Q & A. Lisa Randall. [interview]

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adib Rifqi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
The Past ◽  
Talent Search ◽  
Cosmological Inflation ◽  
On Line ◽  
Theoretical Physicist ◽  
Fundamental Forces

Lisa Randall is a theoretical physicist working in particle physics and cosmology. She was born in Queens, New York City, on June 18, 1962. Lisa Randall is an alumna of Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics; and she graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1980. She won first place in the 1980 Westinghouse Science Talent Search at the age of 18; and at Harvard University, Lisa Randall earned both a BA in physics (1983) and a PhD in theoretical particle physics (1987) under advisor Howard Mason Georgi III, a theoretical physicist. She is currently Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science on the physics faculty of Harvard University, where he has been for the past a decade. Her works concerns elementary particles and fundamental forces, and has involved the study of a wide variety of models, the most recent involving dimensions. She has also worked on supersymmetry, Standard Model observables, cosmological inflation, baryogenesis, grand unified theories, and general relativity. Consequently, her studies have made her among the most cited and influential theoretical physicists and she has received numerous awards and honors for her scientific endeavors. Since December 27, 2010 at 00:42 (GMT+7), Lisa Randall is Twitter’s user with account @lirarandall. “Thanks to new followers. Interesting how different it feels broadcasting on line vs.via book or article. Explanations? Pithiness? Rapidity?” is her first tweet.

Lessons from the Past: Sicilian Mafiosi in New York City and Rosario, circa 1880–1940

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Varese
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
American City ◽  
North American City ◽  
The Past ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of

From the mid-nineteenth century, many Sicilians, including members of the mafia, were on the move. After sketching the contours of the mafia in Sicily in the nineteenth century, this chapter outlines the parallel history of Italian migration and mafia activities in New York City and Rosario, Argentina, and offers an analytic account of the diverging outcomes. Only in the North American city did a mafia that resembled the Sicilian one emerge. The Prohibition provided an enormous boost to both the personnel and power of Italian organized crime. The risk of punishment was low, the gains to be made were enormous, and there was no social stigma attached to this trade.

The Import of a Narrative : The Role of Aesthetics and Discursive Elements in Fabricating Change in the Centre of São Paulo

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Kalichman ◽  
Beatriz Rufino
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
York City ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The Past

This chapter examines the use of aesthetic and discursive elements in the production of a narrative about República, a district in the central area of São Paulo (Brazil) that has been transformed through a real estate boom in the past ten years. We focus on newly built studio apartments, and on the efforts to differentiate them from the quitinetes, apartments with similar features built in the 1950s and 1960s that have been heavily stigmatized. We situate our analysis of this purposeful urban transformation within a context intertwined with urban marketing, publicity, and image making. Our research shows the strong presence of an industrial aesthetic in the area, which we understand as being a deliberate echo of the gentrification process that took place in SoHo in New York City in the 1970s.

Epilogue

2021 ◽  
pp. 239-240
Author(s):  
Jennifer Fleeger
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Silent Film ◽  
Class Session ◽  
The Past ◽  
Many Sources ◽  
Selection Of

Part of living at a distance has meant relying on a stream. Today alone, so much information has streamed into my home from so many sources on so many devices I would have trouble accounting for all of it. While my daughter streamed her class session upstairs, a selection of music I would be likely to enjoy streamed on my phone, and my son streamed a movie from one of the services to which I hastily (and regrettably) subscribed when the pandemic began. We streamed a bedtime story read remotely by Dolly Parton, a Shakespearian sonnet read by Patrick Stewart, and a silent film playing on the wall of a New York City apartment. Unlike the tsunami of my emotional state for the past few months, these streams have been rather comforting. But how does the metaphor of the stream hold up to the discourses and dangers of ventriloquism we have been addressing throughout this collection?...

A Study of Prognosis in High School Algebra

1929 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Joseph B. Orleans ◽  
Jacob S. Orleans
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
High School Education ◽  
Education Law ◽  
General Science ◽  
The Past ◽  
Vocational Courses

During the past two decades high school registration has increased many fold. The growth has been so rapid that in New York City, for example, the authorities have not been able to supply buildings fast enough to meet the new demands. Chief among the causes of this change is the Compulsory Education Law which complete many boys and girls to remain in school a year or two at least after their graduation from the elementary school. High school education has become the vogue and the high schools have therefore been forced to accept a large number of pupils who are not fitted for the various courses which are offered. The extent to which this condition holds is indicated by the number of failures each term. Commercial and vocational courses of various kinds have been introduced to take care of pupils whose needs are not met by the traditional subjects. The syllabi of the traditional subjects have been modified and simplified to meet the varying abilities and needs of the pupils. The effect of this tendency is seen in such courses as general science, general language and general mathematics.

scholarly journals QUALITY AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE DATING OF MILK1

