize the height of the nineteenth century cattle industry. That eastern and foreign capital dominated the cattle business during this period is lesser known, absorbed by the mythology built around the Texas cattle-trail period - all but at an end in 1885. This study examines the interaction of Illinois Republicans and Texas Democrats in their actions and efforts to create what have become two of Texas's most treasured symbols.
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Southern Attitudes Toward the West, 1783 to 1803
Date: May 2011
Creator: Zemler, Jeffrey Allen
Description: This dissertation argues that the strong relationship that historians see between the South and West in the early 19th century, which allowed them to form what scholars have termed the Old South, had its origins in the twenty-year period after the American Revolution when a group of far-sighted southerners worked to form a political bond between the two regions. They did so by tirelessly defending the West and westerners against political and economic attacks, often from northerners but sometimes from people within their own region. Within the ongoing debate over the emergence of a southern consciousness, historians have overlooked one important factor in its development-the West. Although it would be incorrect to argue that southern consciousness began in the 1780s or 1790s, it would not be remiss to argue that southerners began to look at the trans-Appalachian West during this period as something more than just virgin territory. A few southerners, particularly James Madison, saw the South's political future entwined with the West's advancement and worked to ensure that a strong political relationship developed between the two regions. For people like Madison, this political merger of the two sections is what they meant when they talked about a "southern and ...
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American Blitzkrieg: Courtney Hodges and the Advance Toward Aachen (August 1 - September 12, 1944)
Date: December 2012
Creator: Rinkleff, Adam J.
Description: This is an analysis of combat operations of US First Army under the command of Courtney Hodges, between August 1 and September 12, 1944, with an emphasis upon 1st, 4th, 9th, and 30th Divisions. However, other formations are necessarily discussed in order to maintain context. Indeed, many historians have failed to emphasize the complex interdependent nature of these efforts, and the traditional narrative has been distorted by inadequate situational awareness. This study argues that the army's operations were exceedingly difficult, resulting in approximately 40,000 casualties over a six week period. Although historians claim that the Germans were essentially defeated by the end of July, and that the Allied advance was subsequently halted by logistical difficulties, the official combat records clarify that logistical shortages were a tertiary factor, as the enemy remained capable of strong resistance. Consequently, defensive efforts were the primary factor hindering the advance, in conjunction with deteriorating weather conditions, rugged terrain, and surprisingly severe traffic congestion. Although this was mobile warfare, military theorists have overestimated the effectiveness of mechanization and underestimated the potential for antitank defenses. Ultimately, this study asserts that First Army was the primary American combat formation, and historians have exaggerated the importance of George Patton's ...
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White Creole Women in the British West Indies: From Stereotype to Caricature
Date: December 2010
Creator: Northrop, Chloe Aubra
Description: Many researchers of gender studies and colonial history ignore the lives of European women in the British West Indies. The scarcity of written information combined with preconceived notions about the character of the women inhabiting the islands make this the "final frontier" in colonial studies on women. Over the long eighteenth century, travel literature by men reduced creole white women to a stereotype that endured in literature and visual representations. The writings of female authors, who also visited the plantation islands, display their opinions on the creole white women through their letters, diaries and journals. Male authors were preoccupied with the sexual morality of the women, whereas the female authors focus on the temperate lifestyles of the local females. The popular perceptions of the creole white women seen in periodicals, literature, and caricatures in Britain seem to follow this trend, taking for their sources the travel histories.
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Dolores Dyer: Women's Basketball and the American Dream
Date: December 2012
Creator: Roberts, Jackie
Description: Dolores Dyer played from 1952-1953 for the Texas Cowgirls, a barnstorming women's basketball team that provided a form of entertainment popular throughout the United States in that era. The story of Dyer's life demonstrates how a woman could attempt to achieve the American dream—a major theme in American history—through success in athletic competition. Dyer's participation with the Texas Cowgirls also provides a look into the circumstances that limited women's participation in professional sport during the mid-twentieth century. Women's sports studies, although some are very thorough, have gaps in the research, and women's barnstorming basketball is one of the areas often overlooked. In light of this gap, this thesis relies on a variety of sources, including primary documents from unpublished collections, archived materials, and original oral histories from several members of the Texas Cowgirls team. This thesis contains analysis of the socioeconomic factors that influenced Dolores Dyer's maturation into a professional basketball player, examines what the American dream meant to her, and evaluates the extent to which she achieved it. Overall, it constructs a social history that can serve as a foundational source for further study of women in sports during the twentieth century.
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Although not a name most would associate with the digital age, Alan Moore is nevertheless spearheading the development of an open-source app that will enable anyone to produce digital comics.
Called Electricomics, the app is described as both a comic and a free, "easy-to-use open source toolkit," published by Moore and longtime collaborator Mitch Jenkins' Orphans of the Storm, and funded by the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts, which supports "projects that use digital technology to enhance audience reach and/or develop new business models for the arts sector."
Dark Horse will adapt one of Robert E. Howard's last published Conan stories beginning in May with the debut of King Conan: Hour of the Dragon.
MTV Geek reports the new ongoing series, by Timothy Truman, Tomás Giorello and José Villarrubia, will be based on the 1935-36 serial The Hour of the Dragon, also known as Conan the Conqueror. It centers on a middle-aged Conan, now king of Aquilonia, as his throne is threatened by conspirators who hope to depose him in favor of the kingdom's rightful heir by resurrecting Xaltotun, an ancient sorcerer from the empire of Acheron.
King Conan: Hour of the Dragon, which features covers by Gerald Parel and Sanjulian, debuts May 29.
