From the Footlight to the Spotlight: An Examination of Theatrical Lighting Design

This paper explores the question of how one could approach designing the lighting for a theatrical production. In doing this it covers foundational information about the science behind the medium, then it goes into a discussion of the types of artistry that lighting employs. It will explain what light contributes to a scene, how it can be manipulated creatively, and some of the methods and styles that have been developed over time. It culminates in an analysis of the author\u27s lighting design for a production of Hedda Gabler

Assessing the Impacts of Federal Farm Bill Programs on Rural Communities

This report summarizes the state of scientific knowledge on the impact of federal farm and food programs on rural communities in the United States. We focus on the impacts of five specific programs of what is commonly referred to as the “farm bill.” These five include farm commodity programs; farm risk management, insurance, and disaster programs; agricultural conservation programs; food and nutrition programs; and rural development programs. Although there is extensive research on the relative merits and effectiveness of specific rural development programs and policies on rural community outcomes, the impacts of the other four main farm bill programs on rural America have received much less empirical scrutiny

Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Remedying Malicious Social Bot Behavior Via Section 230 Reform

As “interactive computer services” (social media sites) expanded over the past decade, so too did the prevalence of “social bots,” software programs that mimic human behavior online. The capacity social bots have to exponentially amplify often-harmful content has led to calls for greater accountability from social media companies in the way they manage bot presence on their sites. In response, many social media companies and private researchers have developed bot-detection methodologies to better govern social bot activities. At the same time, the prevalence of harmful content on social media sites has led to calls to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, the law that largely immunizes social media sites from liability for third-party content on their platforms. Such reform proposals largely entail making Section 230 immunity contingent on social media companies following new requirements when moderating content. Social bots have been left out of these reform conversations, however. This Note suggests that including specific provisions regulating social bots within broader Section 230 reform will help remedy both outdated Section 230 provisions and malicious social bots’ effects. Fusing characteristics from several Section 230 reform proposals with existing bot-governance technology will help establish a legal foundation for social media companies’ new social bot management requirements. Two suggested requirements are: (1) interactive computer services must have some type of monitoring and classification system that helps users determine the “bot-ness” of social media accounts; and (2) interactive computer services must provide an accessible medium for users to view the data that its monitoring and classification system produces. These requirements will help protect the validity of organic online exchanges and reduce the potential power of deceitful influence campaigns

From the Footlight to the Spotlight: An Examination of Theatrical Lighting Design

This paper explores the question of how one could approach designing the lighting for a theatrical production. In doing this it covers foundational information about the science behind the medium, then it goes into a discussion of the types of artistry that lighting employs. It will explain what light contributes to a scene, how it can be manipulated creatively, and some of the methods and styles that have been developed over time. It culminates in an analysis of the author\u27s lighting design for a production of Hedda Gabler

Computer program to determine pressure distributions and forces on blunt bodies of revolution

Program was written to include integration of surface pressure in order to obtain axial-force, normal-force, and pitching-moment coefficients. Program was written in CDC FORTRAN for the CDC-6600 computer system

In Re Hooker: A Political Question Doctrine Game Change

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