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Liminality in Advertising from the Mad Men Era
This article reflects an evolving anthropologistâs marketing career during the 1970s, before anthropology was truly welcomed as contributor to business strategy. I worked on several accounts mentored by a brilliant but conflicted creative director-guru-boss, an experience resulting in this reflexive advertising narrative punctuated by periods of liminality. I used my agency archives from the 1970s and field notes (or advertising log) as my data set to reflect this period. My field journey traversed the Mad Men era, immortalized in the AMC TV series about the 1960s and beyond, where creative directors freely crossed boundaries of sex, class and gender stereotypes. I discuss several advertising campaigns in which I was involved. The broader narrative reveals an uncomfortable divide between cultural empathy and advertising practice. While creatively stimulating, I describe the conflict in a marketing career that challenged ethical sensitivities
A UBVI and uvbyCaHbeta Analysis of the Intermediate-Age Open Cluster, NGC 5822
NGC 5822 is a richly populated, moderately nearby, intermediate-age open
cluster covering an area larger than the full moon on the sky. A CCD survey of
the cluster on the UBVI and uvbyCaHbeta systems shows that the cluster is
superposed upon a heavily reddened field of background stars with E(B-V) > 0.35
mag, while the cluster has small and uniform reddening at E(b-y) = 0.075 +/-
0.008 mag or E(B-V) = 0.103 +/- 0.011 mag, based upon 48 and 61 probable A and
F dwarf single-star members, respectively. The errors quoted include both
internal photometric precision and external photometric uncertainties. The
metallicity derived from 61 probable single F-star members is [Fe/H] = -0.058
+/- 0.027 (sem) from m_1 and 0.010 +/- 0.020 (sem) from hk, for a weighted
average of [Fe/H] = -0.019 +/- 0.023, where the errors refer to the internal
errors from the photometry alone. With reddening and metallicity fixed, the
cluster age and apparent distance modulus are obtained through a comparison to
appropriate isochrones in both VI and BV, producing 0.9 +/- 0.1 Gyr and 9.85
+/- 0.15, respectively. The giant branch remains dominated by two distinct
clumps of stars, though the brighter clump seems a better match to the
core-He-burning phase while the fainter clump straddles the first-ascent red
giant branch. Four potential new clump members have been identified, equally
split between the two groups. Reanalysis of the UBV two-color data extending
well down the main sequence shows it to be optimally matched by reddening near
E(B-V) = 0.10 rather than the older value of 0.15, leading to [Fe/H] between
-0.16 and 0.00 from the ultraviolet excess of the unevolved dwarfs. The impact
of the lower reddening and younger age of the cluster on previous analyses of
the cluster is discussed.Comment: 20 figures and 5 tables (portions of data tables 3 and 5 only
vbyCaHbeta CCD Photometry of Clusters. VI. The Metal-Deficient Open Cluster NGC 2420
CCD photometry on the intermediate-band vbyCaHbeta system is presented for
the metal-deficient open cluster, NGC 2420. Restricting the data to probable
single members of the cluster using the CMD and the photometric indices alone
generates a sample of 106 stars at the cluster turnoff. The average E(b-y) =
0.03 +/- 0.003 (s.e.m.) or E(B-V) = 0.050 +/- 0.004 (s.e.m.), where the errors
refer to internal errors alone. With this reddening, [Fe/H] is derived from
both m1 and hk, using b-y and Hbeta as the temperature index. The agreement
among the four approaches is reasonable, leading to a final weighted average of
[Fe/H] = -0.37 +/- 0.05 (s.e.m.) for the cluster, on a scale where the Hyades
has [Fe/H] = +0.12. When combined with the abundances from DDO photometry and
from recalibrated low-resolution spectroscopy, the mean metallicity becomes
[Fe/H] = -0.32 +/- 0.03. It is also demonstrated that the average cluster
abundances based upon either DDO data or low-resolution spectroscopy are
consistently reliable to 0.05 dex or better, contrary to published attempts to
establish an open cluster metallicity scale using simplistic offset corrections
among different surveys.Comment: scheduled for Jan. 2006 AJ; 33 pages, latex, includes 7 figures and 2
table
vbyCaHbeta CCD Photometry of Clusters. VIII. The Super-Metal Rich, Old Open Cluster NGC 6791
CCD photometry on the intermediate-band vbyCaHbeta system is presented for
the metal-rich, old open cluster, NGC 6791. Preliminary analysis led to [Fe/H]
above +0.4 with an anomalously high reddening and an age below 5 Gyr. A revised
calibration between (b-y)_0 and [Fe/H] at a given temperature shows that the
traditional color-metallicity relations underestimate the color of the turnoff
stars at high metallicity. With the revised relation, the metallicity from hk
and the reddening for NGC 6791 become [Fe/H] = +0.45 +/- 0.04 and E(b-y) =
0.113 +/- 0.012 or E(B-V) = 0.155 +/- 0.016. Using the same technique,
reanalysis of the photometry for NGC 6253 produces [Fe/H] = +0.58 +/-0.04 and
E(b-y) = 0.120 +/- 0.018 or E(B-V) = 0.160 +/- 0.025. The errors quoted include
