Éditeur(s) : PNRM : Parc Naturel Régional de la Martinique DEAL (Martinique) : Direction de l'Environnement, de l'Aménagement et du Logement Région Martinique PNRM : Parc Naturel Régional de la Martinique
Extrait de : "Biodiversité des espaces forestiers et volcaniques de la Martinique : des spécificités à l'exceptionnalité" : atelier scientifique international, les 12 et 13 octobre 2015. Parc naturel régional de la Martinique
Description : Emmanuel NOSSIN, éthno-pharmacologue (réseau TRAMIL), le rôle de la forêt dans l'élaboration des plantes alexitères (qui soignent les morsures de serpents). L'herbier alexitère permet d'appréhender l'exceptionnalité de l'espace forestier martiniquais. E. Nossin explique l'importance du contexte culturel spécifique de cette médication. Il introduit les « Panseurs de serpent », une caste de nègres à part, qui ne travaillaient pas dans les champs. Jouissant d'une liberté de mouvement en pleine période d'esclavage, ils préparaient leurs remèdes. Puis il présente une suite de plantes alexitères, espèces forestières en majorité.
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Éditeur(s) : ESPE de Martinique : Ecoles Supérieures du Professorat et de l'Education ESPE de Martinique : Ecoles Supérieures du Professorat et de l'Education
Extrait de : "Lutte contre les discriminations dans l'éducation" : journée d'étude, le 4 juin 2015. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane
Description : Cette communication présente les résultats d'une expérience de terrain qui teste l'effet des représentations cognitives des relations inter-groupales des enfants sur l'interprétation des situations sociales et sur la qualité des rapports de type minorité-majorité sociale. Des groupes d'enfants portugais Blancs et Noirs, âgés de 8 à 10 ans ont pris part à la recherche. Les enfants ont participé à des situations intergroupales qui accentuaient des représentations de type « un seul groupe » (le groupe national), de type « identité double » (groupe national comprenant deux sous-groupes) ou encore « deux groupes entièrement distincts » (Blanc vs. Noir). Les deux premières représentations ont amélioré les relations entre les groupes, pour les deux, le groupe majoritaire et le groupe minoritaire. Néanmoins, pour le groupe majoritaire, la représentation « un seul groupe », mais non pas celle de l'identité double, a amélioré les intentions comportementales. L'inverse était vrai pour le groupe minoritaire mais via la représentation d'identité double. Les implications éducatives de cette recherche seront discutées.
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Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles AIHP-GEODE : Archéologie Industrielle, Histoire, Patrimoine/Géographie- Développement Environnement de la Caraïbe HARCMAR : Histoire et Archéologie Maritimes des Petites Antilles
Extrait de : "Entre exclusif et contrebande, le commerce colonial aux Antilles XVIIe-début XIXe siècle" : journées d'étude, du 24 au 26 octobre 2019. Université des Antilles
Description : The majority of maritime trade within the Caribbean has been based on smuggling since the beginning of European influenced trade in this area. With the establishment of Non-Iberian colonies such as English, French, Dutch, German and Danish during the 17th century also Jewish merchants seeped into the illegal markets with sugarcane, tobacco, slaves, salt, vanilla etc. This lecture would like to highlight the illicit networks of Jewish and New Christian traders based on their clandestine Caribbean routes by means of Braudelian methods during 1670 and 1730. Seemingly insignificant ports and coastal communities as well as bays have become global cargo hubs due to these extensive networks. The majority of these places have been located in the Caribbean Frontier, which has been often dominated by Indians, escaped slaves, refugees, pirates and other outlaws. The role of Jews as middlemen between legal and illegal trade will be another focus of this lecture.

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Éditeur(s) : Caribbean IRN Caribbean IRN
Résumé : (Funding) Support for the development of the technical infrastructure and partner training provided by the United States Department of Education TICFIA program.
The first meeting of the Caribbean Region of the International Resource Network was an undeniable success. The more than thirty people present came from or have relationships with over a dozen Caribbean countries and territories using all four major languages of the region. They are activists, scholars, politicians, and artists – and many occupy more than one of these roles at once. In addition to individual introductions, an important element of the meeting was brief reports of the major issues faced by sexual minorities in different Caribbean countries and territories. This enabled participants to have a better idea of the historical and contemporary situations in places with which they were less familiar.

