339 research outputs found
Did General Meade desire to retreat at the Battle of Gettysburg?
No full textThis book examined discrepancies in the testimony and historical writings by Generals Pleasanton, Butterfield and Doubleday in which General Meade (1815-1872) is accused of desiring a retreat on July 2nd,1883, the second day of battle at Gettysburg. The author, Gen. Meade's son and a commmanding officer himself, implied the motivation for the "gossip" about Meade's position was created when Meade ordered Doubleday, acting senior officer, First Corps, to be replaced after his commanding officer General Reynolds fell in battle. General Newton, of the Sixth Corps, replaced Doubleday. Twenty years later, after the death of General Meade, Doubleday wrote in his commissioned historical account of Gettysburg that Meade requested a retreat. This treatise attempted to disprove these allegations citing a judge's ruling that Meade acted in the best interests of his men
L. T. Meade\u27s Avaricious Anomaly: Â Madame Sara, British Imperialism, and Greedy Wolves in The Sorceress of the Strand
No full textL. T. Meade\u27s Avaricious Anomaly: Madame Sara, British Imperialism, and Greedy Wolves in The Sorceress of the Strand. Laurie Langlois Denning, Department of English, BYU Master of Arts. Critics interested in the prolific late Victorian author L.T. Meade have primarily focused on her work as an author of girls\u27 stories and novels for young people, which enjoyed fantastic commercial success in her lifetime but fell into obscurity after her death. Recent scholarship on her detective fiction shows Meade\u27s significant contributions to the genre as well as her engagement with social and political discourse. Scholars have noted ways that Meade\u27s popular series, The Sorceress of the Strand, contributes to the New Woman debate and expresses anxiety over the British imperial project. This project examines Meade\u27s villain in the series as a social anomaly that functions to interrogate the greed at the heart of imperialism. Examining the series\u27 conclusion and the unusual nature of its ending sheds new light on Meade\u27s contribution to debate over empire at the fin de siécle. Meade\u27s fascinating villain, Madame Sara, is doggedly pursued by two detective figures--one is considered the top forensic specialist in the British police force and the other is the head of a business fraud agency--but the detectives are never able to bring Madam Sara to justice. Instead, it is a wolf that finally defeats the brilliant criminal mastermind. Why a wolf? Madam Sara\u27s unusual demise serves as a deus ex machina that invites the reader to consider the Dante symbolism embedded in the text. Other critics see Meade\u27s ending as reinforcing the empire; however, given the Dante imagery that has Madam Sara symbolizing a greedy imperial force, Meade\u27s series indicts imperial greed and warns British citizens about failure to apprehend the evil in empire
Rethinking Appropriateness: A look at Hegemonic Ideals as Related to Perceived Communication Competence In Women
No full textThe author argues that the hegemonically-constructed criteria of appropriateness, as related to communication competence, is not palatable or functional for female communicators much of the time for it serves a social milieu which marginalizes women. Spitzberg and Duran (1993) state, appropriateness seems spring loaded towards the status quo\u27\u27 and may work against the interests of certain groups. In this paper, the author attempts to illuminate evidence of power imbalances covertly imbedded in the ideologically complex determination of appropriateness as a central criteria for communication competence in women. Competence theory is problematic and must be re-evaluated: it is contradictory and confusing, perpetuates hegemonic ideals and gender distinctions, and discounts feminine perspectives. Meade finds that, although the women in this study are aware of the hegemonic devices which work against them in academe, they continue to participate in their own domination. The findings suggest that the graduate school experience creates anger, frustration, and a lack of personal fulfillment in too many women ... rather than overcoming through education ... they must overcome their education. Meade makes pedagogical recommendations which serve to empower women and enhance their communicative outcomes
Remembering: Not to Be Thwarted, We Remember Some of Brockport\u27s Finest
No full text“Remembering” consists of memorial tributes written for over 500 SUNY Brockport emeriti, retirees and friends. Entrees cover those who passed away from January 2, 2001 through August 29, 2020 plus a few stories from earlier years. Tributes were collected from obituary information where known, and personal reminiscences from the author and others. Richard (Bud) Meade served as Brockport’s Director of Human Resources for many years. He emailed updates to emeriti/retirees to keep them up to date on events and activities going on at the College that he thought would be of interest, and through which they could share their retirement stories with others. Includes index and photos.https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/local_books/1031/thumbnail.jp
Remembering and Update newsletter
No full textIn retirement Bud Meade began to circulate an email newsletter, named "Update", which passed on stories and news about various college retirees. This remarkable, ongoing project has captured a tremendous amount of information about those who built the college over 50 years. This collection is searchable and covers from 2001 to August 2020.
