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Brammer, Naomi R., and Mir-Akbar Hessami. "DECENTRALISED GENERATION IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY RELIABILITY." Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering 33, no. 1 (March 2009): 11–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2009-0003.
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Distributed or decentralised generation (DG) using advanced fossil fuel and renewable energy technologies is an attractive alternative to traditional electricity generation. Over 75% of new generating capacity installed in the Australian state of Victoria between 2000 and 2010 will be DG from gas turbines and wind farms. However, it is uncertain if this new capacity will be sufficient to maintain historic levels of electricity supply reliability. The contribution of DG to Victoria’s electricity supply in 2010 has been assessed, through analysis of modelled supply and demand data and comparisons with data from 2000. While it was assumed that new gas turbines will provide peak load and emergency generation, the role of wind farms was evaluated by considering their equivalent firm capacity estimated using statistical and probabilistic methods. Results show that all DG from gas turbines will contribute to Victoria's electricity supply in 2010, but only 4-30% of installed wind farm capacity can be considered firm or reliable. Technical performance indicators suggest that the new generating capacity will be unable to satisfy increased demand with adequate reliability. Additional base load capacity and demand reduction measures are required to ensure Victoria’s electricity supply reliability is maintained in the future.
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Parmentier, Marie-Agnès. "When David Met Victoria." Family Business Review 24, no. 3 (May 10, 2011): 217–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0894486511408415.
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This article seeks to understand how distinctive family brands are created. Recent studies in family business have focused on the benefits for a firm to be known as family owned or family controlled. Few studies have paid attention to the distinct meanings stakeholders associate with a given family or to how that family comes to have those associations in the eyes of external stakeholders. Based on a case study of one of the entertainment industry’s most successful family brands—The Beckhams—four practices conducive to building brand distinctiveness and brand visibility are identified.
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Oloke, O. C., O. A. Odetunmbi, and S. A. Akinwumi. "An examination of the level of engagement of modern portfolio techniques for portfolio management by real estate firms in Lagos State, Nigeria." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 993, no. 1 (March 1, 2022): 012005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/993/1/012005.
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Abstract Portfolio management in real estate practices was examined in this study with a view to ascertaining the techniques engaged in carrying out the risk and return analysis as well as the evaluating portfolio performance in the firm. Questionnaires were administered to respondents from 208 estate surveying and valuation firms in Ikeja, Lagos Island, Ikoyi and Victoria Island, Lagos State.Response rate achieved was 86.5%. Basic descriptive tools of percentage, weighted mean, relative importance index were used to analyse the data.The study found that the number of firms that offer portfolio management services is rather low compared to other areas of services.Results further showed that the firms ranked discounted cashflow and contemporary growth models higher than the modern portfolio techniques for asset return assessment whereas simulation and modern portfolio tools ranked higher among the techniques for risk assessment. Finally, the results showed that most firms make use of contemporary growth models, benchmark, style or market comparison to evaluate the performance of the portfolio. The study therefore suggests that estate firms embark on staff capacity development for effective application of modern portfolio theory techniques and making the service widespread among practicing firms.
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Gligorijevic, Barbara, and Benjamin Leong. "Trust, Reputation and the Small Firm: Building Online Brand Reputation for SMEs." Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media 5, no. 1 (August 3, 2021): 494–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v5i1.14166.
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Social media provides numerous opportunities for small businesses to promote their products and services, build brand communities and reach diverse market niches. An important factor in seizing these opportunities is developing trust and creating reputation among consumers. This qualitative study examines how a group of Australian small business managers utilize social media websites to connect to, communicate with and maintain their customer base. For the purpose of this paper we are using case studies of four companies physically based in Victoria, Australia. These businesses have a high presence in online consumer groups, being both active members of communities and representatives of their businesses. The duality of their role as participant and company representative imposes difficulties in creating reputation among community members. We have used in-depth interviews as a primary research method, additionally monitoring their activities on social media sites such as forums, social networking services, blogs and micro-blogs. We have identified practices helpful for developing trust, building reputation and create a brand image in online communities.
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Cox, Simon C., and Andrew H. Allibone. "Petrogenesis of orthogneisses in the Dry Valleys region, South Victoria Land." Antarctic Science 3, no. 4 (December 1991): 405–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102091000500.
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Granitoid gneisses intercalated with Koettlitz Group metasediments in the upper Ferrar, Taylor and Wright valleys of South Victoria Land comprise various hornblende+biotite orthogneisses and biotite orthogneisses, including the km-scale Dun and Calkin plutons. K-feldspar megacryst inclusion textures and discordant cross-cutting relationships with enclosing metasediments are interpreted as firm evidence of an intrusive origin for hornblende+biotite and biotite orthogneiss. The scale of several concordant orthogneiss bodies (including the Dun and Calkin plutons), the presence of mafic enclaves, and relict flow differentiation in hornblende+biotite orthogneiss are also compatible with a plutonic origin. Orthogneisses were emplaced prior to deformation that produced macroscopic upright, tight, folds about NW-trending axes. Petrography and geochemistry indicate I-type affinities for hornblende+biotite orthogneisses and the Dun Pluton. Hornblende+biotite and biotite orthogneisses (with the exception of the Dun Pluton) are part of a single petrogenetic suite, together with younger Bonney, Valhalla, and Hedley plutons. Emplacement of a continuum of I-type intrusives is envisaged which spanned Koettlitz Group deformation, and possibly caused much of the deformation. Hornblende+biotite and biotite orthogneisses are deformed precursors to the younger Bonney, Valhalla, and Hedley plutons. The Dun Pluton contains Fe-rich salitic clinopyroxene relicts and exhibits a unique geochemistry. It is rich in Sr, Al2O3, Na2O, and poor in FeO, K2O, Rb, Y, V. Chemical and petrographic features indicate an evolved body, possibly derived from a primitive source distinct from other orthogneisses and granitoids.
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Mulcahy, Sean Alexander, and Sean Mulcahy. "Acting Law | Law Acting: A Conversation with Dr Felix Nobis and Professor Gary Watt." Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal 4, no. 2 (April 30, 2017): 189–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v4i2.158.
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Dr Felix Nobis is a senior lecturer with the Centre for Theatre and Performance at Monash University. He has worked as a professional actor for many years. He previously played an assistant to the Crown Prosecutor in the Australian television series, Janus, which was set in Melbourne, Victoria and based on the true story of a criminal family allegedly responsible for police shootings. He also played an advisor to a medical defence firm in the Australian television series MDA. He is a writer and professional storyteller. He has toured his one-person adaptation of Beowulf (2004) and one-person show Once Upon a Barstool (2006) internationally and has written on these experiences. His most recent work Boy Out of the Country (2016) is written in an Australian verse style and has just completed a tour of regional Victoria. Professor Gary Watt is an academic in the School of Law at the University of Warwick where his teaching includes advocacy and mooting. He also regularly leads rhetoric workshops at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is the author of Dress, Law and Naked Truth (2013) and, most recently, Shakespeare’s Acts of Will: Law, Testament and Properties of Performance (2016), which explores rhetoric in law and theatre. He also co-wrote A Strange Eventful History, which he performed with Australian choral ensemble, The Song Company, to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.
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Tribunskii, P. A. "Establishment of Russian Studies at the Victoria University of Manchester and Russia Abroad." Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki 162, no. 6 (2020): 134–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2020.6.134-142.
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This paper considers the formation of Russian studies at the Victoria University of Manchester and the participation of A.S. Mindel, a representative of Russia abroad, in it. Teaching the Russian language at the Victoria University of Manchester started in 1907 in the wake of interest in the events in Russia (the war with Japan, the revolution). However, the exotic and difficult language lessons taught by the teacher of English W.J. Sedgefield quickly began to fall out of the public’s favor. Another “Russian boom” in Great Britain occurred during the World War I, when the two countries became allies in the fight against Germany. Due to the increasing interest in Russia in that period, A.S. Mindel, a clerk of the commercial firm, was in demand as a teacher of the Russian language. In addition to teaching, A.S. Mindel gave lectures on Russia, mainly on economic topics, because the Manchester business community, which financially supported the development of Russian studies at the university, was willing to forge contacts with Russia. The pinnacle of A.S. Mindel’s achievements as a teacher was the preparation and publication of a reference book on Russian commercial correspondence (1918). The funds collected by the university authorities in conjunction with the business community of Manchester made it possible to organize a chair of the Russian language, a post for which A.S. Mindel, with his level of education, could not apply. He was not involved in the subsequent development of Russian studies in Manchester.
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Philp, Norman E., and Rumintha Wickramasekera. "Management Characteristics, Attitudes and the Decision to Export." Journal of Management & Organization 2, no. 1 (January 1996): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1833367200006179.
