Pedro José Guiteras ; Historia de la isla de Cuba Auteur(s) : Guiteras, Pedro José, 1814-1890 Alonso Amador, Gladys Fernández Rubinos, Viviana Éditeur(s) : Imagen Contemporánea Imagen Contemporánea ( La Habana ) Résumé : (System Details) System requirements: Pentium III; 128MB RAM: Windows 95 or higher; 24MB free hard disk space; SVGA monitor (800 x 600 resolution, 16 colors); 128-bit sound card; CD-ROM drive. "Primeros historiadores siglo XIX" Includes indexes (Statement of Responsibility) responsable de la edición, Gladys Alonso Amador ; realización y emplane, Viviana Fernández Rubinos. Cuba Cuba 772638050 9597078805 (obra completa) ocn772638050 | Partager |
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Cuban camp, Guantánamo, photographs, 1994-1995 [image 2] Résumé : (Ownership) Received by the Rubenstein Library in 2009 as a gift from Mr. Guarioné Díaz, the Presidentially appointed Ombudsman at Guantánamo. Photographed by Mr. Siro del Castillo, Assistant to the Ombudsman. The canvas tents which originally housed rafters were eventually replaced by "hard-backed tents." This model tent was set up by the military to demonstrate the improvements that would be made. Cuba Guantánamo Bay (Cuba) | Partager |
Forum with Parliament Members : Students Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination ; Audio Recordings of the Proceedings Auteur(s) : Caribbean IRN Résumé : From the PNCR, GAP MPs free to vote conscience on gay rights bill
By Johann Earle
Stabroek News
June 11, 2003
The PNCR will allow its members to vote their conscience on the controversial Constitution (Amendment) Act of 2001 which seeks to prevent discrimination against persons on the basis of their sexual orientation and other grounds.
A number of religious organisations are opposed to the passage of the bill because it includes sexual orientation as one of the grounds. They are concerned that it could lead to a legalisation of homosexual relations and demands for recognition of gay marriages among other things.
PNCR Member of Parliament (MP) Vincent Alexander told a forum at the National Library on Saturday, that the Bill did not seek to legalise homosexuality, but to ensure that persons would not be discriminated against based on their sexual preferences.
He was one of two parliamentarians who showed up - the other being PNCR member, Myrna Peterkin.
The forum was organised by Students Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), a group comprising fifteen students from the University of Guyana which was formed about two weeks ago.
Alexander expects the vote on the bill to come up before the National Assembly in a matter of months.
Paul Hardy, Leader of the Guyana Action Party (GAP), told Stabroek News that his party would not be using the so-called parliamentary whip. He added that GAP took a decision that every member should vote according to his or her own conscience. “We have no right to deny the rights of others based on sexual orientation. [The Bill] will guarantee rights to the homosexual.” GAP is in Parliament as part of an alliance with the Working People’s Alliance. GAP/WPA has two MPs.
The bill was met with rejection from some members of the religious community in 2001 and as a result of this, the President did not assent to it.
In a statement on Monday, the Central Islamic Organisa-tion of Guyana (CIOG) said that it stood in firm opposition to the Bill. The CIOG says the general purpose of the bill may be commendable and that the organisation’s objection is not based on a willingness to promote discrimination. Rather, the CIOG said, it was based on the fact that specific legal protection on the basis of sexual orientation without definition or qualification gives tacit legitimacy to practices which are considered criminal in Islam. “It is foreseeable that such a legal nod of approval (subtle as it may be) of these practices may pave the way for greater social (or even legal) acceptability in the future which, from the perspective of all Muslims including those in Guyana, is an undesirable and sinful outcome,” the CIOG statement said.
At Saturday’s event, Muslim teacher Moulana Mohamed Ali Zenjibari spoke of instances of abuse, discrimination and harsh penalties meted out to gay and lesbian persons in countries such as Iran and Saudi Arabia and noted that the Quran did not sanction such punishments for homosexual behaviour.
President of the CIOG, Fazeel Ferouz told Stabroek News that a meeting to discuss a strategy with regards to the bill was planned for tomorrow with various religious groups.
Stabroek News tried to get a comment on the issue from the PPP/C but to no avail.
ROAR leader, Ravi Dev said that his party was now having discussions on the issue. ROAR feels that it is an important question which has to do with morality and should be discussed across the country. He added legislators had to be in tune with their constituents on the issue.
SASOD is lobbying for the legislation through the sensitisation of MPs.
Keimo Benjamin, a law student at UG, gave a presentation based on the jurisprudential aspects of the discussion on sexual orientation. He argued that morality should not be the only guiding principle on which to base the laws. Sexual activities between two consenting male adults in private could not be equated with a violation of a person’s rights, he said, making the point that the thrust of his presentation was not whether homosexuality was wrong, but whether it violated the rights of others. He said that the attitudes of some towards this subject were based on preconceived notions and prejudices. He cited studies to show that the suppression of certain perceived deviant sexual impulses in persons might do more harm than good. One Harvard University study of teens who said they were gay indicated that those teens were three times more likely to commit suicide.
