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Slum Clearance in Havana in an Age of Revolution, 1930-65
SLEEPING ON THE ASHES: SLUM CLEARANCE IN HAVANA IN AN AGE OF REVOLUTION, 1930-65 by Jesse Lewis Horst Bachelor of Arts, St. Olaf College, 2006 Master of Arts, University of Pittsburgh, 2012 Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Pittsburgh 2016 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH DIETRICH SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES This dissertation was presented by Jesse Horst It was defended on July 28, 2016 and approved by Scott Morgenstern, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science Edward Muller, Professor, Department of History Lara Putnam, Professor and Chair, Department of History Co-Chair: George Reid Andrews, Distinguished Professor, Department of History Co-Chair: Alejandro de la Fuente, Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics, Department of History, Harvard University ii Copyright © by Jesse Horst 2016 iii SLEEPING ON THE ASHES: SLUM CLEARANCE IN HAVANA IN AN AGE OF REVOLUTION, 1930-65 Jesse Horst, M.A., PhD University of Pittsburgh, 2016 This dissertation examines the relationship between poor, informally housed communities and the state in Havana, Cuba, from 1930 to 1965, before and after the first socialist revolution in the Western Hemisphere. It challenges the notion of a “great divide” between Republic and Revolution by tracing contentious interactions between technocrats, politicians, and financial elites on one hand, and mobilized, mostly-Afro-descended tenants and shantytown residents on the other hand. The dynamics of housing inequality in Havana not only reflected existing socio- racial hierarchies but also produced and reconfigured them in ways that have not been systematically researched. -
FEMA Flood Boundary
MAY 4, 2021 COUSHATTA TRIBE OF LOUISIANA TRIBAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT MAY 2021 Prepared by BEVERLY O'DEA BRIDGEVIEW CONSULTING, LLC 915 N. Laurel Lane Tacoma, WA 98406 (253) 380-5736 Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan Update Prepared for Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Coushatta Tribal Fire Department P.O. Box 818 Elton, LA 70532 Prepared by Bridgeview Consulting, LLC Beverly O’Dea 915 N. Laurel Lane Tacoma, WA 98406 (253) 380-5736 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ......................................................................................................... xiii Plan Update ................................................................................................................................................. xiv Initial Response to the DMA for the Coushatta Tribe ........................................................................... xv The 2021 Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Update—What has changed? ................................................. xv Plan Development Methodology ............................................................................................................... xvii Chapter 1. Introduction to Hazzard Mitigation Planning ............................................... 1-1 1.1 Authority .............................................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................. -
Trade, War and Empire: British Merchants in Cuba, 1762-17961
Nikolaus Böttcher Trade, War and Empire: British Merchants in Cuba, 1762-17961 In the late afternoon of 4 March 1762 the British war fleet left the port of Spithead near Portsmouth with the order to attack and conquer “the Havanah”, Spain’s main port in the Caribbean. The decision for the conquest was taken after the new Spanish King, Charles III, had signed the Bourbon family pact with France in the summer of 1761. George III declared war on Spain on 2 January of the following year. The initiative for the campaign against Havana had been promoted by the British Prime Minister William Pitt, the idea, however, was not new. During the “long eighteenth century” from the Glorious Revolution to the end of the Napoleonic era Great Britain was in war during 87 out of 127 years. Europe’s history stood under the sign of Britain’s aggres sion and determined struggle for hegemony. The main enemy was France, but Spain became her major ally, after the Bourbons had obtained the Spanish Crown in the War of the Spanish Succession. It was in this period, that America became an arena for the conflict between Spain, France and England for the political leadership in Europe and economic predominance in the colonial markets. In this conflict, Cuba played a decisive role due to its geographic location and commercial significance. To the Spaniards, the island was the “key of the Indies”, which served as the entry to their mainland colonies with their rich resources of precious metals and as the meeting-point for the Spanish homeward-bound fleet. -
