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Comparison of Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer and fine resolution Antarctic model results in the South Atlantic
No full textThe motions of eight Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (ALACE) floats released near 750 m depth in Drake Passage and followed through the South Atlantic are described and compared with emulations made by advecting model floats through 12 monthly snapshots of velocity from the fine resolution Antarctic model (FRAM). Both ALACEs and FRAM reproduce the major features of the general circulation as follows: strong intermediate depth flow in Drake Passage, bifurcation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) passing over the Falkland Plateau, a strong Falkland Current, its confluence with the Brazil Current, and moderate zonal flow across the South Atlantic. FRAM versus ALACE comparisons are made in both the Eulerian frame and using observed and modeled trajectories. In Drake Passage, where float velocities agree with earlier observations, FRAM velocities are about twice too big. Both FRAM and ALACE velocities are consistent with an O(100 Sv) Falkland Current. In the central South Atlantic the few available float observations indicate the ACC and South Atlantic Current (SAC) to be more localized than in the model. Eddy kinetic energy is much stronger in the observations than in FRAM. Float dispersion in both the model and observations is due primarily to mean shear. Initial RMS particle separation of 100 km grows to nearly 1000 km after 1 year, but most of this is associated with floats that take different paths of the general circulation. The observations indicate that eddy effects are particularly important near the Falkland-Brazil Current confluence in allowing Antarctic Intermediate Water to transfer from the ACC to the SAC, from which they may enter the subtropical gyre
Legal experts shed light on Davis\u27 path to chamber
No full textProfessor Donald E. Wilkes Jr. was quoted in the Fulton County Daily Report regarding the Troy Davis execution case and Davis\u27 attorneys\u27 failure to present Sylvester Coles after asserting that he was responsible for the shooting death of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. The article was written by Allen G. Breed and Russ Bynum and appeared on 9/23/11
Troy Davis: How did we get here?
No full textProfessor Donald E. Wilkes Jr. was quoted in The Miami Herald regarding the history of the Troy Davis case and the events leading up to Wednesday night\u27s execution. The article was written by Allen G. Breed and Russ Bynum of the Associated Press and appeared on 9/21/11
Troy Davis case full of murky legal questions
No full textProfessor Donald E. Wilkes Jr. was quoted in the Washington Examiner regarding the recent habeas corpus hearing of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis. The article was written by Russ Bynum from the Associated Press and appeared on 7/5/10.
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Integrating Values, Purposes, and Visions for Responsible Development
No full textThis chapter highlights a study showing that knowledge sharing and envisioning processes can have positive effects on human and social capital growth within a network. The chapter begins by arguing that a responsible development perspective can be more proactive approach than a sustainability perspective. Some actors (non-profit, public, and private) have achieved responsible development goals by integrating values, purposes and visions. More specifically, we conducted a study testing a methodology that can guide a process of building a strategic vision within a network with the goal of improving their responsible development orientation. The chosen methodology is “Participatory Action Research”. The implementation of the envisioning process was studied via quantitative/qualitative research tools. The methodology was tested in an official cross-country project funded by the European Commission. The project was selected as a best practice by the same European Union Commission. The study highlights the importance of envisioning processes in building social and human capital at the inter-organizational level and, in particular, in highly complex sectors such as those oriented towards improving social responsibility. In fact, work on the envisioning process itself represents an essential instrument for developing strategic objectives to be shared among actors within networks that intend to promote responsible development and improve their human and social capital. This bottom-up process of envisioning can also facilitate cultural interaction among community members, even in a cross-country context. This relevant “learning-by-interacting” experience, can create a growth process for the human and social capital of entire communities. The creation of social capital also promotes the development of shared knowledge and advances leading to the general understanding of common core objectives and appropriate ways of acting within the social system. The chapter ends with recommendations for future research
Manifestations of the grotesque in Angela Carter's love and wise children
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e ExpressãoEsta dissertação tem como objetivo investigar o emprego do grotesco, segundo as teorias de Wolfgang Kayser e Mikhail Bakhtin, em dois romances de Angela Carter: Love (1971) e Wise Children (1991). O primeiro capítulo caracteriza o "grotesco trágico", de acordo com a definição proposta por Wolfgang Kayser, bem como o "grotesco cômico", a partir do estudo de Mikhail Bakhtin. A seguir, analisa-se Love, tendo como foco de análise a trágica perspectiva de vida da protagonista do romance, a partir da descrição detalhada de seu comportamento. Neste capítulo, fica claro que o tipo de grotesco utilizado prioriza o grotesco romântico, ou trágico, assim descrito por Kayser, através da paródia do tema do amor romântico/trágico que está comprometido com o texto autenticamente "Romântico" de Edgar A. Poe. No terceiro capítulo apresenta-se a análise de Wise Children identificando-se o tom cômico empregado pelo narrador com o "grotesco cômico", assim descrito por Bakthin, focalizando-se basicamente em dois aspectos: o riso, e a velhice. A partir daí, sugere-se que houve uma modificação no emprego do grotesco cômico, ou seja, em Carter o uso do grotesco cômico reflete a ambigüidade inerente ao seu tempo, e não mais a certeza de transformação presente na interpretação Bakhtiniana do grotesco. Na conclusão, chama-se atenção para o fato de que uso dos dois tipos de grotesco identificados por Kayser e Bakhtin sofrem modificações, em Carter, que servem para demonstrar as mudancas sofridas pelo emprego contemporâneo do grotesco na narrativa
Position messages from ALACE float DP20
No full textData have been checked by the WOCE Subsurface Float Data Assembly Center. See hdl:10013/epic.32931.d001 for further information
Water temperature from PALACE float WIN516 section I05
No full textData have been checked by the WOCE Subsurface Float Data Assembly Center. See hdl:10013/epic.32931.d001 for further information
Water temperature from PALACE float WPA91 section SR3
No full textData have been checked by the WOCE Subsurface Float Data Assembly Center. See hdl:10013/epic.32931.d001 for further information
Water temperature from PALACE float WPA228 section SR3
No full textData have been checked by the WOCE Subsurface Float Data Assembly Center. See hdl:10013/epic.32931.d001 for further information
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