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This document is a tribute to two individuals, David Lowenthal and Paul Cantor. David Lowenthal was known for his moral authority and his ability to confront individuals whose behavior offended society. He was also a professor of political science at Boston College and successfully established a department devoted to political philosophy. Paul Cantor, on the other hand, was a self-described "fat Jewish boy" who enjoyed the pleasures of food and wine. He was a well-traveled individual with a deep appreciation for art, music, and literature. Cantor was a student of political philosophy and had a particular interest in the reconciliation of spontaneous order and regime. He applied this concept to the analysis of Shakespeare's plays, becoming a master in the field. Cantor also had a wide range of interests and published numerous articles on various topics. Overall, both Lowenthal and Cantor made significant contributions to their respective fields and left a lasting impact. [Extracted from the article]

In recent studies of housing financialisation, a "financial paradox" has been identified in which owner-occupied houses are simultaneously places of ontological security and financial investment. This paradox influences the way owner-occupiers interpret their primary and holiday houses, particularly if the latter are located in sought after high amenity locations. In this paper, we argue that, faced with rapidly increasing residential property prices, many long-term owners reluctantly reconceptualise their understanding of their holiday house as both a recreational and financial asset. Our study uses in-depth interviews with owners of holiday houses on Waiheke Island, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand to identify how they are interpreting and managing the normalisation of this paradox. The island is historically popular for holiday houses and is currently experiencing substantial property price increases. It is therefore an ideal place to study the complex and paradoxical nature of housing financialisation and thus potential biases in the housing market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is growing interest in the use and utility of news media content analysis in tourism research. We report a content analysis of 153 news media articles on a topic of growing interest among tourism researchers globally: tourism and biosecurity. Our work is based on media reports from Aotearoa New Zealand news sources over the period 2009–2019, identifying five key themes. Together they illustrate how tourism, nature conservation, agriculture, horticulture and forestry are utterly and irretrievably interconnected in global flows of people and organisms. They also highlight the important role played by the many actors at policy and operational levels in tourism and border control that have a role to play in minimising potential impacts of biosecurity breaches. We conclude by discussing the value of media content analyses in tourism research stressing that the method, on its own, will reveal only part of the story, and should always be followed up with more intense and critical interrogation of the issues under study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explored care co-ordinator reports about provision of six evidence-based psychosocial interventions (PSIs) for people living with psychosis, to better understand decision-making about provision. Conducted as an adjunct to the Second Australian National Survey of Psychosis in one catchment area, care co-ordinators completed a structured interview about evidence-based PSIs provided to 33 consumers as part of their community mental health care. Descriptive analyses were conducted. Care co-ordinators reported most consumers were provided at least one of the PSIs during the previous year; all were provided at least one non-evidence-based, typically briefer or simpler, alternative. Relapse Prevention Planning using early warning signs was reported as most provided; Family Psychoeducation was the least provided but rated as most helpful. The primary reason for non-provision of PSIs was that they had not been offered, with lack of relevance the most cited explanation. PSIs may be more commonly provided than previously reported, if non-evidence-based alternatives are also considered: reasons for not offering evidence-based PSIs require further study. Meaningful guidelines are needed about when and how to offer PSIs in collaborative practice, including briefer or simpler interventions when preferred over more complex interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the relationships among leadership, race and racism, and social constructionism within counseling leadership. Accordingly, we critically examine the dominant constructions of race and racism within leadership. Next, we propose seven social constructionist principles to inform leadership's construction and praxis within counseling. Finally, we utilize social constructionism and leadership, further informed through race-centered and anti-racism literature, to further this profession's constructions of race and racism within leadership and future race-centered and anti-racism leadership actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article emerges from debates about the effects of urban consolidation and the need to meet the challenges faced by building owners' associations in their bid to manage common property in multi-owned residential buildings. It reports an Auckland, New Zealand case study of body corporate management companies, the intermediaries whose role it is to give administrative support to these building owners' associations. We draw from four international research literatures to structure our interpretation of these companies and current calls for their reform. These include writing on: building owners' associations and urban consolidation; financial and service intermediation; customer relationships, service quality and customer satisfaction; and the social geography of house and home; including allied recent work on housing financialisation. We conclude by pointing to the usefulness of adopting a widened theoretical perspective on the conduct and regulation of body corporate management companies in New Zealand and their equivalents in other jurisdictions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Leadership as part of school