Fronts in the World Ocean's Large Marine Ecosystems. ICES CM 2007
- 1 - This paper can be freely cited without prior reference to the authors International Council ICES CM 2007/D:21 for the Exploration Theme Session D: Comparative Marine Ecosystem of the Sea (ICES) Structure and Function: Descriptors and Characteristics Fronts in the World Ocean’s Large Marine Ecosystems Igor M. Belkin and Peter C. Cornillon Abstract. Oceanic fronts shape marine ecosystems; therefore front mapping and characterization is one of the most important aspects of physical oceanography. Here we report on the first effort to map and describe all major fronts in the World Ocean’s Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs). Apart from a geographical review, these fronts are classified according to their origin and physical mechanisms that maintain them. This first-ever zero-order pattern of the LME fronts is based on a unique global frontal data base assembled at the University of Rhode Island. Thermal fronts were automatically derived from 12 years (1985-1996) of twice-daily satellite 9-km resolution global AVHRR SST fields with the Cayula-Cornillon front detection algorithm. These frontal maps serve as guidance in using hydrographic data to explore subsurface thermohaline fronts, whose surface thermal signatures have been mapped from space. Our most recent study of chlorophyll fronts in the Northwest Atlantic from high-resolution 1-km data (Belkin and O’Reilly, 2007) revealed a close spatial association between chlorophyll fronts and SST fronts, suggesting causative links between these two types of fronts. Keywords: Fronts; Large Marine Ecosystems; World Ocean; sea surface temperature. Igor M. Belkin: Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 215 South Ferry Road, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, USA [tel.: +1 401 874 6533, fax: +1 874 6728, email: [email protected]]. -
Texas Hurricane History
Texas Hurricane History David Roth National Weather Service Camp Springs, MD Table of Contents Preface 3 Climatology of Texas Tropical Cyclones 4 List of Texas Hurricanes 8 Tropical Cyclone Records in Texas 11 Hurricanes of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 12 Hurricanes of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries 13 Hurricanes of the Late Nineteenth Century 16 The First Indianola Hurricane - 1875 21 Last Indianola Hurricane (1886)- The Storm That Doomed Texas’ Major Port 24 The Great Galveston Hurricane (1900) 29 Hurricanes of the Early Twentieth Century 31 Corpus Christi’s Devastating Hurricane (1919) 38 San Antonio’s Great Flood – 1921 39 Hurricanes of the Late Twentieth Century 48 Hurricanes of the Early Twenty-First Century 68 Acknowledgments 74 Bibliography 75 Preface Every year, about one hundred tropical disturbances roam the open Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. About fifteen of these become tropical depressions, areas of low pressure with closed wind patterns. Of the fifteen, ten become tropical storms, and six become hurricanes. Every five years, one of the hurricanes will become reach category five status, normally in the western Atlantic or western Caribbean. About every fifty years, one of these extremely intense hurricanes will strike the United States, with disastrous consequences. Texas has seen its share of hurricane activity over the many years it has been inhabited. Nearly five hundred years ago, unlucky Spanish explorers learned firsthand what storms along the coast of the Lone Star State were capable of. Despite these setbacks, Spaniards set down roots across Mexico and Texas and started colonies. Galleons filled with gold and other treasures sank to the bottom of the Gulf, off such locations as Padre and Galveston Islands. -
Cuban Antifascism and the Spanish Civil War: Transnational Activism, Networks, and Solidarity in the 1930S
Cuban Antifascism and the Spanish Civil War: Transnational Activism, Networks, and Solidarity in the 1930s Ariel Mae Lambe Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2014 © 2014 Ariel Mae Lambe All rights reserved ABSTRACT Cuban Antifascism and the Spanish Civil War: Transnational Activism, Networks, and Solidarity in the 1930s Ariel Mae Lambe This dissertation shows that during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) diverse Cubans organized to support the Spanish Second Republic, overcoming differences to coalesce around a movement they defined as antifascism. Hundreds of Cuban volunteers—more than from any other Latin American country—traveled to Spain to fight for the Republic in both the International Brigades and the regular Republican forces, to provide medical care, and to serve in other support roles; children, women, and men back home worked together to raise substantial monetary and material aid for Spanish children during the war; and longstanding groups on the island including black associations, Freemasons, anarchists, and the Communist Party leveraged organizational and publishing resources to raise awareness, garner support, fund, and otherwise assist the cause. The dissertation studies Cuban antifascist individuals, campaigns, organizations, and networks operating transnationally to help the Spanish Republic, contextualizing these efforts in Cuba’s internal struggles of the 1930s. It argues that both transnational solidarity and domestic concerns defined Cuban antifascism. First, Cubans confronting crises of democracy at home and in Spain believed fascism threatened them directly. Citing examples in Ethiopia, China, Europe, and Latin America, Cuban antifascists—like many others—feared a worldwide menace posed by fascism’s spread. -
