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Polly Stewart Oral History Project: Interview with Ryan Orr
No full textRecording of an interview by Polly Stewart with Ryan Orr, a participant in the Utah folk music scene of the 1960s. Jennifer Bott [now Bateman] served as sound engineer. Transcript by Laura R. Marcus [now Green]. One of the interview recordings that Polly Stewart and Jennifer Bott conducted for the Utah Folk Music Revival Oral History Project, 2004-20111. Early background/childhood/growing up in Salt Lake City area Talking about relationship with mother, who was a big bluegrass fan; 2. Getting into bluegrass music/learning to play dobro/becoming part of the larger dobro & bluegrass music community; 3. Talking about musical talent as gift from God; 4. Honing skills on the dobro; 5. Camaraderie among dobro players; 6. Appreciation for and encounter with John Prine; 7. Becoming a member of the Stormy Mountain Boys bluegrass band; 8. Talking about his wife, Lorraine Orr, her support of his music, her own musical talents, music in the family; 9. Talking about Allied Development, war surplus store; 10. Talking about Lorraine Orr\u27s musical activities; 11. Talking about his children who play music; 12. Talking about professional life as machinist; 13. Talking appreciation for music in his life, as a connection to others; 14. Playing the twelve-bar, country blues, Texas blues, guitar and harmonica//tinkering with the uilleann pipes; 15. Talking about love for music/dedication to developing musical technique/spiritual aspect of music; 16. Story about miraculous story recovery during Urban Pioneers concert; 17. Carryover of "let go" attitude towards music in other areas of life/grappling with depression and staying busy/work in visual arts-painting and sculpture, taxidermy; 18 Talking about performing as an obligation to share your god-given talents with others; 19. Talking about continued relationship with the Stormy Mountain Boys, deep and abiding friendship among band members/talking about the spiritualit
Associations of insulin and insulin-like growth factors with physical performance in old age in the boyd orr and caerphilly studies.
Get PDFOBJECTIVE: Insulin and the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system regulate growth and are involved in determining muscle mass, strength and body composition. We hypothesised that IGF-I and IGF-II are associated with improved, and insulin with worse, physical performance in old age. METHODS: Physical performance was measured using the get-up and go timed walk and flamingo balance test at 63-86 years. We examined prospective associations of insulin, IGF-I, IGF-II and IGFBP-3 with physical performance in the UK-based Caerphilly Prospective Study (CaPS; n?=?739 men); and cross-sectional insulin, IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-3 in the Boyd Orr cohort (n?=?182 men, 223 women). RESULTS: In confounder-adjusted models, there was some evidence in CaPS that a standard deviation (SD) increase in IGF-I was associated with 1.5% faster get-up and go test times (95% CI: -0.2%, 3.2%; p?=?0.08), but little association with poor balance, 19 years later. Coefficients in Boyd Orr were in the same direction as CaPS, but consistent with chance. Higher levels of insulin were weakly associated with worse physical performance (CaPS and Boyd Orr combined: get-up and go time?=?1.3% slower per SD log-transformed insulin; 95% CI: 0.0%, 2.7%; p?=?0.07; OR poor balance 1.13; 95% CI; 0.98, 1.29; p?=?0.08), although associations were attenuated after controlling for body mass index (BMI) and co-morbidities. In Boyd Orr, a one SD increase in IGFBP-2 was associated with 2.6% slower get-up and go times (95% CI: 0.4%, 4.8% slower; p?=?0.02), but this was only seen when controlling for BMI and co-morbidities. There was no consistent evidence of associations of IGF-II, or IGFBP-3 with physical performance. CONCLUSIONS: There was some evidence that high IGF-I and low insulin levels in middle-age were associated with improved physical performance in old age, but estimates were imprecise. Larger cohorts are required to confirm or refute the findings
Survey report 2013/14 summer season Geoscience Australia, Author - Ryan Ruddick
No full textProgress Code: completedThis survey report describes surveys done by Ryan Ruddick of Geoscience Australia at Casey during the 2013/14 summer season. In addition to survey work for Geoscience Australia, Ryan also carried out some tasks for the Australian Antarctic Division. The latter included levelling to the reference mark of the tide gauges at the wharf, surveys of buildings new or modified since the last survey and a survey of the fire hydrants.<br/><br/>The survey report is yet to be completed.<br/>The Related URLs include links to where the following can be downloaded:<br/>1 Data from the surveys of the buildings and fire hydrants;<br/>2 GIS data representing features such as buildings at Casey. Data resulting from the 2013/14 survey has Dataset_id = 315 in the attribute table
Cult: A Composite Novel
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The first component of the thesis is a composite novel called Cult which falls into two parts with seven narratives in each. Part 1 tracks the protagonist, Ellen, from her first involvement with the cult through to her eventually leaving it. Although fiction, the first half of the book answers the kinds of questions the author is asked when people discover that she was once a sannyasin (a follower of the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh). While the experiences of meditation, group therapy and communal living are all faithfully rendered within the stories, the need for strong characters, narrative drive and a lightness of touch takes precedence.