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AbstractThe incessant trend towards the internationalisation of the marketplace will continue to dominate the agendas of managers of Australia's manufacturing establishments as they approach the next millennium. Empirical studies of the determinants of the firm's export marketing behaviour have been quite prolific and internationally comprehensive (Aaby and Slater 1989) and the characteristics and attitudes of the firm's main decision makers are often posed as important explanatory variables. The current study also examines the significance of managerial characteristics, commitment and attitudes towards exporting behaviour, by concentrating on a sample of firms drawn from a single industry (food and beverage processors) and with similar size and locational characteristics (small-medium firms located in regional Victoria).A logistic regression model with a binary dependent variable (ie current exporter vs non-exporter) and, initially, 19 independent variables was formulated and estimated. An optimal model utilising only six of the most significant, management-related variables was able to predict the probability of a firm being an exporter with an accuracy of over 90% . The importance of management's willingness to commit both its mind and its firm's resources to the export endeavour and its recognition of the importance of price competitiveness were significant discriminators of active export behaviour. Exporting managers were also found more likely to be tertiary educated and foreign language fluent but not necessarily any younger than their non-exporting counterparts.
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Philp, Norman E., and Rumintha Wickramasekera. "Management Characteristics, Attitudes and the Decision to Export." Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2, no. 1 (January 1996): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/jmo.1996.2.1.1.
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AbstractThe incessant trend towards the internationalisation of the marketplace will continue to dominate the agendas of managers of Australia's manufacturing establishments as they approach the next millennium. Empirical studies of the determinants of the firm's export marketing behaviour have been quite prolific and internationally comprehensive (Aaby and Slater 1989) and the characteristics and attitudes of the firm's main decision makers are often posed as important explanatory variables. The current study also examines the significance of managerial characteristics, commitment and attitudes towards exporting behaviour, by concentrating on a sample of firms drawn from a single industry (food and beverage processors) and with similar size and locational characteristics (small-medium firms located in regional Victoria).A logistic regression model with a binary dependent variable (ie current exporter vs non-exporter) and, initially, 19 independent variables was formulated and estimated. An optimal model utilising only six of the most significant, management-related variables was able to predict the probability of a firm being an exporter with an accuracy of over 90% . The importance of management's willingness to commit both its mind and its firm's resources to the export endeavour and its recognition of the importance of price competitiveness were significant discriminators of active export behaviour. Exporting managers were also found more likely to be tertiary educated and foreign language fluent but not necessarily any younger than their non-exporting counterparts.
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Broecker, Wallace S., Dorothy Peteet, Irena Hajdas, Jo Lin, and Elizabeth Clark. "Antiphasing between Rainfall in Africa's Rift Valley and North America's Great Basin." Quaternary Research 50, no. 1 (July 1998): 12–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.1998.1973.
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The beginning of the Bølling-Allerød warm period was marked in Greenland ice by an abrupt rise in δ18O, an abrupt drop in dust rain, and an abrupt increase in atmospheric methane content. The surface waters in the Norwegian Sea underwent a simultaneous abrupt warming. At about this time, a major change in the pattern of global rainfall occurred. Lake Victoria (latitude 0°), which prior to this time was dry, was rejuvenated. The Red Sea, which prior to this time was hypersaline, freshened. Lake Lahontan, which prior to this time had achieved its largest size, desiccated. Whereas the chronologic support for the abruptness of the hydrologic changes is firm only for the Red Sea, in keeping with evidence obtained well away from the northern Atlantic in the Santa Barbara Basin and the Cariaco Trench, the onset and end of the millennial-duration climate events were globally abrupt. If so, the proposed linkage between the size of African closed basin lakes and insolation cycles must be reexamined.
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Jessup, Brad. "Trajectories of Environmental Justice: From Histories to Futures and the Victorian Environmental Justice Agenda." Victoria University Law and Justice Journal 7, no. 1 (June 11, 2018): 48–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.15209/vulj.v7i1.1043.
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Before the last state election, the current Victorian government promised from opposition to develop an Environmental Justice Plan if elected. It acknowledged international best practice as a benchmark for such a plan, though it did not recognise the legacy of environmental justice activism and scholarship locally. With the plan still in progress, this article considers the global histories and future directions of environmental justice and a literature-based framework for curating a Victorian plan. It breaks with the common understanding, including that held by government bureaucrats in Victoria, of environmental justice emerging from the United States in the 1980s. The article situates Victoria within that past, the current and future of the concept of environmental justice. Two notable recent legal events affirm the need for, and suggest the shape of, a Victorian environmental justice approach – the housing estate gas leak in outer suburban Melbourne and the Hazelwood coal mine fire in regional Victoria.
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Nguyen, VQ, WJ Ashcroft, KH Jones, and WB McGlasson. "Evaluation of Fsub(1) hybrids incorporating the rin (ripening inhibitor) gene to improve the storage life and fruit quality of fresh market tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 31, no. 3 (1991): 407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea9910407.
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Four new F1 hybrids which incorporate the ripening inhibitor (rin) tomato mutation were compared with standard commercial tomato cultivars, including Flora-Dade, for the fresh market in New South Wales and Victoria. The rin gene, in the heterozygous condition, delayed the start of ripening by a few days, increased the interval between breaker and full ripe from 5 to 7 days compared with commercial cultivars, and increased the storage life of ripe fruits from 28 to 40 days at 20�C. There were no significant differences between the level of red colour developed by the rin hybrids and reference tomatoes; however, the rin hybrid fruits took 4 days longer to reach full red colour. The fruits of rin hybrid were as firm as the reference tomatoes when picked at breaker and stored at 20�C for 6 days. However, rin hybrid fruits were significantly (P<0.05) firmer than those of reference tomatoes when harvested at a full ripe stage. Of the 4 rin hybrids tested, HRAS 87-70, which showed the most promise, was released in February 1990 as 'Red Centre'.
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Pawsey, Nicholas, Jayanath Ananda, and Zahirul Hoque. "Rationality, accounting and benchmarking water businesses." International Journal of Public Sector Management 31, no. 3 (April 9, 2018): 290–315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijpsm-04-2017-0124.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the sensitivity of economic efficiency rankings of water businesses to the choice of alternative physical and accounting capital input measures. Design/methodology/approach Data envelopment analysis (DEA) was used to compute efficiency rankings for government-owned water businesses from the state of Victoria, Australia, over the period 2005/2006 through 2012/2013. Differences between DEA models when capital inputs were measured using either: statutory accounting values (historic cost and fair value), physical measures, or regulatory accounting values, were scrutinised. Findings Depending on the choice of capital input, significant variation in efficiency scores and the ranking of the top (worst) performing firms was observed. Research limitations/implications Future research may explore the generalisability of findings to a wider sample of water utilities globally. Future work can also consider the most reliable treatment of capital inputs in efficiency analysis. Practical implications Regulators should be cautious when using economic efficiency data in benchmarking exercises. A consistent approach to account for the capital stock is needed in the determination of price caps and designing incentives for poor performers. Originality/value DEA has been widely used to explore the role of ownership structure, firm size and regulation on water utility efficiency. This is the first study of its kind to explore the sensitivity of DEA to alternative physical and accounting capital input measures. This research also improves the conventional performance measurement in water utilities by using a bootstrap procedure to address the deterministic nature of the DEA approach.
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Lingard, Helen, Michelle Turner, and Sara Charlesworth. "Growing pains: work-life impacts in small-to-medium sized construction firms." Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 22, no. 3 (May 18, 2015): 312–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ecam-07-2014-0100.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the quality of work-life experiences of workers in construction firms of differing sizes and explored the work conditions and circumstances that impact upon the work-life experiences of workers in small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Australian construction industry. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected in two stages. First, data from a sub-set of construction industry workers were extracted from a large scale survey of workers in Victoria, Australia (the VicWAL survey). The survey measured work-life interference using the Australian Work and Life Index (AWALI). Next a subset of survey respondents was identified and interviewed to gain more detailed explanatory information and insight into work-life experiences. Findings – The survey results indicated that respondents who reported working for a construction firm with between 16 and 99 employees reported significantly higher AWALI scores (indicating high work-life interference) than workers in organisations employing 15 or less or more than 100 workers. The follow-up interviews revealed that workers in small construction organisations were managed directly and personally by the business owner/manager and able to access informal work-life supports that were provided on an “as needs” basis. In comparison workers in medium-sized firms perceived higher levels of work pressure and an expectation that work would be prioritised over family life. Research limitations/implications – The research shows that the findings of work-life balance research undertaken in large construction organisations cannot be generalised to SMEs. Organisation size should also be treated as an important variable in work-life balance research in construction. Practical implications – The research suggests that a better understanding of how workers in SME construction firms experience work-life balance is important in the design and development of work-life balance programs. In particular the challenges faced by workers as companies grow from SMEs require careful consideration and management. Originality/value – Previous research has focused on the work-life balance experiences of employees in large construction firms. Little was previously known about the experiences of workers in SME construction firms. The research provides new insight into the work-life experiences of construction workers in organisations of varying sizes.