ASTRA MILITARUM SOLDIERS of the IMPERIUM These Datasheets Allow You to Fight Apocalypse Battles with Your Astra Militarum Miniatures
ASTRA MILITARUM SOLDIERS OF THE IMPERIUM These datasheets allow you to fight Apocalypse battles with your Astra Militarum miniatures. Each datasheet includes the characteristics profiles of the unit it describes, as well as any wargear and special abilities it may have. KEYWORDS Throughout these datasheets you will come across the <Regiment> keyword. This is shorthand for a keyword of your choosing, as described below. <REGIMENT> Most Astra Militarum units are drawn from a regiment. Some datasheets specify which regiment the unit is drawn from (e.g. Mukaali Riders have the Tallarn keyword, so are drawn from the Tallarn Regiment), but where a datasheet does not, it will have the <Regiment> keyword. When you include such a unit in your army, you must nominate which regiment that unit is from. You then simply replace the <Regiment> keyword in every instance on that unit’s datasheet with the name of your chosen regiment. For example, if you were to include an Atlas Recovery Tank in your army, and you decided it was from Vostroya, its <Regiment> Faction keyword is changed to Vostroyan and its Recovery Vehicle ability would then read: ‘At the end of the Action phase, this unit can to repair one friendly Vostroyan Vehicle unit in base contact with it. If it does, remove one damage marker from that Vehicle unit. Only one attempt to repair each unit can be made each turn.’ ATLAS RECOVERY TANK 5 An Atlas Recovery Tank is a unit that contains 1 model. It is equipped with: Heavy Bolter; Armoured Hull. M WS BS A W Ld Sv Atlas Recovery Tank 12" 6+ 4+ 1 2 5 6+ WEAPON TYPE RANGE A SAP SAT ABILITIES Heavy Bolter Heavy 36" 1 7+ 9+ - Heavy Stubber Heavy 36" 1 8+ 10+ - Storm Bolter Small Arms 24" 1 9+ 10+ Rapid Fire Armoured Hull Melee Melee User 10+ 10+ - WARGEAR OPTIONS • This unit can also be equipped with one of the following (Power Rating +1): 1 Heavy Stubber; 1 Storm Bolter. -
Proposal for Inclusion of the Oceanic White-Tip Shark in Appendix I of The
UNEP/CMS/COP13/Doc.27.1.8/Rev.2 CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY 20 February 2020 SPECIES Original: English 13th MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES Gandhinagar, India, 17 - 22 February 2020 Agenda Item 27.1 PROPOSAL FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE WHITE-TIP SHARK (Carcharhinus longimanus) ON APPENDIX I OF THE CONVENTION* Summary: The Federative Republic of Brazil has submitted the attached proposal for the inclusion of the Oceanic White-tip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) in Appendix I of CMS. Rev.2 contains the original version of the document with one amendment that was made in the Range States section. Other amendments that were presented in Rev.1 had been removed again. *The geographical designations employed in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the CMS Secretariat (or the United Nations Environment Programme) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The responsibility for the contents of the document rests exclusively with its author. UNEP/CMS/COP13/Doc.27.1.8/Rev.2 PROPOSAL FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE OCEANIC WHITE-TIP SHARK (Carcharhinus longimanus) ON APPENDIX I OF THE CONVENTION A. PROPOSAL Inclusion of all populations of Carcharhinus longimanus on Appendix I B. PROPONENT Brazil C. SUPPORTING STATEMENT 1. Taxonomy 1.1 Class: Chondrichthyes, subclass Elasmobranchii 1.2 Order: Carcharhiniformes, Requin sharks 1.3 Family: Carcharhinidae 1.4 Genus: Carcharhinus Species: Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey 1861) 1.5 Common name(s) English: oceanic white-tip shark French: requin blanc Spanish: tiburon oceanico Figure 1. -
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CLIPPER 021799 Asset Fact Sheets MARKETING
