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The built environment, Hamilton City Council policies and child driveway safety: a balancing act
No full textDriveway run-overs continue to bring tragedy to New Zealand families at a higher rate than any other Western nation. Meanwhile, little progress appears to have been made in regard to the recommendations of previous research. This project investigates whether recommendations in regard to one key factor in driveway run-overs, the built environment, are reflected in current local body policies and regulations. The research evaluates Hamilton City Council policies affecting the renovation and/or erection of domestic residences with a view to determining whether they are consistent with existing knowledge and best practice initiatives designed to minimise accidental injuries to children on driveways.
The project compares the findings of a review of the existing literature on child safety best practice for the built environment and urban design of driveways, with a review of Hamilton City Council policies and guidelines relating to the built environment of residential properties and adjacent roads (the Operative District Plan, Ten Year Plan, Urban Growth Strategy, Vista, and more), along with relevant central government policy. These findings are triangulated with data from interviews with four expert informants – one child safety expert and three Hamilton City Council employees involved in planning, policy and transport – who provide insights into the translation of policies into practice
Willingness-to-Pay for Improved Air Quality in Hamilton-Wentworth: A Choice Experiment
No full textPrepared for Hamilton-Wentworth Air Quality Initiative pursuant to a memorandum of understanding among McMaster University, the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy and the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, dated November 5, 1996.
Obstacles on the path: An exposition of the experience of car-free living
No full textThe contemporary focus by local and central government on the promotion of sustainable transport options has highlighted the need for commuting to move away from the current dependence on private cars to more public and active (walking and cycling) modes of transport. Given the prominence of the motor car in personal transport options however, choosing to live car-free in this car dependent culture appears at first glance to be an irrational choice. This research explores the lived experiences of a group of Hamilton residents who have made such a choice. Using a grounded theory approach, the thesis presents the results of interviews with nine car-free Hamilton residents who shared their personal transport stories, which include their childhood experiences, but focus on their current everyday practices and experiences. Through semi-structured interviews, the costs and benefits of a car-free lifestyle are articulated and analysed. Their motivations for choosing to forgo cars and their solutions for overcoming potential barriers to car-free living are also reported and explored. The collected data generated a range of themes which are presented in three chapters, each covering a specific aspect of the participants’ stories. The first group of themes relate to the public sphere, the second to the private realm and the final group emanates from specific elements of car-free living that the thesis sought to clarify through the participants’ stories. The key finding is that living car-free within Hamilton City is viewed by the participants as a well reasoned and eminently sensible choice, which produces multiple benefits. In addition to their reduced environmental footprints, the participants value the social interaction associated with active and public transport. Their consensus is that they are healthier, wealthier and more involved members of the community. The most problematic areas of living without a car were associated with recreational and social activities, which often do not coincide with public transport schedules or involve distances too great for active transport. The benefits far outweigh any disadvantages however, and ultimately, this thesis concludes that a motor car is not necessary for the everyday activities of urban living in Hamilton and any associated inconveniences are not as insurmountable as generally imagined
FIGURES 47–52 in Morphological and molecular characterization of twenty-five new Diploneis species (Bacillariophyta) from Lake Tanganyika and its surrounding areas
No full textFIGURES 47–52. Diploneis cristata sp. nov., LM valve views, Lake Tanganyika. 47, 49–52. Specimens from Kalambo Falls Lodge. 48. Specimen from Chituta Bay. Fig. 48. Holotype specimen. Scale bar = 10 μm.Published as part of Jovanovska, Elena, Wilson, Mallory C., Hamilton, Paul B. & Stone, Jeffery, 2023, Morphological and molecular characterization of twenty-five new Diploneis species (Bacillariophyta) from Lake Tanganyika and its surrounding areas, pp. 1-102 in Phytotaxa 593 (1) on page 17, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.593.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/787508
Hamilton Junior High School Highlights 1952
No full textThe annual publication of the students of Hamilton Junior High School, Lethbridge, Alberta. (Volume. 1951-52)pdfPUBLISHED BY
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Our school, Hamilton Junior High, is named in honor of W A. Hamilton, early Lethbridge teacher and first Superintendent of Schools for the city. We are very happy in the selection of the name and would like Mr. Hamilton to know that we hold it in high esteem. That we might know him better we print a copy of his letter to our President, Jon Tollestrup. You will want to know his age. He will be eighty-five in December of this year.
