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Competition policy. by Brian Ellis
No full texttag=1 data=Competition policy. by Brian Ellis
tag=2 data=Ellis, Brian
tag=3 data=Australian Rationalist,
tag=5 data=46
tag=6 data=Autumn/Winter 1998
tag=7 data=51-56.
tag=8 data=ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
tag=9 data=COMPETITION%CORPORATISATION%NATIONAL COMPETITION POLICY%PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EFFECTIVENESS%SERVICE DELIVERY%SOCIAL POLICY%INNOVATION
tag=10 data=Examines the Government's National Competition Policy in relation to encouraging R&D, and the corporisation of public services and utilites. The author is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at La Trobe UNiversity and Vice-President of the Rationalist Society of Australia. Article Taken from What's New.
tag=13 data=CABExamines the Government's National Competition Policy in relation to encouraging R&D, and the corporisation of public services and utilites. The author is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at La Trobe UNiversity and Vice-President of the Rationalist Society of Australia. Article Taken from What's New
Afrothaumalea stuckenbergi Sinclair 2015, sp. n.
No full text<i>Afrothaumalea stuckenbergi</i> sp. n. <p>Figs 1, 3–10</p> <p>Etymology: The specific name is a patronym in honoUr of Dr Brian StUckenberg, who collected the first African specimens of ThaUmaleidae.</p> <p> Recognition:This species is distinguished from the other two species of <i>Afrothaumalea</i> by the stout, blunt setae on the gonostyli, <i> R 4+5</i> and <i> M 1</i> running parallel, and female terminalia with elongate cerci and stout setae on the apex of the hypogynium.</p> <p>Description:</p> <p> <i>Adult</i>.</p> <p> <i>Coloration</i> (Fig. 1): Head dull, dark brown. Mesonotum dark reddish brown, abdomen dark brown and dull; katepisternum, coxae, femora and tibiae pale brown, tarsi darker; halter knob dark brown; terminalia dark reddish brown.</p> <p> <i>Thorax</i>: Scutum above wing base not developed into ridge. All legs with deeply bilobed tarsomere 4 in dorsal view; ventral face with dense whitish pubescence. Tarsal claw very long, nearly subequal in length to tarsomere 5.</p> <p> <i>Wing</i> (Fig. 5): Length 2.5–2.8 mm; infuscate, darker on basal third; <i>R</i> with macrotrichia in two scattered rows, <i> R 1</i> and <i> R 1</i> (<i> +R 2+3</i> ) with sparse row of microtrichia along entire length, remaining veins bare; <i>R</i> flexed into cell <i>br</i>, flexUre sclerotised and dividing <i>bm</i> cell into two separate cells; <i> R 2+3</i> crossvein apparently absent; distinct bend in <i> R 4+5</i> lacking; <i> R 4+5</i> and <i> M 1</i> running parallel to wing margin.</p> <p> <i>Abdomen</i>: Male sternites 2–7 rectangular with anterior margin well sclerotised, bearing microtrichia and nUmeroUs setUlae. Sternite 8 Unmodified, bearing setUlae; anterior margin straight, transverse; posterior margin attenuated medially, parallel with hypandrium. Male terminalia (Figs 8, 9): Epandrium subtriangular, wider than long; posterior margin pointed medially; lacking posterolateral epandrial processes. Hypandrium very narrow and slender. Gonocoxite quadrate, slightly longer than wide with short triangUlar process on posterolateral margin medially. Gonocoxal blade finger­like, half-length of gonocoxite, arched medially, cruciate with opposite blade tip; tapered with rounded tip. Gonostylus very broad, paw-like, expanded somewhat apically; shorter than gonocoxite; arched medially with inner margin bearing long peg-like setae; tips of pegs trUncate. Parameres paired, straight, flattened; angled medially; apex trUncate; extending to apex of gonostylus. Cercus apparently greatly reduced, not setose or padlike; proctiger comprises 3 pairs of sclerotised rods. Female terminalia (Fig. 10): Sclerites of segment 8 connected anterolaterally by internal sclerotised apodeme. Hypogynial valve elongate, bearing dense spine-like setae, projecting beyond tergite 9. Tergite 9 quadrate in lateral view, longer than tergite 8. Cercus prolonged posteriorly, longer than wide, projecting posterodorsally.</p> <p> <i>Pupa</i>.