234 research outputs found
Orange evening ensemble
No full textOrange silk crepe evening ensemble.
A) Jacket: empire-length. loose jacket with high rounded neckline and 3/4-length raglan sleeves. The neckline is piped with a double band of matching orange crepe. Centerfront opening without a closure device. The raglan sleeves and draped sacque back are cut in one with darts at the shoulderline. Fully lined in emerald green silk.
No labels in jacket.
B) Dress: matching. sleeveless. ankle-length orange crepe evening dress. Moderate. overlapping. deep-V front neckline and moderate deep-V back neckline. Centerback zipper closure from midback to hip-level with a single hook&eye at the neckline. Natural waistseam with gathered and pleated semi-full skirt. Emerald green satin sash that snaps centerfront. Closure diguised with droopy bow. Hip-level slash pockets disguised by deep front pleats. Turned hem. Piece lined in orange silk.
Designer's label inside back beside zipper: "Adele Simpson"; Retailer's label inside skirt at side seam near lower hem: "Neiman-Marcus"
Negative correlation and log-concavity
No full textThis thesis is concerned with negative correlation and log-concavity properties and relations between them, with much of our motivation provided by [40], [46], and [12]. Our main results include a proof that "almost exchangeable" measures satisfy the "Feder-Mihail" property; counterexamples and a few positive results related to several conjectures of Pemantle [40], Wagner [46], and Choe and Wagner [7] concerning negative correlation and log-concavity properties for probability measures and relations between them; a proof that a conditional version of the "antipodal pairs property" implies a strong form of log-concavity, which yields some partial results on a well-known conjecture of Mason [38]; a proof that "competing urn" measures satisfy "conditional negative association"; and proofs that certain classes of measures introduced by Srinivasan [42] and Pemantle [40] satisfy a strong form of negative association.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-85)by Michael Neima
What is the role of philosophy during a global crisis?
No full textWe are all preoccupied with the Covid-19 global pandemic and justly so. Everyone in the world has lots of little decisions to make, and many are facing life and death situations. What is the use of philosophy in all of this? Is it helpful? Is it a distraction? Can philosophy solve problems or even make a better world? In this wide-ranging discussion, our host Jack Russell Weinstein and guest Susan Neiman explore the absurdity of “trolley problems,” whether we should use the term “evil” to to describe a pandemic, and how we can best support Amazon employees. This episode is both a compelling and accessible philosophical exploration, and a historical artifact that records a unique moment in time. It has been described by one listener as “our most human of episodes.”
Susan Neiman is Director of the Einstein Forum, in Potsdam Germany. She has been a professor of philosophy at Yale and Tel Aviv University, and is the author of numerous books, most recently, Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil.https://commons.und.edu/why-radio-archive/1000/thumbnail.jp
Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-88-030-2109: Neiman Sawmills, Inc.; Hulett, Wyoming
No full textIn response to a request from management, an evaluation was undertaken of possible hazardous working conditions as a result of excessive noise at the Neiman Sawmill facilities (SIC-2421), Hulett, Wyoming. The company produced several varieties of untreated boards and lumber products from pine logs. During this survey 108 workers were employed. Noise dosimetry readings revealed that 73% of the surveyed job descriptions (16 of 22) had time weighted average (TWA) noise levels in excess of 90 decibels-A (dBA). Only one job had TWA levels less than the NIOSH recommended limits of 85dBA. Engineering noise controls produced differing amounts of noise reduction to the workers. An enclosure around the planer in the planer mill was found to be effective. However, the separation of the edger and trimmer operations to their own buildings was not an effective noise reduction technique. Hearing tests revealed that 72.5% of the employees exhibited some degree of hearing impairment at one or more audiometric test frequencies. The author concludes that a health hazard existed for workers. The author recommends that a comprehensive hearing conservation program should be implemented. Recommendations for engineering controls for the mills are included
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Thirteen on a Match
No full textI've spent so much time trying to make inroads for comics and graphic novels in traditional academic departments at Columbia, that I completely forgot another natural constituency: our School of the Arts. So it was a pleasant surprise indeed to get an unexpected email this past summer from Tomas Vu-Daniel, Columbia's LeRoy Neiman Professor of Visual Arts and artistic director of the university's LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies. The big news: he was teaching a class on the production of a graphic novel, and wanted to know if he could bring his students to the library for a tour of my exhibition and a discussion of the history of the medium
Remarks by Linda Robinson author, "Tell me how this ends: General Petraeus and the search for a way out of Iraq".
No full textLinda Robinson's credentials include: writer for US News & World Report; senior editor for Foreign Affairs journal, a Neiman fellow at Harvard University, and is currently author in residence at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. This is a transcript of a speech given at the Command and General Staff College as part of the Marshall Hall lecture series about the writing of her most recent book
Book Review: Learning from The Germans: Confronting Race and the Memory of Evil
No full textTitle of the Book: Learning from The Germans: Confronting Race and the Memory of Evil
Author: Susan Neiman
Publisher: Allen Lane
Year of Publication: 2019 
Book Review: Learning from The Germans: Confronting Race and the Memory of Evil
No full textAuthor: Susan Neiman
Title: Learning from The Germans: Confronting Race and the Memory of Evil
London, England: Allen Lane, 2019. 
Control Issues in Parallel Rule-Firing Production Systems
No full textWhen rules are executed in a parallel production system, the goal of control is to ensure both that a highquality solution is achieved and that processing resources are used effectively. We argue that the conventional conflict resolution algorithm is not suitable as a control mechanism for parallel rule-firing systems. The necessity for examining all eligible rules within a system imposes a synchronization delay which limits processor utilization. Rather than perform conflict resolution, we propose that rules should be executed asynchronously as soon as they become enabled, however, this approach leaves the problem of controlling the computation unsolved. We have identified three distinct types of control, program sequencing, heuristic control, and dynamic scheduling, which are required for efficient and correct parallel execution of rules. We discuss the issues involved in implementing each type of control without undue overhead within the context of our system, a parallel rule-firin..
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