Joanne Aono Interview

Bio: Joanne Aono is a Japanese American Sansei artist, born in Chicago. She received a BFA from Drake University with post graduate classes through the SAIC. Solo and two person exhibitions of her paintings and drawings include South Shore Arts, Images Gallery, Eyeporium Gallery, Dayton Street, and 303 Erie Artspace, with an upcoming solo show at the Lee Dulgar Gallery. Joanne has shown in numerous group exhibitions including Julius Caesar, Contemporary Art Workshop, Governor’s State University, Woman Made Gallery, Beverly Art Center, Northern Illinois University, and Art Chicago International. She has received City of Chicago Arts grants in addition to a Virginia Center for the Creative Arts fellowship. Her art has been reviewed in publications such as ArtLetter, NewCity, Northwest Indiana Times, and the Huffington Post. “The dualities of being a Japanese American as well as an identical twin are underlying themes in my art. I use visual and conceptual pairings to depict these contrasts and similarities of maintaining a collective identity while projecting a sense of individuality. Text in my art is Influenced by Japanese calligraphic forms and the hidden meanings that words possess. The writings are obscured, exploring interpretation, memory, knowledge, reading, and retention.” – bio courtesy of the artist. www.JoanneAono.co

Information technology, employee participation and the de-skilling thesis

While the de-skilling of work may involve many facets, including task simplification and the degradation of manual skills, this dissertation focuses specifically on the loss of control by workers over the organization and direction ( conception ) of their own work. This focus is consistent with Harry Braverman\u27s (1974) seminal argument that the pivot of capitalist management, and the core of the de-skilling thesis, is the separation of the conception of work from its execution. Employee participation strategies whereby workers exercise discretion over the organization and conduct of work are contrary to the de-skilling thesis. But their existence is compatible with post-Braverman analysis in which worker resistance and new technologies may result in de-skilling for some workers yet en-skilling for others. Enhanced profitability and competitive position has been a documented result of employee participation. Therefore, explaining why, in a competitive economy, we do not find greater use of employee participation is a problem--one which reflects the generally unsettled analysis of the contemporary labor process. The effect of information technology on employee participation is one of the unsettled issues. Different perspectives on this issue are developed in this dissertation through (1) an analysis of the de-skilling concepts in the history of economic thought, (2) an interpretation of the labor process under an indeterminist methodological perspective, and (3) an evaluation of the effect of information technology on worker-management trust. I conclude that the writers in the history of economic thought documented and established theoretical support for a thesis of de-skilling technological change. Information was considered a crucial resource by which the power of a dominant group over a subordinate group could be enhanced. Information technology was viewed as a method by which to displace and control labor. Arguments that the capitalist system would evolve so as to foster en-skilling were plentiful but lacked any rigorous theoretical foundation. Incorporation of an indeterminist methodology supports the theory that differential skill trajectories and organizational control strategies can co-exist. However, these results do not simply reflect differential responses by management to the challenges of supervising and monitoring workers. More importantly, they reflect different requirements of organizational learning under different degrees of uncertainty. Finally, I conclude that widespread sharing of information and egalitarian access to a firm\u27s information increase the level of trust in the organization, thus tending to support the sustainability of employee participation

A Climatology of Cold-Season Nonconvective Wind Events in the Great Lakes Region

ABSTRACT A 44-yr climatology of nonconvective wind events (NCWEs) for the Great Lakes region has been created using hourly wind data for 38 first-order weather stations during the months of November through April. The data were analyzed in terms of the two National Weather Service (NWS) criteria for a high-wind watch or warning: sustained winds of at least 18 m s Ϫ1 for at least 1 h or a wind gust of at least 26 m s Ϫ1 for any duration. The results indicate a pronounced southwest quadrant directional preference for nonconvective high winds in this region. Between 70% and 76% of all occurrences that satisfied the NWS criteria for NCWEs were associated with wind directions from 180°through 270°. Within the southwest quadrant, the west-southwest direction is preferred, with 14%-35% of all NCWEs coming from this particular compass heading. This directional preference is borne out in five out of six stations with high occurrences of cold-season NCWEs (Buffalo, New York; Dayton, Ohio; Lansing, Michigan; Moline, Illinois; Springfield, Illinois). Given the geographic spread of these stations, a nontopographic cause for the directional preference of cold-season NCWEs is indicated. The connection between NCWEs and low pressure systems found in this climatology and in case studies suggests that midlatitude cyclone dynamics may be a possible cause of the directional preference