</p> <p>Length 3.0– 3.2 mm (Figs 3, 6, 7). Dorsoventrally flattened, rectangUlar in cross­section with distinct lateral sclerite on abdominal segments, broadest at abdominal segment 4; maxillary sheath short, posteromedially-directed, apices of palpi separated medially; fore and mid leg sheaths projecting straight and slightly beyond wing sheaths; hind leg S-shaped beneath wing, projecting along posterior margin of wing sheath. Respiratory organ short, cylindrical, truncate apically, with spiracular openings encircling apex; abdomen with lateral open spiracles on segments 5–7, spiracles directly dorsally. Caudal segment truncate, lacking hook-like process. Chaetotaxy lost during preservation.</p> <p> <i>Larva.</i></p> <p>Length 6–7.5 mm (Fig. 4). See Sinclair and Stuckenberg (1995) for description. Key generic features include: cone-like protuberances on head capsule absent; mesonotum and metanotum with blade-like macrosetae; conical lobes on either side of posterior spiracular plate absent.</p> <p>Holotype: ♂ “ RSA: Western Cape / Cederberg Wilderness / DUiwelsgat near at:/ 32°24.086'S 19°05.268'E / 16.ix. 2013, 693 m/ leg. A.H. Kirk­Spriggs / ex. rock seepage”; “HOLOTYPE/ AfrothaUmalea / stUckenbergi/ Sinclair [red label]” (BMSA).</p> <p>Paratypes: Same data as holotype (11 ♂, 8 ♀, BMSA, CNC, NMSA).</p> <p>Distribution: Known only from the type locality (Fig. 2). The Cederberg range lies 200 km north of Cape Town and is part of the Cape Fold Belt, consisting mainly of Table Mountain sandstone. Most rains fall between May and September, and vegetation is predominantly mountain fynbos.The Cederberg Wilderness received World Heritage status in 2004.</p> <p> Key to males of <i>Afrothaumalea</i></p> <p> (Females are not included in the key because they are generally poorly known, although <i>A. stuckenbergi</i> possesses what appears to be distinctly shaped terminalia).</p> <p> 1 <i> R 4+5</i> and <i> M 1</i> running parallel to wing margin (Fig. 5). Gonostyli with stout, blunt setae; cerci apparently greatly reduced, not visible in ventral view (Fig. 8)............................................................................................................. <i>stuckenbergi</i> sp. n.</p> <p> – <i>R</i> distinctly arched beyond apex of <i> R 1</i> (<i> +R 2+3</i> ) (StUckenberg 1960, fig. 2; Sinclair in press, fig. 4). Gonostyli withoUt stoUt setae; cerci well developed and clearly visible in ventral view........................................................................................... 2</p> <p> <i> 4+5</i> </p> <p> 2 Gonostyli rectangular, gradually tapered apically; apex of gonocoxal blades and parameres roUnded (Sinclair & StUckenberg 1995, fig. 6; Sinclair in press, fig. 6)............................................................................................... <i>pamelae</i> Stuckenberg</p> <p> – Gonostyli broad, with medial lateral projection; apex of gonocoxal blades and parameres pointed (StUckenberg 1961, fig. 2; Sinclair in press, fig. 5)............................................................................................... <i>capensis</i> Sinclair & Stuckenberg</p>Published as part of <i>Sinclair, Bradley J., 2015, A new species of Afrothaumalea Stuckenberg, 1960 (Diptera: Thaumaleidae) from the Western Cape (South Africa) and first description of the pupa of this genus, pp. 161 in African Invertebrates 56 (1)</i> on pages 162-165, DOI: 10.5733/afin.056.0112, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/7661801">http://zenodo.org/record/7661801</a>
Entertainment architecture : redefining the nightclub experience through architectural design
No full textMost nightclubs are very seldom thought of through architectural de-sign in means of progression of space, exterior applications, flexibility, and other sensory issues. By creating a new nightclub identity through architectural expression, progression of space, and flexibility, one can engage in a multitude of experiences that amplify the senses and create memories that will last a lifetime.The design project is in Dark of Night: a series of interconnected night-club venues and Light of Day: a series of flexible spaces open for concerts, fashion shows, auto shows, product launches, filming and other forms of entertainment. The driving portion of my design is the series of nightclub venues. Entry and progression were one of the most important issues in understanding