Transcript for Episode 19: Legislative Legacy: 1972 Constitution Brings Legislature Closer to the People

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Survey Of Bouldering Problems And Enhanced Documentation Of Native American Rock Imagery, Hueco Tanks State Park And Historic Site, El Paso County, Texas

This report presents the results of an extensive photographic survey of recreational boulder climbing routes (i.e., bouldering problems) and enhanced documentation of Native American rock imagery at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site in El Paso County, Texas, by Versar, Inc., for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Fieldwork for this project was conducted between March and June 2016. Based on the two most comprehensive bouldering guidebooks available for Hueco Tanks, approximately 1,901 published bouldering problems exist within the park. Of these, 172 bouldering problems are within areas indicated as closed as of June 2015 by the Public Use Plan and park administration for erosion control, rock art protection, or other resource conflicts and therefore were not part of the survey scope; however, 18 of these closed bouldering problems were documented during training exercises for this survey. An additional 122 previously unpublished bouldering problems were identified and documented during this survey. In total, 1,869 bouldering problems were documented by this project. During this survey, the rock surface along each boulder problem was systematically photographed. A digital image enhancement algorithm (DStretch) was applied to each survey photograph, which were then reviewed for the presence of Native American rock art imagery or pigment remnants. Native American imagery or pigment remnants were identified and documented at 31 locations within or near currently open bouldering problems and at three locations adjacent to currently closed problems. Native American rock imagery identified and documented during this effort range from sparse pigment remnants to identifiable stylistic elements and patterns characteristic of the Jornada Mogollon prehistoric cultural region

Catching Patrons with a Library 2.0 Net: Using Geographic Information Systems to Measure the True Market Area of the Wake County Public Library System

This paper explores the idea that Library 2.0 technologies will help libraries reach patrons deterred by distance. In library location research there is a belief that as distance increases from the library, use decreases. The standard found in past studies indicates that most library users live within two miles of the library. Using geographic information systems to map address data of library card holders, this study collected median distance traveled by patrons and measured the populations of cardholders living near the library. The study compared the median distance to branch specific statistics to determine possible correlations. While there was not enough evidence to support the effect of using a Library 2.0 service model on the distance patrons travel, it did find that Wake County patrons are more dispersed than the accepted tenet suggests. It found the average median distance significantly broader and populations of cardholders not as concentrated around the library

Biography of Jerry Loendorf

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Two Hawk Dreams

Bighorn sheep graze on the last of the green grass on Gets-Struck-By-Lightning Mountain in the late fall. Two Hawk’s father and older brother, Night Heron, set off through newly fallen snow to hunt with their dogs. Two Hawk is sad to be left behind, but he has heard the bull elk’s mating call for only seven seasons, too few to be old enough to hunt. So begins another day for a boy of the Tukudika (Sheep Eater) Shoshones, living in the traditional ways in what will one day be known as Yellowstone National Park. Two Hawk is learning those ways, accompanied by his dog, Gypsum, and a talkative magpie whose secrets only Two Hawk can hear. His adventures, beautifully illustrated by Davíd Joaquín, show Two Hawk, and the reader, the meaning of rituals and responsibilities and the mystical origins of Two Hawk’s name. Only the appearance of the hairy-face man who crosses paths with Two Hawk’s family suggests the vast changes that are soon to shake the Shoshones’ world

Static and Dynamic Buckling of Shallow Arches

The static and dynamic buckling behaviors of a shallow, simply supported sinusoidal arch subjected to both a uniformly distributed step pressure load and a purely impulsive load are considered. Five equilibrium paths are obtained for the arch under static loading conditions. Critical static loads corresponding to two different instability modes and based on characteristics in the load displacement curve are obtained numerically. Critical dynamic loads, corresponding to three different instability modes, are obtained from a numerical procedure in which buckling criteria are based on characteristics in the time response of the structure. The influence of damping on the various dynamic stability regions and the dynamic response of a preloaded arch are observed and discussed