The Soldier Ghaut Petroglyphs on Montserrat, Lesser Antilles

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
John F. Cherry ◽  
Krysta Ryzewski ◽  
Susana Guimarães ◽  
Christian Stouvenot ◽  
Sarita Francis
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Vertical Wall ◽  
Landscape Archaeology ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Lesser Antilles ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Rock Wall ◽  
Lighting Conditions ◽  
Blank Spot

Only five years ago, Montserrat was a blank spot on the distribution map of islands in the Lesser Antilles where petroglyphs were known. In January 2016, hikers in Soldier Ghaut, a deeply incised watercourse in the northwest of the island, came upon a panel of nine petroglyphs engraved on a nearly vertical wall of volcanoclastic tuff. Soon afterward the petroglyphs were documented by the Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat project (SLAM). Then in January 2018 an additional petroglyph was spotted on a large slab of rock, detached from the rock wall on the opposite side of the ghaut. At the invitation of the Montserrat National Trust (MNT) and with European Union funding, Susana Guimarães and Christian Stouvenot traveled to Montserrat in 2018 to assist in further studies at the site. They conducted photogrammetric documentation and photography under enhanced lighting conditions and inspected the petroglyphs and their context in detail in order to advise MNT about their conservation and provisions for public access. This report presents this new group of petroglyphs and their landscape setting and considers questions of dating and interpretation.

Nematospora coryli. [Distribution map].

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Lesser Antilles ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Nematospora coryli Peglion. Hosts: Cotton (Gossypium), Coffee (Coffea), Citrus, etc. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Central African Republic, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, ASIA, Burma, China, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, EUROPE, Italy, NORTH AMERICA, Mexico, USA (California, Florida N. and South Carolina, Oklahoma, Va), CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Cuba, Jamaica, Lesser, Antilles, Puerto Rico, SOUTH AMERICA, Brazil (Sao Paulo).

Cercospora vaginae. [Distribution map].

1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Central America ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
Saccharum Officinarum ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Lesser Antilles ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Upper Volta

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Cercospora vaginae Krüger. Hosts: Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum). Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Dahomey, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Malagasy Republic, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Rhodesia, Senegal, South Africa, Upper Volta, ASIA, Afghanistan, China, India, Indonesia (Java), Japan, Peninsular Malaysia, Okinawa, Philippines, Taiwan (Formosa), Thailand, Vietnam, AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA, Hawaii, NORTH AMERICA, Mexico, USA, CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Lesser, Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, Salvador, Trinidad, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.

ICTs, Public Access to Documents, and Transparency in the European Union

2014 ◽  
pp. 192-200
Author(s):  
Marios Papandreou
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Public Access ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Access To Documents

This chapter examines the relationship between Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and transparency in the public sphere. The link between the two is rather easy to conceive: ICTs facilitate flow and management of information, which is crucial to achieve openness and accountability and advance public debate. In this chapter, the issue is examined in the context of the European Union (EU), from the point of view of public access to documents and the role of the European Ombudsman (EO). The author presents the applicable legislative framework and discusses the role of the EO in facilitating and promoting public access to documents, with emphasis on the EO's mandate, the procedure followed, and its possible outcomes. The last part of the chapter examines the decision of the EO on a recent case concerning public access to documents of interest to a wide public, whereby it is illustrated that ICTs, by facilitating access to documents and information, advance openness, transparency, good governance, and accountability.

scholarly journals Prediction and risk evaluation of chalk cliff collapse: the PROTECT project

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 89-92
Author(s):  
Stig A. Schack Pedersen ◽  
Ingelise Møller
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Risk Evaluation ◽  
Short Description ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Rock Falls ◽  
Security Regulations ◽  
Practical Implications

A major cliff collapse took place at Store Stejlebjerg in the southern part of Møns Klint on 5 July 2003 (Fig. 1). This cliff collapse was one in a number of rock falls that has affected Møns Klint with a frequency of about one per five years. Geological investigations of the rock fall at Store Stejlebjerg were carried out by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) after the Danish Forest and Nature Agency had asked for advice and help concerning security regulations for public access to the site. GEUS was prepared for this type of investigation due to the Survey’s engagement in the European Union project PROTECT, which aims at prediction of chalk cliff collapses. In this project a number of sites in northern Europe have been selected for detailed investigation, among which two are situated at Møns Klint, southeast Denmark (Fig. 1). This report provides a short description of the 2003 cliff collapse at Møns Klint and a brief description of the PROTECT project and its practical implications for cliff collapse evaluation.

scholarly journals Transformation of Digital Legal Deposit in Terms of Legislation and Public Access

Knygotyra ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 136-153
Author(s):  
Georgi Alexandrov
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
New Media ◽  
Public Access ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Online Publishing ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Access Regulation ◽  
Electronic Content ◽  
National Libraries ◽  
Geographical Scope

[full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian] The age of digitization is marked by a huge quantity and variety of electronic content distributed on the Internet. Building national collections of deposited electronic publications is a challenge related to the preservation of the global cultural heritage. The purpose of the article is to examine the ongoing transformation of the digital legal deposit with a focus on the legislative and public access regulation. The geographical scope of the research covers the countries from the European Union in the time span of the last two decades. Three stages of digital legal deposit implementation are identified: legislative regulation, technological infrastructure and practical procedures. The article presents the adaptation of deposit laws to the new media environment marked by fast growing online publishing. The study identifies the features of controlled e-reading as the main access tool in the deposit institutions and classifies them into two types: restriction related and usability related. The major challenges to a further digital legal deposit development are specified as legislative, technological, financial, and social. Examples of public access regulation in several European national libraries are observed with emphasis on the most advanced practices. Based on the main findings, the article formulates the forecast for less restrictions and better cooperation within the European Union concerning the regulation of public access to digital deposit collections.

