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Mapping the Driftless Area | Acceity

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Mapping the Driftless Area. 22 June 2012 Category: Nature. The Making of the Region. Limit of Glaciation around the Driftless Area during the Quaternary Ice Age. This map is based on U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series I-2789, " Surficial Deposits and Materials in the Eastern and Central United States. By David S. Fullerton, Charles A. Bush, and Jean N. Pennell (2004). The Making of the Map. Aided me with further graphic editing and layer compositing all on a GNU/Linux operating system.

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Acceity - Part 2

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Archived articles may or may not reflect my current views. Dusting Off the Old Blog. 15 June 2012 Category: Site News. It's been almost a year since I posted my last update. Rest assured that Acceity lives: I have more than one article in the works for the site this summer. I can't promise a date for these updates just yet, so you'll need to subscribe with RSS. Or just check back in a few days. A few years ago in a post much like this one. I know this is. Posted By: Joshua No Comments (Add Yours). Provis...

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You are browsing the. Archived articles may or may not reflect my current views. Laura Sherry and the Wisconsin Players: Little Theatre in the Badger State. 12 May 2011 Category: Arts. Note: This article was originally published at Acceity.org on 12 May 2011. And was revised and expanded with new sources on 18 June 2012. The announcement in the. Laura Sherry and the Wisconsin Players represented something different: the Little Theatre, an emerging national movement of non-commercial and non-professional ...

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The Lake That Never Was | Acceity

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The Lake That Never Was. 2 August 2012 Category: History. I created the map above to define the extent of the planned lake more clearly. The map is based on elevation data I had downloaded from the USGS NED for my Driftless Area Map. From Brad Steinmetz, author of. That Dam History: The Story of the La Farge Dam Project. The Kickapoo Valley Reserve. The valley today, with several pages of history. Posted By: Joshua Trackback. Leave your questions and reactions here. Asterisks (*) denote a required field.

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Exploring new interfaces to the past. Mapping the Life and Death of Jean Lalime. Middot; Posted by Joshua Wachuta. Map of “Chicago in 1812” from. By Juliette Kinzie, daughter-in-law of the man who killed Jean Lalime. Digital Image from the Newberry Library. This semester I’ve been working with my Loyola colleagues Amber. To develop an online exhibit about the life and death of Jean Lalime. Lalime is often billed as “ Chicago’s First Murder Victim. 2 Comments →. Old and New: Digitizing History.

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Miscellany | Acceity

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You are browsing the. Archived articles may or may not reflect my current views. 17 December 2012 Category: Miscellany. I've lately flown into the city. A landscape where timelines entwine. Forever rolling, shifting, changing. Like sand below the waves. Posted By: Joshua No Comments. The Fallacy of Efficiency. 14 February 2011 Category: Miscellany. Efficiency, however, is a property of. Is the most efficient plan for your boss the most efficient plan for you? Let's take a collective step back from this m...

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You are browsing the. Archived articles may or may not reflect my current views. Remembering James Gates Percival. 23 September 2010 Category: History. Engraving of James Gates Percival as a young man. What's earth, what's life, to space, eternity? Tis but a flash, a glance from birth to death;. And he, who ruled the world, would only be. Lord of a point a creature of a breath;. And what is it to gain a hero's name,. Or build one's greatness on the rabble's roar? That shines a moment, and is seen no more.

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Floods Strike Again: A Case For Land Conservation | Acceity

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Floods Strike Again: A Case For Land Conservation. 30 June 2013 Category: Headlines. Wisconsin Highway 60 was among several roads damaged by heavy rains in June 2013. Photo by Richland County Emergency Management via the National Weather Service. The Summer of 2013 began with floods, washouts, and landslides across the Driftless Area. Today only very heavy rains overwhelm the Driftless Area's timeworn valleys, and between ten and thirteen inches. Although the storms of June 2013 seem extraordinary, a cur...

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Links | Acceity

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Here are a few links of interest culled from across the World Wide Web. The list was last updated June 19, 2012 but it's is always a work in progress. A link is not necessarily an endorsement. Peace Good Tickle Brain. With a baggie on her forearm. A Madison blog by Peter Patau. Blog by UW-Madison math professor and author Jordan Ellenberg. Objects and Images from Wisconsin's Past. How Can You Beat an "Ideas Network"? Documentaries produced by Wisconsin Public TV (some are free to watch online!