Short Story

2019 ◽  
pp. 147-158
Author(s):  
Sarah Laing
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Retaining Walls ◽  
The Road ◽  
Frida Kahlo ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Hill ◽  
First Time ◽  
Death Date ◽  
Wood Pigeon

Laura had been worried all day about crashing the car – the last time she’d driven Monica, she’d overtaken a cyclist on a blind rise and Monica had flinched, anticipating the crunch of a head-on collision that would ricochet the oncoming car against the Frida Kahlo mural on the concrete retaining wall. The mural was primitive, done by a midnight gang with no council mandate. Ian Curtis’s death date was up there too, and either someone continued to touch up the paint, or it had everlasting properties. Why were people in Wellington so fixated on Ian Curtis’s death? Other people had suicided subsequently. Kurt Cobain, Robin Williams, Antony Bourdain. There were no retaining walls near where she lived and the hill crumbled, cascaded, little slumps of ochre rock strewing the road. There was also a sign, warning drivers about low-flying kereru, but the last time she’d biked up the hill, she saw a wood pigeon on the road, its wings iridescent green and blue, scarlet blood starbursting its head. It was the first time she’d seen one with its eyes shut....

scholarly journals THE DESIGN OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF RETAINING WALLS ON THE RIVER SLOPES OF KUIN

CERUCUK ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Achmad Yasrifullah ◽  
Adriani Adriani
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Retaining Walls ◽  
Initial Condition ◽  
Work Unit ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
The Road ◽  
Traffic Loads ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Stability

North Kuin Street, North Kuin, North Banjarmasin Subdistrict, South Kalimantan Sub-district is right on the outskirts of Kuin River. Precisely the road that is in front of the Sultan Suriansyah Mosque, where the road has experienced cracks that can potentially occur landslides. In the event of an avalanche, it will result in obstructed traffic activities on the road which also affect the economy of the surrounding community. So from that the soil retaining wall is needed to maintain the stability of the land on the outskirts of the Kuin River so that landslides do not occur.This design begins with identifying problems that occur.  Next is data collection of investigations in the field and laboratory. Then the data obtained are analyzed and interpreted and then visualized in the form of stratigraphy by plotting the type of soil by the results of sondir and boring that have been interpreted. After that, check the initial condition of the slope so that the shape of the avalanche can be identified. Then proceed with calculating the forces acting on the retaining wall due to traffic loads and other loads above it to obtain carrying capacity from the ground. Then proceed with modeling and analysis using Geo Studio 2012 software to see the value of SF (safety factor). At the end of the calculation the volume and price of the work unit are calculated to obtain the amount of the budget plan (RAB).       From the results of the analysis of the design of anchor plaster, it was obtained a box profile of FSP VIL steel plaster with a total length of 28 m plaster. At stake uses a steel pipe with a diameter of 91.44 cm which is set at a depth of 28 m. For slope stability with pile reinforcement obtained SF = 1.835> 1.5, it can be said to be safe. Based on the calculation of the volume and price of the work unit, this design requires a cost of Rp. 7,340,166,486, -

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF THE DESIGN OF RETAINING WALLS ON THE ROAD SUKABUMI (BAROS) - SAGARANTEN KM BDG 115+200

ASTONJADRO ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Muhammad Kemal Pasha ◽  
Cece Suhendi ◽  
Utamy Sukmayu Saputri
Keyword(s):  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Retaining Walls ◽  
Water Infiltration ◽  
Body Area ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Third ◽  
Road Section ◽  
A Value ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Calculation Analysis

<p>The Sukabumi (Baros) – Sagaranten Km Bdg 115+200 road section which is located in Sukabumi Regency is a road section for the province of West Java. Because the road is always damaged due to being eroded by water infiltration in the rice fields that seeps into the road body area at that location and the soil at that location tends to be unstable based on the results of lab tests having a shear angle value of 4.99ᵒ and having a specific gravity of 17.45, then it is carried out analysis of the existing damaged retaining wall and the design of a new gabion-type retaining wall at that location. The gabion retaining wall building will be designed with 3 designs, the first using a stone volume of 13 m3, the second using a stone volume of 8 m3 and the third using a stone volume of 6.5 m3. Based on the results of the calculation analysis using Rankine theory, it was found that the existing retaining wall was unable to withstand the shearing force which got a check value of 1.18 which should have a value of SF &gt; 1.5, while the 3 gabion plan buildings got the appropriate SF value, namely against the overturning force, shear force and soil bearing capacity.</p>

scholarly journals On the Tumulus of Choban Tepeh in the Troad

1897 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 319-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Calvert
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
The Road ◽  
Ancient City ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Hill