the senses and creating new experiences that allow users to be given a choice as to what path or journey they would lice to take to particular clubs. Architectural elements allow club goers to receive samplings of views, sounds, and feelings before ever entering the clubs. However, views are limited and sporadic to gain ones curiosity and draw them into the site. The building, conceptually is a new industrial style with the merging of technology, lighting, and fashion.The site is located in downtown Indianapolis, IN near 3 other existing clubs and Conseco Fieldhouse to take advantage of the entertainment district. There are four clubs located on-site with one club taking over a portion of an existing building that had an opened up structure to the south end of the building. Site access and viewlines are acquired from 4 major locations to ensure that eye-catching viewlines are revealed. Other main points of interest are the interactive walks, parklike setting that acts as a progressional space to the main gathering corridor, setbacks, facade details, three-dimensional light, and plate tectonics. Architectural lighting also played an important role in the design to help aid in creating a multitude of experiences and amplification of the senses.Thesis (B. Arch.)College of Architecture and Plannin
Edenophorus stuckenbergi Sinclair 2002, sp. n.
No full textEdenophorus stuckenbergi sp. n. (Fig. 10) Etymology: Named in honour of the collector, Brian R. Stuckenberg, who has collected innumerable other new taxa from South Africa. Holotype male labelled: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape: ‘ Sevenweekspoort / Laingsburg Dist / West. Cape Prov / 19–22 Sept 1959 / B. & P. Stuckenberg [head, left wing missing] [all caps]’ (NMSA). Recognition: This species is distinguished by the absence of cell dm, pale legs, and male terminalia with sharp, blade-like setae arising from the cerci, and with the epandrial lobe strongly bent at mid-length. Description: Male: Head: Missing in holotype. Thorax: Dusted entirely with grey pruinescence. Thoracic setae generally short, slender, pale, reduced to numerous rows: Acr biserial; at least 9 dc, uniserial, gradually increasing in length posteriorly with prescutellar dc stout, similar to pprn; inter-alar setulae scattered, extending to wing base; 2 pprn (lower directed anteriorly, upper directed dorsomedially) and several short setulae; 1 ph; 3 npl, upper shortest; 1 pal; 4 sctl, inner pair stouter and twice length of outer pair. Antepronotum with 2 pairs of short, pale setae; upper half of anepisternum obscured by pin; precoxal bridge with 2 setae above fore coxa. Legs: Pale yellow (concolorous with halter), apical tarsomeres darker. Fore coxa with with several stout, long, lateral pale setae; segments clothed in fine pale setulae, lacking modified setae. Wings (length 1.6 mm): Stigma indistinct. Venation similar to other species, except crossvein dm-cu absent; M vein reduced in strength, medial fork U-shaped, petiole or stem slightly shorter than fork; M 1 not strongly arched towards wing margin, nearly parallel with R 4+5. Halter yellow. Abdomen: Lightly dusted greyish brown, concolorous with scutum. T8 broad, one-half length of preceding tergite; S8 divided into pair of rounded, lateral sclerites, not articulated with T7. Terminalia (Fig. 10): Held upright, cercus anterior; partially retracted into segment 8. Cercus thickly sclerotised, with 3 stout apical setae and posterior row of 4 blade-like, pointed setae. Epandrium with finger-like lobe projected dorsally, sharply bent at mid-length. Hypandrium reduced to series of slender sclerites; hypandrial bridge broad, with greatly expanded, horizontally projected gonocoxal apodemes. Phallus with enlarged basal sperm chamber; ejaculatory apodeme inverted Y-shaped, broad, stout, articulated at base of chamber, subequal to onehalf length of terminalia. Postgonite tapered to small rounded apex, extended ventrally to near base of phallus. Female: Uncertain (see Remarks). Additional material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: 1 female, Nieuwoudtville Area, Calvinia District, 14.x.1964, B.