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FOOD AID TO HUNGRY DEVELOPING NATIONS REMAINS CONTROVERSIAL. THIS PAPER CONTRIBUTES TO THE DISCUSSION OF CANADIAN FOOD AID POLICIES BY EXAMINING THE DIFFERING, AND OFTEN CONFLICTING, OBJECTIVES OF AID FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DONOR AND RECIPIENT NATIONS, THE CANADIAN FOOD AID RECORD, INCLUDING ITS USE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY, AND THE FUTURE OF FOOD AID PROGRAMS.

RESEARCH DIRECTED TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF USER-ORIENTED INTEGRATED CRISIS WARMING SYSTEMS SHOULD INCORPORATE QUANITITATIVE MILITARY, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR CRISIS WARNING; INDICATORS OF U.S. MILITARY, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS ABROAD; AND A UNIFIED FORECASTING CAPABILITY INTO AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER BASE. INITIAL MOVEMENT TOWARD THIS GOAL HAS OCCUREED.

During this study, 634 eastern hoseshoe bats,
Rhinolophus megaphyllus, were captured at three colonies
in south-east Queensland, with most data coming from two colonies (Anjuramba
mine and Ravensbourne cave). Colony size, sex ratios, age structure, and
colony function varied between colonies and with season.
Capture–recapture data of banded bats was used to monitor movement
patterns, seasonal weight changes, colony-size estimates at Anjuramba (JOLLY
model), and the recapture frequency according to sex and age. The JOLLY
estimator of the population size over-estimated the actual population at
Anjuramba on most occasions but paralleled changes in population size. Of the
319 bats banded, 21.9% were recaptured, with only one recovery
involving a movement between roosts. Adult males have a high roost-site
fidelity and are more sedentary than adult females. The recapture rate and
recapture frequency for adult males was significantly higher than for adult
females. R. megaphyllus is active throughout the year
but may enter torpor for short periods, with more females than males observed
in torpor. There was no significant association between torpor and season.
Longevity records of 7 years and 1 month were recorded for a sub-adult female
and 7 years and 7 months for a juvenile female.

THE PRACTICE BY RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS OF "MONKEYWRENCHING"--DELIBERATELY INTERFERING WITH INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE JUDGED TO BE DESTRUCTIVE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT--HAS BEEN CLAIMED BY CRITICS TO BE A FORM OF ECOLOGICAL TERRORISM. DESPITE THERE BEING SOME FEATURES IN COMMON BETWEEN MONKEYWRENCHING AND TERRORISM, IT IS MISLEADING TO SEE THE ONE AS A FORM OF THE OTHER. RATHER, MONKEYWRENCHING IS FAR MORE ACCURATELY REPRESENTED AS A FORM OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. THAT BEING SO, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER WHETHER, IN THE WESTERN SOCIETIES WHERE IT IS PRACTICED, IT IS CONSISTENT EVEN WITH THE PREVAILING RATHER WEAK UNDERSTANDING OF DEMOCRACY. THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT IT IS CONSISTENT AND, INDEED, THAT ITS SELECTIVE USE MAY SERVE TO STRENGTHEN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN POLITIES WHERE ACTS OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE ARE NOT SEEN AS THUGGERY AGAINST THE RULE OF LAW BUT AS DIRECTING ATTENTION TO THE NEED FOR REFORM OF PARTICULAR LAWS AND RELATED SOCIAL PRACTICES.