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Writing (gay and lesbian) wills
No full textThis article presents some of the findings of an empirical research project that explored writing wills for gay men and lesbians. The research aimed to examine the extent to which wills might contribute to sociological debates about alternative kinships and intimate citizenship. While the overarching aim of the project was an interest in the contents of the wills (which is to say the intentions of the testators), it also revealed the influence of the lawyers on the contents of the wills and the extent to which changes in legal practice in England have impacted on the place of will-drafting within the legal profession. Exploring this throws light on the extent to which wills express the authentic voice of a testator and raises questions about access to qualified will writers. Turning to the content of the wills, the place of ‘god children’ or children of friends’ is examined. While a very particular type of beneficiary, the focus provides a space for thinking more widely about the construction of the ‘inheritance families’ of gay men and lesbians
"For the salvation of my soul": women and wills in medieval and early modern France
No full textThis volume seeks to investigate the testamentary practices of women in medieval and early modern France, examining the experience of a cross-section of the population, from artisans to the elite, in Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, Marseille, Montpellier, La Rochelle, Brittany, and Burgundy. The making of a will was perhaps the single most prominent moment in women’s lives for the assertion of agency. Though constrained to some degree by customary practice and the increasing influence of Roman law, women demonstrated remarkable initiative in the formulation of their last wishes. Wills permitted women to reward friendship and loyalty, to designate universal heirs as major beneficiaries, to stipulate conditions of inheritance so that last wishes were carried out, and, perhaps most importantly, to make pious donations to the Church for the salvation of the testators’ souls. They chose their burial sites and arranged for funeral processions, and they endowed anniversary masses for their souls in perpetuity. Individual testamentary decisions differed, as did spousal strategies, but the reinforcement of family ties, even the assertion of relationship, was possible in wills.Introduction / Joëlle Rollo-Koster and
Kathryn L. Reyerson -- Item Lego... Item Volo... Is there really an 'I' in medieval Provençales’ wills? / Joëlle Rollo-Koster -- Family emotional outlets? Women’s wills, women’s voices in medieval Marseille / Francine Michaud -- Wills of spouses in Montpellier before 1350: a case study of gender in testamentary practice / Kathryn L. Reyerson -- Scripts for funeral theater: Burgundian testaments and the performance of social identities / Kathleen Ashley -- Women and gift-giving in eighteenth-century Brittany: wills and donations / Nancy Locklin -- Writing wills and families: constructing mixed-race families in eighteenth-century France / Jennifer L. Palmer -- BibliographyPublisher PD
British commanders in the Transvaal War, 1899-1900.
No full text"Agent - M. Blenkey, tobacco and cigar merchant, Flowergate, Whitby." - Stamp on p. [1].Cover title.Advertisements for Wills' tobacco products on covers, p. [1] and as captions to the ports.Mode of access: Internet
Approaches to maintaining provenance throughout the additive manufacturing process
No full textThe development of 3D printers has resulted in significant Intellectual Property Right issues. This work presents a model for signing printable 3D objects. The paper initially reviews the security principles of signing of objects in both digital or physical form, and the metrics for assessing signatures. 3D designs are not just a file, but actual physical objects and should be treated identically, to digital documents that have associated intellectual property rights and copyright protection. In this paper we propose a signing methodology intended to resolve issues with the adaptation of rapid prototyping and 3D printing by users both in engineering and the humanities. The proposed digital signing methodology is based on physical signing principles that follow archival principles to maintain accurate records. The new model allows the transition of provenance between digital and physical form
Social and Community Informatics and Social Theories of Networks
No full textThere are Non Government Organisations (NGOs), technical and academic interest in the community driven Athlone Living Lab and its social innovations. With actors across many disciplines, it is necessary that the successful solutions can be utilised by other NGO’s without creating social casualties. The social research background to the project needs to be understood so that the project can reach an academic audience in multi-disciplinary fields. Also that the data generated by this successful project may be used to demonstrate important principles that have enabled the community to develop from a Community in Tension (CiT) to a community in transformation
