23 research outputs found
Ledi
No full textLedi, the second book by Vancouver poet Kim Trainor, describes the excavation of an Iron Age Pazyryk woman from her ice-bound grave in the steppes of Siberia. Along with the woman's carefully preserved body, with its blue tattoos of leopards and griffins, grave goods were also discovered-rosehips and wild garlic, translucent vessels carved from horn, snow-white felt stockings and coriander seeds for burning at death. The archaeologist who discovered her, Natalya Polosmak, called her 'Ledi' - 'the Lady' - and it was speculated that she may have held a ceremonial position such as story teller or shaman within her tribe. Trainor uses this burial site to undertake the emotional excavation of the death of a former lover by suicide. This book-length poem presents a compelling story in the form of an archaeologist's notebook, a collage of journal entries, spare lyric poems, inventories, and images. As the poem relates the discovery of Ledi's gravesite, the narrator attempts simultaneously to reconstruct her own past relationship and the body of her lover. From publisher description.poetr
PENGEMBAGAN MULTIMEDIA ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO PADA TATA RIAS PENGANTIN TRADISIONAL SUKU TOLAKI SULAWESI TENGGARA
No full textAbstrak: Tata rias pengantin tradisional merupakan salah satu bentuk kebudayaan di Indonesia yang harus dijaga kelestarianya, seperti tata rias pengantin suku Tolaki Sulawesi Tenggara. Cara yang dapat dilakukan untuk melestarikan kebudayaan tersebut adalah dengan membuat dokumentasi dengan materi tata rias pengantin tradisional suku Tolaki. Dokumentasi tersebut diwujudkan dalam bentuk aplikasi multimedia electronic portfolio yang dapat menyimpan dokumen dalam berbagai format seperti: teks, gambar, video, dan power point (PPT), dengan menggunakan adobe acrobat X pro.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan multimedia electronic portfolio pada tata rias pengantin tradisional suku Tolaki Sulawesi Tenggara yang layak Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan model penelitian reaserch and development (R&D), yang terdiri dari 6 tahapan yaitu, potensi dan masalah, pengumpulan data, desain produk, validasi desain, perbaikan desain, dan analisis dan pelaporan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan nilai rata-rata hasil validasi kelayakan multimedia oleh 3 orang dosen ahli multimedia UNESA adalah 87,7%. Nilai rata-rata hasil validasi kelayakan materi oleh 1 orang dari Dinas Pariwisata Sulawesi Tenggara dan 2 orang perias pengantin tradisional suku Tolaki adalah 90,3%. Dari hasil penelitian respon yaitu mahasiswa S1 pendidikan tata rias UNESA dan perias pengantin tradisional suku Tolaki mendapat nilai rata-rata sebesar 87,6%. Sehingga dari hasil analisis yang didapatkan dari pengembangan multimedia electronic portfolio pada tata rias pengantin tradisional Suku Tolaki layak untuk digunakan dengan kategori sangat baik/ sangat layak.
Kata kunci: Multimedia Electronic Portfolio, Tata Rias Pengantin Tradisional Suku Tolaki
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Abstract: Traditional wedding make up is one of Indonesian culture that must be kept its at sustainability, such as traditional wedding make up of Tolaki ethnic of southeast Sulawesi. The way to conserve these culture is making documentation associated with subject of traditional wedding make up of Tolaki ethnic. The documentation can be made in the form multimedia application of electronic portfolio that can save documention in various format, such as text, picture, video, and powerpoint (PPT), by using adobe acrobat X pro. This research is due to produce feasible mulitmedia electronic portfolio in traditional wedding make up of tolaki ethnic of Southeast Sulawesi. This research using research and development (R&D), model which consists of 6 steps, namely: potency and problem, data collecting, product design, design validation, design improvements, and analysis and report. Experiment result shows average scores of validation result multimedia feasible by 3 lecture of UNESA multimedia master is 87,7%. Average score of subject feasible validation by one representative of tourism department of Southeast Sulawesi and two representative of traditional wedding beautycian of Tolaki ethnic are 90,3%. From respondent result, that is student of S1 cosmetology education of UNESA and tolaki ethnic beautician result average score as 87,6%. So, from the analysist result that is achieved from multimedia electronic portfolio development in traditional wedding make up of Tolaki ethnic is feasible by category very good/very feasible.
