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MELBOURNE University will slash 220 full-time academic and administrative staff because its financial position has taken a battering in the economic crisis.
In an email to staff, vice-chancellor Glyn Davis said the crisis had devastated investment returns and a so-called ‘‘economic response program’’ would result in 50 academic and 50 administrative staff taking voluntary redundancies.
Another 120 jobs would go in restrictions on contract renewal, a freeze on hiring, and attrition. …
– Battered Melbourne Uni slashes 220 jobs (2009-Jul-29) [The Age]
www.theage.com.au/national/education/battered-melbourne-u...
Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa
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มะตูม
Thai language site -
Burnley College of Horticulture at the University of Melbourne in Richmond, Victoria, Australia. The Burnley College building was designed by Percy Everett.
Shot on Kodak BW400CN black-and-white film
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Melbourne University alumni, Michael Melville Kirwan is a former Navy officer and keen follower of Australian military history. 2015 will see the 100th commemoration of the ill fated ANZAC Gallipoli landing.
A drawing exercise for my Grad class at the Victorian Collage of the Arts.
Pastel, acrylic and pen
@virtuejofernart on Twitter
Virtue Jo Fern
Queensberry St Art Studios
North Melbourne
Today's test is a complete, handheld 360° panorama with a Coolpix P80. There's 38 shots in this composite, and the original resolution here is only 1/3 of the maximum practical resolution. Once again, as a test, there's no manual adjustment of control points in PTGui. There are a few obvious glitches, but for the number of images combined it's pretty good overall.
Interactive view:
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Sailing with the wind of change
A night of food, music, short film and presentation on the courageous struggle of the Carterets Atoll Community
ABC Gallery 127 Campbell St, Collingwood, VIC 3066 (Melways Ref: 2C G9)
map: 127 Campbell St, Collingwood, VIC 3066
- Sailing with the wind of change - www.iwda.org.au/ International Women's Development Agency
- Sailing with the wind of change - Graduate Environment Program Blog, Melbourne University
Further information and donations: k.lewisohn@acfonline.org.au.
Guest speaker: Ursula Rakova - TulelePeisa.org
Guest performers:
David Bridie (Not Drowning Waving followthegeography.com, My Friend the Chocolate Cake mftcc.com),
Genevieve & Jezebel (Harp and Percussion Duo)
Capparaceae (caper family) » Capparis zeylanica
KAP-ar-iss -- from the Greek kápparis, originating in the Near or Middle East
zey-LAN-ee-kuh -- of or from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
commonly known as: Ceylon caper • Bengali: kalokera • Gujarati: ગોવિંદકળ govindakal, kakhbilado, karrallura • Hindi: ardanda, jhiris • Kannada: ಮುಳ್ಳುಕತ್ತರಿ mullukattari, totulla • Konkani: वाघांटी vaghamti • Malayalam: karthotti • Marathi: गोविंदी govindi, कडूवाघांटी kaduvaghanti, वाघांटी vaghanti • Nepalese: ban kera • Punjabi: ਗਰਨਾ garna, ਕਰਵੀਲਾ karwila, ਕਰਵੀਲੂੰ karwilun • Rajasthani: gitoranj • Sanskrit: करम्भ karambha, तपसप्रिय tapasapriya, व्याघ्रनखी vyaghra nakhi • Tamil: ஆதொண்டை atontai, காற்றோட்டி karrotti • Telugu: ఆరుదొండ arudonda
Native to: China, Indian sub-continent, Indochina
References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • M.M.P.N.D. • eFlora
The YOW! 2010 Australia Software Developer Conference is a unique opportunity for you to listen to and talk with international software experts in a relaxed setting.
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website: YOW! 2010 Melbourne
venue: Jasper Hotel, Melbourne
Avocado
Persea americana Mill. var. americana
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อาโวคาโด
Thai language site -
Melbourne University alumni, Michael Melville Kirwan is a former Navy officer and keen follower of Australian military history. 2015 will see the 100the anniversary of the ill fated ANZAC Gallipoli landing.
Putrajaya Botanical Gardens, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
(Taman Botani Putrajaya)
Borassodendron machadonis (Ridl.) Becc. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Bindang], Native to peninsular Thailand and northern peninsular Malaysia and found growing wild in lowland forest including on limestone but now a rarity due to habit loss. A tall, solitary fan palm with very deeply split, dark green, glossy leaves. The petioles have extremely sharp edges which will give a very deep cut if you run your finger down them.
Synonym(s):
Borassus machadonis Ridl.
