Mainland Greece and the Diadochoi

2021 ◽  
pp. 257-286
Author(s):  
Christopher de Lisle
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
Do So

This chapter deals with Agathokles’ relations with the cities of mainland Greece and the Macedonian warlords. Ties with mainland Greece were already deep at the start of Agathokles’ reign; relationships with Corinth and Sparta were of key importance during his original seizure of power. These ongoing relationships played a significant role in the construction of identity on both sides of the Adriatic. The Macedonian warlords loomed large in Sicily, partly because their activities seriously disrupted these relationships. Agathokles strove to keep them as far away from himself as possible while watching for opportunities to take advantage of their strife. The Diadochoi were quick to seize any ideology, resource, tactic, or alliance to gain the advantage over their foes. It is no surprise, therefore, that several strove to forge links with Agathokles, often employing the old links between Sicily and the poleis of Greece to do so.

Helena

2021 ◽  
pp. 347-350
Author(s):  
Michael Llewellyn-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Byzantine Empire ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Peace Negotiations ◽  
Grave’S Disease ◽  
Grave's Disease ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
Do So ◽  
The Way

This chapter describes Helena Schilizzi, a London-based member of the widespread and prosperous Schilizzi family, who met Venizelos during the peace negotiations of late 1912-1913 and became devoted to him. It is based in part on her memoir A l'Ombre de Veniselos. The Schilizzis originated in the Byzantine empire, spread to Chios and later to London and other European cities. Helena, troubled for a period by Grave's disease, came across Venizelos by reading his 1910 speech in Athens, and was captivated. She took every opportunity to get close to him, starting with his contacts with the London Greek community during the peace negotiations. She realized that the way to attach herself to him was to devote herself to the cause of Greece. With her money she was able to do so.

15. Development Aid and Global Justice

2021 ◽  
pp. 218-232
Author(s):  
William Abel ◽  
Elizabeth Kahn ◽  
Tom Parr ◽  
Andrew Walton
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Global Poverty ◽  
Global Order ◽  
Do So

This chapter examines whether affluent states should commit significant funds to alleviate poverty abroad. It argues not only that they should, but also that their duties to those who live in poverty go far beyond this. This argument in favour of development aid is based on the idea that an individual has a duty to prevent something very bad from happening when they can do so at little cost to themselves. The chapter then highlights that the global order plays a significant role in the persistence of global poverty, and this further supports the case for development aid. It also considers the claim that states should prioritize meeting the claims of their own members ahead of the claims of those who live abroad. The chapter shows that, even if this is true, it does not undermine the case for committing significant funds to alleviate global poverty.

scholarly journals Head-bobbing in the Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

2016 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Thomas J Lisney ◽  
Nikolaus F Troje
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Strong Evidence ◽  
Functional Significance ◽  
Visual Detection ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Larus Delawarensis ◽  
Head Bobbing ◽  
Common Behaviour ◽  
Do So

Many birds bob their head as they walk or run on the ground. The functional significance of this behaviour is unclear, but there is strong evidence that it plays a significant role in enhancing visual perception. If head-bobbing is advantageous, however, then it is a puzzle that some birds do not head-bob. As a group, gulls (Laridae) are among the birds that reportedly do not head-bob,yet here we report head-bobbing among Ring-billed Gulls (Larus delawarensis), observed and filmed in Ontario, when walking relatively slowly while foraging on the ground. This suggests that head-bobbing plays a key role in the visual detection of food items in this species. We suggest that head-bobbing may be a relatively common behaviour in foraging Ring-billed Gulls and speculate that other gulls (and indeed other birds) previously thought not to head-bob may in fact do so under certain circumstances.

scholarly journals Studies of linkage in populations. X. Altitude and autosomal gene arrangements in Drosophila robusta

1993 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Levitan ◽  
Sonja J. Scheffer
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Autosomal Gene ◽  
Previous Evidence ◽  
Its Gene ◽  
Consistent Change ◽  
Drosophila Robusta ◽  
Do So

SummaryData are presented concerning the gene arrangements in the second and third chromosomes of Drosophila robusta in eight altitudinal transects. A consistent change is the increase in the arrangement 2L-3, particularly in the linkage combination 2L-3.2R, with increasing altitude. The reciprocal decrease with increasing altitude affects several different 2-left arrangements, most consistently 2L-1. The arrangements of 2-right show no significant variation with altitude, and those of 3-right do so only in a few samples of the two northern transects studied, none in any of the southern ones. These results confirm previous evidence for the significant role of the arrangements of the left arm of the second chromosome in the adaptations of this species to altitude and suggest further that interactions of linked arrangements are involved in these adaptations. The data also indicate that the factors responsible for the altitudinal adaptations of this species are in many cases not the same ones that are responsible for variations in its gene arrangements with latitude.