My Young Friend:
Permit me to thank you, and, through you, your classmates of Grade IX for the privilege of being a guest at your Graduation Banquet.
I enjoyed your good dinner and was proud to see your appreciation of your fine teachers and to hear their high hopes of your success.
Education is not altogether an individual matter. The community which supplies the means expects to be repaid in good citizenship.
Kindly accept the small contribution enclosed for your class funds.
I join with your many friends in wishing clear heads and high courage for your examinations.
Sincerely yours,
W A. HAMILTON.
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Again, as the year ends we find another group of students leaving our halls. This is in accord with the March of Progress and unless we are able to improve we do not achieve our objectives in life.
The Staff of the Hamilton Junior High School has labored hard to assist in equipping you to meet life’s trials and you have responded well. I am certain that you will remember our school and state with pride that you attended it. Likewise, we shall watch the progress of each and every one of our graduates and be proud of the fact that we had a small share in building the road of success which all of you may travel if you so choose.
A thought for all of us to consider was so well phrased by Horace Mann:
“Lost yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever”
Hamilton Junior High School Graduates we are proud of you and hope you will continue to propound the ideals which we have tried to instil. The best of luck in your adventures and may God be with you all.“TtiAfonty <y£ ^.et&faUctpe Sc6aol&
The Lethbridge public school system is sixty-two years old. In April of 1886, Mr. B. L. Latimer started teaching the public school classes in a small cottage near the present Canadian Pacific roundhouse. At that time there were no grades. There were four forms for the first eight years of school. For the first five years the school population grew very rapidly. In 1887 a three-roomed building was built on the site of the new Royal Bank. A few years later a six-roomed brick school was erected on the present Central grounds, and in 1891 a two-roomed building was started near the present Westminster School. Evidently most of the pupils stopped school at the end of form four as there were only eight students in the high school in 1894.
The early ’90’s was a period of hard times because of the dry years. It was not until irrigation water reached Lethbridge in 1900 that it began to grow. Inside of ten years the population tripled. Westminster, Central, Fleetwood, Bowman and Galbraith were built. In 1911, W A. Hamilton, the man for whom this school was named, became superintendent. Hard times brought on by World War I halted all new school construction. It was not until 1928 that the present Hamilton Junior High building was erected. It was gutted by fire in 1929 but was soon rebuilt. After being occupied by the Collegiate for over twenty years, it became the Junior High School. Because it is not large enough for our junior high school population, the Wilson Junior High School is being built for the north side students. Although the new school will have the same general appearance as the Allan Watson School, it will be somewhat larger. In addition to the ten classrooms, there will be typing, home economics and shop rooms. The auditorium will be large enough for community use.
At the present time there are one hundred and fifteen teachers on the staff. By the time the present grade nine students have finished high school, the school population which now numbers nearly three thousand, three hundred, will have increased by a thousand. Lethbridge is a city of boys and girls.
Below is listed a few statistics for the year 1951:
Public School Assessment 1951
580,589.11
Elementary .....
2032
Junior High .....
678
Collegiate
474
Grade XII Students
131
Cost per Student 1951 ....................... $182.35
The foregoing statistics are presented for the year 1951. It is hoped that each year this page will be printed and that from it a history of the school system may be obtained. The statistics and the history will, we hope, acquire more meaning to the reader as the Yearbook increases in age.
L. H. Bussard, M.Ed., Horace Barrett, A. C. Anderson, Mrs. Jean Glover, Chairman, A. J. Watson, M.A., M.Educ., B.A., Sec.-Treas., George Wilson, G. C. Paterson, Q.C.STUDENTS' COUNCIL
G RLS' CLUBFront Row—Mr. George Watson, Doreen Schwietzer, Joy Dalton, Wilfred Salter, Jerry Kirchner, Ray Wheeler, Don Christianson, George Draffin, Jerry Sinclair.
