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Cutting'aesthetic teeth' : Flannery O'Connor's habit of art
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e ExpressãoEste trabalho foi sugerido pela afirmação de Flannery O'Connor que sua "dedicação estética" nasceu através do contato com Art and Scholasticism de Jacques Maritain. O propósito foi chegar a uma interpretação do sentido da frase. Uma investigação detalhada foi feita do conteúdo de Art and Scholasticism, posteriormente contrastada com os resultados de uma pesquisa feita em seus ensaios e suas cartas, o que revelou numerosos ecos de diversos trechos constando no texto de Maritain. Três pontos principais foram escolhidos como critérios na análise do hábito artístico de O'Connor: 1) a prática de arte implica uma luta; 2) a arte somente pode ser percebida pelos sentidos; e 3) a prática de arte exige do artista a dedicação indivisa à obra nascente. O estudo conclui que, para O'Connor, o brotar da dentição estética, através da leitura de Art and Scholasticism, significou que, ao perceber na análise da natureza da arte algo com que podia concordar, ela reconheceu tanto sua própria capacidade de tornar-se uma artista literária, quanto sua vontade de assumir a tarefa de desenvolver em sua pessoa o hábito de arte
Postcard Written by Robert Connor to the Bryant College Service Club Dated December 28, 1942
No full text[Transcription begins] FROM Pvt. R. F. Connor 30th T.S.S. Bks Scott Field, Ill.
I’M ALL OUT FOR VICTORY
The Bryant Service Club c/o Bryant College Young Orchard Providence Rhode Island
Dec. 28, 1942
Just a card to let you all know I received your cigarettes O.K. and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. You know it is a long time between pay days. Hope you are all well and thanks again.
Bob Connor Class of ‘42 [Transcription ends
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Primary Water Level Time Series - Port O'Connor
No full textPort O'Connor primary water level measurements (PWL). Raw data as received at CBI in CSV format. Time stamp following ISO 8601. PWL in meters referenced to station datum. Time series span: 1995-05-24 00:00 GMT through 2019-12-31 23:54 GMT.US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Texas General Land Office (GLO), Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and in collaboration and following the standards of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Madeline O'Connor minimalism, spiritualism, and particularity
No full textThis item is available only to currently enrolled UTSA students, faculty or staff. To download, navigate to Log In in the top right-hand corner of this screen, then select Log in with my UTSA ID.Positioned between abstraction and representation and between painting and sculpture, Madeline O'Connor utilized simple geometric forms to create contemplative minimalist sculptures that employ repetition, saturated hues, and carefully measured negative spaces. Although the appearance of her work aligns with simple geometric forms popularized in the 1960s by Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Frank Stella, and others, O'Connor's work differs from the founders of Minimalism in both references and fabrication. O'Connor's lifelong exposure to the coastal prairies of south Texas, particularly the bird and plant life, informs much of her work visually and in the title, and she fabricated her sculpted canvases by hand instead of employing industrial fabricators like so many earlier minimalist artists. This paper begins with a formalist exploration of O'Connor's work with references to discourses on modernism and minimalism followed by a discussion of Spiritualism as it relates to both Russian abstractionists and American modernists. The final chapter compares O'Connor's work with the contemporary artist Mona Hatoum and includes an argument for particularity in the work of both artists. Concluding remarks emphasize O'Connor's work in connection to issues of subjectivity and fabrication explored by fellow post-minimalist women artists and briefly revisits issues of minimalist discourse, spirituality, and particularity.Art and Art Histor
Aspekt násilí ve fikci Flannery O`Connor
No full textNásilí je jen jeden z mnoha aspektů, který provází tvorbu americké jižanské spisovatelky, píšící především v 50. letech tohoto století, Flannery O`Connor. Tato práce se snaží na tento aspekt její tvorby zaměřit, analyzovat ho a vysvětlit jakou funkci v její tvorbě zastává.Dokončená práce s úspěšnou obhajobo
Technologies of governance: The convergence of risk and discipline in an open custody facility for young offenders.