Art | Jerry Robinson's cover artwork from Detective Comics #67 is expected to bring in more than $300,000 when it goes up for auction Nov. 15. "Robinson penciled and inked this cover and the detail of his art is amazing close-up," said Todd Hignite, consignment director for Comic Art at Heritage Auctions, "particularly his shading lines on Batman and Robin, and on the feathery details of the ostrich being straddled by that bird-of-prey, the Penguin." [Art Daily]
Business | Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment Inc. and Vuguru, former Disney CEO Michael Eisner's independent studio, are partnering to produce "original digital content." [press release]
Comics | Darryl Ayo has a small manifesto about comics that makes a lot of sense: "Things that don't make sense in North American comics: 1) comics that exist after their creators have ceased to. 2) these comics' existence continues despite minimal effort to applicable to contemporary culture. Things that make perfect sense in North American comics: people's general lack of interest in comics." He points out a number of reasons why the comics audience is small and challenges creators and publishers to "Do better." One point he makes that is rarely mentioned: The critical importance of editors. [Comix Cube]
Hello and welcome to What Are You Reading? This week's guest is Alex Segura, executive director of publicity and marketing at Archie Comics. But we'll always know him as the guy who founded The Great Curve, the blog that would one day morph into Robot 6.
To see what Alex and the Robot 6 crew have been reading lately, click below …
Welcome once again to our weekly round of "What would you buy if your budget was limited?" — or, as we call it, Food or Comics? Every week we set certain hypothetical spending limits on ourselves and go through the agony of trying to determine what comes home and what stays on the shelves. So join Brigid Alverson, Chris Mautner, Kevin Melrose and me as we run down what comics we'd buy if we only had $15 and $30 to spend, as well as what we'd get if we had some "mad" money to splurge with.
This week we're coming to you a day late, as comics won't arrive in shops in the United States until tomorrow due to this past Monday's big holiday. And check out Diamond's full release list if you'd like to play along in our comments section.
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Batman and Robin #14 ($2.99)
Glamourpuss #15 ($3)
Starstruck #13 ($3.99)
My three main purchases for the week. The one of note is the final issue of Elaine May and Michael Kaluta's Starstruck. I have no idea if IDW plans on collecting the series or not, or if there are other Starstruck mini-series in the works (I'm guessing not; my Spidey-sense tells me that the series wasn't a solid seller for the company), but if this is the end (at least for now), I'm grateful to IDW for taking a chance and introducing me to what can only be described as an utterly dense and utterly unique comics-reading experience.


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Ireland avoided all the Southern Hemisphere teams as they were drawn alongside France and Italy in Group D, and will strongly fancy their chances of progressing to at least the quarter-finals following the draw made at Tate Modern in London.
Stuart Lancaster's England side face a huge challenge to get out of Group A .
2011 semi-finalists Wales dropped into the third group of seeds after a disastrous autumn international campaign and face rivals England along with double World Cup winners Australia.
Scotland, who were also in the third group of seeds, face a somewhat easier task after being drawn with South Africa and Samoa.
Only 12 of the 20 teams are known, with the other eight coming from a qualifying competition.
The World Cup takes place from September 18 to October 31, 2015, with the final at Twickenham.
The top two teams in each group will qualify for the knock-out stages, while the top three qualify automatically for the 2019 tournament in Japan.
Group A
Oceania 1
Play-off winner
Group B
South Africa
Asia 1
Americas 2
Group C
New Zealand
Europe 1
Africa 1
Group D
Europe 2
Americas 1
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Allstate Consultants Engineer Cary Sayre was on hand at Tuesday's meeting of the Brookfield City Council; he discussed current loan and grant opportunities available through the Mo. Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR). Those funding opportunities are primarily for upgrades to drinking water distribution systems.
The DNR has prepared an Intended Use Plan (IUP) for the City of Brookfield. That IUP "describes proposed funds reserved for financial assistance for drinking water infrastructure improvements." Those funds will be made available by DNR in the form of grants and loans, or a combination of both.
Brookfield City Manager Dana Tarpening explains that although the City applied to DNR for funding a couple of years ago and was placed on an IUP by DNR at that time, the City funded the needed improvements itself. Among those improvements were sludge handling, the ammonia feed system that was recently implemented, and reservoir pumps. Despite the fact that DNR didn't provide funding for those needs, the City's IUP is showing that there are funds available for projects. Among the projects that the City might want to use IUP funds for, according to Tarpening, are installing a raw water line from the Water Treatment Plant to City Lake, improving the Yellow Creek Pump Station, and making other finished water line improvements.
Sayre explained during Tuesday's Council meeting, "The City of Brookfield is eligible for a 50 percent grant/loan package." Checking with the most current list of IUPs on the DNR website (2013), Brookfield is eligible for a 50/50, $3,872,075 grant/loan package (a $1,936,038 loan and a $1,936,037 grant).
Sayre, the engineer for Brookfield's wastewater treatment facility to come, further advised the Council Tuesday, "Money is also available through DNR for 80 percent of engineering costs or up to $12,000; the City would have to provide $3,000 or 20 percent." The 80 percent from DNR would come in the form of an Engineering Report Services Grant that funds engineering studies. Those studies include "data collection, analysis and water system planning," according to DNR records. The Engineering Report Services Grant would be part of Brookfield's five-year plan.
Finally, Tarpening explains that there are Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) available through DNR for up to $500,000. If the City elects to do so, those funds would be used to run a parallel raw water line from the Water Treatment Plant to City Lake to replenish water supplies during droughts.
These are funding opportunities; no financial commitment has been made at this juncture.
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