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Makone, Jared K. "The Construction Challenges of Uhuru II Wagon Vessel by Local Engineers under Expatriate Training and Supervision in the Lake Victoria Basin Kisumu, Kenya." Journal of Engineering Research and Reports 25, no. 12 (December 23, 2023): 128–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/jerr/2023/v25i121047.
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The MV Uhuru II is a cargo ship designed to transport cargo within Lake Victoria. It is a powerful and reliable vessel, equipped with a range of sophisticated systems that are essential for its safe and efficient operation. MV Uhuru I and her sister ship MV Umoja were built in 1965 by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland, and entered service in 1967. At over 300 ft (91 m), they were the longest vessels on any of the East African lakes. The two vessels were owned and operated by the East African Railways and Harbors Corporation (EARH) until 1977, when EARH was divided between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. This research paper aims to explore the challenges encountered during the construction of the first vessel in the Lake Victoria Basin by local Engineers. The study provides insights into the various obstacles faced by researchers, engineers, and stakeholders involved in the project by identifying and analyzing these challenges. This paper seeks to contribute to future vessel construction efforts in the region. Local shipbuilding industry seeks to harness the potential of the oceans, lakes and coastal areas while ensuring their long-term health and productivity for future generations. It is estimated that the blue economy, if used properly, has the potential to inject up to 4.8 billion US dollars to Kenya's economy and create over 52,000 jobs in the next 10 years. This, combined with a sustainable approach, should make a difference in the protection of maritime ecosystems. The Lake Victoria Basin is a significant water body in East Africa, providing a vital transportation route and supporting various economic activities; ensuring the long-term viability of fish stocks by implementing effective management practices, combating illegal fishing, and promoting sustainable fishing methods, expanding and promoting responsible aquaculture practices to meet the growing demand for seafood while minimizing environmental impacts. Enhancing port infrastructure, improving maritime connectivity, and optimizing logistics to facilitate trade and economic growth within East Africa region. Constructing a vessel in this region poses unique challenges due to the geographical, environmental, and logistical factors. Hence there is a need to focus on the difficulties encountered during the First-time local Construction of MV Uhuru II wagon Vessel by local engineers under expatriate supervision in the Lake Victoria Basin Kisumu. Kenya needs to formulate a clear and detailed strategy outlining the vision, goals, and steps required to become a pioneer in shipbuilding. This strategy should consider market demand, infrastructure development, skills training, and regulatory frameworks and should invest in the necessary infrastructure to support shipbuilding activities. The MV Uhuru II is a cargo ship designed to transport cargo within Lake Victoria. It is a powerful and reliable vessel, equipped with a range of sophisticated systems that are essential for its safe and efficient operation. One of the most important systems on the MV Uhuru II is its hull structure. MV Uhuru II is the first-class ship built in Kenya from scratch, the ship project costed Kshs 2.4billion until it’s completion at period of 24 months and marked Kenya the pioneer of shipbuilding in Africa. The vessel has been constructed and assembled locally saving Kenya tax payer Kshs 1.3billion an amount that could have been spent on importation MV Uhuru II with capacity of 1063 tons was built at the Kenya Shipyards by Kenya agencies including Kenya Defense Forces, the Technical skilled civilian and including partnership with a Dutch firm, Damen Shipyards. These was the part of the Government plan to revive maritime trade and promote blue economy activities in Lake Victoria basin. The vessel built were comfortably carry 22 wagons of capacity of two million liters of crude oil per trip across the lake and can sail to the neighboring Uganda and Tanzania within 10 hours at speed of 14 Knots as compared to MV Uhuru I which sail 17hours at the same distance, The vessel undergone modular approach in shipbuilding industry, this involved the construction of sections or modules of a ship in different locations, which were then assembled to form the complete vessel. While this approach had several advantages such as increased efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and flexibility, it also presented a number of challenges. Securing adequate funding for this sector for vessel construction projects in the Lake Victoria Basin is often difficult due to economic constraints. The biggest challenges facing shipbuilding in Africa is lack of adequate capital investment. Investors are still skeptical about investing in the African shipbuilding industry, and government often doesn’t prioritize it in their budgets at the moment, because it’s a new local technology exploration. This is one of major challenges Kenya Shipyards Limited will face in future if this technology is not tapped and introduced to our local universities. Unforeseen challenges and delays during construction can lead to cost overruns, impacting the financial viability of the project. The African shipbuilding industry may be limited by the lack of market opportunities and competition from well-established shipbuilding nations in the developed world.
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Harris, Sarah, Neville Nicholls, and Nigel Tapper. "Forecasting fire activity in Victoria, Australia, using antecedent climate variables and ENSO indices." International Journal of Wildland Fire 23, no. 2 (2014): 173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf13024.
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Climatic variability alters precipitation and temperature patterns globally, and presumably has an effect on regional fire regimes, yet relationships between climate variation and bushfire activity are poorly understood in many fire-prone regions. Such relationships may facilitate forecasting of the potential fire risk for an upcoming season. This paper reviews the interaction between the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and the weather and fire activity in the fire-prone state of Victoria, Australia. Linear correlations were used to analyse the relationships between ENSO indices, spatially averaged climate variables and fire activity in Victoria from 1972 to 2012. Data were analysed using monthly and seasonal averages and both antecedent and concurrent relationships were explored. Significant relationships were identified between fire activity and climate variables, especially in September to November, the months immediately preceding the fire season. In order of strength, these climate variables are vapour pressure at 1500 hours, vapour pressure at 0900 hours, maximum temperature, rainfall and minimum temperature. Additionally, significant relationships between ENSO indices and fire activity were identified for this period, although these relationships were not as strong as those with climate variables. The potential exists to use ENSO indices and climate variables to forecast an upcoming season’s potential bushfire activity. This is the first study to analyse the ENSO–fire relationship specifically for Victoria and also the first to use Victorian fire activity data (rather than indices of fire weather) as a basis for the comparison with climate and ENSO.
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Harris, Sarah, Neville Nicholls, and Nigel Tapper. "Corrigendum to: Forecasting fire activity in Victoria, Australia, using antecedent climate variables and ENSO indices." International Journal of Wildland Fire 23, no. 2 (2014): 290. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf13024_co.
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Climatic variability alters precipitation and temperature patterns globally, and presumably has an effect on regional fire regimes, yet relationships between climate variation and bushfire activity are poorly understood in many fire-prone regions. Such relationships may facilitate forecasting of the potential fire risk for an upcoming season. This paper reviews the interaction between the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and the weather and fire activity in the fire-prone state of Victoria, Australia. Linear correlations were used to analyse the relationships between ENSO indices, spatially averaged climate variables and fire activity in Victoria from 1972 to 2012. Data were analysed using monthly and seasonal averages and both antecedent and concurrent relationships were explored. Significant relationships were identified between fire activity and climate variables, especially in September to November, the months immediately preceding the fire season. In order of strength, these climate variables are vapour pressure at 1500 hours, vapour pressure at 0900 hours, maximum temperature, rainfall and minimum temperature. Additionally, significant relationships between ENSO indices and fire activity were identified for this period, although these relationships were not as strong as those with climate variables. The potential exists to use ENSO indices and climate variables to forecast an upcoming season's potential bushfire activity. This is the first study to analyse the ENSO–fire relationship specifically for Victoria and also the first to use Victorian fire activity data (rather than indices of fire weather) as a basis for the comparison with climate and ENSO.
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Tolhurst, Kevin G. "Fire severity and ecosystem resilience – lessons from the Wombat Fire Effects Study (1984-2003)." Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 124, no. 1 (2012): 30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rs12030.
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The Wombat Fire Effects Study was established to address a number of questions in relation to the effects of repeated low-intensity fires in mixed species eucalypt forest in the foothills of Victoria. This study has now been going for 25 years and has included the study of understorey plants, fuels, bats, terrestrial mammals, reptiles, invertebrates, fungi, birds, soils, tree growth, fire behaviour and weather. This forest system has shown a high resilience to fire that is attributed here to the patchiness and variability in the fire characteristics within a fire and the relatively small proportion of the landscape being affected. A means of comparing the level of “injury” caused by low-intensity prescribed fire with high intensity wildfire is proposed so that the debate about leverage benefits (the reduction in wildfire area compared to the area of planned burning) can be more rational. There are some significant implications for assessing the relative environmental impacts of wildfire compared with the planned burning program being implemented in Victoria since the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission recommendations (Teague et al. 2010).
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Dyke, Arthur S., and James M. Savelle. "Major end moraines of Younger Dryas age on Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic: implications for paleoclimate and for formation of hummocky moraine." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 37, no. 4 (April 3, 2000): 601–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e99-118.
