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Booze, Boomtowns, and Burning Crosses: The Turbulent Governorship of Pat M. Neff of Texas, 1921-1925
No full textPat M. Neff served as governor of Texas from 1921 to 1925, a period marked by political conflict between rural conservatives and urban progressives. Neff, a progressive, found himself in the middle of this conflict. Neff supported prohibition, declared martial law in the oil boomtown of Mexia, and faced the rise of the Ku Klux Klan as a political force in Texas. Though often associated with the Klan, Neff did not approve of the organization and worked against it whenever possible. During the Railroad Shopmen's Strike of 1922, Neff stalled the federal government in its demand he send troops to Denison just long enough to win re-nomination. William Jennings Bryan mentioned Neff as a possible candidate for the presidency in 1924, but he pursued a back-door strategy that alienated his political base among Texas Democrats
William Mitchell Opinion, Volume 17, No. 1, August 1974
No full textSelected Table of Contents Opinion Named First in Nation U.S. Summer Term Decides Executive Privilege, Racial Desegregation Plan Issues / Mark W. Peterson Think Positively,\u27 Judge Tells Grads / Roberta Keller State Offers Low-Interest Student Loans / Edward Lief Registration=Frustration / Frank Gerval Impeachable Offense\u27 Loosely Defined: Minnesota Has Own Impeachment History / Duane Galles Women Brace \u27Man\u27s World\u27 Together / Frank Gerval To Neff, \u27School of Divine is not Mitchell\u27 / Frank Gerval
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Jeanne L. Schleh, Mindy Elledge, Edward Lief, Frank Gerval, Roberta Kellerhttps://open.mitchellhamline.edu/the-opinion/1037/thumbnail.jp
Interdirectionality of Transmission of Jesus and Gospel Traditions in Bilingual Contexts
No full textIowa History and Culture : A Bibliography of Materials Published Between 1952 and 1986, 1989
No full textThis bibliography was compiled by two reference librarians, Patricia Dawson and David Hudson with the goal of making it easier of tracking down material on Iowa history and culture. This supplements the Iowa History Reference Guide published in 1952 by William Petersen
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The Confederate Jurist ::The Legal Life of Judah P. Benjamin /
No full textA legal biography of Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884): Jewish lawyer, US Senator, Confederate statesman, political exile, leader of the English Bar, inspiration for Benjamin's Sale of Goods and distinguished juristBased on extensive research in the UK and USA, it draws on a broad range of primary source materials including British and American newspapers Reflects on some of Benjamin's most significant cases including McCargo v New Orleans Insurance Company (1845) and Regina v Keyn (1876) Provides insights into the personal and professional qualities which permitted him to fashion two separate legal careers in different continents and in jurisdictions from different legal traditionsClarifies how Benjamin's two notable contributions to legal literature, first in Louisiana and then in England, provided a springboard for his rise as a practitioner in each jurisdictionOutlines his high profile, controversial, political career in America which was bookended by his accomplishments in the law Reflects upon Benjamin's enduring legacy as a jurist in contrast to his diminishing visibility in American political historyIncludes a foreword by Stephen C. Neff, Professor of War and Peace at the University of Edinburgh and author of Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War (Harvard University Press, 2010)This is the first biography written from a legal perspective on the public life of Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884); a prominent figure in the common law world in the second half of the 19th century. Drawing on a range of primary source materials including newspaper articles, case law and extensive archival research in the UK and USA, it charts his rise as a lawyer first in the mixed legal system of Louisiana and then nationally. In 1853 he was the first person of Jewish heritage to be offered nomination to the US Supreme Court - an honour he declined. Benjamin was also a member of the US Senate, a slave owner and a supporter of Southern secession. In the Civil War he served continuously in the Confederate Cabinet initially as Attorney General, then as Secretary of War and finally as Secretary of State. Following the victory of the Union he fled America, a fugitive. In political exile in England he requalified as a Barrister at Lincoln's Inn. Within a decade he had written a scholarly and long-enduring treatise on commercial law and become the undisputed advocate of choice in appeals before the House of Lords and the Privy Council. This book considers the extraordinary career of this distinguished jurist and reflects upon his legal legacy
Modeled air-sea interactions around southeastern Greenland during extreme mesoscale wind events