Vidyaratha Kissoon, of Help and Shelter, in his contribution on Saturday, expressed his displeasure at the low turnout at the forum and urged the parliamentarians who showed up to take the message to their colleagues. He noted that because of homophobia, the numerical minority was terrified of speaking out against instances of discrimination. Gays and lesbians in Guyana were subjected to ridicule and abuse, and walk the streets at night not looking for sex necessarily, but for the companionship of persons who empathise with them.
During his presentation, Joel Simpson, another member of SASOD, outlined a number of changes made within national jurisdictions that had international implications. One such crucial change was South Africa’s 1996 adoption of a new constitution, making that country the first in the world to expressly include sexual orientation as a prohibited ground of discrimination. It was the first time a developing country had taken the lead with respect to the rights of sexual minorities.
He also said that according to Douglas Sanders, a Canadian jurist, the rights of homosexual, bisexual or transsexual men and women had never been officially recognised by the United Nations, despite the fact that international laws on the issue began to emerge at the close of the Second World War.
Simpson said that under Article 170 (5), as amended by Section 8 of the Constitution (Amendment) (No. 4) Act 2000, the President is required to assent to any bill which is returned by the National Assembly unaltered after a two-thirds majority within 90 days of its presentation to him. To the parliamentarians present, Simpson stressed that the onus was now on them to adequately represent their constituents which include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual Guyanese.
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Vote on sexual orientation should be a matter of conscience - MP Alexander
By Esther Elijah
Guyana Chronicle
June 8, 2003
PEOPLE’S National Congress (PNC/R) Member of Parliament Mr. Vincent Alexander, said the Opposition will vote on “conscience” when the piece of legislation on sexual orientation is again brought before the National Assembly.
“With specific reference to my party, when this Bill gets back to the Parliament in the spirit of the arguments here, we will not use the `whip’. Our party will not say we have to vote for the provision (in the Sexual Orientation Bill). We will allow our members to vote as a matter of conscience,” he told participants gathered in the Conference Room of the National Library.
“We feel this is a matter of conscience. You may end up with a collective position but you have to deal with us individually,” Alexander said at a poorly attended public consultation aimed at gaining support for sexual orientation to be considered a fundamental right in Guyana.
Alexander, one of the main persons who sat on the Constitutional Reform Commission that addressed this controversial clause, said the legislation was not meant to legalise homosexual activities in Guyana.
“It was intended to ensure that persons who have an orientation - a way of thinking - which may or may not lead to a certain activity, to not be discriminated against, in terms of their rights,” he explained.
Alexander noted that very often, discussions on the sexual orientation provision in the Bill have led to seepages into other areas where debates centre on the “right to be homosexual.”
“I am saying the Bill does not comment on that… However, law is peculiar, especially in a Common Law system. Once you venture out and change the law, very often you open other windows which we cannot definitively say exist or does not exist in advance,” he said.
“The fear of some people is that the legislators might say one thing and the Courts will eventually say something else. While some people can’t argue against the law, per say, they will say this has opened a window of opportunity not meant to be opened. So, it is better to stay without a window than open it and then have a possibility of something you didn’t intend to happen - happening sometime in the future.”
Alexander added: “I want to say I’ve found this activity to have been rich from the perspective of the amount of research which was done by student (speakers). Without any comment as to whether I agree with the arguments, I would wish that much more research on other issues be done by students, and that at the University (of Guyana) students would find it convenient to have forums on other issues, with the same depth of research for their own intellectual development.”
Alexander and other Opposition M.P, Lurlene Nestor were the only three Parliamentarians in attendance at the session organised by the recently formed `Students Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination’ (SASOD), a group that has a membership of 15 mostly University of Guyana (UG) students from various faculties.
SASOD was established two weeks ago.
With the exception of members of the press, the consultation only managed to attract 11 persons, a handful of who were SASOD members.
While congratulating the students for an “insightful” presentation, Nestor pointed out that whether or not she chooses to agree with their position is “another issue” and she is entitled to her “own view”.
“The issue of sexual orientation is very `toucheous’ …while we agree with the human rights provisions and all that as a society, we must also revert to our own society. Some of the very critical questions that I would want to ask is whether or not at the society (level) we are ready for that kind of thing,” she remarked.
“We cannot, at (any) time, ignore the religious groups in our society. If we look at statistics going back to 1992 from a survey done by the Bureau of Statistics, we would see that a small section of the Guyanese population might be considered as people who do not subscribe to a religious view. While the laws are not necessarily based on moral values, we must acknowledge the fact that we might want to revert to many of the cases that (concern) laws that protect public morality.”
Nestor told the speakers at the consultation these were some of the issues that they needed to deal with.
She highlighted, too, that what must be examined is the effects of same-sex marriages on society and how this issue must be tackled.
“These are some of the things we should consider and I don’t think you dealt with that in the presentations,” Nestor stated, adding that the issues must be addressed “frontally.”
“Do we think that with the coming to being of this Bill that there might be quite a number of challenges to the Constitution in relation to the same issue of a man marrying a man? What do we do at the society (level)? Do we recognise that?” were the questions directed at the five speakers at the session.
Nestor continued: “There is some argument that says, `Oh the Bill does not promote homosexuality or does not encourage a man to marry (another) man, but if you look at Section (15) that talks about `non-discrimination’ then how can we not, with the passage of this Bill, allow a man not to marry (another) man.”
According to Nestor, matters of this nature constitute some of the “inconsistencies” of the Bill.
On the argument raised by presenters at the session on who determines what is morality, Nestor said in the concept of democracy it is the people who are the determinants based on a “line of thinking.”
She also rebutted on grounds that put the spotlight on teachers who may have been caught “interfering” with their young students and who may subsequently be dismissed from their jobs.
“Could you imagine such a person interfering with a boy below age 10 - and by virtue of the fact that the Bill is there, the judges (in the case) will have to use their discretion in terms of what happens. We will have more Constitutional changes and problems (arising with the passage of the Bill).”
SASOD member and law student, Joel Simpson, in reply, said he doesn’t think any homosexual in Guyana wants to “run into a church and ask that people marry them or anything of that sort.”
At one point likening the church to a “club”, Simpson claimed the church has the right to exclude whomever it wants. He further stated that in accordance with the Constitution, people of the same sex do not currently have the right to marry, and will also not be able to do such an act with the passage of the Bill.
However, Simpson said it is possible that the law, with the passage of the Bill, would have to recognise same-sex domestic partnerships in relation to employment benefits, sharing of properties, etc.
Simpson said he believes there should be a realm of “public” and “private” morality between consenting adults, and implied that the Bill did not fully give “rights” to homosexuals.
But, Nestor interjected: “I am informing you further…that the Sexual Orientation provision has, in fact, in some way recognised the rights of homosexuals and we must accept that.”
Meanwhile, there was no vocal Christian representative(s) at the consultation and apart from the two Opposition representatives none other participant gave comments or directed questions at the presenters.
Other speakers in support of the sexual orientation clause were: Moulana Mohammed Ali Zenjiban, Assistant Director of the International Islamic College; Denuka Radzik from Red Thread, Keimo Benjamin, UG law student and Vidyartha Kissoon from Help & Shelter.
The Sunday Chronicle has been reliably informed that the Georgetown Ministers Fellowship, representing groups of Christian leaders staunchly against sexual orientation as a right in Guyana, have recently prepared a detailed 16-page document outlining issues arising from research to further boost their argument against the inclusion of the clause.
The document is yet to be made public.
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Une issue économique à un problème social : l'insularité à la carte Auteur(s) : Michalon, Thierry Michalon, Thierry Date de création : 2000-11-01 Validité : 2002-00-00 Description : French Overseas Départements are no longer islands as far as their economy is concerned : costs of transatlantic transportation has become too low to provide local productions with sufficient protection. The growth of local unemployment is a threat today for these societies. Producing new goods or services for export seems hardly conceivable for the time being, as french Overseas departments did not find any comparative advantage so far. So, recovering domestic market seems the only way to get jobs. But such a policy would require that would be allowed to raise customs to protect their domestic market : a change for a new status in E.U. law would be necessary, and these ultraperipherical regions would have to be changed into overseas countries and territories. Communication au colloque Le Développement économique et social des Départements français d'Amérique à l'aube du XXIème siècle. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, GEODE, 28-29 novembre Siècle(s) traité(s) : 20 Droits : Version de l'auteur diffusée avec l'aimable autorisation des éditions Karthala Provenance : Université des Antilles et de la Guyane. Service commun de la documentation Permalien : http://www.manioc.org/recherch/HASH0100299346894139b808b859 HASH0100299346894139b808b859 | Partager |
Une issue économique à un problème social : l'insularité à la carte Auteur(s) : Michalon, Thierry Résumé : Imputer, comme on le fait quotidiennement, le mal-développement des départements français d’outre-mer à leur « éloignement » et à leur « insularité » est devenu un véritable rite, mais paraît peu fondé lorsque l’on analyse objectivement les conditions de la desserte et de l’approvidionnement de ces départements depuis la métropole : l’insularité n’est plus une réalité économique. Bien au contraire, son abolition a exposé les activités productives locales à la concurrence des importations, et les a littéralement laminées. La dangereuse montée de l’inactivité au sein des populations de l’outre-mer conduit donc à rechercher les conditions d’une relance de ces activités productives. La conquète de nouveaux marchés extérieurs suppose des avantages comparatifs … qui restent à découvrir. La reconquète du marché intérieur serait, par contre, possible si une protection ponctuelle du marché local par des droits de douane redevenait juridiquement concevable : le passage à un statut communautaire de P.T.O.M. en serait la condition. French Overseas Départements are no longer islands as far as their economy is concerned : costs of transatlantic transportation has become too low to provide local productions with sufficient protection. The growth of local unemployment is a threat today for these societies. Producing new goods or services for export seems hardly conceivable for the time being, as french Overseas departments did not find any comparative advantage so far. So, recovering domestic market seems the only way to get jobs. But such a policy would require that would be allowed to raise customs to protect their domestic market : a change for a new status in E.U. law would be necessary, and these ultraperipherical regions would have to be changed into overseas countries and territories. Martinique Guadeloupe 21 20 Droits : Ce document est protégé par le droit d'auteur. Il ne peut en aucun cas être utilisé sans l'autorisation de l'auteur et des ayant droits recherch:HASH0100299346894139b808b859 | Partager |
De l'usage de la liberté à l'oppression commerciale : le cas du commerce du café dans les colonies françaises Auteur(s) : Hardy, Marie Année de publication : Loading the player... Éditeur(s) : CRPLC : Centre de Recherche sur les Pouvoirs Locaux dans la Caraïbe Extrait de : "De l'usage de la liberté à l'oppression" : 1ère journée d'étude pluridisciplinaire, le 31 mars 2011. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane Description : Mme Marie Hardy présente un sujet d'étude sur le commerce du café dans les colonies françaises entre les 18e et 19e siècles. Son implantation dans les colonies françaises, sa culture et les difficultés rencontrées pour son exportation, ainsi que les causes de son déclin. Siècle(s) traité(s) : 18 Droits : CC-BY-NC-ND - Attribution - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification Permalien : http://www.manioc.org/fichiers/V11009 V11009 | Partager |
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Jamaica Auteur(s) : Thomas Glave Éditeur(s) : Callaloo 31.4 Callaloo 31.4 Résumé : (Funding) Support for the development of the technical infrastructure and partner training provided by the United States Department of Education TICFIA program. This letter was sent on May 31, 2008 to both of Jamaica’s major daily newspapers, the Jamaica Gleaner and the Jamaica Observer. Neither paper published the letter. This letter was written in response to Prime Minister Golding's comments on BBC Hard Talk in May 2008 on not having gays in his Cabinet (Acquisition) Thomas Glave Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. | Partager |
Sexual and Gender Minorities Baseline: The Situation in Guyana Auteur(s) : Magda Fiona Wills Éditeur(s) : UNDP Guyana UNDP Guyana ( Guyana ) Résumé : (Funding) Support for the development of the technical infrastructure and partner training provided by the United States Department of Education TICFIA program. While the global response to HIV and AIDS has realized several successes in achieving universal access to prevention, care and treatment to date, challenges persist in ensuring equal access to these services for most at risk populations. The epidemiology of HIV reflects a stark disparity in access to prevention and treatment services for neglected most-at risk populations, such as men who have sex with men (MSM). World-wide, MSM often experience higher rates of HIV relative to the total population. The reasons for this dynamic are multi-faceted and include high risk behaviors, and cultural as well as structural barriers. For MSM in developing countries, for example, basic services for prevention and treatment of HIV infection have yet to reach the large majority of men. Homophobia and discrimination limit access of MSM to prevention services and markedly increase vulnerability, as do criminalization of same-sex behavior. Decriminalization of same-sex behavior is a structural intervention for prevention of HIV infection and has recently been embraced by a nonbinding statement from the United Nations (Beyrer C,Clin Infect Dis. 2010 May 15;50 Suppl 3:S108-13) In the Caribbean, all of the above mentioned barriers exist. In fact, recent evidence demonstrates that there is a correlation between the decriminalization of homosexuality and lower rates of HIV (UNAIDS). This correlation is attributed to improved access to services. Therefore, The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has recently launched an initiative to address the current situation regarding men who have sex with men in Guyana where the HIV prevalence in this population is 19.4% in contrast to 1.8% in the total population. This rapid assessment has been commissioned to supplement two previous studies that were conducted in Guyana in informing the design of upcoming activities to support local capacity building to enhance access to services and respect for the human rights protections for MSM. Unfortunately, in Guyana, like much of the Caribbean, MSM tend to be a hard to reach population, perhaps due to elevated levels of stigma and discrimination and difficulty in accessing men who might participate in high risk same sex behaviors yet do not self-identify as an MSM. As a result, there is a relative paucity of data concerning the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of this total population in Guyana. (i.e. those who self –identify and those who do not) The baseline report is organized as follows: the methodology is explained followed by the study limitations, the review (literature and desk). The report then proceeds with describing the reality of work and working with sexual and gender minorities in Guyana, the status quo and entry points. The main findings of the capacity assessment and focus groups are then discussed. Issues relating to the uniformed forces and health services providers are then presented followed by discussions and conclusions. Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. | Partager |
Crescentia cujete ; =Crescentia acuminata ; calabash tree ; gourd ; higüero, güira ; kalbas Résumé : Arbol de 4-5 (raras veces 8) metros de altura, tronco de hasta 20 cm de diámetro y ramas extendidas. Hojas corto-pecioladas, espatuladas, fasciculadas, de 5 a 20 cm. Flores solitarias, amarillentas con venas de color púrpura, de 5 a 6 cm; lóbulos lacerados. Fruto globoso o elipsoideo, liso, lustroso, de 10 a 30 cm de diámetro, de cáscara dura. Petit arbre de 8 m ou moins, tronc pouvant avoir jusqu’à 20 cm de diamètre et branches allongées. Feuilles à court pétiole, spatulées, fasciculées, de 5 à 20 cm. Fleurs solitaires, jaunâtres avec des veines pourpres, de 5 à 6 cm; lobes très découpés. Fruit arrondi ou ellipsoïdal, lisse, brillant, de 10 à 30 cm de diamètre, à l’écorce dure. Small tree, up to 8 m tall with shorttrunk up to 20 cm in diameter with long spreading branches; leaves short-petiolate, spatulate, fasciculate, 5-20 cm long; flowers bell-shaped, born on the trunk in clusters, 5-6 cm long, greenish- white to greenish-yellowish with purple markings, foul smelling; fruit globose to ellipsoid, smooth, shiny, 10-30 cm in diameter, with hard shell. Nativa de América tropical continental, cultivada y naturalizada en los trópicos. Originaire de l’;Amérique tropicale continentale, cultivée et acclimatée sous les tropiques. Native to tropical continental America, cultivated and naturalized http://www.tramil.net/fototeca/plant150 | Partager Voir aussi |
Une issue économique à un problème social : l'insularité à la carte Auteur(s) : Michalon, Thierry Résumé : Imputer, comme on le fait quotidiennement, le mal-développement des départements français d’outre-mer à leur « éloignement » et à leur « insularité » est devenu un véritable rite, mais paraît peu fondé lorsque l’on analyse objectivement les conditions de la desserte et de l’approvidionnement de ces départements depuis la métropole : l’insularité n’est plus une réalité économique. Bien au contraire, son abolition a exposé les activités productives locales à la concurrence des importations, et les a littéralement laminées. La dangereuse montée de l’inactivité au sein des populations de l’outre-mer conduit donc à rechercher les conditions d’une relance de ces activités productives. La conquète de nouveaux marchés extérieurs suppose des avantages comparatifs … qui restent à découvrir. La reconquète du marché intérieur serait, par contre, possible si une protection ponctuelle du marché local par des droits de douane redevenait juridiquement concevable : le passage à un statut communautaire de P.T.O.M. en serait la condition. French Overseas Départements are no longer islands as far as their economy is concerned : costs of transatlantic transportation has become too low to provide local productions with sufficient protection. The growth of local unemployment is a threat today for these societies. Producing new goods or services for export seems hardly conceivable for the time being, as french Overseas departments did not find any comparative advantage so far. So, recovering domestic market seems the only way to get jobs. But such a policy would require that would be allowed to raise customs to protect their domestic market : a change for a new status in E.U. law would be necessary, and these ultraperipherical regions would have to be changed into overseas countries and territories. Martinique Guadeloupe 21 20 Droits : Ce document est protégé par le droit d'auteur. Il ne peut en aucun cas être utilisé sans l'autorisation de l'auteur et des ayant droits recherch:HASH0100299346894139b808b859 | Partager |
Rencontre littéraire avec Bernard Fauconnier autour de son livre "Flaubert" Auteur(s) : Fauconnier, Bernard Année de publication : Loading the player... Éditeur(s) : ESPE de la Guadeloupe : Ecole Supérieure du Professorat et de l'Education Description : Bernard FAUCONNIER (écrivain et critique littéraire), auteur de l'ouvrage Flaubert ouvre la réflexion sur la démarche créatrice de cet écrivain du XIXe siècle. Auteur de deux autres biographies Cézanne (qui a obtenu un prix de la biographie) et Beethoven, Bernard FAUCONNIER expose sa démarche concertée dans ses essais biographiques dans le but d'interroger la démarche créatrice, la démarche artistique, la quête de la forme chez l'artiste. Ces trois artistes sont des inventeurs de la modernité, une modernité où l'artiste devient de plus en plus autonome dans sa création. Dans cette recherche de forme idéale, d'une forme autonome, Cézanne montre un monde nouveau, préfigurant le cubisme ; quand à Beethoven, après s'être glissé dans le sillage de ses aînés, chemins faisant, la surdité aidant, il conçoit des oeuvres musicales novatrices, hardies, bouleversant le langage musical. Cette troisième biographie consacrée à Flaubert s'appuie sur son oeuvre romanesque relativement brève et sur sa correspondance phénoménale (plus de 5000 lettres). Flaubert a accompli une démarche romanesque unique en son genre qui pose de nouveaux défis, avec son obsession de la forme, de la recherche formelle, tout en laissant une part au lyrisme et à l'émotion. Il insiste sur l'exigence stylistique indépassable avec l'élaboration d'une forme singulière, classique et nouvelle, qui défie le réalisme. Droits : CC-BY-NC-ND - Attribution - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification Permalien : http://www.manioc.org/fichiers/V16041 V16041 | Partager |
Mechanical and microstructural development of Carrara marble with pre-existing strain variation Auteur(s) : Bruijn, Rolf H. C. Kunze, Karsten MAINPRICE, David Burlini, Luigi Auteurs secondaires : Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule [Zürich] (ETH Zürich) Manteau et Interfaces ; Géosciences Montpellier ; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier Résumé : International audience A series of two-stage torsion experiments on Carrara marble were conducted to constrain the influence of known prior deformation on rheological response and microstructural evolution. Comparison with previous experimental data on Carrara marble flow and fabric evolution during single-stage torsion deformation experiments provided direct insights into the significance of initial deformation at various conditions. Our experiments were conducted at 727 degrees C temperature and 300 MPa confining pressure, while maintaining a constant strain rate of 3 x 10(-4) s(-1) on the periphery of the cylindrical samples. Under these conditions, the marble is known to deform in power-law (n = 6-10) ductile flow. All torsion experiments were performed with a Paterson type gas-medium testing machine equipped with a torsion actuator module.;Prior (D1) and subsequent (D2) deformation are accomplished by two torsion experiments in sequence on same sample segments. The effect of D1 strain history is investigated during D2 by applying counter-clockwise torsion to a sandwich sample consisting of three segments with different D1 rotation sense. D2 samples experienced continued, first and reversed shearing deformation in top, centre and bottom segments, respectively. D2 bulk strain was chosen equal to D1 strain in top and bottom segments.;D1 experiments followed the typical single-stage deformation behaviour of Carrara marble under the applied experimental conditions. Yielding was followed by strain hardening until a peak stress was reached at a shear strain around 1, after which work softening occurred. Weakening gradually evolved into a constant stress regime. During hardening, a shear microstructure and crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) developed. Afterwards the volume fraction of smaller dynamic recrystallised grains increased continuously, resulting in a recrystallisation microstructure and CPO at shear strains of 5 and higher. The new D2 experiments displayed a strain variation between homogeneously deformed sample segments that increased with increasing D1 strain. The stress-strain behaviour of the D2 bulk sandwich samples showed less pronounced work-hardening and -softening when compared with single-stage deformation experiments. Furthermore, constant flow stress was attained at increasingly lower strain with increasing D1 strain. In most D2 segments, fabric development is equivalent to single-stage experiments at corresponding absolute strain. The fabrics differed markedly from those in single-stage experiments in the case of reversed two-stage deformation at moderate strain (D1 shear strain 1 and 2.6). Experiments show that grain shape by shearing of relict grains is defined by finite strain and thus affected by strain reversal. Recrystallisation is controlled by absolute strain and not influenced by strain reversal. ISSN: 0040-1951 hal-00617686 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00617686 DOI : 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.09.029 | Partager Voir aussi Carrara marble Torsion Strain variation Strain reversal Single-stage deformation Two-stage deformation [SDU.STU.GP] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] [SDE.MCG] Environmental Sciences/Global Changes |
Pimenta racemosa ; bay rum ; bay run, berrón ; bay-run ; bwa-béronm ; bwaden ; fèy ésans jiwof ; malaguette ; wild cinnamon Résumé : Arbol de hasta 15 m de alto con corteza blanquecina, suave y madera dura y pesada. Hojas obovadas o elípticas, obtusas, con venación finamente reticulada, corto pecioladas. Panículas con flores blancas, glandulosas; cáliz con 5 lóbulos. Fruto ovoide, negro al madurar. Arbre pouvant atteindre 15 m de haut, écorce blanchâtre et douce, bois dur et lourd. Feuilles obovées ou elliptiques, obtuses, à nervation finement réticulée, avec un court pétiole. Panicules avec fleurs blanches glanduleuses; calice à 5 lobes. Fruit ovoïde, noir une fois parvenu à maturité. Evergreen tree up to 15 m high with smooth, whitish, variegated and flaking bark, hard and heavy wood. Leaves simple, entire, opposite in pairs, dark green, leathery, oblong to elliptic, obtuse at the tip, rounded at the base, 15-20 x 5-7 cm, prominent venation, highly aromatic when crushed; inflorescence a compound panicle 5-10 cm long, flowers numerous 3-4 mm long, white; fruit a subglobose to ellipsoid berry, 8-10 mm long, thickly covered with small convex glands, black when ripe. Nativa del norte de Sudamérica y las Antillas, cultivada en los trópicos. Originaire du nord de l;Amérique du Sud et des Antilles, cultivée sous les tropiques. Native to northern South America and the Antilles, cultivated in the tropics. http://www.tramil.net/fototeca/plant280 | Partager Voir aussi |
Low steady-state stresses in the cold lithospheric mantle inferred from dislocation dynamics models of dislocation creep in olivine Auteur(s) : Boioli, Francesca Tommasi, Andrea Cordier, Patrick Demouchy, Sylvie Mussi, Alexandre Auteurs secondaires : Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 (UMET) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) - Université de Lille, Sciences et Technologies - Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille (ENSCL) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Géosciences Montpellier ; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Manteau et Interfaces ; Géosciences Montpellier ; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) European Project : 230748, EC:FP7:PEOPLE, FP7-PEOPLE-IRG-2008, POEM(2008) European Project : 290424, EC:FP7:ERC, ERC-2011-ADG_20110209, RHEOMAN(2012) Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier Résumé : International audience Transmission electron microscopy observations on olivine crystals deformed at moderate (≤1273 K) temperature evidenced dislocations interactions explaining the hardening observed in the experiments, but also recovery mechanisms by the absorption or emission of point defects. Thus we investigate the possibility that, at geological strain-rates, these recovery processes allow steady-state deformation by dislocation creep at low to moderate temperatures in the lithospheric mantle. We test this hypothesis using a 2.5-D dislocation dynamics (DD) model, which combines dislocation glide and recovery by climb. This model shows that diffusion-controlled recovery processes allow for steady-state deformation by dislocation creep in the lithospheric mantle at stresses <500 MPa. For stresses of 50–200 MPa, steady-state strain-rates of 10−15 s−110−15 s−1 may be attained at temperatures as low as 900 K. Fitting of the DD model produces a flow law, which represents a lower bound for the lithospheric mantle strength, since the models describe the deformation of an olivine single crystal in an easy slip orientation. Comparison of strain-rates and Moho temperatures inferred for different geodynamic environments and the predictions of this model-based flow law implies, nevertheless, that, except in incipient rifts, most of the observed deformation may be produced by stress levels ≤200 MPa, consistent with those inferred to be produced by convection. This convergence suggests that the present models, which explicitly calculate the time-dependent dislocation dynamics, may provide a correct first order estimate of the mechanical behaviour of the lithospheric mantle, which cannot be derived directly from any existing data. ISSN: 0012-821X hal-01277178 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01277178 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01277178/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01277178/file/Boioli.pdf DOI : 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.10.012 | Partager |
A multiscale approach to model the anisotropic deformation of lithospheric plates Auteur(s) : Knoll, Mickael Tommasi, Andrea Logé, Roland E. Signorelli, Javier W. Auteurs secondaires : Géosciences Montpellier ; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS) - Université de Montpellier (UM) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux (CEMEF) ; MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris - PSL Research University (PSL) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Instituto de Fisica de Rosario, CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Rosario ; Université du Québec Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD AGU and the Geochemical Society Résumé : International audience The association of experimental data showing that the plastic deformation of olivine, the main constituent of the upper mantle, is highly anisotropic and the ubiquitous seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle, which indicates that olivine crystals show coherent orientations over scales of tens to hundreds of kilometers, implies that the long-term deformation in the upper mantle is anisotropic. We propose a multiscale approach, based on a combination of finite element and homogenization techniques, to model the deformation of a lithospheric plate while fully considering the mechanical anisotropy stemming from a strain-induced orientation of olivine crystals in the mantle. This multiscale model explicitly takes into account the evolution of crystal preferred orientations (CPO) of olivine and of the mechanical anisotropy during the deformation. We performed a series of numerical experiments simulating the uniaxial extension of a homogeneous (100% olivine) but anisotropic plate to test the role of the olivine CPO on the plate mechanical behavior and the link between CPO and mechanical anisotropy evolution. Even for this simple solicitation, different orientations and intensity of the initial olivine CPO result in variable plate strengths and deformation regimes. A plate with an initial CPO where the olivine [100] and [010] axes are concentrated at 45 degrees to the extension direction has high resolved shear stresses on the easy (010)[100] and (001)[100] slip systems of olivine. This results in low strength and in deformation by transtension. Plates with an initial CPO where the maximum of [100] axes is parallel or normal to the extension direction show a high initial strength. Isotropic plates have an intermediate behavior. The progressive rotation of olivine [100] axes toward the imposed stretching direction results in hardening in all models, except in those characterized by an initial concentration of olivine [100] axes normal to the imposed extension, in which softening is followed by hardening. ISSN: 1525-2027 hal-00420063 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00420063 DOI : 10.1029/2009GC002423 | Partager |
Langoustes et scyllares des petites Antilles Auteur(s) : Morice, Jean Éditeur(s) : ISTPM Résumé : Crayfishing is not particularly organized in the French islands as their population is not fond of large crustaceans. However, young crayfishes, about the size of the European scampi are ordered by rich Creoles for receptions or family gatherings. But lobsters, heavier than 0.750 to 1 kilo are eaten only by Europeans.Any fisherman who is asked to provide 10 kilos of crayfish catches them very quickly with a brass snare or a hook placed underneath the rocks. Some artisans gather the crustaceans in large rectangular baskets made of wire mesh and called "gardes", to wait for the potential customer. There is no specific pot for this type of fishing whereas Creole wicker makers worked hard on the creation of tools both complex and difficult to make to catch small morays; a fish which does not have a great commercial value.Consequently, it is impossible to precisely assess the importance of the exploitable large crustacean stock based on the catches of the Creole fishermen. If the performances of some crayfish boats from Douarnenez, using Mauritanian nets on the banks of St-Martin, can be considered as extremely satisfactory, it is not the case of other attempts. A whole study has to be undertaken. This note is only the beginning of a larger work focusing on the natural history of the crayfishes and Spanish lobsters in the waters of the arc of the Petites Antilles. La pêche des langoustes n'est pas spécialement organisée dans les îles françaises, la population n'étant que peu friande de gros crustacés. Toutefois de jeunes langoustes, de la taille de la langoustine européenne sont commandées aux pêcheurs par les riches créoles, à l'occasion de réceptions ou de fêtes familiales; mais les « homards») dépassant le poids de 0,750 à 1 kilo sont consommés seulement par les Européens. Le pêcheur. auquel on demande de fournir 10 kilos de langoustes, les capture rapidement au collet de laiton ou au crochet sous les cayes, Certains artisans rassemblent les crustacés dans de grandes nasses rectangulaires de grillage métallique, appelées « gardes », en attendant l'acheteur éventuel. Il n'existe pas de type de casier spécial à cette pêche, alors que les vanniers créoles se sont ingéniés, par exemple, à créer des engins compliqués et difficiles à construire pour capturer les petites murènes appelées « moringues » qui n'ont pourtant que peu de valeur commerciale. Il est donc impossible de se faire une idée précise de l'importance du stock de gros crustacés exploitable en se basant sur les apports des pêcheurs créoles. Si les rendements de certains langoustiers douarnenistes, travaillant au filet mauritanien sur les bancs de St-Martin, ont pu être considérés comme extrêmement satisfaisants, il n'en est pas de même à propos d'autres tentatives. Il y a là toute une étude à entreprendre. Cette note n'est que le début d'un travail concernant l'histoire naturelle des langoustes et scyllares des eaux de l'arc des Petites Antilles. [OCR NON CONTRÔLE] Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes (0035-2276) (ISTPM), 1958-03 , Vol. 22 , N. 1 , P. 105-114 Droits : Ifremer http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1958/publication-4567.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/4567/ | Partager |
Evaluation of floating cages as an experimental tool for marine shrimp culture studies under practical earthen pond conditions Auteur(s) : Chim, Liet Castex, Mathieu Pham, Dominique Brun, Pierre Lemaire, Pierrette Wabete, Nelly Schmidely, P Mariojouls, C Éditeur(s) : Elsevier Résumé : The New Caledonia blue shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris is commercially produced under semi-intensive rearing conditions. The size of the farming earthen ponds (510 ha) and the subsequent production constraints make it difficult to use them as experimental units for random experiments. Moreover, since every pond has its own characteristics, ponds' effects cannot be ruled out, thus making it hard to define true replicates. In order to design future experiments under conditions resembling those used in production, we evaluated the possible use of floating cages as experimental units with the aim of assessing treatment effects with a reasonable statistical power. To this end, two sets of floating cages were placed respectively in two different ponds in a commercial farm. In both cases the zootechnical conditions in the cages were similar in post-larvae origin, management, and diet and feeding regime. The aim of the study was to evaluate on a technical basis the possibility of rearing shrimps in floating cages set up in earthen ponds and to assess this method from a statistical standpoint. Shrimps reared in and outside the cages showed comparable growth and survival rates. The variability in the zootechnical parameters between cages, expressed as the estimated coefficient of variation (CV) for survival rate, total final biomass (g), final body weight (g), daily increment in body weight (g day− 1) and FCR were 11.0, 13.7, 4.4, 5.4, and 7.0%, respectively. On the basis of these figures, we calculated for a given statistical power (80%) the number of replicates (cages) that would be required to reveal significant differences between two treatments, at a 5% level of significance. We found that for expected differences of 20% from the control mean, 3 and 6 floating cages per treatment would be reasonable to determine statistical differences for growth parameters and survival rate, respectively. Moreover, we showed a significant pond effect in regard to survival and growth between the two sets of cages. These results illustrated the within-farm variability among the ponds, and confirmed that the specific characteristics of each pond from the same farm make it difficult to use the ponds themselves as experimental units. The study demonstrates that rearing in floating cages is an economical, powerful and sensitive experimental tool for shrimp culture studies specifically carried out under conditions close to semi-intensive production. Aquaculture (0044-8486) (Elsevier), 2008-07 , Vol. 279 , N. 1-4 , P. 63-69 Droits : 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4363.pdf DOI:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.03.053 http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/4363/ | Partager Voir aussi Statistical power Replicates Pond experimentation Floating cages Litopenaeus stylirostris Télécharger |