CLIPPER SEAL TS (BP) CA TEESSIDE CUTTER SOLE PIT CARRACK BARQUE GALLEON SHAMROCK CARAVEL EASINGTON CLIPPER BRIGANTINE CLIPPER SKIFF STANLOW INDE AMELAND INDE FIELD CORVETTE SEAN GRIJPSKERK SEAN FIELD LEMAN BACTON BBL DEN HELDER GREAT YARMOUTH BALGZAND INTERCONNECTOR EMMEN THE HAGUE SCHIEDAM LONDON CLIPPER ZEEBRUGGE CLIPPER Clipper is in the Southern part of the UK sector of the North Sea in the Sole Pit field. Located 113km (70 miles) north north east of Lowestoft, 73km (46 miles) from Bacton and 66km (41 miles) from the nearest point of the Norfolk coast. It is a Normally Attended Installation (NAI) comprising five fixed bridge linked platforms Clipper PW Wellhead Platform Clipper PT Production Platform - which is manned Clipper PC Compression Platform Clipper PM Metering / Compression Platform Clipper PR Riser Platform The Clipper installation produces and processes natural gas from its own wells and imports and processes gas from Barque PB & PL, Galleon PN & PG, Skiff PS, Cutter QC and Carrack QA. KEY FACTS Block 48/19a Sector Southern North Sea Approx distance to land 109km (68 miles) North of Lowestoft Water Depth 112ft (34m) Hydrocarbons Produced Gas Export Method Gas piped to Bacton Gas Terminal Operated / Non-Operated Operated Graphics, Media & Publication Services (Aberdeen) ITV/UZDC : Ref. 021799 January 2016 CLIPPER INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION Entry Specification: GSV 37-44.5MJ/sm3, Oxygen <0.2%, CO2 Max 2 mol%, H2S <3.3ppm, Total Sulphur <15ppm, WI 48-51.5 MJ/Sm3, Inerts <7%, N2 <5% Outline details of Primary separation processing -
Derlas Vol 3 No 2 Coello
DeRLAS Vol 3 No 2 Coello Delaware Review of Latin American Studies Vol. 3 No. 2 August 15, 2002 Under construction “Good Indians”, “Bad Indians”, “What Christians?”: The Dark Side of the New World in Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478-1557).* Alexandre Coello de la Rosa Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona *This essay was presented on June 23, 2001, at the Alexander Von Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. It is part of a book in progress, provisionally entitled Of Nature and Man: Wonder and Exoticism in Gonzalo Renández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478-1557). Warm thanks to Horacio Capel, Fermín del Pino, Josefina Gómez Mendoza, Ángel Gurría Quintana, Jan Gustaffson, Patricia Pou y Vila, and Guy Rozat Dupeyron who responded generously to earlier version, as well as to this journal's readers. A Spanish version of this article appeared in SCRIPTA NOVA, the Online Journal on Geography and Social Sciences of the Department of Geography at the Universitat de Barcelona (U.B.), Vol. V, no 101, 15 de noviembre de 2001 Abstract The purpose of this article is to explore the discursive flaws and moral contradictions in Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo’s writings. These contradictions stem from his post as a royal chronicler of the Indies, which pitted him forcefully against the diabolical Indians while exalting Spain’s providential design, on the one hand, and his own judgment, which led him to criticize the arrogance, greed and military incompetence of some Spanish conquistadors, on the other. 1. Introduction 2. The Offspring of the Devil 3. -
Comparison of Spanish Colonization—Latin America and the Philippines
Title: Comparison of Spanish Colonization—Latin America and the Philippines Teacher: Anne Sharkey, Huntley High School Summary: This lesson took part as a comparison of the different aspects of the Spanish maritime empires with a comparison of Spanish colonization of Mexico & Cuba to that of the Philippines. The lessons in this unit begin with a basic understanding of each land based empire of the time period 1450-1750 (Russia, Ottomans, China) and then with a movement to the maritime transoceanic empires (Spain, Portugal, France, Britain). This lesson will come after the students already have been introduced to the Spanish colonial empire and the Spanish trade systems through the Atlantic and Pacific. Through this lesson the students will gain an understanding of Spanish systems of colonial rule and control of the peoples and the territories. The evaluation of causes of actions of the Spanish, reactions to native populations, and consequences of Spanish involvement will be discussed with the direct correlation between the social systems and structures created, the influence of the Christian missionaries, the rebellions and conflicts with native populations between the two locations in the Latin American Spanish colonies and the Philippines. Level: High School Content Area: AP World History, World History, Global Studies Duration: Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to: Compare the economic, political, social, and cultural structures of the Spanish involvement in Latin America with the Spanish involvement with the Philippines Compare the effects of mercantilism on Latin America and the Philippines Evaluate the role of the encomienda and hacienda system on both regions Evaluate the influence of the silver trade on the economies of both regions Analyze the creation of a colonial society through the development of social classes—Peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, mulattos, etc.