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Wes Moore: The Thin Line Between Happiness and Tragedy
No full textWes Moore is an Army combat veteran, national bestselling author, and social entrepreneur. He is committed to helping young people redirect their lives and supporting the parents, teachers, mentors and volunteers who care for, and work with, our nation\u27s youth.
Moore graduated Phi Theta Kappa from Valley Forge Military College in 1998 and Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University in 2001. While a student at Johns Hopkins he founded STAND!, which works with Baltimore youth involved in the criminal justice system and still exists today. Moore completed a MLitt in International Relations from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 2004. Upon graduation, he served as a captain in the United States Army, completing a tour to Afghanistan as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division.
His first book, The Other Wes Moore, became an instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller as a story that conveys the importance of individual decisions as well as community support. He is also the host of Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network and Executive Producer and host of Coming Back with Wes Moore on PBS.
Moore is the Founder and CEO of BridgeEdU, an innovative college completion platform that addresses the college completion and career placement crisis by reinventing the freshman year in a way that engages students in real-world internships and service learning opportunities. He has been featured by USA Today, People Magazine, Meet the Press, The Colbert Report , The View, MSNBC, and NPR, among many others
Where do we go from here? An assessment of navigation performance using a compass versus a GPS unit
No full textThe Global Positioning System (GPS) looks set to replace the traditional map and
compass for navigation tasks in military and civil domains. However, we may ask
whether GPS has a real performance advantage over traditional methods. We present
an exploratory study using a waypoint plotting task to compare the standard magnetic
compass against a military GPS unit, for both expert and non-expert navigators.
Whilst performance times were generally longer in setting up the GPS unit, once
navigation was underway the GPS was more efficient than the compass. For mediumto
long-term missions, this means that GPS could offer significant performance
benefits, although the compass remains superior for shorter missions.
Notwithstanding the performance times, significantly more errors, and more serious
errors, occurred when using the compass. Overall, then, the GPS offers some clear
advantages, especially for non-expert users. Nonetheless, concerns over the
development of cognitive maps remain when using GPS technologies
From The Ground Up: Conversations With Wes Jackson
No full textAs human societies hurtle toward collapse, we’re going to need good science, appropriate teaching, and the best of our neighborly traditions to get through. In From the Ground Up, Wes Jackson discusses the challenges and opportunities. He’s a scientist with a sharp analytical mind to evaluate the data, and a lively storyteller who can reach back into the past for lessons that will be essential in a down-powering world.
Jackson supplemented the education he got growing up on a Kansas truck farm with a Ph.D. in genetics, leading to a university career. But he gave that up to start an alternative school and a research center that is now at the heart of work in sustainable agriculture. Along the way, he sharpened his storytelling skills, which are on display in this edited version of podcasts recorded in 2020 with his friend and collaborator Robert Jensen.
Contents
Foreword by Linda Ronstadt
Introduction by Robert Jensen
Intellectual Grounding
Respecting Your Tools
Mad About Science
Methodism to My Madness
The Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man
Bibliography
About the Authors
Contributors
Wes Jackson is cofounder and president emeritus of The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including Hogs Are Up: Stories of the Land, with Digressions and New Roots for Agriculture.
Robert Jensen is professor emeritus in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of many books, including The Restless and Relentless Mind of Wes Jackson: Searching for Sustainability and Plain Radical: Living, Loving, and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully.
Bill Vitek is Director of the New Perennials Project and New Perennials Publishing, and a Scholar in Residence at Middlebury College. Vitek taught philosophy for 32 years at Clarkson University, always with the objective of helping students understand that the philosophical imagination can, and must, do useful work in the world. Much of his work has engaged ecological issues, including collaborations with Wes Jackson and The Land Institute for over three decades. Vitek and Jackson co-edited two books, Rooted in the Land: Essays on Community and Place (1996) and The Virtues of Ignorance: Complexity, Sustainability, and the Limits of Knowledge (2008).