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Some of the most extensive and massive end moraines of Younger Dryas age (1110 14C ka BP) yet recognized in North America occur on Wollaston Peninsula of Victoria Island. On the western part of the peninsula, numerous closely spaced end moraines formed in the interval starting 11 100 ± 100 radiocarbon years ago and ending about 10 50010 200 years ago. Net recession was generally slow throughout and was punctuated by moraine-building and at least two readvances. Recession is mapped with a resolution that is approximately decadal. The moraines form an orderly, nested succession and are consistently associated with westward shedding of meltwater, which formed a sequence of marine-limit deltas. We lack firm, independent proxy-climate evidence needed to assess whether these moraines formed because of cold Younger Dryas climate, rather than because of controls such as topographic setting and water depth, but climatic control seems probable. The moraines evidently retain glacier ice cores, as do most similarly large moraines in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and northern mainland. They formed along active ice margins when the glacier mass balance on average was only slightly negative. Future melting of ice cores would produce regional hummocky moraine and much basal meltout till more than 10 000 years after deglaciation. Some southern areas of hummocky moraine may have originated as ice-cored moraines formed by active ice margins rather than from extensive regional stagnation.
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Martin, Danielle, Tao Chen, David Nichols, Rachel Bessell, Susan Kidnie, and Jude Alexander. "Integrating ground and satellite-based observations to determine the degree of grassland curing." International Journal of Wildland Fire 24, no. 3 (2015): 329. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf14029.
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In Australia, the Grassland Fire Danger Index is determined by several inputs including an essential component, the degree of grassland curing, defined as the proportion of senescent material. In the state of Victoria (south-eastern Australia), techniques used for curing assessment have included the use of ground-based observations and the use of satellite imagery. Both techniques alone have inherent limitations. An improved technique has been developed for estimating the degree of curing that entails the use of satellite observations adjusted by observations from the ground. First, a satellite model was developed, named MapVictoria, based on historical satellite and ground-based observations. Second, with use of the new (MapVictoria) satellite model, an integrated model was developed, named the Victorian Improved Satellite Curing Algorithm, combining near-real-time satellite data with weekly observations of curing from the ground. This integrated model was deployed in operations supporting accurate fire danger calculations for grasslands in Victoria in 2013.
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Yue, Isaac. "MISSIONARIES (MIS-)REPRESENTING CHINA: ORIENTALISM, RELIGION, AND THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF VICTORIAN CULTURAL IDENTITY." Victorian Literature and Culture 37, no. 1 (March 2009): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1060150309090019.
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In Sartor Resartus (1831), Thomas Carlyle wrote that “the loss of his religious Belief was the loss of everything” (129; bk. 2, ch. 7). At the time, this statement was no exaggeration because, as the nineteenth century dawned, Christianity was inarguably perceived by many as one of the most definitive components of Britishness; as Jane Austen's Henry Tilney says: “Remember that we are English, that we are Christians” (172, vol. 2, ch. 9). The sense of being a Christian represents a fundamentally important ideal to the conceptualization of Victorian cultural identity in that it not only dictated to society an imaginary concept of identity after which the Victorian civilization tried to pattern itself, but also led to the manifestation of cultural ideologies such as the ambiguously defined Victorian virtue and work ethic. However, in order for the ideology of cultural identity to function, a specific set of institutional forms would be required to provide society with a firm foundation for the process of “cultural elaboration” to take place. Thus, alongside the early Victorians' belief in their self-professed faith, Orientalism represents another of the more important Victorian cultural institutional forms, which complemented the concept of Christianity to create a sense of moralistic connection, and in turn allowed the manifestation of Victorian cultural identity as a rigidly moralistic and virtuous entity that was perceived by many early Victorians as a true reflection of their society.
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Schleich, Markus. "Cosmopolitan crimes." On the Cultural Circulation of Contemporary European Crime Cinema, no. 22 (March 2, 2022): 66–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.33178/alpha.22.05.
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German crime films usually only find wide international circulation when they deal with either the two World Wars or the country’s unique position during the Cold War. Victoria (Sebastian Schipper, 2015) is an exception. The film, shot in one continuous take, tells the story of a young woman from Madrid who meets four local Berliners outside a nightclub in the middle of the night and ends up robbing a private bank with them. Without an established auteur or any sizeable star power attached to it, the film managed to travel widely within Europe, made possible by Creative Europe’s funding schemes for distribution. The first section of the article examines the struggles of German crime films to cross the borders, despite the abundant national production of crime films, television series, and literature. The second section focuses on the importance of the distribution scheme that helped Victoria travel and explores how the policies of the MEDIA programme have shaped the European cinema landscape. In the third section, the paper examines how Victoria evokes images and discourses of European society such as disenfranchisement, solidarity, and precarity set in a cosmopolitan Berlin. By analysing the promotional texts, this final section explores how Victoria’s ideal combination of genre, auteurial ambitions and “added European value” granted the film access to support mechanisms which are usually out of reach for a film.
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Marsden-Smedley, Jon B., Wendy R. Anderson, and Adrian F. Pyrke. "Fuel in Tasmanian Dry Eucalypt Forests: Prediction of Fuel Load and Fuel Hazard Rating from Fuel Age." Fire 5, no. 4 (July 19, 2022): 103. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire5040103.
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This paper presents equations for fuel load and fuel hazard rating (FHR) models based on the time since last fire for dry eucalypt forests in eastern Tasmania. The fuel load equations predict the load of the surface/near-surface and elevated fine fuel. The FHR equations predict the surface, near-surface, combined surface and near-surface, bark, and overall FHR. The utility of the “Overall fuel hazard assessment guide” from Victoria, Australia, is assessed for Tasmanian dry eucalypt forests: we conclude that, when fuel strata components are weighted according to their influence on fire behaviour, the Victorian guide provides a rapid, robust, and effective methodology for estimating FHR. The equations in this paper will be used for operational planning and on-the-ground performing of hazard reduction burning, prediction of fire behaviour for fire risk assessments and bushfire control, and providing inputs into the new Australian Fire Danger Rating System.
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Bowman, David M. J. S., and Phillipa C. McCormack. "Arrested Policy Development of Private Fire Shelters (Fire Bunkers) Is a Barrier to Adaptation to the Australian Bushfire Crisis." Fire 6, no. 8 (August 3, 2023): 298. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire6080298.
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The Victorian Government Inquiry into wildfires that killed 173 people in 2009 has driven an Australian policy shift from self-evacuation or staying and defending a well-prepared property (‘go or stay’) to self-evacuation under catastrophic fire weather (‘leave early’). The Inquiry also led to the establishment of national ‘performance standards’ for Private Fire Shelters (PFSs, that are also known as bunkers). Nonetheless, the incorporation of PFSs into national bushfire policy remains embryonic, with only Victoria having streamlined accreditation and planning approval processes. Arguments against PFSs include potentially engendering complacency about preparing dwellings to survive fire and encouraging risky behaviour in response to a fire threat. Counteracting these arguments is research that shows that residents without PFSs have low engagement with bushfire preparation and typically delay evacuation. In any case, because wildfire is unpredictable, it is accepted that self-evacuation plans must have fallback positions that include sheltering ‘in place’ from the bushfire, making properly used and well-maintained PFSs an important element of bushfire safety. A less discussed barrier to PFS uptake outside Victoria appears to hinge on a lack of clarity about obligations for their design, certification, and consistency with planning approvals. The escalating Australian fire crisis demands much greater research and development in legal frameworks, policy and planning processes for PFSs, as well as design and construction standards. Progress in enhancing Australian laws and policies on this issue may offer important opportunities for other jurisdictions that will experience similar challenges as climate change intensifies fire regimes around the world.
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Wilson, Eric, Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya, Milad Mahmoodzadeh, Kevin Pickwick, and Terry Bergen. "A reality-based energy analysis of high-performance residences: Part I." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 47, no. 5 (May 2020): 609–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2018-0571.
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This research initiative attempts to empirically determine, with reality-based (real instead of modeled) performance data from energy suppliers, the energy advantage associated with building high performance residence in Victoria, BC. In addition, this initiative created a much-needed benchmark for contractors to gain a firm understanding of the construction details required to achieve the various levels of the “Step Code” in the newest edition of the British Columbia Building Code. This was accomplished through a comparative energy analysis between a case-study high-performance “above-code residence” (ACR) to a “minimum code residence” (MCR) with the same floor plan. The ACR was built in 2015 before the step code was introduced, and therefore it was not determined what step level it achieved when it was built. It was not built to any particular performance standard, rather it was built using design details that were calculated to exceed Part 9 performance in effective R-value and airtightness. Upon investigation it was determined that the ACR achieved a performance level of “Step 3” bordering on “Step 4” performance. When compared to the MCR, it was found that the ACR has an energy advantage of 22.5 kWh/m2/year. However, many of the components in the ACR assemblies were either for aesthetic appeal (metal-roofing), or comfort (floor-cavity insulation), and therefore it was possible to remove these components (which is important for Part II of this study: An in-depth cost analysis between the two residences) while maintaining an energy advantage of 15 kWh/m2/year and step level 3 designation. This was dubbed the hybrid-residence as it employed a combination of above-code and minimum-code construction assemblies.