Ref. and suggested reading::
FRIM Flora Database
Palma Pilihan - Untuk Seni Taman, Saidin Ismail
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-22998
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Borassodendron.html
www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Borassodendron/machadonis.html
www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Borassodendron_machadonis
www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/PALMS_AND_CYCADS/Family/Areca...
Bombacaceae (baobab family) » Ceiba pentandra
SAY-buh -- Latinized form of the South American name for this tree
pen-TAN-druh -- meaning, five stamens
commonly known as: true kapok tree, white silk cotton tree • Bengali: schwetsimul • Hindi: सफेद सावरा safed savara, सफेद सेमुल safed semul, शाल्मलि shalmali • Malayalam: പഞ്ഞിമരം panjimaram, ശീമപ്പൂള siimappuula • Marathi: सफेत सावरा safeta savara • Sanskrit: श्वेत शालमली shweta shalmali • Tamil: பஞ்சித்தணக்கு panji tannaku, ல்மலி shalmali • Telugu: తెల్ల బూరుగ tella buruga • Urdu: سيمل semal, شالملي shalmali
Origin: tropical America
... while still on the tree, the fruits burst open exposing the cotton like substance, which is the kapok of commerce ... more info at Tropilab Inc.
... similar fibre is found in the Indian Kapok, Bombax ceiba (also known as Bombax malabaricum) ... darker in colour and less buoyant than the true variety ... more info at Wikipedia.
References: Dave's Garden • Zipcode Zoo • Mytho-Fleurs • M.M.N.P.D.
Spondias mombin L.
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มะกอกฝรั่ง
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Early professorships at Australian universities tended to be taken by British scientists. Some, like physicist William Henry Bragg, were barely graduates themselves. Australia offered good salaries, but few obvious opportunities for advancement. However, it was no dead-end! Despite his complaints of isolation, Bragg developed his own network of scientific contacts and began a program of research that was to lead to a chair in England and a Nobel Prize in physics. Through Bragg and others, Australian physics maintained a close connection with some of the world's leading practitioners - there was a strong two-way flow of people and ideas.
But was it possible to develop an international career while remaining in Australia? Another Nobel prize-winner, Macfarlane Burnet, remade the field of immunology from his post as Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne. Burnet actively sought to promote Australian science and published many of his findings in Australian journals, ensuring that the journals would receive increased international exposure. A scientist's ability to contribute is not determined by their location - what about their contacts, their discipline, their resources?
Leguminosae or Fabaceae s. l. (legume, pea, or bean family) » Mucuna pruriens
myoo-KOO-nuh -- from the Brazilian name for these vines
pruriens -- from Latin prurient, pruriens, present participle of prurire to itch
commonly known as: Bengal bean, buffalo bean, cowach, cowage, cow itch, cowhage, hell fire bean, itchweed, itchy bean, Mauritius bean, nescafe, purple jade vine, sea bean, velvet bean, wild itchy bean • Bengali: আলকুশি alakusi • Hindi: जाङ्गली jangali, जड़ा jara, कवांच kavanch. केवांच kevanch, किवांच kivanch, konch • Kannada: ನಸುಗುನ್ನಿ nasugunni • Malayalam: നായ്ക്കുരണ naikkuran • Marathi: कवचकुइरी kavachkuiri, कवचकुइली kavachkuili, कवसकुइरी kavaskuiri, कवसकुइली kavaskuili, खाजरीकुइरी khazrikuiri, खाजरीकुइली khazrikuili • Sanskrit: आत्मगुप्ता atmagupta, कण्डूरा kandura, कपिकच्छ् kapikachu • Tamil: பூனைக்காலி punaikkali • Telugu: దూలగొండి dulagondi, కండూష్పల kanduspala, కపికచ్ఛూః kapikacchuh, pilliadugu • Urdu: جانگلي jangali, جڙا jara
Native to: tropical & s Africa, Indian subcontinent, s-e Asia; widely naturalized / cultivated
References: Flowers of India • TopTropicals • Dave's Garden • M.M.P.N.D.
Testing out my xmas presents, a Coolpix P80 and PTGui Pro. The Law Quad is a great test subject for high dynamic range images. This one is a combination of 5 handheld images with exposure differences of 1 f-stop.
The flageolet is a type of bean that is harvested when the seeds are fully formed inside the pods. For a complete run down on this topic see:
Chemistry Building, University of Melbourne. Built:1938. Architect: Victorian Public Works Department.