& P. Stuckenberg (NMSA). Remarks: The female specimen is not included in the type series, although it is possibly conspecific based on the wing venation. A male from this locality would help to clarify the identity of this specimen. ZOOGEOGRAPHY Distribution Although based on very few records, this genus exhibits a common empidoid distribution in South Africa. It is primarily confined to east and south of the Great Escarpment, and to the Cape Fold Belt (Fig. 11). Similar patterns are also illustrated in Smith (1969) and Sinclair (1996). The genus occurs in two widely separated areas, though this may be a collecting artefact. The two species in KwaZulu-Natal were found at the same place, and in midwinter (June/July), when collecting of Diptera is not normally undertaken. The locality has been visited frequently over many years in spring and summer by numerous Diptera collectors. The two known localities for E. knysna are damp sites within indigenous forests. The other species of the SW Cape come from completely different habitats. Both E. spinosus and E. nigricans were found in the Pakhuis section of the Cederberg Range, an area with a rich Fynbos montane shrubland flora and no forest. Edenophorus stuckenbergi was also from montane sites with Fynbos. The dipteran fauna of Fynbos is rich in endemics, and the influence of the winter-rainfall regime is marked, with most of the insect fauna emerging in early spring when the flora comes into flower (Stuckenberg, pers. comm.). The type locality of E. simplex in southern Namaqualand is very different. This locality is in a highly distinctive region known as the Knersvlakte. It is an arid terrain of sandy flats and low, rounded hills; rainfall usually is less than 150 mm per annum, and the flora is low, shrubby, and dominated by succulents with a very high level of endemicity.Although the type locality was stated to be at the confluence of two rivers, these in fact are dry sandy watercourses that rarely and then only briefly have water in them (Stuckenberg, pers. comm.). Gondwanan taxon The rarity of Edenophorus, with only 14 specimens obtained in over 40 years of intensive collecting of flies in many parts of South Africa, suggests small, highly localised populations, with the adult stage limited to brief periods. Nevertheless, the mid-winter presence of adults in the Karkloof suggests a relict status. This scenario is similar to the apparently gondwanan rhagionid genus Atherimorpha White, in which some species have been found only in winter, including one collected by the author together with E. hiemalis. On the basis of the above discussion, and given its proposed sister-group relationship with the clade Empidadelpha + Empidini + Hilarini (see Phylogenetic relationships), Edenophorus should be classified as a gondwanan element. It is unrelated to any other African or palearctic Empidinae, and Empidadelpha is presently known only from Chile, New Zealand and Australia.Published as part of Sinclair, Bradley J., 2002, Revision of the South African endemic genus Edenophorus Smith (Diptera: Empididae), pp. 109-122 in African Invertebrates 43 on pages 120-122, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.766603
Roederiodes browni Sinclair 2023, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Roederiodes browni</i> sp. nov. <p>(Fig. 16, 31)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 31B6085A-038E-4C59-BD84-3F1925456469</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> <b>HOLOTYPE</b> ♁, labelled: “ COSTA RICA: 1500m / Monteverde, Finca / Canada [10°18′58″N 84°48′28″W], 5.VI.1988 / BV Brown, native for.”; “ CNC DIPTERA / #103484”; “ Barcode of Life / DNA voucher specimen/ Smple CNC DIPTERA 103484 / BOLD Proc. ID: CNCDD185-11 [green label]”; “HOLOTYPE/ <i>Roederiodes</i> / <i>browni</i> Sinclair [red label]” (barcoded, CNC).</p> <p> <b>Recognition.</b> This species is similar in colour to the other Central American species and can be distinguished by the quadrate clasping cercus, not longer than height of epandrium, slightly projecting anteriorly and posterior margin narrowly expanded.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Wing length 2.3 mm. <b>Male.</b> Face and gena without bluish pubescence. Ocellar setae divergent, slightly shorter than pprn; vertical seta as long as ocellar seta. Antenna with short stylus, slightly longer than postpedicel; postpedicel ovate, shortly prolonged apically. Length of proboscis slightly shorter than head height.