850 research outputs found
The Real Story about Flint
No full textThis article is part of the collection of writings of Marshall (Mike) Westfall, retired autoworker from General Motors in Flint, Michigan (1964-1994) and activist critic of the auto industry restructuring that led to devastating job losses. It originally appeared online in The Westfall Papers. [http://michaelwestfall.tripod.com/id131.html, accessed 12/14/2011
Things Changing in Flint and Not Always for the Better
No full textThis article is part of the collection of writings of Marshall (Mike) Westfall, retired autoworker from General Motors in Flint, Michigan (1964-1994) and activist critic of the auto industry restructuring that led to devastating job losses. It originally appeared online in The Westfall Papers. [http://michaelwestfall.tripod.com/id78.html, accessed 12/14/2011
Beef Production in the Flint Hills
No full textThe Flint Hills provide an integral source of sustainable and productive forage for over 1 million head of cattle on an annual basis
West of Elmdale
No full textWest of Elmdale, artwork by Mike Livingston, part of the 2011 Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journalhttps://newprairiepress.org/sfh_gallery/1005/thumbnail.jp
Comparing the Formation and Characteristics of Use-Wear Traces on Flint, Chert, Dolerite and Quartz
No full textUse-wear traces are considered to be material specific. The use of an appropriate reference collection is thus fundamental for interpreting tools' function. To test whether a flint reference collection can be used to interpret the function of non-flint tools, I conducted experiments using chert, dolerite, and quartz endscrapers and flakes. I compared wear traces obtained during the experiment with use-wear on experimental flint tools exposed to the same variables (motion, contact material, time). The results highlighted strong similarities in the characteristics and distribution of traces on chert and flint. Dolerite and quartz differ from flint, especially regarding the distribution and appearance of use-polish. However, shared traits were observed in all the raw materials involved in this experiment, demonstrating a certain degree of comparability between use-wear traces on flint and non-flint rocks. Based on the data, a flint reference collection can allow a basic interpretation of use-wear also on different rocks.Team Joris Di
Potable to poisonous: An analysis of the Flint, Michigan water crisis
No full textFlint, Michigan, switched its drinking water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River in April 2014 to cut costs after a projected deficit. When an accumulation of lead and bacteria contamination was discovered over a year after the switch, Michigan was declared to be in a Federal State of Emergency. This case study investigates the events and actions leading to both the water contamination and public exposure of the crisis, as well as explores how the constituents responded and continue to be impacted by the events
Up on the Second Floor
No full textIntroduction: Flint Hills communities have their humor, lies, and legends of the main street, just as early humans saw the same in the stars. One of those main street legends is expressed in this song by Mike Yoder of the Alferd Packer Memorial String Band
Successes and Opportunities for Private Land Conservation In The Flint Hills
No full textWithin the past fifteen years the private landowner community has taken actions to permanently conserve more than 100,000 acres of native grasslands in the Kansas Flint Hills
Neotrichia contrerasi Harris and Flint 2016, new species
No full textNeotrichia contrerasi Harris and Flint, new species Fig. 3 Neotrichia contrerasi is another member of the canixa group of Keth et al. (2015) with some similarity to N. tauricornus Malicky in the structure of the subgenital plate and the inferior appendages. It differs from N. tauricornis and other members of the canixa group in the combination of small, widely spaced horns of the tenth tergite, the evenly divided branches of the bracteoles, and the elongate ventral process of the subgenital plate. Male. Length 2.0 – 2.2 mm. 18 antennal segments, body brown in alcohol. Abdominal segment VIII annular. Segment IX incomplete dorsolaterally, posteriorly truncate with setal-bearing lobe on dorsum, anteriorly rounded; in ventral view deeply incised on posterior and anterior margins; dorsally fused with segment X. Tergite X wide, with broad incision posteriorly creating small lateral horns; in lateral view elongate, narrowing posteriorly to acute apex. Subgenital plate in lateral view narrowing distally to elongate process, which extends ventrad to tip of inferior appendages; in ventral view narrow over length, T-shaped apically with pair of elongate mesal setae. Bracteoles bifid, dorsal branch slightly longer than the ventral branch, each with long seta apically. Inferior appendages wide basally, tapering distally, ventral process about half length of appendage; in ventral view nearly extending to tip of subgenital plate, wide basally, tapering distally and curved mesad, mesal processes short and stout bearing apical seta. Phallus tubular, constricted at mid-length and bearing thin paramere encircling shaft, apex divided into pair of elongate processes, which are at an angle to the shaft, ejaculatory duct protruding distally. Type material. Holotype, male - Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Municipio de Santiago, Rio Ramos at Los Adjuntas, 4.5 km southeast Puerto Genovevo, N25 o 18’, W100 o 08’, 12 May 1989, S. Harris and A. Contrera s (NMNH). Paratypes - same as holotype, 4 males (INHS, NMNH), United States, Arizona, Coconino County, West Fork Oak Creek, A79-17, 9 August 1979, M. Sanderson, 1 male (INHS). Etymology. Named for Atilano Contreras-Ramos who collected the species with the senior author and has contributed much to our knowledge of the aquatic insects of Mexico.Published as part of Harris, Steven C. & Oliver S. Flint, Jr., 2016, New species of microcaddisflies (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from the western United States, Canada, Mexico and Belize, pp. 1-22 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (499) on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.517072
Economy of the Ancient settlers of Lithuania: flint and amber
No full textStraipsnyje aptariami titnago gavybos, perdirbimo ir prekybos ypatumai Rytų Baltijos šalyse nuo mezolito iki senojo bronzos amžiaus. Aiškinami titnago išgavimo, gabenimo ir perdirbimo būdai. Išanalizuota titnago teritorijų reikšmė ir jų įtaka ne titnago teritorijoms. Autorius analizuoja gintaro gavybos, perdirbimo ir eksporto, kaip atskiros ūkio šakos, pradžią.The article discusses the peculiarities of flint extraction, processing and trade in the Eastern Baltics from Mesolithic to the old Bronze Age. The ways of flint extraction, transportation and processing are explained. The significance of flint territories and their influence on non-flint territories arc analysed. The author analyses the beginning of amber extraction, processing and export, as a separate branch of economy
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