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Rapa Nui (Easter Island)’s Stone Worlds
No full textThis article explores the spatial, architectural and conceptual relationships between landscape places, stone quarrying, and stone moving and building during Rapa Nui’s statue-building period. These are central themes of the ‘Rapa Nui Landscapes of Construction Project’ and are discussed using aspects of the findings of our recent fieldwork. The different scales of expression, from the detail of the domestic sphere to the monumental working of quarries, are considered. It is suggested that the impressiveness of Rapa Nui’s stone architecture is its conceptual coherence at the small scale as much as at the large scale. </div
Ruth Stone, 12th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textRuth Stone is the author of six books or chapbooks of poetry: In an Iridescent Time, 1960; Topography and Other Poems, 1971; Unknown Messages, 1973; Cheap, 1975; American Milk, 1986; Second-Hand Coat: New and Selected Poems, 1987. Three new books will be published this year: Who is the Widow\u27s Muse?; The Yasha Poems, and The Solitary. We were very fortunate that Ruth Stone taught creative writing as a visiting faculty member at Old Dominion University during 1989-90
The invisible artist: Arrangers in popular music (1950-2000): Their contribution and techniques
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University.This thesis is based on the research conducted by the author for the series,
Richard Niles' History of Pop Arranging, seven thirty-minute documentary
programmes for BBC Radio 2, researched, written and presented by the author and
broadcast in 2003. It also draws on interviews conducted by the author (and other
research) between 2002 and 2007 both for the radio series and for this thesis and on
the author's experience as a professional arranger in popular music working with
many of the genre's significant recording artists including Paul McCartney, Ray
Charles, Cher, Tina Turner, Westlife, Tears For Fears, Dusty Springfield, James
Brown, Pet Shop Boys, Kylie Minogue and producers including Trevor Hom, Steve
Lipson, Steve Mac and Steve Anderson.
It will be argued that the role of the arranger in popular music has often been
undervalued and that during a critical period of popular music history (1950-2000)
arrangers played a significant part in the evolution of musical content. This thesis is,
to the best of the author's knowledge, the first time (apart from the above mentioned
documentary) the subject has ever been examined. The arranger is "invisible" because musical arrangers are often un-credited on
record liner notes or in books or articles concerning popular music. A considerable
amount of research has been necessary to determine who wrote many of the
arrangements considered herein. Motown's Berry Gordy purposely kept the names of
musicians and arrangers off the records because he feared others might 'poach' the
trademark 'Motown Sound'. Other record labels considered the job of the arranger to
be reminiscent of an earlier era, diluting the Rock 'n' Roll image of emotion and
spontanaeity they wished to promote. Some producers and recording artists disliked
sharing credit for their work. Motown arranger David Van dePitte told the author that
arranging was "thankless and anonymous - a very service-oriented profession where
others often take credit for what you've done." Arranging has therefore remained an
intrinsically unseen art created by 'invisible' artists. By analyzing many recordings,
revealing the techniques and concepts they have used in their work to create popular
records, arrangers and their art will be made more 'visible'
Tacit knowledge, learning and expertise in dry stone walling
No full textThis is a detailed study of learning in the context of dry stone walling. It examines
what happens in the learning situation. The aim of this work was:
'To understand the nature of expertise in dry stone walling, how it is understood
by those practising the craft, and how it is transmitted to others'.
The main research questions were, therefore:
What happens when dry stone wallers are learning their craft?
How do they acquire expertise in dry stone walling?
How is this learning communicated?
This process necessitated developing a way of engaging with the practitioners,
eliciting descriptive data about what they were doing, and why they were doing it,
through interviews (or conversations) with both individuals and groups, whilst
they practiced their skill. Twenty three wailers were interviewed as they worked,
building walls.
The material obtained was analysed under seven different themes:
'Knowing how'
The use of tacit knowledge or intuition
'Flow'
Constant decision making, reflection and learning from mistakes
Individual and subjective variations and experiences
The relevance of emotion
The use of 'rules of thumb' or maxims.
Learning walling does not fit simply into any of the seven themes. It is
contextualised, complex and individual. It demonstrates tacit knowledge and
intuition. It involves emotion, sometimes consciously, sometimes not. It involves
memory, problem solving, and learning from mistakes, and reflection. Maxims or
'rules of thumb' were a key element in the learning process at all stages. Linear
stages of learning were not evidenced. Deep understanding of the practice is
evidenced, and the wider learning and teaching implications are explored
Joyful Readers: The New Webster Series
No full textThe Monkey and the Glasses (162) is listed as from Russia. Krylov, its author, seems not to be mentioned. The story is well told, with two nice colored illustrations. Though this fable is in good condition, the rest of the book has suffered somewhat from young hands. Do not miss the streamlined train engine on 16! The book is copyrighted, apparently, in 1932 and 1939.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Clarence R. Stone and Odille Ousle
Laurie Stone, 23rd Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textLaurie Stone is the author of the novel Starting with Serge; a collection of literary memoirs, Close to the Bone; and Laughing in the Dark: A Decade of Subversive Comedy. She was a columnist for The Village Voice for twenty-five years and her work has been published in Ms. Magazine, New York Woman, The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, The Utne Reader, and Art Forum.
