Black and white and read all over: the past, present and future of giant panda genetics

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (23) ◽  
pp. 5660-5674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuwen Wei ◽  
Yibo Hu ◽  
Lifeng Zhu ◽  
Michael W. Bruford ◽  
Xiangjiang Zhan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Giant Panda ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Past

Free but fragile: Human relations amidst poverty and HIV in democratic South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Christina Landman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Black People ◽  
Hiv Treatment ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
White People ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Black Township

Dullstroom-Emnotweni is the highest town in South Africa. Cold and misty, it is situated in the eastern Highveld, halfway between the capital Pretoria/Tswane and the Mozambique border. Alongside the main road of the white town, 27 restaurants provide entertainment to tourists on their way to Mozambique or the Kruger National Park. The inhabitants of the black township, Sakhelwe, are remnants of the Southern Ndebele who have lost their land a century ago in wars against the whites. They are mainly dependent on employment as cleaners and waitresses in the still predominantly white town. Three white people from the white town and three black people from the township have been interviewed on their views whether democracy has brought changes to this society during the past 20 years. Answers cover a wide range of views. Gratitude is expressed that women are now safer and HIV treatment available. However, unemployment and poverty persist in a community that nevertheless shows resilience and feeds on hope. While the first part of this article relates the interviews, the final part identifies from them the discourses that keep the black and white communities from forming a group identity that is based on equality and human dignity as the values of democracy.

scholarly journals Pokoleniowe różnice w artystycznym obrazowaniu doświadczenia totalitarnej przeszłości w czeskim teatrze najnowszym

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 49-58
Author(s):  
Sylwia Czachór
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Generational Differences ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Past ◽  
Artistic Representations ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Impact

Generational differences in artistic representations of the experience of totalitarian past in the new Czech theatre. The article presents an analysis of a number of Czech performances from the years 2007–2013 on the topic of the communist era and reflecting on the changes that have occurred over the past 25 years. Selected directors belong to three generations of artists: the ones already creating in the 1960s, the ones debuting just before or just after the Velvet Revolution and the ones beginning their career in 2000. The comparison of performances produced within a short time clearly shows the differences, both aesthetic and ideological, in the method of recognizing similar issues by the authors growing up in a completely different socio-political conditions. Works of the oldest generation, using conventional theatrical means, reveal the strongest judgmental tendencies, the need to show the ambiguous choices in black and white colors. The average generation contend with the legend of past years, asking difficult questions about the impact of the past on the shape of collective identity. The youngest generation, however, intentionally emphasize that their knowledge about communism is mediated, which encourages them to analyze the history and memory of their families in search of their own roots.Generační rozdíly v uměleckém zobrazování zkušenosti totalitární minulosti v nejnovějším českém divadle. Příspěvek obsahuje analýzu několika českých představení z let 2007–2013, jejichž tématem se stalo období komunismu a reflexe nad proměnami posledních 25 let. Vybraní režiséři patří ke třem generacím umělců:  jedni inscenovali dlouho před rokem 1989, druzí debutovali krátce po sametové revoluci, zatímco třetí zahájili kariéru v roce 2000. Soubor představení vzniklých v malém časovém rozpětí výrazně ukazuje jak estetické, tak světonázorové rozdíly ve způsobu uchopení podobné tematiky autory, kteří vyrůstali ve zcela odlišných společensko-politických podmínkách. Díla nejstarší generace pomocí konvenčních divadelních prostředků projevují nejsilnější tendence posuzovat a odsuzovat, nutnost ukázat nejednoznačné volby v černo-bílých barvách. Střední generace se poměřuje s legendami mi­nulých dob, pokládá obtížné otázky po vlivu minulosti na podobu kolektivní identity. Nejmladší tvůrci pak vědomě zdůrazňují, že jejich znalost komunismu je zprostředkovaná, což je vede k analyzování historie a rodinné paměti při hledání vlastních kořenů.  

Mumbai North: Contemporary Aerial Photographs of Mumbai’s Suburbs

Urbanisation ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-138
Author(s):  
Robert D. Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Pollution Control ◽  
National Park ◽  
Aerial Photographs ◽  
Urban Forms ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
The Past ◽  
Suspended Particulate ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Photo Essay

‘Mumbai North’ features black-and-white aerial photographs of the city’s suburban ecologies—social and natural. Spanning from Sanjay Gandhi National Park to Gorai Creek, and from Bhiwandi’s Waral Lake to Powai, the series visually engages with the ecosystems of Mumbai. Juxtaposed against each photograph are excerpts from archival publications, such as the 1964 Report on the Development Plan for Greater Bombay and the 1965 Marg publication, Bombay, Planning and Dreaming. Together, these two art forms are interwoven into a photo-literary tapestry spanning decades, providing historical insight as to how policies and development plans of the past have shaped urban forms of the present. Air pollution levels, as monitored by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, record the contents of atmospheric contaminants such as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and respirable suspended particulate matter. This photo-essay integrates multiple layers of information—visual, historical and anthropogenic—as a contemporary means of a new civic survey.

