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Review : "Ghosts...of the Civil Dead" -- John Hillcoat

Synopsis and review of the Australian prison film Ghosts...of the Civil Dead (John Hillcoat, 1988). Drawing heavily from the book In the Belly of the Beast by American author and long-term prisoner Jack Henry Abbott, as well as from the historical and philosophical work of Michel Foucault (the credits include ‘Foucault Authority – Simon During’), Ghosts… Of the Civil Dead is a searing critique of the so-called ‘new generation’ prison system developed in the United States and recently introduced in Australia. Director John Hillcoat and producer Evan English conducted extensive research for the film, including spending time at the National Institute of Corrections, a think tank in Colorado, and visiting numerous institutions like the ‘new Alcatraz’ at Marion Illinois and other maximum security prisons across the United States. Using a mix of professionals and non-actors, including former prisoners and prison guards, the ‘story’ was workshopped during a lengthy rehearsal period with many actual events and experiences of participants incorporated into the film. The end result deliberately blurs the line between American and Australian prison experience to make the political point that what had happened in the US – from where many events and characters, and much of the architecture and design of the prison are drawn – was beginning to happen in Australia. The film emphasises the vicious cycle of institutionalisation, and highlights the role state authorities play in manufacturing, provoking and manipulating violence and fear both in prisons and in wider society as a means to augment policing and surveillance of the population, to oppress the working classes, and to maintain the political status quo...

Observaciones de aves marinas en la zona sur del Perú en diciembre de 1978

Describe las observaciones de aves marinas en la zona sur del litoral peruano, desde las Islas de Chincha hasta Punta Morro Sama, lugares donde se reproducen y aposentan las tres especies de aves guaneras: guanay, alcatraz y piquero, así como otras aves marinas.

Fluctuaciones mensuales de las poblaciones de aves guaneras durante El Niño de 1972

La población combinada de las principales especies de aves guaneras de la costa peruana, el guanay (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii), el pi­quero (Sula variegata) y el alcatraz (Pelecanus thagus) disminuyó por los severos cambios ecológicos acompañantes de El Niño de 1972-73 de 6.6 millones de aves en febrero de 1972 a 0.6 millones en setiembre del mismo año, para luego recuperarse a 2.8 millones en marzo de 1973. A nivel específico, el cuadro se complica debido a diferencias de dis­tribución, hábitos alimentarios y regímenes de reproducción. Tomando valores extremos, el guanay que en agosto de 1971 contaba 5.03 millones de individuos, bajo a 0.1 millones en agosto de 1972 y se recupero a 1.01 millones en marzo de 1973; el piquero bajo de 2.41 millones en febrero de 1972 a 0.3 millones en julio del mismo año para volver a 1.42 millones en marzo de 1973. Mientras la población de esta especie casi no cambio, la del guanay disminuyó el doble que la del pi­quero probablemente por su mayor dependencia alimentaria de la anchoveta (Engraulis ringens), que a su vez fue notablemente disminuida por el fenómeno (de una captura media mensual de 1.2 millones de tone­ladas en 1971, pasó a 0.3 millones de toneladas promedio por mes en 1972)•

Resultados de los censos gráficos de aves guaneras efectuados durante el ciclo reproductivo 1962 - 1963

A base de dos censos gráficos de las poblaciones de aves guaneras en el Perú, efectuados en diciembre 1962 y febrero 1963, se calcula que el número de aves adultas al finalizar el ciclo reproductivo 196271963 fue del orden de los 18 millones, correspondiente el 82. 4% al guanay, 15.3% al piquero y 2.3% alcatraz.

Répteis do Estado de São Paulo: conhecimento atual e perspectivas

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

A NEW and THREATENED INSULAR SPECIES of LANCEHEAD FROM SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Snakes from coastal islands of State of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

A New Species of the Scinax perpusillus Group (Anura: Hylidae) from Espirito Santo, Brazil

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

A NEW AND THREATENED INSULAR SPECIES OF LANCEHEAD FROM SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

We describe a new species of Bothrops from Vitoria Island, off the coast of Sao Paulo, southeastern Brazil. The new species differs from the mainland coastal populations of B. jararaca mostly in its smaller and stouter body, number and form of scales, and hemipenial morphology. From B. insularis and B. alcatraz, both related species endemic to islands in southeastern Brazil, B. otavioi sp. nov. differs mainly in its body form and number of scales. The new species has the twist common mitochondrial haplotype for mainland populations of B. jararaca, which is also found in B. alcatraz. A mitochondrial genealogy (gene tree) shows the new species nested within the northern clade of B. jararaca. This genealogical pattern can be explained by a recent speciation event for B. otavioi sp. nov. The isolation of insular species of Bothrops from continental ancestor populations are probably related to the same vicariant process, the oscillations of sea level during the Pleistocene. The new species feeds on small hylid frogs, and attains sexual maturity at 388 mm snout-vent length (SVL; males) and 692 mm SVL (females). Bothrops facial sp. nov. is endemic to Vitoria Island, and should be listed as critically endangered because it is known from only a single area (an island), its geographic range covers less than 100 km(2), and there is a projected continuing decline in the quality of its habitat because of increasing human settlement.

San Francisco Bay Area, California, Nautical Chart, 1877 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Entrance to San Francisco Bay, California, from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by R.D. Cutts, asst. & A.F. Rodgers, sub-asst. ; topography by R.D. Cutts, asst., A.M. Harrison & A.F. Rodgers, sub-assts. ; hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. Comdg. James Alden, U.S.N. assist. It was published by The Survey in 1877. Scale 1:50,000. Covers the San Francisco Bay Area. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the California Zone III State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 0403). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows coastal features such as lighthouses, buoys, beacons, rocks, channels, points, coves, islands, bottom soil types, wharves, and more. Includes also selected land features such as roads, railroads, drainage, land cover, selected buildings, towns, and more. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths by sounding, shading, and contours. Includes inset map: Sub-sketch of entrance to San Francisco Bay (Scale 1:400,000), and inset views: View of the entrance to San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz N.E. by E. 1/2 (by compass 10 miles) -- View of the entrance to San Francisco Bay from Yerba Buena Id. -- View of the entrance to San Pablo Bay from near Angel Id. Also includes text and tables. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

Captain Dreams : and other stories /;

Captain Dreams, by Capt. C. King.--The ebb-tide, by Lieut. A.H. Sydenham.--White lilies, by A.K. Hamilton.--A strange wound, by Lieut. W.H. Hamilton.--The story of Alcatraz, by Lieut. A.H. Sydenham.--The other fellow, by R. Monckton-Dene.--Buttons, by Captain J.G. Leefe.