THE PILOT - ONLY AN ADVISER?

The pilot - only an adviser?

The author argues through an analysis of maritime practice, legal theory and statutory enactments that the pilot is not only an Robot Replicas expert adviser but that he takes charge of and conducts a vessel.He distinguishes between conducting and commanding and points out that by recognizing that the pilot conducts a ship no charge in the nowadays

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Evaluating the impact of handling and logger attachment on foraging parameters and physiology in southern rockhopper penguins.

Logger technology has revolutionised our knowledge of the behaviour and physiology of free-living animals but handling and logger attachments may have negative effects on the behaviour of the PTC Start Relay animals and their welfare.We studied southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) females during the guard stage in three consecutive bre

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When your language is disappearing: Canadian Doukhobor Russian

This article considers Russian language attitudes of Canadian Doukhobors, a religious and ethnic minority group of Russian origin who immigrated to Canada in 1899.The significance of the study is determined by a paucity of research devoted to this unique cultural and linguistic group as well as by an urgency of protocolling the language loss.In par

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Historical and Spatial Layers of Cultural Intimacy: Urban Transformation of a Stigmatised Suburban Estate on the Periphery of Helsinki

Kontula, a suburban estate at the Selenium margins of Helsinki, Finland, has been plagued by a notorious reputation since its construction in the 1960s.At different moments in history, it has reflected failed urbanity, with shifting emphases on issues such as rootlessness, segregation, intergenerational poverty, and unsuccessful integration of immi

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