I derive the materials of the present paper from some memoranda which I find amongst my archaeological notes and which relate to certain explorations to which I was not a party, made so long ago as 1887. I have thought that the particulars then obtained may be deemed sufficiently interesting to deserve a record in the history of Trojan archaeological discovery.The subject is one of the four small tumuli dotted about and near the hill of Balli-Dagh, the crest of which according to the now exploded theory of Le Chevalier (1785) was supposed to represent the Pergamos of Troy. In a memoir contributed to the Journal of the Archaeological Institute of 1864, I proved that the site in question was no other than that of the ancient city of Gergis. In the same paper I gave an account of the results of the excavation of one of the group of three tumuli on Balli-Dagh, the so-named Tomb of Priam. The other two, namely Le Chevalier's Tomb of Hector, and an unnamed hillock, were excavated respectively by Sir John Lubbock (about 1878) and Dr. Schliemann (1882) without result. The present relates to the fourth mound on the road between the villages of Bournarbashi and Arablar (as shown in the published maps), which goes by the name of Choban Tepeh (Shepherd's hillock) and the Tomb of Paris, according to Rancklin (1799).

Art. VII.—An Account of Jerusalem, translated for the late Sir H. M. Elliot, from the Persian text of Náṣir ibn Khusrú's Safarnámah

1873 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-164
Author(s):  
A. R. Fuller
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The City

On the 3rd of Ramazán, I left Ramlah, and went to a village called Khátún, and from thence to another, which they styled Kariatu-l-'Anab (Grape hamlet). On the road I observed plenty of wild rue growing spontaneously on hill and dale. I also noticed at this village a very delightful spring of water gushing out of a rock, where they had constructed reservoirs, and built edifices. From thence I proceeded up some rising ground, under the impression that I was ascending a hill, and that on going down the other side the city would lie before me. After I had climbed the ascent however for a short way, a vast wilderness lay in my front, partly stony, and partly showing merely the bare earth. At the summit of the hill stands the city of the “Baitu-l-Mukaddas” (Sacred Tabernacle, i.e. Jerusalem), between which and Tarábulis, whichis on the coast, are 56 parasangs, and from Balkh to Jerusalem 876.

scholarly journals “What’s the Robo-Driver up to?” Requirements for Screen-based Awareness and Intent Communication in Autonomous Buses

i-com ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Fröhlich ◽  
Raimund Schatz ◽  
Markus Buchta ◽  
Johann Schrammel ◽  
Stefan Suette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Visual Communication ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
User Studies ◽  
Potential Hazard ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
First Time ◽  
Public Demonstration

Abstract Autonomous buses are expected to become a cornerstone of future mobility systems. Especially during their introduction, passengers may require reassurance about the vehicle’s awareness of the situation on the road and of its intended next actions to further acceptance. In order to investigate the need and requirements for information about the vehicle’s awareness and intent from the perspective of first-time users, we conducted two user studies in a state-of-the-art autonomous bus at public demonstration spaces. In the first study, participants underwent a demonstration ride with the bus and were then asked about their needs for awareness and intent communication. The second study took participants on a ‘simulated ride’ within a stationary bus, in which typical scenarios of the road ahead were presented, together with different awareness and intent cues. Our results suggest that, first, future autonomous bus passengers may be in need of such awareness and intent communication screens. Second, we found that awareness and intent communication may be of greater importance for the indication of potential hazard recognition than for indicating route directions. Third, due to their complementary strengths, none of the three compared types of visual communication (text, icon and augmented reality) should be used in isolation.

4. There was also presented by Professor Forbes, on the part of R. S. Q. Kilbee, Esq., a collection of Fossil Shells, from the great deposit near Uddevalla, in Sweden

1845 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 297-299
Keyword(s):  
The Road ◽  
Vertical Opening ◽  
Entire Depth ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The Town

This bed lies from 200 to 300 feet above the level of the sea, an arm of which extends to that town, but no shells are to be found upon its shores. It covers a space of several square miles, and is coated with soil, which in many places has been removed, the shells being taken to mend the roads, as well as for building purposes, and for manure. Such openings upon the surface are frequent on the hill just above the town, on the road to Gottenburg; but a mile or two on that to Wennersburg, and to the left, there is a large vertical opening, exposing to view from thirty to forty feet of the bed's depth, its entire depth being as yet unknown.

