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Issues on Calman tax proposals still unresolved
No full textThe Commission on Scottish Devolution chaired by Sir Kenneth Calman delivered its report in June 2009. Among its recommendations on transfers of powers to the Scottish Parliament were a set of income tax proposals
Pigrogromitus timsanus Calman 1927
No full textPigrogromitus timsanus Calman, 1927 (Figs. 10 A–F; 11 A–I) Pigrogromitus timsanus Calman, 1927: 408–410, fig. 104 a–f; Hedgpeth, 1948: 214–216, fig. 23; Stock, 1975: 1015–1116; Child, 1979: 46; Staples, 1982: 457, fig. 2 G–J; Child, 1992: 59, 64, fig. 29. Clotenopsa prima Hilton, 1942d: 52–53, fig. 8. Material examined. Two specimens: 2 ³, (UANL-FCB-PYCNO-0066), La Paz marina, Baja California Sur, 24°09´17´´N, - 117°19´31´´W, 26/06/2017 (Fig. 1). Description. Body thick, trunk completely segmented, oval; distal end of the cephalon rounded (Fig. 10 A; Fig. 11 A, D). Each segment with a dorsal tubercle of the same height as ocular tubercle (Fig. 10 A). Lateral processes with two setae each, separated by less than ¼ of their own diameters (Fig. 10 A). Ocular tubercle conical, located mid-cephalon, with four eyes near the base and a pair of apical elongated structures (Fig. 11 C), and a similar tubercle on each of the following somites (Fig. 10 B, 11 D) (Fig. 10 A–B; 11 B, C). Abdomen three times longer than wide, directed backwards in a straight line, with four dorso-distal spines, the distal pair smaller (Fig. 10 A–B; Fig. 11 D, I). Proboscis cylindrical, thick, gradually widening towards the distal part, approximately 1.8 times longer than wide, directed forward (Fig. 10 A–B; Fig. 11 A). Triangular mouth, upper lip rounded, lateral lips triangle-shaped (Fig. 11 B). Short chelifore, two-articled scape, ½ as long as proboscis. Chela with curved fingers (Fig. 10 A–B; Fig. 11 A–B). Palps absent. Oviger with 10 articles.Articles one to five glabrous. First article short. Second and third articles subequal, each two times longer than first one. Fourth and fifth articles longest, 3.5 and 4 times longer than the first article. Sixth article twice as long as the first, with five ventral setae in midline and two latero-distal setae. Seventh article 1.5 times longer than the first, with four dorsal and four ventral setae, plus two latero-distal spines. Eighth article of the same size as the first, with three ventral setae and two lateral setae. Ninth article ½ the size of the first one, with a ventro-distal seta. Tenth article smaller than ninth, with a thick mid-ventral seta. Oviger claw curved, slightly longer than ninth article (Fig. 10 E–F; Fig. 11 G–H). Thick legs. Coxae 1–3 of similar length, 1 and 2 glabrous; coxa 3 with ventro-distal seta. Femur longest, as long as coxae 1 and 2 together, proximally wider, with two mid-ventral setae and a latero-distal seta. Tibia 1 with two dorsal bumps, single seta proximally and distally and two latero-distal setae. Tibia 2 as long as tibia 1, with two smaller dorsal bumps and a seta on each of them, two latero-distal setae, a middle-ventral seta and three ventro-distal setae. Tarsus armed with four ventral spines. Propodus with five ventral sole spines, a latero-distal seta, a mid-dorsal seta and two dorso-distal setae. Main claw ½ the length of the propodus, curved distally, no auxiliary claws (Fig. 10 C–D; Fig. 11 E–F). Measurements of the illustrated specimen (mm). Trunk: 1.25 long from the insertion of the proboscis to the insertion of the abdomen, 0.91 wide between the second pair of lateral processes. Proboscis: 0.56 long, 0.32 wide. Third leg: Coxa 1, 0.17; coxa 2, 0.17; coxa 3, 0.17; femur 0.32; tibia 1, 0.26; tibia 2, 0.26; tarsus 0.06; propodus 0.31; claw 0.14. Oviger: 1) 0.1; 2) 0.2; 3) 0.3; 4) 0.45; 5) 0.5; 6) 0.3; 7) 0.25; 8) 0.1; 9) 0.05; 10) 0.05. Distribution. Pigrogromitus timsanus has a circum(sub)tropical distribution (Lucena & Christoffersen, 2019). Calman (1927) described P. timsanus from Lake Timsah, on the Nile Delta, Egypt; Hedgpeth (1948) expanded its range of distribution to the Gulf of Mexico, finding the species in Lake Worth, Florida, USA; Stock (1975) reports this species from Curaçao Island and comments that it has a circum-tropical distribution. Child (1979) reported specimens of P. timsanus from Baja California Sur, Mexico and both coasts of Panama. The most recent reports of this species are at Eastern Australia in the Pacific Ocean (Arango, 2003) and southern Atlantic (Lucena & Christoffersen, 2019). Remarks. The current specimens from the Gulf of California differ from the holotype described by Calman (1927) in the absence of setae on the first two coxae. Propodus of the holotype presents three times more sole spines than the specimens of the present study. The oviger of the current specimens do not have setae on the first five articles, while the oviger of the holotype has four setae on the third