Calcareous nannofossils and C37 alkenones at ODP Site 162-982

During the late Pliocene (~3 to 2.5 Ma), oceanic records of opal and C37 alkenone accumulation from around the world show a secular shift towards lower values in the high latitudes and higher values in the low and mid latitudes. These shifts are broadly coincident with the intensification of northern hemisphere glaciation and are suggestive of changes in export productivity, with potential implications for Pliocene atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. The interpretation of a global latitudinal shift in productivity, however, requires testing because of the potential uncertainties associated with site to site comparisons of records that can be influenced by highly nonlinear processes associated with production, export, and preservation. Here, we assess the inferred Pliocene latitudinal productivity shift interpretation by presenting new records of C37 alkenone accumulation from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 982 in the North Atlantic and biotic assemblages (calcareous nannoplankton) from this site and ODP Site 846 in the eastern tropical Pacific. Our results corroborate the interpretation of C37 alkenone accumulation as a proxy for gross export productivity at these sites, indicating that large-scale productivity decreases at high latitudes and increases at tropical sites are recorded robustly. We conclude that the intensification of northern hemisphere glaciation during the late Pliocene was associated with a profound reorganisation of ocean biogeochemistry.

An examination of tax-deductible donations made by individual Australian taxpayers in 2007-08

Each year, The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (CPNS) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) collects and analyses statistics on the amount and extent of tax-deductible donations made and claimed by Australians in their individual income tax returns to deductible gift recipients (DGRs). The information presented below is based on the amount and type of tax-deductible donations made and claimed by Australian individual taxpayers to DGRs for the period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. This information has been extracted mainly from the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) publication Taxation Statistics 2006-07. The 2006-07 report is the latest report that has been made publicly available. It represents information in tax returns for the 2006-07 year processed by the ATO as at 31 October 2008. This study uses information based on published ATO material and represents only the extent of tax-deductible donations made and claimed by Australian taxpayers to DGRs at Item D9 Gifts or Donations in their individual income tax returns for the 2006-07 income year. The data does not include corporate taxpayers. Expenses such as raffles, sponsorships, fundraising purchases (e.g., sweets, tea towels, special events) or volunteering are generally not deductible as „gifts‟. The Giving Australia Report used a more liberal definition of gift to arrive at an estimated total of giving at $11 billion for 2005 (excluding Tsunami giving of $300 million). The $11 billion total comprised $5.7 billion from adult Australians, $2 billion from charity gambling or special events and $3.3 billion from business sources.

Technical highlights: Invasive plant and animal research 2007-08

Technical highlights 2007–08, with detailed progress reports on the latest invasive plant and animal research undertaken by Biosecurity Queensland, a service unit of the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries.

Clustering phenomena in Al-4.4 at. % Zn alloy with 0.03 and 0.08 at. % Ag additions

The influence of 0.03 and 0.08 at. % Ag additions on the clustering of Zn atoms in an Al-4.4 at. % Zn alloy has been studied by resistometry. The effect of quenching and ageing temperatures shows that the ageing-ratio method of calculating the vacancy-solute atom binding energy is not applicable to these alloys. Zone-formation in Al-Zn is unaffected by Ag additions, but the zone-reversion process seems to be influenced. Apparent vacancy-formation energies in the binary and ternary alloys have been used to evaluate the v-Ag atom binding energy as 0.21 eV. It is proposed that, Ag and Zn being similar in size, the relative vacancy binding results from valency effects, and that in Al-Zn-Ag alloys clusters of Zn and Ag may form simultaneously, unaffected by the presence of each other. © 1970 Chapman and Hall Ltd.

Seismic horizontal pullout capacity of vertical anchors in sands

The problem of finding the horizontal pullout capacity of vertical anchors embedded in sands with the inclusion of pseudostatic horizontal earthquake body forces, was tackled in this note. The analysis was carried out using an upper bound limit analysis, with the consideration of two different collapse mechanisms: bilinear and composite logarithmic spiral rupture surfaces. The results are presented in nondimensional form to find the pullout resistance with changes in earthquake acceleration for different combinations of embedment ratio of the anchor (lambda), friction angle of the soil (phi), and the anchor-soil interface wall friction angle (delta). The pullout resistance decreases quite substantially with increases in the magnitude of the earthquake acceleration. For values of delta up to about 0.25-0.5phi, the bilinear and composite logarithmic spiral rupture surfaces gave almost identical answers, whereas for higher values of delta, the choice of the logarithmic spiral provides significantly smaller pullout resistance. The results compare favorably with the existing theoretical data.

Prudentia Iuris, 1982, n° 08 (número completo)

Contenido: Editorial – La relación de la justicia y el derecho / Justo López – Mos Italicus, Mos Gallicus y el humanismo racionalista : una contribución a la historia de la metodología jurídica / Francisco Carpintero – La lesión subjetiva, una consecuencia negativa de la socialización : la solución del problema a través de la reforma de 1968: algunos aspectos / Antonio E. Maínez – Escolios – Documentos – Notas bibliográficas

Fundo Soberano do Brasil : fundo fiscal de investimento e estabilização (PL 3.674/08)

Consultoria de Orçamento e Fiscalização Financeira - Núcleo de Assuntos Econômico-Fiscais.

[Discurso do Deputado Castro Costa : Sessão da Câmara dos Deputados de 08 de novembro de 1962]

Comenta o discurso do Deputado Herbert Levy em relação às condições de funcionamento da administração pública em Brasília e em relação a críticas feitas ao Senador Pedro Ludovico. Declara ser impossível admitir o retorno da capital do país para o Rio de Janeiro.

[Discurso do Deputado Emival Caiado : Sessão da Câmara dos Deputados de 08 de abril de 1959]

Lançamento do Bloco Parlamentar Mudancista, de caráter suprapartidário, tendo como escopo lutar pela interiorização da capital da República e impedir o adiamento da mudança da Capital Federal, fixada em lei para 21 de abril de 1960.

[Discurso do Deputado Oscar Corrêa : Sessão da Câmara dos Deputados de 08 de setembro de 1965]

Critica os serviços prestados pelas companhias aéreas, que agem como forças contrárias à consolidação de Brasília. Cita especialmente a deficiência do transporte aéreo entre a Capital Federal e Belo Horizonte.

[Discurso do Deputado Medeiros Neto : Sessão da Câmara dos Deputados de 08 de novembro de 1962]

Analisa a última campanha eleitoral. Reafirma a posição do seu partido, o PSD, contra qualquer movimento que vise o retorno da capital da República para o Rio de Janeiro.

[Discurso do Deputado Fonseca e Silva : Sessão da Câmara dos Deputados de 08 de maio de 1956]

Discorre favoravelmente sobre a questão da interiorização da capital. Considerações sobre aspectos geo-políticos da mudança da Capital Federal.

[Discurso do Deputado Múcio Athayde : Sessão Conjunta do Congresso Nacional de 08 de maio de 1985]

Alerta para a incoerência dos dirigentes do PMDB em relação à representação política para o Distrito Federal e enfatiza que o povo necessita de um governador eleito.

[Discurso do Deputado Herbert Levy : Sessão da Câmara dos Deputados de 08 de novembro de 1962]

Resposta a discurso de um Senador por Goiás, que lhe fez referências desairosas baseando-se em publicação deturpada feita por um jornal local de suas declarações sobre o problema do funcionamento de Brasília como Capital da República. Apartes: Fernando Ferrari, Oliveira Brito, Pacheco Chaves, Wagner Estelita, Adauto Cardoso.