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Cricket Writing Culture: How the Interwar Works of J.M. Kilburn for the Yorkshire Post Transcended the Boundary Between ‘Journalism’ and ‘Literature’
No full textIn many ways one of the most innovative writers of his age, the interwar work of the cricket writer, J.M. Kilburn, for The Yorkshire Post was so unique that it transcended the boundary between ‘journalism’ and ‘literature’.
His brand of writing pushed the definition of ‘journalism’ to a point where journalistic traits were lost; in its place he used literary styles and techniques, allowing for the application of literary analysis to an art form which Kilburn made his own between 1934 and 1939.
This is a study of his work as Yorkshire (and England) cricket correspondent for The Yorkshire Post from across the six seasons before the outbreak of the Second World War, a time of great political, social and cultural upheaval, but also one of unmitigated success, on a sporting front, for the White Rose.
It is argued in this thesis that Kilburn, in transcending the boundary between literature and journalism, actually created a hybrid genre – a form of writing created out of styles pulled from the literary and journalistic worlds, and mixed together to create something unique to Kilburn.
His career began with the kind of flourish that would grace his writing over a forty-year tenure working for The Yorkshire Post, one of the largest publications in the country: cricket writing commendation from the great Sir Neville Cardus – the man seen as the most influential in the history of cricket writing – imbued onto Kilburn a status of high quality which he would always keep.
A bookworm childhood complimented by many hours sat on the boundary edge of Yorkshire cricket grounds ensured the foundations of Kilburn’s unique trade were well ingrained; a year spent roaming Finland polished his descriptive skills, and the posting of his travel pieces during this time endeared him to The Yorkshire Post’s then-editor Arthur Mann, whose vision it was to have as his chief cricket writer a man who could couple sound judgment with an ability to carry his readers from their living room to the field of play using only the elegance of the written word as a means of transportation.
For example, Kilburn uses what Roland Barthes describes as a ‘narrative luxury’ (in Furst, 1992, pp135-136) in his writing – a technique used by literary figures – as well as using characterisation by taking individual players and creating mythological, almost godlike figures out of them. His style echoes that of a generation of writers which Hynes (1976) labels as ‘the Auden generation’, a group whose prose goes beyond what has been seen before, to transform the written word out of a passive state and into an active role, tackling the era’s various cultural crisis.
During the more-than four decades he spent writing for The Yorkshire Post, Kilburn was never tempted away to a larger, national title like many of his contemporaries. His name is not nearly as well known as the likes of Sir Neville Cardus, R.C. Robertson-Glasgow or E.W. Swanton, all of whom were active during the majority of his career, but Kilburn’s unique disregard for his profession’s conventions made him one of the most interesting cricket writers of all time. This is the story of his early, interwar career at The Yorkshire Post
Uroptychus cardus Ahyong & Poore 2004
No full text<i>Uroptychus cardus</i> Ahyong & Poore, 2004 <p> <i>Uroptychus cardus</i> Ahyong & Poore, 2004a: 31, fig. 7 (Tasmania, 987–1200 m). — Poore, 2004: 225, fig. 61a (compilation). — Baba, 2005: 225 (synonymies, key).</p> <p>Type data: holotype, female, NMV J44744.</p> <p>Type locality: Tasmania, J1 Seamount, 82.5 km SSE of SE Cape, 44°14.4´S, 147°21.6´E, 1200 m.</p>Published as part of <i>Baba, Keiji, Macpherson, Enrique, Poore, Gary C. B., Ahyong, Shane T., Bermudez, Adriana, Cabezas, Patricia, Lin, Chia-Wei, Nizinski, Martha, Rodrigues, Celso & Schnabel, Kareen E., 2008, Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura-families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae), pp. 1-220 in Zootaxa 1905 (1)</i> on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5134587">http://zenodo.org/record/5134587</a>
Uroptychus cardus Ahyong & Poore 2004, n. sp.
