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Book Review: Ethnographies And Archaeologies: Iterations Of The Past, Edited By Lena Mortensen And Julie Hollowell, Christina J. Hodge Dec 2013

Book Review: Ethnographies And Archaeologies: Iterations Of The Past, Edited By Lena Mortensen And Julie Hollowell, Christina J. Hodge

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Ethnographies and Archaeologies: Iterations of the Past, edited by Lena Mortensen and Julie Hollowell, 2009, Cultural Heritage Studies Series, University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 288 pages, 9 illustrations, $69.95 (cloth).


Book Review: Ceramic Makers' Marks By Erica S. Gibson, Patricia Samford Dec 2013

Book Review: Ceramic Makers' Marks By Erica S. Gibson, Patricia Samford

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Ceramic Makers' Marks, by Erica S. Gibson, 2010, Guides to Historical Artifacts, Left Coast Press, 147 pages, 253 black-and-white illustrations, indexes, $89.00 (cloth), $24.95 (paper).


Technology Mediated Dispute Resolution And The Deaf Community, David Allen Larson, Paula Gajewski Mickelson Dec 2013

Technology Mediated Dispute Resolution And The Deaf Community, David Allen Larson, Paula Gajewski Mickelson

Health Law and Policy Brief

No abstract provided.


Archaeology At The 1777 Ebenezer Story Site: The Household Economy Of A Family Of Fishermen-Farmers On The Thames River, Preston, Connecticut, Ross K. Harper, Bruce Clouette Dec 2013

Archaeology At The 1777 Ebenezer Story Site: The Household Economy Of A Family Of Fishermen-Farmers On The Thames River, Preston, Connecticut, Ross K. Harper, Bruce Clouette

Northeast Historical Archaeology

This paper uses data from a colonial-period maritime household site to expand understanding of the economic and subsistence practices of fisherman-farmer families. The site is the 1777 homestead of Ebenezer Story on the eastern bank of the Thames River in Preston, Connecticut, about 12 miles from Long Island Sound. Like many New England Yankees, Story had a diverse household economy: he practiced subsistence farming, fished and shellfished, and owned a saltworks, boats, and cider mill in common with his family. During the Revolutionary War, Story leased part of his land for the construction of the Continental frigate Confederacy, and he …


Growing Things "Rare, Foreign, And Tender": The Early Nineteenth-Century Greenhouse At Gore Place, Waltham Massachusetts, Christa M. Beranek, J. N. Leith Smith, John M. Steinberg, Michelle G. S. Garman Dec 2013

Growing Things "Rare, Foreign, And Tender": The Early Nineteenth-Century Greenhouse At Gore Place, Waltham Massachusetts, Christa M. Beranek, J. N. Leith Smith, John M. Steinberg, Michelle G. S. Garman

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Excavations and ground penetrating radar at Gore Place in Waltham, Massachusetts, uncovered part of an early 19th-century greenhouse (ca. 1806 to the early 1840s) constructed by Christopher and Rebecca Gore. Documentary, archaeological, and geophysical data suggest that the greenhouse was a formal space intended to display exotic plants and that it was built in the relatively new lean-to style, with a tall back wall and a short front wall. The artifact assemblage included tools and small finds related to the greenhouse operation, as well as the remains of at least 149 planting pots. The greenhouse was constructed during a period …


Patriots, Tories, Inebriates, And Hussies: The Historical Archaeology Of The Abraham Staats House, As A Case Study In Microhistory, Richard Veit, Michael J. Gall Dec 2013

Patriots, Tories, Inebriates, And Hussies: The Historical Archaeology Of The Abraham Staats House, As A Case Study In Microhistory, Richard Veit, Michael J. Gall

Northeast Historical Archaeology

To modern suburbanites, life on a farm may seem hopelessly boring or, alternatively, charming and idyllic. Excavations at the Abraham Staats House in New Jersey’s Raritan Valley, just upriver from New Brunswick, provide a revealing glimpse of the dynamic and contentious lives of 18th- and 19th-century farmers. The Staats family, part of the early 18th-century Dutch migration to the Raritan Valley, saw their lives transformed by the Revolutionary War, the arrival of turnpike roads, the construction of the Delaware and Raritan Canal, the emancipation of slaves, the growth of the temperance movement, and family squabbles of Shakespearean proportions. Excavations at …


The Mother Of The Father Of Our Country: Mary Ball Washington's Genteel Domestic Habits, Laura J. Galke Dec 2013

The Mother Of The Father Of Our Country: Mary Ball Washington's Genteel Domestic Habits, Laura J. Galke

Northeast Historical Archaeology

The year 1743 brought hardship to the Washingtons as their family patriarch, Augustine, passed away unexpectedly. At that time, a young George Washington inherited the family’s home plantation in Fredericksburg, known today as Ferry Farm. Augustine’s will stipulated that George’s mother, Mary Ball Washington, manage the plantations of their four young boys until they came of age. Between 1743 and 1772, Mary enjoyed the personal agency that widowhood allowed her; she was responsible for the management decisions of the Washington household and the surrounding farm. Mary’s choices reflect an ambitious woman determined to participate in the genteel society her family …


