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C.J. Koch (1932 - )
No full textBiographical, bibliographical, and literary historiography of Australian author C.J. Koch
Audio Interview with Mr. C.J. Rayner Whiteley
No full textAudio - Mr. Whiteley recounts the story of delivering the message of the flood of 1904. He took seventeen hours by horse to travel from Perryvale to Edmonton. Billy Loutit took the same message by foot arriving in Edmonton about the same time. Mr. Whiteley discusses early settlers, farming, homesteading and businesses. He has many anecdotes about life and people living in Athabasca at the start of the twentieth century. He freighted for ten years with the Hudson's Bay Company and also discusses early farming prices and technology extensivelyInformative Interview of Mr. C.J. Raymor Whitely In April 1961 on a Reel to Reel tape recorded onto cassette by R. Tanhas March 198
Rol van die kurator ad litem en kinders se reg op toegang tot die howe
No full textNormaalweg is dit ’n kind se ouer(s) wat hom of haar in litigasie bystaan
of vir en namens die kind litigeer. In uitsonderlike gevalle is dit egter nie
moontlik of wenslik om hierdie funksie aan die ouers of voogde oor te laat
nie. Dit is deel van ons Romeins-Hollandse regserfenis dat kurators ad
litem in hierdie gevalle gebruik word om kinders se ontbrekende of
beperkte verskyningsbevoegdheid aan te vul. In hierdie bydrae word
aangetoon dat die regspraak die rol van die kurator ad litem duidelik
omskryf het deur dit onder andere te onderskei van die rol van die
Gesinsadvokaat en ’n regsverteenwoordiger. Daar word voorts ook
aangetoon dat die howe egter verder gegaan het en die rol van die kurator
ad litem wat vir kinders optree, uitgebrei het om onder andere ook die
belange van kinders in die algemeen te dien, dus in gevalle waar hulle nie
voor die hof was nie. Die uitbreiding van die rol van hierdie kurators kan
op vele maniere verklaar word. Dit kan egter nie betwyfel word dat die
Kinderwet 38 van 2005 en litigasie wat in die openbare belang ten
behoewe van kinders onderneem word, ’n leeue-aandeel hierin gespeel
het nie. Hierdie uitbreiding word verwelkom omdat toegang tot die howe
noodsaaklik is ten einde sosiale geregtigheid te bewerkstellig en
kinderregte te verwesenlik. Daar word egter ook aangetoon dat die Suid-
Afrikaanse kinderreg in hierdie verband by ander regstelsels kan
kersopsteek, aangesien kinders in sekere gevalle steeds hul reg op
deelname aan belangrike besluitneming ontneem word.http://www.dejure.up.ac.za/am201
Specialty farming in Idaho: Selecting a site
No full textBulletin no. 744 Moscow, Idaho :University of Idaho, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension System, 1992-10-01. Author(s): Barney, D.L.; Finnerty, T.L.; Mancuso, C.J
Lagging Behind: Productivity and the Good Fortune of Canadian Provinces
No full textThe good fortune of bountiful natural resources is not enough to ensure rising incomes for Canadians in the long term. Growing labour productivity is the most important determinant of future economic welfare and on that measure, Canada is falling behind its major trading partners. Increasing labour productivity does not mean workers working harder for less money, a common canard. It means more investment in one of three factors: 1) human capital (education or other learning); 2) physical capital (plants or other infrastructure); or 3) technology. Just as an individual’s income is in the long-run dependent on how productive he or she is, so too is that of the nation as a whole. If Canada fails to improve its productivity, the incomes of both individual Canadians and the nation as a whole will fall behind those of other developed countries.Economic Growth and innovation, Canadian provinces, labour productivity
The Actors' Perceptions and Expectations of their Roles in BIM-based Collaboration
No full textThe inter-organisational collaboration with Building Information Modelling (BIM) is one of the hottest topics in construction sector nowadays. The implementation of BIM is a complex inter-organisational process, and the sharing of information among numerous actors from multi-disciplinary backgrounds may affect the actors’ role perception and performance. This study offers insights into the BIM roles of various actors by analysing a BIM-based project carried out by an integrated partnership across many tiers. The analysis identified inconsistencies between the actors' perceptions and their partners’ expectations of their BIM roles. Inconsistencies in BIM roles were more related to soft rather than hard (domain- or technical) skills. Mismatches were found in the architect's role, as it was deemed necessary to be more domain- and BIM-related, contrary to their perceptions. Likewise, the suppliers' role called for an enhanced BIM orientation. The paper concludes with set of suggestions for increasing the joint responsibility and supporting the multi-actor collaboration.Design & Construction ManagementSustainable Housing Transformatio
Mixed biosiliceous-terrigenous sedimentation under the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Scotia Sea
No full textSediment supply to the Scotia Sea is controlled by the east-flowing Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) with some Weddell Gyre influence in the south. Near-bottom flow is unsteady with frequent changes in flow direction and episodic benthic storms. Near the North Scotia Ridge, mounds of sediment up to 1 km thick have accumulated on lower Miocene ocean floor. The basins farther south contain up to 2 km of sediment which is flat-lying or draped rather than mounded. Sediment cores exhibit a biogenic-terrigenous cyclicity related to glacial-interglacial cycles. Grain-size data suggest that ACC flow was stronger during glacials than interglacials
Bottom currents, contourites and deep-sea sediment drifts: current state-of-the-art
No full textThis paper provides both an introduction to and summary for the Atlas of Contourite Systems that has been compiled as part of the International Geological Correlation Project - IGCP 432. Following the seminal works of George Wust on the physical oceanography of bottom currents, and Charley Hollister on contourite sediments, a series of significant advances have been made over the past few decades. While accepting that ideas and terms must remain flexible as our knowledge base continues to increase, we present a consensus view on terminology and definitions of bottom currents, contourites and drifts. Both thermohaline and wind-driven circulation, influenced by Coriolis Force and molded by topography, contribute to the oceanic system of bottom currents. These semi-permanent currents show significant variability in time and space, marked by periodic benthic storm events in areas of high surface kinetic energy.