article, one on the fourth and five on the fifth article. The rest of the oviger articles of the holotype of P. timsanus and the specimens from the Gulf of California do not differ in the number of setae. Another relevant morphological difference is the presence of four spines on the abdomen of the specimens from the Gulf of California; these are absent in the holotype (Calman 1927). Except for the setae of the abdomen, all these differences can be attributed to ontogenetic variability among specimens, because the two specimens observed from Baja California Sur were about 35% smaller than the holotype.Published as part of León-Espinosa, Angel De, León-Gonzalez, Jesus Angel De & Gómez-Gutiérrez, Jaime, 2021, Pycnogonids from marine docks located along the west coast of the Gulf of California, Mexico, pp. 151-195 in Zootaxa 4938 (2) on pages 171-174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4938.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/456373
Gennadas capensis Calman 1925
No full textGennadas capensis Calman, 1925 (Figure 1 A‒C) Gennadas capensis Calman, 1925: 5, pl. I, figs 1, 2.— Burkenroad 1936: 67, figs 51, 53.— Barnard 1950: 630.— Kensley 1971: 277, fig. 3a–e.— Dall 2001: 430, fig. 15.— Hendrickx 2015: 423. Material examined. ST44A, 2 males (CL, 3.2 mm, 3.5 mm), Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, 3°52'52''S, 32°17'32''W, 1662 m, 28 May 2017, MOUFPE 18673. ST35, 2 females (CL, 3.4 and 3.6 mm) and 1 male (CL, 3.3 mm), Atol das Rocas, 4°19'36''S, 35°29'51''W, 1660 m, 20 April 2017, MOUFPE 18742. ST47, 1 Female (CL, 3.0 mm) and 1 Female (CL, 3.6 mm), Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, 4°25'5''S, 32°57'51''W, 505 m, 30 April 2017, MOUFPE 18741. ST52A, 1 Female (CL, 3.3 mm) and 1 Male (CL, 3.4 mm), Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, 3°31'21''S, 32°31'38''W, 440 m, 26 April 2017, MOUFPE 18680. ST53A, 2 Females (CL, 3.3 mm, 3.5 mm) and 2 Males (CL, 3.5 mm, 3.4 mm), Atol das Rocas, 3°48'59''S, 33°59'16''W, 610 m, 0 2 May 2017, MOUFPE 18718. ST54B, 3 Females (CL, 3.0‒ 3.4 mm) and 2 Males (CL, 3.5 mm, 3.4 mm), Seamounts- Ceará Chain, 3°45'17''S, 34°41'3''W, 830 m, 0 3 May 2017, MOUFPE 18688. Diagnosis. Carapace thin. Antennal angle acute and infra-antennal angle quadrate. Thelycum with plate of sternite 7 with W-shaped process, sternite 13, with median apex formed by convex process. Coxa of pereopod 5 expanded and bilobed; coxa of fourth pereopod with slender, elongate process; coxa of third pereopod bluntly lobed; coxa of pereopod 2 bearing posteriorly-directed spoon-shaped process. Petasma with external lobe acute, triangular, with smaller acute lobule on median margin; median lobe truncate; internal lobe with 2 bluntly rounded lobules; accessory lobe low, bipartite. Distribution. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Bahamas, Venezuela, Brazil (Seamounts- Ceará Chain, Atol das Rocas and Fernando de Noronha Archipelago) (Figure 2). Eastern Atlantic: West coast of South Africa. Indo-Pacific Oceans: Australia, Nova Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna Islands (Gore 1985; Dall 2001; Poore 2004; Hendrickx 2015). Bathymetric Distribution. Maximum of 2000 m depth (Kensley 1971; Gore 1985; Dall 2001; Poore 2004). Remarks. According to Kensley (1971), the species closest to G. capensis is G. kempi Stebbing, 1914, but these two species can be distinguished from each other as follow: thelycum of G. capensis with the 6th sternite lacking shield, or with subcircular shield and the 7th somite forming a W-shaped process, while in G. kempi the 6th sternite has a triangular or subtriangular shield and the 7th sternite features a rectangular process anteriorly directed. The petasma in both species present the external lobe undivided or with small acute process on the median margin, but in G. capensis the accessory lobe is bipartite, while in G. kempi the accessory lobe form a single flap. Gennadas capensis has a cosmopolitan distribution, but it has never been registered in the southwestern Atlantic.Published as part of Alves-Júnior, Flavio De Almeida, Lemos, Rachel De Jesus Feio De, Cardoso, Irene Azevedo, Araújo, Marina De Sá Leitão Câmara De, Bertrand, Arnaud & Souza-Filho, Jesser F., 2018, New records of deep-sea prawn of the genus Gennadas Spence Bate, 1881 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Benthesicymidae) from Southwestern Atlantic, pp. 376-384 in Zootaxa 4450 (3) on page 377, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/144483
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
[Newspaper Clipping: Author Claims Evidence of Second JFK Assassin #1]
No full textNewspaper article titled "Author Claims Evidence of Second JFK Assassin." The article states that author Richard J. Whalen concluded "that there is circumstantial evidence to support the theory of a second assassin in the shooting of President John F. Kennedy.