Keywords: Multimedia electronic portfolio, traditional wedding make up of Tolaki ethnic
 
The geologic history of central and eastern Ledi-Geraru, Afar, Ethiopia
No full textabstract: Sedimentary basins in the Afar Depression, Ethiopia archive the progression of continental breakup, record regional changes in east African climate and volcanism, and host what are arguably the most important fossiliferous strata for studying early human evolution and innovation. Significant changes in rift tectonics, climate, and faunal assemblages occur between 3-2.5 million years ago (Ma), but sediments spanning this time period are sparse. In this dissertation, I present the results of a geologic investigation targeting sediments between 3-2.5 Ma in the central and eastern Ledi Geraru (CLG and ELG) field areas in the lower Awash Valley, using a combination of geologic mapping, stratigraphy, and tephra chemistry and dating. At Gulfaytu in CLG, I mapped the northern-most outcrops of the hominin-bearing Hadar Formation (3.8-2.9 Ma), a 20 m-thick section of flat-lying lacustrine sediments containing 8 new tephras that directly overlie the widespread BKT-2 marker beds (2.95 Ma). Paleolake Hadar persisted after 2.95 Ma, and the presence and characteristics of the Busidima Formation (2.7-0.016 Ma) indicates Gulfaytu was affected by a reversal in depositional basin polarity. Combined with regional and geophysical data, I show the Hadar Formation underlying CLG is >300 m thick, supporting the hypothesis that it was the lower Awash Pliocene depocenter. At ELG, I mapped >300 m of sediments spanning 3.0-2.45 Ma. These sediments coarsen upward and show a progression from fluctuating lake conditions to fluvial landscapes and widespread soil development. This is consistent with the temporal change in depositional environments observed elsewhere in the lower Awash Valley, and suggests that these strata are correlative with the Hadar Formation. Furthermore, the strata and basalts at ELG are highly faulted, and overprinted by shifting extension directions attributed to the northern migration of the Afar triple junction. The presence of fossiliferous beds and stone tools makes ELG a high-priority target for anthropological and archaeological research. This study provides a new temporally-calibrated and high-resolution record of deposition, volcanism, and faulting patterns during a period of significant change in the Afar.Dissertation/ThesisPh.D. Geological Sciences 201
Tephrostratigraphy of Pliocene Drill Cores from Kenya and Ethiopia, and Pleistocene Exposures in the Ledi-Geraru Research Project Area, Ethiopia: Geological Context for the Evolution of Australopithecus and Homo
No full textabstract: East African extensional basins have played a crucial role in revealing the evolution and characteristics of the early stages of continental rifting and for providing the geological context of hominin evolution and innovation. The numerous volcanic eruptions, rapid sedimentation and burial, and subsequent exposure through faulting and erosion, provide excellent conditions for the preservation of tectonic history, paleoenvironment data, and vertebrate fossils. The reconstruction of depositional environments and provision of geochronologic frameworks for hominin sites have been largely provided by geologic investigations in conjunction with paleontological studies, like the Ledi-Geraru Research Project (LGRP). High-resolution paleoclimate records that can be directly linked to hominin fossil outcrops have been developed by the Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP) which collected sedimentary-paleolake cores at or near key hominin fossil sites.
Two chapters of this dissertation are a result of research associated with the HSPDP. For HSPDP, I establish a tephrostratigraphic framework for the drill cores from the Northern Awash (Afar, Ethiopia) and Baringo-Tugen Hills-Barsemoi (Kenya) HSPDP sites. I characterize and fingerprint tephra through glass shard and feldspar phenocryst geochemistry. From tephra geochemical analyses, I establish chronostratigraphic ties between the HSPDP cores’ high-resolution paleoclimate records to outcrop stratigraphy which are associated with hominin fossils sites.
Three chapters of this dissertation are a result of field work with the LGRP. I report new geological investigations (stratigraphic, tectonic, and volcanic) of two previously unmapped regions from the eastern Ledi-Geraru (ELG), Asboli and Markaytoli. Building upon this research I present interpretations from tephra analyses, detailed stratigraphic analyses, and geologic mapping, of the Pleistocene (~2.6 to < 2.45 Ma) basin history for the LGRP. My work with the LGRP helps to reconstruct a more complete Early Pleistocene depositional and geologic history of the lower Awash Valley.