No full textThe coast along the southern tip of Greenland is one of the windiest locations in the world due to strong mesoscale barrier winds and tip jets that form when synoptic scale flow interacts with the topography of Greenland. This study addresses how modeled mesoscale wind events around southeastern Greenland impact air-sea interactions and the ocean's response to this forcing. Case study comparisons between Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model simulations run at four different resolutions (100 km, 50 km, 25 km, 10 km), in-situ observations, and QuikSCAT satellite data indicate that resolutions of 50 km and higher explicitly represent mesoscale winds. However, 10 km resolution is required to capture the vertical and horizontal structure of wind jets and to produce the greatest magnitude latent and sensible heat fluxes. The self-organizing map (SOM) algorithm was used to identify and classify the range of 10 m wind patterns present during ten winters (1997-2007, NDJFM) in the ECMWF Interim Reanalysis (ERA-I) and 50 km WRF simulation. WRF simulated patterns with strong barrier-parallel flow more frequently than ERA-I, and WRF also had faster coastal winds than ERA-I during all types of strong wind events. The largest turbulent flux differences occur over the marginal ice zone where the near-surface atmospheric state depends on specified sea ice thickness in each model. The SOM algorithm was then used to identify 12 wind patterns present during 20 winters (1990-2010, NDJFM) in the fully coupled Regional Arctic System Model (RASM). For all wind patterns the ocean loses buoyancy, primarily from turbulent sensible and latent heat fluxes. Patterns with westerly winds at Cape Farewell had the largest buoyancy loss over the Irminger and Labrador Seas while patterns with easterly flow at Cape Farewell have large buoyancy loss along the sea ice edge in the Denmark Strait and a secondary maximum immediately west of Cape Farewell. The ocean mixed layer is anomalously deep for wind patterns that have northerly flow with either easterly or westerly winds at Cape Farewell; mixed layer deepening is positively correlated to the frequency of those patterns and of greater magnitude for longer duration events
Modeled air-sea interactions around southeastern Greenland during extreme mesoscale wind events
No full textThe coast along the southern tip of Greenland is one of the windiest locations in the world due to strong mesoscale barrier winds and tip jets that form when synoptic scale flow interacts with the topography of Greenland. This study addresses how modeled mesoscale wind events around southeastern Greenland impact air-sea interactions and the ocean's response to this forcing. Case study comparisons between Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model simulations run at four different resolutions (100 km, 50 km, 25 km, 10 km), in-situ observations, and QuikSCAT satellite data indicate that resolutions of 50 km and higher explicitly represent mesoscale winds. However, 10 km resolution is required to capture the vertical and horizontal structure of wind jets and to produce the greatest magnitude latent and sensible heat fluxes. The self-organizing map (SOM) algorithm was used to identify and classify the range of 10 m wind patterns present during ten winters (1997-2007, NDJFM) in the ECMWF Interim Reanalysis (ERA-I) and 50 km WRF simulation. WRF simulated patterns with strong barrier-parallel flow more frequently than ERA-I, and WRF also had faster coastal winds than ERA-I during all types of strong wind events. The largest turbulent flux differences occur over the marginal ice zone where the near-surface atmospheric state depends on specified sea ice thickness in each model. The SOM algorithm was then used to identify 12 wind patterns present during 20 winters (1990-2010, NDJFM) in the fully coupled Regional Arctic System Model (RASM). For all wind patterns the ocean loses buoyancy, primarily from turbulent sensible and latent heat fluxes. Patterns with westerly winds at Cape Farewell had the largest buoyancy loss over the Irminger and Labrador Seas while patterns with easterly flow at Cape Farewell have large buoyancy loss along the sea ice edge in the Denmark Strait and a secondary maximum immediately west of Cape Farewell. The ocean mixed layer is anomalously deep for wind patterns that have northerly flow with either easterly or westerly winds at Cape Farewell; mixed layer deepening is positively correlated to the frequency of those patterns and of greater magnitude for longer duration events
Market Power and Cartel Formation: Theory and an Empirical Test
No full textAntitrust enforcement makes it difficult to test theories of cartel formation because most attempts to form cartels are blocked. However, federal laws allow U.S. produce growers to operate marketing cartels through devices called marketing orders. These cartels use quantity controls and quality standards to raise prices on fresh produce. Some growers have adopted marketing orders and others have not. This paper develops and tests a positive theory of the adoption of marketing orders. The theory suggests that growers in a region are more likely to adopt a marketing order if the demand for fresh produce is inelastic, the growers’ market share in the fresh market is large, there are barriers to entry and expansion, the fraction of the output the growers ship to the fresh market is not too large or too small, growers are homogeneous, and large cooperatives exist. Probit analyses support these hypotheses.marketing order; cartel; collusion; empirical; agriculture
Archaeological reconstruction illustrations: an analysis of the history, development, motivations and current practice of reconstructionil lustration, with recommendations for its future development.
