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Range Use Check 1968
No full textPhotograph of Front Row; A.F. Halloran, Hubert Mur(?), Gerloff, Gordon Folsenlogen, Joe Bill Lee. Back Row; Chester Fry, C.E. Kingery, Charles Grimes, Gerald Duke, Jerry Matthews, Sherman Lewis, Neal Sidham(?). All participants in the 1968 Range Use Check
Chester Page Collection
No full textPianist and art connoisseur, Chester Page (1929-) was a close confidant to Modernist American author, Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) during the final decade of her life, as well as a friend to several other major literary figures such as Marianne Moore (1887-1972), Bryher (1894-1983), and Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979). Barnes and Page shared a mutual friendship with Moore. In the spring of 1970 Page wrote to Barnes to introduce himself and to offer his assistance. He was invited to tea at Barnes's apartment at 5 Patchin Place in New York City on 19 May 1970, and from that moment forward, enjoyed a close friendship with the author until her death. After Barnes's death on 18 June 1982, Page became an invaluable source of information on the reclusive author during her final days. He had managed a closeness which Barnes bestowed on a select few. The Chester Page Collection contains correspondence between Barnes and several friends and literary figures and some epemera collected by Page. The collection spans the period 1933 to 1992. Correspondence with Louise Crane (1913-1997) dating between 1970 and 1973 constitutes the bulk of the collection
Globalisation of what? Power, knowledge and neocolonialism
No full textThis book chapter discusses some of the underlying themes that are raised in the juxtaposition of globalisation debates and debates concerning the contemporary nature of imperialism and its relationship to the process of globalisation.We are grateful to both our author and University of Chester Press in granting permission for this chapter to made Open Access
Evaluating the visitor experience: The case of Chester Cathedral
No full textChester Cathedral has been a place of worship for 1100 years, although in comparative terms as a heritage visitor attraction it is not so established. Nonetheless it remains a focal point to the city no matter the purpose of visit. This enquiry focuses on the commercial aspects of the Cathedral and in particular the visitor experience. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the visitor experience so that the Chester Cathedral could further develop as a successful heritage attraction In addition the author endeavoured to add to the contemporary academic debate by interpreting the empirical evidence in a primarily post¬modern perspective. The scope of the research problem was refined by explicitly investigating a number of key research questions. These questions allowed the author to engage in a number of contemporary debates embedded around the heritage/ history battleground, further more the application of post-modern thought was a tool in understanding the social reality. The mixed methodology adopted reflected the complex environment in which the case-study operates, an initial exploratory qualitative phase (primary methodology) was adopted to familiarise the author with the social reality in order to improve validity in the form of semi-structured interviews with various stakeholders. This was then followed by a quantitative visitor questionnaire (secondary methodology), using findings from the interviews as a design structure. Whilst this approach had obvious paradigm implications it was deemed essential in providing well balanced empirical evidence for the post¬modern interpretation; multiple-ways to perceive multiple-realities. The evaluation of the visitor experience identified that there were a number of key synergies required to ensure further development of Chester Cathedral as a heritage attraction, with the interpretation raising some interesting discussions regarding postmodernism and the contemporary debate
Biodiversity in the North West: The slime moulds of Cheshire
No full textThis book is not available through ChesterRep.The county of Cheshire, in its broadest, historical sense, has a rich diversity of wildlife, linked to a varied geology and land use. This is an account of a group of strange but fascinating organisms, the slime moulds, which straddle the boundaries between fungi and protozoans. After a short introduction to the biology and ecology of slime moulds, the physical and ecological environment of wider Cheshire is described. The main body of the work is a detailed catalogue of all the species ever recorded in the district. The records date back into the 19th century but are mostly concentrated in the last 40 years, since the author came to Chester. There are more than 90 maps, on a 5 km grid square base, of the commoner species
Methodology for Estimating Generating Capacity Losses in Thermoelectric Power Facilities with Recirculating Cooling Systems under Climate Change
No full textabstract: This report updates Supplementary Information section 2.1.2.2 (Recirculating Cooling) of Bartos and Chester (2015). Extraneous derivations have been removed and an error corrected.
