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Re-sounding images: sound and image in an audiovisual age
No full textThis dissertation examines the evolving articulation of sound and image in contemporary culture, with particular reference to film. It argues that sound and image have undergone a historical machined separation, followed by a machined fusion or recombination. The machined fusion of sound and image has enabled the creation of soundful images, which are more than simply the sum of their parts. Through the infusion of sound, images are now routinely reinforced with a performed sense of presence, where they are made to sound more real, more powerful, more authentic. Through association with the image, sounds are reinforced to the extent of becoming 'realer than real'. By tracing the history of sound and image from their initial machined separation to their subsequent machined fusion, it will be argued that a new relationship has been created that has shaped an influential new mode of communication and perception
Supporting disabled children and their families in Scotland: A review of policy and research
No full textThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation has been supporting research about disabled children and their families for a number of years. An earlier Foundations covering the messages from these projects has already been published (1). This Foundations places the messages from that work into the Scottish context. It gives an overview of current policies affecting disabled children and their families in Scotland and draws on research carried out north of the border
REMARKS ON THE ISLE OF SABLE
No full textGeneral description of the navigation considerations around Sable Island to accompany the Isle of Sable map. The remarks are as follows: "On the days of the new and full moon it is high water along the south shore of the island at half an hour after eight o'clock, and it flows till half an hour past ten o'clock on the north side, and till near eleven o'clock in the pond. Common spring tides rise seven feet perpendicular, and neap tides four. The flood sets in from the south south-west at the rate of half a mile an hour; but it alters its course, and increases its velocity, near the ends of the island. At half flood it streams north, and south at half ebb, with great swiftness across the north-east and north-west bars, therefore dangerous to approach without a commanding breeze. The north-east bar runs out east-north-east about four leagues from the eastern extremity of the island, all of which is very shoal, having in few places more than two, three or four fathoms water; whence it continues east and east by south, deepening gradually to twelve, fifteen and eighteen fathoms of water, at the distance of eight or ten leagues, and shapeth to the south and south-east, sloping gently to sixty and seventy fathoms of water. To the northward and eastward it is very steep, and in a run of three miles the water will deepen to one hundred and thirty fathoms. Abreast the body of the isle the soundings are more gradual. The shoal ground of the north-west bar shapes to the westward, and deepens gradually to seventy fathoms of water, at the distance of twenty or twenty-five leagues from the isle, and winds easterly and southerly until it meets the soundings of the north-east bar. The quality of the bottom in general is very fine sand, with a few small transparent stones; to the northward, and close to the north-east bar, the sand is mixed with many black specks; but near the north-west bar the sand has a greenish colour. The north-east bar breaks in bad weather at the distance of eight and ten leagues from the island; but, in moderate weather, a ship may cross it at five leagues distance with great safety in no less than eight and nine fathoms of water; and, if the weather is clear, the island may be seen thence distinctly from a boat. The north-west bar breaks in bad weather at seven, and sometimes eight, miles from the island; but when the sea is smooth, ships may cross it within the distance of four miles in seven fathoms of water.* Along the north and south sides of the island are many spits of sand extending nearly parallel, and within a mile from the shore. Vessels may anchor on the north-side of the island between these spits, and not be liable to be drove off by southerly winds. On the south-side it is boldest off the body of the island, having ten and twelve fathoms of water within a mile from the shore; but towards the bar it is more shoal and dangerous to approach for the currents, which are uncertain, being in a great degree influenced by the winds which have preceded. The surf beats continually on the shore; and, in calm weather, is heard several leagues off. Landing on this island with boats is practicable on the north side, after a continuance of good weather only. The whole island is composed of fine white sand, much coarser than any of the soundings about it, and intermixed with small transparent stones. Its face is very broken, and hove up in little hills, knobs and cliffs, wildly heaped together, within which are hollows and ponds of fresh water, the skirts of which about with cramberries the whole year, and with blueberries, juniper, &c. in their season, as also with ducks, snipes, and other birds. This sandy island affords a great plenty of beach grass, wild pease, and other herbages, for the support of horses, cows, hogs, &c. which are running wild upon it. It grows no trees, but abundance of wreck and drift wood may be picked up along the shore for fuel. Strong northerly winds shift the spits of sand, and often even choak up the entrance of the pond, which usually opens again by the next southern blast. In this ponds are prodigious numbers of seals, and some flat fish, eels, &c. and on the south-west side lies a bed of remarkably large muscles and clambs. The south shoreis between the cliffs, so low that sea breaks quite over in many places when the wind blows on the island. The Ram’s Head is the highest hill on this island; it has a steep cliff on the north west, and falls gently to the south east. The Naked Sand Hills are one hundred and forty-six feet of perpendicular height above the level of high-water mark, and always appear very white. Mount Knight is in the shape of a pyramid, situated in a hollow between two steep cliffs. Mount Luttrell is a remarkable hummock on the top of a large swelling in the land. Gratia Hill is a knob at the top of a cliff, the height of which is one hundred and twenty-six feet perpendicular above high-water mark. The Vale of Misery is also remarkable; as is Smith’s Flagstaff, a large hill, with a regular ascent in every way. From the offing, the south side of the island appears like a long ridge of sandy cliffs lessening towards the west end, which is very low. The Nova Scotia Banks extend nearly seventy leagues in a westerly direction from the Isle of Sable: They are from twenty to twenty-five leagues wide, and their inner edges are from fourteen to eighteen leagues off shore. They are intersected by narrow winding channels (the bottom of which is mud) running north-west and south-east: Between these banks and the shore are several small inner banks with deep water and muddy bottom. The water deepens regularly from the Isle of Sable to the distance of twenty-two leagues, in fifty fathoms, fine gravel; thence proceeding westward, the gravel becomes coarser. At the distance of twenty-three leagues, and south from Prospect Harbour you have from thirty to thirty-five fathoms of water, large stones; and continuing westward to the western extremity of the banks, the soundings are rocky and shoal to eighteen and fifteen fathoms, Cape Sable bearing north by west, distance fifteen leagues. The south-west extremity of Bank Quero lies twenty-six miles east-north-east half north from the east end of the Isle of Sable. This bank extends E by N thirty-five leagues, and is near eight leagues in width; its shoalest part is about five leagues from its eastern extremity in fifteen and eighteen fathoms of water, slimy sand and clambs; from whence it deepens regularly every way to to sixty and seventy fathoms of water towards the edges of the bank. The bank is steep to, and from its soundings on the north side you fall immediately in ninety or one hundred of water black mud, and in one hundred and twenty fathoms on the south side.