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Éditeur(s) : CRPLC : Centre de Recherche sur les Pouvoirs Locaux dans la Caraïbe
Extrait de : "La question de la gouvernance territoriale dans les régions et départements français d'Amérique" : journées d'étude, les 8 et 9 avril 2012. Campus de Troubiran
Description : Les politiques souhaiteraient une évolution statutaire alors que la population préfère une évolution institutionnelle. D'ailleurs, le débat public n'a pas rassemblé un large public ni les jeunes. La majorité de la population ignore ainsi le fonctionnement des collectivités territoriales et a pu croire que l'article 74 déboucherait sur l'indépendance. La réforme institutionnelle doit alors favoriser la maitrise des dépenses public et l'efficacité du service public mais aussi répondre aux problématiques propres de la Guyane.
Siècle(s) traité(s) : 21
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Éditeur(s) : CRPLC : Centre de Recherche sur les Pouvoirs Locaux dans la Caraïbe CCEE : Conseil de la Culture, de l'Education et de l'Environnement
Extrait de : "La collectivité territoriale de Martinique : enjeux, débats et perspectives" : séminaire, le 24 octobre 2015. Université des Antilles
Description : Le mode d'élection de l'Assemblée de Martinique repose sur la combinaison de quatre séries de considérations : le principe de la parité, la volonté de dégager une majorité grâce à l'instauration d'une prime de 11 sièges attribuée à la liste gagnante (principe d'efficacité), la représentation des différents courants politiques grâce à l'introduction d'une dose de proportionnelle (principe d'équité) et la recherche d'un certain équilibre territorial se traduisant par la création de sections. Inspiré du mode d'élection des conseillers régionaux, ce mode de scrutin fait de la Martinique une circonscription unique composée de quatre sections. Un nombre déterminé de candidats est affecté à chacune des sections. Après attribution de la prime majoritaire à la liste gagnante, les sièges sont d'abord répartis à la proportionnelle entre les listes qui ont obtenu au moins 5% des suffrages exprimés ; puis ils sont répartis pour chaque liste entre les sections au prorata du nombre de voix obtenues dans la section. Le nombre de sièges revenant à une section dépend principalement de deux facteurs : le taux de participation dans la section et l'orientation du vote en son sein.

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Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles
Extrait de : Ma thèse en 180 secondes, le 22 février 2020. Université des Antilles
Description : Les Rubiacées représentent l'une des cinq plus grandes familles de plantes à fleurs dans le monde. Cette famille est diversifiée en termes de nombre d'espèces, de genres, de types physionomiques ou de spectres chimiques. Les Petites Antilles (élément d'un des hot spots de la biodiversité mondiale : la Caraïbe) accueillent au sein de leurs flores issues en majorité de l'Amérique tropicale, une partie de cette diversité. Afin d'enrichir nos connaissances sur les Rubiacées des Petites Antilles, une étude en écologie forestière a été menée en Martinique. Le but a été de déterminer la chorologie des Rubiacées sur l'île, leurs fonctions ainsi que de recenser leurs usages ethnobotaniques. La place des Rubiacées dans la dynamique végétale de la Martinique, les conditions factorielles qui favorisent leur installation et leur répartition ont ainsi pu être définies à l'aide des données de la littérature scientifique, des flores régionales et des relevés floristiques réalisés sur le terrain. Il apparait clairement que cette famille occupe un large éventail d'habitats. Les Rubiacées sont présentes dans tous les bioclimats (du sec à l'humide), dans diverses formations végétales à divers stades d'évolution. On recense en Martinique 89 espèces de Rubiacées réparties en 41 genres et plus largement 129 espèces réparties en 54 genres aux Petites Antilles. Une vingtaine d'espèces sont endémiques aux Petites Antilles et deux sont endémiques à la Martinique. Toutes les formes de vie sont représentées allant des arbres aux herbes en passant par les lianes et les épiphytes. Les Rubiacées forment une composante essentielle des flores de notre région ; néanmoins leur diversité est fragilisée par une forte anthropisation caractérisée par la dégradation des milieux.

