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FIGURE 2 in Date and place of publication and author attribution of the combination Kalanchoe sect. Raveta (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae)
No full textFIGURE 2. Like most of the plant parts, the flowers of Kalanchoe thyrsiflora are covered in a white-waxy substance. Flowers are densely carried in club-shaped inflorescences. Photograph: Gideon F. Smith.Published as part of Smith, Gideon F., 2022, Date and place of publication and author attribution of the combination Kalanchoe sect. Raveta (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae), pp. 131-134 in Phytotaxa 560 (1) on page 133, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.560.1.12, http://zenodo.org/record/703115
FIGURE 1 in Date and place of publication and author attribution of the combination Kalanchoe sect. Raveta (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae)
No full textFIGURE 1. Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, the type of K. sect. Raveta, in the vegetative growing phase. The leaves are obovate to round and borne in pseudo-rosettes. Photograph: Gideon F. Smith.Published as part of Smith, Gideon F., 2022, Date and place of publication and author attribution of the combination Kalanchoe sect. Raveta (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae), pp. 131-134 in Phytotaxa 560 (1) on page 132, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.560.1.12, http://zenodo.org/record/703115
The Byzantine-Islamic transition in Palestine : an archaeological approach /
No full textUsing recent archaeological findings, Gideon Avni addresses the transformation of local societies in Palestine and Jordan between the 6th and 11th centuries AD, arguing that the Byzantine-Islamic transition was a much slower and gradual process than previously thought.Includes bibliographical references and index.Using recent archaeological findings, Gideon Avni addresses the transformation of local societies in Palestine and Jordan between the 6th and 11th centuries AD, arguing that the Byzantine-Islamic transition was a much slower and gradual process than previously thought.Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 14, 2014)
It’s not cricket!
No full text"An Author event presented by The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library, 19 April 2012, Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library." Recorded at the University of Adelaide, 19 April 2012.Gideon Haig
The music of Miriam Gideon during the McCarthy era, including a complete catalogue of her works
No full textThis thesis considers the musical response of the American composer,
Miriam Gideon to political events during the McCarthy era. It examines the
interrelationships between politics, society and culture and considers how these are
reflected in two works, Epitaphs from Robert Burns (1952) and Altered Steps to
Altered States (1953) that Gideon composed during this period. Specifically, this
thesis focuses on Gideon’s transition from teaching and composing music within an
academic setting to preparing for life in a musical world, without support from
mainstream academic institutions.
Following the Introduction, Chapter 2 documents the rise of anti-communist
practices on campus at Brooklyn College and City College, New York City where
Miriam Gideon held music teaching posts. It reconstructs the personal events that led
to the loss of both of these appointments and examines how and why this occurred. It
is argued that Gideon entered a period of ‘inner exile,’ and this concept and its
consequences for Gideon are explored in Chapter 3. An examination of her private
diaries demonstrates that the effects of the McCarthy era were not only physical, but
also psychological and social.
Chapters 4-6 consider Gideon’s music through the perspective of inner exile
and aim to show that the music that she wrote was a reflection of her experiences.
Gideon’s return to academia in 1955 and her rehabilitation back into the academy are
discussed in Chapter 7. A complete list of Gideon’s compositional output is included
and is organised chronologically, alphabetically and by genre. This thesis examines
new documents not previously available to scholars, and includes interviews
conducted by the author with Gideon’s former students and colleagues
Recurrent drought in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality of the North West Province in South Africa: an environmental justice perspective
No full textThis article adopts an environmental justice approach to recurrent drought in the North-West Province of South Africa. It is based on a secondary data analysis of a study – of which the author was a research team member – conducted in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality in February 2007, which assessed the impact of drought on older people. The methodology used during the initial study included observation, individual interviews, focus group interviews and participatory research. The author of the present article suggests, however, that discourses of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and ’legislative compliance’, as in many other South African contexts, have not yet been a particularly useful framing for issues of disaster and drought. The author suggests that environmental justice discourses might offer a more useful framing or conceptualisation for those concerned with the issue of recurrent drought in the study area or similar contexts
Recurrent drought in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality of the North West Province in South Africa: An environmental justice perspective
No full textThis article adopts an environmental justice approach to recurrent drought in the North-West Province of South Africa. It is based on a secondary data analysis of a study – of which the author was a research team member – conducted in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality in February 2007, which assessed the impact of drought on older people. The methodology used during the initial study included observation, individual interviews, focus group interviews and participatory research. The author of the present article suggests, however, that discourses of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and ’legislative compliance’, as in many other South African contexts, have not yet been a particularly useful framing for issues of disaster and drought. The author suggests that environmental justice discourses might offer a more useful framing or conceptualisation for those concerned with the issue of recurrent drought in the study area or similar contexts
Kalanchoe marmorata var. somaliensis Gideon F. Sm.
