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Knight, Garry. 1. Part one of interview about Shoe Cove.
No full textGarry Knight describes growing up in Shoe Cove and his career at the satellite tracking station from Silver Threads in Pouch Cove.00:00 – introductions; 0:28 – birth date; Shoe Cove; great grandfather’s estate; 1:04 – father Walter Knight; grandfather John Knight; great grandfather William Knight; house today; 2:03 – Walter Knight marrying Audrey Butt; working as heavy mechanic; operating service station; 2:44 – John Knight working as fisherman; William Knight’s father coming to Pouch Cove to construct ceiling in Catholic Church; settling from Quidi Vidi: William Ash and Ebeneezer Knight; 3:46 – five generations; settlement; 4:36 – first families; Powers; Irish dialect; pronunciation; Diamonds; Noseworthys; Merns; Furlongs; Walls; Butts; 6:28 – farming and gardening; clearing land; 7:27 – family ancestry in France; John Chevalier; 9:05 – siblings; Glen Knight; growing up; cousins; 10:36 – school; Roman Catholic school; coming to United Church school; 11:29 – walking to school; summer break; Maxwell Knight; John Knight; Weston Knight; 13:23 – teenage hangouts; swimming; 14:22 – helping with gardens; father working with American air force and Churchill falls; fruit trees; 15:56 – berry picking; supplementing income; American presence supporting economy; 17:30 – vehicles; roads; 20:26 – marrying Marguerite Martin; Random Island; daughter Stephanie Knight; grandson; 22:43 – occupation; working at father’s service station; Dodge salesman; finding job at NASA tracking station; moon landing; 25:11 – NASA selecting Pouch Cove; 26:26 – Bendix Field Corporation operating station; experiences at station
Frank H. Knight on Uncertainty and Profit
No full textThis chapter aims to carefully discuss how Frank H. Knight, the "Grand Old Man" of Chicago, dealt with uncertainty and profit, with special reference to manager versus entrepreneur. Frankly speaking, Knight was a sort of man in paradox, having a dualistic view and adopting an eclectic approach. In order to shed a new light on his life and work, we first argue that there possibly exist some traces of the great Knight in the words and deeds of Martin Bronfenbrenner, once one of Knight's students at Chicago. Then we focus on the distinction between risk and uncertainty. According to Knight, non-measurable uncertainty must radically be different from measurable risk: only uncertainty, but not risk, enables the entrepreneur to acquire true profit as its reward. In contrast to the manager who are doing just routine jobs every day, the entrepreneur dares to engage in new venturous activities, thus playing the central figure of the capitalist system. We live in the new age of uncertainty. The second Knight is urgently neededCRR Discussion Paper , Series A ,No-32, pp.1-18technical repor
Viscoelastic Cell Mechanics and actin remodelling are dependent on the rate of applied pressure
No full textBackground: living cells are subjected to external and internal mechanical stresses. The effects of these stresses on the deformation and subsequent biological response of the cells remains unclear. This study tested the hypothesis that the rate at which pressure (or stress) is applied influence the viscoelastic properties of the cell associated with differences in the dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton.Principal finding: micropipette aspiration was used to determine the instantaneous and equilibrium moduli and the viscosity of isolated chondrocytes based on the standard linear solid (SLS) model and a variation of this incorporating Boltzmann superposition. Cells were visualised for 180 seconds following aspiration to 7 cmH2O at 0.35, 0.70 and 5.48 cmH2O/sec. Cell recovery was then examined for a further 180 seconds once the pressure had been removed. Reducing the rate of application of pressure reduced the levels of cell deformation and recovery associated with a significant increase in modulus and viscosity. Using GFP transfection and confocal microscopy, we show that chondrocyte deformation involves distortion, disassembly and subsequent reassembly of the cortical actin cytoskeleton. At faster pressure rates, cell deformation produced an increase in cell volume associated with membrane bleb formation. GFP-actin transfection inhibited the pressure rate dependent variation in cell mechanics indicating that this behaviour is regulated by GFP-sensitive actin dynamics.Conclusion: we suggest that slower rates of aspiration pressure enable greater levels of cortical actin distortion. This is partially inhibited by GFP or faster aspiration rates leading to membrane bleb formation and an increase in cell volume. Thus the rate of application of pressure regulates the viscoelastic mechanical properties of living cells through pressure rate sensitive differences in actin dynamics. Therefore cells appear softer when aspirated at a faster rate in contrast to what is expected of a normal viscoelastic materia
MODEL PEMBACAAN DERRIDEAN TERHADAP KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS KARYA GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