Taxonomic revision of the New World big-eyed minute litter bug genus Ommatides Uhler (Hemiptera: Schizopteridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4585 (1) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROCHELLE HOEY-CHAMBERLAIN ◽  
CHRISTIANE WEIRAUCH
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
New World ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Lesser Antilles ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

Hypselosomatinae, the big-eyed minute litter bugs, are diagnosed among Schizopteridae (infraorder Dipsocoromorpha) by the large eye, 4-segmented labium, and distinct wing venation. The group was recovered as sister taxon to all remaining Schizopteridae in recent molecular phylogenetic analyses. Described species diversity of Hypselosomatinae (13 extant genera prior to this study) is greatest in the Old World and in particular the Australian region, while only five monotypic or small genera are currently described from the New World (Glyptocombus Heidemann, Ommatides Uhler, Williamsocoris Carpintero & Dellapé, Hypsohapsis Hoey-Chamberlain & Weirauch, and Hypselosomops Hoey-Chamberlain & Weirauch). Based on examination of 60 specimens of Hypselosomatinae from South America, we here synonymize Ommatides that includes one described species from the Lesser Antilles with the monotypic genus Williamsocoris Carpintero & Dellapé from Argentina, describe seven new species of Ommatides (O. duodentis sp. nov., O. nudus sp. nov., O. parvidentis sp. nov., O. pillcopata sp. nov., O. pristis sp. nov., O. tridentis sp. nov., O. yoderi sp. nov. and O. zanderij sp. nov.) from various locations in South America, and redescribe Ommatides. We provide thorough documentation of morphological features using macroimages, SEM, and line drawings for new taxa and Ommatides insignis Uhler and a distribution map for all currently known New World Hypselosomatinae. 

scholarly journals Comparison of the European Union Disease Surveillance Networks’ websites

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 13-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Lenglet ◽  
G Hernández Pezzi
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Public Access ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Case Definitions ◽  
Surveillance Networks ◽  
Surveillance Network ◽  
Raw Data ◽  
Basic Set ◽  
Disease Case

Currently the surveillance of infectious disease in the European Union (EU) is supported by the Basic Surveillance Network (BSN) and other disease specific surveillance networks (DSNs). Each network has its own website. The objective of the current study was to describe the information presented with public access on each website from the perspective of its usefulness for the surveillance of an EU member state. The BSN and the DSNs cited in Decision 2003/542/CE were included. Each website was reviewed and assessed on the inclusion of characteristics from three broad categories: 1) general information, 2) procedures for data collection and 3) data presentation. Ten surveillance network websites were reviewed during the week of 5 December 2005. At least 80% of the 10 networks included a list of participating countries, the contact addresses for the coordinator of the network and the participating country gatekeepers and the network’s objectives. Only one network specified the source and coverage of the data of each country on its website, and seven presented the disease case definition. Raw data were shown on eight websites and only two networks included presentation of elaborated data for the whole of the EU. Four networks included no reports on their websites. The periodicity of presentation for both raw data and elaborated data varied greatly between networks. The publicly available information on the 10 network websites studied was not homogeneous. We recommend that all networks present a basic set of characteristics on their websites, including case definitions, procedures used for data collection and periodic reports covering elaborated data for the entire EU.

Introduction: The Supreme Court’s Place in UK Politics

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Chris Hanretty
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Public Access ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Influences ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Uk Supreme Court ◽  
The Uk

This chapter introduces readers to the UK Supreme Court by describing two cases heard by the court: one case that almost no readers will have heard of, and that involved public access to land; and one case that was hugely controversial and that profoundly affected the process of the UK’s exit from the European Union. After describing the structure and operation of the court, the chapter steps back in time to explore the reasons for the court’s creation, and makes a case for the importance of understanding the court’s political role—and, as a consequence, for modeling the judges’ behaviors in ways that allow for subtle political influences alongside more consequential legal and organizational factors.

Nematospora coryli. [Distribution map].

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Lesser Antilles ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Southern States ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Nematospora coryli Peglion. Hosts: Cotton (Gossypium), coffee (Coffea), Citrus, Corylus, Phaseolus and many others. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Asia, China, Sichuan, India, Maharashtra, Assam, Indonesia, Java, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Europe, Greece, Italy, Sicily, North America, Mexico, USA, Southern States, Central America & West Indies, Costa Rica, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, South America, Brazil, Sao Paulo.

scholarly journals The Revision of Regulation 1049/2001: Public Access Deadlocked for a Decade

MaRBLe ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Aktas
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Negative Response ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Revision Process ◽  
Ultimate Objective ◽  
The Right ◽  
Access To Documents ◽  
Shed Light

Regulation 1049/2001 on access to Commission, European Parliament and Council documents was due to be revised a decade ago. The revision process started with a proposal by the Commission in 2008. However, the negative response of the European Parliament signalled what came to be deadlocked process. This chapter aims to unearth the reasons underlying this deadlock by comparing the proposal of the Commission and the resolution adopted by the European Parliament in response to it. The resulting differences in both institutions’ positions are going to be used to clarify their underlying motives for rejecting each other’s proposals. The ultimate objective of this chapter is thus to shed light on the Commission and the European Parliament’s attitudes towards transparency and the right to public access to documents within the European Union.

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