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Éditeur(s) : INRA : Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Université des Antilles. Service commun de la documentation University of Florida
Extrait de : 52e congrès annuel de la Société caribéenne des plantes alimentaires / 52nd annual meeting of the Caribbean food crops society (CFCS), du 10 au 16 juillet 2016. INRA, CFCS
Description : Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) has been a major factor inhibiting the expansion of papaya production in South Florida, USA. The University of Florida has developed a transgenic papaya line X17-2, which is tolerant to PRSV and is suitable for commercial production. The expected yield improvement can be as high as 380%. In spite of the yield potential, some fruit growers may be skeptical about adopting this improved GM cultivars for a variety of reasons. Consequently, a probit model with data from a survey of likely producers was used to identify those factors that may influence the adoption of the new technology. The results indicate that education level, farm size, and income derived from agriculture were among the factors likely to increase adoption of the technology. The findings suggest that a targeted education program will go a far way in increasing rate of adoption of the technology. Le virus de tache annulaire de papaye (PRSV) a été un facteur important empêchant l'expansion de la production de papaye en Floride du sud, Etats-Unis. L'université de la Floride a développé une ligne transgénique X17-2 de papaye, qui est tolérante à PRSV et convient à la production commerciale. L'amélioration prévue de rendement peut être aussi haute que 380%. Malgré le potentiel de rendement, quelques arboriculteurs peuvent être sceptiques au sujet d'adopter ceci les cultivars améliorés de GM pour des raisons diverses. En conséquence, un modèle de probit avec des données d'une enquête des producteurs probables a été employé pour identifier ces facteurs qui peuvent influencer l'adoption de la nouvelle technologie. Les résultats indiquent que le niveau d'éducation, la taille de ferme, et le revenu dérivé de l'agriculture étaient parmi les facteurs vraisemblablement pour augmenter l'adoption de la technologie. Les résultats suggèrent qu'un programme éducatif visé aille une manière lointaine dans le taux croissant d'adoption de la technologie.
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Éditeur(s) : Université de Guyane
Extrait de : "Bals masqués de Guyane et d'ailleurs. Identités et imaginaires carnavalesques en question" : colloque international, les 26 et 27 janvier 2017. Université de Guyane
Description : Focus sur le carnaval en Corse tel qu'il a vécu. La sarabande des "mascare" : un cortège de personnes masquées, apparu dans la première partie du XXe siècle jusqu'aux années 60. Le carnaval s'est délité et on se contente de simple défilé de chars de façon beaucoup plus édulcoré, moins encré dans la culture traditionnelle. Deux entrées : satirique et des rapprochements amoureux qui était permis pendant cette période de transgression ou tout le monde s'accordera à dire qu'il s'agit d'une période d'exutoire et de transgression. Les sources au niveau de la méthode. Les sources remontent au plus loin pour la langue Corse et les témoignages sur cette culture Corse et les rites carnavalesques, à la correspondance militaire de Pascal Paoli faisait état du carnaval comme étant une fête très importante pour la communauté locale,des folkloristes dont les témoignages date du début du XXe siècle essentiellement et de témoignages oraux beaucoup plus actuels avec le laboratoire linguistique : la BDLC (Banque de donnée de langue Corse). Différence entre le carnaval de ville et carnaval de l'intérieur. En ville,défilé de char et cortège, un bal masqué le soir, qui terminait le carnaval réservé à une certaine élite de la population. Dans le rural, la fête était beaucoup plus populaire, partagée, il s'agissait de cette sarabande des "mascare", qui se promenait dans le village. La finalité c'était de mettre un terme au repos hivernal pour la majorité des personnes qui était : des agriculteurs, cultivateurs dans l'intérieur et de manière plus générale, un défouloir avant les privation du carême, période allant jusqu'au mercredi des cendres.
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Éditeur(s) : Vitale Mascardi
Extrait de : Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus Vol.1 (p. 115)
Résumé : Les botanistes pensent que le nom ne correspond pas à La Plante décrite. Certains ont dit qu'il s'agit du PLantago major ou pLantain, mais d'autres suggèrent que c'est l'image du Thryallis gLauca ou Galphimia gLauca.
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Éditeur(s) : National Photo and News Service National Photo and News Service ( San Antonio, Texas )
Résumé : Photograph taken just prior to review of entire Panama Department by Major General Preston Brown, it's commander ; February 24, 1933
National Photo and News Service, 737 E. Houston Street, San Antonio, Texas
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Éditeur(s) : Printed at the Shakespeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major Printed at the Shakespeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major ( London (Fleet St.) )
Résumé : (Citation/Reference) Lovett, R.W. Robinson Crusoe,
(Citation/Reference) NUC pre-1956
(Citation/Reference) Osborne Coll.,
(Statement of Responsibility) with introductory verses by Bernard Barton ; and illustrated with numerous engravings from drawings by George Cruikshank expressly designed for this edition.
"The text ... is restored in this edition by a careful collation with the early copies of both parts of the work." -- Pref. signed J.M. [i.e. John Major]
Caption title, v. 2: Farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
Frontispiece engraved by Augs. Fox (v.1) and W. Raddon (v.2); other engravers include Gorway, J. Jackson, Slader, and Thos. Williams.
Part I and II of Robinson Crusoe. Part II originally published under the title: Farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
England -- London