1970 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 532-535
Author(s):  
W. F. Johnstone ◽  
W. T. Butz ◽  
C. W. Pierce ◽  
E. D. Glass ◽  
G. H. Watrous
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Jefferson County ◽  
Sharp Decline ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Expiration Dating ◽  
Economic Considerations

There has been a sharp decline in the incidence and extent of dating ordinances in the past decade. Six areas now have dating ordinances compared with 21 in 1957. Per cent of the U. S. population residing in areas where dating of milk is required declined from 15 to 9% from 1957 to 1969. No area has adopted dating regulations since 1957. Furthermore, enforcement of dating regulations is prohibited by state legislation in Illinois, Ohio, Connecticut, and Virginia. Four areas which have retained dating ordinances have increased the time period allowable between time of pasteurization and sale of milk to consumers. Two jurisdictions do not specify a time limitation between pasteurization and sale of milk. Expiration dating is required in New York City, Baltimore and Jefferson County (incl. Birmingham), Ala. Pasteurization dating is required in the State of New Jersey, St. Louis, and Suburban Philadelphia. Adoption of the U. S. Public Health Service Grade “A” Pasteurized Milk Ordinance by many states appears to be the dominant reason for removal of dating ordinances by areas that formerly required dating.

Low Friction Composite Film Bearings

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andras Z. Szeri
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
New York City ◽  
Composite Film ◽  
Friction And Wear ◽  
The United States ◽  
Low Friction ◽  
The Past ◽  
Surface Modification Techniques

Experts estimate that in 1978 alone over 4.22 × 1018 joule of energy were lost in the United States due to simple friction and wear — enough energy to supply New York City for the entire year. Energy loss through friction in tribo-elements is a major factor in limits on energy efficiency [1]. The two major approaches that have been pursued in the past for reducing frictional losses in tribological contacts were surface modification techniques such as laser texturing and modification of lubricant properties. Here we advocate yet another option, modification of the structural character of the lubricant film. The Composite-Film bearing (CFB) is investigating this third possibility.

scholarly journals Die [Fill in the Blank] Scum

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-93
Author(s):  
Annie Powers
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
York City ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of

A brief history of the phrase “Die Techie Scum,” which has been appeared as graffiti on San Francisco walls, handed out on postcards, printed on shirts, and yelled at commuters to Silicon Valley. The die [fill in the blank] scum construction has been used frequently in the past thirty years, most often when issues of gentrification are at play, such as “Die Yuppie Scum,” used in protests in New York City in the 1980s.

scholarly journals Passenger-Centric Performance Metrics for the New York City Subway

2019 ◽  
Vol 2673 (1) ◽  
pp. 417-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Halvorsen ◽  
Daniel Wood ◽  
Timon Stasko ◽  
Darian Jefferson ◽  
Alla Reddy
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Extra Time ◽  
Movement Data ◽  
On Line ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Transit Agencies ◽  
Scheduled Time

Like many transit agencies, New York City Transit (NYCT) has long relied on operations-focused metrics to measure its performance. Although these metrics, such as capacity provided and terminal on-time performance, are useful internally to indicate the actions needed to improve service, they typically do not represent the customer experience. To improve its transparency and public communications, NYCT launched a new online Subway Dashboard in September 2017. Two new passenger-centric metrics were developed for the dashboard: additional platform time (APT), the extra time passengers spend waiting for a train over the scheduled time, and additional train time (ATT), the extra time they spend riding a train over the scheduled time. Unlike similar existing metrics, NYCT’s new methodology is easily transferable to other agencies, even those without exit data from an automated fare collection system. Using a representative origin–destination matrix and daily scheduled and actual train movement data, a simplified train assignment model assigns each passenger trip to a train based on scheduled and actual service. APT and ATT are calculated as the difference in travel times between these two assignments for each individual trip and can then be aggregated based on line or time period. These new customer-centric metrics received praise from transit advocates, academics, other agencies, and the press, and are now used within NYCT for communicating with customers, as well as to understand the customer impacts of operational initiatives.

Baby Powder—A Hazard!

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-266
Author(s):  
Howard C. Mofenson ◽  
Joseph Greensher ◽  
Anthony DiTomasso ◽  
Sharon Okun
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Routine Care ◽  
Zinc Stearate ◽  
Poison Control ◽  
Potential Hazard ◽  
Talcum Powder ◽  
Control Center ◽  
True Incidence ◽  
The Past

Baby powder is widely used in the home for the routine care of infants' skin. The object of this report is to point out the frequency of baby powder aspiration and the potential hazard of careless use. A recent report reviewed more than 25 cases of talcum powder aspiration with a mortality of 20%.1 These cases represent only the most severe episodes. The true incidence of baby powder inhalation is grossly underestimated. Moss2 states that approximately 50 cases a year are reported to the New York City Poison Control Center alone.2 Dusting powders used in the past were predominantly composed of zinc stearate, a talc substitute.

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