No full textUroptychus cardus n. sp. (Fig. 7) Uroptychus sp. MoV2676.– Poore, Hart, Taylor & Tudge, 1998: 69. Type material. HOLOTYPE: NMV J44744, female (15.9 mm), J1 Seamount, 82.5 km SSE of SE Cape, Tasmania, 44°14.4’S, 147°21.6’E, 1200 m, epibenthic sled, T. Stranks et al., 27 Jan 1997. PARATYPES: NMV J44743, 1 female (12.2 mm), J1 Seamount, Tasmania, 83.8 km SSE of SE Cape, 44°16.2’S, 147°19.8’E, 987 m, epibenthic sled, T. Stranks et al., 27 Jan 1997; NMV J39633, 2 ovigerous females (14.1–14.7 mm), J1 Seamount, 83.8 km SSE of SE Cape, Tasmania, 44°16.2’S, 147°19.8’E, 987 m, epibenthic sled, T. Stranks et al., 27 Jan 1997. Diagnosis. Carapace excluding rostrum longer than broad; lateral margin with anterolateral spine and 7 or 8 lateral spines; dorsum rugose, with numerous setose scales or tubercles, with transverse field of 11–19 spines across epigastric region, laterally largest. Rostrum triangular. Sternite 3 anterior margin deeply concave with narrow Ushaped median notch. Antennal basal segment with outer spine; ultimate and penultimate segments with distal spine. Antennal scale extending beyond ultimate segment of peduncle. Cheliped rugose and sparsely setose. Pereopods 2–4 similar; merus with setose scales; propodus not broadened distally, with 5–7 movable spines on distal flexor margin, distalmost paired; dactylus with 16–20 small, closely spaced, obliquely directed corneous spines, penultimate markedly broader than others. Description. Carapace: Length (excluding rostrum) greater than breadth. Lateral margins convex, divergent; with strong anteriorly directed anterolateral spine and 7 or 8 lateral spines. Anterior 2 lateral spines small, third spine large, stout, at base of indistinct cervical groove, remainder spines stout, decreasing in size posteriorly. Rostrum triangular, about 0.4 as long as remaining carapace, lateral margins smooth, dorsally with shallow concavity. Outer orbital angle obtuse. Dorsum rugose, with numerous setose scales or tubercles, with transverse field of 11–19 spines across epigastric region, with largest spines either side of midline. Pterygostomian flap with acute anterior angle and small spinules or scales on proximal surface. Sternum: Plastron about as long as wide, slightly widening posteriorly. Sternite 3 (at base of maxilliped 3) depressed, anterior margin deeply concave with narrow Ushaped median notch, anterolateral angle acute, flanked by 1 or 2 small spines. Sternite 4 (at base of pereopod 1) with anterolateral margins acute, produced anteriorly to base of spine on lateral margin of sternite 3. Abdomen: Segments glabrous. Telson half as long wide; distal portion medially emarginate, about 1.5 times as long as proximal segment. Eye: Cornea not dilated, about twothirds length of peduncle; not reaching beyond midlength of rostrum. Antenna: Basal segment with outer spine. Peduncle extending to distal third of rostrum. Ultimate segment about twice as long as penultimate segment, both with distal spine. Antennal scale wider than opposite peduncular segments, extending beyond ultimate segment of peduncle. Maxilliped 3: Dactylus and propodus unarmed. Carpus with 2 or 3 small spines on extensor surface and distal extensor spine. Merus with 2–4 spines on distal flexor margin and larger distal flexor spine. Ischium with crista dentata denticulate along entire margin, becoming finest distally. Pereopod 1 (cheliped): Sparsely setose; about 3.5 times carapace length. Propodus with irregular, setose scales; palm 3 times as long as high, about twice as long as pollex. Fingers crossing, occlusal margins dentate and each with low process proximally. Carpus and merus covered with setose scales or small spines; with larger spinules on distal margin. Inner margin of merus with 2 rows of stout spines. Ischium with slender distolateral spine. Pereopods 2–4: Similar, slightly decreasing in length posteriorly. Meri and carpi with setose scales. Meri with upper and distal flexor spine on pereopods 2–3. Propodi about 2.5 times length of carpus, not broadened distally, with 5–7 movable spines on distal flexor margin, distalmost paired. Dactyli exceeding half propodus length; with 16–20 small, closely spaced, obliquely directed corneous spines, penultimate markedly broader than others. Ovum: 1.4 mm diameter. Etymology. Named cardus, from the Latin meaning ‘thistle’, alluding to the rugose or spiny dorsal and lateral surfaces of the carapace and chelae of the species. Remarks. Uroptychus cardus n. sp. closely resembles U. dentatus Balss, 1913, described from Indonesia, and U. occultispinatus Baba, 1988, from Japan and the Philippines. The new species differs from U. occultispinatus in having a transverse field of strong spines across the gastric region of the carapace, in bearing 2 or 3 spines on the flexor margin of the merus of the third maxilliped in addition to the distal extensor and distal flexor spines, and in having 5–7 instead of 1 movable spines on distal flexor margin of the propodi of the walking legs. Uroptychus cardus differs from U. dentatus in having a transverse field of spines across the gastric region of the carapace, and in bearing spines on the carpus and merus of the third maxilliped. In contrast to U. cardus, U. dentatus bears a row of small tubercles or granules on the gastric region of the carapace and lacks spines on the carpus and merus of the third maxilliped (Baba 1990). Uroptychus cardus differs from all other Australian congeners that have marginal carapace spines in having a rugose, tuberculate dorsum and in the higher number of spines lining the flexor margins of the dactyli of pereopods 2–4 (16–20 vs. 6–11). Uroptychus cardus was listed by Poore et al. (1998) as “ Uroptychus sp. MoV2676”, one of numerous decapods collected from the seamounts off southeastern Tasmania by the RV Southern Surveyor in 1997. Distribution. Known only from “J1” Seamount, southern Tasmania at 987–1200 m depth.Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T. & Poore, Gary C. B., 2004, The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), pp. 1-88 in Zootaxa 436 (1) on pages 31-34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.436.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/502829
Amateurism and Identity in England: How being ‘competitive’ became the point of distinction between northern and southern cricket.