Witnessing history: a personal view of half a century in public health
No full textFormer Chief Medical Officer Sir Kenneth Calman recently celebrated 50
years in medicine. It was a period which saw the evolution of the public
health agenda from communicable diseases to diseases of lifestyle, the
change from a hospital-orientated health service to one dominated by
community-based services, and the increasing recognition of inequalities as a
major determinant of health. This paper documents selected highlights from
his career including the Aberdeen typhoid outbreak, AIDS, bovine spongiform encephalopathy,
foot and mouth disease, radioactive fallout, the invention of computerised tomography and
magnetic resonance imaging, and draws parallels between the development of the modern
understanding of public health and the theoretical background to the science 100 years earlier
Also By The Same Author: AKTiveAuthor, a Citation Graph Approach to Name Disambiguation
No full textThe desire for definitive data and the semantic web drive for inference over heterogeneous data sources requires co-reference resolution to be performed on those data. In particular, name disambiguation is required to allow accurate publication lists, citation counts and impact measures to be determined. This paper describes a graph-based approach to author disambiguation on large-scale citation networks. Using self-citation, co-authorship and document source analyses, AKTiveAuthor clusters papers, achieving precision of 0.997 and recall of 0.818 over a test group of eight surname clusters
John F. Kennedy telegram to Roosevelt
No full textJersey Homesteads (later the Borough of Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of whom had emigrated from Europe. President John F. Kennedy sent a telegram to the citizens of Roosevelt, New Jersey, apologizing for not being able to attend the memorial dedication in honor of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (Jersey Homesteads became Roosevelt in 1945 in honor of the president.) President Kennedy expressed his gratitude to the people of Roosevelt for constructing the memorial, and commented that it will serve as a constant reminder of Roosevelt's good works
Logarithmic variance profiles and the corresponding f-1 spectra of temperature fluctuations in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection
No full textWe report experimental results for the temperature variance 2(z) and the corresponding frequency spectra P(f) in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection (RBC) in a cylindrical sample of aspect ratioT= D/L = 1:00 (D = 1:12 m is the diameter and L = 1:12 m the height). The measurements were conducted in the Rayleigh-number range 1011 < Ra < 1:35 1014 and Pr ' 0:8. For Ra = 1:35x1014, 2(z) could be described well by a logarithmic dependence on the vertical position z in a range of z 1 < z < z 2 with z 1 ' 70 and z 2 = 0:1L. Here L=(2Nu) is the thickness of a thin thermal sublayer adjacent to the horizontal plate where the heat flux (denoted by the Nusselt number Nu) is carried mostly by thermal diffusion. In the log layer, we found that the temperature spectra had a significant frequency range over which P(f) f with close to 1. As Ra decreased, increased so that the log layer became thinner. At Ra = 2:05 1011, z 2 < z 1 and therefore there was no range for a log layer. Correspondingly, the temperature spectrum near the horizontal plate did not have the f1 scaling form either
Maine author Franklin F. Gould recalls his first glimpse of the outside world
No full textMaine author Franklin F. Gould recalls his first glimpse of the outside world as he relates how, as a young farm boy in the late 1800\u27s, he drove his father\u27s horses on an errand to an icebound river
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