Project Anonymous

The internet allows modern artists to share their creative works online. Users of art sharing websites are influenced by each other, and if a creative work does not have a lot of views or likes, people tend to assume that the work – or the artist – is bad or unpopular. Consequently, popular artists enjoy a self-reinforcing cycle of increasing visibility, but it is difficult for new artists to gain recognition. My partner, Rob Riglietti, and I worked to develop a new anonymous web application for artists to share creative works such as art, poems, and photographs. Rob and I designed the app to be anonymous so that users could view and judge the creative works without being influenced by the identity of the creator or by other users. Rather than showing the most popular works on the site’s home page, works with the least exposure – as represented by up- or down-votes – are displayed first. In addition, a work’s cumulative vote total is not shown to visitors until they have voted themselves. I coded the web application using the JavaScript framework Meteor. Meteor, unlike most traditional web development tools, is a full-stack, reactive framework. Full stack means that a web developer codes both the “front end” (the user’s interface) and the “back end” (the server) together in a unified program. Reactive means that any changes to the application or its data are immediately relayed to all users of the application; the web page updates in real time. Although the app has not been released for public use at the time of this writing, I have greatly increased my web development knowledge through my work on this project

Herald of Holiness Volume 56, Number 45 (1967)

02 Concerning Time By General Superintendent Benner 03 Sequel to Christmas By Rob L. Staples 04 Helps to Holy Living: Holiness Is Relevant By Ivan A. Beals 05 In His Season By Dale German 06 Footsteps in the Snow By Katherine Bevis 07 If I Only Knew By Betty Fuhrman 08 Are There Not 24 Hours In the Day? By Garth Hyde 09 Preoccupation with Trivia By Tom Wilson 09 This Is My Day! By Milo L. Arnold 10 Editorially Speaking By W. T. Purkiser 12 Evangelists\u27 Slates 16 The Book Corner 17 News of Religion 19 Next Sunday\u27s Lesson By A. Elwood Sanner 19 The Answer Corner Conducted by W. T. Purkiserhttps://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/2490/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Anne W. Cheney to John Muir, 1873 Apr 9.

New York City Wednesday Apr. 9th 1873My dear Mr Muir. Out of all the noise & bustle of this busy world I write to you longing for the rest & quiet of your [underlined: Valley], which now seems farther away than ever, for I have given up all idea of returning to Cala for the present. My sister is quite miserable, having injured her lip in some way & is, or has been lame, but although notfrom you soon that the book has been given to the public, that I may get it & in reading it imagine myself once more nearer the Giver of all Good - I had a nice letter from Mrs. Moore not long ago at most the first one she had written since her illness, but Charlie Stoddard I have not heard from for a long time probably because I allowed such a long time to lapse between his last letter & the answer. I return to my home in the country in about two weeks, to get it ready to receive the wanderers, but we may be back in Cala. again before we are aware of it, as father I fear will not be able to 00657 weather & water will permit - I had fully expected to be of their party this summer, but that is now out of the question - how I regret it you can im- agin from the amount of enjoyment I experienced while there last summer, but I do not despair of visiting there once more for I love the mountain & river gods with the heart of a child of nature al- though I have been brought up in the midst of luxury, & the civilization you dislike so much - I have thought of you this winter as busy with your writing, & shall hope to hearwell she is much better than she was in the winter, all thoughts of leaving her must necessarily be banished for a time, & Father & rob return to us in June some- time, or as soon as my uncles return from the Yo Semite- I judge from that, that Father & Rob will not go with them, but they may change their minds before the time comes to go - at any rate I hope you will meet my two uncles John & Frank who will probably go into the Valley as soon as New York City,Wednesday, Apr. 9th, 1873.My dear Mr. Muir:Out of all the noise and bustle of this busy world I write to you, longing for the rest and quiet of your Valley, which now seems farther away then ever, for I have given up all idea of returning to California for the present. My sister is quite miserable, having injured her hip in some way, and is, or has been lame, but although not well she is much better than she was in the Winter. All thoughts of leaving her must necessarily be banished for a time, and Father and Rob return to us in June sometime, or as soon as my uncle\u27s return from the Yosemite. I judge from that, that Father and Rob will not go with them, but they may change their minds before the time comes to go - at any rate l hope you will meet my two uncles John and Frank, who will probably go into the Valley as soon as weather and water will permit. I had fully expected to be of their party this summer, but that is now out of the question - how I regret it you can imagine from the amount of enjoyment I experienced while there last summer, but I do not despair of visiting there once more, for I love the mountain and river gods with the heart of a child of nature, although I have been brought up in the midst of luxury and the civilization you dislike so much.I have thought of you this inter as busy with your writing, and shall hope to hear from you soon that the book has been given to the public, that I may get it and in reading it imagine myself once more nearer the Giver of all Good. I had a nice letter from Mrs, Moore not long ago at most, the first one she had written since her illness, but Charlie Stoddard I have not heard from for a long time, probably because I allowed such a long time to elapse between his last letter and the answer.I return to my home in the country in about two weeks, to get it ready to receive the wanderers, but we may be back in California again before we are aware of it, as father, I fear, will not be able to spend his winters in so cold a climate as this. Harry, who has been at the Yale Scientific School all winter, has joined Prof. Marsh\u27s surveying party to spend the coming summer on the plains.The mood for writing does not possess me this winter. I hardly know myself in my. letters any more. I need the fresh clear air and sky of the country, which I will have in a short time, and then I hope I may answer your next letter in a more interesting manner.With kindest regards,Truly your friend,Anne W. Chene