No full textIt would appear that Darwin was onto something when he paraphrased Herbert Spencer’s “survival of the fittest”, to summarise his theory of evolution via competition. The competitive instincts in humans do not get any stronger or vital in the context of competing for food, and ultimately the species survival. The human race’s ability to comprehend and thus compete better than any other species has ensured our place at the top of the food chain
Cirsio, Cardus spherocefalus
No full text1. Nome scientifico: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
(Asteraceae, Compositae)
Nome attuale: Cardo campestre, Stoppione
2. Nome scientifico: Echinops sphaerocephalus L.
(Asteraceae, Compositae)
Nome attuale: Cardo, Pallottol
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Mitomycin C in highly myopic eyes - Author reply
No full textOphthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):208-18; discussion 219.
Mitomycin C modulation of corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy in highly myopic eyes.
Gambato C, Ghirlando A, Moretto E, Busato F, Midena E.
SourceRefractive Surgery Service and Antimetabolite Therapy Research Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of topical mitomycin C in corneal wound healing (CWH) after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in highly myopic eyes.
DESIGN: Prospective, double-masked, randomized clinical trial.
PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-two eyes of 36 patients affected by high (>7 diopters) myopia.
METHODS: In each patient, one eye was randomly assigned to PRK with intraoperative topical 0.02% mitomycin C application, and the fellow eye was treated with a placebo. Postoperatively, mitomycin C-treated eyes received artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months), whereas the fellow eye was treated with fluorometholone sodium 2% and artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity, manifest refraction, and biomicroscopy. Contrast sensitivity was determined using the Pelli-Robson chart. Corneal confocal microscopy documented CWH.
RESULTS: Mean follow-up was 18 months (range, 12-36). No side effects or toxic effects were documented. At 12-month follow-up examination, UCVAs (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) were 0.4+/-0.48 and 0.5+/-0.53 (P = .03) in mitomycin C-treated eyes and corticosteroid-treated eyes, respectively. At 1 year, corneal haze developed in 20% of corticosteroid-treated eyes, versus 0% of mitomycin C-treated eyes. At 12, 24, and 36 months, corneal confocal microscopy showed activated keratocytes and extracellular matrix significantly more evident in untreated eyes (Ps = 0.004, 0.024, and 0.046, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Topical intraoperative application of 0.02% mitomycin C can reduce haze formation in highly myopic eyes undergoing PRK.
Comment in
Ophthalmology. 2006 Feb;113(2):357; author reply 357-8
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
A Multi-Language Comparison of Influences on Author Verification using Character N-Grams
No full textWe create a new multi-language corpus for author verification based on Wikipedia talkpages, and evaluate the influence that differences in topic and time have on character n-gram author profiles. Topic alignment between two texts is found to increase author verification precision, and an authors writing style is found to change over time, but not more significantly after 3 years than after 1 year.Information ArchitectureWISElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
A 0.12mm<sup>2</sup> Wien-Bridge Temperature Sensor with 0.1°C (3σ) Inaccuracy from -40°C to 180°C
No full text Resistor-based temperature sensors can achieve much higher resolution and energy efficiency than conventional BJT-based sensors [1], but they typically occupy more area (> 0.25 mm 2 ) and have lower operating temperatures (le 125 {circ} {C}) [2]-[4]. This work describes a 0.12mm 2 resistor-based sensor that uses a Wien-bridge (WB) filter to achieve 0.1 {circ} {C} (3 sigma) inaccuracy from - 40 {circ} {C} to 180 {circ} {C}. Compared to a state-of-the-art WB sensor [4], it occupies 6 × less area and achieves comparable relative accuracy over a 76% wider operating range. Session 10.3 Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Electronic InstrumentationMicroelectronic
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