Assessing Variability Among Quartering Sites In Virginia, Barbara J. Heath, Eleanor E. Breen Dec 2013

Assessing Variability Among Quartering Sites In Virginia, Barbara J. Heath, Eleanor E. Breen

Northeast Historical Archaeology

The definition of what constitutes a Virginia slave quarter based on archaeological evidence is evolving. In the 1970s and 1980s, archaeologists developed an informal set of criteria that equated subfloor pits and the presence of "Africanisms" with structures occupied by enslaved people, and these criteria are still widely used. The accumulation of an archaeological and architectural data set of more than 170 Virginian quartering sites over the past 40 years has demonstrated that these sites vary across time and space, has underscored the problematic nature of site definition based on a checklist approach to ethnic or racial criteria, and has …


The Ticker, December 9, 2013 Dec 2013

The Ticker, December 9, 2013

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.


2013 December 9 Dec 2013

2013 December 9

Minutes

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Comparative Water Quality Of Cozine, Gooseneck And Mill Creeks, Shelby Hollenbeck, Emily Isaac, Suzannah Klaniecki, Zach Lea, Meghan Lockwood, Xavier Reed Dec 2013

Comparative Water Quality Of Cozine, Gooseneck And Mill Creeks, Shelby Hollenbeck, Emily Isaac, Suzannah Klaniecki, Zach Lea, Meghan Lockwood, Xavier Reed

Papers from ENVS 385 (Research Methods in Environmental Science)

The environmental research methods class of fall 2013 analyzed the water quality of three creeks in the Yamhill (Oregon) Watershed: Cozine, Gooseneck, and Mill Creeks. Our research builds on data collected by previous years' classes (Colahan et al. 2011; Weinbender and Crane 2011; Bailey et al. 2012). The goals of the project were to gain a better understanding of water quality at each site, see how the sites differ, determine causes for any differences, and examine changes in water quality over time. Because Cozine is surrounded by an urban environment, whereas both Gooseneck and Mill are in a rural setting, …


12-09-2013 Swosu Announces 2013 Fall Graduates, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Dec 2013

12-09-2013 Swosu Announces 2013 Fall Graduates, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

Approximately 327 students from Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford will complete requirements for either associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees after the current Fall 2013 semester.


12-09-2013 Swosu Students Shine Light On Noteworthy Western Oklahomans, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Dec 2013

12-09-2013 Swosu Students Shine Light On Noteworthy Western Oklahomans, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

What began as a classroom research assignment has blossomed into a literary triumph for many Southwestern Oklahoma State University students on the Sayre campus.


Oy It's The Cosmetics, Stupid: Or How Estee Lauder Changed The Post 9/11 World, Marleen S. Barr Dec 2013

Oy It's The Cosmetics, Stupid: Or How Estee Lauder Changed The Post 9/11 World, Marleen S. Barr

Publications and Research

Professor Sondra Lear, the protagonist of my novels Oy Pioneer! (2003) and Oy Feminist Science Fiction (in press) – and some of my short fiction – appears in this story. I trot out Sondra whenever I imagine coping with reality in terms of science fictional premises. Sondra, then, is a Walter Mitty fantasy version of me. Yes, spending one’s professional life as a science fiction scholar is exceedingly interesting and exciting. But it does have its limitations. I can’t hang out with the feminist extraterrestrials who form the crux of my academic pursuits. I can’t beam up and down, time …


December 9, 2013: Kazoo Books Author Day, Department Of English Dec 2013

December 9, 2013: Kazoo Books Author Day, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


Former Mayor Rick Baker To Be Honored For Civic Leadership At Fall Commencement, December 9, 2013, Tom Scherberger Dec 2013

Former Mayor Rick Baker To Be Honored For Civic Leadership At Fall Commencement, December 9, 2013, Tom Scherberger

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

No abstract provided.


2013-12-09 Chn 318 International Chinese Language And Culture Studies Ii, Mona Niedbala Dec 2013

2013-12-09 Chn 318 International Chinese Language And Culture Studies Ii, Mona Niedbala

Library Impact Statements

This the Library Impact Statement for CHN 318 International Chinese Language and Culture Studies II. No new library resources are needed to support this course.


2013-12-09 Chn 17 International Chinese Language And Culture Studies I, Mona Niedbala Dec 2013

2013-12-09 Chn 17 International Chinese Language And Culture Studies I, Mona Niedbala

Library Impact Statements

This is the Library Impact Statement for CHN 317 International Chinese Language and Culture Studies I. No new library resources are needed to support this course.


Polarization Diversity In The Presence Of Multipath Propagation, Grant Taylor Wagner Dec 2013

Polarization Diversity In The Presence Of Multipath Propagation, Grant Taylor Wagner

Theses and Dissertations

The possibility of polarization diversity using left and right hand circular polarization (LHCP and RHCP) in the presence of multipath propagation is examined. We show that there are differences in the received signal for LHCP and RHCP for a number of realistic scenarios. Because multipath propagation can produce different LHCP and RCHP signals, there exists the possibility for diversity improvement involving the two polarizations.


