170 research outputs found
From assimilation to biculturalism: Changing patterns in Maori-Pakeha relationships
No full textThis chapter examines the changing patterns of inter-ethnic relationships among Maori and Pakeha in New Zealand, specifically the moves from assimilation towards biculturalism. The impact of recent debate about the Treaty of Waitangi is described and examples of bicultural policies and their consequences are outlined
Utopie française, auteur anglais ?
No full textJohn Dunmore : A French utopia with an English author ?
The anonymous Fragmens du dernier voyage de La Pérouse (Quimper, an V) purported to give details of the discovery of Blue Island by La Pérouse' s expedition in 1788. It has been suggested that the author was Fr Receveur, member of the expedition or A. A. Dupetit-Thouars ; recently J. Gury put forward the name of Jacques Cambry. But whoever it was, he knew A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay (1789) by Watkin Tench, who had met La Pérouse at Botany Bay and knew fluent French. An analysis of these works and of his correspondence has led I.McLaren to suggest that Tench himself was the author of Fragmens, which would present the unusual case of a French Utopian tale being written in wartime by an Englishman.Dunmore J. Utopie française, auteur anglais ?. In: Dix-huitième Siècle, n°26, 1994. Economie et politique. pp. 499-506
A resistance-humidity relationship for sensors of the Dunmore type
No full textConventional methods of graphical presentation of resistance-humidity characteristics for commercial sensors of the Dunmore type have some shortcomings in regard to the interpolation of experimental observations. This paper suggests a method by which calibration data can be represented by a linear relationship which is believed to simplify greatly both the construction of calibration curves and the application of these data in practice.Les m\ue9thodes conventionnelles de la pr\ue9sentation graphique des caract\ue9ristiques r\ue9sistance-humidit\ue9 pour les d\ue9tecteurs commerciaux du type Dunmore pr\ue9sentent quelques difficult\ue9s en ce qui concerne l'interpolation des observations experimentales. Cette \ue9tude sugg\ue8re une m\ue9thode gr\ue2ce \ue0 laquelle les donn\ue9es de calibrag, peuvent \ueatre repr\ue9sent\ue9es par une relation lin\ue9aire que l'on croit simplifier grandement \ue0 la fois l'\ue9tablissement des courbes de calibrage et l'application pratique de ces donn\ue9es.Peer reviewed: NoNRC publication: Ye
A new terror to death: Public memory and the disappearance of John Dunmore Lang
No full textJohn Dunmore Lang was one the most prominent figures in Australian colonial politics. As the founder of the Scots Church in Sydney, a long-serving member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, the editor of his own newspapers and the author of hundreds of books and pamphlets, Lang had an enormous platform to express his views. Despite his prominence in life, Lang’s legacy has been distorted by public memory and his passionate support for an Australian republic has been largely muted. This article examines Lang’s works and his treatment by public memory
A new terror to death: Public memory and the disappearance of John Dunmore Lang
No full textJones, BT ORCiD: 0000-0002-4312-6995© 2014 Taylor and Francis Group LLC. John Dunmore Lang was one the most prominent figures in Australian colonial politics. As the founder of the Scots Church in Sydney, a long-serving member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, the editor of his own newspapers and the author of hundreds of books and pamphlets, Lang had an enormous platform to express his views. Despite his prominence in life, Lang’s legacy has been distorted by public memory and his passionate support for an Australian republic has been largely muted. This article examines Lang’s works and his treatment by public memory. This article has been peer-reviewed
An application of the Dunmore electric hygrometer to humidity measurement at low temperatures
No full textThe limited range of individual humidity sensors of the Dunmore type and their decreased speed of response at low temperatures tend to restrict their use as direct humidity measuring devices in some applications. Under certain circumstances a considerable increase in range and improvement in sensitivity may be possible with sensors of a lower humidity range by raising the temperature of the air being sampled. This paper discusses a method employing this principle that has specific application to the measurement of atmospheric humidity under low temperature winter conditions.Le rayon d'action limit\ue9 des d\ue9tecteurs individuels d'humidit\ue9 du type Dunmore et leur vitease r\ue9duite de r\ue9action aux basses temp\ue9ratures tendent \ue0 restreindre leur emploi comme dispositifs de mesure directe de l'humidit\ue9 dans certaines applications. Dans certaines conditions une augmentation consid\ue9rable du rayon d'action et une am\ue9lioration de la sensibilit\ue9 peuvent \ueatre possibles avec des d\ue9tecteurs ayant un rayon d'action plus faible, en \ue9levant la temp\ue9rature de l'air que l'on \ue9chantillonne. On d\ue9crit dans cette \ue9tude une m\ue9thode faisant appel \ue0 ce principe laquelle a une application sp\ue9cifique pour la mesure de l'humidit\ue9 atmosph\ue9rique dans les conditions de bases temp\ue9rature de l'hiver.Peer reviewed: NoNRC publication: Ye
Trouble in the Colonies: Review of D.W.A. Baker, Preacher Politician, Patriot: A life of John Dunmore Lang
No full textFrom text: Some people write biographies of great men they admire for their particular virtues or achievements. Mr. Don Baker has a refreshing approach. He wrote a biography on the life of John Dunmore Lang not because he liked him, but because he did not. The preface introduces the reader to the kind of person he is: “A man to whom truth and falsehood come alike as he can best adapt them to his unmanly purposes.” The author uses this quote from one of Lang’s opponents at the time to characterise the subject of his biography
Report on the Presence Management Solution
No full textThis deliverable presents the design and implementation of a presence management solution for the emergency and crisis scenarios of u-2010. The requirements of the presence management solution are tailored for the Mountain Rescue scenario since this provides the most difficult set of requirements for a presence management solution to fulfil. However, the developed solution can be adapted for other emergency and crisis scenarios with particular suitability for search and rescue scenarios
Sport and education: Sport in secondary schools for all or for some?
No full textThe place of sport in schools has always been controversial and struggled to gain legitimacy and acceptance as a part of the formal curriculum. While some commentators argue sport has no place in the curriculum, others claim it is too important to be left to chance and, like other aspects of education, it can and should be pursued for its own intrinsic value. For example, Siedentop (1982, p. 2) stated, 'if sport is equal to other ludic [movement] forms (art, drama, music and dance) both for the individual and the culture; and if more appropriate participation in sport represents a positive step in cultural evolution then sport in education is justified'. From another but still supportive perspective, Arnold (1997, p. I) claimed, 'sport is a trans-cultural valued practice ... and despite its corruption from time to time it is inherently concerned with concepts, ethical principles and moral values which are universally applicable and justified as a form of education
Oracy and ideology in contemporary Gaelic:Conceptions of fluency and its perceived decline subsequent to immersion schooling
No full textNotwithstanding the considerable extent of intergenerational disruption within contemporary Gaelic communities in Scotland, the development of national language policy has tended to focus on Gaelic-medium, immersion education (GME) as a means of revitalising the language. Gaelic education is prioritised alongside increasing language use and promoting a positive image of the language in the most recent iteration of the National Gaelic Language Plan (2018-2023) as was the case in the two previous Plans (Bòrd na Gàidhlig 2007, 2012). Yet fine-grained and mixed methodological research conducted by the author found extensive evidence that Gaelic tends not to be used to a substantial degree by former-GME students, years after their formal schooling is completed. In this article I focus on previously unpublished qualitative data which illustrate understandings of oracy and fluency among interview participants (N=46) and their perceptions of language attrition since attending immersion education in childhood. As the analysis of interview material shows, such demonstrable attrition of Gaelic oracy years after immersion provides clear challenges to current language planning priorities in Scotland
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