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Kara Gust interviews author Jeff Vande Zande
No full textAuthor Jeff Vande Zande talks about teaching and writing, poems vs. short stories, developing characters in his stories based on his personal experience, and his current projects. Vande Zande is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Kara Gust for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series
Jeff Rasley; Trekker, Author
No full textJeff, the author of Bringing Progress To Paradise, is a graduate of the University of Chicago 1975, A.B. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, All-Academic All-State Football Team and letter winner in swimming and football; Indiana University School of Law 1979, J.D. cum laude, Moot Court and Indiana Law Review; Christian Theological Seminary 1988, M.Div. magna cum laude, co-valedictorian and Faculty Award Scholar. Rasley was admitted to the Indiana and U.S. District Court Bars in 1979 and later to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. He practiced law in Indianapolis for thirty years. Rasley is currently partner in Knowledge Capture Publishing and editing, president of the Basa Village Foundation USA Inc. and U.S. liaison for the Nepal-based Himalayan expedition company, Adventure GeoTreks, Ltd. He teaches classes for IUPUI Continuing Ed. Program and Indiana Writers Center. He is an avid outdoorsman and recreational athlete. He leads trekking-mountaineering expeditions in Nepal and has solo-kayaked around several Pacific island groups. Rasley also loves to read and considers completing Marcel Proust’s 3600 page Remembrance of Things Past as one of his most enjoyable accomplishments. Rasley is married to Alicia, who is a multi-published author, RITA Award winner, and University professor
Author/historian Jeff LaHurd with one of his Books
No full textAuthor, journalist and local historian Jeff LaHurd poses with his book "Quintessential Sarasota: Stories and Pictures from the 1920s to the 1950s." He has written a number of books on the history of Sarasota
Author Jeff Vande Zande reads his selected works at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textAuthor Jeff Vande Zande reads selections from both his poetry and fiction, including "Transient" and "Threatened species", and answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Peter Berg, head of Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Jeff Rasley, Author and Coach
No full textJeff Rasley is a graduate of the University of Chicago, A.B. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, All-Academic All-State Football Team and letter winner in swimming and football; Indiana University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, Moot Court and Indiana Law Review; Christian Theological Seminary, M.Div. magna cum laude, co-valedictorian and Faculty Award Scholar. Rasley has been admitted to the Indiana, U.S. District Court, and U.S. Supreme Court Bars. Rasley is currently partner in Knowledge Capture Publishing and Editing, president of the Basa Village Foundation USA Inc., and U.S. liaison for the Nepal-based Himalayan expedition company, Adventure GeoTreks Ltd. He has taught classes for IUPUI Continuing Ed. Program, Oasis, Indiana Writers Center, Butler University, and Marian University. He serves as an officer or director for five nonprofit corporations
From line to dots: an improved computerised rod and frame system for testing subjective visual vertical and horizontal
No full textBackground Perception of subjective visual vertical (SVV) and horizontal (SVH) has traditionally been measured by rotating a mechanical rod either with or without a frame present. The computerised rod and frame (CRAF) system has previously only been used to measure SVV. We have expanded the use of this system by testing its feasibility to measure SVH. This was done by comparing two groups of subjects (n = 103) randomly assigned to be tested for SVV or SVH. Findings Preliminary results showed a higher than expected percentage of individuals with SVH errors < 0.5°. This was attributed to additional visual cues provided by the changing appearance of the rod as it approached the horizontal. A solution to this problem was sought by replacing the rod by two dots to mark its ends. In a second investigation 30 subjects were tested using both the "rod as line" and "rod as dots" presentation. Bland and Altman analysis showed no difference between the rod and dots presentations in the measurement of SVV, but confirmed a fixed error of -0.93° between rods and dots for SVH. Changing the rod from a line to dots in the computer system resulted in errors for both SVV and SVH that were comparable to previous studies using manual systems. Conclusions The computerized rod and frame system may be improved by replacement of the line with two dots. This reduces clues provided to the subject by the appearance of the rod on the screen
Midlumbar lateral flexion stability measured in healthy volunteers by in vivo fluoroscopy
No full textStudy Design: prospective fluoroscopic and electromyographic study of coronal plane lumbar spine motion in healthy male volunteers.Objectives: assess the intervertebral motion profiles in healthy volunteers for symmetry, regularity, and neutral zone laxity during passive recumbent lateral bending motion.Summary of background data: previous continuous in vivo motion studies of the lumbar spine have mainly been limited to active, weight-bearing, flexion-extension (sagittal plane) motion. No data are available for passive lateral bending or to indicate the motion profiles when muscle activity is minimized.Methods: thirty asymptomatic male volunteers underwent video-fluoroscopy of their lumbar spines during passive, recumbent lumbar lateral bending through 80° using a motor-driven motion table. Approximately 120 consecutive images of segments L2–L5 were captured, and the position of each vertebra was tracked throughout the sequence using automated frame-to-frame registration. Reference intervals for intervertebral motion parameters were calculated. Surface electromyography recordings of erector spinae were obtained in a similar group of volunteers using the same protocol without fluoroscopy to determine to what extent the motion was completely passive.Results: correlations between intervertebral and lumbar motion were always positive in controls and asymmetry was less than 55% of intervertebral range. The upper reference interval for the slope of intervertebral rotation in the first 10° of trunk motion did not exceed 0.46 for any level. Muscle electrical activity during the motionwas very low. Examples from patient studies showed markedly different results.Conclusion: these results suggest that reference limits from asymptomatic data for coronal plane passive recumbent intervertebral motion may be a useful resource forinvestigating the relationship between symptoms of chronic (nonspecific) low back pain and biomechanics and in the clinical assessment of patients and interventionsthat target the passive holding elements of the spine. Data pooling from multiple studies would be necessary to establish a complete database<br/
Jeff Hewitt, 29th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textJeff Hewitt, a poet, musician, actor, visual artist and spoken word performer, was born in Naples, Italy in 1972. He studied acting at the prestigious Otterbein College near Columbus, Ohio. He helped found Norfolk\u27s Slam Poetry scene in the early 90\u27s, representing the city most recently at the 2005 South Eastern Poetry Slam. He is the author of nine collections of poetry and a member of several poetry collectives throughout the nation
Jeff Henderson, 37th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textChef JEFF HENDERSON is an award-winning chef, bestselling author and popular public speaker - and an ex-offender, having served nearly a decade in prison for drugs. He has become one of the most inspirational African-American chefs in the country. In 2001, Henderson became the first African-American named Chef de Cuisine at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and has worked as executive chef at several other top restaurants including Cafe Bellagio. His remarkable story of finding his passion for cooking while incarcerated and turning his life around was captured in his New York Times bestseller Cooked (William Morrow, 2007), now being turned into a major motion picture
Jeff Todd Titon
No full textJeff Todd Titon received the B.A. from Amherst College, and the M.A. (in English) and Ph.D. (in American Studies) from the University of Minnesota, where he studied ethnomusicology and wrote his dissertation on blues music. He has done fieldwork on religious folk music, blues, and old-time fiddling. His teaching began at Tufts University, where he was assistant professor of English, then associate professor of English and music. He has been a visiting professor at Carleton College, Amherst College, Berea College, the University of Maine, and Indiana University. Since 1986 he has been professor of music (ethnomusicology) at Brown. He is the award-winning author or editor of seven books, and also plays guitar, fiddle, and banjo, and restores violins. His full biography can be found at www.brown.edu/Departments/Music/people/facultypage.php?id=10318https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/songstorysamplercollectors/1010/thumbnail.jp
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