</p> <p>Pleura pale brown without bluish pruinescence; prescutellar depression without pruinescence, postalar ridge paler than scutum; several acr, very short, anterior to second pair of dc; 5 dc, long, prescutellar dc longest; 1 pprn; 1 presut spal; 2 npl; 0 psut spal; 1 pal; 2 sctl, longer than prescutellar dc and numerous setulae on disc and margin, outer marginal setulae one-half length of apical seta; laterotergite with several pale setae; antepronotum with several setulae; lower proepisternum with pale setae.</p> <p> Wing infuscate; M 1 and M 2 separated by short crossvein, shorter than crossvein r-m.</p> <p>Legs brown, with coxae pale brown, concolourous with pleura; coxae without bluish pruinescence. Hind tibia with weak ventral setae.</p> <p>Abdominal tergites brown, darker than pleura, without bluish pruinescence; bearing short pale setae. Terminalia (Fig. 16): Hypandrium slightly longer than epandrium, apex rounded; without setae. Phallus straight; membranous distiphallus with pair of elongate lateral extensions, bearing short, apical sclerotized plates. Cercal plate with 2 long setae; clasping cercus quadrate, not longer than height of epandrium; anterior margin slightly prolonged; posterior margin narrowly expanded; stout, thickened setae along inner dorsal margin; longer, finer setae on inner subdorsal and anterior margins.</p> <p> <b>Female.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> This species is named in honour of Brian V. Brown, curator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, who collected the holotype.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> This new species is known only from the type locality at Estación Biológica Monteverde, in Costa Rica (Fig. 31).</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This is one of three species collected from a small creek (Máqùina) below the research building at Estación Biológica Monteverde. This is a private biological research station with ca. 120 hectares of secondary and primary cloud forest located on the Pacific slope of the Tilarian Mountain Range. Each species appears to be collected at different periods of the year. This species was collected in June (start of wet season), whereas <i>R. woodi</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> was collected in February and March (dry season) and <i>R. costaricensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> in August (wet season). Future collections throughout the year are required to investigate further the apparent temporal separation of these species. The barcode obtained from the holotype was highly fragmented with many gaps, so fresh collections are required to confirm the barcode identification of this species.</p>Published as part of <i>Sinclair, Bradley J., 2023, Revision of New World species of Roederiodes Coquillett (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae), pp. 336-364 in Zootaxa 5301 (3)</i> on pages 339-340, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.3.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8030504">http://zenodo.org/record/8030504</a>
Targeting season and age for optimizing control of invasive rabbits
No full textAbstract not availableKonstans Wells, Phillip Cassey, Ron G. Sinclair, Greg J. Mutze, David E. Peacock, Robert C. Lacy, Brian D. Cooke, Robert B. O’Hara, Barry W. Brook, Damien A. Fordha
Towards a knowledge‐hub destination: analysis and recommendation for implementing TOD for Qatar national library metro station
No full textDuring the past two decades, Qatar, a developing country, has invested heavily in infrastructure development to address several challenges caused by the rapid urbanization. Qatar has made a significant step toward its urban sustainability vision through the construction of the Doha Metro system. By adopting Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), Qatar is overcoming some urban challenges. TOD promotes compact, walkable, and mixed-use development around the transit nodes, which enhances the public realm through providing pedestrian-oriented and active spaces. Additionally, Qatar aims to transfer to a knowledge-based economy through developing an environment that will attract knowledge and creative human power. Qatar