Overall, this dissertation contributes to the reconstruction of hominin paleoenvironments and the geochronological framework of the Pliocene and Pleistocene faunal/hominin records. It further contributes to rift basin history in East Africa by elaborating the later structural and stratigraphic history of the lower Awash region.Dissertation/ThesisDoctoral Dissertation Geological Sciences 201
Taman Sepeda Sebagai Peningkat Indeks Kebahagiaan Masyarakat Kota Bengkulu
No full textKota Bengkulu merupakan kota yang sedang berkembang dalam segi apapun salah satunya arsitektur. Mengangkat permasalahan mengenai indeks kebahagiaan masyarakat kota kini menjadi salah satu faktor yang menjadi acuan untuk menentukan perkembangan suatu daerah. Dalam sebuah buku Happy City, yang ditulis oleh penulis Canada bernama Charles Montgomery, membahas berbagai macam masalah di perkotaan dan cara untuk mengatasinya. Salah satu cara untuk meningkatkan indeks kebahagiaan masyarakat adalah dengan membangun sebuah ruang publik.
Ruang publik yang di desain harus sesuai dengan kebutuhan yang ada di daerah tersebut. Penulis melakukan survey untuk menentukan ruang publik yang sesuai dengan masyarakat di daerah tersbut. Survey menunjukkan hasil bahwa kegiatan bersepeda merupakan kegiatan yang sering dilakukan oleh masyarakat kota Bengkulu, namun sangat di sayangkan belum adanya tempat untuk melakukan kegiatan tersebut dengan aman dan nyaman. Masyarakat kebanyakan menggunkan jalan raya sebagai jalur mereka bersepeda. Penggunaan jalan raya sebagai jalur untuk bersepeda merupakan penyalah gunaan fungsi karena dapat membahayakan keselamatan serta mengganggu kenyamanan pengendara sepeda. Hal ini yang mendasari penulis dalam menentukan objek yang akan dirancang. Pendekatan desain public space oleh Stephen Carr mengarah untuk menggunakan metode superimposisi. Pada metode superimposisi dilakukan penggabungan layer dari titik, garis dan bidang. Akses visual dan pergerakan nantinya akan menjadi salah satu penentu dalam konsep desain.
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Bengkulu city is a developing city in terms of any one of them is architecture. Talking about the issue of the Happy City index of urban society is now one of the factors that become the reference for determining the development of a region. In a Happy City book, written by a Canadian author named Charles Montgomery, discusses a wide variety of urban issues and ways to solve them. One of the way to improve the Happy City index is to build a public space.
The designated public spaces must match the needs of the area. The author conducted a survey to determine the appropriate public spaces with the community in that area. Survey shows the results is that cycling activities is an activity that is often done by the people of Bengkulu city, but unfortunately there is no place to accomodate these activities safely and comfortably. Most people use the highway as their biking path. The use of highways as a cycling lane is wrong because it can dangerous dan not safe at all. This is the reason for author underlying author in determining the object to be designed. The approach of public space design by Stephen Carr leads to using the superimposition method. In superimposition method is done merging layer of point, line and surface. Visual access and movement will be one of the determinants in the design concept
Mind Science and compass for Everyday Life: Navigating Mind, Matter, and Liberation Vol:8 The Ultimate Goal: Nibbāna
No full textSynopsis:
The final book reveals the heart of Buddhist teaching — Nibbāna, the unconditioned reality beyond mind and matter. It explains what Nibbāna is (and is not), how it relates to the Four Noble Truths, and how it can be realized through the path of purification. Using simple language and beautiful similes from Ledi Sayadaw, this book guides readers to understand peace, freedom, and the end of suffering.
Learning Outcome:
Readers will understand Nibbāna as the supreme truth and the goal of the Buddhist path — a state of perfect peace where greed, hatred, and delusion are ended. They will be inspired to walk the path with faith and clarity. Book 8 – The Ultimate Goal: Nibbāna
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The final book presents Nibbāna, the unconditioned reality that marks the end of suffering. It explains Nibbāna not as annihilation, but as the cessation of greed, hatred, and delusion — the highest peace beyond mind and matter. Drawing from the Abhidhamma and classical commentaries such as Ledi Sayadaw’s Dhamma on Nibbāna, the book defines Nibbāna’s nature, its realization through the supramundane paths and fruits, and its relation to the Four Noble Truths. In simple but profound terms, it helps readers appreciate Nibbāna as the timeless freedom at the heart of the Buddha’s teaching — the ultimate aim of study, practice, and wisdom..May this volume help you see moments as moments—clearly, kindly, and to liberating effect.