Putrajaya Botanical Gardens, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
(Taman Botani Putrajaya)
A dioecious species. Image showing infrutescence borne on a female tree. Borassodendron machadonis (Ridl.) Becc. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Bindang], Native to peninsular Thailand and northern peninsular Malaysia and found growing wild in lowland forest including on limestone but now a rarity due to habit loss. A tall, solitary fan palm with very deeply split, dark green, glossy leaves. The petioles have extremely sharp edges which will give a very deep cut if you run your finger down them.
Synonym(s):
Borassus machadonis Ridl.
Ref. and suggested reading::
FRIM Flora Database
Palma Pilihan - Untuk Seni Taman, Saidin Ismail
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-22998
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Borassodendron.html
www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Borassodendron/machadonis.html
www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Borassodendron_machadonis
www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/PALMS_AND_CYCADS/Family/Areca...
Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.
Long elongated variety. Solanum melongena L. Solanaceae. CN: [Malay - Terong], Aubergine, Brinjal eggplant, Eggplant. Probable origin Africa, then dispersed to Asia; elsewhere naturalized and widely cultivated for food, folk medicine. Many varieties and cultivars.
Synonym(s):
Solanum esculentum Dunal
Solanum melongena var. depressum L.
Solanum melongena var. esculentum (Dunal) Nees
Solanum melongena var. serpentinum L.
Ref and suggested reading:
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?101312
zipcodezoo.com/Plants/S/Solanum_melongena/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Sorting/CATALOGUE/Pt1-A...
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Tamarindus indica
tam-uh-RIN-dus -- from the Arabic tamar (date), hindi (Indian)
IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India
commonly known as: camalindo, Indian date, madeira mahogany, sweet tamarind, tamarind • Assamese: তেঁতেলী tenteli • Bengali: আম্লীকা amlika, তেঁতুল tentula, তিন্তিড়ীক tintidika • Gujarati: ખાટી આમલી khati aamli • Hindi: आम्लिका amlika, इमली imli, तिन्तिड़ी tintiri • Kannada: ಹುಣಸೇ hunase • Konkani: चिंच्याम chinchyaam • Malayalam: പുളി puli, വാളന്പുളി valamapuli • Manipuri: মংগে mange • Marathi: अमली amli, चिंच chinch • Nepalese: अमिलि amili, इम्लि imli, तित्रि titri • Oriya: tintuli • Pali: चिञ्चा chincha • Punjabi: ਅੰਬਲੀ ambli, ਇਮਲੀ imli • Sanskrit: आम्लः amalah, अम्लिका or अम्लीका amalika, अम्लम् amlam, अम्लफलः amlaphalah, अम्लवृक्षः amlavrukshah, चण्डः chandah, चरित्रा charitra, चिञ्चा chincha, चिन्तिडी chintidi, चुक्रा chukra, चुक्रम्ला chukramla, गुरुपत्रा gurupatra, महाम्लम् mahamlam, फलम्लम् phalamlam, श्रेष्ठम्लम् shreshtamlam, तिन्तिडः tintidah, तिन्तिडिका tintidika, तिन्तिली tintili, तिन्तिलीका tintilika, वृक्षम्लम् vrukshamlam • Tamil: ஆம்பிலம் ambilam, சஞ்சீவகரணி canciva-karani, சண்டன் cantan, எகின் ekin, எதளா etala, இந்தம் intam, கிஞ்சம் kincam, ஓதிமம் otimam, புளி puli • Telugu: ఆమ్లము amlamu, అమ్లిక amlika, చించ chincha, చింత chinta, తింత్రిణి tintrini • Urdu: املی imlii
Native of: East Africa, Madagascar, South India
References: Flowers of India • Wikipedia • M.M.N.P.D. • DDSA
The pillar with the question mark poster is where the current self-checkout machine is located. The person taking the photo would be standing at the entrance to the stairs. The shelves, doors and wall no longer exist. Instead one would now see the windows looking out onto Professors Walk.
Bombacaceae (baobab family) » Ceiba pentandra
SAY-buh -- Latinized form of the South American name for this tree
pen-TAN-druh -- meaning, five stamens
commonly known as: true kapok tree, white silk cotton tree • Bengali: schwetsimul • Hindi: safed savara, safed semul • Marathi: safeta savara • Sanskrit: shweta shalmali • Tamil: panji tannaku, shalmali • Telugu: tella buruga • Urdu: sambal
Origin: Tropical America
References: Dave's Garden • Zipcode Zoo • Mytho-Fleurs • M.M.N.P.D.