Foundation is taking the lead toward implementing a Knowledge-Based Urban Development (KBUD) through its flagship project: Education City (EC). This study aims therefore to evaluate the integration of TOD and KBUD strategies to leverage the potential of TOD in attracting knowledge and creative economy industries. The selected case study is Qatar National Library (QNL) metro station at the EC in Doha. The study examines the potential of QNL as a destination TOD to enhance the area’s mission as a driver for a knowledge-based economy. The methodological approach is based on the analytical concepts obtained from the Integrated Modification Methodology as a sustainable urban design process. The study’s results revealed that void and function, followed by volume, are the weakest layers of the study area’s Complex Adaptive System which require morphological modification to achieve sustainability and a knowledge-hub TOD. The study offers recommendations to assist planners and designers in making better decisions toward regenerating urban areas through a knowledge-hub TOD contributing to the spill out of knowledge and creativity into the public realm creating a human-centric vibrant public space adjacent to metro stations
Place and its relations in late twentieth century cultural theory and British fiction
No full textThe dissertation presents a descriptive analysis of aspects of British fictional
writing prefaced by a comparative analysis of cultural theory concerned with
questions of place and socio-spatial relations-The general aim is to show how
both the theory and the fiction negotiate elements of a relational poetics and
politics of place in the context of negatively homogenizing tendencies in socioeconomic
developments during the last thirty years of the twentieth century. In
the first part, the writers of cultural theory are divided into three preliminary
areas, covering primarily Marxist, post-structuralist and environmentalist
approaches to questions of place and its relations. The second and third
parts then provide more detailed consideration of novels by Raymond Williams
and lain Sinclair which have so far not been accorded substantial critical
attention. The aim is to show how their approaches in the novels considered
converge with aspects of the theory discussed in the opening part of the
dissertation. In all cases, the writers are presented as producing 'partial
mappings'. These are seen as offering perspectives of sufficient scope to
provide effective criticism of, and possible alternatives to, negative and
disorientating aspects of social relations affected by tendencies in capital
accumulation which might be seen as endangering elements of social justice and
equality, cultural heterogeneity, and ecological viability. The first part includes
consideration of the poet Charles Olson and a related aim is to suggest how
novels such as those by Williams and Sinclair might provide a significant
complement to both theory and modem epic poetry in relation to questions of
place
A web-based screening tool for near-port air quality assessments
No full textAuthor(s): Isakov, Vlad; Barzyk, Timothy M; Smith, Elizabeth R; Arunachalam, Saravanan; Naess, Brian; Venkatram, Akul
70th Anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin
No full textOn 20th February 2012, I was sitting next to Brian Winspear at the Commemoration Ceremony. Brian Came up from Tasmania, to lay a wreath for No. 2 Squadron (Hudson's) RAAF. Name WINSPEAR, ROGER BRIAN
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Service Number 408126
Date of Birth 26 Sep 1920
Place of Birth BURNIE, TAS
Date of Enlistment 6 Dec 1940
Locality on Enlistment Unknown
Place of Enlistment HOBART
Next of Kin WINSPEAR, R
Date of Discharge 26 Nov 1945
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Posting at Discharge 100 SQUADRON
Brian has written 2 books:
My backseat war / Brian Winspear.
Author Winspear, Brian.
Published [Rosny Park, Tas.] : B. Winspear, 21 cm.
Physical Description 78 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Tasmania's at war in the air, 1939-1945 / edited by Sue Johnson and Brian Winspear.
Other Authors Johnson, Sue.
Winspear, Brian.
Published Rosny Park, Tas. : B. Winspear, c2002.Richards, Joh
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