Wim Wenders’ Use of Space in The Million Dollar Hotel

Wim Wenders has been quoted as saying, of his own development as a filmmaker, that he is “a painter of space engaged on a quest for time” (qtd. in Graf, 2002, p.63). This paper offers a systematic assessment of the way Wenders creates the filmic space of The Million Dollar Hotel (Wenders, 1999) from a place existing in downtown Los Angeles: the Frontier Hotel on East 5th St., LA (with its companion hotel, the Rosslyn, just across the street). This study considers both place and space as filmic effects, which operate on a continuum from documentary to fantasy

The benchmark U.S. Treasury market: recent performance and possible alternatives - commentary

Forecasting ; Economic indicators ; Treasury bills ; Government securities ; Budget ; Debts, Public

Riders in the Sky

Photograph of Burl Ives; Illustration of cowboy on horse at top of hillhttps://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-sheet-music/12505/thumbnail.jp

Shall We Reinvent Our 100 Year Old Denomination? Surveying Organizational Models

David Moberg has described the life cycle of religious organizations in The Church as a Social Institution. His model suggests five predictable stages. FIGURE 1 In the beginning of the ascending curve there is a phase of incipient organization characterized by a negative reaction to existing churches, emotional enthusiasm for the new church, and diffused leadership. Second, as the age and effectiveness of the organization increase, there is a phase of formal organization characterized by membership commitments, specification of goals, symbolic separation from the larger society, and a gradual move from charismatic leaders to rational or bureaucratic leaders. Third, as the curve rises to a crest, there is a phase of maximum efficiency characterized by decisions based on research, increased tolerance of other groups and society, rapid expansion of the formal organizational structure, and rapid growth. Fourth, in the descending curve there is a phase of institutionalization characterized by an established bureaucracy, declining support for the distinctives that helped bring the group into existence, increased diversity of beliefs, interests, and commitment, and membership becomes passive and remote from leadership. Finally, the curvedeclines to nothingness in a phase of disintegration characterized by loss of members’ confidence in the institution and its leaders, formalism, indifference, obsolescence, absolutism, red tape, patronage, and corruption

On-going and future research at the Sulcis site in Sardinia, Italy. Characterization and experimentation at a possible future CCS pilot

National Italian funding has recently been allocated for the construction of a 350 MWe coal-fired power plant / CCS demonstration plant in the Sulcis area of SW Sardinia, Italy. In addition, the recently approved EC-funded ENOS project (ENabling Onshore CO2 Storage in Europe) will use the Sulcis site as one of its main field research laboratories. Site characterization is already ongoing, and work has begun to design gas injection experiments at 100-200 m depth in a fault. This article gives an overview of results to date and plans for the future from the Sapienza University of Rome research group

Relationship of Acute Phase Reactants and Fat Accumulation during Treatment for Tuberculosis

Background. Tuberculosis causes inflammation and muscle wasting. We investigated how attenuation of inflammation relates to repletion of body composition during treatment in an underserved population. Design. Twenty-four patients (23 to 79 years old) with pulmonary tuberculosis and inflammation (pretreatment albumin = 2.96 ± 0.13 g/dL, C-reactive protein [CRP] = 6.71 ± 1.34 μg/dL, and beta-2-microglobulin = 1.68 ± 0.10 μg/L) were evaluated and had BIA over 24 weeks. Results. Weight increased by 3.02 ± 0.81 kg (5.5%; P = 0.007) at week 4 and by 8.59 ± 0.97 kg (15.6%; P < 0.0001) at week 24. Repletion of body mass was primarily fat, which increased by 2.09 ± 0.52 kg at week 4 and 5.05 ± 0.56 kg at week 24 (P = 0.004 and P < 0.0001 versus baseline). Fat-free mass (FFM), body cell mass (BCM), and phase angle did not increase until study week 8. Albumin rose to 3.65 ± 0.14 g/dL by week 4 (P < 0.001) and slowly increased thereafter. CRP levels declined by ∼50% at each interval visit. Conclusions. During the initial treatment, acute phase reactants returned towards normal. The predominant accrual of fat mass probably reflects ongoing, low levels of inflammation

PREDICTION AND TESTING (ASTM E-837-89) OF RESIDUAL STRESSES IN STRUCTURES (OPERATED IN SOHIC ENVIRONMENT) CAUSED BY WELDING

ABSTRACT The study and testing of the structural behavior of a failed pipe with a spiral weld seam was conducted. Our study and testing was part of a larger failure investigation to determine the influence of residual stress for initiation of hydrogen stress cracking. Finite element and structural testing methods were used to guide the study for determination of residual stresses. All properties used in our study were measured per ASTM A-370. The validation of the finite element model of the pipe was conducted against the test results per ASTM E-837-89. The difference in predicted and measured residual stresses was 3% at the ID of the structure. Due to the small differences in the results from analysis and testing, no correlation was required, and the test-validated finite element model was used to predict the total stresses due to the manufacturing processes and operational loads. Based on the validation results, one can conclude that the finite element technique is accurate for predicting residual welding stresses. The finite element technique, however, is far less time -consuming and thus less expensive method than mechanical testing for determining the residual stresses

Southern Ocean bottom water characteristics in CMIP5 models

Southern Ocean deep water properties and formation processes in climate models are indicative of their capability to simulate future climate, heat and carbon uptake, and sea level rise. Southern Ocean temperature and density averaged over 1986–2005 from 15 CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5) climate models are compared with an observed climatology, focusing on bottom water. Bottom properties are reasonably accurate for half the models. Ten models create dense water on the Antarctic shelf, but it mixes with lighter water and is not exported as bottom water as in reality. Instead, most models create deep water by open ocean deep convection, a process occurring rarely in reality. Models with extensive deep convection are those with strong seasonality in sea ice. Optimum bottom properties occur in models with deep convection in the Weddell and Ross Gyres. Bottom Water formation processes are poorly represented in ocean models and are a key challenge for improving climate predictions