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Association of a White-banded Jumping Spider \u27Hypoblemum albovittatum\u27 (Salticidae: Araneomorphae: Aranaea) with an Anemone Stinkhorn Fungus \u27Aseroe rubra\u27 (Phallaceae: Basidiomycota)
No full textScientists have carried out research on the sensory biology of spiders for well over a century with some interesting results. Spiders in general are known now to have a good variety and number of sensory receptors. Most spiders have eight eyes, which in some species give nearly 360 degrees vision, although other species have poor vision (e.g. Barth 2002; Framenau et al. 2014); cave-dwelling spiders may have little or no vision (Doran et al. 2001; Egan 2013; Framenau, et al. 2014). Certain spiders once were thought to be deaf (e.g. Pritchett 1904); but, some salticid spiders have a good sense of hearing, demonstrating an acoustic-triggered startle response (Shamble et al. 2016). The fact that some male salticids, e.g. Maratus species (Otto and Hill 2015), give remarkably colourful courtship displays suggests they have at least some degree of colour vision. This has been confirmed by several recent studies (e.g. Taylor 2016; Zurek et al. 2015). Salticid spiders are well-known to have elaborate vision-based predatory strategies (Cross et al. 2009; Zurek et al. 2015; Whyte and Anderson 2017). The giant-eyed Deinopidae species are also heavily dependent on vision for their net-casting behaviour (Whyte and Anderson, 2017). Spiders can discriminate between arthropod prey species, refusing to attack certain toxic species such as some cockroaches, butterflies and millipedes (pers. obs.; Vasconcellos-Neto and Lewinsohn 1984) suggesting they may have a sense of taste, although experiments by Toft (1999) suggest aversion memory is short-lived
Annotated Checklist of the Reptiles of Wagga Wagga and District, NSW
No full text750 reptile specimens comprising 38 species, representing 30 genera and 7 families were examined from the Wagga Wagga area. A further 9 species might be expected to occur in the area or nearby regions. Two species not previously recorded from the area, Gehyra variegata and Lerista muelleri are south-east range extensions for these species. Significant habitat alteration in the area has probably resulted in reduction in reptile numbers and the species densities. Fractionation of habitat has resulted in the isolation of many populations
Becoming Better People: Children\u27s Perceptions of how a School\u27s Garden Program has Impacted their Actualisation of Values
No full textEducation is perceived, among other things, to be a character-building enterprise. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, a renewed emphasis on character development through values education has been on the agendas of Australian schools. Many schools now offer programs designed to inculcate values into the lives of students. Although values literacy is widespread in schools, there is less evidence to demonstrate that values actualisation, that is, making positive values the basis of behaviour at school and in life, has taken root. This case study in one primary school used focus groups to gather children’s perceptions of how they actualised values in the context of a school garden program. The garden program’s organisational elements were found to positively impact the actualisation of intrapersonal and interpersonal values
Love in the Time of Corona Launched: New Creative Writing Anthology Captures Life Under Lockdown
No full textThe introspection from living under lockdown to prevent the spread of a pandemic is captured in a new creative writing anthology by students at Avondale. Love in the Time of Corona: Notes from a Pandemic reflects thoughts on distance, isolation, connection and imagination
7 Dimensions of Wellness: Intellectually Engaged
No full textThe 7 Dimensions of Wellness is a 9-part short documentary series that explores pathways for enhancing our overall health and wellbeing. Join Darren Morton as he speaks to leading experts, conducts fun experiments and presents fascinating insights into how we can live our best life
A Type of Vertigo
No full textPoetry and Short stories from the edge: A work of collaborative storytelling and thematic genre examination by the creative writing students of Avondale University College. The theme was \u27A type of Vertigo , an analysis of life post Covid-lockdown
Trauma, Aboriginality and Revisionary Imaginings in Alexis Wright’s Carpentaria and Janette Turner Hospital’s Oyster
No full textThis article examines how Aboriginal conceptions of time and space in Alexis Wright’s Carpentaria and Janette Turner Hospital’s Oyster affect representations of personal, cultural and ecological trauma through privileging sites of wounding that embody Country. The four elements of air, water, earth and fire are central to understanding how each text navigates the complex relational matrices of Aboriginal traumas and respond to ongoing issues of genocide and dispossession that are part of Australia’s tragic history. Elemental energies in these novels are connected to powerful spaces that pain inhabits and moves through, which provide insights into the significance of Carpentaria and Oyster’s engagement with Aboriginality and trauma, particularly when situated within the context of legislature including the Native Title Act of 1993 and the Wik judgement of 1996. Elemental motifs perform a cyclical function that begins with deep connectedness to oceanic imagery in Carpentaria, then transitions to trauma inflicted on Country and culminates in a cathartic watery Armageddon. While Oyster’s consideration of elemental traumatic space is primarily attributed to land, cartography and wounded bodies, the novel’s narrative threads reach a similar apocalyptic denouement to Carpentaria. Oyster’s cataclysmic fires of destruction are eclipsed by the regenerative potencies of water that rejuvenate Country and supplant horror with beauty
Sisley, William Conqueror (1850-1932)
No full textWilliam C. Sisley, architect and builder of many of Adventism’s earliest institutions, also served as manager of the church’s publishing houses in Battle Creek and London
East Kweichow Mission (1928-1944)
No full textEast Kweichow Mission 贵(黔)東区会 was a sub-division of the West China Union Mission. Because Kweichow 贵州 (or Guizhou) Province was mountainous and not easily accessible during the 1920s, it seemed advisable to divide the province into two sections to more easily facilitate visitation and getting supplies to out-stations. Headquarters for the enterprise was located at the provincial capital Kweiyang 贵阳 (or Guiyang)
Hopei Mission (1918-1951)
No full textSeventh-day Adventist mission work began in the Hebei 河北 (or Hopei) Province in 1915. In 1918 it was constituted as the Peking Mission 北京区会, later renamed the Chihli Mission 直隶区会. The province was formerly named the Chihli Province but when the name was changed to Hopei Province the mission entity underwent a further change, becoming known as the Hopei Mission 河北区会 (now Hebei Mission). It always remained a part of the North China Union Conference with its headquarters in Peking (now Beijing)