counselor competence remains under-addressed in supervision. Grounded in prior research models, we introduce the Model for Supervision of School Counseling Leadership (MSSCL) which is a 10 x three x three framework. We provide examples for each of the 90 different leadership x Focus x Role combinations through an appendix that can be used in supervision, discuss the use of the MSSCL, and identify implications for practice, training, and future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Zoe Groves' book, "Malawian Migration to Zimbabwe, 1900–1965: Tracing Machona," explores the history of Malawian migrants who traveled to Zimbabwe during the first half of the 20th century. The book highlights the two-way nature of migration between Malawi and Zimbabwe, acknowledging that there was also a considerable volume of movement from Zimbabwe back to Malawi. Groves examines various aspects of migrant life, including social change, gender, family life, identity formation, political involvement, and leisure activities. The book draws on archival sources, oral interviews, and transnational frameworks to provide a comprehensive understanding of Malawian migration to Zimbabwe. [Extracted from the article]

Environmental risk factors and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): a case-control study of ALS in China. Reduced frequency of ALS in an ethnically mixed population: a population-based mortality study. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mortality rates among ethnic groups in a predominant admixed population in Latin America: a population-based study in Ecuador. [Extracted from the article]

In the marine science community of practice, the concept of ecosystem-based management (EBM) is a management strategy that incorporates the entire ecosystem, including humans, into resource management decisions and is growing in its use to integrate and manage complex social and marine ecosystems. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) program uses a multidisciplinary framework to help advance EBM and to manage marine resources in an ecosystem context. NOAA has conducted integrated ecosystem assessment research for many years, however, 2020 was the 10-year anniversary of implementation of NOAA's formal IEA framework around the country. This Coastal Management Journal special issue discusses the ten-plus years of IEA experiences with perspectives about and successes in the development and implementation of the NOAA IEA approach. This volume on the NOAA IEA program comprises six manuscripts ranging in content from the history and origin of IEAs in NOAA, to the development and application of IEA components to advance the tenets of EBM in coastal and marine environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The role of accommodation-sharing platforms, such as Airbnb, is seen as a disruption to more conventional accommodation providers and rental markets in many cities and regions worldwide. This Regional Graphic focuses on New Zealand, showing a snapshot in time of the spatial distribution of the accommodation provided by Airbnb. What the map shows are patterns of statistically significant mildly positive clustering (Moran's I = 0.33, p ≤ 0.05) of the Airbnb locations. The 'traditional' tourism hotspots, mainly in the South Island of New Zealand, for example, Wanaka or Queenstown (Queenstown Hill, Lake Hayes South, Sunshine Bay), and the largest city, Auckland (Central West, East, Habourside and Waiheke Island), are shown. A few of the highest ranked places also feature a high intensity per usually resident person. For example, Queenstown Hill has 204 Airbnb listings per 1000 residents. The area with the highest number of Airbnbs is Wanaka, a smaller South Island tourist destination. A key issue for future research is how short-term rentals pose a challenge to local authorities who collect property taxes based on the value of the property, with some local authorities (e.g., Auckland) proposing or enacting specific by-laws in relation to Airbnb. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the cultural and economic importance of do-it-yourself (DIY) home improvement, questions about its role in the production and consumption of home have been traversed in only a limited way in the housing studies literature. We consider New Zealanders' DIY house improvement intentions and what these ideas for house modification reveal about the idealized relationships they have with their dwellings. We focus on homeowners' thinking and dreaming about the ways the material and symbolic "potential" of home can be achieved by engaging in DIY projects. We theorize our work using the literatures on house and home, self-provisioning activities, leisure work and cultural intermediation, particularly the important roles played by family, friends and print and electronic media in advancing ideas for DIY projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports a study of DIY house improvement focusing on its globalising material and commercial elements. Using a multi-method approach and a New Zealand case study we illustrate the importance in housing studies, and research into homemaking in particular, of taking account of DIY practice. We emphasise that it is not possible for housing researchers to account fully for the role and function of DIY without interpreting it as a culturalandeconomic phenomenon. The ways people live in and make their houses demands a focus on DIY practices, identity, homeownership, government regulationandthe globalising commercial features of DIY which include: international product manufacturing, big-box retailing, tool and materials distribution and advertising, the production of printed and digital instructional material, and new popular media forms, such as DIY reality television. DIY is thus an excellent example of culture and economy combined. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AIMS: To describe the gross and light microscopic characteristics of skin lesions observed on the ventral skin of captive Archey’s frogs (Leiopelma archeyi) between 2000 and 2012, and to investigate their occurrence, possible aetiology and association with survival. METHODS: Postmortem skin samples were obtained for histological evaluation from 37 frogs, with and without skin lesions, that died while in captivity at Auckland Zoo between 2000 and 2012. Four frogs with skin lesions were biopsied under general anaesthesia and samples used for both light and transmission electron microscopy. The records of 94 frogs held at the University of Otago and Auckland Zoo between 2000–2012 were reviewed, which included some frogs recently collected from the wild. Information about the occurrence of skin lesions, and mortality associated with skin lesions was collated. RESULTS: Grossly the skin lesions varied in appearance; most were circular, pale grey papules, which measured from <0.5–1.5 mm in diameter with no umbilication. The overlying epidermis was not fragile and there was no associated inflammation. Contents often appeared clear or semi-transparent. Lesions were located predominantly on ventral surfaces including trunk, thighs, lower legs and forearms, and gular region, but not on digits. The number ranged from single to multiple, often confluent lesions covering the entire ventral surface of the frog. Histologically the lesions consisted of enlarged proliferating mucous glands that expanded the dermis and elevated the epidermis. They were semi-organised, solid or occasionally cavitated acinar structures with central lumina which sometimes contained mucus. Nuclei showed moderate anisokaryosis and mitotic figures were uncommon. Transmission electron microscopy did not show any infectious agents. Between 2000 and 2012, skin lesions were recorded in 35/94 (37%) frogs. The size and location of skin lesions varied over time, with some resolving and sometimes reappearing. Skin lesions were not associated with an increased risk of death. CONCLUSIONS: The skin lesions had the gross and microscopic characteristics of adenomatous hyperplasia of the dermal mucous glands. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The aetiology of this adenomatous hyperplasia is unknown, but factors associated with the captive environment are the most likely cause. This is the first description of adenomatous hyperplasia of the cutaneous mucous glands in amphibians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CASE HISTORY: Health monitoring of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) at Auckland Zoo between 2001 and 2009 showed that 58/93 tuatara had been affected by dermatitis of unknown origin. From 2011 onwards, cases of suspected fungal dermatitis underwent extensive diagnostic investigations. CLINCAL FINDINGS: Six cases of dermatomycosis were attributed to Paranannizziopsis australasiensis, five in tuatara and one in a coastal bearded dragon (Pogona barbata). Cases presented typically as raised, yellow to brown encrustations on the skin. Severe cases progressed to necrotising ulcerative dermatitis, and in the bearded dragon to fatal systemic mycosis. Following topical and systemic treatments, lesions resolved in all five tuatara. LABORATORY FINDINGS: Histopathological examination of skin biopsy samples revealed dermatitis with intralesional septate branching hyphae. Fungal culture yielded isolates morphologically resembling Chrysosporium species, and isolates were submitted for molecular confirmation and sequencing of DNA. DIAGNOSIS: All six cases were confirmed as dermatitis due to infection with P. australasiensis, on the basis of fungal culture and DNA sequencing of isolates. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: These are the first reported cases of dermatomycosis associated with P. australasiensis infection in tuatara, and the first cases in which systemic therapeutic agents have been used in the treatment of such disease. Tuatara at the Auckland Zoo are now routinely examined every 3 months and tissue samples from any lesions sent for histopathology and fungal culture. Further work to elucidate the epidemiology and significance of P. australasiensis infections in reptiles in New Zealand is important for both welfare and conservation purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CASE HISTORY: Four juvenile eastern rosellas (Platycercus eximius) were admitted to two separate wildlife care facilities in the Auckland region by members of the public. They had missing or dystrophic wing and tail feathers that rendered them flightless, suggestive of beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) infection. Two were subject to euthanasia after failing to re-grow their feathers, with samples taken for histopathology and PCR analysis. Blood samples were obtained from the other two birds at the time of examination, however these individuals were lost to follow up. PATHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR FINDINGS: Basophilic inclusion bodies were observed in histological sections of the feather bulb, typical of BFDV infection, from the two euthanised individuals. Blood from all four birds tested positive by PCR for BFDV, and analysis of the recovered full BFDV genomes identified them as belonging to the BFDV-A strain. DIAGNOSIS: Beak and feather disease virus infection. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This report highlights the clinical impacts of BFDV in juvenile eastern rosellas that may result in their admission to wildlife care facilities, creating a biosecurity risk in institutions that may host other native parrots intended for release. The environmental stability of BFDV and resistance to disinfection requires strict quarantine procedures to prevent contamination and spread within a facility. It is recommended that high-risk species such as wild eastern rosella be excluded from facilities that may also house native parrots. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tocqueville's sole reference to Machiavelli in Democracy in America is a nicely located misquotation. This article makes much of it, more than one would likely think possible. Tocqueville's mission was to replace Machiavelli in his role of captain-philosopher and to save the aristocratic element in democracy that Machiavelli believed should be dispensed with. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author responds to the keynote address of Professor Robert Stebbins. The author observes that the funding problems facing leisure studies are similar to those experienced by humanities and social sciences. He agrees with Stebbins that leisure studies should expand to other disciplines, but suggests maintaining a few high quality journals and mainstream publishing of leisure studies research. The integration of leisure studies with allied disciplines and areas of study is also suggested.

