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Terry Underwood
No full textDate:1948Terry Underwood arrived in the Northern Territory in 1968 and with her new husband moved to a new home at Riveren. Home consisted of a caravan, a bough shed, camp stove and a tent as the master bedroom. Together they transformed Riveren into a thriving cattle station.
Over a span of 30 years she has been involved in many projects which have included: producer/director of plays, talent quests and documentaries, along with appearances on TV and radio. She is also a patron to the Australian Outback Tourism Association and Northern Territory Fashion Awards. In 2005 Underwood was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division in Queen's Birthday 2005 Honours List for "service to the community, particularly through business and in promotional and cattle industry roles". In her autobiography 'In the middle of nowhere' Underwood captures the essence of her life "Riveren has captured our bodies, hearts and spirits. It lies within the heart of Australia. How privileged we are to call it home. Riveren is where I belong. I know it would not have worked anywhere else with anyone else. In the middle of nowhere has become my everywhere." (Underwood, 1998: 276).
Source: In the middle of nowhere. Terry Underwood. Moorebank, NSW : Transworld, 1998.NurseAuthorPhotographerCattle Woma
Climate and cholera in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: the role of environmental factors and implications for epidemic preparedness
No full textA cholera epidemic that took place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2000–2001) was employed to investigate the impact of climatic and environmental drivers on cholera dynamics. Precipitation (PRE), sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll-a (CHL-a) data acquired from publicly available satellite and ground measurements were analysed together with disease incidence in an effort to assess the environmental contribution to the outbreak. SST (r2=0.749, lag=0 months) and PRE (r2=0.744, lag=2 months) showed strong associations with incidence. CHL-a showed a moderately strong (r2=0.656, lag=6 months) association with incidence while sea surface height (SSH) demonstrated a weak relationship with incidence (r2=0.326, lag=5 months). Our analysis tentatively supports a coastal transmission hypothesis, heavily influenced by localized PRE extremes. The role of SSH is likely attenuated by local coastal topography. Future work should clarify the mechanism linking coastal cholera reservoirs and the regional climate system to outbreaks in this region. Finally, we discuss benefits of further research in this area using extended remotely sensed and epidemiological datasets towards the development of early-warning systems and enhanced epidemic preparedness
Teacher and Author Terry Frith
No full textTerry Bryant Frith, a former Manatee County teacher, works in her office. Frith, a lifelong Bradenton resident, wrote a book called "Secrets Parents Should Know About Public Schools" which was published by Simon and Schuster
Roger McDonald, author in the caravan [picture] /
No full text(PIC/3034/28); Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an14517845-28
"Disney is the Tiffany’s and I am the Woolworth's of the business": A critical re-analysis of the business philosophies, production values and studio practices of animator-producer Paul Houlton Terry
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Animator-producer Paul Houlton Terry has been portrayed as having little passion for the animation he produced and being more concerned with making a profit than producing entertaining cartoons with high production values. The purpose of the dissertation is to re-evaluate Terry‘s legacy to animated cartooning by analyzing his business philosophies, production values, and studio practices.
Application of four psychodynamic factors to the early life and career of Terry, 1887-1929, found that his economic decision making was characterized by: an external locus of control, risk-averse financial behaviour, extreme saving behaviour through precaution, and shrewd money management practices. Based on Terry‘s historical responses to twelve major economic, technological, or institutional forces of change for the period 1929-1955, the psychodynamic factors were found to provide accurate explanations for his studio practices and production decisions.
There was no evidence to support the conclusion that three early career disappointments undermined Terry‘s intrinsic motivation to create animated cartoons. Rather, Terry‘s lack of risk taking, external locus of control, tight studio production schedule, desire to compete with neighbour studio Fleischer, difficulty in separating financial rewards from creative processes in animation, and practice of undertaking surveillance measures on staff may have undermined his and his studio‘s creativity. Archival research found Terry to possess strong passions for and to have made significant creative contributions to the field of animation.
Biographical research found that Terry retained a stable nucleus of highly talented artists who dedicated a significant portion of their working careers to the studio. An analysis of the cel aesthetics of a random sample of animated cartoons produced during the years 1930-1955 found that Terry created animated cartoons with above average cel aesthetics when compared to the other studios thereby supporting an inference that Terry was motivated to producing quality crafted animation. Further research is suggested into the role psychodynamic factors and economic decision-making play in the film production process and a clarification of Terry‘s legacy to the field of animated cartoons
Dawson, Jim. North River. Photograph of boy with dog, with truck in background.
No full textPhoto of Jim & his dog, Terry, Dawson Shop & O'Brien house in the backgroun
Terry White
No full textPhotograph - A portrait of Dr. Terry White, Executive Member of the Trail North Foundation, Athabasca, Albert
Modelling natural resource responses to climate change (the MONARCH project): an introduction
No full textClimate change impacts on freshwater wetland habitats
No full textWetland ecosystems are important habitats for flora and fauna and hence are of national and international importance for conservation. Wetlands can be defined as areas of high groundwater environments that are characterised by permanent (shallow water bodies) or temporary inundation, or soils having hydric properties. They provide a number of critical ecological functions, including the regulation of water regimes, and support a significant percentage of the world's biodiversity that have adapted to life in saturated conditions. Wetland ecosystems depend on water levels and therefore climate change, especially changes in precipitation, is likely to have a significant impact on these habitats and associated species. A modelling assessment of water balance was undertaken for the UK and Ireland using current and future climate scenarios. Results showed that water availability could increase in winter across the whole region, and northwest Ireland and northwest Scotland could have a small increase in water availability in the summer. Other regions would experience little change or have decreased water availability during the summer months; this being most severe in southeast England. A local-scale study of a wetland habitat in East Anglia indicated that significant seasonal stresses could occur due to climate change and the associated lowering of water levels
A Conversation with Terry Tempest Williams
No full textTerry Tempest Williams is a conservationist, advocate for free speech, and the author of several books, poetry collections, and essay collections. With a career spanning over forty years, Williams has often been called a “citizen writer” who consistently illuminates how environmental issues are social issues, and ultimately how these issues transform into matters of justice. Her books include Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family & Place, Finding Beauty in a Broken World, When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice and Williams’ most recent work, The Moon is Behind Us.
Williams has received the Robert Marshall Award from The Wilderness Society, the Spirit of the Arctic Award, an International Peace Award, and a Robert Kirsch Award among many other accolades for her writing and activism. She is currently writer-in-residence at the Harvard Divinity School.
During this program, Terry Tempest Williams read from her work and gave a brief talk on her writing and its relationship to our current times, following which she participated in a moderated onstage conversation
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