Structural Analysis And Optimization Of Skyscrapers Connected With Skybridges And Atria, Amy Jean Taylor Mccall Dec 2013

Structural Analysis And Optimization Of Skyscrapers Connected With Skybridges And Atria, Amy Jean Taylor Mccall

Theses and Dissertations

Skybridges and atria between buildings are becoming more and more popular. Most current skybridge connections are either roller or rigid-connections. This dissertation presents an investigation of the structural analysis and optimization of skyscraper systems with hinge-connected skybridges, and compares the results to skyscraper systems with roller-connected skybridges and to skyscraper systems without skybridges altogether. Also presented is an investigation of the structural analysis and optimization of skyscrapers both with and without atria between the buildings. It was assumed that the atria envelope was constructed with cushions made from lightweight, transparent, and flexible Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE). A simplified skyscraper skybridge model …


Digital Outcrop Model And Paleoecology Of The Eight-Foot Rapid Algal Field (Middle Pennsylvanian Lower Ismay Sequence), Paradox Basin, Utah, Colton Lynn Goodrich Dec 2013

Digital Outcrop Model And Paleoecology Of The Eight-Foot Rapid Algal Field (Middle Pennsylvanian Lower Ismay Sequence), Paradox Basin, Utah, Colton Lynn Goodrich

Theses and Dissertations

Although phylloid algal mounds have been studied for 50 year, much remains to be determined concerning the ecology and sedimentology of these Late Paleozoic carbonate buildups. Herein we perform a digital outcrop study of the well-known Middle Pennsylvanian Lower Ismay mound interval in the Paradox Basin because outcropping mounds along the San Juan River are cited as outcrop analogs of reservoir carbonates in the Paradox Basin oil province of Utah and adjacent states. The principal field area is the Eight Foot algal field located at river mile 19.2 on the San Juan River, approximately 14 miles SSW of Bluff, Utah. …


Fapaac Minutes 12/09/2013, Faculty And P&A Affairs Committee Dec 2013

Fapaac Minutes 12/09/2013, Faculty And P&A Affairs Committee

Faculty and P&A Affairs Committee

The following topics were discussed: Spring 2014 committee meeting day/time, follow up on faculty salary report, sabbatical supplement, and other business.


Nnb News, A Garden That Is More Than A Family Affair, December 9, 2013, Lori Castellano Dec 2013

Nnb News, A Garden That Is More Than A Family Affair, December 9, 2013, Lori Castellano

Neighborhood News Bureau

A spotlight on Antwon Fowler's vegetable garden in St. Petersburg, Florida.


2013-December-09-Rotc Commissioning, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Dec 2013

2013-December-09-Rotc Commissioning, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


Curriculum Minutes 12/09/2013, Curriculum Committee Dec 2013

Curriculum Minutes 12/09/2013, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Minutes

In these minutes: Creative Writing Minor proposal (for discussion), Program Review Reports (English and Latin American Area Studies), and EDP Review Committee Recommendations


Self-Reported Juvenile Firesetting: Results From Two National Survey Datasets, Carrie Howell Bowling, Joav Merrick, Hatim A. Omar Dec 2013

Self-Reported Juvenile Firesetting: Results From Two National Survey Datasets, Carrie Howell Bowling, Joav Merrick, Hatim A. Omar

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

The main purpose of this study was to address gaps in existing research by examining the relationship between academic performance and attention problems with juvenile firesetting. Two datasets from the Achenbach System for Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) were used. The Factor Analysis Dataset (N = 975) was utilized and results indicated that adolescents who report lower academic performance are more likely to set fires. Additionally, adolescents who report a poor attitude toward school are even more likely to set fires. Results also indicated that attention problems are predictive of self-reported firesetting. The National Survey Dataset (N = 1158) …


Targeted Investment Program: Program Purpose And Overview, U. S. Department Of The Treasury Dec 2013

Targeted Investment Program: Program Purpose And Overview, U. S. Department Of The Treasury

Documents

No abstract provided.


U.S. Treasury Department Office Of Public Affairs Gm Timeline, United States: Department Of The Treasury: Office Of Public Affairs, U. S. Department Of The Treasury Dec 2013

U.S. Treasury Department Office Of Public Affairs Gm Timeline, United States: Department Of The Treasury: Office Of Public Affairs, U. S. Department Of The Treasury

Documents

No abstract provided.


Treasury Sells Final Shares Of Gm Common Stock, United States: Department Of The Treasury Dec 2013

Treasury Sells Final Shares Of Gm Common Stock, United States: Department Of The Treasury

Documents

U.S. Department of the Treasury announces that it has sold all of the remaining shares of General Motors (GM) common stock.


Final Report Task Force On Postsecondary Online Education In Florida, Task Force On Postsecondary Online Education In Florida Dec 2013

Final Report Task Force On Postsecondary Online Education In Florida, Task Force On Postsecondary Online Education In Florida

Online Learning Guidelines and Reports

No abstract provided.