No full textKalanchoe marmorata var. somaliensis (Baker) Gideon F.Sm. (Fig. 3) Basionym:— Kalanchoe somaliensis Baker (1895: 214). Also treated in: Hooker (1902: Tab. 7831); Berger (1930: 405); Jacobsen (1977: 289); Jacobsen (1986: 629, Fig. 887); Sajeva & Costanzo (1994: 153). Type:— Somali Land [SOMALIA]. Wardie, 22 February [presumably] 1895, received [presumably at Herb. K] in “5/95” [May 1895], [Miss] Edith Cole s.n. (lectotype K, accession number H608/68 41, barcode K000232777, https://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000232777) designated by Smith (2021a: 98). Homotypic synonyms:— Kalanchoe marmorata f. somaliensis (Baker) Pampanini (1909: 53). Also treated in: Pampanini (1911: 405). Kalanchoe macrantha Baker ex Maire (1976: 254) var. somaliensis (Baker) Maire (1976: 255). Nomenclatural notes on K. marmorata f. somaliensis :—Although Pampanini (1909: 53, 1911: 405), as well as, later, Jacobsen (1977: 289) and Jacobsen (1986: 629), give the author citation of the basionym of the forma he recognised as “Hook. f.”, K. somaliensis was originally described by Baker (1895: 214). The locality from where material that prompted this change in rank was collected was given as “Hab.: « Colonia Eritrea. Altipiano del Soira (Scimenzana). Località Golò, 2720–2740 m. sul mare: ripiano alluvionale derivante dal disfacimento dell’arenaria. 4 dicembre 1905 [Dainelli e Marinelli] ».—(Herb. Centr. Florent. [Centr. extra-ital.]).” [English: “Colony of Eritrea. Soira Plateau (Scimenzana). Location Golò, 2720–2740 m above sea level: alluvial shelf resulting from the decomposition of sandstone. 4 December 1905 [Danielli & Marinelli s.n.] (Herb. FI)”]. At the time this was regarded as the first and only record of K. marmorata (as K. somaliensis, here regarded as K. marmorata var. somaliensis) known from beyond the borders of Somalia, the country from which Baker (1895: 214) described K. somaliensis, from the Golis range near Wardie (Pampanini 1909: 54). Note that the specimen Danielli & Marinelli s.n. is not the type of K. marmorata f. somaliensis; it is merely a specimen that vouches for the occurrence of the forma in Eritrea. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on K. marmorata var. somaliensis :—When Baker (1895: 214) described K. somaliensis he gave the colour of the leaves as “brunneo-marmoratis” [brownish marbled] (see also the illustration published by Hooker 1902), as opposed to the leaves of K. marmorata that Baker (1892: 300) earlier described as “maculis copiosis fuscis marmoratis” [copiously brown marbled spotted]. Therefore, material referable to K. marmorata var. somaliensis has leaves that are virtually throughout devoid of the characteristic purplish brown mottling found on one or both surfaces of the leaves of K. marmorata var. marmorata. The leaves of the autonymic variety are usually consistently sparsely to densely spotted with purplish brown marks and in some material can be lightly spotted only (see for example the discussion in Bruce 1948: t. 1049). In his key, under “ BaαI2 ”, Berger (1930: 405 and Figure 196 D–G on p. 403) additionally recorded K. somaliensis as being characterised by: “Röhre der Blumenkrone im oberen Teile zylindrisch. Blätter grosser, seichter buchtig gezähnt, fast weiss, einiger gefleckt”. [English: “Corolla tube cylindrical higher up. Leaves large, shallowly indented, almost white, somewhat maculate”]. The contrasting statement, “ BaαI1 ”, in the key provided by Berger (1930: 405) noted: “Röhre der Blumenkrone 4kantig” for K. marmorata. However, variation in the outline of cross-sections of the corolla tubes of K. marmorata has been observed and this character is here not regarded as taxonomically useful. The leaves of K. marmorata var. somaliensis are often basally more distinctly amplexicaul and almost auriculate (see for example Jacobsen 1977: 289, 1986: 629) and not as cuneate as those of K. marmorata var. marmorata. Additionally, leaves of K. marmorata var. somaliensis are often