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by R. Wes Harrison and Everald McLennon
No full textby R. Wes Harrison and Everald Mclennon Conjoint analysis is used to measure the preferences of United States consumers for labeling of biotech foods. The study found that consumers overwhelmingly support mandatory labeling of biotech foods. Results also showed the preferred labeling format is a text disclosure that describes the benefits of biotechnology in combination with a biotech logo. These results imply that U.S. consumers would support a revision of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's voluntary labeling policies. This may result in GMO labeling policies similar to those of the European Union, Australia, and New Zealand. Agricultural biotechnology (AB) is broadly defined as a collection of scientific techniques that involves taking the genes from one plant or animal species and inserting them in another species to transfer a desired trait or characteristic . For farmers, AB ha s led to reduced production costs, enhanced yields, and the potential for increased profits. Public benefits of AB include reductions in pesticide and herbicide use, as well as enhanced nutritional value, flavor, and shelf life of some foods. Despite these benefits, consumer acceptance has been controversial, as some consumer and special interest groups have expressed concerns over the safety and environmental effects of biotech foods (USDA/ERS, 1991). This is largely due to fears that AB may have some unforeseen health risks, as well as, unforeseen negative effects on wildlife and the environment. Consumer concerns regarding the safety of AB have made labeling of these foods an important policy issue throughout the world. For instance, health and environmental concerns are particularly strong among European, Australian, and New Zealand consume..
Mapping smart power onto the cardinal virtues and cross-cultural leadership dimensions
No full textWe use smart power as a means to articulate relationships between the concepts of power, culture, and virtue. Following this exposition, we propose that the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, justice, courage, and temperance can be considered as foundations of virtuous leadership behaviour within the framework of smart power. Although applying general principles across cultures can be problematic, we present evidence from the GLOBE studies that some types of leader behaviours are considered effective in most cultures. Using smart power as an organising principle we then examine connections between these cross-culturally effective leadership behavioural categories – integrity, inspiration, vision, performance orientation – and the cardinal virtues. Connections between virtue and choice are also examined in respect to how ethical leaders behave when they exercise smart power. Finally, we discuss implications and predictions regarding the use of virtuous leadership behaviours and smart power in management settings based on major world trends such as the growth of globalisation. This chapter concludes by suggesting conceptual connections between individuals’ moral capabilities, applications of smart power, and cross-culturally applicable dimensions of leadership behaviour
WES: The Study of Wearable Gesture Recognition Device Applied in Smart Home
No full textWES是一個使用穿戴式裝置控制家電的系統，它由三大部分組成：WES控制器、WES接收器，以及電器控制器。WES使用套在食指上類似戒指的裝置，透過三軸加速計的信號，辨識出使用者的手勢，再將手勢對應到家電的控制信號。使用時，使用者先將WES控制器的紅外線信號發射器，對準目標家電上的紅外線信號接收器，再做對應於控制信號的手勢，以RF信號將控制信號傳至WES接收器，再控制電器控制器，完成控制流程。也因此，WES是一個一對多、直覺的家電控制系統。裝置的設計上，WES控制器用到了裝載ARM處理器的STM32F4開發版，將離線訓練的MLP權重以及手勢辨識的程式碼，移植到嵌入式系統上，而訊號間的傳遞，則利用Arduino家族的開發版協助。本研究的主要貢獻在提出一個有別以往的穿戴式手勢辨識為主的家電控制系統，以及建立基於戒指型的裝戴式裝置的手勢資料庫。Wearable Electronic Domestic Appliances Control System (WES) combines wearable device on index finger and forearm to construct an intuitive controlling schema. The system prototype consists of three parts: WES controller, WES receiver, and local controller. The WES controller uses infra-red ray signal to identify WES receiver on the target electronic domestic appliance, and then sends command determined by users’ gesture recognition result via 315 Mhz RF signal. The gesture recognition system is implemented by learning MLP weights offline using over 8,000 gesture data, and embedded prediction code on STM32F4 develop board in WES controller. The accuracy of the model is 91.25%. The main contribution of this study is providing an intuitive way to control smart home appliances and building up dataset for gesture recognition on wearable device on index finger
Wes Anderson\u27s Cinematic Universe
No full textJesse Vanparys
2-04-2017
Film History II
Wes Anderson’s Cinematic Universe
Throughout this essay, I will attempt to observe the directorial catalog of the modern American Independent filmmaker Wes Anderson. Through extensive research, I will seek the common themes that run throughout his movies, such as style, characters, dialogue, dysfunctional families, and music. In my opinion, all of these elements are crucial and present in every movie in Wes Anderson’s canon. To further understand these elements, I will also look at the wide variety of other films and filmmakers that inspire or influence Wes Anderson. According to Raymond’s essay “Too Smart, Too Soon,” The Graduate (Nichols, 1967) and The King of Comedy (Scorsese, 1983) among many others. In short, I hope to study his entire filmography with a focus on finding common themes among them in terms of style, (using Oregon’s “La Camera-Crayola”) story, and influence.
