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An analysis of dorsal edge markings in short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) from the Bay of Gibraltar and the Moray Firth
No full textIn the present study, short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis L.) from the Bay of Gibraltar (GIB) and the Moray Firth (MF) were examined to document the relative frequency, distribution and shape of dorsal edge markings (DEMs) in the species and investigate potential causes for their occurrence. A dorsal fin layout system was used to map the relative positions and shapes of presenting DEMs along the anterior/posterior and upper/lower fin margin from 617 animals. A total of 1989 DEMs were extracted from the combined datasets, with individuals exhibiting between one and 11 nicks (median = 3). DEMs (in the form of tears, nicks, notches and indents) were primarily observed along the posterior trailing edges of fins, with the highest concentration being recorded in the upper region of the posterior fin (80.3%). Approximately 80% of all DEMs were round or rectangular in shape. Square (notched) and indented nick shapes were further recorded, but in significantly lower numbers. In contrast to all other nick shapes however, indented DEMs predominantly occurred along the anterior fin margin. Both natural and anthropogenic sources were implicated as causes of DEMs in the dataset. Interactions with fisheries were apparent in both GIB and MF animals and evidently present a threat to both populations. Indeed, the occurrence, prevalence and type of presenting DEM and/or fin injuries (e.g. missing fins or disfigurements) in the species may provide a useful measure of the type and intensity of fisheries interactions affecting different populations
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The Citizen and the Making of city
No full textThe first published edition of Roy Fisher's manuscript of The Citizen, a key source for his signature work, City, which is also presented in three versions along with other related works. The book includes an extensive introduction by the editor, Peter Robinson, a bibliography and appendix of comments on City by its author
Parroting Solitude: The Alienated Voice in Julio Cortázar’s “Adíos Robinson”
No full textThis article argues that Argentine author Julio Cortázar’s Adios, Robinson, a radio play written in the late 1970s, takes up the theme of solitude from Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe by focusing on mechanical repetitions of the human voice. On Defoe’s island, the human voice was ‘recorded’ and repeated by Robinson’s parrot, and the parrot’s voice produced in Robinson a sense of alienation. Cortázar’s play narrates Robinson’s and Friday’s return to his now modernized island in the 20th century. Both the form of the radio play itself, and various modern apparatuses, such as loudspeakers, radios, and telephones detach the human voice from its point of origin and produce for Cortázar’s Robinson a sense of profound alienation, even in the middle of a modern city. This alienation, the article argues, is related in Cortázar’s play to the capitalist colonialism which Robinson represents. The play demonstrates that this world produces solitude and argues that Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe is the herald of this capitalist modernity. Robinson’s loneliness on his return to the island is contrasted with Friday’s profoundly social experience. Friday immediately makes a connection with the indigenous population on the island and enjoys the city without Robinson. Friday, however, does not return to nature, but instead is able to make the most of the culture of modernity without being absorbed by its alienating effects. When Friday quotes Defoe’s parrot at the end of the play, saying “Poor Robinson Crusoe,” he emphasizes that what Robinson hears from the other is always only his own voice repeated back to him. He is thus unable to exist in a future world in which the colonialist masters of “dirt and smoke” will find themselves lonely and powerless. Cortázar thus produces a Robinsonade that looks to a future without Robinsons
13 lessons from 13 years
No full textAs the dust settles on the Labour leadership race and the Labour opposition begins a new phase under Ed Miliband, Peter Robinson takes a hard look at what politicians of all colours might learn from the rollercoaster ride of the Blair-Brown years. Copyright (c) 2010 The Author. Public Policy Research (c) 2010 ippr.