Part 2 picks up Ellen’s story some twenty or so years later and explores what becomes of her in middle age. It also looks at other groups in society, such as academia, the law and the internet dating community which each have their own jargon, hierarchies, rituals and rules but are not considered to be cults.
The book examines the question raised in the Epigraph, ‘how do we be together when we feel so alone’ with a focus on relationships other than the familial and the romantic.
Collisions, Chasms and Connections: a Performative Exploration of the Composite Novel Form
The second part of the thesis is both a critical and creative response to three contemporary American books: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan; and Legend of a Suicide by David Vann. The critical element comprises a close reading of the three books; a chronological reconstruction of their overarching storylines; and a consideration of what their authors have said about writing the books. It concludes that, in the composite novel, the simultaneous presentation of multiple views and storylines operate much like a 3D image to give the impression of depth to the characters and situations rendered. The creative element of the essay is a playful and personal response to the texts
General educators’ experience with response to intervention.
No full textUniversity of Minnesota M.A. thesis. May 2010. Major: Education, Curriculum & Instruction. Advisor: Lori A. Helman, Ph.D. 1 computer file (PDF); ii, 76 pages, appendices A-C.Since the reauthorization of the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in
2004, “Response to Intervention” (RtI) has permeated the field of education. With this
new educational framework, general classroom teachers are taking on many new
responsibilities. They are teaching more than just core reading instruction and using
assessments in ways that they did not before RtI. RtI also requires that they collaborate
more intensely and participate in staff developments more intently. The current study
aims to focus on classroom teachers and describing their experiences. The researcher
provides a review of literature concerning RtI and specific implications for the context
studied and includes a summary of descriptive research design. Using the framework
created by the literature review, the author describes the experiences of fifteen classroom
teachers in an early total immersion program. To conclude, the author specifies
limitations of the study, as well as implications for practitioners and researchers.Higbea, Ryan David. (2010). General educators’ experience with response to intervention.. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/93144
Data for "CAIT-UTC-REG39: FDR Stabilizer Selection Using Simple Soil Tests"
No full textMost local agencies that use full-depth reclamation (FDR) choose the stabilizer to be used by selecting a vendor rather than performing test on the pavement materials. Most of the methods available for selecting the technique or additive to be used rely on a sieve test and the plastic index (PI). The PI is not sensitive at the low values found in materials like the glacial tills common across the northeast. However the Sand Equivalent (SE) is more sensitive in those materials and can be performed quickly. Five soils were tested to see if the SE with a sieve test could be used to discern if asphalt emulsion would be a good stabilizer additive for FDR. A proposed new matrix for which stabilizer technique or additive was proposed. Three sets of pavement materials (surface asphalt concrete and base gravels) were then tested to confirm the proposed stabilizer selection matrix. The results confirmed that the SE test may be a good alternative for local agencies trying to decide which stabilizer to use
Naval applications of enhanced temperature, vibration and power monitoring
No full textThesis: Nav. E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2015.Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, 2015.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-133).Navy ships require reliable information regarding their power and mechanical systems in order to perform their mission effectively. While today's shipboard systems are quite sophisticated, there are areas for improvement in monitoring individual loads, managing the loads to fit the ships mission, and continuously monitoring mechanical equipment. This thesis presents a method to continuously assess the condition of a rotating machinery system using vibration analysis during the machine's spin-down. A method to determine the thermal storage capacity of a structure, so that HVAC loads can be more effectively managed, is also explained. Finally, the potential impacts of a Non-Intrusive Load Monitor (NILM) on a ship are investigated.by Ryan David Zachar.Nav. E.S.M. in Engineering and Managemen
Data for: Pavement Design for Local Roads and Streets
No full textLow-volume roads (LVRs) make up more than half the centerline mileage in the United States, most of which are not designed. The Cornell University Local Roads Program worked with local highway agencies New York State to develop a mechanistic-empirical pavement design tool that overcomes the limitations of expertise and time of most LVR highway officials but takes advantage of the knowledge of their own LVRs. The tool developed, RoadPE: LHI, uses two common pavement fatigue criteria, surface tensile strain and subgrade vertical strain, with simplified inputs, and built-in trend analysis to determine the thickness of the asphalt layers for overlaid, mill and filled, rehabilitated, and reconstructed LVRs
Survey report 2008/09 summer season Geoscience Australia Authors - Ryan Ruddick and Alex Woods / Geoscience Australia
No full textProgress Code: completedStatement: The survey at Davis used the ITRF2000 at 2000 horizontal datum. Henk Brolsma (AAD Mapping Officer advised that an adjustment of 1.175 metres in a direction of 354 degrees 03' True was needed to bring the data onto the Davis WGS84 datum (as it was in 1996) - the datum on which the Australian Antarctic Data Centre's GIS data for Davis is stored.