Jericho Tomb 13

1937 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 259-262
Author(s):  
A. J. B. Wace
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
Do So

The Mycenean pottery which is often found in tombs and on inhabited sites in Palestine frequently provides useful evidence for dating purposes, and occasionally, too, the presence of Egyptian objects helps to confirm the dating of the Mycenean pottery itself. Recent research, especially on the Mainland of Greece, has made clear the main lines of development of Mycenean pottery through the three periods of L.H. I, II and III and consequently the comparative dates provided by the finding of such pottery on Palestinian sites may be taken as approximately correct. It is, however, essential that the Mycenean pottery or the local Palestinian imitations of it should be assigned to the correct period. Failure to do so may lead to a misdating of the Palestinian local wares or of the other objects associated with them. A case of this seems to have occurred at Jericho.

scholarly journals Christianity and Indigenisation in Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 18-30
Author(s):  
M. A. Masoga ◽  
A. Nicolaides
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
African Continent ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Spiritual Consciousness ◽  
The Church ◽  
Do So

In a quest for greater coherence between parochial identities, culture and Christianity, there exists an African consciousness which seeks to indigenise and decolonise Christianity. Africans are profoundly religious people who view their faith as part of their way of life, as strengthening their cultures and providing a moral compass for daily living. In efforts to transform society, the Christian religion has played a significant role in the path to African development. Christianity in Africa dates to the very inception of the church. Africans consequently played a crucial role in establishing the doctrines and theology of the early church. While African Traditional religion (ATR) is paramount, it is the purpose of this article to suggest that the Christian faith has and continuous to play a significant role on the African continent in its development. While there are many indigenous African beliefs, these have been to a large extent supported by Christianity in a quest to systematize novel knowledge and promote peace and tolerance across the continent. Many Africans have sought facets of Christianity that are similar to their religious and personal practices and continue to do so. Thus, while there exist numerous similarities and also differences between Christianity and ATR, it is imperative to preserve old-style regional distinctiveness and Christianity as the unifying rudiments in nation building endeavours and in efforts to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Africans can and should come to comprehend the Triune Godhead as being consistent with their own spiritual consciousness and existential veracities. Indigenization of Christianity requires enculturation and essentially an understanding that it is indeed ecumenical and also embraces diversity and fundamentally requires viewing Holy Scriptures and the truths they propound as being applicable to any context and cultural milieu across the ages. Christians after all espouse a faith in the Ekklesia or body of Christ for all its people who are the Laos of God.

Delays and Half-Measures

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashoka Mody
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Property Prices ◽  
Greek Economy ◽  
Lending Decisions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
Do So

This chapter studies the cases of Greece and Ireland in 2010. Amidst the raging global financial crisis, the Greek economy appeared to have held up well. However, every informed observer knew that Greece's statistical data was appalling—and too often deliberately misleading. It was later revealed that Greek debt was above 110 percent of GDP, and, with large deficits, debt was piling up rapidly. The chapter then looks at the Irish crisis, which had been building since late-September 2008. To persuade creditors to continue to fund Irish banks, the government had guaranteed that it would repay their debts if the banks themselves were unable do so. Irish banks had made bad lending decisions and had made huge losses. If not already bankrupt, they were heading to bankruptcy as property prices had continued to fall.

The Role of the Independent: Ralph B. Lloyd and the Development of California's Coastal Oil Region, 1900-1940

2010 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-328
Author(s):  
Michael R. Adamson
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Risk And Uncertainty ◽  
Do So

Independents, or nonintegrated companies, played a significant role in finding and producing crude oil in California, just as they had in Texas. They were able to do so because the resources of majors, or integrated firms, were not decisive in the search for oil. As both majors and independents increased in number, the factors of risk and uncertainty persuaded independents and majors to cooperate with each other. The case of Ralph B. Lloyd demonstrates the argument. Lloyd was a forceful individual who used his preeminent leasing position to shape the development of the Ventura Avenue field—the largest in the coastal region—through symbiotic relations with Shell and Associated. Lloyd's role is not captured in the data that scholars often use to demonstrate the dominance of m ajors in the California oil industry.

scholarly journals UNASUR in Venezuela: Mediation, Bias and Legitimacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 579-598
Author(s):  
Pryanka Peñafiel Cevallos ◽  
Mouly Cécile
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
Do So

Abstract In light of the ongoing debate about the effectiveness of partial and impartial mediators, we examine how the Venezuelan government’s and the opposition’s perceptions of UNASUR and its good offices influenced its role as facilitator of dialogue between the two parties. We do so on the basis of interviews with key actors linked to the process, as well as a review of the literature and documentary sources. We find that, although there was a perception of lack of neutrality on the part of the mediators involved in the UNASUR effort to facilitate a dialogue in Venezuela, the parties themselves accepted the role of these mediators because they perceived that, through their means, they could achieve beneficial outcomes. Hence, we agree with various authors that the parties’ perception of a mediator is key. Nonetheless, we make a distinction between two types of perceptions that correspond to two types of legitimacy that a mediator can enjoy: ideological legitimacy and pragmatic legitimacy. We argue that the second type is essential and can explain the significant role that biased mediators play in various conflicts, such as that in Venezuela.

scholarly journals Behind the wall in Kobus Moolman’s A Book of Rooms

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Karen Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
The Self ◽  
Georges Perec ◽  
The Past ◽  
Specific Focus ◽  
Sense Of Identity ◽  
Do So

Kobus Moolman prefaces A Book of Rooms with a quote by Georges Perec. The quote details the irrevocability of the past through memory. However, both Perec and Moolman not only recover memory, but are able to do so in great detail, specifically through thorough catalogic descriptions of spaces and objects that surround them in the domestic realm. Analysis of these catalogic descriptions forms the key component of this article. The structure of Moolman’s work, with different rooms used to demarcate different sections, and the significance of objects, further contribute towards his project of recovering the irrevocable. Comparison of Moolman’s project with that of Perec, with reference to Bachelard’s thoughts on the home, serves in the analysis of how the self is related to the concept of a house, with its many rooms in which are stored those things which contribute to an individual’s sense of identity. The generation of narrative via description and cataloguing of these various domestic objects and events is considered, with specific focus given to the ‘bed’ as it plays a significant role in the formation of the self and the recollection of memories. 

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