No full textThis paper expands current debates on governance within corrections by examining the relationship between rationales and technologies deployed in the governance of young female offenders. A detailed examination of formal corrections policies, policy manuals, and interviews with administrators and primary counsellors challenge the notion that there is a pre occupation with risk in contemporary penal practice and that risk rationales and technologies have displaced discipline as dominant strategies of governance. It is certainly true that the logic of risk is present in both discourse and practice and that their development has added a new dimension to the governing process. However, the extent to which risk practices have overtaken disciplinary strategies is less certain. Various heterogeneous elements need to be examined when attempting to understand the complexity of the governing process. While several studies show that risk rationales currently guide correctional practice, the technologies of governance are not homogenous in nature nor do they only reflect one rationale. An investigation of an open custody facility in Ontario reveals an uneasy coexistence of strategies of discipline, risk and responsibilization. These findings suggest that there is a need to reflect further on the relationship between governing rationales and technologies; on the inability of one set of rationales to dominate all aspects of correctional practices.Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis2002 .B35. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 41-04, page: 0969. Adviser: Daniel O'Connor. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 2002
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Connor, Patrick Edward
No full textConnor, Patrick Edward. Born in Kerry, Ireland in 1820. Patrick Edward Connor was a soldier, building contractor, mining entrepreneur, and political leader. He left Killarney for New York City at the age of twelve. Patrick E. O\u27Connor enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age of eighteen. When the Civil War started, Connor volunteered for service in the Union army and was appointed Colonel of the Third California Infantry with instructions to guard and secure the overland mail route across the West. In October 1862 he moved his command to Salt Lake City, where he founded Camp Douglas and at once engaged in an acrimonious and bitter cold war with Brigham Young and the Mormon people, whom he accused of being disloyal and immoral. Connor won a brigadier general\u27s star for his destruction of 250 northwestern Shoshone at Bear River near Franklin, Idaho, on 29 January 1863. In the spring of 1865, he was named commander of the District of the Plains and placed in charge of the Powder River Expedition, whose goal was to pursue and punish the Sioux, Arapaho, and Cheyenne Indians in what is today Wyoming. The expedition was unsuccessful except for a band of Arapaho Connor defeated at Tongue River on 29 August 1865. Connor then returned to the military District of Utah where he was discharged as a Brevet Major-General in the spring of 1866. Connor is remembered as the founder of the "Liberal Party" in Utah and as the "Father of Utah Mining." Connor also established the first daily newspaper in Utah, "The Daily Union Vedette." See: Fred B. Rogers, "Soldiers of the Overland" (1938) and Brigham D. Madsen, "Glory Hunter: A Biography of Patrick Edward Connor" (1990)
The evolving role of radiological imaging in cystic fibrosis
No full textPURPOSE OF REVIEW: Radiological imaging has a crucial role in pulmonary evaluation in cystic fibrosis (CF), having been shown to be more sensitive than pulmonary function testing at detecting structural lung changes. The present review summarizes the latest published information on established and evolving pulmonary imaging techniques for assessing people with this potentially life-limiting disorder. RECENT FINDINGS: Chest computed tomography (CT) has taken over the predominant role of chest radiography in many centres for the initial assessment and surveillance of CF lung disease. However, several emerging techniques offer a promising means of pulmonary imaging using less ionizing radiation. This is of particular importance given these patients tend to require repeated imaging throughout their lives from a young age. Such techniques include ultra-low-dose CT, tomosynthesis, dynamic radiography and magnetic resonance imaging. In addition, deep-learning algorithms are anticipated to improve diagnostic accuracy. SUMMARY: The recent introduction of triple-combination CF transmembrane regulator therapy has put further emphasis on the need for sensitive methods of monitoring treatment response to allow for early adaptation of treatment regimens in order to limit irreversible lung damage. Further research is needed to establish how emerging imaging techniques can contribute to this safely and effectively
The equivalent noise level generated by drilling onto the ossicular chain as measured by laser Doppler vibrometry: a temporal bone study
No full textBackground: Inadvertent drilling on the ossicular chain is one of the causes of sensorineural hearing loss (HL) that may follow tympanomastoid surgery. A high-frequency HL is most frequently observed. It is speculated that the HL is a result of vibration of the ossicular chain resembling acoustic noise trauma. It is generally considered that using a large cutting burr is more likely to cause damage than a small diamond burr.
Aim: The aim was to investigate the equivalent noise level and its frequency characteristics generated by drilling onto the short process of the incus in fresh human temporal bones.
Methods and Materials: Five fresh cadaveric temporal bones were used. Stapes displacement was measured using laser Doppler vibrometry during short drilling episodes. Diamond and cutting burrs of different diameters were used. The effect of the drilling on stapes footplate displacement was compared with that generated by an acoustic signal. The equivalent noise level (dB sound pressure level equivalent [SPL eq]) was thus calculated.
Results: The equivalent noise levels generated ranged from 93 to 125 dB SPL eq. For a 1-mm cutting burr, the highest equivalent noise level was 108 dB SPL eq, whereas a 2.3-mm cutting burr produced a maximal level of 125 dB SPL eq. Diamond burrs generated less noise than their cutting counterparts, with a 2.3-mm diamond burr producing a highest equivalent noise level of 102 dB SPL eq. The energy of the noise increased at the higher end of the frequency spectrum, with a 2.3-mm cutting burr producing a noise level of 105 dB SPL eq at 1 kHz and 125 dB SPL eq at 8 kHz. In contrast, the same sized diamond burr produced 96 dB SPL eq at 1 kHz and 99 dB at 8 kHz.
Conclusion: This study suggests that drilling on the ossicular chain can produce vibratory force that is analogous with noise levels known to produce acoustic trauma. For the same type of burr, the larger the diameter, the greater the vibratory force, and for the same size of burr, the cutting burr creates more vibratory force than the diamond burr. The cutting burr produces greater high-frequency than lower-frequency vibratory energy
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