Impacts of Climate Change on Electric Power Supply in the Western U.S., Matthew Bartos and Mikhail Chester, Nature Climate Change, 2015, 4(8), pp. 748-752, doi: 10.1038/nclimate2648, http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v5/n8/full/nclimate2648.htm
A Conversation with Carsten Wergin, Author of Tourism, Indigeneity, and the Importance of Place
No full textIn this edition of Lexington Books\u27 Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility and Society Author Conversation webinar, series editor Michael A. Di Giovine talks to Carsten Wergin about his book, Tourism, Indigeneity and the Importance of Place: Fighting for Heritage at Australia\u27s Last Frontier. A vivid, sophisticated ethnography, Wergin\u27s book analyzes what is one of the largest environmental protest actions in Australian history: the Walmadany/James Price Point conflict. The discussion ranges from Indigenous Heritage and Indigenous Tourism, to the ways in which heritage preservation and resource extraction are both opposed to each other, but, in many ways, coexist in a transecological sense. They discuss the Lurujarri Heritage Trail and the ways in which Indigenous culture and Indigenous learning is cultivated among foreign and domestic tourists, and how such indigenous tourism initiatives can work to destabilize outside forces, as well as create avenues for collaboration and mutual understanding. A lively Q and A with critical heritage studies students from West Chester University addresses ethnographic methods and ethics, the future of these environmental protests, and the relevance of transecological and indigenous conceptions of heritage on current-day conflicts in which various groups around the world produce differing heritage claims on contested land
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Mr Chester
No full textAccording to author Claire Keegan: ‘The short story begins after what happens, happens.’ I would add that some things keep happening over and over again. Isn't that the form of trauma? Chester is an old city that has seen better times like so many people and so many things material and immaterial that persist in their states of ruination. 'Mr Chester' is a fictional exploration of traumatic haunting in a house of ruins
Lloyd Chester Chamberlain Law Office
No full textNotes - Lloyd Chester Chamberlain's law office, established in Athabasca in 1952, was housed in various buildings over time. Also mentioned are other businesses in the same area (1 page
Chester treadmill police tests as alternatives to 15-m shuttle running
No full textThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Occupational Medicine following peer review. The version of record Morris, M., Deery, E, & Sykes, K. (2019). Chester treadmill police tests as alternatives to 15-m shuttle running. Occupational Medicine, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqz014Background Police officers require a specific level of aerobic fitness to allow them to complete personal safety training and specialist roles. Officers’ aerobic fitness is assessed using the 15-m multi-stage fitness test (MSFT); however, due to the agility required and risk of injury, two alternative treadmill tests have been designed to predict four of the key minimum VO2 criteria of 35, 41, 46 and 51 ml·kg−1·min−1. Aims To investigate the validity and reliability of Chester Treadmill Police Walk Test (CTPWT) and Chester Treadmill Police Run Test (CTPRT). Methods Seventy-eight UK police officers (18 females) completed the CTPWT (n = 53) or CTPRT (n = 35), or both, generating a total of 88 data sets. To assess reliability, 43 participants returned for a second visit (T2), to repeat the treadmill test. Results Mean differences between predicted and actual VO2 at 35, 41, 46 and 51 ml·kg−1·min−1 were as follows
−1.1, −2.1, −0.1 and −1.2 ml·kg−1·min−1. Despite a significant under prediction (p = 0.001), a minimum of 92% of participants were within 10% of target VO2 at all levels. There was no significant difference between actual and predicted VO2 in the CTPRT, at 46 ml·kg−1·min−1 (T1 46.0 ± 1.4 or T2 45.1 ± 1.3 ml·kg−1·min−1). Similarly, there was no significant difference at 51 ml·kg−1·min−1 (T2 50.5 ± 1.4 ml·kg−1·min−1). We observed no differences for gender or trial. Ninety-five per cent limits of agreement were at worst T1–T2 −0.25 ± 4.0 ml·kg−1·min−1. Conclusions The CTPWT and the CTPRT provide a valid and reliable alternative to the 15-m MSFT.
Key words Exercise testing; fitness; fitness standards; occupational; police; predictive; treadmill test
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