A drawing exercise for my Grad class at the Victorian Collage of the Arts.
Pastel, acrylic and pen
@virtuejofernart on Twitter
Virtue Jo Fern
Queensberry St Art Studios
North Melbourne
Phyllanthus emblica L
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มะขามป้อม
Thai language site -
Leguminosae or Fabaceae s. l. (legume, pea, or bean family) » Mucuna pruriens
myoo-KOO-nuh -- from the Brazilian name for these vines
pruriens -- from Latin prurient, pruriens, present participle of prurire to itch
commonly known as: bengal bean, buffalo bean, cowach, cowage, cow itch, cowhage, hell fire bean, itchweed, itchy bean, Mauritius bean, nescafe, purple jade vine, sea bean, velvet bean, wild itchy bean • Bengali: আলকুশি alakusi • Hindi: जाङ्गली jangali, जड़ा jara, कवांच kavanch. केवांच kevanch, किवांच kivanch, konch • Kannada: ನಸುಗುನ್ನಿ nasugunni • Malayalam: നായ്ക്കുരണ naikkuran • Marathi: कवचकुइरी kavachkuiri, कवचकुइली kavachkuili, कवसकुइरी kavaskuiri, कवसकुइली kavaskuili, खाजरीकुइरी khazrikuiri, खाजरीकुइली khazrikuili • Sanskrit: आत्मगुप्ता atmagupta, कण्डूरा kandura, कपिकच्छ् kapikachu • Tamil: பூனைக்காலி punaikkali • Telugu: దూలగొండి dulagondi, కండూష్పల kanduspala, కపికచ్ఛూః kapikacchuh, pilliadugu • Urdu: جانگلي jangali, جڙا jara
Native to: tropical & s Africa, Indian subcontinent, s-e Asia; widely naturalized / cultivated
References: Flowers of India • TopTropicals • Dave's Garden • M.M.P.N.D.
The baobab is the national tree of Madagascar
Botanical name: Adansonia digitata L.
- [ (ad-an-SOH-nee-uh) named for Michel Adanson, 18th century French surgeon, botanist and naturalist; (dig-ee-TAH-tuh) or (dij-ee-TAH-tuh) meaning finger ]
Synonyms: Adansonia baobab, Adansonia situla, Adansonia somalensis, Adansonia sphaerocarpa, Adansonia sulcata
Family: Bombacaceae (baobab family)
Common names of Adansonia digitata:
Afrikaans: kremetart • Danish: Abebrødstræ, Baobab • Dutch: Apebroodboom (South Africa), Kremetartboom • English: african baobab, baobab, baobab of mahajanga (Madagascar), bottle tree, cream of tartar tree, dead-rat tree (South Africa), ethiopian sour bread, lemonade tree, monkey-bread tree (South Africa), sour gourd • French: baobab africain, baobab de mozambique, calebassier du sénégal, pain de singe • German: Affenbrotbaum • Marathi: गोरख चिंच gorakh chinch, वावबाब vavababa • Nyanja: mlambe • Polish: Baobab wlasciwy • Tamil: பப்பரப்புளி papparappuli, பெரியமரவகை periyamaravakai • Tswana: moana, mowana • Venda: muvhuyu • and: seboi (Sotho), toeega, ximuwu (Tsonga)
Origin: northeastern, central and southern Africa
The Baobab has long provided people with material for cloth, rope, soap, dye, glue, fodder, and medicine. In West Africa, the young nutritious leaves are cooked and eaten like spinach.
Courtesy:
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- EcoPort
- A Dictionary - Marathi and English
- Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
Note: Information has not been verified and may not be reliable; please check for any inaccuracy.
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 6.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.