* I have described these bars such as I found them; but as they are composed of shifting sands, repeated storms, and the violence of the sea, may in a course of years considerably alter their form or extent.
A Broadway honeymoon.
No full textGift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano vocal [instrumentation]C major [key]Tempo di Valse [tempo]Popular song [form/genre]Man , woman, car [illustration]E. F. Pfeiffer, N.Y. [engraver]Publisher's advertisement on back cover [note]Book by Thomas T. Railey and Collin Davis [note
Forecasting the demand for frozen potatoes
No full textBulletin no. 755 Moscow, Idaho :University of Idaho, College of Agriculture, Agriculture Experiment Station, 1993-11-01. Author(s): Gao, Yanqing; Guenthner, Joseph F
Joseph Bimeler book order to Peter Kaufmann, February 14, 1845
No full textOrder of two dozen German A.B.C. books (primers) by J.M. Bimeler (by Lewis F. Birk) from Peter Kaufmann.
Led by Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Bäumeler) in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left Germany and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar, in which each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole, and in exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. After decades of economic prosperity, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society.
Peter Kaufmann was a German immigrant and intellectual. He arrived first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1820; in 1826 he became professor of languages at the Harmony Society town of Economy, Pennsylvania. In 1827, Kaufmann led the establishment of Teutonia, a utopian community in Columbiana County, Ohio, and published its weekly titled "Teutonia: The Herald of a Better Time." Following this he moved to Canton, Ohio, where he became translator and editor of "Der Vaterlandsfreund und Geist der Zeit" under Solomon Sala. Additionally, Kaufmann wrote a number of books on education, as well as a German almanac. He was also an influential Democrat, counting President Van Buren among his friends, and knew Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Order of St. John's galley squadron at sea
No full textIn the article, the name of the author is listed erroneously as Joseph A. Grima.In a scrupulously factual description of various aspects of life at sea on an Order's galley in the seventeenth century Mediterranean, Joseph F. Grima details the ship's movements in and out of harbour as well as in action, procedures relating to protocol and discipline, and also conditions of the crew on board, such as food provisions and medical services.peer-reviewe
Written on Case: NLK 2010-03. A Conversation With Reverend Joseph Lowery, January 20, 2010. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. Written on DVD: NLK 2010-03, Rev. Lowery.
No full textThis video features a conversation between journalist and pastor Liz Walker and Joseph E. Lowery at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. Lowery speaks about delivering the benediction at President Obama's inauguration, the civil rights movement, the church's role within the movement, and the election of Barack Obama as president. The conversation is followed by a question and answer session with Lowery.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Optimised SEREX technique for the identification of leukaemia associated antigens
No full textThe serological analysis of antigens by recombinant expression cloning (SEREX) has been used by many laboratories to immunoscreen lambda phage cDNA libraries produced from a range of tumour cell types. We and others have found it difficult to extract an optimal quality and quantity of mRNA for the preparation of cDNA libraries which represent the genes transcribed in haematological samples. The difficulty is believed to be due to residual haem groups in the isolated RNA sample which inhibit the activity of reverse transcriptase used in the later production of cDNA. During our preparation of a cDNA library for SEREX studies, we optimised the isolation of mRNA from samples from patients with haematological malignancies. We compared the efficacy of different methods of mRNA extraction using a range of haematological sample sizes and describe the most efficient techniques to maximise mRNA yield and quality for cDNA library production. The phage library we prepared contained a range of cDNA insert sizes, including high molecular weight sequences which, following immunoscreening with autologous patient sera, led to the isolation of 17 novel antigens. Using the methodology described, we have shown SEREX to be effective for the isolation of leukaemia-associated antigens, which may act as targets for immunotherap
The Beat of the Economic Heart: Joseph Schumpeter and Arthur Spiethoff on Business Cycles
No full textThe paper discusses the relationship between Arthur Spiethoff and Joseph A. Schumpeter, the men and their works. Had it not been for Spiethoff Schumpeter would in all probability have forever been lost to scientific work. It was Spiethoff who brought the Austrian back to academia and research after a sequence of serious mishaps in politics and banking. Spiethoff's contribution to an analysis of business cycles is then summarized and important similarities and some differences between it and Schumpeter's are pointed out. The view of Spiethoff and Schumpeter that cycles are endogenous and cannot possibly be eliminated without at the same time eliminating the dynamism of the capitalist economy is then couterposed with views of some of their contemporaries and particularly modern mainstream macroeconomics that this is not so.Schumpeter; Spiethoff; business cycles; innovations; creative destruction
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