Protected natural areas are a significant tourism resource in many countries, including Norway, Sweden, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The provision of tourism facilities in such areas is increasing but this is not without controversy. Tensions have arisen in some areas where international tourist visitation is believed to be affecting traditional cultural and recreational practices. Despite this, little research attention has been given to exploring local users' attitudes towards tourism activities in areas where they have traditionally not existed. Using Fiordland National Park as a case study, this paper reports research on recreational wilderness use in New Zealand by locals and visiting international tourists. Its focus is on local recreationists' attitudes towards international wilderness tourism. The discussion draws on data gathered using in-depth interviews and research diaries. Findings revealed that international tourists were often viewed as a threat to New Zealanders' recreation opportunities and cultural identity. These attitudes appear to be influenced by widely held values and beliefs about the purpose of public conservation lands. A consideration of the links between the natural environment and national identity is seen as crucial when planning for tourism in protected natural areas in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the fact that society seems to have become more tolerant towards human diversity, skeletal dysplasia still carries some extent of stigmatization and negative stereotyping. There seems to be a lack of knowledge regarding psychosocial factors associated with skeletal dysplasia, specifically as it relates to interpersonal relationships. Since the negative attention directed at individuals with dwarfism may also have an impact on family members and family relationships, the aim of this qualitative study was to explore adult non-dwarf siblings' experiences of growing up with siblings with a skeletal dysplasia. Thematic analyses of semi-structured interviews with four adult non-dwarf siblings confirmed both negative and positive effects. These effects were evident in childhood and continued into adulthood. For the adults who took part in this study, the positive effects seemed to be more profound. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We define the cooperative shift change and consider it from the perspective of four phases identified in Grusenmeyer (International Journal of Human Factors in Manufacturing, 5, 163–176, 1995): end-of-shift, arrival, meeting, and taking post. We describe the differences expected for the phases for both outgoing and incoming operators, discuss various domains that differ in their shift-change profile, and consider why those profile differences obtain. With this framework as a backdrop, we explore in detail the shift change, or position relief briefing (PRB), of air traffic control. This theoretical framework has the potential to aid in the classification and comparison of the transfer of responsibility in a variety of industrial tasks. This study could aid in the implementation of changes for air traffic control PRBs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ways in which the South Pacific islands are represented in German-language tourist brochures is investigated. Our discussion of these brochure representations will examine the contrasts between tourism advertising imagery and the day-to-day interactions of tourists and locals in the islands represented. Informed by literature on motives for travel, tourist brochures, place promotion and commodification, we will discuss how German, Swiss and Austrian tourism operators depend on a deep-seated desire on the part of tourists to engage with a mythical paradisal Utopia. Common to many cultures, Utopia represents dreams of a better reality. We emphasise therefore that in addition to the now well-documented paradisal element of island tourism promotion, German-speaking tourists are enticed to the South Pacific by advertising references to it as a place where dreams may be fulfilled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We set out the arguments for and against the concepts and practices of new urbanism and neo-traditionalism that have emerged in the USA and discuss them in the context of Christchurch, New Zealand. Our interpretation of the similarities between new residential neighbourhoods in Christchurch and the aesthetic and community values inherent in new urbanism leads us to the conclusion that in New Zealand, at least, new urbanism is primarily a form of rhetoric designed to sell houses profitably rather than a community development project based on new forms of housing. In support of this perspective we use data from our research in Christchurch to demonstrate how contemporary social life sits awkwardly with the concepts of community and traditionalism associated with new urbanism. We focus on the ways in which the creation of community in new urbanism rests on socio-economic homogeneity rather than diversity; homogeneity created by the people who design, build, regulate and sell housing and reinforced by the cost and appearance of the houses in new neighbourhoods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper begins with a review of the residential mobility literature that arose out of housing and planning policy aimed at decreasing the negative effects of urban transience. The literature identified the range of factors influencing residential mobility, but Rossi's (1955) claim that mobility was a 'natural' outcome of life stage changes became the basis for the majority of this work. Most of this literature arose out of quantitative research approaches but writers drew attention to the