Seecond Row—Shirley Slawson, Marie Whitehorn, Lynne Bennett, Pamela Russell, Joanne Workman, Loretta Comstock, Shirley Service, Donna Glock, Bob Emery.
Third Row—John Coyle, Joan Larson, Amy Nakamura, Pat Boyles, Rosalind Eritsland, Doreen Gelfond, Ross Stafford, George Robinson.
Fourth Row—Robert Vaughn, Clark Neville, Eddy Dietrich, Jack Irvine, Jim Lepp, Roy Gelleny, Terry Dafoe, Harold Jensen, Bill Blacker.
Missing—Dawn Bodard, Ken Glover.
Room 27! A lucky room the only room to have the principal, Mr. Miller, for a teacher, and the vice-principal, Mr. Watson, for a room teacher.
Mr. Miller Science - a delightful subject.
Mr. Watson Mathematics What a subject! Remember the teacher, yes the subject, no.
Everyone agreed, though, that we had the finest group of kids in the school such as Rosalind Eritsland, winner of the Knights of Pythias Home Economics Scholarship for Grade 8. She can cook like Amy Nakamura; she can scrub like Pat Boyles, and she can sew a straight seam the way Shirley Slawson says she does.
After suffering our room’s horrible essays throughout the year, our English teacher was “knocked for a loop” when the Fire Prevention essay contest was won by Room 27’s Pamela Russell and Lynne Bennett.
One of the treasurers of the Students’ Council, Joan Larson, and the president and vice- president of Girls’ Club all hail from Room 27. Among our classmates are distinguished singers like Joy Dalton, Roy Gelleny (?) and Donna Glock, and many fine pianists.
Yes, Room 27 of 1951-52 had all kinds of people in it, ranging from Stafford, Robinson and Draffin, men of science, to Lepp, Vaughn and Emery, men of woman.
Though Loretta Comstock and Joanne Workman have never been awarded silver medals for non-stop gabbing, they certainly should be rewarded with something better than detention. They might even compete with Sir Terrence Dafoe, who, at present, is the Hamiltonian champ.
Taking high honors in the French field are Monsieur Raymond Wheeler, Mademoiselle Joysephine Burnett and Kenneth Glovierre. while our sports-minded friend is Jerry Sinclair (also our room representative), and Shirley Service and Muscles Irvine, but we’re not quite sure what type Harold (it wasn’t me) Jensen and Wilfred (it was so!) Salter are. Adding to the room’s morale were Dawn Bodard—queen of the tumbling mats and Doreen “Full of Fun” Gelfond.
With the help of John Coyle and Don Christianson, Bill Blacker is gradually winning his way to fame by having excellentFront Row—W J. White, Larry Bannerman, Norma Scargill, Alfreda Kirk, Gladys Makarenko, Kay Greaves, Tom Zasadny, Leonard George, Frederick Dyck.
Second Row—Barry Clark, Robert Ascroft, Dennis Wyatt, Sandra Morris, Lois Dyck, Martha Mehrer, Vaughn Hembroff, Harry Afaganis.
Third Row—Jack Carter, Kay Jamieson, Joan Paterson, Evelyn Burns, Marlene Leier, Eleanor Podborski, Helen Gaetz, Vern Graham, Jerry McTravis.
Back Row—Jack Leitch, Fred Babki, Carolyn Loose, Ken Furgason, Joliene Furgason, Lenora Deglau, Brian Wilks, Max Fugman, Fred Pysh.