scholarly journals The Mid-Station on Ben Nevis

1910 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 687-692
Author(s):  
R. T. Omond
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Rain Gauge ◽  
Sloping Ground ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Hill

In the year 1896 the Directors of the Ben Nevis Observatories arranged that a temporary observing station be opened at the hut on the road half-way up the hill. A barometer, rain-gauge, and set of thermometers were provided, also a Richard barograph, thermograph, and hygrograph. The hut stands on steeply sloping ground facing westward, and is 2190 feet above sea-level. The barometer and barograph were placed in the hut; and two Stevenson screens for the thermometers, the thermograph, and the hygrograph were placed on the hill-side in its vicinity along with the rain-gauge. Though the site was not an ideal one for the purpose, being on the side of a hill and not on a peak, it was considered that valuable information as to the condition of the air between the level of the sea and that of the summit might be obtained by occasional periods of observation at this Mid-Station. This expectation has been realised, especially as regards the distribution of temperature in summer.

Vocational rehabilitation on the road to Social Security Disability

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Stapleton ◽  
Frank H. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Wait Time ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Social ◽  
Program Objective ◽  
Rehabilitation Services Administration ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Social Security Disability ◽  
First Time

BACKGROUND: Vocational rehabilitation (VR) can potentially help disability-insured workers stay at work or return to work when they experience a disability. Such assistance could prevent or delay entry into the Social Security Disability (SSD) program. OBJECTIVE: We present descriptive statistics on the extent to which new VR applicants for 1998 through 2005 receive SSD benefits before or after VR application. METHODS: We matched Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA-911) records for the years 1998 through 2009 with the Social Security Administration’s program and earnings files. RESULTS: The analyses show that a substantial number of VR applicants entered SSD in the 60 months following VR application—more than 60,000 (12.3 percent) of the first-time VR applicants in 2002. The analyses also disclose variation in SSD entry across states, with some states accounting for entry percentages twice as high as that of others. We also found a positive relationship between our measure of wait time and entry into SSD. CONCLUSIONS: Although the large number of VR applicants entering SSD after VR application is modest compared to the number receiving an SSD award each year, the potential influence of VR services on later SSD and Medicare expenditures could be in the billions of dollars annually, in either direction.

scholarly journals Cognitive maps influence over driving strategies in Russia: analyzing Driving Anger Expression Inventory (DAX) and Dula Dangerous Driving Index (DDDI) factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 107-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.I. Chetverikova ◽  
V.V. Ermolaev ◽  
O.N. Tkachenko
Keyword(s):  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
Cognitive Maps ◽  
The Road ◽  
Driving Anger ◽  
Dangerous Driving ◽  
On The Road ◽  
First Time

This article summarizes our investigation of drivers cognitive maps and its influence over their behavior. 182 subjects participated in our research, i.e. 97 professional drivers, 85 car enthusiasts, 156 men and 26 women, 20—66 years old, mileage about 3—150 thousands kilometers per year. Questionnaire “Dula Dangerous Driving Index” was used on Russian subjects for the first time ever. Our results show that subjects’ need for get their rocks off when they are angered (or suspicious, or failed to trust the world around) and aggressive behavior during driving are correlated. Most drivers feel emotional tension during driving and use some self-regulation techniques to decrease the tension stabilize their emotional state. The following factors were found to correlate with one’s aggressive behavior on the road: feeling suspicious of world/self/others, low level of self-acceptance, external locus of control.

Latencies in Vehicle Steering: It is Possible to Measure Drivers’ Response Latencies and Attention Unobtrusively on the Road

1981 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 711-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Summala
Keyword(s):  
Avoidance Response ◽  
Lateral Displacement ◽  
Driver Behavior ◽  
Stimulus Event ◽  
Response Latencies ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road ◽  
First Time ◽  
Representative Samples ◽  
School Zones

This paper reviews results from a series of studies in which latencies in driver/ vehicle steering responses were measured on the road, unobtrusively, and with representative samples of unsuspecting drivers. Based on the fact that an obstacle on the road shoulder induces an avoidance response, i.e., a lateral displacement towards the middle of the road, a stimulus event was introduced at various distances when a car was approaching so that the time available to drivers for an avoidance response was known. It was found, first, that the average steering response started at latencies greater than 1 s, reached the half-way point at 2.5 s and the maximum at 3-4 s, depending on the situation. Second, this method was applied in a project on the effects of a warning flasher on driver behavior in school zones. It was found that the flasher reduced the drivers’ steering response latencies. This was supposedly the first time to measure drivers’ attention unobtrusively.

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