scholarly journals A Girl’s Best Friend by H.M. Savitz

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Santana BCR
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Best Friend ◽  
Hard Time ◽  
Favorite Book

Savitz, Harriet May. A Girl’s Best Friend. New York: Scholastic, 1995. Print. The book I am reading is A Girl’s Best Friend. I like the book because it’s sad and funny at the same time. It’s sad because she blind. There's a blind girl who has a dog has named Jessie. She also is getting sick. And they are having a hard time with money. It’s sad and funny. It’s awesome and very sad because she is blind and the dog is getting very sick.I did not like the book when the dog might die or get killed and that she is blind so she can’t see her dog but I do love the book.  If I could pick one hundred I would but I can't so I will pick five. My reason is it’s an awesome book and I like the dog, it looks cute. Highly recommended: 5 out of 5 stars Reviewer: SantanaMy name is Santana I really like reading comics because it has some action in it. I am 11 years old. My favorite things to do are dance, sing, and cook. I always go to my best friend’s house because she lives very close to me. I enjoy my reading because it is comfy and fun. I really like reading comics because it’s awesome. I also like reading real life stories and my favorite book is called A Girl’s Best Friend.

Use of Integrated Viscous Dampers to Control Wind Induced Vibrations in Tall Buildings

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Ashcroft ◽  
Melissa Burton ◽  
David Farnsworth
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Viscous Dampers ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Space Efficiency ◽  
Wind Events ◽  
Wind Comfort

<p>The tall building world is seeing a trend pushing building heights and slenderness ratios to levels previously unseen. The design of these buildings for both strength and serviceability is typically governed by the dynamic response of the building to wind. Comfort of building occupants during relatively low return period wind events is a key challenge, and engineers are increasingly turning to damping technologies to limit building accelerations rather than adding stiffness or mass. Large tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are a commonly used solution.</p><p>This paper suggests that integrating viscous dampers within a tall building’s structure can deliver a cost- effective alternative to TMDs, delivering high performing buildings with additional benefits in terms of robustness and space efficiency.</p><p>Two case studies are presented. Firstly, measured data from a tower in New York with viscous dampers integrated into the structure is provided, comparing design stage predictions to real-life performance. Furthermore, a case study for a super-slender tower is described, demonstrating the potential for enhanced performance and significant cost and space savings using integrated damping.</p>

scholarly journals The Importance of Individual Memories of Slovenian Emigrants When Interpreting Slovenian Emigration Processes

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-190
Author(s):  
Mojca Ilc Klun
Keyword(s):  
Life Stories ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
General Data ◽  
Place Of Origin ◽  
The Individual

Slovenian emigration is often presented with a general overview in which general data and statistical facts prevail, while the individual experiences and memories of Slovenian emigrants are omitted from these descriptions. In the study, which was conducted using a biographical-narrative methodological approach among members of the Slovenian diaspora from the United States of America, Canada and Australia, we were interested in the personal experiences and memories of those who emigrated from Slovenia themselves, or whose ancestors did. Through those life stories and memories, we can illustrate Slovenian emigration processes in such a way that people would better understand global migration processes. In the article we present three real life stories of members of the Slovenian diaspora, their individual memories and perceptions of their place of origin, homeland, the memories of emigration and immigration processes and memories of integration to the new social environments.

UX Work in Libraries

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Houda El Mimouni ◽  
Jennifer Anderson ◽  
Nadaleen F Tempelman-Kluit ◽  
Alexandra Dolan-Mescal
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Library Services ◽  
New York University ◽  
New York Public Library ◽  
Library User

The application of UX expertise is beneficial in all the areas and aspects of library services and products. All what a librarian needs is an understanding of those principles and some tools with which to practice them. The goal of this chapter, therefore, is to provide a guide for librarians, whether they are specifically in charge of UX work at their library or aspire to integrate UX into their work on other library services and products. This chapter provides some theoretical background on the traditional goal of library user satisfaction and introduces UX as an approach that benefits libraries and their users. It gives an overview of popular UX methodologies and describes real-life UX in libraries through the stories from three librarians in their respective institutions: the New York Public Library, New York University, and University of California, Riverside.