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Harris, JM, and RL Goldingay. "Distribution, habitat and conservation status of the eastern pygmy-possum Cercartetus nanus in Victoria." Australian Mammalogy 27, no. 2 (2005): 185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am05185.
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We review the distribution, habitat and conservation status of the eastern pygmy-possum (Cercartetus nanus) in Victoria. Data on the habitat occurrences and rates of detection were gleaned from 133 published and unpublished fauna surveys conducted from 1968 to 2003 in Gippsland; northern Victoria; the Melbourne area and south-western region. C. nanus was reported from a broad range of vegetation communities, which predominantly included a dense mid-storey of shrubs rich in nectar-producing species such as those from the families Proteaceae and Myrtaceae. Survey effort using a range of methods was immense across surveys: 305,676 Elliott/cage trap-nights, 49,582 pitfall trap-nights, 18,331 predator remains analysed, 4424 spotlight hours, and 7346 hair-sampling devices deployed, 1005 trees stagwatched, and 5878 checks of installed nest-boxes. The surveys produced 434 records of C. nanus, with Elliott/cage trapping, pitfall trapping and analysis of predator remains responsible for the vast majority of records (93%). These data and those from the Atlas of Victorian Wildlife indicate that although C. nanus has a widespread distribution in Victoria, it is rarely observed or trapped in fauna surveys. Only 11 (8%) of the surveys we reviewed detected >10 individuals. C. nanus is likely to be sensitive to several recognised threatening processes in Victoria (e.g., feral predators, high frequency fire, feral honeybees). There is also evidence of range declines in several regions, which suggests that the species is vulnerable to extinction. Therefore, we recommend that it be nominated as a threatened species in Victoria.
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Jacobs, J. L., G. N. Ward, A. M. McDowell, and G. Kearney. "Effect of seedbed cultivation techniques, variety, soil type and sowing time, on brassica dry matter yields, water use efficiency and crop nutritive characteristics in western Victoria." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 42, no. 7 (2002): 945. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea01133.
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Effect of cultivation practice and sowing time on soil moisture retention at sowing, growth rates, dry matter yield, water use efficiency and nutritive characteristics (metabolisable energy, crude protein, neutral detergent fibre, water-soluble carbohydrates and starch) of turnip, pasja and rape was determined on 2 soil types (site A and B) over 2 years. Cultivation treatments were: optimum full inversion, an optimum non-inversion cultivation and over cultivated. At each site, cultivation treatments were imposed at 2 different times (early and late).Results showed few differences in soil moisture at sowing between the 3 cultivation systems. Where seedbeds were prepared earlier rather than later, soil moisture at sowing was higher. Given that there was relatively little difference in soil moisture between cultivation treatments within a sowing time, it is likely that rainfall events may have confounded cultivation effects.Apart from year 2 at site A, the water use efficiency of turnip was higher than for pasja and rape. It is proposed that the lower value in year 2 may be due to root development being retarded by low moisture availability, particularly at the later sowing date, thus leading to a lower dry matter yield.Despite no cultivation effects on soil moisture at sowing, there appeared to be clear advantages for the full inversion technique in terms of subsequent weed germination. Generally, weed numbers post germination were lower for this cultivation method compared with both non-inversion techniques. In conclusion, the cultivation techniques used had little effect on soil moisture at sowing and subsequent dry matter yields, provided the resultant seedbed was well-prepared, fine, firm and weed free. Full inversion cultivation techniques in areas where broad-leaved weeds are a problem may substantially reduce subsequent weed burdens. Early sowing where possible may reduce the likelihood of crop failure through the provision of adequate soil moisture at sowing and increase the incidence of rain during the growing period. Timing of sowing will vary according to paddock requirements during early spring (e.g. grazing or forage conservation), soil type, and trafficability for cultivation.
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MORLEY, Sharon E., and Maria GIBSON. "Successional changes in epiphytic rainforest lichens: implications for the management of rainforest communities." Lichenologist 42, no. 3 (March 25, 2010): 311–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0024282909990570.
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AbstractWe explored lichen species richness and patterns of lichen succession on rough barked Nothofagus cunninghamii trees and on smooth barked Atherosperma moschatum trees in cool temperate rainforests in Victoria, Australia. Nothofagus cunninghamii trees from the Yarra Ranges, and A. moschatum trees from Errinundra were ranked into size classes (small, medium, large and extra-large), and differences in species richness and composition were compared between size classes for each tree species. Nothofagus cunninghamii supported a rich lichen flora (108 trees, 52 lichen species), with the largest trees supporting a significantly higher number of species, including many uncommon species. This success was attributed to varying bark texture, stand characteristics and microhabitat variations as the trees age. Atherosperma moschatum supported a comparable number of species (120 trees, 54 lichen species). Indeed on average, this host supported more lichen species than N. cunninghamii. However, successional patterns with increasing girth were not as clear for A. moschatum, possibly due to the more stable microclimate that this smooth barked host provided. Victorian cool temperate rainforests exist primarily as small, often isolated pockets within a sea of Eucalypt-dominated, fire-prone forest. Many are regenerating from past disturbance. We find that protection of Victoria's oldest rainforest pockets is crucial, as they represent sources of rare, potentially threatened lichen species, and may be acting as reservoirs for propagules for nearby ageing rainforests. Indeed, even single, large old trees have conservation importance, as they may provide exceptional microhabitats, not found elsewhere in the regenerating rainforest environment.
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Cheal, David. "A biological basis for planned burning." Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 124, no. 1 (2012): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rs12007.
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Fires in Victoria have shaped the vegetation for many millennia. Anthropogenic fires have been used to manage the landscape, initially as an agricultural tool, latterly for ecological reasons and as a means of minimizing the damage done by wildfires. Some characteristics of Victoria’s fire planning and management processes are discussed, such as the requirement for maintenance of biodiversity values and the Adaptive Experimental Management approach being followed. Similarly, some of the most critical regeneration characteristics of plants and vegetation types are highlighted and how these affect burning plans. Given the lack of fully-populated data sets various synthetic whole-of-ecosystem approaches are necessary and the derivation and application of one of these (establishment of Maximum and Minimum Tolerable Fire Intervals) is presented. Ecological constraints on existing (fire and fuel) management are discussed and directions for future research and on-going management considered, including the gaps in our current knowledge base.
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Rees, Michael, and David Paull. "Distribution of the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) in the Portland region of south-western Victoria." Wildlife Research 27, no. 5 (2000): 539. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr99045.
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The southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) occurs across the periphery of southern and eastern Australia as a series of isolated regional populations. Historical records and recent surveys conducted for I. obesulus indicate that it has disappeared or decreased significantly from many parts of its former range. Vegetation clearance, habitat fragmentation, feral predators and fire have all been implicated in the decline of the species. This paper examines the distribution of I. obesulus in the Portland region of south-western Victoria. Historical records of I. obesulus were compiled from the specimen collection of Museum Victoria, the Atlas of Victorian Wildlife, Portland Field Naturalists’ Club records and anecdotal sources. Field surveys were conducted to determine the current distribution of I. obesulus in the study area based on evidence of its foraging activity. The historical records reveal limited information: most are clustered around centres of human activity, indicating observational bias. The field surveys demonstrate that I. obesulus occurs in the Portland region as a series of local populations. Each local population is associated with a patch of remnant native vegetation separated from neighbouring patches by dispersal barriers. Within these habitat remnants the occurrence of the species is sporadic. Approximately 69% of the potential habitat is managed by the Forests Service, 31% is managed by Parks Victoria, and less than 0.5% is held under other tenures. Spatial isolation of habitat remnants, fires and feral predators are the main threats to I. obesulus in the Portland region.
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Gill, A. Malcolm. "Fire regimes, biodiversity conservation and prescribed-burning programs." Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 124, no. 1 (2012): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rs12001.
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In the trend towards the domestication, or taming, of fire regimes in Victoria, Australia, the level of prescribed burning has been stepped up due to a recommendation from the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission. While prescribed burning programs may be instituted for a number of reasons, especially the protection of life and property, they have consequences for the conservation of biodiversity. Not all vegetation types can be prescribed burned because the weather does not always allow it to occur under safe working conditions; where prescribed burning programs are carried out, unplanned fires may still occur. Thus, the general issue is the effect on biodiversity of both prescribed and unplanned fires, neither alone. Here, the importance to biodiversity conservation of all the components of the fire regime– interval, season, intensity and type (peat fire or otherwise) – and their domain of variability is emphasized. If conservation of biodiversity is to be guaranteed in a changing fire world, then much more knowledge about the systems being managed, gained in large part through effective monitoring, is needed. Issues such as targets and some assumptions of management are addressed here.
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Steger, Debra P. "Commentary on the Doha Round: Institutional Issues." Global Economy Journal 5, no. 4 (December 7, 2005): 1850065. http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1524-5861.1152.