A’s for Alfreda with hair of gold,
B’s for Babki and Bannerman bold,
C’s for Carter, a ball-player he’ll be, D’s for the Dycks, friends we all agree, E’s for Eleanor, a well-groomed lass,
F’s for Furgason, we’ve two in our class, G’s for Graham, he’s never glum,
H’s for Harry, who always chews gum,
J’s for Jamieson, our fairy queen,
K’s fqr Kay, Greaves we mean,
L’s for Leier, she’s quite a gal,
M’s for McTravis, a friend and pal,
N’s for Norma, a shy little miss ,
O’s for Oh what a room this is,
P’s for Pysh, with never a frown,
R’s for Robert, a man about town,
S’s for Sandra, our Trail Rider friend, V’s for Vaughan, to his wisdom no end, W’s for Wyatt, a pilot he’ll be,
Z’s for Zasadny, a leader you’ll see.
Before Grade Nine we really didn’t have much of an idea what our chosen occupation would be. But, as Mr. White says, “Variety is the spice of life,” and upon interviewing our class we found that this is true of ambitions, also. The students in Room 31 were very fortunte in receiving Mr. White as our room teacher and also for a science and mathematics teacher.
Many students have changed their ambitions often but some have a goal and are
working towards it. Evelyn Burns wants to be a physical education teacher at the YMCA, it’s much more fun than the YWCA. Carolyn Loose and Helen Gaetz have hopes of one day being stenographers for that famous scientist, Barry Clark. Then, of course, there are girls like Gladys Makarenko who wants to be a dental nurse to get to the root of things.
Now we can turn to the more artistic type of student like Brian Wilks, whose talents include working with copper and leather, as well as being an accomplished pianist. One young lady, Lenora Deglau, may be undecided now; but there are fields open to her when the decision is to be made. In the future the Canadian Air Force will be commanded by Air Marshal George, if Leonard George’s hopes are fulfilled.
Many sports and hobbies are represented in Room 31. Max Fugman spends most of his spare time playing ping-pong. One never knows, he may be headed for the Davis Cup.
A very rare hobby has Martha Mehrer; she writes poems. CGIT has proven interesting to Joan Paterson, who has decided to become prominent in this field. Most celebrities were quiet in their youth. This is true of Jack Leitch, who is not a celebrity yet, but we are confident that he will be someday.Front Row—Mr. Sillito, Carol Simmonds, Evelyn Rowley, Aldea Murrell, Carol Watson, Shirley Hovey, Betty Swintori, Blanche Kawasoye, Henry Eklund.
Second Row—Ron Waterhouse, Dennis Kosaka, Elaine Hoekstra, Dixie Sanders, Laurette Santa, Marge Baxter, Emily Salamon, Rita Bryce, Bob Cox.
Third Row—Norman Holms, Robert Morris, Julien Vincze, Henry Lee, Joyce Strome, Donna Flickinger, Johanna Sanders, Leila Dong.
Fourth row—Ralph Solley, Don Priddle, Don Miron, Dave Leitch, Glen Ikle, Ken Saben, Ray Matthews, Melvin Edlund, Art Fuzey, Dale Peacock.
BETTY ANN SWINTON Betty Ann isn’t quiet,
But she’s very neat,
She also is friendly And hard to beat
JOHANNA SANDERS Johanna Sanders,
Five foot two,
A little blonde With eyes of blue.
LAURETTE SANTA
A girl like her is hard to find,
There are not many of her kind.
JOYCE STROM Locks of gold,
Eyes of blue,
Good gracious!
Brilliant, too.
MARJORIE BAXTER
This lively girl is far from dumb,
But, boy, oh boy, can she chew gum!
LEILA DONG
Leila’s the girl who likes to work,
For never a moment does she shirk.
BLANCHE KAWASOYE
I wonder for whom our Blanche yearns, Whenever he’s mentioned, how her face burns.
DENNIS KOSAKA
For a lad who looks so quiet,
Dennis can certainly cause a riot.
RAYMOND MATTHEWS
He loves his work so much he stays An extra hour or two, some days.
SHIRLEY HOVEY
Shirley the fair, with eyes of blue,
Will be a worthwhile friend for you.
HENRY LEE Henry’s tall,
Henry’s lean;
I wonder who Will be his queen.
CAROL WATSON
Carol Watson, a bonnie lass
Will always have good friends en masse.
ROBERT MORRIS
Tall and handsome, dark of eye,
Watch them stare as he goes by.