Romantic Fantasies in the Big City

2019 ◽  
pp. 11-45
Author(s):  
Tyler Carrington
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Single Women ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Lower Middle Class ◽  
Big City ◽  
Social Scientific

Chapter 1 begins by following the seamstress Frieda Kliem as she moves in 1902 from a rural province to the metropolis of Berlin. As Frieda looks for work, lodging, and acquaintances and then ultimately starts her own business and turns down the matchmaking efforts of a new friend, she personifies the “struggle for existence” that confronted working- and lower-middle-class Berliners, especially single women. After exploring popular cultural and social-scientific perspectives on the plights of men and women in the emerging city alongside the real-life stories that lent them such resonance, this chapter examines Berliners’ fixation on fate and the fortuitous encounter as a path to love. It argues that these imagined rendezvouses, which remained off-limits for respectable Berliners, are best understood as an attempt by Berliners to balance their attraction to the freedoms and possibilities of the modern world with the ever-present awareness of the risks associated with it.

Glamorous and Grim

2020 ◽  
pp. 248-272
Author(s):  
Robert G. Spinney
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Working Class ◽  
York City ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Real Life ◽  
North Atlantic Treaty Organization ◽  
The North ◽  
World Class ◽  
The North Atlantic

This chapter talks about the best-selling author and native Chicagoan Scott Turow, who wrote “The Capital of Real Life” that characterized his hometown in Chicago in 1991. It analyzes Turow's admission that Chicago was not a sparkling, world-class city, but rather an unassuming home for average working-class people. The chapter describes the Chicago of 1991 as America's foremost second-class city that could not compete with the glamour, jive, and winning of first-class New York City and Los Angeles. It highlights how Chicago became a key player in the increasingly global economy after 25 years, frequently serving as the conduit between Chicago-based U.S. corporations and partners in Europe and Asia. It also mentions the new international stature that led to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that convened a summit in Chicago in 2012, the first U.S. city to ever host the international meeting other than Washington, D.C.

Rethinking China’s global ‘propaganda’ blitz

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Falk Hartig
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Global Communication ◽  
Communicative Practices ◽  
The Real ◽  
Times Square ◽  
Life Circumstances ◽  
China Daily

China’s global communication activities are mainly perceived as sinister propaganda to mislead international audiences, and related discussions exemplify Western unease about China’s global communication efforts. While not trivializing these efforts, this article objects to some of the assessments and argues in favour of a critical but open-minded engagement with China’s global communication activities. Such an approach should pay attention to potential audiences and should closely scrutinize the real-life circumstances of China’s communicative practices and put them into perspective for its audiences. The article highlights these aspects by analysing the screening of a video in New York City’s Times Square in Summer 2016 and one version of the China Daily supplement, China Watch.

Real life zombie apocalypse in New York City

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (375) ◽  
pp. eaam6048
Author(s):  
J. Mark Brown
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Real Life

Late Night in the Lion's Den: Chinese Restaurant-Nightclubs in 1940s San Francisco

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 94-101
Author(s):  
harley spiller
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social History ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Chinese American ◽  
Late Night ◽  
Chinese Restaurant ◽  
Food And Drink ◽  
The U.S

Late Night in the Lion's Den: A Social History of Chinese-American Restaurant-Nightclubs in the 1940s Restaurant menus can serve as excellent primary source material for social histories. The springboard for this article is a 1940s menu from San Francisco's Lion's Den, a Chinese-American restaurant and nightclub. A thorough review of the food and drink offerings is bolstered by an interview with a former Lion's Den dancer and emcee, Ms. Nora Wong. She tells stories of growing up Chinese in the U.S., and provides vivid insight into the real life of Chinese performers in the mid-twentieth century. The article is illustrated with period menus and the first-ever public glimpse of a telling behind-the-scene photograph from Ms. Wong's personal album. Beginning with 1930s Shanghai, the world nightlife capital that inspired imitators in the U.S., this article explores the naissance, development, heated competition, and eventual demise of Chinese nightclubs in both California and New York City. Many Chinese restaurant/nightclubs of the period are discussed, and other well-known performers are featured. Other topics discussed include the Western exotification of Asia, stereotyping, sexism, and racism.

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