To achieve my previously stated goal, I will also need to consider the industrial/economic environment surrounding these films and any political or social messages found within the films. For instance, I will need to put forth some thought and effort into ascertaining which overall category or movement his films, and perhaps the films that influenced him, fall under or belong to. Although I have learned a little bit about Wes Anderson in my own personal time through interviews and commentaries, I look forward to approaching this subject with a more academic lense.
Sources:
Raymond, Marc. “Too Smart, Too Soon: ‘The King of Comedy’ and American Independent Cinema.” Film Criticism, vol. 34, no. 1, 2009, pp. 17–35. www.jstor.org/stable/24777404.
This essay was useful because it focuses on Scorsese’s The King of Comedy and its influence. Rushmore is cited as an example of a film inspired by The King of Comedy. It also reveals information about the time period behind The King of Comedy.
Orgeron, Devin. “La Camera-Crayola: Authorship Comes of Age in the Cinema of Wes Anderson.” Cinema Journal, vol. 46, no. 2, 2007, pp. 40–65. www.jstor.org/stable/4137181.
Focuses on the position of filmmakers as auteurs/authorial figures. Also adds an emphasis on the DVD commentary culture that Wes seems to take advantage of. Also adds context to the films that inspire him and their respective backgrounds
Wave transmission through rock structures
No full textApplication of the energy method leads to a theoretical expression of the coefficient of transmission through a prismatic structure, constructed from rocks of uniform size, for long waves traversing the structure. When the dissipation in the voids is due partly to turbulent forces, the transmissions are expressed by a power formula . The formula is modified by a parametric factor to respond to the conditions met with in the ordinary model studies of the shorter waves . The factor form is determined from observations made with waves of varying periods. The relation of the adapted formula to the resistance of the structures for steady flow is shown . With the reflections not being amenable to an analytical treatment, test results are consolidated in a single curve, irrespective of the rock sizes, with the porosity remaining constant
WES 2808 for Brittle Fracture Assessment of Steel Components under Seismic Conditions – Part VI: Application of WES 2808 to Beam-to-column Connections
No full textAbstractThis paper describes application of revised fracture assessment method specified in WES 2808 to full-scale models of beam-to-column connections subjected to cyclic and dynamic loading. Fracture tests of full-scale models of beam-to-column connections were carried out (Morita, 1999, and Yoshimura, 2006). Cyclic loading tests were conducted, which included dynamic loading tests. Brittle fracture occurred from weld defects (lack of fusion or weld crack) or artificial defects in beam-to-column connections. In accordance with WES 2808, the fracture strain at the beam end in the connection was evaluated. Fracture toughness of a local area including fracture initiation site was replaced by the static fracture toughness at reference temperature defined by WES 2808. The equivalent CTOD ratio β was employed to correct the constraint loss in structural components on the basis of the Weibull stress criterion. The fracture performance of full-scale models of beam-to-column connections evaluated by the procedure specified in WES 2808 was almost consistent with the experimental results
WES 2808 for Brittle Fracture Assessment of Steel Components under Seismic Conditions – Part I: Fracture Assessment Procedure
No full textAbstractThe Welding Engineering Standard, WES 2808, has been developed in the Japan Welding Engineering Society (JWES) for assessing the brittle fracture in steel components under seismic conditions. WES 2808 includes two unique ideas: 1) a reference temperature concept for the evaluation of the material fracture toughness under cyclic and dynamic loading, and 2) an equivalent CTOD concept for the correction of CTOD toughness for constraint loss in structural components. The CTOD design curve is employed for the assessment of the crack driving force of components. The revision of WES 2808 is in progress in JWES to expand the range of use and to improve the fracture assessment procedure. This paper describes the key contents of WES 2808
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