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Giorgio Bassani, the collected poems
No full textThis volume contains all the poems of the Italian writer Giorgio Bassani (1916-2000) which he published during his lifetime in his original Italian and English translation by Roberta Antognini and Peter Robinson. The book also contains a Translators' Note, an Introduction, a Chronology of the author, and Notes on the poems, and a Bibliography
The Muppets celebrate Jim Henson
No full textMuppet performers, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Steve Whitmire, Kevin Clash, Kathy Mullen, Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney, Pam Arciero, Jim Martin, Fran Brill, Peter MacKennan, Camille Bonora, Carmen Osbahr, Joe Mazzarino, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman.This special celebrates the life and career of Jim Henson following his death in 1990. The retrospective includes appearances by celebrity guests, a variety of clips from Henson's television and film work, and candid, behind-the-scenes footage of Henson working with his creative team
The piano music of Peter Klatzow : a stylistic analysis of selected works
No full textThe piano music of Peter James Leonard Klatzow forms an integral part of his musical output. An analysis of these works may provide useful insight into the compositional style of this South African composer. Jan LaRue's theory of stylistic analysis formed the inspiration for the analytical approach of the thesis, and the main focus of this analysis is the 1994 composition, From the Poets. This work is analysed in terms of use of sound, harmony and melody in order to attempt an understanding of how these elements impact and contribute to the sense of structure. Other works that have been completed since 1980 are analysed in terms of the main motivic and harmonic material, with occasional reference to other musical parameters that are important for an understanding of the musical discourse
World of Relations: The Achievement of Peter Taylor
No full textA leading figure in modern southern literature, described by Newsweek as one of the best American storytellers, Peter Taylor secured a national following through his long relationship with the New Yorker and his widely read volumes from the 1980s, The Old Forest and Other Stories and A Summons to Memphis. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author\u27s portrayals of the battles of strong-willed fathers and mothers with their equally strong-willed sons are at the center of his achievement in fiction.
David Robinson presents Taylor as a writer deeply concerned with the interworkings of family relationships, and emphasizes his role as chronicler of the shifts in southern culture in this century. World of Relations provides an important critical assessment of the work of one of the South\u27s greatest writers, and includes the first extensive critical discussion of Taylor\u27s last two works, The Oracle of Stoneleigh Court (1993) and In the Tennessee Country (1994).
David M. Robinson is Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Oregon Professor of English at Oregon State University.
The study is thoroughly analytical, principally of themes rather than techniques, and robustly evaluative. —Choice
Robinson is smart and subtle, revealing considerable insights into the complex layers of Taylor’s fiction and plays. —David Lynn
Encourages not only a reevaluation of Taylor’s essential themes, but also new approaches that might situate Taylor’s work in relation to other mid-century diagnosticians of family collapse. —Mississippi Quarterly
Sensitive, informed, and insightful, Robinson’s study deftly explores Taylor’s richly nuanced fictional world, particularly the complex dynamics of domestic and cultural turmoil lurking just beneath the mannered calm of southern gentility. —Robert Brinkmeyer
Robinson shows through sound survey and analysis how Taylor’s entire oeuvre is of a piece artistically and thematically. —Southern Literary Journal
A very helpful examination of a major storyteller. —Southern Seen
Demonstrates the enormous complexity of Taylor’s characters. —Virginia Quarterly Review
Deftly connecting struggles for independence within the family setting to larger tensions within the social structure of the South at midcentury, Robinson establishes Taylor\u27s place among the leading chroniclers of Southern culture in the twentieth century. —American Literaturehttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_english_language_and_literature_north_america/1045/thumbnail.jp
Longwave Radiation Exchanges over Lake Ontario
No full textTitle: Longwave Radiation Exchanges over Lake Ontario, Author: Peter J. Robinson, Location: ThodeThe components of the radiation balance were measure over Lake Ontario for an 18 week period. Surface temperature and emissivity measurements were also made. Emissivity is constant, and outgoing longwave radiation can be determined from surface temperature alone. Water temperature changes appear o be greatly influenced by non-radioactive processes. The presence of flux divergence in the source layer is demonstrated. Incoming longwave radiation various rapidly in cloudless conditions. In addition, it is greatly influenced by low and medium cloud.. The relationship between net shortwave radiation and net radiation is analysed for varying time periods, and reason for the variable relationship are advanced. Several empirical methods for predicting net radiation or its components were tested, with variable results.ThesisDoctor of Philosophy (PhD
Muppetelevision
No full textThis program contains two segments: Muppetelevision and The song of the Cloud Forest. In the first segment, Kermit explains that the theme of the show is health and fitness, and encourages the others to participate in his physical fitness regimen, but his efforts are undermined by an epidemic of minor illnesses and injuries. Highlights include: special guest Smokey Robinson, along with the Muppets, performs the opening number, "Just to See Her" and the closing number, "Jump (For My Love)". The second segments uses original music and songs to offer a message of rain forest preservation and endangered species protection.Muppetelevision: producer, Lawrence S. Mirkin ; director, Peter Harris ; writers, Jerry Juhl, Tim Burns, Mark Saltzman, Barbara Samuels, Bill Prady, Chris Langham ; Muppet performers, Jim Henson, Rob Mills, Richard Hunt, Kevin Clash, Steve Whitmire, Gordon Robertson, Jerry Nelson, Fran Brill.Song of the Cloud Forest: director, Jim Henson ; writer, David Young ; music, David Lebolt, Mark Radice, Phil Ramone, Zak Smith
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