inability of these approaches to capture the increasing complexity of family life and residential mobility. Drawing on data from the Christchurch, New Zealand, house and home study, this study argues that the qualitative ethnographic method used provides a more holistic approach to, and understanding of, the events and issues which influence household mobility over time. Within this context, the paper presents excerpts from interview data framed as ontological narratives and related stories embedded in social and economic contexts. Some of the themes identified are those of identity, home and place attachment, change and social differentiation, and the impact of gender relations on mobility decisions and experiences. These findings, like those in previous literature, are relevant to housing and planning policy making given the increasing diversity of residential developments and issues of access to social, financial and environmental resources. Understanding how individuals and families establish relationships between themselves and the places in which they live is important given increasingly divided and differentiated experiences of contemporary urban life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The nature of place promotion is such that a number of often conflicting meanings are invested in places. This is because place promotion addresses specific target audiences, who have to be persuaded of a place's worth. Often, there are a number of target audiences and the same place is promoted in different ways to different audiences, as has been the case in the central city of Christchurch, which is claimed by different interests for different purposes. This paper highlights the importance of the concept of sense of place to understanding a number of promotional practices. Place promoters employ rhetoric to claim a certain sense of place and the resulting conflict centres around different ideas about the function, use and meaning of the centre of the city held by groups interested in future development of the area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The place where we live is one of the key locales which shapes our sense of place and enables us to develop our sense of who we are. The paper explores the linkages between the literature on “the home” and the meaning of place. We argue that “homes” are special kinds of places and are socially constructed in a continual and changing process. Houses as material objects and homes as symbolic entities are shaped and reshaped by owners and tenants over time in response to both changes in the individual's life course and the social context within which they are set. We therefore interpret the meaning of home against the changing backdrop of New Zealand's urban system and the two decades of economic and social change from 1980 to the late 1990s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a study on spatial conceptions in Chinese and Canadian children. Methods; Results, which indicated that drawing performance on the topological dimension was better than the performance on the Euclidean dimension, and that there were neither gender nor cultural differences in performance.

For this research study, interviews were conducted with 51 managers of human service nonprofit organizations on the topic, 'What is an excellent organization?' An eight-dimensional definition emerged comprising a sense of purpose, a focus on serving client needs, reciprocal commitments to and from staff, flexibility and adaptability, internal processes, congruence, and, as the motivating force for excellence striving. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study of Blacks' and Nonblacks' perceptions of Black art, non-art students, 92 Blacks and 78 Nonblacks, from four southern colleges responded on 20 bipolar seven-point adjective scales to 9 slides, 3 each of Mainstream, Blackstream, and Activist paintings by Blacks, representing canons of Black Aesthetics. Analysis of the data indicated that Blacks rate Blackstream and Activist images more highly than Nonblacks, but the difference is of degree and not of kind. A Black Aesthetic is supported in that Blacks respond to imagery with direct reference to the Black experience; however, similar structural patterns underlie Blacks' and Nonblacks' aesthetic perception of Black Art. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rights theorists tend to take tempi pacifici for granted, but it is precisely in emergencies that rights are most difficult to protect and most in need of protection. Two remedies are: first, to be successful in emergencies and second, to establish a free government capable of handling emergencies. These remedies play no role in the thinking of the ACLU, which has increasingly come to define the public's understanding of rights. For the ACLU, a right is not a right unless it can be carried to an extreme and used irresponsibly. A better liberal theory, with instruction from Machiavelli, will seek to combine our interest in security with our assertion of rights. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The concept of community cohesion is explored with respect to material requisites and social networks. Community cohesion is held in a delicate balance that various types of social change can upset. Cohesion in the modern community is more vulnerable to negative changes than in its preindustrial counterpart: Affective ties have largely replaced economic bonds, and these are more susceptible to erosion given the mobility and centralization of mass society. Community cohesion is viewed as a valuable human resource which is threatened and merits efforts at preservation by public and private sectors. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]