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Nutrient enrichment of Jervis Bay, Australia, during the massive 1992 coccolithophorid bloom
No full textA numerical simulation of the East Australian Current (EAC) has been used to investigate the nutrification of shelf waters at Jervis Bay, south-eastern Australia, prior to the massive coccolithophorid bloom that was first observed on 16 December 1992. The simulation suggests that a small cold-core eddy developed between the continental slope at Jervis Bay and the EAC jet further offshore during 7 and 14 December 1992. This unstable cold-core eddy is likely to have uplifted cold, nutrient-rich water onto the Jervis Bay shelf, and this upwelling, in combination with upwelling-favourable winds, probably transported nutrients from the deep ocean to the entrance of the bay
(1665) studies of marine and terrestrial invertebrates, and his contemplations on invertebrate “generation” and mutability
No full textFigure 2. The mouth, including the horny jaw, of a helicid snail, very likely Cornu aspersum (Müller). Engraving reproduced by permission of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of the University of Pennsylvania.Published as part of Jervis, Mark A., 2014, A zoologist's perspective on Robert Hooke's Micrographia (1665) studies of marine and terrestrial invertebrates, and his contemplations on invertebrate "generation" and mutability, pp. 1375-1411 in Journal of Natural History 48 (23-24) on page 1379, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.856492, http://zenodo.org/record/519373
The sense of a beginning : Bakhtinian dialogic criticism on 'the gospel' in Mark.
No full textContemporary literary approaches have caused paradigm shifts in Biblical Studies in the last two decades as it appears in a great deal of Markan studies using narrative, reader-response, deconstructive, feminist, and new historicist approaches. However, literary studies on the Gospel of Mark have not taken into account theoretical questions underlying those approaches. As a result biblical critics are driven by new trends without ever having a chance to examine the critical baggage of the approaches. Consequently, there is a gap of communication between the old and the new one. Therefore this thesis is an attempt to meet the need of enhancing the quality of critical endeavour in biblical studies. In the light of most recent competing critical theories of literature, the first contribution of this thesis is the methodological finding that Bakhtinian dialogic criticism contains the most profound philosophical and practical foundations for solving some crucial theoretical problems in contemporary literary theories. It is a critique to a Saussurian linguistic system of language which becomes the very foundation of modern and postmodern literary criticism. Bakhtinian literary theory shifts the foundation of literary criticism on linguistic signs into the creative activity of the socio-cultural production of human communication. The shift into socio-cultural reality of language communication makes the notion of 'genre' very important to unlock the problem of text and context in literary studies. Since the Gospel of Mark has fascinated most literary critics in Biblical Studies, the problem of 'genre' of this gospel is chosen as the focus of this study. Secondly, as no agreement is reached as to what 'genre' the Gospel of Mark belongs, this thesis makes its contribution to the discussion by locating the problem of 'genre' of Mark in the context of genre theories and argues that the Bakhtinian suggestion to find genre in the socio-cultural sphere by analysing artistic intercourse between narrative agents in Mark has freed the competing analysis from the unresolved problem between the kerygmatic (content oriented) approach and the analogical (form oriented) approach. To achieve finding 'genre' in the socio-cultural sphere, this thesis focuses on Bakhtinian analysis of the process of artistic intercourse between narrative agents. The narrative communicative interrelationships between narrative agents is constructed in this thesis as a 'stereophonic' Bakhtinian model of dialogic communication. This model is an original contribution of this thesis for revising the traditional two dimensional model of narrative communication. Based on this dialogical model of communication, a special role is given to the Bakhtinian 'author-creator' in the realization process of genre through the interaction of polyphonic voices. Through the interaction of voices of the author-artist and the hero we are led to discover a relatively stable type of portraying and controlling reality in Mark, known as the genre of Roman 'satire'. The closest literary affinity is Satyrica by Petronius. This narrative strategy of 'satire' in Mark has its root in the prophetic discourse of the Old Testament which is saturating the speech of the narrator, John the Immerser, the centurion, the people, and even Jesus. Finally, the whole search for Markan 'genre' culminates in the analysis of the realization of genre through the analysis of Bakhtinian chronotope. The reality of the genre of Mark is its social reality that is in its role as dpxrj/ 'beginning'. As the Gospel of Mark proclaims itself as 'a beginning', it defines its claim of socio-cultural 'authority' in early Christianity. It is this 'sense of beginning' which enables the narrating and the narrated world of Mark to interact dialogically
Figure 3 in Robert Hooke's Micrographia: an entomologist's perspective
No full textFigure 3. (A) the head of a horse-fly (Tabanus autumnalis L.); (B) the egg of a silkworm moth, Bombyx mori L.. Engravings reproduced by permission of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of the University of Pennsylvania.Published as part of Jervis, Mark A., 2013, Robert Hooke's Micrographia: an entomologist's perspective, pp. 2531-2573 in Journal of Natural History 47 (39-40) on page 2544, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.780270, http://zenodo.org/record/519782
Port Jervis, New York 1972, south section
