SCOPE Galleries Art Award: Art Concerning Environment

Curated by Liza McCosh, a major exhibition of pre-selected artwork that includes painting, drawing and sculpture. The exhibition included fifty five preselected artists/artworks from across Australia.The Art Concerning Environment Award is a national biennial award and the exhibition attempts to provide a platform that facilitates debate and promotes art as a catalyst for change.  The exhibition was supported by a public lecture on Climate Change (June 2, Warrnambool Art gallery) and facilitated by Guy Abrahams (guest judge).

See:  
www.scopegalleries.com
www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/index.php?q=node/1266
Ziegeler, Bonnie, "Artworks with a green hue vie for %5000 award in Warrnambool", The Standard, June 3, 2012.

A comparative study of interactive rockclimbing guidebooks and conventional hardcopy guidebooks

Climbing guidebooks have been in existence ever since people started climbing cliffs for recreation. It has only been recently that these guidebooks have started to include photographs to help identification of climbs. To date, there are very few interactive guidebooks that are available online which include the ability to filter climbs and climbing areas based upon specific characteristics. Being able to interrogate a database of climbs and climbing areas by grade, style of climbing, quality of climbing,and length of climbs would be a significant addition to the guidebooks that are currently available. Integrating a fully illustrated database of climbs with open source mapping software such as Google Maps would extend the utility of current guidebooks significantly. As portable devices become more commonplace, the ability to further combine these guidebooks with GPS technology would make the location and identification of climbs much simpler. This study compares conventional hardcopy guidebooks with several online guidebooks. In addition, several Decision Support Systems are analysed to assess the ways in which Geographic Information Systems are integrated to assist in decision making. A prototype interactive guidebook was developed after presenting a survey to a group of climbers to assess what they would find useful in an online resource. This survey found that most climbers would like to see climbs represented on a map of the climbing site in order to aid in locating them. They also suggested that being able to filter climbs by various criteria would be useful. These features were subsequently integrated into the prototype. After review by several climbers it was found that this system has many benefits over conventional hardcopy guidebooks; however, it was also noted that to be even more useful further work needed to be done to improve the functionality of the prototypes. This work would include an ability to print a selection of climbs from those ranges searched.

A novel reaction of vic-diorganoboranes

Abstract is not available.

Coordination properties of vic-isonitrosoimines in their copper (II) and palladium (II) complexes

Preparation and structural characterization of palladium (II) complexes of ligands III-V and copper (II) complexes of III are reported. The elemental analyses of the complexes show that the metal: ligand ratio is 1 : 2. The electrical conductance in acetone shows the non-electrolytic nature of the complexes. The diamagnetic character suggests a gross square-planar geometry for the palladium (II) complexes. Copper (II) complexes are paramagnetic with/~eff.~l'90 B.M. Spectral data suggest that in all the complexes the ligand coordinates to the metal (II) symmetrically through isonitroso-nitrogen and imine-nitrogen, forming a ¡ membered chelate ring. Amine-exchange reactions of the complexes are discussed and compared on the basis of their structures.

Humanitarian Travels: Ethical Communication in Lonely Planet Guidebooks

Aside from the more mundane purpose of telling us where to eat, sleep and sightsee in foreign lands, guidebooks communicate an ethical vision that sees travel as the key to reducing cultural differences and inequalities. This article argues that Lonely Planet guidebooks in particular encourage a form of ‘responsible independent travel’ that both reflects and produces a powerful discourse of humanitarianism. By examining the controversy over Lonely Planet’s publication of guidebooks to Burma, this article uncovers the problematic colonial logic embedded in that ethical vision.

Inventaire, dressé en 1634, par Michel MARESCOT et Nicolas FOUQUET, conseillers au Parlement de Metz, des titres et papiers concernant l'évêché de Metz et l'abbaye de Gorze conservés au Trésor des Chartes de Vic, en vertu de lettres patentes du roi, du 9 décembre 1633.

Contient : Inventaire des Layettes [autres exemplaires, mss. français 2729, fol. 167, et 4467, fol. 2, incomplet] ; Inventaire des Registres [autre exemplaire, ms. français 2730, fol. 205] ; Table alphabétique des noms de lieux contenus dans l'inventaire des Layettes : Aboncourt-Zincourt [autres exemplaires, mss. français 2729, fol. 1 ; 2730, fol. 209 ; 18911, fol. 5]

L'Associació de teixidors de Vic

Es presenten les conclusions sobre la composició social de les associacions de teixidors de Vic al segle XIX en el marc de la fabricació de teixits de cotó i en comparació amb altres assosciacions existents

Investigació comercial de l'evasió de compra entre Manresa i Vic. 'Investigación comercial de la evasión de compra entre Manresa y Vic'.

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Espacio de bienvenida educativa : Vic.

Los niños procedentes de otros países deben sentirse acogidos como personas en su totalidad y deben vivir la llegada a un nuevo país con confianza y tranquilidad. Este es el objetivo del espacio de bienvenida educativa de la ciudad de Vic, que pretende dar sentido al tiempo que transcurre desde la llegada de los niños extranjeros hasta que son escolarizados. Para el correcto desarrollo de este centro es necesario que los profesores receptores conozcan la cultura del país de donde proceden las familias así como el sistema educativo en el cual han estado escolarizados anteriormente. A partir de ahí se desarrollan actividades y salidas cuya finalidad es el aprendizaje de la cultura autóctona y el descubrimiento de la propia ciudad en la que van a residir. Para concluir se recogen las opiniones de madres y responsables de los centros de enseñanza a los que los niños se han incorporado tras su paso por el espacio de bienvenida educativa.