larger than those of K. marmorata var. marmorata. Taxonomic recognition of material of K. marmorata with often larger, virtually immaculate, basally stem-clasping leaves seems desirable, as use of the name K. somaliensis, at the rank of species therefore, has persisted, for example in Jacobsen (1977: 289), Jacobsen (1986: 629, Fig. 887), and Sajeva & Costanzo (1994: 153) for material lacking the distinct purplish maculation. However, at the rank of variety a combination has only been made under K. macrantha Baker ex Maire, nom. illeg. Further, the nomenclatural novelty K. marmorata var. somaliensis is not a new combination as K. marmorata f. somaliensis has been published previously (Turland et al. 2018: Art. 6.10 and its Example 13).Published as part of Smith, Gideon F., 2022, The taxonomy of Kalanchoe marmorata Baker (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae), a distinctive African species, revisited, pp. 100-112 in Phytotaxa 538 (2) on page 107, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.538.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/633364
IBIBIO WORLDVIEW ON PARENTING AND CHILDCARE IN EFFIONG JOHNSON'S SON OF THE LAND
No full textSeveral traditional African cultures share the worldview that children are special gifts from the gods to the land and so attach enormous attention to their up-keep and upbringing. They are not entirely the sole responsibility of the parents only but are effectively conceived of as belonging to the community. This worldview specifically places the child under the guardianship or tutelage of a parent, a step-parent or any adult with familial connections or ties to the child, who must raise him/ her in line with community values and mores, to be a responsible son or daughter of the land. As such, the welfare, well-being as well as training of children from infancy or childhood to adulthood is shaped both by the parent or guardian, (nuclei or extended) family, and the community at large. These institutions -family and community- work hand-in-hand in determining the child's nurturance and socialization experiences. While the community sets the standards in terms of moral and acceptable codes of behaviour and/ or taboos; the family ensures that the child lives up to these societal set patterns, norms and values. The parent or guardian, thus, functions as an interface or compass that directs, links, and molds the child’s behaviour within the family unit to the expected standards of the community. Failure in this regard or deviance does not only earn the parent, guardian or family overt social criticism but the community, as well, shares the opprobrium and also bears the consequences of such deviation. This complex process of interaction and learning is what sociologists have come to define as the "Socialization process". Thus, as drama is basically a social art which imitates or mirrors the society in which it is written or produced either overtly or covertly, this paper shall examine this sociological issue as portrayed in Effiong Johnson's play Son of the Land, using the textual analysis methodology. The paper shall recommend a more inclusive-exclusive, dynamic and multifarious approach to parenting and child care in the context of deeply-held cultural notions and praxis
The Call Narratives of Gideon and Moses: Literary Convention or More?
No full textComparison of the Gideon (Judg 6:11–24) and Moses (Exod 3:1–15) call narratives raises the question of whether they are different manifestations of the same literary convention—a biblical “type-scene” of appointment and investiture—or display literary dependence. I suggest that their affinity goes beyond the shared features of the call-narrative convention and argue that the author of the Gideon narrative deliberately created direct literary links between the protagonist’s investiture and that of Moses—the archetypical biblical leader—as a means of elevating Gideon’s stature.</jats:p
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