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Commentary on Robert Howse's article "WTO Governance and the Doha Round." Debra Steger is Executive in Residence at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law where she is working to establish a new institute for international law, economy and security in Canada. Previously, she was Senior Counsel with Thomas & Partners, a law firm specializing in international trade and investment matters. From 1995-2001, she served as the founding Director of the Appellate Body Secretariat of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, during which time she helped to establish the Appellate Body as the first appellate tribunal in international trade. She is Chair of the Trade and Customs Law Committee of the International Bar Association, and has been on the executive of the Trade Committee of the International Law Association for the past 10 years. She is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal for International Economic Law. She participates on the Advisory Council of the UNCTAD Project on Building Capacity through Training in Dispute Settlement in International Trade Investment and Intellectual Property as well as the Governing Council of the World Trade Law Association. During the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, she was the Senior Negotiator for Canada on Dispute Settlement and the Establishment of the World Trade Organization as well as the Principal Legal Counsel to the Government of Canada for all of the Uruguay Round agreements. From 1991—1995, she was General Counsel of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal in Ottawa, the agency responsible for administering the antidumping, countervail, safeguards, and government procurement legislation in Canada. Her most recent book is entitled: “Peace Through Trade: Building the WTO” which was published by Cameron May International Legal Publishers in 2004. Steger holds an LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School, an LL.B. from the University of Victoria Faculty of Law, and a B.A. (Honours) in History from the University of British Columbia.
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Kastan, Jonathan P., Oliver Standring, Paolo Cifani, Victoria Gaeth, Amanda Jensen, Youngkyu Park, and David Tuveson. "Abstract B008: Secretome labeling identifies gelsolin as a potential pro-tumorigenic PDAC biomarker." Cancer Research 84, no. 2_Supplement (January 16, 2024): B008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.panca2023-b008.
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Abstract Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal malignancy with a 5-year survival rate around 10% due to late detection and therapeutic resistance. Thus, new methods to detect PDAC earlier in high-risk and general populations are greatly needed. Early detection tests have historically relied on circulating nucleic acids or proteins that have been identified as enriched in patients with PDAC by large-scale studies, but they often lack a firm basic biological context that would bolster the sensitivity and specificity of these tests. To this end, we have introduced a construct into PDAC organoid and 2D lines that enables the labeling of PDAC-secreted proteins with biotin (Sec61-BioID) in vitro and in vivo. With this system, we can specifically isolate the PDAC secretome and identify the proteins via mass spectrometry. From this approach, we have identified Gelsolin (GSN), an enzyme that regulates actin dynamics, as a highly secreted protein by a panel of PDAC cell lines in vitro and in vivo. We have explored the biological role of secreted GSN in PDAC tumorigenesis via CRISPR knockout. GSN knockout abrogated the growth of PDAC tumors in NSG mice, and we are delineating the potential mechanisms that explain this defect via histological analysis and in vitro cell proliferation and invasion assays. Additionally, we have analyzed purified secreted GSN from PDAC lines by mass spectrometry to identify potential post-translational modifications that may differentiate PDAC-derived GSN from other GSN molecules, secreted by healthy tissue, in circulation. We are currently utilizing biochemical approaches to validate these putative modifications and define their specificity in PDAC patient blood as compared to healthy age-matched controls. Citation Format: Jonathan P. Kastan, Oliver Standring, Paolo Cifani, Victoria Gaeth, Amanda Jensen, Youngkyu Park, David Tuveson. Secretome labeling identifies gelsolin as a potential pro-tumorigenic PDAC biomarker [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research: Pancreatic Cancer; 2023 Sep 27-30; Boston, Massachusetts. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2024;84(2 Suppl):Abstract nr B008.
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Quinault, Roland. "Westminster and the Victorian Constitution." Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 2 (December 1992): 79–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3679100.
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The British constitution is unwritten, but not unbuilt. The character of Britain's government buildings reflects the nature of its political system. This is particularly true with respect to the Houses of Parliament. They were almost entirely rebuilt after a fire, in 1834, which seriously damaged the House of Commons and adjacent buildings. The new Houses of Parliament were the most magnificent and expensive public buildings erected in Queen Victoria's reign. Their architectural evolution has been meticulously chronicled by a former Honorary Secretary of the Royal Historical Society, Professor Michael Port. But constitutionalists and historians have shewn little or no interest in the political character of the Victorian Houses of Parliament. Walter Bagehot, in his famous study, The English Constitution, published in 1867, made no reference to the newly completed Houses of Parliament. Likewise most modern books on Victorian political and constitutional history make no mention of die rebuilding.
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Kestner, Joseph A. "VICTORIAN ART HISTORY: RAP 2 UNWRAPPED." Victorian Literature and Culture 29, no. 1 (March 2001): 149–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1060150301291098.
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AT THE END OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Victorian painting experienced at least one mass media event, so far as circulation is concerned — the appearance of Frederic Leighton’s The Bath of Psyche (1890) on the wall of the drug kingpin in Paul Thomas Anderson’s notorious film Boogie Nights of 1997. As a ferocious deal is going awry, over the desperate dealers looms one of the masterpieces of the Victorian High Renaissance, a commentary through the cool classicism of the late Victorians about the corresponding fin-de-siècle of the lately finished century. It is a stunning moment — perhaps recognized only by historians of British art — but there it is nonetheless. One is to presume that the dealer has acquired the original from the Tate Gallery, since he would never own a copy, let alone a poster! Busboy superstud Mark Wahlberg has brief, violent contact with a masterpiece.
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Valls Oyarzun, Eduardo. "Lazos victorianos para la resurrección del Servicio Secreto de su Majestad." Amaltea. Revista de mitocrítica 9 (September 15, 2017): 43–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/amal.55103.
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El fenómeno James Bond ha sido abordado para discutir nociones de identidad británica, ética imperialista, revisiones de la masculinidad y comodificación de la clase media. Con todo, el canon crítico que ha tratado el fenómeno no ha explorado los orígenes ideológicos del mito, a saber, la teoría del Héroe de Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), patrón principal de la ideología victoriana de la norma. El presente artículo explora la película Skyfall (2012) de Sam Mendes como análisis profundo del mito Bond como constructo carlyleano (vale decir también, Victoriano), a través de la idea de “resurrección” (uno de los motivos más significativos del film). El artículo concluye que la película abraza y celebra la ideología Victoriana (con sus ideas de estabilidad y dependencia) integradas en el fenómeno James Bond como mito.
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Hyman, Gwen. "“AN INFERNAL FIRE IN MY VEINS”: GENTLEMANLY DRINKING IN THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL." Victorian Literature and Culture 36, no. 2 (September 2008): 451–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1060150308080285.
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Drinking was a serious preoccupation for mid-century English Victorians, and Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a novel sodden with drink. This startlingly explicit novel is a troubled and troubling anatomy of upper-crust drunkenness, obsessed with issues of control and productivity, of appetites and class, as they play out across the body of its prime sot, the wealthy playboy Arthur Huntingdon. In telling her drinking tale, Brontë is doing more than simply crafting a prurient morality story, meant to scare drinkers straight. Arthur's fall into the bottle is emblematic of the increasingly untenable role of the landed gentleman in Victorian culture, and the dire consequences of his appetites suggest the possibility of a radical social revisioning across that gentleman's prone, overstuffed body.
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Atkinson, Gail M., and Igor A. Beresnev. "Compatible ground-motion time histories for new national seismic hazard maps." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 25, no. 2 (April 1, 1998): 305–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l97-094.
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Ground-motion time histories which are compatible with the uniform hazard spectra (UHS) provided by the new national seismic hazard maps of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) are simulated. Time histories are simulated for the following cities: Halifax, La Malbaie, Québec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Prince George, Tofino, Vancouver, and Victoria. The target UHS for the time history simulations are the GSC 5% damped horizontal-component spectra for "firm ground" (Class B) sites for an annual probability of 1/500. The Canadian Council on Earthquake Engineering is currently considering the adoption of these maps as the seismological basis for the earthquake design requirements for future editions of the National Building Code of Canada. It is therefore useful to have compatible time histories for these spectra, in order that dynamic analysis methods requiring the use of time histories can be employed. The simulated records provide a realistic representation of ground motion for the earthquake magnitudes and distances that contribute most strongly to hazard at the selected cities and probability level. For each selected city, two horizontal components are generated for a moderate earthquake nearby, and two horizontal components are generated for a larger earthquake farther away. These records match the short- and long-period ends of the target UHS, respectively. These simulations for local and regional crustal earthquakes are based on a point-source stochastic simulation procedure. For cities in British Columbia, records are also simulated for a scenario M8.5 earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone, using a stochastic finite-fault simulation model. Four different rupture scenarios are considered. The ground motions for this scenario event are not associated with a specific probability level, but current information suggests that their probability of occurrence is comparable to that of the 1/500 UHS (the probabilistic analyses performed for the national hazard maps do not explicitly include the Cascadia subduction event). Thus it would be reasonable to conduct engineering analyses for cities in British Columbia using both the simulated crustal-event motions and the simulated Cascadia-event motions for the Cascadia event. The time histories simulated for this study are available free of charge to all interested parties.Key words: compatible time-histories, seismic hazard, ground motions.
