889 research outputs found
Gina Burdass: ausgew\ue4hlt 2011
No full textThis is an introduction to the art of Gina Burdass for the catalogue to her exhibition at the Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, in June 2011. The Akademie is one of the oldest in Europe and is highly distinguished. Artists have to be mentored, if offered an exhibition, by a member of the Akadmie, and in this case Burdass is being mentored by Bridget Riley. The introduction will appear in both English and German
Garbage Disposal (2020-03-01)
No full textUniversity of Minnesota Duluth. Office of Sustainability; Grensing, Gina Chiodi; Primus, Riley. (2020). Garbage Disposal (2020-03-01). Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/213605
Masculinity, trauma, and armed conflict: how gender norms shape and perpetuate trauma among men
No full textIndividualism and the ruined woman in print and film: social standards, stratification and feminine independence in Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders, David Attwood's The fortunes and misfortunes of Moll Flanders, and Pen Densham's Moll Flanders
No full textThe 18th Century is undeniably rife with social and political unrest. The highly capitalist nature of society created highly striated social groups ranging from the financially elite to the abjectly poor and morally weak. Minority groups always suffer in these environments and in England the women were truly subject to the depravity of the era. Women as a social group were set up to and expected to fail. Without money and status a woman could amount to nothing more than a wet nurse or a prostitute. Yet, in these stations women were labeled “ruined” and they were ostracized by those in power. This semester I hope to research the social station of women in 18th Century women by examining culture, history, and literature. Specifically, I hope to target Defoe as a major author who sympathizes his ruined women characters in order to show the flaws in 18th Century society. He examines Moll Flanders as the pitiable prostitute, and manages to showcase the struggles of womanhood despite his role as a male author. Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders introduces a liberated female character who defies the standards of society in order to reach a measure of personal individualism. I will also examine other literary characters who enter into prostitution in order to exist within society and the way in which other authors present these women. Are these fictionalized characters representations of reality? Are they accurate? Regardless, they comment on and represent standard stereotypes of the 18th Century and its capitalist flaws. What does this say about the authors, the 18th Century population, the place of women, and England’s economic stratifications?M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Gina Mercuri
GINA and Preemployment Criminal Background Checks
No full textThe article discusses the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and the ethical and public policy issues related to workplace genetic profiling and institutional security. GINA precludes employers from requesting DNA from potential employees. It provides employees protection from discrimination as well as access to and disclosure of personal genetic information. The author proposes turning background criminal checks over to law enforcement agencies which allow them to collect the DNA from prospective employee
Douglas Riley McEwen
No full textSeries 85298 | State Historical Society | World War I service questionnaires | Douglas Riley McEwenThis series contains military service questionnaires and photographs of Utah's World War I veterans compiled by the Utah State Historical Society shortly after the war. The forms were sent to veterans or their families to complete and return
UNSCHOOLING: A DIRECT EDUCATIONAL APPLICATION OF DECI AND RYAN’S (1985) SELF DETERMINATION THEORY AND COGNITIVE EVALUATION THEORY
No full textUnschooling is a variation of homeschooling where, instead of following a set curriculum, children learn through everyday life experiences. As an increasing number of families are choosing to unschool, it becomes important to further study the workings of this philosophical and educational choice. It is estimated that approximately 12% of families who homeschool, unschool their children. The unschooling environment itself tends to provide space for self-directed and intrinsically motivated learning, and seems to be a direct educational application of Deci and Ryan’s (1985) Self Determination Theory and Cognitive Evaluation Theory. Within this paper, the author describes and expands upon how the unschooling environment is a modern example of true, intrinsically motivated learning. The author also discusses how unschooling families tend to naturally provide the three psychological needs developed within Cognitive Evaluation Theory, specifically the needs of competence, autonomy, and relatedness. Article visualizations
Doubled nations: Narrativization of a forgotten war in Gina Apostol's Insurrecto
No full textIn this thesis, I provide a reading of Gina Apostol's Insurrecto focusing on its narrative structure. The novel explores the dichotomy present in historical perspectives relating to the Philippine-American War, specifically through the Balangiga Massacre, and the complexity of crafting an accurate reflection of historical events. This paper looks at three specific narrative techniques exhibited in the text -- doubling, weaving, and cyclicity -- and discusses the role that each plays in representing the relationship between the Philippines and the United States. In crafting a novel on a foundation of doubled, woven, and cyclical storylines, Apostol creates a formal structure that effectively parallels the nuanced role that narrative plays in understanding history, ultimately illustrating the Philippine-American War as a war that has largely been forgotten
Gina Ochsner
