374 research outputs found
Julia Graham (Mrs. Thomas R Easterling
No full textPortrait of Julia Graham Easterling. She was married to merchant Thomas R. Easterling, who also served Manatee County as Sheriff from 1897 to 1904 and as County Tax Collector from 1912 to after 1916. Her parents were E. M. Graham of Manatee, who was Superintendent of Schools for Manatee County, and Adeline Pelot. Her life was not rich and easy however, as she lost five babies in the year or so after their births. She later became one of the first librarians at the Village Improvement Association library
The Colorado Trust’s Healthy Communities Initiative: Results and Lessons for Comprehensive Community Initiatives
No full text· This article summarizes how 29 diverse communities throughout Colorado implemented the Colorado Healthy Communities Initiative (CHCI), which was conceived and funded by The Colorado Trust to engage community residents in the development of locally relevant strategies to improve community health.
· In line with the World Health Organization’s Healthy Cities model, CHCI emphasized (a) inclusive, representative planning; (b) a broad definition of “health”; (c) consensus decision making; and (d) capacity building among local stakeholder groups.
· Communities implemented an array of projects (on average, six per community) that extended well beyond traditional health promotion and disease prevention. The most common action projects focused on community problem solving, civic engagement, and youth development. Many of the grantees established projects or new institutions that had a long-term community impact.
· Key success factors for CHCI included (a) a wellspecified planning model, (b) a planning process facilitated by expert consultants, (c) a unifying “healthy community” vision developed at the beginning of the process by diverse stakeholders, (d) a willingness by stakeholders to work collaboratively to define “key performance areas” and then to implement “action projects” to achieve them, and (e) an appropriate level of funding for implementation ($50,000 per site per year).
· The outcomes and impacts of CHCI might have been improved by better anticipating the requirements for sustaining the energy and work initiated during the planning process.
· At the end of the initiative, CHCI provided the funders with a broader, deeper understanding of the requirements, opportunities, and realities associated with promoting “community health.
Book Review: War in the Villages: The U.S. Marine Corps Combined Action Platoons in the Vietnam War
No full textAuthor: Ted N. Easterling
Reviewed by Dr. William Thomas Allison, professor of history, Georgia Southern University
Published on April 20, 2023. Former Marine and Vietnam War veteran Ted Easterling evaluates the Marine Combined Action Platoons and their effectiveness, calling them an “appropriate counterinsurgency method” whose potential was squandered during the Vietnam War.https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/1003/thumbnail.jp
AFL-CIO posters, "OPEIU Supports Donahue and Easterling," and, "IUE Says End Apartheid Now," circa 1990s
No full textTwo 20th century AFL-CIO posters. The first poster is in support of Thomas Donahue as AFL-CIO President and Barbara Easterling as the Secretary-Treasurer. The poster's text reads: "OPEIU Supports Donahue Easterling. Leadership for Working America: Solidarity, Diversity, Innovation." The second poster's text reads: "IUE Says End Apartheid Now." For complete collection information, visit the full finding aid at http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/4258
EXTRA-STATECRAFT
No full textKeller Easterling is an architect, urbanist, and writer. Her latest book, Enduring Innocence: Global Architecture and Its Political Masquerades (MIT, 2005), researches familiar spatial products that have landed in difficult or hyperbolic political situations around the world. Her previous book, Organization Space: Landscapes, Highways and Houses in America, applies network theory to a discussion of American infrastructure and development formats. A forthcoming book, Extrastatecraft, researches global infrastructure as a medium of polity. Ms. Easterling is also the author of Call It Home, a laser disc history of suburbia, and American Town Plans. She has recently completed two research installations on the Web: “Wildcards: A Game of Orgman” and “Highline: Plotting NYC.” Her work has been widely published in journals such as Grey Room, Volume, Cabinet, Assemblage, Log, Praxis, Harvard Design Magazine, Perspecta, Metalocus, and ANY. Her work is also included as chapters in numerous publications. She has lectured widely in the United States as well as internationally. Ms. Easterling’s work has been exhibited at the Queens Museum, the Architectural League, the Municipal Arts Society, and the Wexner Center. Easterling is a professor at Yale’s School of Architecture
Q&A Session - Performances