scholarly journals Giant panda conservation science: how far we have come

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald R. Swaisgood ◽  
Fuwen Wei ◽  
David E. Wildt ◽  
Andrew J. Kouba ◽  
Zejun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Biology ◽  
Spatial Ecology ◽  
Giant Panda ◽  
Direct Application ◽  
Conservation Science ◽  
Giant Pandas ◽  
The Past ◽  
Habitat Recovery ◽  
Lost Time ◽  
Science To Management

The giant panda is a conservation icon, but science has been slow to take up its cause in earnest. In the past decade, researchers have been making up for lost time, as reflected in the flurry of activity reported at the symposium Conservation Science for Giant Pandas and Their Habitat at the 2009 International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) in Beijing. In reports addressing topics ranging from spatial ecology to molecular censusing, from habitat recovery in newly established reserves to earthquake-induced habitat loss, from new insights into factors limiting carrying capacity to the uncertain effects of climate change, this symposium displayed the vibrant and blossoming application of science to giant panda conservation. Collectively, we find that we have come a long way, but we also reach an all-too-familiar conclusion: the more we know, the more challenges are revealed. While many earlier findings are supported, many of our assumptions are debatable. Here we discuss recent advancements in conservation science for giant pandas and suggest that the way forward is more direct application of emerging science to management and policy.

Strangers and Friends at the Welcome Table

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Hudnut-Beumler
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
First Century ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Past ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Mass Shooting ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Evangelical Protestant

In this fresh and fascinating chronicle of Christianity in the contemporary South, historian and minister James Hudnut-Beumler draws on extensive interviews and his own personal journeys throughout the region over the past decade to present a comprehensive portrait of the South’s long-dominant religion. Hudnut-Beumler traveled to both rural and urban communities, listening to the faithful talk about their lives and beliefs. What he heard pushes hard against prevailing notions of southern Christianity as an evangelical Protestant monolith so predominant as to be unremarkable. True, outside of a few spots, no non-Christian group forms more than six-tenths of one percent of a state’s population in what Hudnut-Beumler calls the Now South. Drilling deeper, however, he discovers an unexpected, blossoming diversity in theology, practice, and outlook among southern Christians. He finds, alongside traditional Baptists, black and white, growing numbers of Christians exemplifying changes that no one could have predicted even just forty years ago, from congregations of LGBT-supportive evangelicals and Spanish-language church services to a Christian homeschooling movement so robust in some places that it may rival public education in terms of acceptance. He also finds sharp struggles and political divisions among those trying to reconcile such Christian values as morality and forgiveness—the aftermath of the mass shooting at Charleston’s Emanuel A.M.E. Church in 2015 forming just one example. This book makes clear that understanding the twenty-first-century South means recognizing many kinds of southern Christianities.

scholarly journals Why is the giant panda black and white?

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 657-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Caro ◽  
Hannah Walker ◽  
Zoe Rossman ◽  
Megan Hendrix ◽  
Theodore Stankowich
Keyword(s):  
Giant Panda ◽  
Black And White

scholarly journals Cyberethics: Identifying The Moral, Legal And Social Issues Of Cybertechnology In K-12 Classrooms

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
David S. Brown ◽  
Tao Wang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Past ◽  
American Students ◽  
Ethical Choices ◽  
Cyber Crimes ◽  
K 12

Two computer viruses that have caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage over the past four years are the Melissa and the Sasser virus. In March of 1999, the Melissa virus first appeared on the Internet and spread rapidly throughout computer systems in the United States and Europe. The virus made its way through 1.2 million computers in the United States alone. On December 9, 1999, David Smith pleaded guilty to state and federal charges associated with his creation of the Melissa virus (Vamosi, 2003). Reasons for writing the viruses; boredom, the challenge, and thats what Im good at, what I like to do. In May, 2004, the Sasser virus was released by an 18 year old in Germany (Williams, 2004). The arrest made on this script kiddie was the first which used Microsofts $5,000,000 fund, even though millions has been offered for information on other viruses. Unfortunately, young virus creators are unwilling to turn one another in, claiming they write viruses because they have nothing else to do or because they just want to see what happens. The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, this paper will describe the extent of Internet/cyber use by American students. Second, this paper will present data from a resent research project showing the large amount of cyber crimes are secondary students are aware of and are participating in. Finally, this paper will present scenarios which might help the reader understand why ethical choices of todays script kiddies are not as black and white as the reader might think.

Surveying Memory: The Past in Black and White

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry J. Griffin ◽  
Peggy G. Hargis
Keyword(s):  
Black And White ◽  
The Past
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