Stone is the recipient of grants from The New York Foundation for the Arts and The MacDowell Colony, and she received the 1996 Nona Balakain Excellence in Reviewing Award from the National Book Critics Circle. Stone is currently writing short fiction and a second novel, Apart from Sex. She will be Old Dominion’s Writer In Residence for fall 2000
An investigation into large-scale hydrogen energy storage in the UK
No full textThe potential use of hydrogen as an energy carrier in the UK is dependant on a number of economic, technical and environmental factors. In the short term, the UK Government anticipates a transition from a fossil fuel based energy economy to a fossil fuel derived
hydrogen economy with carbon sequestration. An important factor in considering the replacement of fossil fuels with hydrogen will be the practicality of storing sufficient quantity, either in gaseous or liquid form, to smooth out fluctuations in demand and provide a strategic
reserve. It is anticipated that a minimum storage capacity equivalent to 2x105m3 at NTP will be required, ideally distributed around the country according to anticipated demand in each region and accessible to centers of population and industry. The UK has a number of areas where storage of hydrogen gas in natural underground spaces may be feasible. These include worked-out salt mines and depleted oil and gas wells. This paper investigates the potential for such large-scale storage. Factors considered include the technical and geophysical problems of storage, the logistics of various locations and legislative and legal issues. Equations of state for compressed gases are reviewed and the form most appropriate to underground storage of hydrogen highlighted. The geophysics of underground storage at a number of specific sites is considered in more detail. It is concluded that there is significant potential in the UK for underground storage of
hydrogen. This work will be of interest to the wider hydrogen research community and energy specialists whilst policy makers and the commercial sector are best placed to exploit the findings
From generation to generation. The genealogies of Dwight Stone and Olive Evans, compiled by Julia Evans (Stone) Neil.
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Doc Hollywood
No full textIn “Doc Hollywood” (1991), Dr. Benjamin Stone (portrayed by Michael J. Fox in the film) is an emergency room doctor eager to begin a lucrative career as a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills. Lost during his cross-country drive, Stone crashes into the fence of the local judge in a small town and is sentenced to community service providing medical services to the town. Upon completing his service, will he realize where he truly belongs?
Author, producer and the real “Doc Hollywood,” Dr. Neil Shulman shares scenes from the film and discusses clinical ethics, stereotypes, and the challenges of providing rural health care
The influence of flow acceleration on stone stability
No full textThe stability of a bed of stones subject to a flow is often described in terms of a critical velocity or shear stress generated by the flow. These classical design methods like for example Shields, do not take the influence of flow acceleration into account. In experiments and practice, it appeared that when a flow is accelerated, stones start to move at a point where the so-called critical velocity is not reached yet. The movement of stones must have a second cause beside the velocity of flow. Only a little information is known on the influence of flow acceleration on stone stability of the bed. The objective of this thesis is to obtain more insight into the influence of acceleration of flow on the stability of stones. By carrying out experiments in a flume containing a local contraction, the stone stability in an accelerated flow is investigated. In the contraction the stability of two different stone sizes, subject to different velocity-acceleration combinations, is analysed. If the hypothesis is correct, than for some velocity-acceleration combinations movement occurs while for the same velocity combined with a lower acceleration no movement occurs. The shear stress occurring in the accelerated flow is determined using the shear velocity. According to the classical Shields method the shear velocity is responsible for the movement of the stones. Movement is detected for lower shear velocities then expected. According to the hypothesis this is a result of the extra generated force on the stones due to acceleration. After analysing the data it appeared that combinations of the same velocity and different accelerations showed differences in movement. The amount of movement goes up for an increase in acceleration combined with a constant or slightly decreasing velocity. This proves that there is a relation between the stability of the stones and a combination of the velocity and acceleration generated forces. The Morison equation is used to describe the relation between the forces acting on a stone. It combines the force generated by acceleration and the force generated by the peak velocities due to turbulence, as the sum of both forces. The extra force due to acceleration appeared to be of the same order as the force due to the velocity. Therefore, when looking at the stone stability in an accelerated flow, it is important to take the force generated by the acceleration into account. The resulting Morison force acting on a stone is proved to be responsible for the stability of the stones. Finally, a unique relation, valid for both stone diameters, between the force acting on the stone and the entrainment is found. This power relation consists of a dimensionless Morison-Shields parameter representing the force on a stone and a dimensionless entrainment parameter. The relation does not depend on stone size and is therefore expected to be universal in use.Civil Engineering and Geoscience
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