Methodist Ministers In South Carolina, 1952

Biographical Sketches and Pictures of the Ministers of the South Carolina Conference, Southeastern Jurisdiction The Methodist Church CONFERENCE COMMITTEE R. Bryce Herbert, Chairman R. Wright Spears, Secretary Victor R. Hickman Ralph B. Shumaker. George K. Way George K. Way,Editor D. D. Peele Business Manager SOUTH CAROLINA METHODIST ADVOCATE PRINT COLUMBIA, S. C.https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/methodistdirectories/1003/thumbnail.jp

WATER-BASED MITIGATION TECHNIQUES AND NETWORK INTEGRATION TO COUNTER DRONE SWARMS

Potential and current U.S. adversaries are purchasing and deploying commercial small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) in networked swarms. These swarms can be used for intelligence collection and reconnaissance, and have the potential to be weaponized as well. Additionally, the unlawful, but probably not malicious, activity of civilian UAS (drone) operators is of increasing concern. More specifically, there is increased risk to naval assets while in constrained environments, such as harbor transit, where both navigation and weaponized responses are serious concerns. This thesis uses the scenario of protecting a U.S. Navy destroyer entering and exiting a harbor to develop a sUAS mitigation procedure based on existing firefighting and counter-piracy technologies. The proposed procedure includes a communications plan and can be implemented almost immediately using existing civilian and military assets. Additional recommendations to improve the performance of such procedures are provided.CRUSARRRTOLieutenant, United States NavyApproved for public release. Distribution is unlimited

Heaven is a Place: The politics and poetics of LGBT location in a community dance film

The film, Heaven is a Place, received funding from The Culture Programme of the European Union, and The Humanities, Music and Performing Arts Research Centre (HuMPA) at University of Plymouth; with additional grant funding from The ICCI Support Fund, Innovation for the Creative and Cultural IndustriesThrough a discussion of a local, movement-based performance for and through digital video, this chapter draws upon a range of scholarly dis- ciplines (including performance studies, film studies, somatics, queer studies, urban studies and human geography) from the perspective of practitioner-researchers to re ect upon the implications and potentials of a community lmmaking practice that is simultaneously aesthetic, political, spatial and social. In particular, it considers how the process-driven triangulation of thinking bodies, sexual subjectivities and emplacement within such a practice might enable us to acknowledge, consolidate and reimagine a community that had been either erased or marginalised in dominant accounts of its city. Heaven Is a Place is a short dance film, made in 2014 by the authors of this chapter in collaboration with members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community in Plymouth in South West England. Filmed in some of Plymouth’s most visually spectacular, evocative and liminal waterside locations – its docksides, marinas, look-out points, cruising spots, clubs and bathing areas – it explores becoming, melan- choly and the erotics of place through the human geography of an ‘ocean city’. In addition to choreography arising from site-responsive physical vocabularies, the film features scenarios and movement scores that reflect personal memories and queer histories of the city, developed in the first instance through a series of movement workshops that were co-organised with the LGBT advocacy organisation, Pride in Plymouth

Methodist Ministers in South Carolina, 1942

Biographical Sketches of the Ministers of the South Carolina and Upper South Carolina Conferences, Southeastern Jurisdiction, The Methodist Church George K. Way and C. E. Peele, Editors D. D. Peele, Business Manager 1942 Southern Christian Advocate Print Columbia, S. C.https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/methodistdirectories/1002/thumbnail.jp

Roadblocks and Potential Solutions to Affordable Condo Ownership in Mixed-Income Developments in Austin

This report summarizes the findings of a study examining issues that low- and middle-income households face when purchasing affordable, below-market-rate units in market-rate developments including, in particular, the City of Austin’s developer incentive programs such as Planned Use Developments.La

DEVELOPING FLEXIBLE ECONOMIC THRESHOLDS FOR PEST MANAGEMENT USING DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING

The rice stink bug is a major pest of rice in Texas, causing quality related damage. The previous threshold used for assisting in rice stink bug spray decisions lacked flexibility in economic and production decision variables and neglected the dynamics of the pest population. Using stochastic dynamic programming, flexible economic thresholds for the rice stink bug were generated. The new thresholds offer several advantages over the old, static thresholds, including increased net returns, incorporation of pest dynamics, user flexibility, ease of implementation, and a systematic process for updating.Economic thresholds, Dynamic programming, Pest management, Rice, Crop Production/Industries,

VUV Optical Properties of Rare Earth Doped YPO4 Prepared by Different Routes

The optical properties of nanocrystalline YPO4:Ln3+ (Ln = Eu, Sm, Tb) prepared via co-precipitation are compared to larger crystallites of YPO4:Ln3+ prepared via traditional solid state reaction. In larger crystals (~330 nm) a distinct peak is observed at 150 nm in the excitation spectra, the intensity of which decreases markedly in smaller crystals (~20 nm). Using excitation and reflectance spectroscopy, host–to–activator energy transfer efficiencies were calculated for Y1-xPO4:Lnx3+ (0.01 ≤ x ≤ 0.10). From the transfer efficiency data, we estimate that trapping by Eu3+ and Sm3+ is at least five times more efficient than trapping by Tb3+ for excitation at the band edge. The fraction of energy lost to the surface or grain boundaries for excitation at 150 nm and 138 nm is also estimated. We propose that in the samples prepared via co-precipitation, an amorphous phase forms at grain boundaries that is responsible for the loss of efficiency under 150 nm excitation

Influence of molecular weight average, degree of crystallinity, and viscosity of different polyamide PA12 powder grades on the microstructures of laser sintered part

Laser Sintering (LS) allows functional parts to be produced in a wide range of powdered materials using a dedicated machine, and is thus gaining popularity within the field of rapid prototyping. It offers the user the ability to optimise part design in order to meet customer requirements with few manufacturing restrictions. A problem with LS is that sometimes the surface of the parts produced displays a texture similar to that of the skin of an orange (the so-called “orange peel” texture). The main aim of this research is to develop a methodology of controlling the input material properties of PA12 powder that will ensure consistent and good quality of the fabricated parts. Melt Flow Rate (MFR) and Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) were employed to measure the flow viscosity and molecular weight distributions of Polyamide PA12 powder grades. The experimental results proved that recycle PA12 powder with higher melt viscosity polymer has a higher entanglement with a longer molecule chain causes a higher resistance to flow which cause poor and rough surface finished on laser sintered part

Combatting Junk Fees in Texas Rental Housing: A Pathway to Fairer and More Transparent Leasing Practices

This report examines the troubling and growing array of fees that tenants are confronting in the Texas rental housing market. These charges, also known as “junk fees,” obscure the true price of housing and prevent comparison shopping; they impose financial strains on tenants and create barriers to affordable housing access. The report includes five categories of reforms to rein in junk fees in Texas and create better transparency for Texas renters.La