Six different drift types are recognized in the ocean basins and margins at depths greater than about 300 m: (i) contourite sheet drifts; (ii) elongate mounded drifts; (iii) channel related drifts; (iv) confined drifts; (v) infill drifts; and (vi) modified drift-turbidite systems. In addition to this overall geometry, their chief seismic characteristics include: a uniform reflector pattern that reflects long-term stability, drift-wide erosional discontinuities caused by periodic changes in bottom current regime, and stacked broadly lenticular seismic depositional units showing oblique to downcurrent migration. At a smaller scale, a variety of seismic facies can be recognized that are here related to bottom current intensity. A model for seismic facies cyclicity (alternating transparent/reflector zones) is further elaborated, and linked to bottom current/climate change. Both erosional features and depositional bedforms are diagnostic of bottom current systems and velocities.
Many different contourite facies are now known to exist, encompassing all compositional types. We propose here a Cl-5 notation for the standard contourite facies sequence, which can be interpreted in terms of fluctuation in bottom current velocity and/or sediment supply. Several proxies can be utilized to decode contourite successions in terms of current fluctuation. Gravel lag and shale chip contourites, as well as erosional discontinuities are indicative of still greater velocities. There are a small but growing number of land-based examples of fossil contourites, based on careful analysis using the recommended three-stage approach to interpretation. Debate still surrounds the recognition and interpretation of bottom current reworked turbidites
Seabed morphology and the bottom-current pathways around Rosemary Bank seamount, northern Rockall Trough, North Atlantic
No full textRosemary Bank is a broadly domed and elongate seamount with a diameter of 70 km, occurring in water depths of between 300 and 2300 m, 120 km west of the UK mainland in the northern Rockall Trough. Recent multibeam bathymetry and sub-bottom profiles, together with pre-existing current meter and CTD data, seismic reflection profiles and seabed core samples were examined in order to evaluate past and present bottom-current pathways and processes. The multibeam data image volcanic parasitic cones, concave slide scars and the terraced slopes of the bank. Bottom-current sedimentation is interpreted as producing a drift–moat complex surrounding the entire seamount and including two sediment wave-fields, developed to the west and east of the bank in water depths of 1500–2000 m. The western drift covers an area of over 1000 km2. Sediment waves to the west of the bank are up to 150 m high with wave lengths of 1.5–2 km. Four 100 m deep, 3 km wide, linear depressions, bisect the waves and are interpreted as 25–30 km long extensions of the moat. Seismic reflection profiles show the main phase of drift construction was during the mid-Miocene to Pliocene with the Pliocene to Holocene being an interval of drift maintenance. Cores from sediments draping over and adjacent to the seamount contain sandy and gravelly contourites interbedded with hemipelagites of late Pleistocene to Holocene age. Current meter and CTD data from the western moat indicate Labrador Sea Water flowing northwest, in contrast to the previously assumed anticlockwise circulation pattern around the seamount
Assessment, evaluation and a comparison of planned and unplanned walk trails in coastal south-western Australia
No full textThree walk trails, the ‘Bibbulmun Track’ in West Cape Howe National Park and The Bald Head and Peak Head trails, in Torndirrup National Park were compared and evaluated using a problem assessment method. Indicators used to categorise trail degradation in the problem-assessment-trail-census included trail depth, excessive width, root exposure and trail proliferation. Other environmental variables measured in the trail assessment were slope, soil type and trail-side vegetation. Maintenance features such as boardwalks, steps, water bars and signs were assigned a condition and effectiveness rating. The most prevalent degradation problems on the assessed trails were soil erosion, exposed roots and excessive width. Trail proliferation was problematic in sections of indistinct trail or where a view could be accessed. The Bald Head and Peak Head trails were highly degraded compared to the assessed section of the Bibbulmun Track, which has been subject to a higher level of planning and management intervention. An evaluation of past management actions in relation to present trail conditions for all three trails indicates that trail alignment following natural contours and the installation of maintenance features such as board-walks, water-bars and steps on sloped sections are crucial to sustainable trail management. The utility of a trail problem assessment method developed in mountainous areas of the US has worked well in the assessment of sandy coastal walking trails, with the monitoring of trail conditions recommended as part of a sustainable trail management program and made possible due to the data that has been generated during this trail assessment
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