KEN SABEN
Ken’s wearing Such a smile,
I wonder who’s Across the aisle.Front Row—Mr. Aoki, Frances Graham, Dorothy Flak, Libs Cameron, Ruth Halverson, Gerald Johansen, Fred Wuotila, Anthony Jarvie, Vernon Brown, Howard Ritchie.
Second Row—Shirley Urban, Yvonne Simpson, Valerie Masson, Lyla Davis, Cornelia Dogterom, Willa Rose, Juanita Zasadny, Jeanette Willetts, Inga Ciesla.
Third Row—Ralph Wyton, Alvin Bolokoski, Willie Golia, Shirley Delmark, Clara Agisheff, DeAnn Ellis, Marlene Archibald, Cathie Stead, Gerald Hart.
Fourth Row—Robert Powell, Steve Reithman, Ralph Harris, Hajime Maeno, Bob Murphy, Donald Brady, Ken Ashcroft.
Clara Agisheff is our quiet girl,
Marlene Archibald looks nice with her hair in a furl.
Lanky Ken Ashcroft oft adds to our fun.
And Alvin Bolokoski cracks with some funny pun.
Don Brady contributes to the pleasant atmosphere,
But our own Vernon Brown makes you feel that you like it here.
Libs Cameron, Ah! Our fair lassy is she,
Inga Ciesla joins in the fun and the glee.
Lyla Davis, the girl with the charm,
And I’m sure our Shirley Delmark would do no one harm.
Cornelia Dogterom has a scholarship under her nail,
But DeAnn Ellis is close on her tail.
Dorothy Flak looks nice in corduroy shorts,
And Willie Golia is interested in all kinds of sports.
Frances Graham is the one to run and jump.
And you will never see Ruth Halverson slump.
Ralph Harris is quite the lad;
Our friend Gerald Hart is never sad.
Anthony Jarvie is a spirit in the room;
Gerald Johanson is an all-round sport, that we can assume.
Hajime Maeno is a very good student;
Valerie Masson’s work no one will try to prevent.
Bob Murphy, the boy with features fair and light,
And Robert Powell is almost always right.
Steve Riethman, the fellow with the brain,
While Howard Ritchie, his mind doesn’t have to strain.
Willa Rose, the girl with the smile;
Yvonne Simpson has been charming all the while.
Pat Soanes, quite delightful is she,
While Cathie Stead can almost fly through the air. Wheel
Jon Tollestrup, the president of us all;
Shirley Urban doesn’t shirk from her duties at all.
Jeanette Willetts helps us see the comical view;
Fred Wuotila says his part old or new.
Ralph Wyton ,our faithful man;
Juanita Zasadny no one would her from Anything ban.Front Row—Anne Smella, Betty Henderson, Betty-Lou Walker, Barbara Challenger, Florence Vanderlelie, Delores Fitzpatrick, Gordon Morrison, Ronald Ellis.
Second Row—Betty Stauffer, Romola Dray, Clarence Heggedal, Gayl Fletcher, Sheila Price, Donna Stevenson, George Parker, Earl Shields, Don Schumaker.
Third Row—Hazel Coltart, Milton McCrea, Alvin Deal, Naomi Charles, Phyllis Meaker, Ethel Olson, Bob Fraser.
Fourth Row—Jack Jamieson, Albert McGarty, Maureen Warren, Elsie Reed, Bette Johnston, Jack Randle.
Fifth Row—Mr. McKenzie, Ronald Johnson, Arthur Dietrich, Jack Ikle, Ralph Lloyd, Earl Rose.
Room 24 spent the first month getting acquainted, after which we organized an Executive, consisting of Sheila Price as President, Jack Randle as Vice-President, Romola Dray as Secretary-Treasurer. This we felt was one of the best. A Planning Committee including the executive, in addition to Anne Smella, Ralph Lloyd and Earl Rose, was one step towards improving the room.