“Remembering” consists of memorial tributes written for over 500 SUNY Brockport emeriti, retirees and friends, extracted from the "Updates" newsletter. Entries cover those who passed away from January 2, 2001 through August 29, 2020 plus a few stories from earlier years. Tributes were collected from obituary information if available, and personal reminiscences from the author and others. This collection is done by date, not alphabetically. Use the index of names to find entries in the book.
The Supplement to Remembering is a list of deaths of people that Bud likely would have reported in "Update" had he not stopped doing the newsletter on August 31, 2020. It includes emeriti and also some relatives of emeriti and other Brockport people who were not employed at the College/University but were known to many employees. The supplement lists names alphabetically of those passing from August 31, 2020 through Oct. 22, 2025.Richard "Bud" Meade worked in Human Resources at SUNY Brockport from 1968-2000. He knew many of our faculty and staff and his collected writing are a remarkable resource for information about emeriti faculty.Archived web contentSUNY BrockportHistory of SUNY Brockpor
“Think of yourself as a merchant” : L. T. Meade and the professional woman writer and editor at the Victorian fin de siècle
No full textL. T. Meade (1844-1914) was one of the most popular and industrious writers of the Victorian fin de siècle. She is remembered as the creator of the modern girls’ school story, but over the course of a professional career that spanned four decades, Meade wrote close to three hundred books and countless short stories in a variety of genres for readers of all ages. She also edited the highly regarded middle-class girls’ literary magazine Atalanta from 1887 to 1893. She was considered a literary celebrity by the influential Strand Magazine where her innovative medical mysteries and sensational stories of female criminals competed with the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. But Meade was more than a successful author. She was also an influential participant in London’s literary circles and an active member of numerous literary professional, and feminist associations.
Despite the scope of Meade’s career and her significant presence in the literary marketplace, her name has now passed into relative obscurity. Assessments of Meade in the twentieth century have been limited, dismissive, and generally negative. But as I demonstrate in this dissertation, many of these assessments are based on a narrow reading of her girls’ fiction and an incomplete sense of her professional activity. This dissertation, based on a historically contextualized reading of a broad selection of Meade’s works, focuses on the author as a professional woman writer and editor and highlights some of her significant contributions to popular literature and popular culture generally.
The chapters in this study are organized into sections that reflect the trajectory of Meade’s career. Part I, “Meade and the Market,” introduces Meade as a professional writer. It includes biographical information, a discussion of Meade’s self representation, and an examination of a selection of her texts to show how she identified literary trends and used topical issues to frame her stories and market them to publishers and the reading public.
Part II, “Meade and Atalanta,” focuses on Meade as a professional woman editor. It consists of three linked chapters on Meade and the girls’ literary magazine Atalanta and includes an examination of Meade’s contributions to juvenile periodical literature as well as a discussion of Atalanta as a family literary magazine.
Part III, “New Markets and New Genres,” focuses on Meade as a popular professional woman writer and examines her involvement with the popular press in the years following her departure from Atalanta. It shows how Meade’s involvement with the Strand Magazine signalled a new direction in her literary style and market orientation and highlights her significant contributions to detective and mystery fiction.
