Alex E. Davis, Graduate of the New York Trade School

Alexander Davis, Jr., a graduate of the Carpentry program of the New York Trade School in 1955 is shown working. Original caption reads, "Carpenter Contractor, Alex E. Davis Builder, Easton, Pa. Alexander Davis, Jr. - Carpentry 1955. The remodeling of old and building of new houses etc., offers many opportunities for success. Mr. Davis is shown hanging a new door on a building." Black and white photograph with caption glued to reverse.

Working on a Lathe in the Carpentry Department of the New York Trade School

A student or teacher at the New York Trade School is shown working on a lathe in the Carpentry Department. Black and white photograph credited to the New York City Works Progress Administration.

Automotive Classroom at the New York Trade School

Black and white photograph of an empty classroom of the Automotive Department at the New York Trade School.

City Of Toronto’S Approach On Implementing The New Federal Wastewater Effluent Regulations Using A GIS-Based Hydrologic And Hydraulic Model

Canada releases over 150 billion litres of untreated and undertreated wastewater into the water environment every year1. To clean up urban wastewater, new Federal Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations (WSER) on establishing national baseline effluent quality standards that are achievable through secondary wastewater treatment were enacted on July 18, 2012. With respect to the wastewater from the combined sewer overflows (CSO), the Regulations require the municipalities to report the annual quantity and frequency of effluent discharges. The City of Toronto currently has about 300 CSO locations within an area of approximately 16,550 hectares. The total sewer length of the CSO area is about 3,450 km and the number of sewer manholes is about 51,100. A system-wide monitoring of all CSO locations has never been undertaken due to the cost and practicality. Instead, the City has relied on estimation methods and modelling approaches in the past to allow funds that would otherwise be used for monitoring to be applied to the reduction of the impacts of the CSOs. To fulfill the WSER requirements, the City is now undertaking a study in which GIS-based hydrologic and hydraulic modelling is the approach. Results show the usefulness of this for 1) determining the flows contributing to the combined sewer system in the local and trunk sewers for dry weather flow, wet weather flow, and snowmelt conditions; 2) assessing hydraulic grade line and surface water depth in all the local and trunk sewers under heavy rain events; 3) analysis of local and trunk sewer capacities for future growth; and 4) reporting of the annual quantity and frequency of CSOs as per the requirements in the new Regulations. This modelling approach has also allowed funds to be applied toward reducing and ultimately eliminating the adverse impacts of CSOs rather than expending resources on unnecessary and costly monitoring.

Librarians Are the New Polymaths

Belle Greene may have been small in stature but her legacy is great.

Libraries-As-Sex: The New Paradigm?

“Libraries are a lot like sex.” There just had to be a way, I kept telling myself as I watched somnambulant freshperson after somnambulant freshperson (is that what we’re calling them now?) drag his or her soporific self into our library research classes.

Collaboration Is the New Black

Orange may be the new black, but as I have seen only five minutes of that show, I can’t really use it here. Besides, based on the five minutes I saw, I would assume it is a series written by males. Not since the Victoria’s Secret catalog have I seen so many women wearing fewer clothes, or engaging in so many unmentionable acts. I’ll stop there because my Victorianism is showing, I’m sure.

The new developmentalism and conventional orthodoxy

O Fracasso das Políticas e Reformas Propostas por Washington e Nova York, Aqui Denominadas Ortodoxia Convencional , em Promover a Estabilização e o Crescimento Econômico na América Latina Abriu Espaço para o Surgimento de uma Estratégia Nacional de Crescimento, a Qual Chamamos Novo-Desenvolvimentismo . Capitalismo, Desenvolvimento Econômico, Nação e Estado-Nação são Conceitos Históricos Interdependentes. o Desenvolvimento do Capitalismo Depende de uma Estratégia Nacional que Precisa de uma Nação Capaz de Formulá-La. o Antigo Desenvolvimentismo Promoveu o Crescimento na América Latina Desde os Anos 1930, Mas nos Anos 1980 Ficou Ultrapassado. Diferentemente, o Novo Desenvolvimentismo é Orientado para as Exportações e Rejeita o Protecionismo. Ambicionando um Mercado e um Estado Fortes, Apóia uma Disciplina Fiscal que Vise uma Poupança Pública Positiva. é Nacionalista, Porque Visa o Interesse Nacional e Rejeita as Pressões Vindas do Norte, Mas é um Nacionalismo Liberal, Social e Republicano. Diverge Fortemente da Ortodoxia Convencional, Porque Rejeita a Estratégia de Crescimento com Poupança Externa e a Abertura da Conta Capital, Afirma que a Taxa de Cambio Pode e Deve ser Administrada, e que é Necessária uma Estratégia Especial para Combater Taxa de Juro Alta e a Moeda Apreciada que Mantêm a Economia Brasileira Instável e Semi-Estagnada.

The new Brazilian bankruptcy law and its impacts on the credit market

No início de 2005, uma nova Lei de Falências foi aprovada pelo Congresso Nacional, entrando em meados de junho do mesmo ano. A nova legislação ampliou o grau de proteção ao credor em muitos aspectos. Este artigo busca investigar algumas das consequências empíricas dessa nova lei sobre o mercado de crédito, utilizado dados de firmas argentinas, brasileiras, chilenas e mexicanas para estimar dois modelos para dados em painel: o primeiro com tendências específicas para cada firma e o outro com tendência macro comum às firmas de um mesmo país. A estimação dos dois modelos produziu resultados similares. Foram encontrados impactos significativos sobre a oferta de crédito, o custo da dívida e a oferta de crédito segurado, não-segurado e de longo prazo. Não foram encontrados impactos sobre o total de dívida de curto prazo.