A new idea of a Conduct and Attitude Sheet was introduced in the hope of aiding self-discipline. During a class period while discussing this sheet we were privileged to have Mr. Aldrich, Provincial Supervisor of Guidance, in attendance.
The contributions Room 24 made toward school spirit were numerous. Taking our part in the March of Pennies and the ticket sale for the school plays, we made a commendable contribution. The climax of our assembly was reached when the doctor had to use a stomach pump on Jack Ikle because he gorged himself on cat pie.
In Room 24 there were actors, actresses, baseball players, singers, pranksters, musicians, those who made low marks look even lower, and a wonderful room teacher, Mr. McKenzie. Each one played his part in making possible a happy and successful school year.
Betty Henderson can really tumble,
She never slips or makes a fumble.
Anne Smella has set her heart On being very good at art.
Milt McCrea, our Scotch red-head,
Is a genius with the pipes, ’tis said.
Don Shumaker is a hockey star,
And in this field he should go far.
Jack Randle is the loyal kind,
A fellow like him is hard to find.
Earl Shields builds model planes,
That even fly when e’er it rains.
If you need some really good clothes,
Just ask Clarence Heggedal, he knows.
Earl Rose from Calgary came,
It was their loss and our gain.
Donna Stevenson with fingers so light,
Plays the piano to our delight.
Romola Dray, cheerful, earnest and quick to act,
A sense of humor she’ll never lack.
Jack Jamieson is a healthy fellow,
He says it’s because he plays the “cello” Ralph Lloyd, a musician is,
At trumpet playing quite a whiz.Top Row—Mr. Gordon, Doug Oland, Larry Imeson, Karen Mortensen, Merl Suehwold, Ron Milton, Paddy Kearns.
Third Row—Barrie Linn, George Baxter, Mary Lou Brown, Marie Tarnawski, Betty Lou Patey, Jean Piontek, Keith Schallhorn.
Second Row—Grant Hopp, Russell Morancy, Norma Coates, Gloria Fargo, Ken Heaton, Ken Lid- gren, Joseph Kabayama, Allen MacKenzie, Erian Manser.
Front Row—Gordon Donaldson, Helen Afaganis, Annie Long, Jackie Bolen, Barbara Wood, Joan Rushford, Doug Wilkie, Arthur Potvin.
NAME
GRANT HOPP GLORIA FARGO JOAN RUSHFORD ARTHUR POTVIN ALLEN MacKENZIE MARIE TARNAWSKI JOE KABAYAMA CAROL VERWOERD BARRIE LINN BARBARA WOOD (NORMA COATES RUSSELL MORANCY JACKIE BOLEN KEN HEATON DOUG WILKIE GORDON DONALDSON DOUG OLAND
GWEN COAKER BRIAN MANSER KAREN MORTENSEN MARY LOU BROWN KEN LIDGREN PADDY KEARNS KEITH SCHALLHORN ANNIE LONG JEAN PIONTEK LARRY IMESON MERL SUEHWOLD
AMBITION
To own a beautiful car To make first trip to moon To have a beautiful waistine To be a hermit To be a mad scientist To overcome giggling Hockey player To be a boy To charm all the girls To be called “Bobby”
To become a stewardess Be Room 21’s Romeo To become a lawyer To drive a flying saucer Business man
To live up to his name “Tacky” To tell better jokes than anyone else
To eliminate all doctors Farmer
To marry an American To be a teacher To become a speed racer To become an Army General To pass Math Secretary
To cruise Mediterranean in yacht Bartender in Garden Hotel Garbage collector
OUTCOME Hoppy Hop’s hot-rod Goes no further than Coaldale Aunt Jemima’s figure Married with 12 children A mad school janitor Still giggling at 90 Stick boy
Joins old maid society Marries Gravel Gertie Jerry hollers, “Hi, Woody” Hamilton’s barber Practicing with a pillow Charged with 1st degree murder Reads tea cups Bookie
Prop, of Tacky Tack Co.
