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Showing 1 to 20 of 186 for “"Randolph"”.
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Randolph : Boston's gateway suburb
… or from abroad. In the Boston metropolitan area, Randolph is the prime example of this sort of place, a "gateway suburb." Gateway suburbs have limited capacity to manage so-called urban issues because of their suburban size, structure, resources and location. In 2007, Randolph suffered a crisis …
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John Bennett Walters, Total War, and the Raid on Randolph, Tennessee
… Gen. William T. Sherman and a raid he ordered on Randolph, Tennessee in reprisal for an attempted hijacking of the packet boat Eugene on the Mississippi River. Walters castigates Sherman’s raid as brutal, cruel, and wanton and tries to depict Sherman as a violent and hateful man who set out to …
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Loyalist or Patriot: The Precarious Position of Edmund Randolph, 1774-1786
<p>On May 29, 1787, Governor Edmund Randolph took the floor of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia with a radical plan for a new federal government. Randolph was a key member of the influential Virginia delegation which paved the way for United States' Constitutionalism. An examination of …
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Analysis of red spruce (Picea rubens) regeneration in Pocahontas, Randolph, and Tucker counties, West Virginia
Three red spruce communities in the Central Appalachians of West Virginia were accessed temporally over a period of 10 to 11 years and by forest zones (i.e. hardwood, ecotone, red spruce zones). These communities experienced an increasing density of red spruce over time across all forest zones. Red …
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The Benjamin Franklin Randolph Monument: A Symbol of Remembrance and Defiance In the Age of Reconstruction
<p>Dedicated to Benjamin Franklin Randolph on February 27, 1871 in Columbia, South Carolina, the Randolph Monument became a political symbol around which Republicans and the African American community rallied around during the days of Ku Klux Klan violence in the late 1860s and early 1870s. …
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Schooling for blacks in Henrico County, Virginia 1870-1933: with an emphasis on the contributions of Miss Virginia Estelle Randolph
This dissertation recounts the years of struggle, frustration, failure and success that blacks in Henrico county, Virginia, confronted in acquiring an education. Before the establishment of free universal public schooling in Virginia in 1870, there was strong public opinion against the schooling of …
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Place names of six east central counties of Missouri
… Audrain, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, and Randolph.
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Solutions of Hope: Study of Public Choice Alternative Education
… The chosen school studied, the Virginia Randolph Community High School , was identified by the Virginia State Department of Education as having an established public choice alternative education program. This alternative high school has been fully accredited by Virginia standards. This …
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Victorian Children's Book Illustrations
… in the children’s book illustrations of Randolph Caldecott, Henry J. Ford, and Beatrix Potter. This time period was considered the golden age of children’s book illustrations due to a large boom in both number and quality available. These children’s books illustrators had a lasting impact …
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Differences in Mother and Father Perceptions, Interactions and Responses to Intervention with a Special-needs Adoptive Child.
… compared to the two attachment measures (Randolph Attachment Disorder Questionnaire and Beech Brook Attachment Disorder Checklist). Several possible explanations for mother and father differences are discussed.
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Matthew Clay: old school Republican
… 1808. Like his fellow Southside Congressman John Randolph of Roanoke, Matthew Clay adhered to the ideals of Old School Republicanism, but unlike the former, he refused to join Randolph in his schism with Jefferson and Madison. In the main, Matthew Clay modified his conservative beliefs only once …
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Reel or Unreal History: Hearst Newsreels and the Production of the News
… of the American newsreel by focusing on William Randolph Hearst’s influential approach to American journalism, his diverse partnerships throughout Hollywood, and his pressure on American politics at the beginning of the twentieth century. By engaging raw footage, newspaper advertisements, Hearst …
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Contextual Risk and the Association Between Sensitive Parenting and Social Competence During Early Childhood
… Connell & Prinz, 2002; Oravecz, Koblinsky & Randolph, 2008, Trentacosta, 2008). However, it is not clear how sensitive parenting might impact children’s social skill development in the context of accumulation of risk. The current study tests two possible models. The first model, based on …
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Optimization of Multi-Reservoir Management Rules Subject to Climate and Demand Change in the Potomac River Basin
… uncontrolled and augmented by the Jennings-Randolph reservoir, located 9-10 days travel time upstream. Given this lag, release decisions must be made collectively by federal, state and local stakeholders amid significant uncertainty, well in advance of accurate weather forecasts with no …
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Stop, Talk & Learn: socialization in a university open space
… designed environment employing the theories of Randolph Hester (1975), Clare Cooper Marcus with Trudy Wischemann (1998) and William “Holly” Whyte (1980). These design elements are categorized by the types of socialization that they can facilitate: manifest, latent, and spontaneous interaction. …
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The Art of Designing a Meaningful Landscape through Storytelling
… Landscape Narratives, and Mark Francis and Randolph T. Hester, Jr.'s The Meaning of Gardens: Idea, Place, and Action. Applying these approaches to case studies has resulted in the finding of common ideas between the three texts. The commonalities led to my position that storytelling can be …
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Cavitation in Vial Drop Subjected to Mechanical Shock
… the critical pressure. Previous work from the Randolph lab demonstrated that protein aggregates can form when a vial of therapeutic solution is dropped onto a hard surface. The process by which this occurs is most likely shock induced cavitation. During this process, hot spots can be created …
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Bayard Rustin and the Socialist Civil Rights Strategy (1955-65)
… pacifist A.J. Muste and labor leader A. Philip Randolph. With deep credentials from the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Congress of Racial Equality, and the War Resisters League, Rustin played a key role in the political strategy of the Civil Rights Movement. He worked closely with King …
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The contributions of Floyd Leslie Sandle to black educational theatre in Louisiana
… passion for theatre was nurtured by Dr. Sheppard Randolph Edmonds, Sandle made significant strides in the dvelopment of Black Educational Theatre in Louisiana. Through his unique approach of presenting plays to the residents of the rural community of Grambling, Louisiana, Sandle was able to …
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