No full textInitially, this study examines how archaeological reconstruction drawing evolved into its present form. Its development within the wider context of social and art history is traced from the 15th to the 201h century, with
particular attention to its various applications, and the motivations for its production. The result is a clearer understanding and definition of the present role and purposes of this branch of illustration. Secondly,the study examines how these purposes are achieved in
contemporary reconstruction artwork. By using an experiment in reconstruction, each component of the process is examined in turn: the design brief,illustrator, illustration and audience. The illustrations produced by the experiment are ranked according to performance, using
the aims of the reconstruction as criteria. Aspects are identified which appear to contribute to good performance,using the information obtained about the illustrations and illustrators. Finally, the results are reviewed as a whole to identify present and possible future trends that may be worth exploring, and to inform a set of proposed guidelines for the commissioning and production of archaeological reconstructions. At present, archaeological reconstruction artwork has received very little academic attention, and there appears to be no formal identification of its aims, agenda or working practice. This study provides the groundwork for rectifying this situation, and supplies new information in several dffferent areas
A Better and Truer Self: The Harris Brothers in Reconstructed North Carolina
No full textLike many other Southern states recovering from the blows of the Civil War, the 1870s found North Carolina slowly rebuilding its infrastructures and attempting to adjust to post bellum society. The physical and economic effects of slavery were not eradicated during the Reconstruction era (1865 – 1877), and the practices of the former plantations still held the land in a faded southern grandeur. Born in a small town in the heart of tobacco-rich, northeastern North Carolina, the Harris brothers ¾ Osborne Jr. (1850-1932), Scotland (1869-1953), Cicero (1867-1940), Thomas (1873-1929), William (1871-?) Hilliard (1856-1930), and Governor Ellis, known as “G. Ellis” (1861—1933) ¾ were the grandsons of their former slave master, Thomas Whitmell Harris.[1] Raised on the “Sunnyside” plantation, a 100-acre tract of land purchased by their father, Osborne Sr., from his father (and master), each of the brothers received primary-level education in a segregated, one-room school before matriculating at St. Augustine\u27s Normal School, an institution founded by the Episcopal Church in 1867 to train the newly-manumitted slaves as teachers.[2]
These men asserted their rights to equality in the new American nation through their quest for education, land ownership, socio-political activity, and religious freedom. During a time of rising and increased racism, when much of the South was focused on undermining the rights guaranteed by the Reconstruction Amendments, the Harris brothers fought back. While many freedmen were reduced to a state of peonage, the Harris men represent the struggles of a rising black middle class, which would, after many trials, establish itself in America.
For the purposes of this study, I would define members of the black middle class as those who are literate (and encouraged literacy for all black Americans), involved in their communities (particularly in the spiritual sphere), financially independent, politically active, and focused on their families. Black Americans seized these aspects of their identities to claim their independence from the cultural destruction of nearly four centuries of slavery. I would also consider these aspects as vehicles of both personal and community protest.
[1] Doris Harris Carroll, interview by author. Flint, MI. January 2013
[2] Carroll, interview by author
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