Writes Foo magazine
Receives M.D. degree Movie star
Marries Lower Slobovian
Makes Neon signs
Drives hearse
Mess officer in the navy
1957 still trying
Bookkeeper of her own budget
Drowns in bathtub
Soda jerk
Street cleanerGRADUATION BANQUET - 1951
HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA^aiedicta'iy
As the end of June draws near, the end of our school careers in Hamilton Junior High draws to a close also. Looking back over the past two school terms will bring to our minds interesting hours of learning, enjoyable hours of sport, our dances and parties, and our various clubs. All these and individual remembrances have been molded together to make our time spent in this school unforgettable. Perhaps we don’t fully realize how fortunate we are to attend such a wonderful school; perhaps we don’t realize all the opportunities that we have had available to us, opportunities of greater knowledge, chances of making new friends from all over Lethbridge, having the help and guidance of a wonderful staff of teachers available to us. These things we took for granted along with the splendid work of our Students’ Council. No one can deny the fact that the Council has done its very best in looking after the affairs of Hamilton’s students, and its success can be seen in the new P.A. system so recently installed. But even if we hadn’t left the P.A. system to remind future classes of the Grade 9’s of ’51-’52, we will still leave a little part of our school
spirit and a little of the tradition that we helped to build.
In the years to come, we will continue our education in the L.C.I. Here we can choose fields of study in line with our interests, such as the Commercial course for those who wish to enter the “Business World”, the Academic course for those who wish to go on through university, the shop course for those who are interested in mechanics, and making things, or for those who are going to make a living with their hands; and then there is a course in general study, for those who just wish to get their Grade 12 diploma.
Surely all of us realize the importance of education in this modern age of ours
The relative influence of place and direction in the Morris water task
No full textThe present study evaluated the generality of directional responding (Hamilton, Akers, Weisend, & Sutherland, 2007) in the Morris water task and attempted to identify methods that would yield a preference for navigation to the precise spatial location of an escape platform in the room. Four experiments evaluated the effects of training with the pool in a fixed location by repositioning the pool for a no-platform probe trial such that the absolute spatial location of the platform and the relative location of the platform within the pool (to which a directional response would occur) were in opposite quadrants. Two experiments attempted to explicitly train navigation to an absolute location in the room by repositioning the pool
during training while keeping the platform at the same location in the room. A preference for directional responding over navigation to the precise location of the platform was observed across a wide range of conditions including when rats were given extensive training (240 trials; Experiment 1), only given
platform placement experience in the absence of active swim training (Experiment 2), trained to navigate to multiple platform locations in a moving platform variant of the task (Experiment 3), and when animals were trained to navigate to a particular location regardless of the position of the apparatus in the room
(Experiments 4 - 5). A preference for navigation to the absolute spatial location of the platform was observed only when the salience of the pool was reduced by filling it to the top with water (Experiment 6)
Understory restoration in Hamilton urban forests
No full textResearch was undertaken to determine how the understory vegetation of Hamilton urban forests compares with reference old-growth forests in rural locations, identify causes for differences, and develop methods to enhance species diversity. Understory vegetation was measured in five rural old-growth forests and compared with 20 urban forests, categorised into four age groups, to assess differences in richness, composition and density. Environmental profiling quantified soil type, nutrient levels, pH, moisture content, understory light transmittance, temperature and vapour pressure deficit of selected forests to identify variation across the forest categories and determine if environmental conditions were the chief cause for vegetative differences. Three native species (Melicytus micranthus, Hedycarya arborea and Coprosma arborea), absent from or less abundant in urban forests, were reintroduced into forest sites to assess their growth, survival and potential for becoming a prominent component in Hamilton City forests.
Urban forests displayed reduced native understory diversity comprising only 61.5% of the native understory species found in the rural old-growth forests. Native understory species richness and density decreased from the rural old-growth forest category to the youngest urban forest group. Rural old-growth forests averaged 7.96 species and 41.28 stems per 50 m² compared to 2.68 species and 8.20 stems per 50 m² in the youngest urban forests. The exotic understory stem density trend was reverse. Reduced understory diversity in second-growth and urban forests is widely reported overseas but has not been quantified in New Zealand previously.
