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A Life Below with Joe Sulentic, Deadwood SD, Lawrence County
No full text4 x 5 b/w photograph, man examining a rock wallChinese Authority - Joe Sulentic, author of a book on the Chinese in Deadwood, points out a bit of history in the tunnels that run below Deadwood's streets. The Chinese came to Deadwood in the 1800's. SD Tourism Phot
1901 Basement Entrance at Anderson Farm, Alsen SD, Union County
No full text35 mm slide, a single-story stucco-coated dried earth structure with a multi-story addition and arched double doorsDrawer info: Finnish, Danish, Swedish; Solomon & Margreta Anderson "Big" House Swede -12Kodachrome Slide 1909 basement entrance, Main House Anderson Farm Alsen, SD CL CO CMT 28 Oct 85F
The evaluation of conservation planning policy effectiveness in the Solomon Islands: A case study of the Solomon Islands National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
No full textThis research evaluates the effectiveness of conservation planning policy in the Solomon Islands and specifically examines the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). The NBSAP is a requirement under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)1 which the Solomon Islands ratified in 1995. The NBSAP outlines a framework to ensure the sustainability of biodiversity in the Solomon Islands and is coordinated by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM). The practice of conservation or environmental policy evaluation is rarely undertaken in the Solomon Islands due to the lack of baseline data, inadequate monitoring of implementation, and unclear goals and objectives. In brief, effectiveness evaluation involves comparison of the actual result to the expected result at a given time in order to isolate the influence of a specific policy. However, because of unavailability of data and to avoid the complicated and lengthy process of evaluation, this research focussed instead on the performance principle2 of evaluation and considered the overall performance of the NBSAP policy to determine whether it is effective or not.
This research was qualitative and thus focussed on words with the intention to examine the NBSAP and its problems. Interviewing was the main data collection method and was conducted in two parts: semi-structured interviews involving eight participants, and two focus group interviews with four and six participants each. Research questions were prepared to guide the discussion but flexibility was allowed for explanations and asking of further questions.
The study found that biodiversity is of paramount importance in the Solomon Islands in that large proportion of the population lives in rural village settings and depends on biodiversity for their livelihoods and subsistence purposes. To the government, biodiversity forms a big portion of its export and revenue. This research noted that biodiversity continues to be destroyed and lost despite various interventions including the NBSAP, involving conservation partners such as the This research evaluates the effectiveness of conservation planning policy in the Solomon Islands and specifically examines the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). The NBSAP is a requirement under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)1 which the Solomon Islands ratified in 1995. The NBSAP outlines a framework to ensure the sustainability of biodiversity in the Solomon Islands and is coordinated by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM). The practice of conservation or environmental policy evaluation is rarely undertaken in the Solomon Islands due to the lack of baseline data, inadequate monitoring of implementation, and unclear goals and objectives. In brief, effectiveness evaluation involves comparison of the actual result to the expected result at a given time in order to isolate the influence of a specific policy. However, because of unavailability of data and to avoid the complicated and lengthy process of evaluation, this research focussed instead on the performance principle2 of evaluation and considered the overall performance of the NBSAP policy to determine whether it is effective or not.
This research was qualitative and thus focussed on words with the intention to examine the NBSAP and its problems. Interviewing was the main data collection method and was conducted in two parts: semi-structured interviews involving eight participants, and two focus group interviews with four and six participants each. Research questions were prepared to guide the discussion but flexibility was allowed for explanations and asking of further questions.
The study found that biodiversity is of paramount importance in the Solomon Islands in that large proportion of the population lives in rural village settings and depends on biodiversity for their livelihoods and subsistence purposes. To the government, biodiversity forms a big portion of its export and revenue. This research noted that biodiversity continues to be destroyed and lost despite various interventions including the NBSAP, involving conservation partners such as the government, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and donors. This study found that human behaviour and attitudes are real obstacles to conservation practices in the Solomon Islands, coupled with factors such as increasing economic demand, population growth and climate related effects. The study further found that networks of the actors involved, and integration of the NBSAP policy, which can be horizontal and vertical in structure, are needed. Strong leadership was also found to be lacking among the conservation stakeholders and specifically in the MECDM as a coordinating agency for the NBSAP policy. To conclude, it was found that NBSAP policy was not effectively playing a role in influencing the decision and implementation of other related policies
Amplify-and-Forward Relaying Aided Reed-Solomon Coded Hybrid-ARQ Relying on Realistic Channel Estimation
No full textChannel estimation (CE) plays an important role in determining the achievable performance of coherently detected communications systems. In this paper, the impact of imperfect CE on Reed-Solomon coded Hybrid Automatic-Repeat-Request (ReS/H-ARQ) systems is investigated for transmission over correlated Rayleigh fading channels. The proposed scheme invokes Amplify-and-Forward relaying, where the benefits of multiple cooperative stations are also quantified. Both the corresponding bit error probability and goodput are characterized. The system parameters are adjusted for maximizing the attainable system performance. An optimum pilot power allocation scheme is proposed, which reduces the required bit-energy by 4 dB for the (255/223) Reed-Solomon code defined over the Galois field GF (256) without reducing the goodput
Main House at Anderson Farm, Alsen SD, Union County
No full text35 mm slide, leafy trees next to a three-story house with a stucco-coated foundation, a single-story addition and an enclosed basement entranceDrawer info: Finnish, Danish, Swedish; Solomon & Margreta Anderson "Big" House Swede -12Kodachrome Slide 11 Aug 82C
Rear Façade of Anderson Farmhouse, Alsen SD, Union County
No full text35 mm slide, a leafy tree next to a three-story house with a stucco-coated foundationDrawer info: Finnish, Danish, Swedish; Solomon & Margreta Anderson "Big" House Swede -12Kodachrome Slide Rear Facade Anderson House 12 Aug 82C
Main House Porch at Anderson Farm, Alsen SD, Union County
No full text35 mm slide, leafy trees in front of a three-story house with a one-story additionDrawer info: Finnish, Danish, Swedish; Solomon & Margreta Anderson "Big" House Swede -12Kodachrome Slide 16 Aug 82C
Main House at Anderson Farm, Alsen SD, Union County
No full text35 mm slide, a multi-story house with an addition partially obscured by leafy deciduous treesDrawer info: Finnish, Danish, Swedish; Solomon & Margreta Anderson "Big" House Swede -12Kodachrome Slide 6 Aug 82C
Main House Porch at Anderson Farm, Alsen SD, Union County
No full text35 mm slide, a leafy deciduous tree and leafy shrubs in front of a three-story building with siding, dormers and a single-story enclosed porchDrawer info: Finnish, Danish, Swedish; Solomon & Margreta Anderson "Big" House Swede -12Kodachrome Slide Side Porch Main House Anderson Farm 14 Aug 82C
Quirk Residence at Anderson Farm, Alsen SD, Union County
No full text35 mm slide, leafy deciduous trees in front of a three-story building with a stucco-coated foundationDrawer info: Finnish, Danish, Swedish; Solomon & Margreta Anderson "Big" House Swede -12Anderson Farm House, Main farm at Alsen Helen Quirk House N
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