No full textThis is an aerial photograph from the NJ Department of Enivronmental Protection Aerial Photographs Collection showing Port Jervis in Orange County, New York and New Jersey to the south. Port Jervis is located at the confluence of the Delaware and Neversink Rivers at which point the states of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania converge
Figure 4 in Robert Hooke's Micrographia: an entomologist's perspective
No full textFigure 4. (A) a male chironomid fly, identified as either Microtendipes pedellus De Geer or (less likely) Synendotendipes lepidus Meigen; (B) a female of an unidentified fly species belonging to the family Chironomidae. Engravings reproduced by permission of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of the University of Pennsylvania.Published as part of Jervis, Mark A., 2013, Robert Hooke's Micrographia: an entomologist's perspective, pp. 2531-2573 in Journal of Natural History 47 (39-40) on page 2550, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.780270, http://zenodo.org/record/519782
Figure 6 in Robert Hooke's Micrographia: an entomologist's perspective
No full textFigure 6. (A) a silverfish identified as Lepisma saccharina L.; (B) a female flea, identified as (most likely) the human flea, Pulex irritans L.. Engravings reproduced by permission of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of the University of Pennsylvania.Published as part of Jervis, Mark A., 2013, Robert Hooke's Micrographia: an entomologist's perspective, pp. 2531-2573 in Journal of Natural History 47 (39-40) on page 2555, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.780270, http://zenodo.org/record/519782
Figure 6 in Robert Hooke's Micrographia: an entomologist's perspective
No full textFigure 6. (A) a silverfish identified as Lepisma saccharina L.; (B) a female flea, identified as (most likely) the human flea, Pulex irritans L.. Engravings reproduced by permission of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of the University of Pennsylvania.Published as part of Jervis, Mark A., 2013, Robert Hooke's Micrographia: an entomologist's perspective, pp. 2531-2573 in Journal of Natural History 47 (39-40) on page 2555, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.780270, http://zenodo.org/record/519782
Marine protection dividend
No full textAs the NSW government considers marine management reforms, this report finds that marine parks already provide significant economic benefits, but it is too early to judge their environmental effectiveness.This short paper presents compelling evidence that: NSW marine parks are already delivering clear and demonstrable economic benefits for local communities and businesses.The protected areas must be allowed to exist for a minimum of 15 years before they can be judged as to their effectiveness.Community support for marine parks and the sanctuary zones within them, is very high around the more established reserves. NSW marine parks are all relatively young. The oldest NSW marine parks are barely 11 years old and the youngest only six. In ecological terms, these parks are still in their infancy. Yet marine parks are already providing economic dividends to local communities, by attracting significant tourism. The establishment of the Solitary Island Marine Park, for example, saw a 20% increase in local business’s turnover in the first five years. Jervis Bay Marine Park has brought an estimated $2.4 million into the region through marine tourism. “Marine parks have become essential infrastructure for regional economies. As long as investment in the parks is maintained, benefits will continue to increase over years and even decades,” said report author Caroline Hoisington. Recreational and commercial fishing also benefit from marine parks, particularly sanctuary zones, where fishing is restricted. European studies have shown that for each year a sanctuary zone is in place, the number and/or size of commercially valuable fish increased by 8 per cent compared to surrounding fished areas. Benefits flow when these fish spill over into surrounding areas. “Local community support for sanctuary zones is 80 per cent or higher, in the three marine parks where opinions have been surveyed”, Caroline said. “The numbers are no different for recreational fishers.” Recreational fishing may also see bigger and better catches immediately, as competition from commercial fishing is reduced. However, sustainable fish stock management must also take account of recreational fishing, which makes up as much as 90 per cent of the catch for some NSW species. The report recommends the NSW Government set 15 years after zoning as the earliest point for making judgments about the impacts and environmental effectiveness of marine parks. Improvements in biodiversity, biomass and resilience of fish species will continue to take place after this time. The first fifteen years is not the end of benefits from marine parks, but is just enough time to show big changes. By contrast, decisions based on short-term assessments risk being driven by emotional reactions, rather than taking a balanced view based on evidence of the dividends that will continue to flow from marine parks
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: How to be a liberal with Ian Dunt
No full textOn this Democracy Sausage Extra, Ian Dunt - host of the Oh God, What Now? podcast and author of How to be a liberal - joins Mark Kenny to discuss the history of liberal thought, how it has shaped present day politics, and the origins of the ‘culture wars’. Have the culture wars emerged out of the failures of liberalism? Why haven’t contemporary political actors done more to protect people from prejudice and the tyranny of the majority? And is liberalism a natural corollary to democracy? On this Democracy Sausage Extra, author, political journalist and broadcaster Ian Dunt joins Professor Mark Kenny to discuss the history of political thought, present day politics, and liberalism’s trajectory
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