RLabs: A South African Perspective on a Community-driven Approach to Community Information
No full textStakeholders in a community project commonly include academics, businesses, and people from within the community. Community empowerment is a central motivation for community informatics; however it is debatable how the community is empowered and benefits from many community research projects. This paper presents a community-driven case study, Reconstructed Living Lab, identifying factors that aid or hinder community-driven technological innovations. The RLabs case study identifies the community as the main stakeholder and identifies the factors that aid or hinder community empowerment. The conclusion is that Living Labs is an appropriate and effective vehicle for community empowerment
A University of Greenwich Case Study of Cloud Computing – Education as a Service
No full textThis paper proposes a new Supply Chain Business Model in the Education domain and demonstrates how Education as a Service (EaaS) can be delivered. The implementation at the University of Greenwich (UoG) is used as a case study. Cloud computing business models are classified into eight of Business Models, this classification is essential to the development of EaaS. A pair of the Hexagon Models is used to review Cloud projects against success criteria; one Hexagon Model focuses on Business Model and the other on IT Services. The UoG case study demonstrates the added value offered by Supply Chain software deployed by private cloud, where an Oracle suite and SAP supply chain can demonstrate supply chain distribution and is useful for teaching. The evaluation shows that students feel more motivated and can understand their coursework better
Approaches to modeling the gas-turbine maintenance process
No full textDiscrete-event modeling has long been used for logistics and scheduling problems, while multi--agent modelling closely matches human decision-making process. In this paper a metric-based comparison between the traditional discrete-event and the emerging agent-based modeling approaches is reported. The case study involved the implementation of two functionally identical models based on a realistic, non-trivial, civil aircraft gas turbine global repair operation. The size, structural complexity, and coupling metrics from the two models were used to gauge the benefits and drawbacks of each modeling paradigm. The agent-based model was significantly better than the discrete-event model in terms of execution times, scalability, understandability, modifiability, and structural flexibility. In contrast, and importantly in an engineering context, the discrete-event model guaranteed predictable and repeatable results and was comparatively easy to test because of its single-threaded operation. However, neither modeling approach on its own possesses all these characteristics nor can each handle the wide range of resolutions and scales frequently encountered in problems exemplified by the case study scenario. It is recognized that agent-based modeling can emulate high-level human decision-making and communication closely while discrete-event modeling provides a good fit for low-level sequential processes such as those found in manufacturing and logistics
Wills and inheritance in late Anglo-Saxon England 871-1066.
No full textPhDIn this thesis, the sources considered suitable for
the study of inheritance were reviewed, and a theoretical
model for a system of customary inheritance was
developed. The study divides into two part seach
relating either to the sources or to the model. The
first part of the thesis re-evaluates the traditional
divisions of sources for the study of inheritance and
devises new divisions for use in this study. The second
part of the thesis uses these new divisions in developing
a model for the operation of inheritance and discusses
the role of these sources in relation to that model.
In place of the traditional division of source
material for the study of inheritance, a system was
devised consisting of two broad areas: Wills and
Additional Documents. The area of Wills was divided into
the following headings: Written Wills, Oral Declarations,
Category A, B, or C Lost Wills, and Grants made while
Dying. Additional Documents included the following
material: Reference to an Inheritance, Reference to
Property Descent, and Documents relevant to the nature of
wills. The merits and limitations of these sources were
discussed with reference to their preservation whether as
single sheet contemporary copies or in cartularies.
The theoretical model for a system of customary
inheritance is relatively simple. The relationship
between that system and the sources alters the
traditional perspective on those sources with the result
that the evidence from written wills is seen as
supplemental rather than central to the study of
inheritance. From this new perspective, it becomes
apparent that the property donated inside wills
represents only a portion of a donor's total possessions
and that in the operation of the customary inheritance
system, male donees are preferred as the recipients of
landed property
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