Soil nutrients and acidity increased from the youngest to the oldest urban forest category. Light transmittance into the understory decreased with forest age from 18.43% in the youngest urban forest group to 4.17% in the rural old-growth forest category during winter and spring. Buffering patterns were evident in rural oldgrowth forests with higher temperatures and vapour pressure deficits outside the forests by as much as 3 ºC and 0.3 kPa respectively during the day, compared to the forest interior. Similar patterns were evident in urban forests during spring but the interior temperatures and vapour pressure deficits were not as low, compared to the rural forests. Environmental profiling proved there were significant differences in environmental conditions between the forest categories and that these were within the range of values reported elsewhere in New Zealand.
Survival and growth rates between 77.8 to 100% and 2.7 to 12.1 cm respectively, for the three translocated species over the measured seven months were on par with other New Zealand trials and suggest the selected species can grow and establish viable populations within urban forests. The reintroduction success further indicates that the reduced diversity of urban forests is likely to result from the effects of fragmentation and isolation and urban pressures.
Active reintroduction of missing or less abundant native understory species is the best method to improve diversity in Hamilton urban forests. The species experimented with should be included in forest enrichment planting plans as early as 5 to 15 years. Management plans should address active removal of exotic species including methods for manipulation of developing vegetation to favour enhancement of native understory diversity in urban forests
Aging, Gender and Neighbourhood Determinants of Distance Traveled: A Multilevel Analysis in the Hamilton CMA
No full textThe objective of this study is to investigate the determinants of mean trip distance traveled by different mode types. The study uses data from the Hamilton CMA in Canada, and multilevel models to investigate demographic aging factors, gender differentials, and neighbourhood attributes on distance traveled. The results of the study validate previous findings regarding the decline in distance traveled as age advances. In addition, it is found that: 1) While this effect of age is present for all modes analyzed (car-driving, car-passenger, and bus) it is considerably more marked for car-driving; 2) There are significant gender effects compounded by the interrelated factors of employment constraints, household dynamics, and greater reliance on travel modes other than car driving; and 3) Neighbourhoods with high commercial and residential mix showed a negative relation with distance traveled only in the case of car-driver.distance traveled, aging, elderly, gender, neighbourhood influence, multilevel analysis
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)’s Stone Worlds
No full textThis article explores the spatial, architectural and conceptual relationships between landscape places, stone quarrying, and stone moving and building during Rapa Nui’s statue-building period. These are central themes of the ‘Rapa Nui Landscapes of Construction Project’ and are discussed using aspects of the findings of our recent fieldwork. The different scales of expression, from the detail of the domestic sphere to the monumental working of quarries, are considered. It is suggested that the impressiveness of Rapa Nui’s stone architecture is its conceptual coherence at the small scale as much as at the large scale. </div
Measurement of the CKM angle gamma from a combination of B->Dh analyses
No full textA combination of three LHCb measurements of the CKM angle gamma is presented. The decays B->DK and B->Dpi are used, where D denotes an admixture of D0 and D0-bar mesons, decaying into K+K-, pi+pi-, K+-pi-+, K+-pi-+pi+-pi-+, KSpi+pi-, or KSK+K- final states. All measurements use a dataset corresponding to 1.0 fb-1 of integrated luminosity. Combining results from B->DK decays alone a best-fit value of gamma = 72.0 deg is found, and confidence intervals are set gamma in [56.4,86.7] deg at 68% CL, gamma in [42.6,99.6] deg at 95% CL. The best-fit value of gamma found from a combination of results from B->Dpi decays alone, is gamma = 18.9 deg, and the confidence intervals gamma in [7.4,99.2] deg or [167.9,176.4] deg at 68% CL, are set, without constraint at 95% CL. The combination of results from B->DK and B->Dpi decays gives a best-fit value of gamma = 72.6 deg and the confidence intervals gamma in [55.4,82.3] deg at 68% CL, gamma in [40.2,92.7] deg at 95% CL are set. All values are expressed modulo 180 deg, and are obtained taking into account the effect of D0-D0bar mixing
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