Revitalization of the NASA Langley Research Center's Infrastructure

The NASA Langley Research Center (Langley) was founded in 1917 as the nation's first civilian aeronautical research facility and NASA's first field center. For nearly 100 years, Langley has made significant contributions to the Aeronautics, Space Exploration, and Earth Science missions through research, technology, and engineering core competencies in aerosciences, materials, structures, the characterization of earth and planetary atmospheres and, more recently, in technologies associated with entry, descent, and landing. An unfortunate but inevitable outcome of this rich history is an aging infrastructure where the longest serving building is close to 80 years old and the average building age is 44 years old. In the current environment, the continued operation and maintenance of this aging and often inefficient infrastructure presents a real challenge to Center leadership in the trade space of sustaining infrastructure versus not investing in future capabilities. To address this issue, the Center has developed a forward looking revitalization strategy that ties future core competencies and technical capabilities to the Center Master Facility Plan to maintain a viable Center well into the future. This paper documents Langley's revitalization strategy which integrates the Center's missions, the Langley 2050 vision, the Center Master Facility Plan, and the New Town repair-by-replacement program through the leadership of the Vibrant Transformation to Advance Langley (ViTAL) Team

The Iowa Homemaker vol.2, no.11

Table of Contents From “Third Floor Back” to Front Line Rank by Clara Jordan, page 1 The Whys and Wherefores of Correspondence by Mildred Boyt, page 2 That Finishing Touch for Flaws or Floors by Ruth Knutsen, page 3 The Shoddy Time of Year by Harriet Schleiter, page 4 Forgive Us This Day Our Idiosyns by Eda Lord Murphy, page 4 The Youthful Guest by Esther Ellen Rayburn, page 5 Have for Your “Shrine” a Mirror by Eleanor Murray, page 6 Radiator – Less Gilt and More Heat by Mabel Russell, page 6 Children as Helpers by Hope Field, page 7 Miss Rosamond Cook Publishes Books by Llyra Price, page 7 Who’s There and Where by Jeanette Beyer, page 8 Refilling the Household Linen Chest by Opal Milligan, page 1

Dance movement therapy fro depression (protocol)

To assess the effects of dance movement therapy (DMT) for depression compared with no treatment (waiting list) or to standard care in both child and adult populations\ud \ud \ud \ud To compare DMT with other psychological interventions (e.g. psychodynamic psychotherapy or IPT, counselling or CBT)\ud \ud \ud \ud To compare DMT with pharmacological interventions (e.g. anti-depressants, minor tranquillisers or mood stabilisers)\ud \ud \ud \ud To compare DMT with other physical interventions (e.g. dance or exercise)\ud \ud \ud \ud To compare different forms of DMT (e.g. Laban-based DMT, Chacian DMT or Authentic Movement) (see below for explanations of these

Building an Online Academic Presence: Understanding Your Rights, Resources, and Establishing an Online Academic Presence during Graduate School

This presentation was developed as part of a graduate workshop celebrating the 2015 Open Access week. Graduate students attended a workshop where they learned about the basics of copyright, the benefits of publishing OA, and the ways in which they develop their online academic presence and increase the impact of their work by participating in Digital Repository @ Iowa State University.Copyright 2015 Hope Mitchell</p

Sacrificing Our Daughters: Changing Perceptions of Prostitution in Iowa, 1880-1915

Ankeny native Hope Mitchell was this year’s recipient of the Iowa History Center’s annual award for the Outstanding Master’s Thesis in Iowa History. Mitchell received her MA in history from Iowa State University in the spring of 2014 and was recognized for her thesis, “Sacrificing our Daughters: Changing Perceptions of Prostitution in Iowa, 1880-1915.” Not only was she honored by the Center with a plaque and $1,000 prize, she was also featured in a front-page article in the Des Moines Register. Mitchell’s study focused on prostitution in Des Moines and examined the city’s changing attitudes and approaches to the issue. “We are thrilled to recognize Hope’s work,” said Bill Friedricks, director of the Iowa History Center. “She pieced together an intriguing story through an array of unique and under-utilized sources. Her thesis is an important contribution to Iowa’s social history.”This is a presentation from Iowa History Center 2014 Award Ceremony (2014): 1-22. Posted with permission.</p

The Door of Hope: Farmwomen, Prostitution and Gender in Nineteenth Century Iowa

Throughout the late nineteenth century, Midwestern reformers experienced a shift in the ways in which they viewed and approached prostitution. For citizens of Des Moines, the rural origins and ties of the city played a significant role in the way which Midwestern reformers began to approach prostitution in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Des Moines acted as not only a trading outpost and business hub for nearby farmers, but also as a center of potential employment for young farmwomen. Whether they heard about opportunities for work in Des Moines from friends or found them in newspapers, near the turn of the century young women began migrating to Des Moines from the country in search of employment.1 This paper will explore the efforts of one particularly successful reform mission called the Door of Hope, which expanded their reform efforts beyond the traditional focus on spiritual salvation and instead emphasized the importance of family and honest labor and focused on placing at-risk young women in safe and supportive rural homes.This is a conference presentation from the 2015 Agricultural History Society Annual Meeting. Posted with permission.</p

Red Lights, White Chapel: The Working Girls of Des Moines at the Turn of the Century

Hope Mitchell, who is perhaps better known as Iowa's “Prostitution Historian,” will be the featured speaker. Mitchell earned the Iowa History Center’s Outstanding Master’s Thesis in Iowa History award this year for “Sacrificing our Daughters: Changing Perceptions of Prostitution in Iowa, 1880-1915.” She will share her research exploring the relationship between prostitution and farming culture, particularly among the women who worked in Des Moines’ red-light district, nicknamed “White Chapel” after the district in London’s east end where Jack the Ripper was known to haunt. Currently, Mitchell works as the Assistant Coordinator of the Digital Repository at Iowa State University, where she helps to preserve the scholarship of faculty and students.This is a presentation from The Des Moines Historical Society Meeting (2014):1-19. Posted with permission.</p

Sacrificing our daughters: changing perceptions of prostitution in Iowa, 1880-1915

In response to the urbanization and industrialization that occurred throughout the nineteenth century, people across the country began to reevaluate their perceptions of prostitution during the later part of the nineteenth century and into the early part of the twentieth century. As young women began to migrate to cities looking for factory and domestic work, parents became concerned by the dangers that their daughters would face in the city. This concern was especially felt within the Midwest, where farm families were heavily dependent upon the labors of their daughters. As they transitioned into the later part of the nineteenth century, Iowans' became more concerned that young women would be lured into prostitution and began lashing out at those individuals who they believed posed the greatest danger to their daughters. This thesis will analyze the changing perceptions of prostitution in the later part of the nineteenth century and the varying responses to prostitution during the early part of the twentieth century. Using district court records and newspapers, this thesis will trace the changing opinions of prostitution, focusing specifically on the ways in which people redefined who was to blame for perpetuating prostitution and who suffered the most because of prostitution. After establishing a more focused perception of prostitution, Iowans' began reevaluating the social and legal ways in which they approached prostitution; this thesis will then conclude with an examination of the reasoning of these revised reform measures and their level of effectiveness through an analysis of parole records and annual reports from local reform societies.</p