Pedaliaceae (pedalium, or sesame family) » Sesamum orientale
see-SAM-um -- from Latin sesamum borrowed from other languages
or-ee-en-TAY-lee -- of or from the Orient, eastern
commonly known as: bene seeds, beniseed, benne, gingelly, til • Bengali: তিল til • Hindi: gingli, safed til, til • Kannada: ಎಳ್ಳು ellu, ತಿಲ tila • Kashmiri: कुंजद् kunjad, कूंजल् or कूंज्यल् kunjal • Malayalam: ellu, schit-elu • Manipuri: thoiding • Marathi: तीळ or तिल tila • Punjabi: ਤਿਲ til • Sanskrit: तिल tila • Tamil: சிற்றெள் cirrel, எள் el, எள்ளு ellu, திலம் tilam, yellu cheddi • Telugu: నువ్వులు nuvvulu, నువ్వుపువ్ nuvvupuvvu, తెలిక telika, తిలలు tilalu
Native to: sub-saharan Africa, India
References: Flowers of India • M.M.P.N.D. • Wikipedia
Rutaceae (ruta, or citrus family) » Limonia acidissima
lie-MOW-nee-uh -- from Persian limuna or Arabic limoin; unsure of pronunciation
ass-id-ISS-ee-muh -- from Latin acidus (very sour)
commonly known as: curd fruit, elephant apple, monkey fruit, wood apple • Arabic: tuffâhh el fîl • Bengali: কপিত্থ kapittha, কয়েতবেল kayetabela • Gujarati: કોઠા kotha, કોઠી kothi • Hindi: दधिफल dadhiphal, दन्तसठ dantasath, कैथ or कैथा kaith, कपित्थ kapitth, कठबेल katabel, कावित kavit, मन्मथ manamath, पुष्पफल pushpaphal • Kannada: ಬೇಲದ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಮರ baelada hannina mara, ಬೇಲದ ಮರ baelada mara, ದಧಿಫಲ dadhiphala, ದಮ್ತಸಟ damtasata, ಕಪಿಠಾ kapithha, ಮನಮಥ ಮರ manmatha mara, ನಾಯಿಬೆಲ nayibel • Malayalam: നായ് വേലം naay veelam, വിളങ്കായ് vilankaay • Marathi: कपित्थ kapith, कवंठ kavant, कवंठी kavanti, कवठ kavat • Oriya: koyito • Prakrit: कइत्थं kaittham, कइत्थो kaittho • Sanskrit: दधिफल dadhiphala, दधित्थ dadhittha, दन्तशठ danthashatha, कपित्थं kapithama, कपित्य kapitya, कपित्यं kapityama, पुष्पफल pushpaphala • Tamil: கபித்தம் kapittam, கவித்தம் kavittam, தந்தசடம் tantacatam, விளா vila, விளா மரம் vilamaram, விளாம்பழம் vilampazam • Telugu: కపిత్థము kapitthhamu, వెలగ velaga, వెలగపండు velagapandu
Native to: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand
References: Flowers of India • ENVIS - FRLHT • Wikipedia • Purdue University • World Agroforestry Centre • M.M.P.N.D. • Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
I cannot help myself. Here’s a story about records, books, postage, recycling and reuse.
This box started out life containing 16 copies of Patrick O’Farrell’s paperback book with ISBN 0-86840-635-X, sent from the University of New South Wales Press (printed on the box). It must have been sent to Readings bookshop in Carlton, who reused it to send something to Dr Phillip Law (1912-2010) at his home in Canterbury (address label on the bottom of the box, unfortunately Post Paid Australia with no postmark). Dr Law used it to store excess publications about Antarctica (inscribed on the box in his own hand). On the death of Dr Law in 2010, the box ended up with us, the eScholarship Research Centre, who have been working with Dr Law on his papers since the mid 1980s. We have the final material from Dr Law now processed and boxed in special National Library of Australia boxes, ready for transfer to their custody.
Looking up the book in the National Library of Australia’s Trove catalogue and checking the ISBNs of the different editions reveals that this box originally held the third edition of The Irish in Australia, published in 2000.
I needed a box to send 18 copies of a book we have just published (November 2011), Founders, Firsts and Feminists: Women Leaders in Twentieth-century Australia, to a conference being held in Canberra next week. This box did the job nicely!
The Southern Cloisters completed in 1970 to complete the Old Quadrangle, University of Melbourne. Built 1854. Architect: Francis White. Oldest building on campus. Carmelia bushes have been present since the 1860's.
18C English apothecary's notes; verso of Plate 5.
Written in William Cowper's The anatomy of humane bodies ... Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London, 1698.
Purchased with funds from the estate of Mrs F. M. Meyer.
cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3218831~S6
Research suggests the author of the notes was Edward Hale, an apothecary and barber surgeon, who resided in the village of Hambledon, Hampshire, UK, from 1720. The notes were compiled between 1724 and 1740.
Again, as seen from Howth. I made this image by stitching together four photos using Hugin a beautiful and opensource GUI for the technically amazing and opensource Panorama Tools. Click on "All Sizes" above the photo for a nice big view. Actually, the Image continues on to the right for four more photos so you could see the Dublin power station but I don't really know how to use Hugin so that side of the image was kinda distorted. Hey, got a video done of the day's adventures!