No full textGina Ochsner graduated from George Fox in 1992 and quickly became one of the school’s most critically acclaimed fiction writers. Her 2002 book of short stories, The Necessary Grace to Fall, won the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, and her 2005 follow-up, People I Wanted to Be, was recipient of the Oregon Book Award. A novel, The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight, received the Grub Street Book Prize in 2011 and was long listed for the Orange Prize in 2010. In all, she has won more than 20 awards for her writing, including the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award. Her short stories have been featured in The New Yorker magazine and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Gina Ochsner is an educator and prolific writer who has received widespread praise for her work. She is the author of the short story collection The Necessary Grace to Fall, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, and the story collection People I Wanted to Be. Both books received the Oregon Book Award. In addition, her novel The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight was longlisted for the Orange Award (UK). Ochsner lives in Keizer, Ore., and divides her time between teaching at Corban University and writing. She is the recipient of grants from the Oregon Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Howard Foundation.Since her graduation in 1992, Gina has been a part of numerous volunteer and ministry outreaches. She has worked with the Roma Outreach Ministries (BBI, YWAN Slavic Ministries, and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship); the Romainian/Moldovan Outreach (Bridge Builders, and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship); and the Latvian Missions (Bridge Builders International, YWAN, and the Lavitican Public School Cooperation). Her volunteer experience includes work in Roma through Global Missions and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (short term teams), Youth with a Mission (Slavic short term teams), as a writer/intern for, For God’s Children International with ministries at Bucharest’s Children’s Hospital and Zabil home for the disabled and the Children’s Home in Moldova, a speaker/ workshop leader at the Slavic school in Salem, a speaker/workshop leader for the Public School Conference’s “Integrating Biblical Principles in Education,” in Riga, Latvia. She has also volunteered with the Oregon Writers Colony, Simonka House for Women, as an English Language tutor, for the Northwest Review staff reader, and as a mentor/ workshop leader facilitating with middle and high school grades with an emphasis on creative writing with Title 1 and rural schools.https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/noteable_individuals/1088/thumbnail.jp
Insufficiency of immersion joints in existing immersed tunnels: Case study on functioning of Gina-seal and Omega-seal in the Kil Tunnel
No full textIn 2009 and 2010, two leakages through immersion joints occurred in the First Coen Tunnel near Amsterdam. From the study on t-he cause of these leakages, it followed that there was a potential problem for existing immersed tunnels: failure of the temporary Gina-seal combined with corrosion on the clamping structure of the definitive Omega-seal. It is unknown whether the immersion joints of existing immersed tunnels in the Netherlands will still function during the remaining design lifetime. There is lack of calculations on the governing watertight parts (Gina-seal and Omega-seal) in immersion joints. The main goal of this research is to become both qualitative and quantitative insight into the watertightness of existing Gina-seals and Omega-seals in immersed tunnels. It is applied to the Kil Tunnel (case study).Leakage through immersion joints can only take place when both the Gina-seal and the Omega-seal fail. The Gina-seal consists of a rubber gasket (the Gina-gasket) and a clamping structure that connects the Gina-gasket with the tunnel element. It can fail due to widening of the joint (due to seasonal temperature changes) combined with relaxa-tion, increased soil pressure and differential movements of the tunnel elements. The Omega-seal consists of a rubber gasket (the Omega-gasket) and a structure that connects the flange of the Omega-gasket with both tunnel elements (the clamping structure). It can fail if the clamping structure is affected by differential movements, relaxation, corrosion and widening of the joint (due to seasonal temperature changes).The Kil Tunnel (case study, finished in 1977, below Dordtsche Kil) consists of 3 tunnel elements, so it has 3 immersion joints (1A, 2E and 3A). Immersion joint 1A and 2E connect the tunnel to both abutments and are exactly the same. Immersion joint 3A connects two tunnel elements to each other. The Gina-seal and the Omega-seal are slightly different for 1A/2E and 3A.The Gina-seal has to meet several requirements in order to be watertight. The result of the case study on the Gina-seal in the Kil Tunnel is the following:- Joint 1A/2E may not meet Requirement G2 roof (Force equilibrium in the roof). This check requires attention. Therefore, it is recommended to do visual inspections in the roof of joint 1A/2E. All the other requirements are met with large margins.- Joint 3A meets all requirements with large margins. It is expected that this Gina-seal fulfils its function over the entire lifetime.- It is recommended to measure the value of maximum difference between winter and summer of the immersion joint in longitudinal direction (Δx) in all immersion joints.The Omega-seal has to meet several requirements in order to be watertight. The result of the case study on the Omega-seal in the Kil Tunnel is the following:- The compression of the flange of the Omega-gasket (cO) determines strongly whether the requirements on watertightness are met. When the compression of the flange of the Omega-gasket is smaller than 5 mm, the requirements are not met. This means that leakages through the immersion joint can occur. It is recommended to measure this value.- The maximum allowed penetration depth of the corrosion is 2 mm of the core of the bolt. If this value is exceeded, the functioning of the bolt is not guaranteed anymore. It is recommended to remove a bolt at the “splash zone” in order to see how far the corrosion has penetrated the bolt. Besides, it must be checked whether the corrosion is an on-going process.- When one bolt fails, the clamping plate will deform. As a result the forces on the adjacent bolts will be lower. It depends on the state of the bolt whether this is able to take the loads. This will determine whether the ‘zipper effect’ will occur.This study has created a theoretical description of the state of existing Gina-seals and Omega-seals. However, visual inspections and measurements are also needed to judge whether the seals will function during the remaining lifetime.Civil Engineering | Hydraulic Engineerin
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