Throughout this study, I argue that Meade was more than a popular girls’ author; she was also a successful professional woman writer and editor, a shrewd businesswoman, and a significant participant in the literary marketplace. I also argue that Meade’s career merits consideration because it offers important insights into the way fin-de-siècle women writers shaped their careers and positioned themselves in the literary marketplace.Graduate10000-01-0
Heritability of dental arches and occlusal characteristics: a systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textBackground and objective: The genetic basis of dentoalveolar characteristics has been investigated by several studies, however, the findings are equivocal. The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the heritability of dental arches and occlusal parameters in different stages of human dentition. Search methods: Electronic databases PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, and Dentistry and Oral Science Source were searched up to August 2023 without the restriction of language or publication date. Selection criteria: Empirical studies investigating the heritability of dentoalveolar parameters among twins and siblings were included in the review. Data collection and analysis: Study selection, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment were performed independently and in duplicate by two authors and a third author resolved conflicts if needed. Joanna Briggs Institute’s critical appraisal tool was used to evaluate the risk of bias among studies and the certainty of evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) criteria. Results: Twenty-eight studies were included in the systematic review, of which 15 studies reporting heritability coefficients in the permanent dentition stages were deemed suitable for the meta-analysis. Random-effects meta-analyses showed high heritability estimates for maxillary intermolar width (0.52), maxillary intercanine width (0.54), mandibular intermolar width (0.55), mandibular intercanine width (0.55), maxillary arch length (0.76), mandibular arch length (0.57), and palatal depth (0.56). The heritability estimates for the occlusal parameters varied considerably, with relatively moderate values for crossbite (0.46) and overbite (0.44) and low values for buccal segment relationship (0.32), overjet (0.22), and rotation and displacement of teeth (0.16). However, the certainty of evidence for most of the outcomes was low according to the GRADE criteria. Conclusions: Based on the available evidence, it can be concluded that the dental arch dimensions have a high heritability while the occlusal parameters demonstrate a moderate to low heritability.Jamal Giri, Michelle Bockmann, Alan Brook, Taseef Hasan Farook, Maurice Meade and Toby Hughe
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No full textPlate number: 1736.4 John ChurchFor pianoAt head of title : To Miss F.L. Meade
Cash flow or income? : the choice of base for company taxation
No full textConsiderable interest has been expressed in recent years by tax theorists as well as practitioners, for the taxation of companies based on their cash flow. Unlike the equity-income tax base, which requires the deductibility of economic depreciation and debt financing costs, the cash-flow base expenses capital at the point of purchase, eliminating the need for the subsequent costing of this capital. This paper raises some of the issues that would arise in trying to implement a company tax either in the form of an indexed equity-income or a cash-flow tax. Issues raised include: (i) administrative complexity; (ii) international tax coordination and competition; and (iii) transition problems. In a closed economy the cash-flow tax seems a simple, efficient form of company taxation, administratively straightforward and neutral with regard to investment decisions. The more complicated equity-income tax is harder to defend in a closed economy.Economic Theory&Research,Public Sector Economics&Finance,Environmental Economics&Policies,Banks&Banking Reform,International Terrorism&Counterterrorism
The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act and its rules of origin : generosity undermined?
No full textThe African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), signed into American law on May 18, 2000, is a major plank of U.S. initiatives toward the African continent. The Act aims broadly at improving economic policymaking in Africa, enabling countries to embrace globalization, and securing durable political and economic stability. As an incentive for Africa to adopt the necessary policy reform, AGOA offers increased preferential access for African exports to the United States. This paper describes the provisions of AGOA and assesses its quantitative impact on African exports, particularly in the apparel sector. Its main conclusions are: 1) AGOA will provide real opportunities to Africa. Even on conservative estimates about Africa's supply response, Africa's non-oil exports could be increased by about 8-11 percent. 2) However, the medium-term gains could have been much greater if AGOA had not imposed certain conditions and not excluded certain items from its coverage. The most important condition is the stringent rule-of-origin, that is, the requirement that exporters source certain inputs from within Africa or the United States. Estimates suggest that the absence of these conditions would have magnified the impact nearly five-fold, resulting in an overall increase in non-oil exports of US100-US$140 million increase that is expected in the presence of these restrictions. These restrictions, particularly on apparel, will come at a particularly inopportune time, as Africa will be exposed to competition from other developing countries when the quotas maintained on the latters'exports under the Multi-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) are eliminated. Africa's apparel exports will be lower by over 30 percent with the dismantling of the MFA. If, on the other hand, AGOA had provided unrestricted access, the negative impact of the dismantling could be nearly fully offset.Export Competitiveness,Economic Theory&Research,Trade Policy,Environmental Economics&Policies,Agribusiness&Markets,TF054105-DONOR FUNDED OPERATION ADMINISTRATION FEE INCOME AND EXPENSE ACCOUNT,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Export Competitiveness,Trade Policy
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