No full textPenelitian ini menganalisis novel fantasi populer berjudul A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms karya George R. R. Martin dalam perspektif Derrida, terutama pendapatnya tentang sastra sebagai institusi liberal. Dalam perspektif Derrida, penelitian ini berusaha menyelidiki afinitas dalam liberality, undecidability, iterability, khōra, dan teks itu sendiri. Dalam A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms, konsep-konsep tersebut saling memengaruhi sehingga menunjukkan aspek liberal karya sastra. Hal ini ditunjukkan melalui struktur dalam narasi A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms yang menjaga agar cerita berlangsung dinamis dan narasi tersebut, dengan kekuatan liberalnya, secara konstan menguji konteksnya sendiri untuk menghilangkan kecenderungan idealitas tertentu. Dengan demikian, identitas dan idealitas yang dianggap final kembali dipertanyakan dan dibuat tidak stabil oleh teks guna menguak lebih banyak makna serta kemungkinan yang dihasilkan. Kata kunci: Derridean, novel fantasi, undecidability This study analyzes the popular fantasy novel entitled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin in Derrida's perspective, especially his opinion about literature as a liberal institution. In Derrida's perspective, this study seeks to investigate the affinity in liberality, undecidability, iterability, khōra, and the text itself. In A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, these concepts influence each other so that it shows the liberal aspects of literary works. This is shown through the structure in the narrative of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms which keeps the story dynamic and the narrative, with its liberal power, constantly tests its context to eliminate certain idealistic tendencies. Thus, the identity and ideality that are considered final are again questioned and made unstable by the text to reveal more meaning and possibility produced. Keywords: Derridean, fantasy novel, undecidability
The archaeoacoustics of San Vitale, Ravenna
No full textThis research tests and assesses whether sixth-century social and cultural dynamics can be archaeologically identified by including the study of acoustics in the context of extant Late Antique Christian architecture, namely the centrally planned domed octagonal church of San Vitale at Ravenna. Implementing a holistic archaeological research strategy that includes human sensory perception of acoustical phenomena is the best approach to unravelling the complexities of social and cultural mechanisms operating in the sixth-century Mediterranean basin. The methods and issues of Archaeoacoustics are critiqued and developed in order to comment on the intentionality of acoustic attributes in sixth-century ecclesiastical architecture.The space syntax of San Vitale has been considered for isovists at key locations during the liturgical procession and sequence of the Mass celebration. These are compared with mapped areas of perceiving the acoustic characteristics of Clarity and Reverberation Time. Combining the visual and acoustic analysis of San Vitale, with a better understanding of its date and construction phases, the physical geometry and temporal logic of the church are discussed in relation to the reflexive exchange of influence between Ravenna, Milan and Constantinople. It is posited that liturgical and musical time and tempo is materially expressed in the evident and conceptual substance of San Vitale, a suggestion that offers a springboard for future study and debate
Mægtige Middelalder: The Green Knight - filmen og digtet
No full textMægtige Middelalder har været i biografen og se filmen The Green Knight. Den er baseret på det engelske digt fra slutningen af 1300-tallet, Gawain and the Green Knight, der er en af kronjuvelerne i engelsk litteratur. Sammen med Martin Wangsgaard-Jürgensen, redaktør på Danmarks Kirker ved Nationalmuseet, sammenligner vi middelalderdigtet med filmen. Vi kommer vidt omkring i middelalderens riddervæsen og spiritualitet og diskuterer om filmen lykkes med "oversætte" et middelalderdigt til et billedsprog der giver mening i det 21. århundrede. Så lyt med, hvis du er spændt på, om instruktøren David Lowery har held med at lave en god middelalderfilm
Mægtige Middelalder: The Green Knight - filmen og digtet
No full textMægtige Middelalder har været i biografen og se filmen The Green Knight. Den er baseret på det engelske digt fra slutningen af 1300-tallet, Gawain and the Green Knight, der er en af kronjuvelerne i engelsk litteratur. Sammen med Martin Wangsgaard-Jürgensen, redaktør på Danmarks Kirker ved Nationalmuseet, sammenligner vi middelalderdigtet med filmen. Vi kommer vidt omkring i middelalderens riddervæsen og spiritualitet og diskuterer om filmen lykkes med "oversætte" et middelalderdigt til et billedsprog der giver mening i det 21. århundrede. Så lyt med, hvis du er spændt på, om instruktøren David Lowery har held med at lave en god middelalderfilm
Mægtige Middelalder: The Green Knight - filmen og digtet
No full textMægtige Middelalder har været i biografen og se filmen The Green Knight. Den er baseret på det engelske digt fra slutningen af 1300-tallet, Gawain and the Green Knight, der er en af kronjuvelerne i engelsk litteratur. Sammen med Martin Wangsgaard-Jürgensen, redaktør på Danmarks Kirker ved Nationalmuseet, sammenligner vi middelalderdigtet med filmen. Vi kommer vidt omkring i middelalderens riddervæsen og spiritualitet og diskuterer om filmen lykkes med "oversætte" et middelalderdigt til et billedsprog der giver mening i det 21. århundrede. Så lyt med, hvis du er spændt på, om instruktøren David Lowery har held med at lave en god middelalderfilm
Polarities - Summer Rethymno
No full textThe Contemporary Art Museum of Crete presents:
POLARITIES SUMMER RETHYMNO
9th AUGUST 2024, 20:00 – 22:00
KARA MUSA PASHA MOSQUE
EXPANDED CINEMA+SOUND PERFORMANCE
Jorge Cabieses-Valdes, Maria Glyka, Jim Hobbs, Maria Karantzi, Andrew Knight-Hill, Emma Margetson, Brona Martin, Vassilis Vlastaras
This event is specifically designed for the Kara Musa Pasha Mosque, which was kindly provided by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Rethymnon, where the artists will explore the performative nature of their own individual works and also create a new collaborative piece that responds artistically to the Kara Musa Pasha Mosque, Rethymno and its environment.
Polarities events have recently been presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago (Chile), the Sound/Image 2023 Festival at the University of Greenwich in London and the “Irida” Theatre in Athens.
This event is presented in the city of Rethymnon organized and supported by the Contemporary Art Museum of Crete – “L. Kanakakis” Municipal Gallery, under the auspices of the Municipality of Rethymnon
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