No full textLive Q&A Session with undergraduate researchers in the Performances category. Faculty volunteers included: Session chair: Dr. Cecilia Brooks Faculty Evaluators: Dr. Jill Drouillard, Dr. Thomas Easterling, Ms. Karen George, Ms. Libby Hawkins, Dr. Amy Pardo, and Dr. Melesia Henr
Behavior and Strength of Simple and Continuous Span Re-Entrant Composite Slabs
No full textThis study investigates the further development of the commercially available re-entrant steel deck profile. The effects of various embossments and continuous construction are investigated through three Series of composite slab load tests. The test specimens in this study were constructed to simulate actual field construction of composite slabs as part of reinforced concrete structures. The results of this experimental study are analyzed using methods given in the ASCE Standard for the Structural Design of Composite Slabs. Recommended design procedures for the improved re-entrant profile are given and various future profile modifications are suggested.Master of Scienc
'Apophasis in an Age of Image Defence: Situating the Cloud-Author Corpus in Fifteenth-Century England'
No full textDirect Strength Method for the Flexural Design of Through-Fastened Metal Building Roof and Wall Systems under Wind Uplift or Suction
No full textThe design of metal building roof and wall systems under uplift and suction wind loading is complicated because the laterally unbraced purlin and girt's free flange is compressed, and the cross-section rotates due to the shear flow. The objective of this thesis is to introduce a Direct Strength Method (DSM) prediction approach for simple span purlins and girts with one flange through-fastened under uplift or suction loading. This prediction method is also applicable for the case when rigid board insulation is placed between the metal panel and through-fastened flange. The prediction method is validated with a database of 62 simple span tests. To evaluate the prediction for the case when rigid board is used, 50 full-scale tests with rigid board insulation are conducted by the author of this thesis. In the experimental study panel failure, connection failure and member (purlin and girt) failure are observed, and they all limit the system's capacity. Another important contribution of this thesis is that it builds the foundation for future study of a general, mechanics-based limit state design approach for metal building roof and wall systems that can accommodate uplift and gravity loads, simple and continuous spans, and through-fastened and standing seam roofs.Ph. D
COLLABORATIVE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS – AN ACTIVITY SYSTEM ANALYSIS
No full textThesis (Ph.D.) - Indiana University, School of Education, 2022In the last several decades educational development efforts for faculty at higher education institutions have shifted to be more collaborative in nature, using approaches such as communities of practice and faculty learning communities. Including activities with strong interpersonal components such as communities of practice and faculty learning communities also introduces complex interpersonal and sociocultural dimensions to understanding the nature and function of these activities. The purpose of this study was to examine two collaborative educational development activities focused on improving teaching and learning by using activity systems analysis approach – based in Cultural Historical Activity Theory - to provide greater insight into the sociocultural dynamics of these types of activities. Specifically, this study was focused on tensions and contradictions in collaborative educational development activities, the impact of these tensions on these activities as a whole, and how interpersonal and sociocultural dimensions of an activity like a community of practice or faculty learning community may be affected by these dimensions. The two activities selected included a faculty learning community designed to allow faculty to learn more about applying a flipped classroom approach to designing courses for online and hybrid learning environments, and a faculty lunch and discussion group in which a video series on teaching strategies was the regular topic of discussion. A thematic analysis was conducted of transcripts of interviews conducted with participants and facilitators from each activity, followed by an activity systems analysis using the same data. Key findings for each of the cases varied across the activities. For Case A, the thematic and activity system analyses drew attention to how one’s role in the activity impacted the activity itself and how tensions between activity participants and facilitators affected the experiences and actions of others in the activity. For Case B, the key thematic and activity system analysis findings were related to a simmering tension between campus administration and Case B interviewees. Overall, the addition of an activity system analysis layer of analysis added to and complemented the thematic analysis, providing additional insight into the sociocultural dimensions of each activity and the systemic tensions present in each case
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