Appalachian Figures A reformer with a lawyer’s pen In 1903 Pennsylvania adopted one of the nation’s sturdier tenement-house codes for its “cities of the second class,” the statutory category that included Pittsburgh. The law did not fall from the sky.

Appalachian Figures A Garrett County life Darvin C. Moon grew up and worked around Oakland, Maryland, in the western Panhandle at the foot of Backbone Mountain. He built a small logging operation with family, played home-game tournaments at places like the Elks Lodge, and preferred the quiet of the woods to the bright lights of Las Vegas.

Appalachian Figures Garrett County’s lake country is a long way from the coasts that usually make American sailing history. Yet in the late 1950s a small shop near Deep Creek Lake began turning out a 19-foot dinghy that families still race across the United States. Designer Gordon K. “Sandy” Douglass brought his know-how to Western Maryland;

Appalachian Figures Boyd Davis Clay grew up in Hohenwald (Lewis County), Tennessee, and became a standout lineman at DuPont Highin the Nashville area before heading to the University of Tennessee. Decades later, The Tennessean included him in its “Nashville’s next 50 greatest high school football players,” a nod to the reputation he built before college.

On the 9 ^th of October, ¹ I attended the Snowflake World Tour event in London. I was curious to learn more about Snowflake as more and more of the industry people I talk to seems to be using it. I also wondered if there was a use case for it for myself. Finally, I wanted to figure out if I should talk to my data analytics students about it. I went there and had an enjoyable day, but what did I learn?

I was on the road for most of August, September, and October, and in particular I made a ton of museum collections visits. When I visit a museum collection, I bring a specific set of gear that helps me get the photos, notes, and measurements that I want.

Appalachian Figures A Lewis County story that briefly touched the majors For two crowded weeks in June 1913 the St. Louis Cardinals handed the ball to a right-hander tied to a small Tennessee town with Swiss roots. Walter William “Walt” Marbet’s major-league line is short. Three games. One start. An 0–1 record with a 16.20 ERA.

Appalachian Figures In the 1970s a hardware-store plainspoken delegate from Maryland’s mountaintop counties learned how to work the levers of Annapolis without losing his Oakland accent. DeCorsey E. Bolden represented Garrett County in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1971 to 1982, sat on Appropriations, and became a reliable voice for local control.

Appalachian Figures William Gay wrote himself out of the backroads around Hohenwald, Tennessee, and into American letters with a voice equal parts lyric and flint. A construction worker for decades who didn’t publish until his mid-fifties, he turned the creeks, hollows, and hard bargains of Middle Tennessee into a personal territory readers now recognize on sight.

The Rogue Scholar science blog archive started work on improving the subject classification of blog posts, using an open approach to subject classification developed by CWTS and OpenAlex.

Welche Regeln des Urheberrechts gelten für die freien darstellenden Künste? Was müssen Personen beachten, die Aufnahmen aus diesem Bereich beim Digitalen Archiv der Freien Darstellenden Künste hochladen oder nachnutzen wollen? Diese und mehr Fragen beantwortet die neu erschienene Handreichung. Über die Inhalte gibt es hier einen kurzen Überblick.