both the internal and external errors. For NGC 6791, the metallicity from m_1
is a factor of two below that from hk, a result that may be coupled to the
consistently low metal abundance from DDO photometry of the cluster and the
C-deficiency found from high dispersion spectroscopy. E(B-V) is the same value
predicted from Galactic reddening maps. With E(B-V) = 0.15 and [Fe/H] = +0.45,
the available isochrones predict an age of 7.0 +/- 1.0 Gyr and an apparent
modulus of (m-M) = 13.60 +/- 0.15, with the dominant source of the uncertainty
arising from inconsistencies among the isochrones. The reanalysis of NGC 6253
with the revised lower reddening confirms that on both the hk and m_1
metallicity scales, NGC 6253, while less than half the age of NGC 6791, remains
at least as metal-rich as NGC 6791, if not richer.Comment: Accepted for Astronomical Journal. 42 p. latex file includes 11
figures and 3 tables, one of which is a short version of a data table to
appear in online AJ in its entiret
Extended Stromgren Photoelectric Photometry in NGC 752
Photoelectric photometry on the extended Stromgren system (uvbyCa) is
presented for 7 giants and 21 main sequence stars in the old open cluster, NGC
752. Analysis of the hk data for the turnoff stars yields a new determination
of the cluster mean metallicity. From 10 single-star members, [Fe/H] = -0.06
+/- 0.03, where the error quoted is the standard error of the mean and the
Hyades abundance is set at [Fe/H] = +0.12. This result is unchanged if all 20
stars within the limits of the hk metallicity calibration are included. The
derived [Fe/H] is in excellent agreement with past estimates using
properly-zeroed m1 data, transformed moderate-dispersion spectroscopy, and
recent high dispersion spectroscopy.Comment: 14 tex'd pages including 2 tables; 2 separate files with eps figures
Accepted for PASP March 200
Caby Photometry of the Hyades: Comparisons to the Field Stars
Intermediate-band photometry of the Hyades cluster on the Caby system is
presented for dwarf stars ranging from spectral type A through late K. A mean
hk, b-y relation is constructed using only single stars without anomalous
atmospheres and compared to the field stars of the solar neighborhood. For the
F dwarfs, the Hyades relation defines an approximate LOWER bound in the
two-color diagram, consistent with an [Fe/H] between +0.10 and +0.15. These
index-color diagrams follow the common convention of presenting stars with
highest abundance at the bottom of the plot although the index values for the
metal-rich stars are numerically larger. For field F dwarfs in the range [Fe/H]
between +0.4 and -1.0, [Fe/H] = -5.6 delta-hk + 0.125, with no evidence for a
color dependence in the slope. For the G and K dwarfs, the Hyades mean relation
crosses the field star distribution in the two-color diagram, defining an
approximate UPPER bound for the local disk stars. Stars found above the Hyades
stars fall in at least one of three categories: [Fe/H] below -0.7, [Fe/H] above
that of the Hyades, or chromospherically active. It is concluded that, contrary
to the predictions of model atmospheres, the hk index for cool dwarfs at a
given color hits a maximum value for stars below solar composition and, with
increasing [Fe/H] above some critical value, declines. This trend is
consistent, however, with the predictions from synthetic indices based upon
much narrower Ca filters where the crossover is caused by the metallicity
sensitivity of b-y.Comment: 13 pages, 9 eps figures, 1 tex table, 1 ascii tabl
Use of antithrombin III concentrates to correct antithrombin III deficiency during vascular surgery
AbstractCongenital deficiency of antithrombin III (AT III) is the only inherited hypercoagulable disorder for which a concentrate of purified protein is available for replacement therapy during periods of increased thrombotic risk. This report describes how such concentrates have been used in a patient with congenital AT-III deficiency undergoing venous surgery. A 40-year-old woman with AT III deficiency was evaluated for bilateral grade 3 chronic venous insufficiency. Noninvasive venous assessment and ascending venography revealed incompetence of the lower leg perforators, a patent deep venous system, and competent greater and lesser saphenous veins. Staged subfascial ligations were performed. Pasteurized AT III was administered 1 hour before surgery and at 30 hours at a dose calculated to increase AT-III activity to at least 120%. Perioperative AT III activity levels were measured. Subcutaneous heparin and oral warfarin were initiated the evening of surgery. An infusion of AT III increased plasma AT III from the baseline activity of 51% to 180%; it was 87% 13 hours later. Two measurements of the initial half-life of AT III were 7 and 14 hours. No perioperative thrombotic complications occurred. The ulcers healed, and the patient remains symptom free. Pasteurized AT III concentrates are now commercially available, easily administered, and provide a useful adjunct to the anticoagulation regimen of patients with AT III deficiency undergoing vascular surgery. (J VASC SURG 1995;22:804-7.
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