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Baker, Jack. "The decline, response to fire, status and management of the Eastern Bristlebird." Pacific Conservation Biology 3, no. 3 (1997): 235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc970235.
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The Eastern Bristlebird Dasyornis brachypterus is a threatened passerine, endemic to southeastern Australia. It is a cryptic, ground dwelling, semi-flightless inhabitant of dense, fire-prone vegetation and is usually only detected by its calls. The disjunct distribution suggests that they were once more numerous and their population continuous from southern Queensland to western Victoria. Their decline has been documented in historic and recent times. Habitat loss, nest desertion and fire have been implicated in the decline and extinction of local populations. Strongholds for the species are Barren Grounds Nature Reserve and Bherwerre Peninsula, 100 and 150 km south of Sydney respectively. At Barren Grounds, in the absence of recent fire, there were significant increases in the population between 1992 and 1996. There was a trend of increasing Eastern Bristlebird density with increasing fire-age of habitat and average density plateauing at two birds per 5 ha, 10 years after fire. At Nadgee, a coastal Nature Reserve on the New South Wales/Victorian border, the population appears to be recovering very slowly from severe wildfires in 1972 and 1980. At the beginning of 1996 there were less than 2 000 individual Eastern Bristlebirds occupying an area of approximately 100 km2. For the management of Eastern Bristlebirds, habitat manipulation using prescribed fire should not be undertaken unless site-specific population monitoring data demonstrate that it would be beneficial. Concentrations of Eastern Bristlebirds and potential fire refuges should be protected from unplanned fire. For prescription burns, potential escape routes need to be planned for Eastern Bristlebirds. The threatened status should be changed from Vulnerable to Endangered.
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Pratiwi, Estin Endah. "Analisis wacana kritis pemberdayaan dan permasalahan TKI di Hong Kong dalam Film Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park." Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat 4, no. 1 (March 27, 2017): 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.21831/jppm.v4i1.11106.
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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalis berbagai tahap pemberdayaan TKI dan untuk mengetahui permasalahan yang dialami para TKI di Hong Kong berdasarkan faktor penyebabnya serta untuk merencanakan program Pendidikan Luar Sekolah terkait dengan film Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan analisis wacana kritis. Hasil penelitian ini yaitu, (1) tahap pemberdayaan TKI yang terdapat dalam film Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park adalah tahap penyadaran dan tahap pengkapasitasan. (2) permasalahan TKI yang ditemukan dalam film Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park berdasarkan faktor penyebabnya yaitu: (a) faktor ekonomi yaitu: terlilit hutang piutang, penahanan dokumen, menjadi PSK, mengalami penganiayaan dan pemerasan, (b) faktor budaya yaitu: gaji tidak dibayar, kesulitan berkomunikasi dengan bahasa setempat faktor, sulit memperoleh pekerjaan jika masuk daftar cekal, (c) faktor psikologis yaitu: TKI gagal berangkat, TKI bunuh diri, percobaan bunuh diri, putus hubungan komunikasi dengan keluarga, menjadi lesbian (3) Rencana pengembangan program PLS untuk para TKI berdasarkan hasil analisis content film, yaitu: (a) bekerja sama dengan Disnakertrans dan BNP2TKI mengadakan sosialisasi kapada para TKI pra penempatan, selama penempatan, purna penempatan, (b) bekerjasama dengan BLK TKI untuk menjadikan film Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park sebagai media pembelajaran untuk calon TKI.Kata Kunci: analisis wacana kritis, pemberdayaan, permasalahan TKI A Critical Discourse Analysis of Empowerment and Indonesian Migrant Worker Issue on “Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park” Movie AbstractThis study aims to identify and analyze the various stages of the empowerment of migrant workers, to identify problems experienced by the Indonesian Workers in Hong Kong based on factors, and to define the project plan of Non-Formal Education related to Minggu pagi di Victoria Park movie. This research has been done with a method of qualitative research with a critical discourse analysis (Critical Discourse Analysis) approach, taking subject of “Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park” movie. The research found, (1) Phase empowerment of workers who are in the film Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park are: stage awareness and capacity building stage. (2) problems of migrant workers were found in the Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park by contributing factors, are: (a) economic factors, namely: indebt, documentation hostage, become commercial sex workers, persecution and extortion, (b) cultural factors, such as: unpaid wages, communication skill problem, difficulties in finding jobs when they enter the block list, (c) psychological factors such as TKI failed to embark, be lesbian, TKI suicide, attempted suicide, lost and limited communication with family, (3) proposing the program for non-formal education to migrant workers based on the research are: (a) to have joint cooperation between Disnakertrans (Ministry of Manpower) and BNP2TKI to hold socialization, advocation, and facilitation to the migrants worker before embarkation, during employment, and after employment, (b) to have working collaboration with BLK TKI to promote Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park movie as learning media which can be easily understood by the Indonesian migrant worker (TKI).Keywords: critical discourse analysis, empowerment, Indonesian migrant workers issue
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Harahap, Hammi, Ahmad Bengar Harahap, and Risnovita Sari. "ANALYSE DES KONFLIKTES VON HAUPTFIGUREN IN DEM FILM ,,VICTORIA” VON SEBASTIAN SCHIPPER." STUDIA Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Jerman 6, no. 1 (February 15, 2017): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.24114/studia.v6i1.5720.
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Das Ziel dieser Untersuchung ist es, dem Konflikt von Hauptfiguren in einem Film zu analysieren. Die Datenquelle dieser Untersuchung ist der Film ,,Victoria ” von Sebastian Schipper. Die Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchung erklären den Konflikt von Hauptfiguren in dem Film ,,Victoria” von Sebastian Schipper. In dem Film gibt es 3 Konflikte, nämlich Innere Konflikt, und Konflikte mit der Umwelt, wie beispielsweise mit der Wirtschaft, der Politik und der Kultur. Am häufifsten erleben die Hauptfiguren den Inneren Konflikt. Nach der Untersuchung des Films taucht der Konflikt von Hauptfiguren in Dialogen und Szenen. Auf Zusammenfasst sind es 7 Dialoge und 11 Szenen mit einem Inneren Konflikt, 5 Dialoge mit Zwischenmenschliche der konflikt, 2 Dialoge Konflikte mit der Umwelt, wie beispielsweise mit der Wirtschaft, der Politik und der Kultur. Folglich kann zusammengefasst werden, dass die meisten Konflikte in dem Film ,,Victoria” von Sebastian Schipper Innere Konflikt sind. Es gibt verschiedene Gefühle die als Merkmale des Konfliktes gelten können (1) Die Unfähigkeit (2) Der Zweifel (3) Die Enttäuschung (4) Die Angst (5) Die Befürchtung (6) Die Auseinandersetzung (7) Die Debatte. Die Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchung können die Erkenntnisse über den Konflikt von Hauptfiguren im Film liefern. Schlüsselwörter : Konflikt, Hauptfiguren, Film
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Nenadic, Stana. "The Small Family Firm in Victorian Britain." Business History 35, no. 4 (October 1993): 86–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00076799300000130.
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Krusel, N., D. Packham, and N. Tapper. "Wildfire Activity in the Mallee Shrubland of Victoria, Australia." International Journal of Wildland Fire 3, no. 4 (1993): 217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf9930217.
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McArthur's Fire Danger Indices were developed originally as empirical models to describe fire danger in dry sclerophyll forest and grasslands of Australia. These indices are now used widely in southeastern Australia for fire danger rating and as a guideline for the issue of fire weather warnings. Nine years of historical fire reports, fire danger indices and meteorological information have been analysed objectively to develop a model to predict days of high fire activity in the mallee shrubland of northwestern Victoria. Tested on two years of independent data it was found that the use of a simple model utilising standard meteorological observations rather than the McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index reduced the false alarm rate from 98.4% to 96.7%. Although apparently a small reduction in false alarm rate, over a two year period days of high fire activity predicted incorrectly were reduced dramatically by 345 days.
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Tyler, Linda. ""The hours and times of your desire": Sholto Smith's romantic vision for Colwyn (1925)." Architectural History Aotearoa 8 (January 1, 2011): 58–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.26686/aha.v8i.7101.