A Climatology of Cold-Season Nonconvective Wind Events in the Great Lakes Region

A 44-yr climatology of nonconvective wind events (NCWEs) for the Great Lakes region has been created using hourly wind data for 38 first-order weather stations during the months of November through April. The data were analyzed in terms of the two National Weather Service (NWS) criteria for a high-wind watch or warning: sustained winds of at least 18 m s-1for at least 1 h or a wind gust of at least 26 m s-1for any duration. The results indicate a pronounced southwest quadrant directional preference for nonconvective high winds in this region. Between 70% and 76% of all occurrences that satisfied the NWS criteria for NCWEs were associated with wind directions from 180° through 270°. Within the southwest quadrant, the west-southwest direction is preferred, with 14%-35% of all NCWEs coming from this particular compass heading. This directional preference is borne out in five out of six stations with high occurrences of cold-season NCWEs (Buffalo, New York; Dayton, Ohio; Lansing, Michigan; Moline, Illinois; Springfield, Illinois). Given the geographic spread of these stations, a nontopographic cause for the directional preference of cold-season NCWEs is indicated. The connection between NCWEs and low pressure systems found in this climatology and in case studies suggests that midlatitude cyclone dynamics may be a possible cause of the directional preference

Phenotypic and functional changes in peripheral blood monocytes during progression of human immunodeficiency virus infection: effects of soluble immune complexes, cytokines, subcellular particulates from apoptotic cells, and HIV-1-encoded proteins on monocyte phagocytic function, oxidative burst, transendothelial migration, and cell surface phenotype

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Safety and health in mining

The mining industry has long been criticised severely because of its high rate of accident occurrence. Statistics, which, however, are not strictly comparable show that the accident-frequency rate in all mining is currently about three times and the accident severity rate is about seven times as great as the average for general industrial work in the United States. Figures such as these are by no means comforting to mining men. They constitute a challenge to the industry that cannot be ignored. It must be remembered that any type of mining is more hazardous than most or the other major occupations. The greater number of workers are generally employed underground and are subject to such risks as falls of ground, use of explosives, haulage or transportation difficulties, poor lighting, handling moving machinery in cramped places, and often inadequate ventilation with explosive gases and dusts present. It can readily be realized that the tasks that must be performed in most industries must likewise be performed in mining under these, as well as other adverse conditions. The natural result is that mine accidents are more frequent and generally more severe than in other industries. This does not, by any means, present an excuse for the high rate of accident occurrence in the mining industry. It should be kept in mind, however, that very little can be gained by contrasting the accident rates of mining with such an industry as manufacturing since the hazards involved are not comparable. For purposes of this paper the mining industry may be divided into three major classifications, namely; coal mining, metal and nonmetallic mining, and quarrying. Metal and nonmetallic-mineral mines, except in a few instances, have little in common with coal mines insofar as mining methods and actual conditions inside the mine are concerned. Generally speaking, coal mines have two hazards that rarely exist in metal and nonmetallic mineral mines. These are methane gas and coal dust, both of which are explosive. Explosive gas and explosive dust have been found to exist in isolated instances in non-coal mines and have resulted in major disasters, but such cases are rare. However, as both coal and noncoal mines have many hazards in common such as falls of rock or roof, haulage, electricity, explosives and others, this paper will be devoted to a general discussion of the problem of safety and health in mining. From time to time, reference will be made to one or the other of the classifications or the industry. This paper describes the hazards to health and safety and the problem of accident prevention that exists in the mining industry. The principal causes of accidents, and the preventative action that can be taken to prevent recurrence of these accidents are presented. The purpose of this paper is to provide a source of information on the principles or mine safety, as applied to the chief causes of mine accidents, which must be practiced in the day-to-day operation of the mining industry. It cannot be too strongly emphasized that safety in mining, or in any industry, cannot be attained unless all concerned are safety conscious --Introduction, pages 1-3

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