City Chief Research Articles

Memorials to Modernity? Public art in the 'city of the future'

This paper examines the role of public art in urban redevelopment, focusing on the reconstruction of Coventry (UK) in the post-war years. Overseen by the city's Chief Architect, Donald Gibson, this redevelopment has often been described as resulting in a placeless and artless urban landscape indistinguishable from other redeveloped city centres in post-war Britain. To the contrary, here it is suggested that public art was an important feature of Coventry's new urban landscape, with the attempt to create a new civic identity manifest in a series of highly symbolic and distinctive public artworks. Analysing both the official symbolism of these artworks and their reception in the public sphere, it is concluded that, although just one aspect of the urban landscape, the production and consumption of public art encapsulated the tensions that existed between different visions of the city.

Using Professional Sports Teams to Educate Elementary Students About the Importance of Calcium in the Diet

With the support of the Kansas City Royals Baseball team and the Kansas City Chiefs Football team, Midland Dairy Council continues to educate children in kindergarten through sixth grade about the importance of eating a healthy diet including calcium rich Milk Group Foods. Through direct mail, classroom, physical education and art teachers and school food service directors receive the contest criteria. Components of both contests include: teacher and student incentives, nutrition lesson/background with a pre and post survey and student entry form. With the Chiefs, a book cover design contest was used with the theme: Milk is the Best Defense for Healthy Bones. Students designed book covers depicting why drinking milk is the “best defense for healthy bones” for them and the players. Winners were awarded at an all school assembly with the Chiefs’ mascot, KC Wolf. Participating teachers qualified for a chance to win two tickets to a Chiefs home game. Grand prize winners were selected among 6,311 entries. Each student that entered received a commemorative book plate. A total of 1539 students participated in the Royals contest: Come on Home with 3 Dairy a Day. Students were asked to state three reasons why eating Milk Group Foods is important for strong bones. All students who entered received a Royals’ logo decal. The two winning students were part of the first ball ceremony at a Royals home game. Growth posters of Royals and Chiefs players are sent to schools in the Dairy Council territory to extend the healthy eating message to all students. Evaluation of pre and post test surveys show a positive impact on students meeting their recommended calcium intake. Teaming up with professional sports teams serves as an excellent avenue for increasing interest in healthy eating habits among children.

Firefighting System Defies San Franciso Earthquakes

Few people know that most of the damage from the great San Francisco Earthquake of April 18, 1906, resulted from the ensuing fires—the worst in US history. In 1908, the city's chief engineer conducted a study of 250 cities worldwide to develop plans for a guaranteed water supply. This paper describes the Auxiliary Water Supply System for fire protection, beginning with the original system which was approved by voters in 1908 Also included are an update of the current status of the system and details of the new SCADA system.

Quality assurance in a forensic biology laboratory

The quality assurance (QA) program for the New York City Chief Medical Examiner's Department of Forensic Biology is discussed in terms of development and implementation. Laboratory standards of quality evolve during the process of method development, validation, and training. These standards are integrated into the laboratory through equipment maintenance, reagent quality control (QC), and proficiency testing procedures. Finally, longterm QA demands review and amendment to meet changing conditions as the procedures are performed over time.

Race and Political Cleavage

A persistent and well identified cleavage in local politics is the behavioral or act cleavage activated by racial identification. ' Racial cleavages have been observed in those elections where either a candidate or an issue has been closely associated with racial concerns (Walton, 1972: 50-55). The observed cleavages have been normally identified in local elections with the appearance of cohesive or bloc voting patterns. Numerous studies have related these bloc voting patterns to a racial identification variable and have noted that such a variable will generally override both class and status variables in explanatory significance (Bacote, 1954; Pomper, 1960; Walker, 1959; Walton, 1972; Wilson, 1965). The emergence of racially motivated bloc voting patterns has been well established, for example, in those local elections where a Black candidate is running for the city's chief executive post (Bartley, 1970; Cho, 1974; Glantz, 1959; Hadden et al., 1967; Hahn and Almy, 1971; Miller, 1957; Pettigrew, 1972). Limited evidence also suggests that bloc voting among Blacks also emerges in local referendum voting (Cho, 1974; Bowman et al., 1972;

Kansas City Chiefs— A look Into Strength And Conditioning In Pro Football

Kansas City Chiefs— A look Into Strength And Conditioning In Pro Football

In My Opinion: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Woodstock

In My Opinion: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Woodstock

SULFONAMIDE TOXICITY AS A CAUSE OF DEATH IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1941

It is imperative that comprehensive information on the frequency of fatal sulfonamide reactions be obtained in order that the physician may employ the sulfonamide drugs with a definite knowledge of the dangers involved in their administration. To fill this need, the Pneumonia Control Division of the New York City Department of Health 1 and the Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics cooperated with the New York City Chief Medical Examiner's Office to obtain clinical records for all deaths in New York City during 1941, in which some type of sulfonamide toxicity was a factor. SOURCES OF REPORTS2 The medical examiner's certification provided the greatest proportion of useful records, namely 16 out of 19. Such certification includes a critical examination of the clinical history furnished by the physician or institution and in some cases postmortem examination. Reports received by the health department without the intervention of the medical examiner provided