With Respect
The Author
Sao Dhammasami
Bhikkhu Indasoma Siridantamahapalaka ( Pen Name
Islamophobia and the ECtHR : a test case for positive subsidiarity for the protection of Europe’s long-term migrants?
No full textIn Chapter 9, Eva Brems, building on the same case-law on religious freedoms, and also on S.A.S. v France, raises the question of whether the Court treats the cases from long term migrants differently from cases that are brought by ‘authentic' citizens. Brems shows, in particular, that the methodology used by the Court in burqa cases is different from the one used by the Court on ‘gay propaganda’. The difference in the Court’s approach to handling these cases, the author argues, reifies the ‘otherness’ of migrants, and, more specifically, the ‘otherness’ of Muslim migrants in Europe. Brems proposes that the Court should revisit the messages it is sending to national authorities regarding their approaches to multicultural conflicts over Islamic migrant minority practices. This is situated in the framework of ‘positive
subsidiarity’. It is argued that even when the margin of appreciation is a wide one, the Court has a responsibility to offer guidance to states parties on three levels: substantive, procedural, and discursive. The paper then explores the messages sent by the Court to states parties in the field of the restriction of Islamic minority practices. First it does so by comparing what is widely considered the Court’s ‘worst practice’ in this field—the face veil cases—with its ‘best practice’ in a different, but comparable field—the ‘gay propaganda’ cases
Long term retention and excretion of 201Tl in a patient after myocardial perfusion imaging
No full textInternational audience201Tl is widely used in nuclear medicine to carry out myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). However, very limited data is available on long-term distribution in the body, excretion and corresponding dose. In this study we performed a 2 month follow-up of a patient who underwent MPI, by urine analysis and in vivo measurements. The biological half-life of thallium was consequently estimated to be 11.6-27 d, which is in partial agreement with previous studies. We also estimated excretion and retention of 200Tl, 201Tl and 202Tl isotopes using the biokinetic parameters from ICRP publication 53 and compared the forecast result with actual measurements. The latter demonstrated a higher urinary excretion and a higher body retention than what was expected. Our results therefore suggest that the long-term retention and consequently the effective dose coefficient for 201Tl considered in ICRP publications 53 and 80 may be slightly underestimated. © The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved
Potential of modern technologies for improving internal exposure monitoring
No full textInternational audienceInternal dosimetry is the science of assessing the amount and distribution of radionuclides in the body, and calculating resulting radiation doses to internal organs or tissues over specific time periods. Because the ionizing radiation energy deposited in a particular organ from radionuclides incorporated in the body cannot be measured directly, internal doses are estimated or inferred principally from in vivo or in vitro bioassay. As a matter of fact, in an effort to implement effective programmes in internal dosimetry, since internal dosimetry programmes exist, the internal dosimetry laboratories have always tried to develop new capabilities for these techniques or achieve the harmonisation in individual monitoring for occupational exposures. The primary goal of this paper is to categorise the principal trends made in recent developments in these fields regarding their potential and eligibility for the routine monitoring community and discuss the main aspects, which aims at a comprehensive assessment of these techniques. Secondly, starting from these data, their potential improvements are compared to the currently employed monitoring techniques used in routines. © The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved
Automatic application of ICRP biokinetic models in voxel phantoms for in vivo counting and internal dose assessment
No full textInternational audienceAs part of the improvement of calibration techniques of in vivo counting, the Laboratory of Internal Dose Assessment of the Institute of Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety has developed a computer tool, 'OEDIPE', to model internal contamination, to simulate in vivo counting and to calculate internal dose. The first version of this software could model sources located in a single organ. As the distribution of the contamination evolves from the time of intake according to the biokinetics of the radionuclide, a new facility has been added to the software first to allow complex heterogeneous source modelling and then to automatically integrate the distribution of the contamination in the different tissues estimated by biokinetic calculation at any time since the intake. These new developments give the opportunity to study the influence of the biokinetics on the in vivo counting, leading to a better assessment of the calibration factors and the corresponding uncertainties. © The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved