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Éditeur(s) : [s.n.] [s.n.] ( Belize?] )
Résumé : (Bibliography) Bibliography: p. 100-102.
Original edition, 1927, was written by Major Sir John Burdon.
(Statement of Responsibility) by A.H. Anderson. [7th rev. ed.
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Résumé : Cette ordonnance marque l'interdiction des "danses de nuit" "Kalendas" pour les "Gens de couleur & Nègres libres". La danse peut être autorisée jusqu'à 9h du soir (21h) sur autorisation des commandants et officiers des Etats-Majors. Le Juge de Police est dessaisi de cette question considérant qu'il s'agit d'une "Colonie cultivée par des Esclaves".

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Extrait de : Aperçu général : Rio-de -Janeiro - Finaces - Industries - chemins de fer - Marine Marchande - … (p.81)
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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. http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news301/ns306115.htm and 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. http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news301/nc306083.htm

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Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
The Manacas Iznaga Tower is located in Valle de los Ingenios in Trinidad, Cuba, which was a major center for sugar mills. The tower stands approximately 45 feet tall and was used by the sugarcane plantation owner in order to keep watch over his slaves in the fields. It was built in 1816 and stands seven stories high. The ringing of the bell signified various messages, but mostly the beginning and end of the work day for the slaves in the sugar fields. A local legend states that the tower was built by Pedro and Alejo Iznaga to house Alejo's wife, who had been unfaithful to him. The photograph also shows the remains of the Iznaga plantation, as well as several Royal Palm trees and a Poinciana tree in the background.
Cuba -- Caribbean region -- Mantanzas

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Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
The West Indian Flamingo is the national bird of The Bahamas. Concern for the protection of the West Indian Flamingo was reinforced with the creation of the Wildbirds Protection Act of 1905.The Bahamas National Trust, created by an Act of Parliament in 1959, manages the country’s national parks and conservation efforts of natural resources. The island of Great Inagua, the third largest and southernmost island in The Bahamas, is where the majority of West Indian Flamingos can be found. Hedley Vivian Edwards, in the background, can be seen commanding the flamingos during their march.
Greater flamingo (Emblem) -- Bahamas

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Extrait de : La catastrophe de la Martinique : notes d'un reporter (p. 213)
Résumé : Gravure d'après photographie du lieutenant de frégate Pierre Le Bris et de son état-major, Martinique, 1902
Siècle(s) traité(s) : 20
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Provenance : Université des Antilles et de la Guyane. Service commun de la documentation
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Éditeur(s) : CRILLASH : Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Lettres, Langues, Arts et Sciences Humaines
Extrait de : "Tracées de Jean Bernabé" : colloque international, du 25 au 27 octobre 2017. Université des Antilles
Description : L'île de Trinidad, créolophone depuis du 18ème siècle et lieu d'apparition de la première grammaire du créole français antillais, a commencé à perdre sa place dans la créolophonie au début du 20ème siècle. Jusqu'au milieu du 19ème siècle pourtant, le créole français était la langue maternelle de la grande majorité des Trinidadiens et était aussi devenu la lingua franca d'une population de plus en plus multilingue. Depuis la publication de John Jacob Thomas (1869), la représentation orthographique de la langue créole a été - et est toujours - soumise à la connaissance du français et de l'étymologie française, aux interférences de la phonologie anglaise et créole anglaise (à celles de l'orthographe de l'anglais) et aux préférences individuelles. En 1990, près de deux décennies après l'introduction de la norme GEREC-1 de Bernabé, Carrington (un Trinidadien travaillant sur le st-lucien) et ses collègues de l'Université des West Indes, utilisent le système d'orthographe GEREC pour un cours basé sur le st-lucien, en utilisant des matériaux conçus par Carrington et Valdman et enseignés par des Martiniquais venus lors d'un échange avec l'UAG. Les étudiants de ce cours apprennent le GEREC-1 (le GEREC-2 n'est pas encore pratiqué) et l'utilisent dans leurs publications, présentations et dans les médias sociaux. Cependant, ces étudiants représentent bien moins de 1% de la population du pays. La connaissance de ce système graphique n'a donc pas pénétré la conscience de la grande majorité de la société trinidadienne, de sorte que les chercheurs qui ne sont pas linguistes, de même que les praticiens de la culture, les journalistes et la société environnante, se tournent vers le français central / le parisien standard du 21ème siècle, dans une approche étymologique donc, pour écrire le créole.

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