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Replacement of Cakile edentula with Cakile maritima in New South Wales and on Lord Howe Island
No full textTwo species of Cakile (Brassicaceae) have been introduced to Australia and the genus has been a common feature on the beaches of NSW for over 130 years; Cakile edentula has been present for at least 148 years (in NSW since about 1870), while Cakile maritima arrived approximately 114 years ago, (in NSW since about 1969). Collections at CANB and NSW confirm that since around 1970 plants more like Cakile maritima have almost entirely replaced Cakile edentula along the NSW coast. A similar phenomenon is reported for Lord Howe Island
'Pilings of Thought Under Spoken': The Poetry of Susan Howe, 1974-1993.
No full textPhDThis thesis discusses the poetry published by contemporary American poet Susan
Howe over a period of almost two decades. The dissertation is chiefly concerned with
articulating the relationship between poetic form, history, and authority in this body
of' work. Howe's poetry dredges the past for the linguistic effects of patriarchy,
colonialism and war. My reading of the work is an exploration of the ways in which a
disjunctive poetics can address such historical trauma. The poems, rather than
attempting to reinstate voices lifted from what Howe has called "the dark side of
history", are a means of reflecting the resistance that the past offers to contemporary
investigation. It is the effacement, and not the recovery, of history's victims, that is
discernible in the contours of these highly opaque texts. Notions of authority are most
often addressed in the poetry through the figure of paternal absence, which has a
threefold function in the work, serving to represent social authority, an aporetic
conception of divinity and an autobiographical narrative. Alongside the antiauthoritarian
currents in the writing - critiques, for example, of the doctrine of
Manifest Destiny or of scapegoating versions of femininity - my thesis stresses Howe's
engagement with negative theology and with a strain of American Protestant
enthusiasm that has its roots in 17th century New England. The dissertation explores
the dissonance caused by the co-existence in the poetry of elements of political dissent
and religious mysticism. Finally, I consider Howe's engagement with literary history
and authors such as Shakespeare, Swift, Thoreau and Melville. The manner in which
Howe deploys the words of others in her work, I argue, allows for a mixture of textual
polyphony and a more conventional notion of authorial 'voice'
Herbicide impacts on exotic grasses and a population of the critically endangered herb "Calystegia affinis" (Convolvulaceae) on Lord Howe Island
No full textIntroduced perennial grasses are capable of altering the habitat of native species, causing reductions in population size and vigour, and potentially affecting life-history processes such as survival, pollination and seedling recruitment. We examined the utility of herbicide treatment on two exotic grasses, Pennisetum clandestinum (Kikuyu) and Stenotaphrum secundatum (Buffalo grass) to restore the habitat of Calystegia affinis, a critically endangered species endemic to Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Using two herbicides, Asset (designed to affect only grasses) and Glyphosate (a general herbicide), we compared effectiveness in reducing grass cover on a population of Calystegia affinis. We protected Calystegia plants from the herbicides by ensuring their leaves were covered by plastic bags during herbicide application. Both herbicides were similarly effective in reducing grass cover after four weeks and had no noticeable adverse affect on Calystegia (suggesting the plastic bag protection was effective). After 26 weeks, Glyphosate was more effective in maintaining a reduced grass cover. Plots treated with either herbicide had a greater relative increase in abundance of Calystegia stems compared to untreated controls. The Glyphosate treatment resulted in the greatest relative increase in stem abundance, but this was not significantly greater than in the Asset treatment. We consider that spraying with Glyphosate treatment, with follow-up monitoring and spot-spraying, will assist the recovery of the Calystegia affinis population. Ultimately, the maintenance of a weed-free zone at the forest edge will provide suitable habitat for additional recruitment of this and other native species
Job loss
No full textJOBNAME: Finkin PAGE: 1 SESS: 5 OUTPUT: Thu Jun 25 15:23:46 2015 9. Job loss Joanna Howe, Esther Sánchez and Andrew Stewart * 1. INTRODUCTION This chapter is concerned with the evolution of legal protection for workers who lose their jobs.1 The re.Joanna Howe, Esther Sánchez and Andrew Stewar
At the intersection of education and work: young people, equality and regulation of the labour market
No full textAnne Hewitt, Rosemary Owens, Andrew Stewart and Joanna How
Holm Family at Walton Farm, about 1928
No full textThe Holm Family at Walton Farm, 5100 South 1300 East, about 1928. Delphia Taylor Holm, Elmyra Teresa Holm Lyon, Sophia Holm, Mae Dagmar Holm Hall, Olive Elizabeth Jensen Hol with Carl Hom in back, Jack Bennington, Peare Andrew Holm Crockett, Louise Emilie Holm Evers (Walton), Elaine Lyon Foweks Carpenter holding Juanita Lyon Howe, Lester Walton, David Crockett, Ray Conrad Holm, Blanche Naomi Holm Bennington, George Holm Lyon in front Charles Lyon, Casall Crockett Keely. Courtesy of Juanita How
Rhysacephala masneri sp n. (Xiphydriidae), the first symphytan wasp recorded from Lord Howe Island
No full textCopyright J.T. Jennings & A.D. Austin.Rhysacephala masneri sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Xiphydriidae), the first symphytan recorded from Lord Howe Island is described. Xiphydriid woodwasps are rarely collected in Australasia and the distribution of Rhysacephala, which is known from only seven described species from eastern Australia, New Guinea and New Caledonia, is significantly extended. We also discuss putative relationships among Australasian members of the genus.John T. Jennings, Andrew D. Austi
View of the evidence relative to the conduct of the American war under Sir William Howe : Lord Viscount Howe, and General Burgoyne; as given before a committee of the House of Commons last session of Parliament, to which is added a collection of the celebrated fugitive pieces that are said to have given rise to that important enquiry.
No full textPublished in 1779, and reissued with revisions in 1780 under the title: The detail and conduct of the American War under Generals Gage, Howe, Burgoyne and Vice Admiral Lord Howe. Provides a catalogue of the ministry\u27s criticisms of the Howe brothers. Sold by Richardson and Urquhart under the Royal Exchange; J. Bew Pater Noster Row; and Byfield and Hawkesworth, Charing Cross. No author has been identified for the contents
An Interview with Fanny Howe
No full textFanny Howe, author of the The Needle’s Eye: Passing through Youth, visited the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University on January 22, 2017. Fanny Howe was a finalist for the National Book Award for her book of poetry Second Childhood and her fiction has been considered as a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize. We were fortunate enough to spend a sunny afternoon in our dining room with Fanny and hear her discuss her thoughts on literature, religion, life, and politics
The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress 2001: The Longest Decade: Canada in the 1990s
No full textIn this chapter, Andrew Heisz, Andrew Jackson and Garnet Picot provide an incisive and comprehensive analysis of the distributional changes that have occurred in Canada in the 1990s as well as useful comparative perspectives both in terms of trends over time and the particular patterns that can be discerned here relative to the situation in the United States. The authors focus on four aspects of distribution outcomes: (1) earnings and income inequality; (2) the relative earnings of the young and old and the more and less educated; (3) the changing relative position of men and women; and (4) changes in low income in Canada during the 1990s.Inequality, Equality, Earnings, Income, Canada, Distribution, Low Income, Low-income, Wages
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