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Early in 1920, French-born architect Sholto Smith (1881-1936) decided to abandon his Moose Jaw practice, and his Canadian wife and family, and emigrate to New Zealand. His decision seems to have been precipitated by a memorable encounter with a woman who would later become a celebrated pianist for the Auckland radio station 1YA, Phyllis Mary Hams (1895-1974). Sholto Smith had met Hams during World War I while he was on leave from the Canadian Expeditionary Force and visiting Colwyn Bay, North Wales. Sholto Smith's major contribution to Arts and Crafts Auckland, the house he designed as a gift for Phyllis Hams on the occasion of their marriage on 3 March 1925, was named Colwyn to memorialise their Welsh meeting place. Despite only living in New Zealand for his last 16 years, Sholto Smith left a legacy of over 100 buildings. Colwyn was a well-placed advertisement for his domestic architecture, and his Arts and Crafts and Tudor house designs were soon in great demand throughout the building boom of the 1920s. Smith had arrived in Auckland on 17 March 1920 and immediately joined the practice of Thomas Coulthard Mullions (1878-1957) and C Fleming McDonald. The latter had been the architect of the original Masonic Hotel in Napier (1897), and the firm originally specialised in hotels and commercial architecture using modern materials including reinforced concrete, but dressing the modernist structure with historicist references. Several of their inner-city Auckland buildings such as the Waitemata and Manukau Council building on the corner of Shortland and Princes Street, Chancery Chambers in O'Connell Street and the Lister building on the corner of Victoria and Lorne Streets, still survive. After McDonald's death, Sholto Smith became a partner in the firm and encouraged Thomas Mullions to move into residential property development in central Auckland: Shortland Flats (1922) was a commercial venture where the architects formed a company owning shares in the building which comprised 24 flats designed to generate rental income. But detached suburban domestic architecture was Sholto Smith's real passion. Before leaving Canada for fresh beginnings in New Zealand, he drew an architectural perspective for his ideal home. He titled this drawing Dreamwold, and his vision for this ideal house was to be realised in Auckland at 187 St Heliers Bay Road. For this house design, Sholto Smith drew inspiration from Canadian colleagues such as British Columbian architect Samuel Maclure (1860-1929) and from the British masters of the Arts and Crafts Movement including CFA Voysey (1857-1951) and MH Baillie Scott (1865-1945). Colwyn is reminiscent of the latter's Corrie Wood (1908) in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire in its adventurous open planning. A little bit of Olde Englande recreated in the South Pacific for his homesick new wife, Colwyn was Sholto Smith's perfect Dreamwold, right down to the text on the wooden mantelpiece over the fireplace. The quote inscribed there is taken from the beginning of Shakespeare's sonnet 57, and seems addressed by Smith to his 30-year-old bride: "Being your slave, what should I do but tend upon the hours and times of your desire?" Epitomising the romantic archetype, Colwyn remains a fine example of the type of Arts and Crafts dwelling that well-to-do Aucklanders aspired to inhabit in the 1920s.
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Primorac, Antonija. "VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND FILM ADAPTATION." Victorian Literature and Culture 45, no. 2 (May 5, 2017): 451–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1060150316000711.
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“The book was nothing likethe film,” complained one of my students about a week or so after the premiere of Tim Burton'sAlice in Wonderland(2010). Barely able to contain his disgust, he added: “I expected it to be as exciting as the film, but it turned out to be dull – and it appeared to be written for children!” Stunned with the virulence of his reaction, I thought how much his response to the book mirrored – as if through a looking glass – that most common of complaints voiced by many reviewers and overheard in book lovers’ discussions of film adaptations: “not as good as the book.” Both views reflect the hierarchical approach to adaptations traditionally employed by film studies and literature studies respectively. While adaptations of Victorian literature have been used – with more or less enthusiasm – as teaching aides as long as user-friendly video formats were made widely available, it is only recently that film adaptation started to be considered as an object of academic study in its own right and on an equal footing with works of literature (or, for that matter, films based on original screenplays). Adaptation studies came into its own in early twenty-first century on the heels of valuable work done by scholars such as Brian McFarlane (1996), Deborah Cartmell and Imelda Whelehan (1999), James Naremore (2000), Robert Stam (2000), Sarah Cardwell (2002), and Kamilla Elliott (2003) which paved the way for a consideration of film adaptations beyond the fidelity debate. The field was solidified with the establishment in 2006 of the UK-based Association of Literature on Screen Association (called Association of Adaptation Studies from 2008) and the inception of its journalAdaptation, published by Oxford University Press, in 2008. Interdisciplinary in nature, the field primarily brought together literature and film scholars who insisted that adaptations were more than lamentably unfaithful or vulgar versions of literature mired in popular culture and market issues on the one hand, or merely derivative, impure cinema on the other. The foundational tenets of adaptation studies therefore included a non-judgemental and non-hierarchical approach to the relationship between the text and its adaptation, and a keen awareness of film production contexts. These vividly illustrate the field's move away from discussing fidelity to the “original” which, thanks to the work of Linda Hutcheon (2006), started to be increasingly referred to simply as “adapted text.” Hutcheon's book came out at the same time as another foundational monograph on the subject, Julie Sanders'sAdaptation and Appropriation(2005) which contributed to the debate through its focus on intertextual links and the palimpsestuous nature of adaptations, in which debate on fidelity was substituted with the analysis of the distance between the text and its adaptation(s).
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Cahir, Fred, Ian D. Clark, Dan Tout, Benjamin Wilkie, and Jidah Clark. "Aboriginal fire-management practices in colonial Victoria." Aboriginal History Journal 45 (April 26, 2022): 109–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/ah.45.2021.05.
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Cahir, Fred, Ian D. Clark, Dan Tout, Benjamin Wilkie, and Jidah Clark. "Aboriginal fire-management practices in colonial Victoria." Aboriginal History Journal 45 (April 26, 2022): 109–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/ah.45.2021.05.
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Whittaker, Joshua, Katharine Haynes, John Handmer, and Jim McLennan. "Community safety during the 2009 Australian 'Black Saturday' bushfires: an analysis of household preparedness and response." International Journal of Wildland Fire 22, no. 6 (2013): 841. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf12010.
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On Saturday 7 February 2009, 173 people lost their lives and more than 2000 houses were destroyed in bushfires (wildfires) in the Australian State of Victoria. The scale of life and property loss raised fundamental questions about community bushfire safety in Australia, in particular the appropriateness of the ‘Prepare, stay and defend or leave early’ policy. This paper presents findings from research undertaken as part of the Australian Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre’s (CRC) ‘2009 Victorian Bushfires Research Taskforce’. The research examined factors influencing patterns of life and property loss and survival across the fires through mail surveys (n=1314) of fire affected households. Just over half of the respondents (53%) stayed to defend their homes and properties, whereas the remainder left before or when the fires arrived (43%) or sheltered in a house, structure, vehicle, or outside (4%). Results reveal a survival rate of 77% for houses that were defended by one or more household members, compared to 44% for unattended houses. The paper identifies inadequate planning and preparedness and the tendency for people to wait until they are directly threatened before taking action as major factors leading to late evacuation, failed defence and passive shelter.
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Mayer, David, and Helen Day-Mayer. "Blue Jeans Stage and Screen." Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film 46, no. 1 (August 13, 2018): 59–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1748372718791055.
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Scholars of Victorian and Edwardian theatre necessarily piece together their accounts of ephemeral performance through manuscripts, reviews, and other responses preserved in print and visual culture. However, films made between 1895 and 1935 offer frequent, unexpected, and sometimes curiously skewed glimpses of the Victorian and Edwardian stage. This essay focuses on John H. Collins’s 1917 silent film adaptation of Blue Jeans, Joseph Arthur’s melodrama, popular from its New York debut in 1890. The melodrama is perhaps most famous for ‘the great sawmill scene’. This iconic scene, an early example of an episode in which a helpless victim is tied to a board approaching a huge buzz saw, turns a mundane setting into a terrifying site for suspense, violence, and attempted murder. Whilst the film made alterations and abridgements, the overall effect was to preserve the play’s distinctive features. Our essay shows how the stage version is preserved within Collins’s film adaptation so that the cinematic artefact gives unique access to the Victorian theatrical work. Films not only preserve Victorian forms in modern media and extend the reach of Victorian culture, but also open a new resource and methodology for understanding Victorian and Edwardian theatre.
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Dowdy, Andrew J., and Graham A. Mills. "Characteristics of lightning-attributed wildland fires in south-east Australia." International Journal of Wildland Fire 21, no. 5 (2012): 521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf10145.
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Wildland fires attributed to lightning ignitions in Victoria, Australia, are examined systematically through the use of lightning occurrence data. Lightning stroke data were obtained by a network of ground-based lightning detection sensors over a 9-year period. Characteristics of these fires are examined including the temporal variability in the average chance of fire occurrence per lightning stroke and the time period from lightning ignition of a fire until the fire grows large enough to be first observed, as well as distributions of fire duration and total area burnt. It is found that the time of day that lightning occurs does not have a significant influence on the chance of fire per lightning stroke, in contrast to the time of year, for which a significant annual variation occurs. Regional variability is examined by discussing the results for Victoria, Australia, in relation to results of studies from other parts of the world.