Given that Grid North for the UTM zone 43 projection is 2 degrees 46' west of True North in this area, this meant an x shift of -0.004 metres and a y shift of 1.173 metres on the UTM grid.
This shift was not applied to the polygon representing the Library Lounge as Ryan Ruddick advised that this building was surveyed by offsets measured from the Living Quarters and consequently the outline of the Library Lounge was derived from the WGS84 Living Quarters polygon.
The stairways surveyed included two sets adjacent to the Summer Accommodation Module which was not surveyed as it had been surveyed in 2006/07. So after the shift was applied to these stairs an additional small translation was made to align the stair polygons with the Summer Accommodation Module polygon that resulted from the 2006/07 survey.This metadata record details a number of survey reports produced by Geoscience Australia surveyors, during the 2008-2009 Antarctic season.<br/><br/>The available survey reports in pdf format are:<br/><br/>Davis gravity mark<br/>Davis station spatial infrastructure report Larsemann Hills 2009 Macca TGBM Level Survey Tide Gauge Levelling 2009 Vestfold Lake Levelling 2009<br/><br/>Also included is a Summary text file providing further information:<br/><br/>Ryan Ruddick and Alex Woods, Geoscience Australia surveyors, carried out some survey work for Geoscience Australia and the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) during the 2008/09 summer.<br/> <br/>At Davis and the Vestfold Hills the work included:<br/>1 Installing an absolute gravity benchmark at Davis;<br/>2 A survey mark traverse at Davis and the survey of new buildings;<br/>3 A Davis tide gauge levelling survey;<br/>4 A survey of the Old Wallow for John van den Hoff of the AAD;<br/>5 Measuring relative height differences between lake bench marks and lake water level, for 23 lakes in the Vestfold Hills.<br/><br/>At the Larsemann Hills a GNSS campaign and high precision level survey was conducted across the eastern portion of Broknes. Precise orthometric height differences were observed between survey marks to be used together with the GNSS derived ellipsoidal heights of survey marks, obtained over the last decade, to develop a model of the geoid/ellipsoid separation in the area which encompasses Law-Racovita, Progress II and Zhongshan.<br/><br/>At Macquarie Island precise orthometric height differences were observed from the tide gauges in Garden Cove to the Macquarie Island ARGN station and its reference marks. The level run made direct connections to survey monuments observed in previous tide gauge benchmark level surveys conducted on the island. They also did a site survey of a proposed power house site. <br/><br/>Their work also took them to the Grove Mountains, Wilson Bluff and Dalton Corner. <br/><br/>Ryan and Alex provided documents describing most of the tasks listed above. A zip file containing these documents is available for download from a Related URL below.<br/><br/>Also available for download from the Related URLs below are:<br/><br/>1 The data that was the product of the survey mark traverse and the survey of new buildings at Davis and which is on the ITRF2000 at 2000 horizontal datum.<br/><br/>2 The final Davis buildings and stairways data from the survey at Davis after the data was converted from the ITRF2000 at 2000 horizontal datum on which it was collected to the WGS84 horizontal datum on which the Australian Antarctic Data Centre's GIS data for Davis is stored. See the Quality field for more details about the datum conversion.<br/>The final buildings and stairways data is included with the Australian Antarctic Data Centre's other buildings and stairways data for Davis and has Dataset_id = 279 in the attribute table
Computational Worlds: An Information Ontology
Get PDFRyan D. Mullins Computational Worlds: An Information Ontology Abstract of the Master-Thesis In this thesis, 'the world', that unified, all-encompassing domain about which we speak and make apparent discoveries every day will be declared another mythology. Instead, reality will look radically different. Reality comprises distortive, aesthetic simulations. The reality that will emerge will be a computational reality, a metaphysical pluralism in which actuality and possibility vie and vex, ultimately 'collapsing' into unified information states. This is a philosophy of the transfinite; more negatively, an anti-Kantian, anti-monistic philosophy. The author seeks nothing less than a new prism through which to view traditional philosophical problems and, in the best-case scenario, create possible solutions
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