An intimate understanding : the rise of British musical revue 1890-1920

A close examination of more than 100 play scripts and the unpublished writings of Revue impresario Andre' Charlot (1882-1956) provides the original bases for this thesis. Although it is usually assumed that British musical Revue's origins must be French, a close look at its genealogy shows that the elements of Revue existed in British musical theatre before 1890. These included Burlesque, Burletta, Musical Comedy, Variety, Concert Party and Ballet. The rise of the up-to-date thing called Revue was partly the product of general social change during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. Of particular importance to the development of Intimate Revue--the notably British contribution to the genre--was the physical development from 1890 of London's West End, particularly the building of many small and medium-sized theatres. A number of "proto-revues" and short "revues" included in Variety bills preceded the arrival of "real" Revue in 1912. In that year, Revue escaped Variety via the latest of many changes in jurisdiction which finally allowed its presentation in "theatres". Revue might not have developed beyond the Spectacular type except for the 1914-1918 war and its austerities. Charles B. Cochran's serendipitous Odds and Ends (1914-1915) is properly the first Intimate Revue, though the genre was subsequently given its definitive shape by Charlot. The development of its distinctive theatrical form is characterised in the development of Revue specialists, the most important of which are shown to be the literary-minded authors of mini-dramas: "sketches." All the elements of the developed form meet in the Charlot revue Buzz Buzz (1918-1920). It is argued that Intimate Revue, while gradually losing its "musical" aspect, held to this model for more than three decades; it is also argued that Intimate Revue's example altered the course of Revue in the United States

Effective Use of Slaughter Checks for Identification and Control of Swine Disease

Swine producers, individually and as an industry are faced with numerous and complicated challenges. It is a\u3e dynamic industi^^,. .One area of interaction within tiie infrast^cture-is that of.animal health.^lere are m^ny. diseases known to affect swihe and their production efficiencies,, These diseases Impact producers and the industry in numerous, interrelated ways ., Severe animal disease can cause producers•to dramatically limit or even halt,production [1]. Disease can be clinical or subclinical.. Clinical disease is easily observable and actions can be taken to reduce its level; However, many swine diseases are subclinical and are riot visually observableFor subclinical disease, detection and accurate diagnoses in the live animal can be difficult.;-,.Yet these diseases can result in significant reductions in\u27animal efficiency and.^roduqef, losse

Determination of Swine Pneumonia and Impacts on Production Costs Through Slaughter Checks

Livestock producers are continually faced with decisions on animal health maintenance. Surveillance*of animals for disease symptoms enables producers to more successfully deal with these events and effectively evaluate disease prevention and treatment programs

Telomere maintenance is dependent on activities required for end repair of double-strand breaks

AbstractTelomeres are functionally distinct from ends generated by chromosome breakage, in that telomeres, unlike double-strand breaks, are insulated from recombination with other chromosomal termini [1]. We report that the Ku heterodimer and the Rad50/Mre11/Xrs2 complex, both of which are required for repair of double-strand breaks [2–5], have separate roles in normal telomere maintenance in yeast. Using epistasis analysis, we show that the Ku end-binding complex defined a third telomere-associated activity, required in parallel with telomerase [6] and Cdc13, a protein binding the single-strand portion of telomere DNA [7,8]. Furthermore, loss of Ku function altered the expression of telomere-located genes, indicative of a disruption of telomeric chromatin. These data suggest that the Ku complex and the Cdc13 protein function as terminus-binding factors, contributing distinct roles in chromosome end protection. In contrast, MRE11 and RAD50 were required for the telomerase-mediated pathway, rather than for telomeric end protection; we propose that this complex functions to prepare DNA ends for telomerase to replicate. These results suggest that as a part of normal telomere maintenance, telomeres are identified as double-strand breaks, with additional mechanisms required to prevent telomere recombination. Ku, Cdc13 and telomerase define three epistasis groups required in parallel for telomere maintenance

Magnetoresistance Scaling Reveals Symmetries of the Strongly Correlated Dynamics in BaFe_{2}(As_{1-x}P_{x})_{2}.

The phenomenon of T-linear resistivity commonly observed in a number of strange metals has been widely seen as evidence for the breakdown of the quasiparticle picture of metals. This study shows that a recently discovered H/T scaling relationship in the magnetoresistance of the strange metal BaFe_{2}(As_{1-x}P_{x})_{2} is independent of the relative orientations of current and magnetic field. Rather, its magnitude and form depend only on the orientation of the magnetic field with respect to a single crystallographic axis: the direction perpendicular to the magnetic iron layers. This finding suggests that the magnetotransport scaling does not originate from the conventional averaging or orbital velocity of quasiparticles as they traverse a Fermi surface, but rather from dissipation arising from two-dimensional correlations

Anisotropy in the Magnetoresistance Scaling of BaFe2_2(As1−x_{1-x}Px_{x})2_2

Theories of the strange metal, the parent state of many high temperature superconductors, invariably involve an important role for correlations in the spin and charge degrees of freedom. The most distinctive signature of this state in the charge transport sector is a resistance that varies linearly in temperature, but this phenomenon does not clearly point to one mechanism as temperature is a scalar quantity that influences every possible mechanism for momentum relaxation. In a previous work we identified an unusual scaling relationship between magnetic field and temperature in the in-plane resistivity of the unconventional superconductor BaFe$_2$(As$_{1-x}$P$_{x}$)$_2$, providing an opportunity to use the vector nature of the magnetic field to acquire additional clues about the mechanisms responsible for scattering in the strange metal state. Here we extend this work by investigating other components of the conductivity tensor under different orientations of the magnetic field. We find that the scaling phenomenon involves only the out-of-plane component of the magnetic field and is, strikingly, independent of the direction of the applied current. This suggests that the origin of the strange magnetotransport is in the action of the magnetic field on the correlated behavior of spin and charge degrees of freedom, rather than on the simple cyclotron motion of individual quasiparticles.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure

Crop Updates 2010 - Genetically Modified Crops, Nutrition and Soils

GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS 1. Evaluation of the environmental and economic impact of Roundup Ready® canola in the Western Australian crop production system, James Fisher and Désirée Futures, York, Western Australia, Peter Tozer, PRT Consulting, Armidale NSW 2. Controlling wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) in Roundup Ready®1 Canola: Outcomes from the Nufarm 2009 Roundup Ready small plot trial Program, Mike Jackson, Nufarm Australia Limited 3. Weed strategies for glyphosate tolerant crops, John Moore, Department of Agriculture and Food 4. Results of the 2009 Western Australia Roundup Ready® canola trials, Dr James Neilsen, Canola Systems Specialist, Monsanto Australia NUTRITION 5. Modelling P runoff losses from agricultural systems, Geoff Anderson1, Wen Chen1, 2, Richard Bell2 and Ross Brennan1, 1Department of Agriculture and Food, 2School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University 6. Evaluation of deep banded biochars or biochar-mineral complex for increasing wheat yield or replacing fertiliser, Paul Blackwell, Allan Herbert and Stephen Davies, Department of Agriculture and Food 7. Improving fertiliser management: Redefining soil test-crop response relationships for canola in Western Australia, Wen Chen1, 2, Ross Brennan2, Richard Bell1, Mike Bolland2 and Geoff Anderson2, 1School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, 2Department of Agriculture and Food 8. Phosphorus placement for wheat and lupins in WA cropping systems, 1School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, 2Department of Agriculture and Food 9. The benefits of fertilising pastures for following crops, James Easton, Ryan Guthrie and Rowan Maddern, CSBP 10. Good nutrition produces high quality wheat in the high rainfall zone of Western Australia, Darren Hughes, Adveco Fertilisers; Wagga Wagga, Robert Belford, Curtin University of Technology, Wal Anderson, Department of Agriculture and Food, and Ian Edwards, Edstar Genetics, Perth 11. Lime to get maximum benefit from soil phosphorus, Reg Lunt and Bill Bowden, Department of Agriculture and Food 12. Variable rate top up N – Is it worth the trouble? Nigel Metz, South East Premium Wheat Growers Association (SEPWA) SOILS 13. Impact of soil inversion, soil dilution and claying on non-wetting sandplain soils, Stephen Davies, Peter Newman and Breanne Best, Department of Agriculture and Food 14. Long term effects of lime application on soil p, crop yields and annual ryegrass competition, Chris Gazey, Department of Agriculture and Food, Joel Andrew, Precision SoilTech, Belmont, Western Australi

Major flaws in conflict prevention policies towards Africa : the conceptual deficits of international actors’ approaches and how to overcome them

Current thinking on African conflicts suffers from misinterpretations oversimplification, lack of focus, lack of conceptual clarity, state-centrism and lack of vision). The paper analyses a variety of the dominant explanations of major international actors and donors, showing how these frequently do not distinguish with sufficient clarity between the ‘root causes’ of a conflict, its aggravating factors and its triggers. Specifically, a correct assessment of conflict prolonging (or sustaining) factors is of vital importance in Africa’s lingering confrontations. Broader approaches (e.g. “structural stability”) offer a better analytical framework than familiar one-dimensional explanations. Moreover, for explaining and dealing with violent conflicts a shift of attention from the nation-state towards the local and sub-regional level is needed.Aktuelle Analysen afrikanischer Gewaltkonflikte sind häufig voller Fehlinterpretationen (Mangel an Differenzierung, Genauigkeit und konzeptioneller Klarheit, Staatszentriertheit, fehlende mittelfristige Zielvorstellungen). Breitere Ansätze (z. B. das Modell der Strukturellen Stabilität) könnten die Grundlage für bessere Analyseraster und Politiken sein als eindimensionale Erklärungen. häufig differenzieren Erklärungsansätze nicht mit ausreichender Klarheit zwischen Ursachen, verschärfenden und auslösenden Faktoren. Insbesondere die richtige Einordnung konfliktverlängernder Faktoren ist in den jahrzehntelangen gewaltsamen Auseinandersetzungen in Afrika von zentraler Bedeutung. Das Diskussionspapier stellt die große Variationsbreite dominanter Erklärungsmuster der wichtigsten internationalen Geber und Akteure gegenüber und fordert einen Perspektivenwechsel zum Einbezug der lokalen und der subregionalen Ebene für die Erklärung und Bearbeitung gewaltsamer Konflikte

Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia

Previous phylogenetic studies have indicated that Acacia Miller s.l. is polyphyletic and in need of reclassification. A proposal to conserve the name Acacia for the larger Australian contingent of the genus (formerly subgenus Phyllodineae) resulted in the retypification of the genus with the Australian A. penninervis. However, Acacia s.l. comprises at least four additional distinct clades or genera, some still requiring formal taxonomic transfer of species. These include Vachellia (formerly subgenus Acacia), Senegalia (formerly subgenus Aculeiferum), Acaciella (formerly subgenus Aculeiferum section Filicinae) and Mariosousa (formerly the A. coulteri group). In light of this fragmentation of Acacia s.l., there is a need to assess relationships of the non-Australian taxa. A molecular phylogenetic study of Acacia s.l and close relatives occurring in Africa was conducted using sequence data from matK/trnK, trnL-trnF and psbA-trnH with the aim of determining the placement of the African species in the new generic system. The results reinforce the inevitability of recognizing segregate genera for Acacia s.l. and new combinations for the African species in Senegalia and Vachellia are formalized.Web of Scienc