The High Water Mark of Social History in Civil War Studies

Just hours before the Army of Northern Virginia raised the white flag at Appomattox Court House, Confederate Colonel Edward Porter Alexander approached his commanding officer, Robert E. Lee, with what he hoped was a game-saving plan. Rather than suffer the mortification of surrendering, Alexander begged Lee to scatter his men across the countryside like “rabbits & partridges” where they could continue waging war, not as regular Confederate soldiers, but as elusive guerrilla fighters. Lee listened patiently to his subordinate’s reasoning for irregular warfare. Before Alexander finished, he reminded Lee that the men were utterly devoted to their commanding general, and that such loyalty would continue to inspire the sacrifice of more blood, even if it meant taking to the woods and fighting like common outlaws. When Alexander concluded his impassioned plea, Lee asked his subordinate to imagine what would happen if he turned Alexander’s suggestion into official policy. But before Alexander had a chance to respond, Lee reminded him that virtually every Southern community had been overrun by Union armies, that farms were in disarray, and that crops were ruined. Lee feared that his veterans, upon returning home, would have no choice but to plunder and rob for survival. It would take no time for his disciplined army to descend into a demoralized mob that would take the rest of the South into a downward spiral of unending and unrestrained violence. “As for myself,” Lee concluded, “while you young men might afford to go to bushwhacking, the only proper & dignified course for me would be to surrender myself & take the consequences of my actions.” [excerpt

MS-105: John L. Barry Civil War Letters

This collection contains 47 letters, 37 of which are written by John L. Barry during his time in the Civil War between 20 June 1861 and 7 June 1862. The letters are written to his family in Dunkirk, New York, addressing his mother, father, sister Ellen, and brother Robert. Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids are discovery tools used to describe and provide access to our holdings. Finding aids include historical and biographical information about each collection in addition to inventories of their content. More information about our collections can be found on our website http://www.gettysburg.edu/special_collections/collections/.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/findingaidsall/1094/thumbnail.jp

Imag(in)ing Trans Partnerships: Collaborative Photography and Intimacy

In this peer reviewed journal article, Davidmann argues that collaborative photography offers dynamic potential for imag(in)ing trans* intimate partnerships beyond the authority of textual representation. Davidmann presents five photographic and narrative case studies, spanning a range of trans* partnerships in the UK, to demonstrate some of the complex ways in which bodies, genders, sexualities, and time intersect in trans* intimacy. She argues that the photographs create an imaginative resource, both for the people depicted in the photographs and for those viewing the photographs, providing new possibilities for thinking about trans* partnerships, expanding the ways in which trans intimate partnerships are imag(in)ed, and opening up new spaces of possibility for gender and sexual identities