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Block Island Airport
No full textBlock Island State Airport (BID) opened in 1950. It maintains scheduled service to Westerly State Airport, but is primarily used for general aviation. It is mostly used for single engine crafts, providing an alternative to the ferry as a connection to mainland.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1326/thumbnail.jp
Roger Williams Park, Japanese Garden
No full textBuilt in 1935-1936 by the Works Progress Administration in the 430 acre park designed by Horace Cleveland in 1878. The park itself is laid out in the romantic landscape tradition of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) and complements the asymmetry of the Japanese garden with its japonaise bridge and waterscape.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1113/thumbnail.jp
Norfolk: Scope Arena
No full textWhen it was opened in 1971, the Norfolk Scope, a multipurpose arena, was the second largest complex in Virginia after the Pentagon. The Scope also has the world’s largest concrete dome. Designed by Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi, it was modeled after his Palazzetto dello Sport used at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. The Scope is a reconfigurable arena, which hosts entertainment, sports, and conventions. Construction costs for the dome was largely covered by federal funds.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1533/thumbnail.jp
Litchfield - Old Housing in the Fall
No full textAn example of housing in Litchfield, CT. Litchfield is a historically affluent town with a median income of $58k per household. It is interesting to note that Chet Smolski includes this photograph within a collection largely composed of public and low income housing developments.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1313/thumbnail.jp
Washington Monument at Night
No full textThe Washington Monument, the most prominent fixture in the D.C. skyline, was completed in 1884 in honor of the first American president, George Washington. The monument stands over 555 ft tall and offers views over thirty miles. A design competition was held in 1836, and Robert Mills proposed the Egyptian obelisk-shaped monument that won. The monument stands on the National Mall in Washington D.C.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1389/thumbnail.jp
Triple-Decker Showboat- Central Falls
No full textNestled between the City of Pawtucket and the Towns of Cumberland and Lincoln, Central Falls\u27 History dates back to 1731 and the early History of the Town of Smithfield. This tiny City with 1.5 square miles and over 18,000 residents proudly boasts its distinction as recorded in Ripley\u27s Believe It Or Not as the Smallest most densely populated City, not only in Rhode Island, but in the Nation. Proud home of Elizabeth Buffum Chace, Conductor in the Underground Railroad, abolitionist and the first woman in Rhode Island History to be commemorated with a statue in the Rhode Island State House.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1180/thumbnail.jp
The Smithsonian Institute
No full textThe original home of the Smithsonian Institute was built by architect James Renwick, Jr. The Romanesque style building, referred to as the “Castle”, is located on the National Mall in Washington and was commissioned in 1846. The structure was built with red sandstone from Seneca, Maryland. Although the Smithsonian continues to occupy the Renwick building, the Institute has grown to 19 museums, 9 research facilities, and the National Zoo. The Smithsonian is currently the largest museum and research complex in the world. The Smithsonian Institute was established by a trust from James Smithson, a British scientist, for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge” through an institution in Washington D.C.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1386/thumbnail.jp
Cap and Gown Convocation Program, Spring 2011
Get PDFIncludes recipients, description and history of award, and Alma Mater sheet music.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/cg_convocation_programs/1031/thumbnail.jp
Spring 2011
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Our Staff................p2 Coming Full Circle: Corrine Fortune Supervisor in Access Services by Debra Thomson Retirement News, Carol Hryciw-Wing What Goes Around Comes Around by Kresten Jespersen
Technology Upgrades.........p.3 Webpage Sneak Preview by Kieran Ayton Reserves Online Request Form by Brian Baker Printing and Photocopying Upgrades by David Maine
.............p4 Huck Finn & the N Word by Carla Weiss Journey to a Soul: Reflections on Poetry by Ellen Morais National Poetry Month
Library Lecture Series...........p5 The Jasmine Revolution by Debra Thomson Transforming Cities: A Vision for Providence, RI by Debra Thomson and Kresten Jespersen The Harlem Renaissance on Film by Brian Baker The Home of Happy Feet: A Musical Tribute to Harlem\u27s Savoy Ballroom by Debra Thomson Betsey MacDonald\u27s Sentient Beings by Debra Thomson
In the Archives.........p6 The House Without Windows by Marlene Lopes From Special Collections: Education in Rhode Island by Phaedra Grande
............p.7 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, A book review by Judith Stokes Wolf Hall, A book review by Carla Weiss Honoring Our Donors by Ellen Morais
............p8 The E-Column: Link Resolvers and DOI by Judith Stokes Children\u27s Book Collections at Rhode Island College by Carla Weiss April Event
Discourse and Argument in Instituting the Governance of Social Law
Get PDFSocial Rights were initially understood as the rights of a pluralism of instituted associations; and transformed to the rights of distributive justice associated with the politics of access to welfare state corporatism. More recently, they have been understood as the rights of multicultural difference; and now as the rights to complexity (Zolo), and rights to consideration of polycontextural effect vis-a-vis transnational corporations (Teubner). Social rights are no longer subject positions versus political bodies, but also against social institutions, in particular, vis-a-vis centers of economic power